How do I report the district’s use of the SRSA grant?
How do I report the district’s use of the SRSA grant? The most recent information from the U.S. Department of Education states that the report process for the SRSA program for districts is still in development. No report is required at this time. Districts should maintain reporting data si ...
What are the benefits of participating in the SRSA program?
What are the benefits of participating in the SRSA program? The SRSA program has two components: a grant to the district that flows directly from the U.S. Department of Education to the district and REAP-Flex provisions for Title programs.
Will I receive my SRSA grant award from the OPI?
Will I receive my SRSA grant award from the OPI? No. The SRS grant program remains between the local district and the U.S. Department of Education. The district applies to the U.S. Department of Education for the grant through the department’s e-application process. The local district will ...
What are the flexibility provisions of the SRS program?
What are the flexibility provisions of the SRS program? SRSA eligible district can REAP-Flex up to 100 percent of the use of funds from one federal program to another with one exception: No ESEA Title I, Part A funds can be Reap-Flex(ed) out of the program. Programs to which the use of funds may ...
Why don't we qualify for RLI?
Our District has a very high percentage of students who qualify for the free and reduced lunch program. Why doesn’t the district qualify for the Rural and Low-Income program? “Low Income” for purposes of eligibility for the Rural Low Income program is not defined by the number ...
What are the provisions of the RLIS program?
What are the provisions of the RLIS program? The Rural and Low-Income School (RLIS) component of REAP provides districts with funding allocated through the OPI the same as other Title program allocations. RLI funds can be spent on the following activities: Teacher recruitment and retention that ...
How is eligibility determined for ESEA Title VI programs?
How is eligibility determined for ESEA Title VI programs? 1. To be eligible for the SRSA program, districts must have: • an average daily attendance of 600 students or less and • be located in a National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) locale code of 7 or 8 or be located in a ...
For what purposes can I use my SRS grant?
For what purposes can I use my SRS grant? SRSA grant funds are to be aligned to one or more of the other Title programs i.e. ESEA Title I, Part A; ESEA Title II, Part A or Part D; ESEA Title III; ESEA Title IV, Part A or B and ESEA Title V, Part A. Districts therefore follow the spending guidan ...
What is the purpose of ESEA Title VI?
What is the purpose of ESEA Title VI? ESEA Title VI provides federal funding flexibility to help school raise student achievement. Part A of ESEA Title VI provides general transferability for large distructs. Districts using the General Transferability authority may transfer up to 50% of any ti ...
How do I determine the ESEA Title VI program component my district is eligible for?
How do I determine the ESEA Title VI program component my district is eligible for? Go to the Small, Rural School Achievement Program page on the US Department of education website at http://www.ed.gov/programs/reapsrsa/index.html. Choose "Eligibility" from the menu, then select "State Eligibil ...
Title IV, Part B, subpart 2 - Small, Rural School Achievement (SRSA) grants
The rural schools grants require the school district to request and receive cash for the grant from the Federal government using the e-payments (AKA "GAPS) system. [NOTE: Small Rural Schools funding under the Rural Education Initiative, Title VI, Subpart 2 of the ESEA.] How does GAPS work? How d ...
Is my district eligible to participate in Title VIB - RLIS?
District staff are asking if Title VIB - RLIS is the same as the SRSA funds from the US Department of Education. They are NOT the same! Districts receiving SRSA (sometimes called REAP) funds are NOT eligible for Title VIB-RLIS, too. Therefore, most districts should say that they do NOT intend to ...
Title VI is confusing --- so what ARE the parts of Title VI?
Title VI has three parts and each district is eligible for only ONE of the three parts: -General Transferability - LEAs over 600 students have 50% transferability unless in trouble with Title I and it goes to 30% or 0%. (Applies to only about 15% of MT districts). -Small, Rural School Achieve ...
What are the parts of Title VI?
Title VI has three parts and each district is eligible for only ONE of the three parts: -General Transferability - LEAs over 600 students have 50% transferability unless in trouble with Title I and it goes to 30% or 0%. (Applies to only about 15% of MT districts). -Small, Rural School Achievemen ...