School Improvement

Grants Webinar

July 23, 2010

Webinar Troubleshooting

•Pin # enables audio communication

•Questions may be submitted via the chat or by emailing:–ghancock@dpi.state.nc.us

Communication•SIGnificant Points (Updates)

•Website•Orientation Visits•Monitoring/Quality Reviews

Finance Information You Need To Know

Topics

• Requirements for ARRA funds• Chart of Accounts• Special Funding Considerations (timing)

• Basic Compliance Issues

Requirements for ARRA Funds

• Competition• Transparency

OERI Management Directives

• Competition in all procurement transactions (goods and services) conducted using ARRA funds– Bidding– IPS– Advertise in local newsprint outlets

OERI Management Directives

• Post jobs with Employment Security Commission

• NCrecovery.gov “Compliance” tab

Chart of Accounts

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

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

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

Questions…

An SEA must post on its Web site a summary of the SIG grants it awarded, including the following information:

1. Name and NCES identification number of each LEA awarded a grant;

2. Amount of each LEA’s grant;3. Name and NCES identification

number of each school to be served; and

4. Type of intervention to be implemented in each Tier I and Tier II school being served.

5. All LEA SIG Applications.

Web TableLEA Name School

Name(s)NCES # Amount

AwardedInterventionModel

Anson County Schools (pdf)

Anson Challenge Academy

370018002367 $2,436,215 Restart

Brunswick County Schools (pdf)

Brunswick County Academy

370042000980 $1,996,081 Transformation

Buncombe County Schools (pdf)

Buncombe Community-East

370045002203 $2,330,198 Turnaround

Additional Web Info

• USED Guidance• Webinar Presentations• Resources from the Center on Innovation & Improvement

Orientation Visits

•Application walk-through•Statewide System of Support

•Monitoring Overview•Teacher Leaders Program

SIG Monitoring• Outcome measures (i.e., improvements in student performance)

• Leading Indicators• Fidelity of model implementation• Budget vs. Expenditure• Quarterly feedback

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

Questions…

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