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Title I, Part A Director’s Toolkit

Title I, Part A Director’s Toolkit

Toolkit Format:

➢Title I-A Directors Handbook ➢Webinars

• Concise, informational, 5-10 minutes
• Covering critical topics in ESSA
• Viewers select the topic, view the webinar and

learn information in a timely manner

• Created by ESC personnel using guidance
• Vetted by

Handbook Available in:

• Electronic Version

Contents of Handbook:

• Table of Contents
• Listings with live links
• Contact information
• Statewide Initiatives,
• ESC personnel,
• TEA
• Timelines and Checklists
• Glossary of Terms

Title I, Part A Director’s Toolkit

How to Use This Handbook

The first section of this handbook contains basic information that is intended to guide a Title I-A program director in the implementation

• f their program. Much of the content comes directly from TEA’s

website, though not in its entirety. This handbook is only intended to be a starting place. Links to TEA’s website have been provided with the expectation that the reader will refer to TEA for specific guidance. The last section of the handbook contains calendars, timelines and

• checklists. These include information that the writers of the toolkit

had available upon publication. Please be aware that there may be additional requirements not captured in this handbook. Be diligent about reading notifications from TEA and your ESC regarding upcoming deadlines.

Title I, Part A Director’s Toolkit

Email Subscriptions

• Title I Directors need to sign up to receive TEA

updates via email from different divisions at TEA

Getting Started with TEAL

• Title I Directors also need to request access to

different applications in TEAL

• eGrants
• GFFC Reports
• ESSA Reports
• Expenditure Reporting

Title I, Part A Director’s Toolkit

Department of Contracts, Grants and Financial Administration

Title I, Part A Program Administration

• Committee of Practitioners
• Community Eligibility Provision
• Ed-Flex Waivers
• Title I, Part A Distinguished Schools
• Title I, Part A Improving Basic Programs

Title I, Part A Director’s Toolkit

Department of Contracts, Grants and Financial Administration

CGFA consists of three divisions, which perform the following duties:

Grants Administration Division

Allotment and award of grant funds as well as management of funds during the lifetime of the grant

Federal Fiscal Compliance and Reporting Division

Agency and grantee compliance with fiscal requirements governing the expenditure of grant funds and how those expenditures are reported to the state or US Department of Education (USDE)

Federal Fiscal Monitoring Division

Grantee compliance with federal fiscal requirements

Title I, Part A Director’s Toolkit

Department of Contracts, Grants and Financial Administration

Department Functions

• ESSA Private School Equitable Services
• Federal Regulations
• Hurricane Harvey Federal Grant Funding
• The New EDGAR
• Substitute System of Time and Effort
• Title I, Part A
• Transition to ESSA
• Travel Information and Guidance

Title I, Part A Director’s Toolkit

Department of Contracts, Grants and Financial Administration

Applying for a Grant

• TEA Year in Advance - Competitive Grants
• Three-Month Calendar
• Allocation Amounts (State and Federal)
• Available Grants
• Competitive Review Process
• Grants Assistance
• New Grant Announcements
• Private Nonprofit School Associations

Grants Awarded Data

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Department of Contracts, Grants and Financial Administration

Administering a Grant

• Hurricane Harvey
• Transition to ESSA
• The NEW EDGAR
• Prior Approval, Disclosure, & Justification Forms: EDGAR
• Allowable Cost and Budgeting Guidance
• Amendment Submission Guidance
• General and Fiscal Guidance

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Department of Contracts, Grants and Financial Administration

Administering a Grant [continued]

• Handbooks and Other Guidance
• Provisions and Assurances
• Federal Regulations

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Department of Contracts, Grants and Financial Administration

Compliance and Reporting

• Survey of Federal Purchased Real Property
• Federal Fiscal Reporting
• IDEA Fiscal Compliance
• Indirect Costs
• ESSA Fiscal Compliance

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Department of Contracts, Grants and Financial Administration

Federal Fiscal Monitoring Division

• Monitoring Reviews
• Grant Reviews
• Resources
• Notice of Agency Policy
• Training and Other Resources
• The New EDGAR
• Key Grant Concepts
• Training Opportunities

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Department of Contracts, Grants and Financial Administration

Time and Effort

• Federal Time and Effort Reporting Guidance Handbook
• Substitute System of Time and Effort

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Every Student Succeeds Act

• TEA’s ESSA Page
• Basic Structure of ESSA
• Title I-A Intent and Purpose
• ESSA Statute (in its entirety)
• Title I, Part A Organization (for reference)

Title I, Part A Director’s Toolkit

Department of Contracts, Grants and Financial Administration

Fiscal Requirements of Title I, Part A

• Maintenance of Effort
• Comparability of Services
• Supplement, Not Supplant

Title I, Part A Director’s Toolkit

Department of Contracts, Grants and Financial Administration

Contacts for Assistance

• Department of Grants Compliance and Oversight
• Purchasing and Contracts Division
• Grants Administration Division
• Federal Fiscal Compliance and Reporting Division
• Federal Fiscal Monitoring Division
• To the Administrator Addressed Correspondence
• TEA Help Desk
• Statewide Initiatives Contacts
• ESC Contacts

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Basics of Coding

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Statewide Initiative Contacts

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ESC Contacts TEA Contacts

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Director’s Toolkit

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Monthly Calendars August 2017 - July 2018

• Conference Activities
• District and Campus Planning Activities
• Grant Activities
• Parent and Family Engagement Activities
• Fiscally Related Activities
• Private Non-Profit Activities
• Other Activities
• Notes at the bottom of each calendar page

Glossary of Title I, Part A Related Terms

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