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84.144:  Migrant Education: Coordination Program

Objectives:  To encourage the interstate and intrastate coordination of migrant education including consortium arrangements to reduce the administrative costs of state educational agencies (SEAs) receiving Title I Migrant Education Program funds under 84.011.

PROGRAM AND AWARD	FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS	FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO.
APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS	INFORMATION CONTACTS
RELATED PROGRAMS	ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS
PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS	POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS

84.144 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility:  State educational agencies, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education and other public or nonprofit private entities may apply for funds to improve interstate and intrastate coordination of migrant education. SEAs participating in MEP consortium may apply for incentive grant awards.

Beneficiary Eligibility:  Migratory children of migratory agricultural workers or migratory fishers will benefit.

Credentials/Documentation:  None.

84.144 APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination:  This program does not use a preapplication form. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his/her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review.

Application Procedure:  Applications must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the regulations, instructions, and forms included in the grant application package. The applications are reviewed and evaluated by a panel for funding selection.

Award Procedure:  The Department of Education notifies successful applicants of awards. Actual negotiation and awarding of grants is done by the Department of Education's Grants and Contracts Service in cooperation with program staff.

Deadlines:  Deadlines are announced in the Federal Register.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:  About three months.

Appeals:  None.

Renewals:  Not applicable.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals:  The criteria for interstate/intrastate coordination grants are consistent with 34 CFR 75. Incentive grant awards are made under a formula established in a Notice of Final Criteria published April 8, 1996, in the Federal Register at FR 15670.

Examples of Funded Projects:  Funded projects have included projects to increase the use of technology for teaching and learning in the migrant community and programs to increase services to students by reducing administrative costs.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance:  $30,000 to $4,500,000; due to the vast diversity of projects the average award is not applicable.

84.144 RELATED PROGRAMS:

• 84.011 Migrant Education: Basic State Grant Program;
• 84.141 Migrant Education: High School Equivalency Program;
• 84.149 Migrant Education: College Assistance Migrant Program;
• 84.213 Even Start: State Educational Agencies;
• 93.246 Health Centers Grants for Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers;
• 93.600 Head Start.

84.144 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

84.144 FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO:

Federal Agency:  OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Type of Assistance:  Project Grants (Discretionary); Project Grants (Contracts).

Obligations:  (Grants) FY 99 $8,500,000; FY 00 est $8,500,000; and FY 01 est $10,000,000.

Budget Account Number:  91-0900-2-1-501.

Authorization:  Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title I, Part C, Section 1308, 20 U.S.C 6398.

Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature:  34 CFR 75, 76, and 80. Requirements for consortium incentive grants were published in the Federal Register (FR 15670) on April 8, 1996.

84.144 INFO CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office:  Not applicable.

Headquarters Office:  Office of Migrant Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW., FOB6, Room 3E329, Washington, DC 20202-6135. Contact: Kristina Barber. Phone: (202) 260-1164. Use the same number for FTS.

(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)

84.144 ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements:  Interstate and intrastate coordination grants have no statutory formula or matching requirements. Consortium incentive grants are awarded by formula, based on the amount of MEP funds an SEA is able to redirect from administrative activities into direct services to migrant children as a result of participating in a consortium.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:  Grants and contracts for interstate and intrastate coordination activities may be awarded for not more than five years, subject to the availability of funds. Consortium incentive grants are annual awards made for a 12-month period.

Uses and Use Restrictions:  Funds are used to: (A) Support activities to improve interstate and intrastate coordination of migrant education among State and local educational agencies; and (B) provide incentive grants to SEAs that participate in an approved consortium under the program.

84.144 POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports:  Annual performance reports are required from SEAs.

Audits:  In accordance with the Education Department General Administration Regulations in the Appendix to 34 CFR 80, State and local governments that receive financial assistance of $300,000 or more within the State's fiscal year shall have an audit made for that year. State and local governments that receive between $25,000 and $300,000 within the State's fiscal year shall have an audit made in accordance with the Appendix to Part 80, or in accordance with Federal laws and regulations governing the programs in which they participate.

Records:  In accordance with the General Education Provisions Act and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations, grantees must maintain certain project records for 3 years.