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FUNDING DISCLAIMER
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The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Arizona Department of Education's award and/or payment of funds under this agreement is contingent upon AGE
receiving funds from Federal, State, or other funding sources to support the grant Notwithstanding any other provisions of this agreement, in the event that ADE
funding is reduced or rescinded by Federal, State, or other funding sources, ADE may Immediately reduce the amount of funds awarded or terminate this agreement
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by written notice to the Grantee.
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PROGRAM INFORMATION / INSTRUCTION
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TITLE III IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES
Project Summary
— Application Submission Deadline: May 1, 2019
LEA Document Library — Targeted SEA Director Approval Date: July 1,2019
Address Book
— Project Start Date: July 1,2019
Contact AGE
— Project End Date: September 30, 2020
— Reimbursement Request Deadline. PA Reimbursement Requests must be submitted and approved PRIOR to the project end date Reimbursement Request
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deadlines will be set, as applicable, based on ADE/ADOA Accounting requirements for fiscal year and/or project end dates
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ADDITIONAL PROGRAM INFORMATION
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Comprehensive guidance documents have been provided by OELAS to assist LEAs with better understanding program and funding requirements. The following
documents can be found in the Title III folder in the Grants Management Resource Library, accessed horn the GME main menu.
— Title III FAQs
— Title III Program Assurances
— Title III Spending Guidance - Understanding SNS
— litle VI and EEOA
— LEP Parent's Rights
Forming a Title III Consortium
— Spending Guidance for ESSA Programs
Ruffner, Marc
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Title III Contact Information
Information provided in this section will help OELAS Program Specialists to establish and maintain communication with appropriate Title III contact(s) acting as the
fiscal agent for this consortium.
Primary Title III Contact for this Consortium:
Name:
ISheny Frye
Title:
kinancial Business Representative
Phone:
16025062069
Email:
Isherry.frye@maricopa.gov
Additional Title III Contact (optional):
Name:
Parc Kuffner
lAsst Supt of Economic Management
Phone:
16025062068
Email:
Imarc.kuffner@maricopa.gov
PROGRAM NARRATIVE QUESTIONS
Title Ill Consortium - Participating Member Listing
Please list the names, CT DS numbers and the amount of fundieg each LEA member is contributing to this consortium. All allocations and camyover amounts will be
verified by the Program Area and posted in the History Log of the Title III funding application.
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!Avila Elementary District 07-03-63-000 $9948.21
iBoys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley DS& Mesa Arts Academy 07-86-13-000 $4309.40
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lCave Creek Unified School District 07-02-93-000 $21447.40
iCountry Gardens Charter Schools 07-135-13-000 $5097.02
!Desert Heights Charter Schools 07-86-21-000 $2154.70
Franklin Phonetic School - Sunnyslope 07-132-63-000 $3721.75
ASSURANCES
TITLE III, PART A - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, LANGUAGE ENHANCEMENT, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ACT
SEC. 3102, [20 U.S.C. 6812) PURPOSES.
The purposes of this part are-
(1) to help ensure that English learners, including immigrant children and youth, attain English proficiency and develop high revels of academic achievement in
English,
(2) to assist all English learners, including immigrant children and youth, to achieve at high levels in academic subjects so that all English learners can meet the
I same challenging State academic standards that all children are expected to meet;
(3) to assist teachers (including preschool teachers), principals and other school leaders, State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools in
establishing, implementing, and sustaining effective language instruction educational programs designed to assist in teaching English learners. including
l immigrant children and youth;
(4) to assist teachers (including preschool teachers), principals and other school leaders, Stale educational agencies, and local educational agencies to develop
and enhance their capacity to provide effective instructional programs designed to prepare English learners, including immigrant children and youth, to enter all-
English instructional settings; and
(5) to promote parental, family, and community participation in language instruction educational programs for the parents, families, and communities of English
, learners.
gi By checking this box, the Lead LEA/Fiscal Agent agrees it has reviewed and understands the above Title III, Part A Purposes.
TITLE III PROGRAM ASSURANCES
In addition to acknowledging the Title III Program Assurances below, the Related Documents section of the funding application contains REQUIRED documents
necessary for funding application submission. The Lead Agent is responsible for uploading all completed documents to the funding application.
The Lead LEA/Fiscal Agent must complete the documents titled Lead Agent Funding Forms.
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Each participating LEA member must complete Ma documents tilled Participating LEA Member- Certification and Assurances.
Eligibility Requirements
I The Arizona Department of Education provides Title ill sub-grants to LEAS tor English learners (ELs) on the basis of a formula. The formula is as follows: --
; a) Allocations am based on the total number of identified ELs, as determined by the Arizona English Language Leamer Assessmant (AZELLA) and program
; participation, submitted by all focal educational agencies (LEAs).
b) The total Federal allocation is divided by the total number of students reported.
c) This results in a single per pupil amount.
d) The per pupil amount is then multiplied by the number of identified EL students in an LEA.
An LEA that would not otherwise qualify for a direct-funded sub-grant under section 3114(a) because it does not qualify for an award of at least $10,000 may
submit a joint (consortium) application with one or more other LEAs in order to qualify. The combined Title III allocations of all participating LEAs in the consortium
must meet or exceed $10,000,
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Lead LEA/Fiscal Agent agrees It has read and understands the above Eligibility
Requirements - (Check and enter initials)
Purposes of Subgrants
Per SEC. 3115 (a), a State educational Agency may make subgrants to eligible entities only lithe entity agrees to expand the funds to improve the education of
English learners by assisting the children to learn English and meet the challenging State academic standards In carrying out activities with such funds, the
eligible entity shall use effective approaches and methodologies for teaching English learners and immigrant children and youth for the following purposes:
(1) Developing and implementing new language instruction educational programs and academic content instructional programs for English learners and
immigrant children and youth, including early childhood education programs, elementary school programs, and secondary school programs.
(2) Carrying out highly focused, innovative, locally designed activities to expander enhance existing language instruction educational programs and academic
content instructional programs for English learners and immigrant children and youth.
(3) implementing, within an individual school, schookilde programs for restructuring, reforming, and upgrading all relevant programs, activities, arid operations
relating to language instruction educational programs and academic content instruction for English learners and immigrant children and youth.
(4) implementing, within the entire jurisdiction of a local educational agency, agency wide programs for restructuring, reforming, and upgrading all relevant
programs, activities, and operations relating to language instruction educational programs and academic content instruction for English learners and immigrant
crindren and youth
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Lead LEA/Fiscal Agent agrees it has read and understands the above Purposes of Subgrants
Requirement - (Check and enter initials)
Direct Administrative Costs
Title III Sec. 3115(b) outlines alMwable direct administrative expenses in your Title III program. Each eligible entity receiving funds under section 3114(a) for a
fiscal year may use not more than 2 percent of such funds for the cost of administering this subpart.
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Lead LEA/Fiscal Agent agrees It has read and understands the above Direct Administrative
Costs Requirement - (Check and enter initials)
Required Subgrantee Activities
rale III Sec. 3115(c) Required Subgranlee Activities: An eligible entity receiving funds under section 3114(a) shall use the funds -
(1) to increase the English language proficiency of English learners by providing effective language instruction educational programs that meet the needs of
English learners and demonstrate success in increasing-
(A) English language proficiency, and
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(B) student academic achievement;
(2) to provide effective professional development to classroom teachers {including leathers in classroom settings that are not the settings of language
instruction educational programs), principals and other school leaders, administrators, and other school or community-based organizational personnel, that
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(A) designed to improve the instruction and assessment of English learners;
(8) designed to enhance the ability of such teachers, principals, and other school leaders to understand and implement curricula, assessment practices arid
measures, and instructional strategies for English learners;
(C) effective in increasing children's English language proficiency or substantially inoreasing the subject matter knowledge, leaching knowledge, and teaching
skills of such teachers, and
(1)) of sufficient intensity and duration (which shall not include activities such as 1-day or short-term workshops and conferences) to have a positive and
lasting impact on the leachers performance in the classroom, except that this subparagraph shall not apply loan activity that is one component of along-
term, comprehensive professional development plan established by a teacher and the teacher's supenrisor based on an assessment of the needs of the
teacher, the supervisor, the students of the teacher, and any local educational agency employing the teacher, as appropriate; and
(3) to provide and implement other effective activities and strategies that enhance Of supplement language instruction educational programs for English
learners, which-
(A) shall include parent, family, and community engagement activities; and
(B) may include strategies that serve to coordinate and align related programs.
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Lead LEA/Fiscal Agent agrees it has read and understands the above Required Subgrantee
Activities Requirement -(Cheek and enter initials)
Selection of Method of Instruclion
Title Ill Sec. 3115(f) states that in order to receive a subgrant from a State educational agency under this subpart, an eligible entity shall select one or more
methods or forms of effective instruction to be used in the programs and activities undertaken by the entity to assist English learners to attain English language
proficiency and meet challenging State academic standards. Such selection shall be consistent with Title III section 3124 through 3126.
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Lead LEAfFiscal Agent agrees It has read and understands the above Selection of Method of
Instruction Requirement' (Check and enter Initials}
Suppieroant, Not Supplant
Tide Ill Sec. 3115(g) requires that funds available under this subwant shall be used so as to supplement the level of Federal, State, and local public funds that, in
the absence of such availability, would have been expended for programs for English learners and immigrant children end youth and in no case to supplant such
Federal. State, and local public funds.
Before requesting Title III funding, four criteria noted below must be considered to determine whether the supplement, not supplant requirement is being
violated. Remember, services provided through Title Ill must be above and beyond:
a) instructional programsfservicesfmaterials which are provided to support non-EL students and their families,
b) what the LEA does to meet Federal requirements for the identification and placement of ELs,
c) services the LEA is required to offer by other Federal, State and local laws or regulations (including but not limited to requirements under Tree I, Title
VI of the
Ciiril Rights Act, EEOA, or the SEI models), and
) programs/services/materials previously funded with other Federal. State, Of local funding.
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Lead LEA/Fiscal Agent agrees It has read and understands the above Supplement, not
Supplant Requirement '(Check and enter initials)
Private School Services
I Under Title IX, Part E, SEC. 9501, LEAs receiving Title III funds must provide equitable and effective educational services to English learners and educational
personnel in private schools that are located in the geographic area served by the LEA_ Services for eligible private school children and educational personnel
may be provided by the LEA receiving the Title III funds or through third-party contracts. LEAs must ensure:
timely and meaningful consultation with appropriate private school officials,
services provided shall be secular, neutral, and nonideological, and
services are equitable in comparison to services/benefits for public school children and educational personnel.
Expenditures for educational services and other benefits provided for eligible private school children, their teachers, and other educational personnel serving
those children shall be equal to the expenditures for participating public school children The LEA shall maintain control of funds and property for services
provided to the private school.
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Lead LEA/Fiscal Agent agrees it has read and understands the above Private School
Services Requirement
Carryover Funds
Carryover of Title III funds is allowed. Unspent Title III funds from an approved application may carry over from one year to the next, fore maximum of twenty-
seven months beginning July I of the award year. There is no cap on the percentage of funding that may be carried over for Tine III.
Lead LEA/Fiscal Agent agrees it has read and understands the above Carryover Funds
Information
Teacher English Fluency
Under Tale lil Sec. 3116(0), each eligible entity receiving a subgrant under section 3114 shall certify that all teachers in any language instruction educational
program for English learners that is, or will be, funded under this part are fluent in English and any other language used for instruction, including having written
and oral communications skiffs
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LEA agrees it has read and understands the above Teacher English Fluency Requirement
(Check and enter initials) - (Check and enter Initials)
Integrated Action Plan (lAP)
Under Title Ill Sec 3316(a), each eligible entity desiring a subgrant from the State educational agency under section 3114 shall submit a plan to the State
educational agency at such lime, in such manner, and containing such information as the State educational agency may require.
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Under Title Ill Sec. 3116(b) CONTENTS, each plan submitted under subsection (a) shall-
(I) describe the effective programs and activities, including language instruction educational programs proposed to be developed, implemented, and
administered under the subgrant that will help English learners increase their English language proficiency and meet the challenging State academic standards;
(2) describe how the eligible entity will ensure that elementary schools and secondary schools receiving kinds under this subpart assist English learners in-
(A) achieving English proficiency based on the State's English language proficiency assessment under section 1111(b)(2)(G), consistent with the State's
long-term goals, as described in section 1111(c)(4)(A)(ii); and
(B) meeting the challenging State academic standards;
(3) describe how the eligible entity will promote parent, family, and community engagement in the education of English Learners;
(4) contain assurances that-
(A) each Local educational, agency that is included in the eligible entity is complying with section 1112(e) prier to, arid throughout, each school year as of the
date of application;
(8) the eligible entity is not in violation of any Slate law, including Stale constitutional taw, regarding the education of English learners, consistent with
sections 3125 and 3126;
(C) tho eligible entity consulted with leachers, researchers, school administrators, parents and family members, community members, public or private
entities, and institutions of higher education, in developing and implementing such plan; and
(D) the eligible entity will, if applicable, coordinate activities and share relevant data under the plan with local Head Start and Early Head Start agencies,
including migrant and seasonal Head Start agencies, and other early childhood education providers.
Note: lithe Fiscal Agent is not a participating LEA member, please mark the section below N/A.
LEA Primary Contact Person for Title Ill Integrated Action Plan updates
Name:
'Marc Kuffner
Title:
lAsst Supt of Economic Maragenent
Phone:
16025052068
Email:
Imardkuffner@imaricopa.gov
NOTE: Within the integrated Action Plan, all items requested for Tite Ill funding (includes salaries, benefits, prolessional development,
capitaffeguipmentlsupplies, etc.) must be identified in Action Steps and tagged with the Title III lag. Programs and services offered to ELLs but not funded with
Tthe III funds should be tagged with the ELL tag. Strategies and Action Steps may be positioned under any Principle in the Integrated Action Plan; however,
placement should be based on the LEA's needs assessment results.
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Lead LENFIscal Agent agrees It has read and understands the above Integrated Action Plan
Requirement - (Check and enter initials)
Please provide information below for the Lead LEA/Fiscal Agent responsible for acknowledging the above assurances. A hard copy of the Title Ill
Program Assurances can be found in the GME Document Library
Name:
pherry Frye
Title/Position:
'Financial Business Representative
Date:
105102
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