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have provided their Alien Registration
Number (ARN) in his or her application
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for financial assistance under title IV of
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Aid Application File (18–11–01) (76 FR
46774, August 3, 2011).
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Systematic Alien Verification for
Entitlements (SAVE) System (81 FR
78619, November 8, 2016).
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Mark A. Brown,
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice Announcing Availability of
Funds and Application Deadline for the
2019 Temporary Emergency Impact
Aid for Displaced Students Program;
Disaster Recovery Assistance for
Education
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Education
(Department) is issuing a notice
announcing the availability of funds and
application deadline for the 2019
Temporary Emergency Impact Aid for
Displaced Students (2019 Emergency
Impact Aid) program under Title VIII of
the Additional Supplemental
SUMMARY:
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Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of
2019 (hereafter referred to as the
Disaster Supplemental), Catalog of
Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
number 84.938C. This notice relates to
the approved information collection
under OMB control number 1810–0739.
DATES:
Applications Available: September
13, 2019.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: For State educational
agency (SEA) applicants, October 23,
2019.
For local educational agencies (LEAs)
to submit applications to SEAs under
the Emergency Impact Aid program:
October 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The addresses pertinent to
this program, including the addresses
for obtaining and submitting an
application, can be found under
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher Tate, U.S. Department of
Education, Temporary Emergency
Impact Aid for Displaced Students
Program, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 3W229, Washington, DC 20202–
5970. Telephone: (202) 453–6047.
Email: Christopher.Tate@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Full Text of Announcement
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I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: Under the 2019
Emergency Impact Aid program, we will
award grants to eligible SEAs to enable
them to make emergency impact aid
payments to eligible LEAs and eligible
Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)funded schools for costs incurred during
the 2018–2019 school year as a result of
educating public and non-public school
students displaced by Hurricanes
Florence and Michael, Typhoon
Mangkhut, Super Typhoon Yutu, and
wildfires, earthquakes, and volcanic
eruptions occurring in calendar year
2018 and tornadoes and floods
occurring in calendar year 2019 in those
areas for which a major disaster or
emergency is declared under section
401 or 501 of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42
U.S.C. 5170 and 5190) (referred to in
this notice as ‘‘a covered disaster or
emergency’’).
Background: This notice announces
the availability of funds and application
deadline for eligible applicants for 2019
Emergency Impact Aid supported by the
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Disaster Supplemental, which was
signed into law on June 6, 2019. The
law provides $17.2 billion in FY 2019
supplemental appropriations to Federal
departments and agencies for expenses
related to the consequences of disasters
in 2018 and 2019 for which a covered
disaster or emergency has been
declared, including $165 million for
education-related disaster recovery
activities. The Disaster Supplemental
also provides the Secretary with the
discretion to determine which
authorized disaster recovery programs
to fund. The Department plans to award
funds through the 2019 Immediate Aid
to Restart School Operations program,
2019 Emergency Impact Aid, Emergency
Assistance to Institutions of Higher
Education, and Project SERV (School
Emergency Response to Violence). The
amounts awarded under the 2019
Emergency Impact Aid program will be
based on data received from eligible
applicants.
Exemption from Rulemaking: This
program is exempt from the rulemaking
requirements in section 437 of the
General Education Provisions Act
(GEPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232) and section 553
of the Administrative Procedure Act
(APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), as established in
division B, subdivision 1, title VIII,
‘‘Hurricane Education Recovery’’
paragraph (6), of Public Law 115–123,
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, and
title VIII of the Disaster Supplemental.
Program Authority: Title VIII of the
Disaster Supplemental, Public Law 116–
20 (enacted June 6, 2019).
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR
parts 76, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 97, 98, and
99. (b) The Office of Management and
Budget Guidelines to Agencies on
Governmentwide Debarment and
Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR
part 180, as adopted and amended as
regulations of the Department in 2 CFR
part 3485. (c) The Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as
adopted and amended as regulations of
the Department in 2 CFR part 3474.
Note: The open licensing requirement in 2
CFR 3474.20 does not apply to the 2019
Emergency Impact Aid program.
II. Award Information
Estimated Available Funds: Congress
appropriated $165 million to the
Department under the Disaster
Supplemental, of which the amounts
awarded under this program and others
authorized in the law will be based on
demand and impact data received from
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eligible applicants. Awards to eligible
applicants may be adjusted downward
or upward to match available funding
and need.
Period of Funding Availability: SEAs,
LEAs, BIE-funded, and non-public
schools must obligate funds received
under this program by May 31, 2020, for
expenses incurred during the 2018–
2019 school year. SEAs must return to
the Department any funds that are not
obligated by SEAs, LEAs, or BIE-funded
schools by this deadline.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: SEAs in any
State, including the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, and each of the outlying areas.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not require cost sharing or
matching.
3. Subgrantees: The SEA may use
2019 Emergency Impact Aid funds to
make payments to eligible LEAs and
BIE-funded schools for costs incurred
during the 2018–2019 school year as a
result of educating public and nonpublic school students displaced by a
covered disaster or emergency.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Application Submission
Instructions: Applications for this
program must be submitted in both of
the following two ways: (a) Submit an
application in electronic portable
document format (PDF) or Microsoft
Word format via email to
K12EmergencyImpactAid@ed.gov.
Questions regarding application
submission can be directed to the
program contact person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. (b) Mail
the original and two copies of your
application by express mail service
through the U.S. Postal Service or
through a commercial carrier to the
program contact person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
2. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is subject to Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR
part 79. However, under 34 CFR 79.8(a),
we waive intergovernmental review in
order to make timely awards.
V. Application Review Information
1. Student Enrollment Data for the
Emergency Impact Aid program: In the
2019 Emergency Impact Aid application
for SEA funding, SEAs must report
quarterly data on the numbers of
displaced students enrolled in public,
non-public, and BIE-funded schools as
of four different count dates. SEAs must
report separate counts of (a) displaced
students with disabilities, (b) displaced
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English learners without disabilities,
and (c) all other displaced students. The
Department has identified four
suggested quarterly count dates for
identifying numbers of eligible
displaced students: (i) October 1, 2018;
(ii) December 1, 2018; (iii) February 1,
2019; and (iv) April 1, 2019. SEAs may
use these dates or select count dates that
fall within a 21-day range for each of the
quarters, that is, within 10 calendar
days before or after these dates. Each
SEA must select four specific dates for
the quarterly counts and use those dates
consistently for all applicants within the
SEA.
SEAs must submit enrollment data for
all four quarters of the 2018–19 school
year, which may include estimated data,
in their initial 2019 Emergency Impact
Aid applications.
We will use the enrollment data that
are included in the SEA applications to
make payments under the 2019
Emergency Impact Aid program.
We also are aware that it may take
some time for SEAs and LEAs to count,
retroactively for all four quarters of the
2018–19 school year, all eligible
students, including students who
subsequently may have moved to other
States or LEAs. Therefore, SEAs are
encouraged to provide their best
available estimates of eligible students
for each count date in their applications,
and, in the event that they collect more
satisfactory data that were not available
at the time of application, they must
amend their applications if they need to
make upward or downward revisions to
their initial child counts. The Secretary
will make appropriate upward or
downward revisions to subsequent
payments, or request a refund for any
overpayment, based on the final data
provided by an SEA. SEAs must submit
any application amendments affecting
allocations under the 2019 Emergency
Impact Aid program to the Department
no later than January 31, 2020.
2. Other Requirements for 2019
Emergency Impact Aid: LEAs must
make 2019 Emergency Impact Aid
payments to accounts on behalf of
displaced non-public school students
within 14 calendar days of receiving
payments from their SEAs.
The Secretary may solicit from any
applicant at any time additional
information needed to process an
application for the program.
3. Special Funding Rule for 2019
Emergency Impact Aid: In calculating
funding under the Impact Aid Basic
Support Payments program, authorized
under section 7003 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965,
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as amended (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7703), for
an eligible LEA that receives a 2019
Emergency Impact Aid payment, the
Secretary does not count displaced
students served by such agency for
whom a 2019 Emergency Impact Aid
payment is received under this section,
nor are such students counted for the
purpose of calculating the total number
of children in average daily attendance
at the schools served by such agency as
provided in section 7003(b)(3)(B)(i) of
the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(3)(B)(i)).
4. Risk Assessment and Specific
Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR
200.205, before awarding grants under
this program, the Department conducts
a review of the risks posed by
applicants. Under 2 CFR 3474.10, the
Secretary may impose specific
conditions and, in appropriate
circumstances, high-risk conditions on a
grant if the applicant or grantee is not
financially stable; has a history of
unsatisfactory performance; has a
financial or other management system
that does not meet the standards in 2
CFR part 200, subpart D; has not
fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant;
or is otherwise not responsible.
5. Additional Monitoring: This
program is designated as ‘‘susceptible to
significant improper payments’’ for
purposes of the Improper Payments
Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321
note). See title VIII of the Disaster
Supplemental, and Public Law 115–123,
the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018,
division B, subdivision 1, title XII,
§ 21208(a), February 9, 2018, 132 Stat.
108. Consequently, if 2019 Emergency
Impact Aid program grantees expend
more than $10,000,000—a level of
expenditures that the Department
anticipates will be met—there will be
additional requirements for grantees
under the program, including making
expenditure information and
documentation available for review by
the Department. We will provide
additional information about this
requirement after we make awards,
providing advanced notice to ensure
grantees understand their
responsibilities for documenting all
expenditures of 2019 Emergency Impact
Aid funds. In general, these
documentation requirements are
identical to those ordinarily required for
all Federal education program
expenditures; the primary impact of the
Improper Payments Information Act
will be increased review of this
documentation.
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VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If you receive a
grant award under the 2019 Emergency
Impact Aid program, we will notify your
U.S. Representative(s) and U.S.
Senators, if applicable, and send you a
Grant Award Notification (GAN); or we
may send you an email containing a link
to access an electronic version of your
GAN. We may also notify you
informally.
2. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a
grant under this program, you must
ensure that you have in place the
necessary processes and systems to
comply with the reporting requirements
in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive
funding. This does not apply if you have
an exception under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
(b) At the end of your project period,
you must submit a final performance
report, including financial information,
as directed by the Secretary. The
Secretary may also require more
frequent performance reports under 34
CFR 75.720(c).
VII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or compact disc) on
request to the program contact person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is
the document published in the Federal
Register. You may access the official
edition of the Federal Register and the
Code of Federal Regulations at
www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can
view this document, as well as all other
documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Portable Document Format
(PDF). To use PDF you must have
Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
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You may also access documents of the
Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
feature at www.federalregister.gov.
Specifically, through the advanced
search feature at this site, you can limit
your search to documents published by
the Department.
Frank Brogan,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice Announcing Availability of Funds and Application Deadline
for the 2019 Temporary Emergency Impact Aid for Displaced Students
Program; Disaster Recovery Assistance for Education
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice
announcing the availability of funds and application deadline for the
2019 Temporary Emergency Impact Aid for Displaced Students (2019
Emergency Impact Aid) program under Title VIII of the Additional
Supplemental
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Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of 2019 (hereafter referred to
as the Disaster Supplemental), Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) number 84.938C. This notice relates to the approved information
collection under OMB control number 1810-0739.
DATES:
Applications Available: September 13, 2019.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: For State educational
agency (SEA) applicants, October 23, 2019.
For local educational agencies (LEAs) to submit applications to
SEAs under the Emergency Impact Aid program: October 15, 2019.
ADDRESSES: The addresses pertinent to this program, including the
addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, can be found
under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Tate, U.S. Department of
Education, Temporary Emergency Impact Aid for Displaced Students
Program, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3W229, Washington, DC 20202-5970.
Telephone: (202) 453-6047. Email: [email protected].
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: Under the 2019 Emergency Impact Aid program, we
will award grants to eligible SEAs to enable them to make emergency
impact aid payments to eligible LEAs and eligible Bureau of Indian
Education (BIE)-funded schools for costs incurred during the 2018-2019
school year as a result of educating public and non-public school
students displaced by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon
Mangkhut, Super Typhoon Yutu, and wildfires, earthquakes, and volcanic
eruptions occurring in calendar year 2018 and tornadoes and floods
occurring in calendar year 2019 in those areas for which a major
disaster or emergency is declared under section 401 or 501 of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (42 U.S.C. 5170
and 5190) (referred to in this notice as ``a covered disaster or
emergency'').
Background: This notice announces the availability of funds and
application deadline for eligible applicants for 2019 Emergency Impact
Aid supported by the Disaster Supplemental, which was signed into law
on June 6, 2019. The law provides $17.2 billion in FY 2019 supplemental
appropriations to Federal departments and agencies for expenses related
to the consequences of disasters in 2018 and 2019 for which a covered
disaster or emergency has been declared, including $165 million for
education-related disaster recovery activities. The Disaster
Supplemental also provides the Secretary with the discretion to
determine which authorized disaster recovery programs to fund. The
Department plans to award funds through the 2019 Immediate Aid to
Restart School Operations program, 2019 Emergency Impact Aid, Emergency
Assistance to Institutions of Higher Education, and Project SERV
(School Emergency Response to Violence). The amounts awarded under the
2019 Emergency Impact Aid program will be based on data received from
eligible applicants.
Exemption from Rulemaking: This program is exempt from the
rulemaking requirements in section 437 of the General Education
Provisions Act (GEPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232) and section 553 of the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), as established in
division B, subdivision 1, title VIII, ``Hurricane Education Recovery''
paragraph (6), of Public Law 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act of
2018, and title VIII of the Disaster Supplemental.
Program Authority: Title VIII of the Disaster Supplemental, Public
Law 116-20 (enacted June 6, 2019).
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR parts 76, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 97,
98, and 99. (b) The Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to
Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in
2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department
in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part
200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR
part 3474.
Note: The open licensing requirement in 2 CFR 3474.20 does not
apply to the 2019 Emergency Impact Aid program.
II. Award Information
Estimated Available Funds: Congress appropriated $165 million to
the Department under the Disaster Supplemental, of which the amounts
awarded under this program and others authorized in the law will be
based on demand and impact data received from eligible applicants.
Awards to eligible applicants may be adjusted downward or upward to
match available funding and need.
Period of Funding Availability: SEAs, LEAs, BIE-funded, and non-
public schools must obligate funds received under this program by May
31, 2020, for expenses incurred during the 2018-2019 school year. SEAs
must return to the Department any funds that are not obligated by SEAs,
LEAs, or BIE-funded schools by this deadline.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: SEAs in any State, including the District
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each of the outlying
areas.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
3. Subgrantees: The SEA may use 2019 Emergency Impact Aid funds to
make payments to eligible LEAs and BIE-funded schools for costs
incurred during the 2018-2019 school year as a result of educating
public and non-public school students displaced by a covered disaster
or emergency.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Application Submission Instructions: Applications for this
program must be submitted in both of the following two ways: (a) Submit
an application in electronic portable document format (PDF) or
Microsoft Word format via email to [email protected].
Questions regarding application submission can be directed to the
program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
(b) Mail the original and two copies of your application by express
mail service through the U.S. Postal Service or through a commercial
carrier to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
2. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. However, under 34
CFR 79.8(a), we waive intergovernmental review in order to make timely
awards.
V. Application Review Information
1. Student Enrollment Data for the Emergency Impact Aid program: In
the 2019 Emergency Impact Aid application for SEA funding, SEAs must
report quarterly data on the numbers of displaced students enrolled in
public, non-public, and BIE-funded schools as of four different count
dates. SEAs must report separate counts of (a) displaced students with
disabilities, (b) displaced
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English learners without disabilities, and (c) all other displaced
students. The Department has identified four suggested quarterly count
dates for identifying numbers of eligible displaced students: (i)
October 1, 2018; (ii) December 1, 2018; (iii) February 1, 2019; and
(iv) April 1, 2019. SEAs may use these dates or select count dates that
fall within a 21-day range for each of the quarters, that is, within 10
calendar days before or after these dates. Each SEA must select four
specific dates for the quarterly counts and use those dates
consistently for all applicants within the SEA.
SEAs must submit enrollment data for all four quarters of the 2018-
19 school year, which may include estimated data, in their initial 2019
Emergency Impact Aid applications.
We will use the enrollment data that are included in the SEA
applications to make payments under the 2019 Emergency Impact Aid
program.
We also are aware that it may take some time for SEAs and LEAs to
count, retroactively for all four quarters of the 2018-19 school year,
all eligible students, including students who subsequently may have
moved to other States or LEAs. Therefore, SEAs are encouraged to
provide their best available estimates of eligible students for each
count date in their applications, and, in the event that they collect
more satisfactory data that were not available at the time of
application, they must amend their applications if they need to make
upward or downward revisions to their initial child counts. The
Secretary will make appropriate upward or downward revisions to
subsequent payments, or request a refund for any overpayment, based on
the final data provided by an SEA. SEAs must submit any application
amendments affecting allocations under the 2019 Emergency Impact Aid
program to the Department no later than January 31, 2020.
2. Other Requirements for 2019 Emergency Impact Aid: LEAs must make
2019 Emergency Impact Aid payments to accounts on behalf of displaced
non-public school students within 14 calendar days of receiving
payments from their SEAs.
The Secretary may solicit from any applicant at any time additional
information needed to process an application for the program.
3. Special Funding Rule for 2019 Emergency Impact Aid: In
calculating funding under the Impact Aid Basic Support Payments
program, authorized under section 7003 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7703), for an
eligible LEA that receives a 2019 Emergency Impact Aid payment, the
Secretary does not count displaced students served by such agency for
whom a 2019 Emergency Impact Aid payment is received under this
section, nor are such students counted for the purpose of calculating
the total number of children in average daily attendance at the schools
served by such agency as provided in section 7003(b)(3)(B)(i) of the
ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7703(b)(3)(B)(i)).
4. Risk Assessment and Specific Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR
200.205, before awarding grants under this program, the Department
conducts a review of the risks posed by applicants. Under 2 CFR
3474.10, the Secretary may impose specific conditions and, in
appropriate circumstances, high-risk conditions on a grant if the
applicant or grantee is not financially stable; has a history of
unsatisfactory performance; has a financial or other management system
that does not meet the standards in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not
fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; or is otherwise not
responsible.
5. Additional Monitoring: This program is designated as
``susceptible to significant improper payments'' for purposes of the
Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note). See
title VIII of the Disaster Supplemental, and Public Law 115-123, the
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, division B, subdivision 1, title XII,
Sec. 21208(a), February 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 108. Consequently, if 2019
Emergency Impact Aid program grantees expend more than $10,000,000--a
level of expenditures that the Department anticipates will be met--
there will be additional requirements for grantees under the program,
including making expenditure information and documentation available
for review by the Department. We will provide additional information
about this requirement after we make awards, providing advanced notice
to ensure grantees understand their responsibilities for documenting
all expenditures of 2019 Emergency Impact Aid funds. In general, these
documentation requirements are identical to those ordinarily required
for all Federal education program expenditures; the primary impact of
the Improper Payments Information Act will be increased review of this
documentation.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If you receive a grant award under the 2019
Emergency Impact Aid program, we will notify your U.S.
Representative(s) and U.S. Senators, if applicable, and send you a
Grant Award Notification (GAN); or we may send you an email containing
a link to access an electronic version of your GAN. We may also notify
you informally.
2. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a grant under this program, you
must ensure that you have in place the necessary processes and systems
to comply with the reporting requirements in 2 CFR part 170 should you
receive funding. This does not apply if you have an exception under 2
CFR 170.110(b).
(b) At the end of your project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial information, as directed by the
Secretary. The Secretary may also require more frequent performance
reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c).
VII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to
the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of
Federal Regulations at www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can view this
document, as well as all other documents of this Department published
in the Federal Register, in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To
use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at
the site.
You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Frank Brogan,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2019-19878 Filed 9-12-19; 8:45 am]
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