Transcript The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Section 1512

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Section 1512 is contained in the Recovery
Act and requires additional reporting to
inform the public on how ARRA funds are
expended at the local level. The following
are specific areas that all recipients are
required to provide:
• Who is receiving Recovery Act dollars and what amounts?
• What projects and activities are being funded?
• What is project completion status and impact on job
creation/retention?
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Section 1512 reporting is IN ADDITION to
any other grant/award reporting
requirements.
Non-compliance with Section 1512 reports
is a violation of the award or grant and
could lead to repayment of those amounts.
First report is due by October 10th .
First report covers the date of award
through September 30, 2009.
All subrecipients must have a DUNS number
and current CCR registration.
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Washington State requires all PRIME recipients
of ARRA funds report required information via
federalreporting.gov
– No PRIME recipient has the authority to delegate
reporting to a subrecipient
– All subrecipients will report required data to OSPI.
– OSPI as the PRIME recipient will submit the required
reporting data to federalreporting.gov
– OSPI is also required to submit the same data, plus
some additional disaggregated data, to OFM on
behalf of the Governor’s Office for posting at
www.recovery.wa.gov.
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Reporting Form Package in iGrants is
launched:
– September 30, 2009
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Reporting Form Package due back to OSPI:
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OSPI contacts district Superintendent if report
has not yet been submitted:
– Close of Business October 5, 2009
– October 6, 2009
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OSPI reviews and contacts districts with any
questions:
– October 6-8, 2009
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District programs required to be reported on:
– State Fiscal Stabilization Funds (SFSF)
– Special Education, IDEA, Part B - ARRA
– Special Education, Section 619 - ARRA
– Title I, Part A (which includes Title I, Part D,
Neglected and Delinquent) - ARRA
– Homeless Education - ARRA
– Title II, Part D (Education Technology) - ARRA
– Child Nutrition Equipment Grants - ARRA
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iGrants form package 491 will be used to
report all ARRA grant reporting data.
OSPI will pre-populate the majority of the
required data for your review.
Districts will be required to provide data in
three main areas, as applicable:
– Employee Data
– Vendor Data
– Infrastructure Data
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For each grant award number assigned, the district
must complete a page in the form package (unless
noted otherwise in the form package instructions).
Again, if an award number has been assigned, you
must complete the corresponding page in the
reporting form package, even if no expenditures have
been claimed. Jobs created/retained could still be
applicable. If not, you will still need to report zero’s
and sign off on the page as complete.
OSPI strongly recommends each district/ESD assign
one person to be responsible for coordinating,
reporting, and requesting final approval.
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You must report jobs created and/or
retained.
Jobs are reported regardless of whether or
not expenditures have been claimed.
Jobs are reported for both employees and
vendors.
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In general, a job should be reported as
created or retained if, and only if, that
position would not have existed or been
filled in absence of Recovery Act funds.
◦ Jobs do not need to be directly paid for by
Recovery Act funds to be reported.
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• To the extent possible, information should be
collected from vendors in order to generate the
most comprehensive and complete job impact
numbers possible.
• There is no dollar threshold for vendor job
creation reporting.
• Example – a district contracts with a vendor to
provide speech services and can reasonably
estimate the impact to the vendor to be a .5 FTE.
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Jobs are to be estimated and reported on a
quarterly basis.
The goal is to estimate full-time equivalent
(FTE) jobs. The number of hours worked by
the employee is considered in relation to the
number of hours normally worked by a fulltime employee in that job. The calculation
will convert part-time employees into FTE
jobs.
There is an excel worksheet attached to the
form package for your use.
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Districts are required to provide data for each
vendor that is paid more than$25,000 per
quarter with ARRA funds. Required elements
are:
◦ Amount paid
◦ A vendor DUNS number, if available
◦ If DUNS not available, must provide vendor name
and zip code + 4
◦ Description of service or product purchased
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An “Infrastructure Investment” is financial support for
a physical asset or structure needed for the operation
of a larger enterprise. Therefore, infrastructure
investments include support for tangible assets or
structures such as roads, public buildings (including
schools), mass transit systems, water and sewage
systems, communication and utility systems and
other assets or structures that provide a reliable flow
of products and services essential to the defense and
economic security of the United States, the smooth
functioning of government at all levels, and society
as a whole.
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Sub-recipients are required to supply data
regarding infrastructure investments to
OSPI.
Infrastructure is only allowable for SFSF and
ARRA Special Education Programs at the
district level.
Infrastructure Investments require an
additional Certification Statement (also
referred to as Section 1511) – your
individual OSPI program contact will assist
you with this requirement, as applicable.
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SFSF
◦ There is a separate page for each fiscal year. This is due to
the requirement of having to report at the grant award
number level.
◦ For FY08-09 – The reporting period for jobs
created/retained is April 1-June 30, 2009.
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Title II, D
◦ There is a separate reporting page for each of the
corresponding form packages 500 (formula grant), 502
(peer coaching), and 503 (21st Century Learning). Again,
this is due to the requirement of having to report at the
grant award number level. Districts will still be able to add
additional explanation for the project/activity, if the one
provided is insufficient.
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Refer to SFSF iGrants handout
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Due to OSPI December 1, 2009
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Not a part of the 1512 Quarterly Reporting
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One-time reporting
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OSPI will use S-275 data
See Related Handout
Questions ??
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