Office of Elementary and Secondary Education: Small, Rural School Achievement Program CFDA Number 84.358A

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Document Type: Grants Notice
Funding Number: ED-GRANTS-042310-013
Close Date: 2010-06-30 00:00:00
Agency: Department of Education
Opportunity Category: Mandatory
Posted Date: 4/27/2010
Creation Date: Apr 27, 2010
Original Closing Date for Applications: Jun 30, 2010
Archive Date: Jul 30, 2010
Funding Instrument Type: Grant
Category of Funding Activity: Education
CFDA Number(s): 84.358 -- Rural Education
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No
Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Which LEAs Are Eligible for an Award Under the SRSA Program? An LEA (including a public charter school that is considered an LEA under State law) is eligible for an award under the SRSA program if-- (a) The total number of students in average daily attendance at all of the schools served by the LEA is fewer than 600, or each county in which a school served by the LEA is located has a total population density of fewer than 10 persons per square mile; and (b) All of the schools served by the LEA are designated with a school locale code of 7 or 8 by the Department's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), or the Secretary has determined, based on a demonstration by the LEA and concurrence of the State educational agency, that the LEA is located in an area defined as rural by a governmental agency of the State. The school locale codes are the locale codes determined on the basis of the NCES school code methodology in place on the date of enactment of section 6211(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended. Which Eligible LEAs Must Submit an Application To Receive an FY 2010 SRSA Grant Award? An eligible LEA must submit an application to receive an FY 2010 SRSA grant award if it falls under any of the following categories: 1. The LEA never submitted an application for SRSA funds in any prior year; 2. The LEA received an SRSA grant for FY 2007, and, as of December 31, 2009, had not drawn down from the Department's Grant Administration and Payment System any of its FY 2007 SRSA funds; 3. The LEA was identified in a prior year on the SRSA eligibility spreadsheets as needing to re-apply for SRSA because of the absence of drawdown activity, but did not do so.
Description: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Under the Small, Rural School Achievement (SRSA) Program, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) awards grants on a formula basis to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) to address the unique needs of rural school districts. In this notice, we establish the deadline for submission of fiscal year (FY) 2010 SRSA grant applications. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.358A. An eligible LEA that is required to submit an application to receive FY 2010 SRSA funds (in other words, an LEA that did not submit an application in a prior year, or was identified in a prior year as needing to re-apply because of the absence of drawdown activity) must submit an electronic application by June 30, 2010, 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time. If it submits its application after this deadline, the LEA will receive a grant award only to the extent that funds are available after the Department awards grants to other eligible LEAs under the program. Submission of an electronic application involves the use of the Department's Electronic Grant Application System (e-Application) available through the Department's e-GRANTS system. You can access the electronic application for the SRSA Program at: http://e-grants.ed.gov. When you access this site, you will receive specific instructions regarding the information to include in your application.
Link to Additional Information: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education: Small, Rural School Achievement Program CFDA Number 84.358A; Notice announcing application deadline
Contact Info: Julius Cotton ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. Phone 202-245-6140 julius.cotton@ed.gov Program Manager: Mr. Eric Schulz U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3W107 Washington, DC 20202 Telephone: (202) 401-0039 or by e-mail: e-Mail: Program Mailbox
Synopsis Modification History: The following files represent the modifications to this synopsis with the changes noted within the documents. The list of files is arranged from newest to oldest with the newest file representing the current synopsis. Changed sections from the previous document are shown in a light grey background. Synopsis Version NameModification DescriptionDate ModifiedCurrent VersionApr 27, 2010

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