ESSA NEWS - ESC 17 ACE

September 15, 2020

Title I and Title III Compliance Opportunity!

TEA requires LEAs host two meetings per year for Title I, Part A and three meetings per year for Title III. We know how busy you are and we want to provide one of these meetings for you. We not only will provide great information and great food, we will make sure all of your compliance pieces are met for one of your Title I, Part A and Title III meetings. This compliance event is free to all ESC ACE districts and/or Title III SSA members. If you are not an ACE district or a Title III SSA member, please contact Annette Corrales acorrales@esc17.net 806-281- 5825 in our office as we would still love for you to attend. Please see the attachments below for an English and Spanish pdf version of this flyer for you to pass out to your parents. Please make sure at least two parents from your district attends to meet compliance requirements. You may register your district at the following link and then email the number that will be attending from your district to acorrales@esc17.net by Monday, October 26th. This will ensure we have enough food.

Please register your district using this link:

https://txr17.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=719143

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CARES Act ESSER Funding PNP Update

On Friday evening, September 4, 2020, a federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued an order striking down the CARES Act equitable services Interim Final Rule (IFR). The decision is an order for summary judgment vacating the IFR in its entirety nationwide. This order “vacates” the rule, leaving no IFR in place for USDE to enforce in any jurisdiction. It is unclear at this point whether USDE will appeal.

The TEA CARES Act Equitable Services FAQ has been updated as of today, 9/11/2020.

TEA strongly recommends LEAs follow revised CARES Act ESSER equitable services calculation requirements shared on the TEA’s COVID-19 Support: District Waivers, Finance & Grants webpage in the CARES Act Equitable Services FAQ document (dated 9/11/2020).

LEAs should download and keep on file a copy of the September 11, 2020 CARES Act Equitable Services FAQ document (prior to September 16, 2020).

Two common questions:

1. Who can now receive PNP equitable services?

Any PNP school that is non-profit and existed prior to March 13, 2020 is eligible for services.

2. What happens if the LEA calculated under option 1b or 2 originally and that was much more services than the new calculation, and the LEA has already provided more services to the PNP than the new calculation allows?

There is a strong argument to be made that funds already expended would be allowable given the reasonable reliance on the regulation in place at the time. However, that would only apply to funds expended prior to September 9, 2020. Since USDE posted on September 9, 2020, that the IFR was no longer in effect, expenditures after that date to the schools that should not have received an allocation or received too much may be called into question. This date might be arguably pushed to September 10, 2020, when TEA updated our guidance FAQ.

Any remaining services not provided, or funds not expended should be included in the recalculation. LEAs should make best attempts to make corrections on funds and services all public and PNP schools should have received. This is where consultation is so critical. LEAs must keep dated documentation of consultations on file for federal and fiscal auditing purposes.

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2020/2021 Federal Program Training Opportunities

ACE: Title Programs and Compliance 20/21 - September 30, 2020

https://txr17.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=760357

Parent & Family Engagement Collaborative - October 20, 2020

https://txr17.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=757159

Title I and Title III Parent and Family 20/21 Engagement Compliance Meeting - November 9, 2020

https://txr17.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=719143

Fall Federal Programs Updates - November 12, 2020

https://txr17.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=757167

Instructional Leaders Fall 2020- December 2, 2020

https://txr17.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=722927

Instructional Leaders Spring 2021—February 3, 2021

https://txr17.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=722928

Spring Federal Programs Updates - May 6, 2021

https://txr17.escworks.net/catalog/session.aspx?session_id=758339

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Parent & Family Engagement Newsletter

The August newsletter (Volume 17, 1st Quarter), The Parental & Family Engagement CONNECTION, is available in English, Spanish, Vietnamese, German, Korean, and Tagalog. https://www.esc16.net/page/title1swi.3_newsletter%20-%20Copy

This edition of the newsletter includes articles about Covid 19 and the Grief Process, Internet Safety, Countdown to School Success, Home-Schooling Tips, Tips for Returning to School, and Parent-Teacher Conferences.

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You must use the newsletter in its entirety due to copyright restrictions. But, you may attach additional information to the newsletter from your own district and/or school. Have a safe start to the new school year.