Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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5 CSR 50-350.020 Safe Schools Educational Program Grants

PURPOSE: The purpose of this rule is to establish procedures for section 167.335, RSMo, pertaining to grants to schools for the establishment of educational opportunities for students who are violent, abusive or chronically disruptive.

(1)  The State Board of Education will authorize two (2) types of grants: competitive, first-year grants, and noncompetitive, second- and third-year continuation grants.

(2)  Annually, a request for proposal and an Applicant’s Guide shall be distributed to the public schools by the department. The request for proposal shall contain the following:

(A) The maximum amount of the grant;

(B) The date upon which applications shall be due;

(C) The grant application forms; and

(D) Program criteria upon which the grants will be evaluated.

(3)  Applications for Safe Schools Grants that demonstrate the following will be given preference for approval:

(A) A comprehensive, kindergarten through grade twelve approach to preventing problems that result in the need for alternative education services;

(B) Rigorous instruction in core academic disciplines;

(C) Activities designed to enable the student to better perform in the regular classroom and to transition students back to the regular classroom when merited by their performance;

(D) A student-centered approach whereby activities are designed to meet the particular needs of individual students; and

(E) Collaboration with existing community-based service providers, such as cooperative education programs, school to work programs, parents-as-teachers programs, programs developed by the Department of Economic Development and programs developed by local service delivery agencies, and other governmental and private agencies to address student needs beyond those traditionally addressed by schools.

(4)  Recipients of grants may obligate grant funds only during the period which begins on the date the department approves an application and ends on the following June 30. Obligations are considered to have been incurred as follows: for equipment and supplies, when the recipient makes a binding commitment to acquire the equipment and supplies, such as the issuance of a purchase order or its equivalent, or for personal services, when the services are performed. All obligations for the purchase of equipment must be incurred by March 31 of the grant period and liquidated by June 30. Any funds not properly obligated for approvable project costs are refundable to the department.

(5)  Allowable costs for grants will be determined on the basis of the reasonable and necessary costs of implementing approved project activities.

(6)  The grant recipients will keep records according to generally accepted accounting principles, and will provide any information necessary for fiscal and program auditing. All such records and supporting documents will be retained in accordance with current state and federal laws and regulations.

(7)  If the department, based on its own findings or those of an independent auditor, determines that an applicant has misspent, misapplied, or otherwise used funds under this program in violation of any applicable regulation or statutory provision, the applicant will be required to refund to the department the amount determined to have been improperly expended. If the applicant does not refund the money within a reasonable time after requested to do so, the department may adjust payments due the applicant under other programs administered by the department.

(8)  By July 15 following each grant period, grant recipients shall file a final expenditure report and an evaluation report in the form required by the department reporting the results of financial and program activities conducted during the preceding grant period.

AUTHORITY: section 167.335, RSMo Supp.1997.* Original rule filed July 31, 1998, effective Feb. 28, 1999.

*Original authority 1996.