83 FR 18015 - Notice Announcing Availability of Funds and Application Deadlines; Hurricane Education Recovery

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 80 (April 25, 2018)

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The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice announcing availability of funds and application deadlines for the Temporary Emergency Impact Aid for Displaced Students (Emergency Impact Aid) and the Assistance for Homeless Children and Youth programs under the Division B, Subdivision 1, Title VIII, ``Hurricane Education Recovery,'' of Public Law 115-123, the ``Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.''

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice Announcing Availability of Funds and Application
Deadlines; Hurricane Education Recovery

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice
announcing availability of funds and application deadlines for the
Temporary Emergency Impact Aid for Displaced Students (Emergency Impact
Aid) and the Assistance for Homeless Children and Youth programs under
the Division B, Subdivision 1, Title VIII, ``Hurricane Education
Recovery,'' of Public Law 115-123, the ``Bipartisan Budget Act of
2018.''

DATES: Applications Available: April 25, 2018.
Deadline for Transmittal of State educational agency (SEA)
Application for the Emergency Impact Aid program: May 25, 2018.
Deadline for Transmittal of State educational agency (SEA)
Application for the Homeless Children and Youth program: May 25, 2018.
Deadline for local educational agencies (LEAs) to submit
applications to SEAs under the Emergency Impact Aid program: May 15,
2018.
Deadline for LEAs to submit applications to SEAs under the
Assistance for Homeless Children and Youth program: There is no
statutory deadline for LEA applications under this program. Each
eligible SEA will set a reasonable deadline for the submission of LEA
applications.

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Register on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6003) and available at
www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/pdf/2018-02558.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information on the
Emergency Impact Aid program, please contact Francisco Ramirez.
Telephone (202) 260-1541. Email:

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K12EmergencyImpactAid@ed.gov. For additional information on the
Assistance for Homeless Children and Youth program, please contact
Peter Eldridge. Telephone (202) 260-2514. Email:
HurricaneHomeless@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Purpose of Programs: Under the Emergency Impact Aid program, we
will award grants to eligible SEAs to enable them to make emergency
impact aid payments to eligible LEAs and eligible Bureau of Indian
Education (BIE)--funded schools for the cost of educating during the
2017-2018 school year public and non-public school students displaced
by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, or the 2017 California wildfires
for which a major disaster or emergency has been declared under
sections 401 or 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5190) (covered disaster or
emergency). Under the Assistance for Homeless Children and Youth
program, we will award grants to eligible SEAs to enable them to
provide financial assistance to LEAs serving homeless children and
youth displaced by a covered disaster or emergency in order to address
the educational and related needs of these students in a manner
consistent with section 723 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance
Act (McKinney-Vento Act) and with section 106 of title IV of division B
of Public Law 109-148.
Background: This notice announces availability of funds and
application deadlines for eligible applicants for two programs: (1)
Emergency Impact Aid (CFDA number 84.938C) and (2) the Assistance for
Homeless Children and Youth program (CFDA number 84.938B). The amounts
awarded under each program will be based on demand and specific data
received from eligible applicants.
Exemption from Rulemaking: These programs are exempt from the
rulemaking requirements in section 437 of the General Education
Provisions Act (GEPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232) and section 553 of the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), as established in
Division B, Subdivision 1, Title VIII, ``Hurricane Education Recovery''
paragraph (6), of Public Law 115-123, the ``Bipartisan Budget Act of
2018.'' 132 Stat. 98.
Program Authority: Division B, Subdivision 1, Title VIII of Public
Law 115-123, the ``Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.''

Note: An SEA seeking funding under Emergency Impact Aid and
Assistance for Homeless Children and Youth programs must submit a
separate application for each program. The data that the SEA
provides in each application will be used by the Department to
determine allocations under the respective programs.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 76, 77, 81, 82, 84,
97, 98, and 99. (b) The Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to
Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in
2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department
in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part
200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR
part 3474.

Note: The open licensing requirement in 2 CFR 3474.20 does not
apply for these programs.

II. Award Information

Estimated Available Funds under Emergency Impact Aid program (CFDA
number 84.938C): Congress appropriated a combined amount of
approximately $2.5 billion for both the Immediate Aid to Restart School
Operations (CFDA number 84.938A) and Emergency Impact Aid programs. The
amounts awarded under each program will be based on demand and on
specific data received from eligible applicants.
Available Funds under the Assistance for Homeless Children and
Youth program (CFDA number 84.938B): $25 million.
Period of Funding Availability under the Emergency Impact Aid
program: SEAs, LEAs, and BIE-funded schools must obligate funds
received under this program by December 31, 2018 for expenses incurred
during the 2017-2018 school year. SEAs must return to the Department
any funds that are not obligated by SEAs, LEAs, or BIE-funded schools
by this deadline.
Period of Funding Availability under the Assistance for Homeless
Children and Youth program: Grantees must expend funds within 24 months
of the award date. We strongly encourage SEAs to make these funds
available to LEAs at the earliest possible date and for LEAs to
obligate the funds in a timely fashion to address the immediate needs
of homeless students displaced by a covered disaster or emergency.

III. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Applicants: SEAs in any State, including the District
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each of the outlying
areas.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: These programs do not require cost
sharing or matching.

IV. Application and Submission Information

1. Application Submission Instructions: For information on how to
submit an application please refer to our Common Instructions for
Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs,
published in the Federal Register on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6003) and
available at www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/pdf/2018-02558.pdf.
2. Intergovernmental Review: These programs are subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. However,
under 34 CFR 79.8(a), we waive intergovernmental review in order to
make awards by the end of FY 2018.

V. Application Review Information

1. Student Enrollment Data for the Emergency Impact Aid program: In
the Emergency Impact Aid application for SEA funding, we request
quarterly data on the numbers of displaced students enrolled in public,
non-public, and BIE-funded schools as of four different count dates.
SEAs must report separate counts of displaced students with
disabilities, displaced English learners without disabilities, and all
other displaced students. The Department has identified four suggested
quarterly count dates for identifying numbers of eligible displaced
students: October 1, 2017; December 1, 2017; February 1, 2018; and
April 1, 2018. SEAs may use these dates or select count dates that fall
within a 21-day range for each of the quarters, that is, within 10
calendar days before or after these dates. Each SEA must select four
specific dates for the quarterly counts and use those dates
consistently for all applicants within the SEA.
SEAs must submit enrollment data for all four quarters of the 2017-
18 school year, which may include estimated data for the fourth
quarter, in their initial Emergency Impact Aid applications. SEAs that
meet the initial deadline must provide any updated enrollment data
generally and any unreported fourth quarter data for the 2017-18 school
year by June 29, 2018.

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We will use the enrollment data that are included in the SEA
applications to make initial payments under the Emergency Impact Aid
program.
We also are aware that it may take some time for SEAs and LEAs to
count, retroactively for all four quarters of the 2017-18 school year,
all eligible students, including students who subsequently may have
moved to other States or LEAs. Therefore, SEAs and LEAs are encouraged
to provide their best available estimates of eligible students for each
count date in their initial applications, and, in the event that they
collect more satisfactory data that were not available at the time of
their initial application, to amend their applications if they need to
make upward or downward revisions to their initial child counts. The
Secretary will make appropriate upward or downward revisions to
subsequent payments, or request a refund for any overpayment, based on
the final data provided by an SEA. SEAs must submit any application
amendments affecting allocations under the Emergency Impact Aid program
to the Department no later than June 29, 2018.
2. Student Enrollment Data for the Assistance for Homeless Children
and Youth program: In the Assistance for Homeless Children and Youth
SEA application, we request data on: (1) The total number of displaced
children and youth, as defined in the authorizing statute, enrolled in
public schools in the State during the 2017-2018 school year; (2) the
total number of displaced students enrolled in public school who are
also homeless, as defined in section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Act;
and (3) additional information on demonstrated need for funding,
including data on the total number of homeless children and youth, as
defined in section 725(2) of the McKinney-Vento Act, who were enrolled
in public schools in the State during the 2017-18 school year, whose
primary nighttime residence changed as a result of the covered disaster
or emergency, and who do not meet the definition of displaced student.
We will use the data included in the SEA application to determine
funding amounts.
3. Other Requirements for Emergency Impact Aid:
LEAs must make Emergency Impact Aid payments to accounts on behalf
of displaced non-public school students within 14 calendar days of
receiving payments from their SEAs.
The Secretary may solicit from any applicant at any time additional
information needed to process an application for either program.
4. Special Funding Rule for Emergency Impact Aid:
In calculating funding under the Impact Aid Basic Support Payments
program, authorized under section 7003 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703) for an eligible LEA that
receives an Emergency Impact Aid payment, the Secretary shall not count
displaced students served by such agency for whom an Emergency Impact
Aid payment is received under this section, nor shall such students be
counted for the purpose of calculating the total number of children in
average daily attendance at the schools served by such agency as
provided in section 7003(b)(3)(B)(i) of such Act (20 U.S.C.
7703(b)(3)(B)(i)).
5. Risk Assessment and Grant Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR
200.205, before awarding grants under these programs the Department
conducts a review of the risks posed by applicants. Under 2 CFR
3474.10, the Secretary may impose specific conditions and, in
appropriate circumstances, high-risk conditions on a grant if the
applicant or grantee is not financially stable; has a history of
unsatisfactory performance; has a financial or other management system
that does not meet the standards in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not
fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; or is otherwise not
responsible.
6. Additional Monitoring: The ``Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018''
designates this program to be ``susceptible to significant improper
payments'' for purposes of the Improper Payments Information Act of
2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note). See Public Law 115-123, the ``Bipartisan
Budget Act of 2018,'' Division B, Subdivision 1, Title XII, Sec.
21208(a), Feb. 9, 2018; 132 Stat. 108. Under the statute, once any of
these programs expends more than $10,000,000, it will result in
additional requirements for grantees under the program, including
making expenditure information and documentation available for review
by the Department, starting with the Fiscal Year 2019 reporting period.
We will provide additional information about this requirement after we
make awards, providing advanced notice to ensure grantees understand
their responsibilities for documenting all expenditures of Emergency
Impact Aid and Homeless Children and Youth funds. We further note that,
in general, these documentation requirements are identical to those
ordinarily required for all Federal education program expenditures; the
primary impact of the Improper Payments Information Act will be
increased review of this documentation.

VI. Award Administration Information

1. Award Notices: If you receive a grant award under the Emergency
Impact Aid or Assistance for Homeless Children and Youth program, we
will notify your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a
Grant Award Notification (GAN); or we may send you an email containing
a link to access an electronic version of your GAN. We may also notify
you informally.
2. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a grant under these programs,
you must ensure that you have in place the necessary processes and
systems to comply with the reporting requirements in 2 CFR part 170
should you receive funding. This does not apply if you have an
exception under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
(b) At the end of your project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial information, as directed by the
Secretary. The Secretary may also require more frequent performance
reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c).

VII. Other Information

Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to
the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
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Dated: April 20, 2018.
Jason Botel,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Delegated the Authority to Perform
the Functions and Duties of Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.
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Program and type of investment Energy & Water TAPL Total

Program Development and Support for other Vulnerable Communities ........... 500,000 .............................. 500,000

Subtotal ....................................................................................................... 5,000,000 .............................. 5,000,000

Totals .................................................................................................... 12,000,000 1,700,000 13,700,000

Energy and Bulk Fuel Programs Shishmaref DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
FY 2019 Denali Commission Shishmaref has voted to relocate and Notice Announcing Availability of
investments in Energy and Bulk Fuel is now working to select a new site. The Funds and Application Deadlines;
may include: Commission funds summarized above Hurricane Education Recovery
• Remote Power System Upgrade may be used for the following activities:
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and
(RPSU) projects at locations selected • Continued support for the existing
Secondary Education, Department of
based on need in consultation with Community Relocation Coordinator
Education.
the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) • New town-site planning and design
ACTION: Notice.
and Alaska Village Electric • Professional project management
Cooperative (AVEC) services SUMMARY: The Department of Education
• Bulk Fuel Upgrade (BFU) projects at (Department) is issuing a notice
locations selected based on need in Shaktoolik
announcing availability of funds and
consultation with AEA and AVEC The community of Shaktoolik has application deadlines for the Temporary
• Rural power system and bulk fuel decided to protect the community in Emergency Impact Aid for Displaced
facility Maintenance and place for now. The Commission funds Students (Emergency Impact Aid) and
Improvement (M&I) projects at summarized above may be used for the the Assistance for Homeless Children
locations selected based on need in following activities: and Youth programs under the Division
consultation with AEA and AVEC B, Subdivision 1, Title VIII, ‘‘Hurricane
• Continued support for the existing
• Continued support of the rural power Community Relocation Coordinator
Education Recovery,’’ of Public Law
system and bulk fuel facility operator 115–123, the ‘‘Bipartisan Budget Act of
• Administrative support 2018.’’
training programs managed by AEA
• Match/gap funds for other related DATES: Applications Available: April 25,
• Continued support of the Sanitation activities
Energy Efficiency Program at the 2018.
Alaska Native Tribal Health Kivalina Deadline for Transmittal of State
Consortium (ANTHC) educational agency (SEA) Application
Kivalina is considering relocation and for the Emergency Impact Aid program:
Village Infrastructure Protection has selected a site for a new school. The May 25, 2018.
Program Commission funds summarized above Deadline for Transmittal of State
may be used for the following activities: educational agency (SEA) Application
In order to fulfill its role as lead
federal coordinating agency the • Continued support for the existing for the Homeless Children and Youth
Commission staff, in consultation with Community Relocation Coordinator program: May 25, 2018.
• Administrative support Deadline for local educational
State, Federal, and other partners, and
agencies (LEAs) to submit applications
the referenced communities in • Match/gap funds for other related
to SEAs under the Emergency Impact
particular, proposes the following activities
Aid program: May 15, 2018.
investments in support of the new
Program Development and Support for Deadline for LEAs to submit
Village Infrastructure Protection (VIP)
Other Vulnerable Communities applications to SEAs under the
Program. United States Government
Assistance for Homeless Children and
Accountability Office (GAO) Report 09– The $500,000 referenced above for Youth program: There is no statutory
551 (http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO- this line item in the Workplan may be deadline for LEA applications under
09-551) has been instrumental in used for activities such as the following. this program. Each eligible SEA will set
charting prospective Commission
• Continued support for the ETC a reasonable deadline for the
investments under this program.
(Environmentally Threatened submission of LEA applications.
Mertarvik Communities) Grant Writing Center of ADDRESSES: For the addresses for
Excellence at the Alaska Native Tribal obtaining and submitting an
The community of Newtok has Health Consortium
initiated its relocation to Mertarvik and application, please refer to our Common
has started building infrastructure at • Hazard Mitigation Plan related Instructions for Applicants to
Mertarvik. The Commission funds initiatives and projects Department of Education Discretionary
summarized above may be used for the • Data/threat analyses related to Grant Programs, published in the
following activities: erosion, flooding and permafrost Federal Register on February 12, 2018
(83 FR 6003) and available at
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degradation
• Continued support for the existing www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/
• VIP related coordination, outreach
Community Relocation Coordinator pdf/2018-02558.pdf.
and partner support
• Continued support for professional FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
project management and contracting Joel Neimeyer, additional information on the
services Federal Co-Chair. Emergency Impact Aid program, please
• Infrastructure development at [FR Doc. 2018–08632 Filed 4–24–18; 8:45 am] contact Francisco Ramirez. Telephone
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Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Applications Available: April 25, 2018.
Contact		For additional information on the Emergency Impact Aid program, please contact Francisco Ramirez. Telephone (202) 260-1541. Email: [email protected] For additional information on the Assistance for Homeless Children and Youth program, please contact Peter Eldridge. Telephone (202) 260-2514. Email: [email protected]
FR Citation		83 FR 18015