BRBND3998: 3999(ER), 3999(EP), 3999(ES)

Program to provide public school districts with reimbursement of special construction costs for E-rate eligible entities matching the federal funding that will enable expansion of educational opportunities and student achievement.

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IL Public Act 101-0007

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To expand and upgrade fiber connections to facilitate high-speed broadband access for all students of public school districts.

Yes

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Education Organizations;

Public school districts that have filed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Forms 470 and 471 for a fiber construction project for Federal E-rate current funding year and have indicated a state match on their FCC Form 471 filing are eligible to apply

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Non-competitive

Education

FCC Form 470, Any separate RFP used to apply for service and any rubric used to make scoring determinations

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Eligible applicants who complete an E-rate application can complete the grant application found in IWAS.

Awardees can request a percentage of their E-rate C1 special construction project costs as part of the state match. The amount a district can request depends upon their E-rate C1 discount. This state match funding opportunity will allow USAC to provide an additional match, up to an additional 10 percent, to match the state funding on a one-to-one dollar basis. Total E-rate support with matching funds may not exceed 100 percent.

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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Funding to match federal funding of up to 10% of the cost of eligible broadband special construction projects.

Funding to match federal funding of up to 10% of the cost of eligible broadband special construction projects.

Expenditure reports to be submitted on quarterly basis via IWAS. Programmatic reports are submitted on semiannual basis via IWAS. Final programmatic report due 30 days after completion of grant period.

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.

001-58613-4900-93-19-00

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Grant Accountability and Transparency Act, FCC Second Report and Order on Reconsideration https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-14-189A1.pdf

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Illinois State Board of Education 100 N First Street Springfield IL 62777

FCC Sixth Report and Order https://apps.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-10-175A1.pdf

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10/22/2021

FY 2018 : $700,000
FY 2019 : $16,300,000
FY 2020 : $16,300,000
FY 2021 : $14,933,404
FY 2022 : $14,775,052
FY 2025 : $3,868,912