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School Improvement Grants Webinar

Join our webinar focused on School Improvement Grants (SIG), where we provide essential updates and troubleshooting tips for efficient participation. Discover key compliance issues, requirements for ARRA funds, and financial management practices to ensure proper usage of federal funds. We'll discuss special funding considerations, management directives, and provide resources on application processes and monitoring procedures. Feel free to submit questions via chat or email us at ghancock@dpi.state.nc.us. Ensure your school is fully equipped to handle SIG funds effectively.

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School Improvement Grants Webinar

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  1. School Improvement Grants Webinar July 23, 2010

  2. Webinar Troubleshooting • Pin # enables audio communication • Questions may be submitted via the chat or by emailing: • ghancock@dpi.state.nc.us

  3. Communication • SIGnificant Points (Updates) • Website • Orientation Visits • Monitoring/Quality Reviews

  4. Finance Information You Need To Know

  5. Topics • Requirements for ARRA funds • Chart of Accounts • Special Funding Considerations (timing) • Basic Compliance Issues

  6. Requirements for ARRA Funds • Competition • Transparency

  7. OERI Management Directives • Competition in all procurement transactions (goods and services) conducted using ARRA funds • Bidding • IPS • Advertise in local newsprint outlets

  8. OERI Management Directives • Post jobs with Employment Security Commission • NCrecovery.gov  “Compliance” tab

  9. Chart of Accounts • If additional codes are needed to accommodate your project, contact Donna Brown. Chart of Accounts codes are typically updated weekly.

  10. Special Funding Considerations • Timing issue – allotment of PRC 143 funds may not be released until August • Special work-around for SIG LEAs only – post expenditures to PRC 143, but request cash from PRC 050 • Zero-out will be suspended on these 2 PRCs until allotment is made, then process will correct cash • Email with these procedures sent to Finance Officers and program directors on 7/8/10

  11. Basic Compliance Issues • SIG funds are Federal funds, so Federal compliance requirements apply • Time & Effort documentation • Equipment inventory • Contracts, including specific invoices • Internal Controls and written procedures

  12. Questions…

  13. An SEA must post on its Web site a summary of the SIG grants it awarded, including the following information: • Name and NCES identification number of each LEA awarded a grant; • Amount of each LEA’s grant; • Name and NCES identification number of each school to be served; and • Type of intervention to be implemented in each Tier I and Tier II school being served. • All LEA SIG Applications.

  14. Web Table

  15. Additional Web Info • USED Guidance • Webinar Presentations • Resources from the Center on Innovation & Improvement

  16. Orientation Visits • Application walk-through • Statewide System of Support • Monitoring Overview • Teacher Leaders Program

  17. SIG Monitoring • Outcome measures (i.e., improvements in student performance) • Leading Indicators • Fidelity of model implementation • Budget vs. Expenditure • Quarterly feedback

  18. Leading Indicators • Number of minutes within the school year; • Student participation rate on state assessments by subgroup; • Dropout rate; • Student attendance rate; • Number and percentage students completing advanced coursework, early college, or dual-enrollment; • Discipline incidents; • Truants; • Distribution of teachers by performance level on LEA’s teacher evaluation system; and • Teacher attendance rate

  19. Questions…

  20. SIG Contact Information: • George Hancock, Consultant (910) 783-5921 ghancock@dpi.state.nc.us • Donna Brown, Section Chief (919) 807-3959 dbrown@dpi.state.nc.us

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