Funding & Compliance

Several steps must be completed in a certain order before the LEA can access and submit the Special Education Consolidated Grant Application for IDEA-B funding.

 

• If you are an independent LEA (not part of a special education SSA), complete Lines 1 and 2 in Part 1 by selecting the option "Apply on Own." If you do not wish to be allocated the IDEA-B Formula and/or IDEA-B Preschool funds, select "Not Apply at All" for that program. None of the other options are applicable to you. Line 3 is not applicable to you. The form must then be certified and submitted by the authorized official.
• If you are a Fiscal Agent of a special education SSA, select the option "Apply as Fiscal Agent of SSA" for Lines 1 and 2 in Part 1. You must complete and submit this form before any of your SSA members complete this form for their organization. The form must then be certified and submitted by the authorized official.
• If you are a member of a special education SSA, select the option "Apply as Member of SSA" for Lines 1 and 2 in Part 1. Select your Fiscal Agent's name from the drop down menu for "Designated Fiscal Agent Name." Do not complete and submit this form before your Fiscal Agent submits their own ADC form. The Fiscal Agent needs to submit their own ADC first in order for the Fiscal Agent to appear in the drop down menu for your selection. Line 3 is not applicable to you. The form must then be certified and submitted by the authorized official.
   

 

 

TEA posted their Preliminary Analysis of Compliance for 2020-2021 MOE on March 23, 2022 in GFFC Reports and Data Collection via TEAL.

 

To locate the report in GFFC:

Select "Report Title": IDEA-B LEA MOE Compliance Review

Select "School Year": 2020-2021

Select the Search button and then click on the link to the Compliance Review report that appears.

 

Row "h" will indicate whether your LEA preliminarily passed or failed each of the four tests. You only need to pass one test to be compliant.

 

If you fail at least one test, submit the 2020-2021 Exceptions Workbook and supporting documentation to justify decreased spending. Instructions are contained within the workbook. The Exceptions Workbook and supporting documentation must be submitted to TEA via GFFC in TEAL by April 8, 2022.

 

To determine eligibility and reduction amount for 2020-2021 MOE Voluntary Reduction, ESC-20 developed a template that may be used locally (not to be submitted to TEA).

 

To perform a self-analysis of MOE compliance for 2020-2021, prior to the posting of TEA's Preliminary Compliance Review, use TEA's 2020-2021 IDEA-B LEA MOE Calculation Tool available on the TEA IDEA-B LEA MOE webpage. Two separate versions are available: One for use by school districts; One for use by charter schools. 

 

A list of data sources you will need for completing the Calculation Tool is available below. Also, ESC-20 MOE presentations are accessible below.

Periodically monitor your 2021-2022 special education expenditures from state and/or local funds to ensure you will be compliant with MOE by the end of your fiscal year 2022. Compare your 21-22 MOE expenditures to the expenditures displayed on Page 2 of the final 2020-2021 IDEA-B LEA MOE Compliance Review that was posted in GFFC by TEA on June 15, 2022.

 

TEA will release a preliminary analysis of compliance for 21-22 MOE in March 2023.

 

TEA's 2021-2022 Calculation Tool for performing a self-analysis of compliance will not be posted to the TEA webpage until later in the year.

 

You may use a simple template developed by ESC-20 to monitor for Test 2 expenditures until the 21-22 TEA Calculation Tool becomes available. Test 2 is based on total special education expenditures from a combination of your state and local funds (Funds 199, 420, 437). Your self-analysis of compliance is for local use only. It is not submitted to TEA.

 

There are two standards applicable to MOE:

The Eligibility Standard and the Compliance Standard.

 

Both standards are to ensure that you don't reduce your special education spending from state and/or local funds below the level previously spent during the last year compliant with MOE, unless you qualify for exceptions and/or MOE Voluntary Reduction.

 

The Eligibility Standard requires that you budget enough in the new year with your general fund to be compliant with MOE. If you do so, you establish eligibility to receive IDEA-B funds. You are required to report data in the BS6016 Fiscal Compliance Schedule in the Special Education Consolidated Grant Application (Federal) to illustrate compliance with the Eligibility Standard.

 

The Compliance Standard requires that you actually spend enough on special education from your general fund to be compliant with MOE. TEA performs an analysis of compliance during the spring of each year and posts the results in GFFC (Grants and Federal Fiscal Compliance Reports) via TEAL.

Within the Special Education Funding & Compliance webpage are resources developed, adapted, or acquired by ESC-20 from public websites and other public sources readily available in the public domain. No copyright is claimed for those materials.

 

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