DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
P.O.
SUPTS. MEMO NO.
31
July 28, 2006
ADMINISTRATIVE
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TO: |
Division
Superintendents |
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FROM: |
Billy
K. Cannaday, Jr. Superintendent
of Public Instruction |
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SUBJECT: |
Announcing Additional Aid
Payments for Hurricane Relief |
This is to inform you that the U.S.
Department of Education (USED) has awarded additional Emergency Impact Aid
funds to
The third Emergency Impact Aid payment to
school divisions will be based on $1,095 per student without a disability and
$1,369 per student with a disability for displaced students included in
quarterly student counts submitted by school divisions in April 2006. Our
correspondence with USED suggests additional funds will be appropriated, for a
final award to states that will increase the final per-pupil allocation paid to
school divisions for this program. The
final payment per student will depend upon the total cost of the Emergency
Impact Aid program based on final student counts and the final federal funding
made available.
Please note that the actual per student
amount to be paid to school divisions reflects a 1 percent reduction for state
administrative costs. As a result, the per student amounts to be paid to school
divisions and nonpublic schools is $1,084.05 for students without a disability
and $1,355.31 for students with a disability. The attached Excel file shows the
calculation of the Emergency Impact Aid payments to be made to school divisions
on July 31, 2006.
School divisions are reminded that program
funds may be used by school divisions and nonpublic schools to provide
instructional opportunities for displaced students who enroll in their schools
and for expenses incurred in serving displaced students. Examples of allowable
expenses include paying the compensation of personnel, including teacher aides,
acquiring curricular material and classroom supplies, and providing basic
instructional services and support services for displaced students. While the
activities and services must be related to serving displaced students, there is
no requirement that they be provided only to those students. Funds paid for
students with disabilities under this program may be used only to pay for
special education and related services consistent with the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act. In addition, a school division may use up to 2
percent of its allocation for administration of the program. Recipients may
also use these funds for pre-award costs, including the reimbursement of
expenditures incurred prior to the receipt of a grant.
Payments to all accounts established for
displaced students enrolled in nonpublic schools must be made within 14 days of
receipt of funds by the school division. We have been informed by USED that the
deadline for expending these funds will be extended. The Virginia Department of
Education and local school divisions must obligate all Emergency Impact Aid
funds received by September 30, 2006,
and liquidate them within 90 days after that date, or they must be returned to
the federal government.
Based on final displaced student counts for all
quarters on April 28, 2006,
States may not submit any additions to the
student count data beyond the April 30, 2006, deadline; however, if a school
division must reduce its count, the reduction should be reported and any
overpayment of funds must be returned to the Virginia Department of Education.
If you have questions about the division
allocations of this grant funding, please contact Kent Dickey, budget director,
at (804) 225-2025. Questions concerning disbursements and accounting procedures
should be directed to Marie Williams, director of accounting, at (804)
225-2040. Questions about procedures for submitting student counts should be
addressed to Patricia Popp, state coordinator for Project HOPE-VA, at (757)
221-7776 or
BKC/CAC/rt
Attachment
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/administrators/superintendents_memos/2006/adm031a.pdf