(Effective Date: Nov. 27) The Education Dept will allow states to divert some of the $10 billion in additional Title I money they received this year under the Recovery Act to pay for the extensive data collection requirements imposed by the law, according to an Oct. 27 Federal Register announcement.
The adjustment, which will allow state education agencies to set aside up to $1 million in Title I money for the reporting requirements, is an attempt to ease the burden of the data collection imposed by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The final public notice also adjusts the amount of Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) funding states can set aside to pay for IDEA-related data collection.
The adjustments allow a state educational agency to reserve additional state administrative funds from its FY 2009 allocations under Title I, Part A and IDEA, Section 611 to help defray the costs of data collections related to ARRA funding for the programs. For costs associated with ARRA data collections unrelated to Title I, Part A or IDEA, state officials may use the state's Government Services grant under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (SFSF) program or funds allowed for that purpose under other ARRA programs.
The adjustment allows each state to reserve up to $1.5 million in ARRA funding for the data collection, the notice said. For example, the maximum additional amount a state may reserve is 0.5% of the state's FY 2009 Title I, Part A ARRA allocation, or $1 million, whichever is less. Similarly, for IDEA, the maximum additional amount a state may reserve is 0.1% of the state's FY 2009 IDEA, Section 611 allocation, or $500,000, whichever is less.
Info: To access the complete notice, go to http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-25839.htm.For more information on statutory funding waivers, go to www.ed.gov/programs/titleiparta/title-i-waiver.doc.
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