Dear County Superintendents of Schools:

Second Apportionment for Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1
Student Support and Academic Enrichment
Every Student Succeeds Act
Fiscal Year 2019–20

This apportionment, in the amount of $13,166,313, is made from federal funds provided to the state under Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1, Student Support and Academic Enrichment, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (Public Law 114–95). Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1 funds are apportioned to local educational agencies (LEAs) to increase the capacity to meet the goals of the ESEA by providing all students with access to a well-rounded education, improving school conditions for student learning, and improving use of technology in order to improve the academic achievement and digital literacy of all students.

Only those LEAs that applied for Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1 funds on the 2019–20 Consolidated Application Reporting System (CARS), submitted the Local Control and Accountability Plan Federal Addendum, and met federal cash management thresholds are included in this apportionment. The amount paid to each LEA was determined based on information reported by the LEA in the Cash Management Data Collection (CMDC) system. Each LEA’s payment equals 25 percent of the Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1 allocation, minus the cash balance reported as of October 31, 2019, adjusted for funds previously paid. The California Department of Education (CDE) implemented cash management in order to reduce the time elapsing between the receipt and disbursement of federal funds, pursuant to the cash management requirements under federal statute and regulations. More details on the CMDC are posted at https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/cm/.

Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1 funds are allocated in the same proportion as to an LEA’s prior year Title I, Part A allocation, with a $10,000 minimum. Allocation amounts are adjusted for LEAs that failed to meet the federal maintenance of effort requirement applicable to 2019–20 funding and did not receive an approved federal waiver, pursuant to Section 8521 of the ESEA. Amounts paid in this apportionment are listed on the schedule of apportionment posted on the CDE Categorical Programs web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/.

LEAs have the option to consolidate and use Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1 funds with other federal, state, and local funds for schoolwide programs pursuant to Section 1114 of the ESEA and Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 200, Subpart A, sections 200.25 through 200.29. Additional information such as program purposes, eligibility of schools, core elements, components, and benefits of a schoolwide program, is posted on the CDE Schoolwide Programs web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/sw/t1/schoolwideprograms.asp.

The United States Department of Education (ED) grant award number for this funding is S424A190005. The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance subprogram number is 84.424A (Student Support and Academic Enrichment). The funding is appropriated in Provisions 8 and 9 of Schedule (3) of Item 6100-134-0890 of the Budget Act of 2019 (Chapter 23, Statutes of 2019). The California sub-allocation (pass-through) number is Program Cost Account (PCA) 15396.

This grant is subject to the provisions of Title IV and Title VIII of the ESEA, as applicable, and the General Education Provisions Act (Public Law 103-382). This grant is also subject to 34 CFR, Part 200, and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR, parts 76, 77, 79, 81, 82, the Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR Part 200, 2 CFR Part 3474, and 2 CFR Part 3485.

Under the federal Tydings Amendment, Section 421(b) of the General Education Provisions Act, any funds that are not obligated at the end of the federal funding period, July 1, 2019, through September 30, 2020, shall remain available for obligation for an additional period of 12 months, through September 30, 2021.

Pursuant to 2 CFR, Section 200.305(b)(9), interest earned amounts up to $500 per year may be retained by the non-Federal entity for administrative expense. Any additional interest earned on Federal advance payments deposited in interest-bearing accounts must be remitted annually. LEAs should forward interest payments for remittance to the ED to:

California Department of Education
Cashier’s Office
P.O. Box 515006
Sacramento, CA  95851

To ensure proper posting of payments, please indicate the program’s PCA number (PCA 15396), and identify the payment as “Federal Interest Returned.”

Warrants will be mailed to each county treasurer approximately three weeks from the date of this Notice. For standardized account code structure coding, use Resource Code 4127, ESSA: Title IV, Part A, Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants and Revenue Object Code 8290, All Other Federal Revenue.

County superintendents were notified of this apportionment by email sent to their CDEfisc email addresses. The CDE requested that the email be forwarded to all school districts and charter schools in the county, and included the links to this letter and the accompanying apportionment schedule posted on the CDE web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/.

If you have any questions regarding the Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1 program, please contact the Coordinated School Health and Safety Office by phone at 916-319-0914. For questions concerning this apportionment or the Title IV, Part A, Subpart 1 allocation amounts, please contact Sheng Her, Associate Governmental Program Analyst, Categorical Allocations and Management Assistance Office, by phone at 916-324-4533 or by email at sher@cde.ca.gov [Note: The preceding phone number and email address is no longer valid. Please contact the Categorical Allocations and Audit Resolution Office at CAAR@cde.ca.gov.].

Sincerely,

Elizabeth Dearstyne, Interim Director
School Fiscal Services Division