Vote: adopted

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10. APPLY AND ACCEPT THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF (ESSER II) GRANT Approve the application for and acceptance of $150,000 for the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund. The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund is authorized under Section 18003 of the Education Stabilization Fund per the CARES Act to aid LEAs to prevent, prepare for and respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Funds for this program have been allocated per Section 18003(c) to local educational agencies (LEAs) in the State in Proportion to the amount of funds such local educational agencies received under Title I-A in the most recent fiscal Year (FY20). Funds for this program have also been allocated per Section 18003(e) to LEAs in the State that did not Receive funds under Title I-A in the most recent fiscal year (FY20). The term of this grant March 13, 2020 to September 30, 2022. Authorize the Chairman to sign all documents related to these grant funds, as applicable. The grant award is a formula grant CFDA 84.425D. The cash or in-kind match is not applicable. MCSS’s indirect rate for FY 2022 is 18.3 percent. The indirect cost rate allowed by this grant source is .67 percent. Total indirect costs on this award are $998.31 and the unallowable indirect cost is $26,269.00. Ongoing cash contributions not applicable. MCSS serves as the fiscal agent for the jail education program. These funds will be a direct benefit to the Jail school within MCSO. The grant award is non-competitive and an entitlement grant from the federal government. There are no costs that will need to be absorbed by the department’s operating budget. 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. This action does not alter the budget constraining the expenditures of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17105. (C-37-22-016-X-00)

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