Vote: approved

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18. APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT THE 2011 IDEA BASIC ENTITLEMENT GRANT Approve the application for and the acceptance of $13,748.51 from the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) for the 2011 IDEA – Basic Entitlement Grant which provides Special Education Classroom Materials and Services for Sentinel Elementary School District #71. The term of the contract is twelve months, that was July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011. MCESA’s indirect rate for FY 2011 is 12.8 percent; MCESA’s ADE approved indirect cost rate is 0.91 percent. The restricted indirect cost rate allowed by this grant source is 0.91 percent. Recoverable indirect costs are $123.98. Unrecoverable indirect costs on this award are $1,619.96. MCESA requests a waiver to recoup any indirect costs associated with acceptance of the funds and requests that 100% of the award be utilized for direct expenses that provide school districts special education purchased services in speech and language. MCESA can absorb administrative costs within their budget appropriation(s). Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore, expenditures of these revenues are not prohibited by the budget law. (C-37-11-116-G-00)