4998(EC);4998(FG);4998(GO);4998(JK);4998(RC)

Congress set aside approximately $3 billion of the $30.75 billion allotted to the Education Stabilization Fund through the CARES Act for the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEERF). The Department will award these grants ¬to States (governor’s offices) based on a formula stipulated in the legislation. (1) 60% on the basis of the State’s relative population of individuals aged 5 through 24. (2) 40% on the basis of the State’s relative number of children counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). The Early Childhood Department will award GEER funds to Early Childhood Block grant programs who have been disproportionately impacted due to COVID-19. The Governor has wide discretion in determining the entities in the State that will receive GEER funds. A Governor can choose to fund only LEAs, only IHEs, only education-related entities, or any combination of eligible entities.

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act or CARES Act, Pub. L. No. 116-136

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The flexible emergency block grant empowers Governors to decide how to best meet the needs of students, schools and other educational related organizations to continue to educate students during these unprecedented times.

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Education Organizations;

A one-time funding opportunity will be provided to currently funded Tier 1 and Tier 2 programs that are located in zip codes that are disproportionately impacted by COVID

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Non-competitive

Education

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Applications will be run through eGMS. Grantees will receive one allocation for all of their Early Childhood Block Grant programs at the per pupil rate of $182.39 per child. Programs will receive notification that these funds are available and can either accept or deny the funds.

Tier 1 and Tier 2 programs that are located in zip codes that are disproportionately impacted by COVID

Applications will go through a modified Merit Based Review Process. Reimbursement is based upon reporting expenditure reporting in IWAS.

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30 business days

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Provide emergency support through grants to the LEAs that the State educational agency (SEA) deems to have been most significantly impacted by COVID-19 to support the ability of such LEAs to continue to provide educational services to public and non-public school students and to support the on-going functionality of the LEA; 2. Provide emergency support through grants to IHEs serving students within the State that the Governor determines have been most significantly impacted by COVID-19 to support the ability of such institutions to continue to provide educational services and support the ongoing functionality of the institution; and 3. Provide support to any other IHE, LEA, or education-related entity within the State that the Governor deems essential for carrying out emergency educational services to students for authorized activities described in section 18003(d)(1) of the CARES Act or the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), the provision of childcare and early childhood education, social and emotional support, and the protection of education-related jobs.

Semi Annual reports are required

In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503 45 CFR Part 75 Subpart F applies to this initiative.

All financial records are to be maintained in accordance with 45 CFR 75.361-365.

561-58614-4900-01-00-00;561-58614-4900-03-00-01;561-58614-4900-01-20-00

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SAM.gov- https://beta.sam.gov/fal/89b3d3a572174140ae524da25f1f8a6f/view?keywords=93.434&sort=-relevance&index=cfda&is_active=true&page=1

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www.isbe.net

U.S Department of Education’s use of funding https://oese.ed.gov/governors-emergency-education-relief-fund/ Illinois’ GEER Certification and Agreement https://oese.ed.gov/files/2020/06/IL-GEER-Certification-and-Agreement-5-22-20_Redacted.pdf

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10/22/2021

FY 2023 : $27,860,000