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1 STRENGTHENING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (HBCU) PROGRAM

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

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

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

5  Academic Programs  Administrative Management  Fiscal Stability

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

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

8 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

9 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

10 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 23.726 Total % HBCU grads Total = $393,304

11 SINGLE YEAR AWARD Pell $700,000 50% Grads $466,853 25% Grad School $393,304 25% Grant Award $1,560,157 100%

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

13 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

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

15 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

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

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

18 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

19 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

20  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 2012-2017 period

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

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

23  Approving all changes to activities  Maintain equipment inventory

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

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

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

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

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

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

30 OMB Circular A-21 – Cost Principles for Institutions of Higher Education (www.omb.gov)www.omb.gov U.S. Department of Education (www.ed.govwww.ed.gov Institutional Services

31 Contact Information Contact Information John L. Hunt & Associates Consultants Federal Higher Education Programs Washington, D.C. (202) 249-0540 J.Hunt@RCN.COM


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