Grants Management September 26, 2013 Prepared by Joanna Laghetto Charter School Office
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4 Finance: The school maintains a sound and stable financial condition and operates in a financially sound and publicly accountable manner.
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The Grant Approval Process 10 The Grant Approval Process…
The Grant Approval Process Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 11
MA Teacher Retirement System (MTRS) Surcharge Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 12
Indirect Costs Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 13
Pooling Grant Funds Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 14
Managing Grants Request for Funds Process Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 15
Managing Grants Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 16 Amendments
Managing Grants Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 17 Amendment Process: 30 days before budget changes will take place:
Managing Grants 18 Final Reporting Process
Managing Grants 19 Final Reporting Process: MTRS
20 Grants Paperwork in Review
Troubleshooting 21 No Pre-spending
Troubleshooting 22 Spend and claim your money regularly
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Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education 24
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ESE applied for a no cost extension to extend the RTTT end date from 9/23/14 to 6/30/15 Extension would apply to work funded at the state level as well as to LEAs’ allocation (fund code 201) grants
Grant planning: There will not be any additional funding Scope will not change—same projects and guidelines 2/rfp/doc/201_b.docx 2/rfp/doc/201_b.docx LEAs aren’t required to carry funds into FY15
File your final grant expenditure report to close your FY13 grant if you haven’t already If necessary, amend your grant after June 30 to reflect the actual amount that you drew down—any remaining balance will be available after final reporting If you draw down money that you don’t spend, you will need to return it to us after you file your final report and we will add it to your remaining balance
FY14 workbooks are now available on the Portal: 14rttt_0008.xls Download and review if you haven’t already LEAs can make changes before we approve their grant FY14 will run from 7/1/13 to 6/30/14 Added FY15 budget fields to workbook, but locked pending NCE decision If the NCE is approved, FY15 will run from 7/1/14 to 6/30/15; if not, it will run from 7/1/14 to 9/23/14 29
For more information… Please feel free to contact me at: Joanna Laghetto Accountability and Grants Specialist Charter School Office Massachusetts Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education (Tel) (Fax) 350 Main Street Malden, MA