Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 205 - TRUANTS' ALTERNATIVE AND OPTIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 205.40 - Application Procedure and Content

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
It is the intention of the State Board of Education to approve
				truants' alternative and optional education programs for a three-year period.
				Funding for the second and third years of operation (i.e., beginning the year
				following the initial grant award) shall be contingent upon the availability of
				funds for the program, the grantee's progress toward meeting its objectives,
				and the evidence presented in the proposal that a sufficient need continues to
				exist for the program (see Section
				205.40(f)
				of this Part).
a) The State Board of
			 Education will issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) specifying the information
			 that applicants shall include in their proposals and requiring that proposals
			 be submitted to the State Board of Education no later than the date specified
			 in the RFP. The RFP shall provide at least 45 calendar days in which to submit
			 proposals.
b) Each RFP shall
			 indicate the descriptive information (e.g., needs assessment, community-based
			 planning procedures, indicators used to identify students for the program,
			 program objectives and activities, individualized optional education plan
			 development, means of evaluation) that initial applicants will be required to
			 provide about their proposed programs. Initial applicants are those that did
			 not receive funding under this Part for a truant's alternative and optional
			 education program in the year previous to an application or that are completing
			 the last year in a three-year funding cycle. Each RFP shall identify any area
			 or areas of high priority for the funding cycle.
c) Each RFP shall describe the proposal
			 format that applicants will be required to follow (e.g., cover page, program
			 staffing, proposal abstract, proposal narrative).
d) Each proposal shall include a budget
			 summary and payment schedule and a narrative budget breakdown (i.e., a detailed
			 explanation of each line item of expenditure), completed on forms provided by
			 the State Board of Education.
e)
			 Each proposal shall include a Certification and Assurances for Application and
			 Award and a Drug-Free Workplace Certification, submitted on forms supplied by
			 the State Board of Education.
f)
			 Each proposal for renewal shall contain at least the following:
1) a mid-year report of the current year's
			 program, documenting the services provided and describing the degree to which
			 the grantee is achieving its stated objectives;
2) an updated narrative description of the
			 objectives, activities, timelines, evaluation procedures, and the personnel to
			 be responsible for them in the renewal year, relating the objectives and
			 activities proposed to the results to date, as described in the mid-year report
			 required under subsection (f)(1) of this Section;
3) an updated budget summary and payment
			 schedule, with narrative budget breakdown, for the renewal year; and
4) the assurances and certification forms
			 referred to in subsection (e) of this Section, bearing a current signature and
			 applicable to the renewal period.