Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 210 - State Department of Education › Chapter 40 - Grants and Programs-In-Aid › Subchapter 51 - Alternative Education Grants › Section 210:40-51-2 - Procedures for solicitation and acceptance of district applications

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) At such point in the legislative session
				that state funds are appropriated for competitive grant programs to be awarded
				by the State Board of Education and administered by the State Department of
				Education, a notification letter will be sent to each district superintendent
				or elementary superintendent announcing the availability of application
				forms.
(b) The notification will
				clearly state those grant programs for which applications are being solicited
				and state the name and telephone number of the contact person at the Department
				who administers the program.
(c)
				Public notice of solicitation of the grant applications will be made
				simultaneously giving the name and telephone number of the contact person at
				the Department who administers the program. Nonprofit organizations may obtain
				grant applications by calling or writing this contact person and requesting an
				application form.
(d) Local
				educational agencies or nonprofit organizations may apply for a grant on a
				cooperative basis.
(e) The
				signature of the Chief Executive Officer of the local educational agency or
				nonprofit organization must appear on the application.
(f) In the event of a cooperative
				application, one district or nonprofit organization will be chosen by the
				cooperative to serve as the fiscal agent for the grant. The signature of every
				Chief Executive Officer involved in a cooperative must appear on the grant
				application form.
(g) The grant
				application and five copies will be submitted to the grant administrator. A
				specific deadline date will be clearly stated in the application solicitation
				letter. This date may vary from year to year depending on the point in the
				legislative session that grant funds are appropriated.
(h) A committee will evaluate applications
				using identified objectives and criteria.
(i) After evaluation, the State
				Superintendent will recommend to the State Board of Education those
				applications which have been determined to be eligible for funding.
(j) The State Board of Education will make
				every effort to assure that grant awards are made before the beginning of the
				fall term for the school year in which the funds are made available.
(k) Grant funds shall not supplant programs
				or activities funded by the United States government pursuant to Chapter 1 of
				Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by
				the Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988, P.L.
				100-297. Neither shall they supplant programs funded by the State Board of
				Education grants for high challenge or regional summer school
				programs.
(l) Each program funded
				shall agree to establish an objective procedure for documenting how the
				alternative program is benefiting the children served. Data collected will be
				compiled and submitted on forms provided by the State Department of
				Education.
(m) Alternative
				approaches grants, which include alternative education grants, shall be awarded
				to local education agencies or nonprofit organizations for programs serving
				school districts identified by the State Board of Education as having high
				percentages of children who are considered to be high challenge
				students.
(n) For purposes of this
				grant, high challenge children and youth are defined as those at risk of
				failing to complete a satisfactory education. Factors used to determine high
				challenge schools will include: free and/or reduced lunches, minority
				enrollment and student achievement. These factors will be combined
				statistically by the Office of Accountability to determine the rank of each
				school district. Each school district will then be ranked from the highest to
				the lowest.
Amended at 10 Ok Reg
				  4293, eff 7-15-93 (emergency); Amended at 11 Ok Reg 2003, eff 5-26-94; Amended
				  at 14 Ok Reg 3379, eff 5-5-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2337, eff
				  6-11-98