3999(TA)

To provide an alternative route to teacher certification for college graduates who did not originally choose teaching careers.

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104-0003

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To recruit, train, place, and provide support for Teach for America corps members within high-poverty, low-performing schools in Chicago School District 299. A mentoring and induction component supports these new teachers in their classrooms.

Yes

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Education Organizations;

Teach for America was named as recipient of a grant on page 638 of Public Act 104-0003.

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Non-competitive

Education

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Teach for America is eligible to renew the grant each year upon submitting goal/grant activities for the upcoming year, an updated budget, and an annual program report detailing the extent to which the objectives and outcomes of the grant activities have been met in the previous year.

Applications are found within ISBE’s IWAS system

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Applications are reviewed using modified Merit Based Review Process

Applications are due within 30 calendar days of receipt

Applications are generally approved or returned for changes within 30 calendar days of receipt

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Indirect costs are not allowed. Corps member impact is measured by four criteria: academic growth of students, degree to which students experience a strong culture of achievement in the classroom, degree to which students are engaging with rigorous and meaningful content, and the level of student ownership of their individual success and leadership development.

Funds may not be used to supplant any other federal, state, or local funds. No subcontracting is allowed.

An annual program report must be submitted to the Illinois State Board of Education within 30 days of the grant end date.

The audit requirements adopted by GATA include the adoption of the federal audit requirements (2 CFR 200.501), audit requirements for grantees and subrecipients that do not meet the federal audit requirements and audit requirements for “For Profit” subrecipients. For-profit Subrecipient. The PTE(s) is responsible for ensuring subrecipient compliance with established requirements. Methods to ensure compliance for State and federal awards to for profit subrecipients may include pre-award audits, monitoring during the agreement period of performance, and post-award audits. See also 2 CFR 200.331 Requirements for Pass-through Entities. https://gata.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/gata/documents/audit/GATA-Audit-Requirements.pdf; https://gata.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/gata/documents/resource-library/Audit-Report-Review-Process-Grantee-Instruction-Manual.pdf.

Financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other awardee records pertinent to a State award shall be retained for 3 years after the date of submission of the final expenditure report or, for awards renewed quarterly or annually, after the date of the submission of the quarterly or annual financial report to the State agency.

001-58618-4400-98-00-01

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Illinois State Board of Education 100 North First Street Springfield IL 62777-0001

chicago.teachforamerica.org/

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10/20/2021

FY 2018 : $977,500
FY 2019 : $977,500
FY 2020 : $1,000,000
FY 2021 : $1,000,000
FY 2022 : $1,000,000
FY 2026 : $2,000,000