OpportunityTitle: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Small, Rural School Achievement Program CFDA Number 84.358A
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Which LEAs are eligible for an award under the SRSA program?     For FY 2019, an LEA (including a public charter school that meets the definition of LEA in section 8101(30) of the ESEA) is eligible for an award under the SRSA program if it meets one of the following criteria:     (a)(1) The total number of students in average daily attendance at all of the schools served by the LEA is fewer than 600; or each county in which a school served by the LEA is located has a total population density of fewer than 10 persons per square mile; and     (2) All of the schools served by the LEA are designated with a school locale code of 41, 42, or 43 by the Department&apos;s National Center for Education Statistics (NCES); or the Secretary has determined, based on a demonstration by the LEA and concurrence of the State educational agency, that the LEA is located in an area defined as rural by a governmental agency of the State;     (b) The LEA is a member of an educational service agency (ESA) that does not receive SRSA funds, and the LEA meets the eligibility requirements described in (a)(1) and (2) above; or     (c) The LEA meets the requirements for a hold harmless award as described in section 5212(b)(4) of the ESEA. These are LEAs that are no longer eligible for the SRSA program because of amendments made under the Every Student Succeeds Act to the locale code methodology and designations referenced in section 5211(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the ESEA.      However, these LEAs may receive an FY 2019 award of 25 percent of the amount such agency received for FY 2015, as provided in section 5212(b)(4) of the ESEA.     Note:  The ``Choice of Participation&apos;&apos; provision under section 5225 of the ESEA gives LEAs eligible for both SRSA and the Rural and Low-Income School (RLIS) program authorized under title V, part B, subpart 2 of the ESEA the option to participate in either the SRSA program or the RLIS program. LEAs eligible for both SRSA and RLIS are henceforth referred to as ``dual-eligible LEAs.&apos;&apos;
Description: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. 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.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/pdf/2018-02558.pdf. The U.S. Department of Education (Department) awards grants on a formula basis to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) to address the unique needs of rural school districts. In this notice, we establish the deadline and describe the submission requirements and procedures for fiscal year (FY) 2019 SRSA grant applications. All LEAs eligible for FY 2019 SRSA funds must submit an application electronically via Grants.gov by the deadline in this notice. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CDFA) number 84.358A. All LEAs eligible for FY 2019 SRSA grant funds are required to submit an electronic application using the Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov by 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 10, 2019. SRSA applications must be submitted electronically using Grants.gov unless you qualify for an exception to this requirement, in accordance with the instructions in this section. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant application to us
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail: Program Mailbox
GrantorContactText: Julius C Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6288 &lt;br/&gt;julius.cotton@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Mr. Robert Hitchcock,  &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education,  &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue SW., room 3E-218,  &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202.  &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 260-1472. Email: reap@ed.gov.
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: February 20, 2019.     Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: Has been changed from April 26, 2019 to May 10, 2019. A Notice from The Office of Elementary and Secondary Education will be published next week confirming this.         On March 12, 2019, we published in the Federal Register a notice of application deadline (84 FR 8846) for the FY 2019 SRSA application cycle. This notice reopens the period for transmittal of applications for all SRSA applicants.      All LEAs eligible for FY 2019 SRSA funds must submit an application electronically via Grants.gov by 11:59:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 10, 2019.      All other information in the original notice of application,   including application submission instructions and requirements, remains the same.      Information about the SRSA Program is available on the Department&apos;s website at www2.ed.gov/programs/reapsrsa/contacts.html.