Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 160 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Chapter 160-1 › Subject 160-1-4 - GRANT PROGRAMS › Rule 160-1-4-.163 - Capital Outlay Program - Growth Component

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
Purpose of Program.
The
				purpose of the growth component of the Capital Outlay Program is to provide a
				systematic, equitable means of making state assistance available to local
				school systems for meeting their capital outlay needs for new educational
				facilities required as a result of growth.
(2)
Terms and Conditions.
To be
				eligible to receive funds, a local school system must submit to the department
				an application that explains how the system plans to use growth entitlement to
				provide new educational facilities and/or additions to existing schools
				required because of growth. In the application, the system must show how its
				request for growth entitlement funds correlates to the system's approved
				long-range facilities plan. A local school system receiving these funds agrees
				to meet all terms and conditions specified in state law and to provide required
				matching local funds of 8-20 percent of the eligible project costs based on the
				system's local participation factor.
(3)
Eligible Recipients.
Local
				school systems are eligible to receive these funds.
(4)
Criteria for Award.
Funds
				are not awarded on a competitive basis. Using the formula below, growth
				entitlement earnings are calculated annually as soon as the average full-time
				equivalent (FTE) student counts for the last completed school year are
				available. Shortly after the beginning of each new fiscal year, each school
				system is notified in writing by the department of its regular and growth
				entitlement earnings.
a. Average Annual FTE for most recent
							 three years -
Average Annual FTE for the last three
							 years prior to the completed school year
=
Average Annual FTE Growth for Each
							 System (Positive Nos. Only) (Must be equal to or greater than 65 to
							 qualify)
b. Average Annual FTE for most recent
three years for each school system
Average Annual FTE
							 for the last three years prior to the last completed school year
=
Each School System's Rate of Growth (Must be equal to
							 or greaterthan 1.5% to qualify)
c. Each
ELIGIBLE
School
							 System's
Average Annual FTE Growth
Total Statewide
ELIGIBLE
Growth
=
Each
ELIGIBLE
System's
Ratio of Growth
d.
ELIGIBLE
School
							 System's Ratio of Growth (from above calculations) (set by Legislature
							 annually- earned currently $100, $80, $60, & $40million levels)
Annual Program * Authorization Level
=
Each
ELIGIBLE
School
							 System's Annual Entitlement Earnings for
Exceptional Growth
(Entitlement by eligible systems is contingent upon the program authorization
							 level set by the Legislature annually.)
(5)
Directions and Deadlines for Applying.
Based upon the earnings
				information, each school system decides each year whether to submit an
				application to the department requesting use of entitlement funds or to allow
				its entitlement to accrue until a later year. Completed applications must be
				submitted to the department by no later than September 1 of each year. The date
				state funds become available each year is dependent upon the funding source the
				General Assembly designates for the growth applications submitted. Requests for
				information and applications should be made to the Facilities Services Unit,
				Office of Finance and Business Operations, Georgia Department of Education, 205
				Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE, 1670 Twin Towers East, Atlanta, Georgia
				30334-5001.
Authority O.C.G.A.
				  Sec. 20-2-260.