STRENGTHENING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCU) PROGRAM

 Title III Part-B Higher Education Act 1965, as amended  Higher Education Opportunity Act, Sec. 308  Amendments effective August 2008

 Established prior to 1964  Principal mission was, and is, education of black Americans

 PELL recipients enrolled  Prior year graduates  Enrolled graduate school students

 Academic Programs  Administrative Management  Fiscal Stability

REVIEW OF LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS and CIRCULARS  Legislation, Statute, or Act – Establish the law  Regulation – Implements the law  OMB Circular A-21 – Provides guidance

Pell (50%) of Award + Graduates (25%) of Award + Percent of Grad. School Enrollees Award (25%) Univ. A ‘s Total Award = $1,560,157

FY ALLOCATION/2 x UNIV. PELL RECIPIENTS TOTAL HBCU PELL $238,095,000/2= $119,000,000 $119,000,000 x 1,000 Pell students=$700,000 70,000 Total Pell

FY ALLOCATION /4 X INSTITUTION’S GRADUATES TOTAL HBCU GRADUATES $238,095,000 = $59,523,750 4 $59,523,750 x 400 Univ. Grads = $466,853 51,000 Total Grads

FY ALLOCATION/4 X UNIV. GRAD ENROLLEES Total HBCU Grads $238,095,000 = $59,523,750 4 $59,523,750 x.1567 % UNIV. GRAD. ENROLLEES Total % HBCU grads Total = $393,304

SINGLE YEAR AWARD Pell $700,000 50% Grads $466,853 25% Grad School $393,304 25% Grant Award $1,560, %

1) Purchase or lease of scientific or laboratory equipment 2) Construction, maintenance, renovation of instructional facilities

3) Support of faculty exchanges, faculty development 4) Academic instruction in which Black Americans are underrepresented 5) Purchase of library books, periodicals, and other educational materials

6) Tutoring, counseling, and student service programs 7) Funds and administrative management, and acquisition of equipment

8) Joint use of facilities, ex., laboratories, libraries 9) Establish or improve a development office to improve contributions 10) Establish or enhance a program of teacher education

11) Establish community outreach programs 12) Establish and maintain an endowment

13) Purchase of real property 14) Financial information to improve literacy  Up to 2% of grant for needed services

o Activities inconsistent with State plan for desegregation o Activities related to sectarian instruction or religious worship o Activities provided by a school of divinity

Program Limitations Program Limitations Not more than 20% use for endowment 50% limit on construction of instructional facilities 2% limit for services to implement project

 Performance Period = ED commitment 10/1/2007 – 9/30/2012  Five one-year budget periods 10/1/2010 – 9/30/2011  Five year extension on unexpended funds ex. fiscal year period

 Work closely with President & Administrators  Coordinate application preparation  Liaison with ED Program Specialist  Review and approve grant expenditures

Reconcile expenditures with Business Office Monitor & document project compliance Project evaluation Maintain records on grant activities Role of ProjectDirector (continued)

 Approving all changes to activities  Maintain equipment inventory

 Maintain federal Title III grant as restricted fund  Secure Title III project director authorization for grant expenditures

 Drawdown, reporting, audit (GAPS) (G5)  Maintain record of all expenditures  Reconcile transactions with Project Director

Annual Performance Reports (APR)  Final Performance Reports (FPR)

Reasons include:  Institution’s monitoring index  Complaints  Request for technical assistance  General program-wide assessments  Exemplary project

 All funded applications  Any modifications to the original application  Annual Performance Reports (APR’s)  Financial records Audit Readiness Audit Readiness

 Approved budgets  Project staff organizational chart  Position descriptions  Equipment inventory (labeled as ED)  Project policies and procedures

OMB Circular A-21 – Cost Principles for Institutions of Higher Education ( U.S. Department of Education ( Institutional Services

Contact Information Contact Information John L. Hunt & Associates Consultants Federal Higher Education Programs Washington, D.C. (202)