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GRANTS
The Orleans Parish School Board encourages the development of proposals to federal, state, and private granting agencies and other sources of financial aid for subsidizing such activities as innovative projects, feasibility studies, long-range planning, and research and development. All such activities shall meet the following criteria:
They are based on a specific set of internal objectives that relate to the established goals and objectives of the school district.
They are to provide measures for evaluating whether or not project objectives are being or have been achieved.
The execution of all projects shall conform to state and federal laws and to the policies of the School Board.
The application and implementation of any such activities is to be inclusive of students at all schools within the parish, to the maximum extent possible within the terms and provisions of each grant.
The School Board shall be notified of all grants. The School Board President and/or the Superintendent shall be authorized to sign all grant proposals, subject to the School Board's right to recall or rescind the application. For any grant opportunities where the School Board serves as the fiscal agent, it shall be the responsibility of the Superintendent to ensure that all eligible entities which operate public schools within Orleans Parish are provided with an opportunity to participate in the grant application prior to submission of the grant proposal. Eligibility for these purposes shall be determined by the criteria set forth in each grant request.
Grant awards shall be coordinated through Central Office personnel as designated by the Superintendent. In addition to adhering to the rules and regulations required by the grantor agency, all grant awards shall follow all established policies and procedures of the School Board.
An assessment shall be conducted prior to submission of any grant proposal to determine any residual or recurring costs that may be incurred by the School Board. For grants in which the School Board acts as the fiscal agent on behalf of one or more entities which operate public schools in Orleans Parish, the School Board shall be entitled to recover the actual costs associated with processing, administering, and monitoring such grant award, to the full extent permitted by the rules or other terms of the grant award.
When the grant award letter or written notification is received and budgeted expenditures have been approved by the granting agency, grant funds may be expended by the Superintendent or designee/recipient. In the event that awarded funds differ from the amount applied for in the initial submission, the School Board reserves the right to appropriately revise the budget and scope of the initial application to align to the amount actually awarded. Such revisions shall be at the sole discretion of the Superintendent, subject to the School Board’s right to review and revise any such determinations; notification of any such modifications shall be required to be provided to each entity participating in such grant at the earliest practical opportunity. Grant awards and grant budgets shall be submitted to the School Board as soon as possible after the grant award letter or written notification is received. The School Board shall be informed of any recurring or residual costs related to grants and reserves the right to terminate a grant at any time and return any unexpended funds to the grantor.
Ref: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §17:81
Orleans Parish School Board