Who May Apply: (specifically) These consolidated grants are limited to the insular areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands).
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Legislation, Regulations and Guidance
Eligibility
Who May Apply: (specifically) These grants are limited to local education agencies (LEAs) in the outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands) and the Republic of Palau.
Coordinator for the Outlying Areas
Program Description
The No Child Left Behind Act amended the Department of Education Act to require the Department to establish the ‘Coordinator for the Outlying Areas’ position. School Support and Rural Programs currently employs the Departments Coordinator for the Outlying Areas, who: (1) serves as the principal advisor to the Department on Federal matters affecting the outlying areas; (2) evaluates, on a periodic basis, the needs of education programs in the outlying areas; (3) assists with the coordination of programs that serve the outlying areas; and (4) provides guidance to programs within the Department that serve the outlying areas.
As used in this section, the term outlying areas includes Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, but does not include the Freely Associated States of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
Resources
Comprehensive Centers – provide technical assistance services focused on the implementation of reform programs.
Florida & Islands Comprehensive Center
Educational Testing Service
Dr. Alice Lindsay, Director
1000 North Ashley Drive, Suite 312
Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: 1-800-756-9003
*Serves the Virgin Islands.
Pacific Region Comprehensive Center
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
Melly Wilson, Director
1136 Union Mall, PH 1A
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 1-808-441-1363
*Serves American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.
Equity Assistance Centers– provide technical assistance services in the areas of race, gender, national origin, and religion to public school districts to promote equal educational opportunities.
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium
5272 River Road, Suite 340
Bethesda, MD 20816
Ms. Susan Shaffer, Director
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PH: 301-657-7741
F: 301-657-8742
*Serves the Virgin Islands.
Metropolitan State University of Denver
P.O. Box 173362, Campus Box 63
Denver, CO 80217-3362
Dr. Jan Perry Evenstad, Director
PH: 303-556-6065
F: 303-556-3912
*Serves American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.
Eligibility
Who May Apply: (specifically) These grants are limited to the Insular Areas: (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands)
Applicant Information
Timeline
Application Closing Date: April 7, 2023
FY 2023 Consolidated Grant: Annual Submission
Please Note:
Submission instructions are provided in the Consolidated Grant Annual Submission instructions sent to grantees. Please contact Dr. Tiffany T. Forrester, Group Leader, Insular Areas Team with any questions.
- FY 2023-2025 Consolidated Grant Application Package
- Consolidated Grant Year 1 (FY23) Submission Instructions
- Consolidated Grant Year 1 (FY23) Submission Procedures
- Applicant Information Form
- Consolidated Grant Program Allocation Worksheet
- Budget Narrative Template
- Project Narrative Template
- Means of Evaluating Project Outcome(s) Chart
- EDGAR Assurances
- RLIS Waiver Request Form
- Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF 424B Form)
- Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Standard Form LLL)
- General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) Requirements – Section 427 (ED GEPA 427 Form)
- Consolidated Grant Information
- Consolidated Grant Legal and Regulatory Requirements
Consolidated Grants to the Insular Areas
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This authority allows the Insular Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) to apply for two or more eligible State administered formula grant programs under one application, and to choose how to allocate funds among programs within the consolidated application.
In general, Consolidated Grant funds are used to improve teaching and learning by encouraging greater cross-program coordination, planning, and service delivery, while enhancing integration of programs with educational activities carried out with State and local funds. The Consolidated Grant is designed to minimize the burden caused by existing application and reporting procedures for certain eligible grant programs. Each Insular Area submits one application for any two or more eligible programs. Beginning in FY 2017, the Insular Areas submitted a three-year application; each subsequent year during the three-year period the Insular Areas can submit amendments to the application. The amount of the Consolidated Grant is the sum of the allocations the Insular Area receives under each of the grant programs included in the application.
Once an Insular Area identifies two or more eligible programs to consolidate, they must decide under which one or more of the consolidated programs they will appropriate funds to in order to carry out program activities. The Insular Areas may only use and administer funds received under a Consolidated Grant to carry out eligible programs included in the consolidation and use those funds for any of the authorized purposes of that program or programs.
There are 9 Department of Education programs eligible for consolidation. Eight of these programs are located in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, and are authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended. The one remaining program is located in the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education. These programs include:
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
- Title I, Part A – Local Education Agency (LEA) Grants (Title I-A)
- Title I, Part B – State Assessment Grants (Title I-B)
- Title II, Part A – Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants (Title II-A)
- Title III, Part A – English Language Acquisition State Grants (Title III-A)
- Title IV, Part A – Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants (Title IV-A or SSAE)
- Title IV, Part B – 21st Century Community Learning Centers (Title IV-B)
- Title V, Part B, Subpart 2 – Rural and Low-Income School Program (Title V-B or RLIS); and
- Education for Homeless Children and Youths Grants (EHCY) authorized by the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (McKinney-Vento).
The Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education
- Career and Technical Education – Basic State Grants Program authorized by the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, as amended by the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V).
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For more information on the laws and guidance of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), please visit https://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/essa/index.html
For more information on non-public education and ESSA, please visit https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/non-public-education/index.html
