California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 1 - California Department of Education › Chapter 11 - Special Programs › Subchapter 21.5 - School Community Violence Prevention Program › Section 11987.7 - School Safety and Violence Prevention Training Grant

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The S/LEP shall award a maximum of
				  $400,000 per year of the annual SCVP appropriation for one grant to a county
				  office of education for the purpose of providing statewide and regional
				  training in school safety and violence prevention methods. The grant period
				  shall be a maximum of five years in duration.
(b) The S/LEP shall issue an advance of not
				  more than $50,000 to the grant recipient upon the award of the grant. The
				  remaining funds shall be issued to the grant recipient as reimbursement for
				  authorized expenditures, upon receipt of an invoice from the accounting office
				  of the grant recipient. Invoices shall be submitted quarterly to the S/LEP
				  staff. Invoices for payment are subject to review and approval by the S/LEP
				  staff.
(c) Applications for the
				  School Safety and Violence Prevention Training Grant shall be submitted no
				  later than March 1 of a year in which the grant will be awarded. Applications
				  for grant funds shall contain the following elements:
(1) The application shall describe the
				  applicant's ability and experience to coordinate a statewide training program,
				  including arranging for the delivery of training throughout the 11 established
				  CDE regional training areas.
(2)
				  The application shall contain a comprehensive plan for administering the
				  training grant that includes, but is not limited to, how the applicant will:
				  schedule and arrange for delivery of a specified number of regional trainings;
				  secure experienced trainers; reimburse the trainers for travel expenses;
				  sponsor and present an orientation and update meeting for the 11 regional
				  training coordinators; conduct a focus group of trainers, coordinators, and
				  S/LEP staff to revise and update the training materials; purchase necessary
				  training materials; evaluate the training; coordinate an annual meeting among
				  S/LEP staff and the 11 LEA regional training coordinators; and maintain regular
				  contact with S/LEP state staff.
(3)
				  The application shall contain a line item budget, along with an explanatory
				  narrative.
(4) The application
				  shall contain an assurance that an independent audit will be conducted in years
				  two and four of the grant recipient's use of the funds. The purpose of the
				  audit shall be to determine if the funds have been used as required by the law
				  and regulation and as stated in the grant recipient's application.
(5) Applicants shall download and print the
				  "General Assurances" (revised June, 2007) and "Drug Free Workplace" (revised
				  June, 2007) forms from the CDE's "funding forms" web page
				  (http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/fm). These documents, which are incorporated by
				  reference, shall be submitted with the application.
(6) Applications shall meet the following
				  technical requirements:
(A) An original grant
				  application and four copies shall be submitted.
(B) The original application shall include
				  all original signatures in blue ink.
(C) The application shall be in 12-point or
				  greater Arial font, single-spaced, with one-inch minimum margins. If smaller
				  font sizes or margins are used in an application, the S/LEP shall compute the
				  number of excess characters added to the application as a result, and draw a
				  red line through the extra characters. Application reviewers shall not be
				  allowed to use the red-lined characters in the application review.
(D) The application shall be submitted on
				  standard white, 8 1/2 X 11-inch paper. The narrative section shall not exceed
				  10 pages. If the narrative exceeds 10 pages, the S/LEP will draw a red line
				  through the extra pages and will not allow application raters to look at those
				  pages.
(E) Applications shall be
				  stapled or clipped together for submission.