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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
ED-GRANTS-021809-002
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Feb 18, 2009
Creation Date:
Feb 18, 2009
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 20, 2009
Applications Available: February 18, 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 20, 2009.
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Mar 20, 2009
Applications Available: February 18, 2009. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 20, 2009.
Archive Date:
Apr 19, 2009
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Education
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
11
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$17,500,000
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
84.041
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Impact Aid
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
Yes
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligible Applicants: To be eligible for an emergency repair grant, an LEA must enroll a high percentage (at least 40 percent) of federally connected children in average daily attendance (ADA) who reside on Indian lands or who have a parent on active duty in the U.S. uniformed services, have a school that enrolls a high percentage of one of these types of students, be eligible for funding for heavily impacted LEAs under section 8003(b)(2) of the Act, or meet the specific numeric requirements regarding bonding capacity. In making emergency grant awards, the Secretary must also consider the LEA's total assessed value of real property that may be taxed for school purposes, its use of available bonding capacity, and the nature and severity of the school facility emergency.
Agency Name
Department of Education
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.
Purpose of Program: The Impact Aid Discretionary Construction Grant Program provides grants for emergency repairs and modernization of school facilities to certain eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) that receive formula Impact Aid funds.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.041C.
Applications for grants under the Impact Aid Discretionary Construction Grant Program, CFDA number 84.041C, must be submitted electronically using the e-Application system available through the Department's e-Grants system, accessible through the e-Grants portal page at: http://e-grants.ed.gov. While completing your electronic application, you will be entering data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. The Telephone number for the the e-Grants Help Desk is 1-888-336-8930.
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement
electronically, please contact:
Julius Cotton
ED Grants.gov FIND System Admin.
Phone (202) 245-6140
julius.cotton@ed.gov
Program Manager:
Kristen Walls-Rivas
Impact Aid Program
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3C155
Washington, DC 20202-6244
Telephone: (202) 260-3858 or by e-mail:
e-Mail: Program Mail Box
Synopsis Modification History
There are currently no modifications for this opportunity.
