FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
S
TATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
F. PHILIP HANDY,
Chairman
T. WILLARD FAIR,
Vice Chairman
Members
DONNA G. CALLAWAY
ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ
PHOEBE RAULERSON
KATHLEEN SHANAHAN
LINDA K. TAYLOR
John L. Winn
Commissioner of Education
M E M O R A N D U M
TO:
District Superintendents
FROM:
Cherie Pierson Yecke, Ph.D.
DATE:
September 18, 2006
SUBJECT:
SANCTIONS FOR DISTRICTS IN CORRECTIVE ACTION
As you are aware, Section 1116(c)(10)(C) of Title I, Part A, No Child Left Behind, requires the state
education agency to take at least one of the actions listed in the law for any local education agency
identified for corrective action. The Florida Department of Education, with approval by the State Board
of Education, has chosen to implement the first of these options which states, “(i) Deferring programmatic
funds or reducing administrative funds.” The State has determined that the most appropriate action, at
this time, is to reduce administrative funds and is implementing the action by placing a cap on the amount
of indirect costs which can be charged to the Title I, Part A, project for 2006-07.
The cap on the indirect funds is determined by applying the percentage of Adequate Yearly Progress
(AYP) criteria met
. (Please note that this may be different than
the possible AYP criteria, as published in the Report Cards, since not all criteria apply to all districts.)
The resulting percentage is applied as an indirect cost cap to be applied to the Title I, Part A, project. For
example, if the district met 85 percent of the applicable AYP criteria, and the approved 2006-07 indirect
cost rate for that district is 4.5 percent, the cap on indirect cost which can be charged to the project is
3.825 percent.
Attached is a spreadsheet which specifies for each district/local education agency in corrective action the
calculations applied to the Title I, Part A, project for 2006-07.
The column labeled “AYP Sanction” specifies the amount of funding which must be allocated to
activities designed to address the criteria for which the district did not make AYP. These funds have been
subtracted from the Title I, Part A, award and are being awarded in a separate Title I, Part A, corrective
action award. In order to receive these funds, the district/local education agency must complete and
submit the following:
CHERI PIERSON YECKE, PH.D.
CHANCELLOR, K-12 PUBLIC SCHOOLS
325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 514 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0509 • www.fldoe.org
Sanctions for Districts in Corrective Action
September 18, 2006
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A Project Amendment Form (DOE 150) which includes in the narrative section a complete
description of the activities which will be funded with this corrective action allocation. You
may attach additional pages as necessary to provide a detailed description which includes the
names of the Title I schools to be impacted, the target population, and how the district
expects to achieve the needed improvement using these and other available resources.
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A Project Budget (DOE 101) which is to account for all of the funds being set aside for this
purpose and is completed in accordance with the instructions attached.
These forms must be submitted to Grants Management, Unit A, Room 332, as soon as possible, but no
later than September 29, 2006. Questions on completion of the narrative should be directed to Terri
Crews, Administrator, Title I Programs, at 850-245-0496. Questions on completion of the budget page
should be directed to Grants Management staff, at 850-245-0496.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
CPY/may
Attachments
cc: Title I, Part A, Coordinators
