Alternate Dispute Resolution - COVID-19

Funding Description

The 2020 Budget Act provides one-time Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), Part B funds to assist local educational agencies (LEAs) with establishing and improving local alternate dispute resolutions, in anticipation of an increased number of local disputes related to the COVID-19 pandemic and special education distance learning implementation.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	LEAs participating in the program are eligible upon successful completion of an approved alternate dispute resolution (ADR) COVID-19 grant application. They are required to develop and participate in local ADR activities/trainings as part of a regional consortia.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Selected LEAs are required to collect, maintain, and provide data related to ADR activities, along with information about the number of cases mediated, totally resolved, and refusing ADR services; a list of issues that generated the request for ADR services; and any recommendations for the workgroup developing the statewide Individualized Education Program addendum for distance learning template.
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Not applicable
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Budget Act Item 6100-161-0890, Schedule 2, Provision 11; Public Law 108-446, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; Code of Federal Regulations 34, Part B, Section 611; Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.027A
Source / Type	Federal / Grant
State Fiscal Year	2020-21
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	3395 / 8182
Total Available	$8,600,000
Recipient Amount	Varies
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	The total available award amount is divided among selected special education local plan areas (SELPAs) and is calculated based on the number of pupils per SELPA.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	Unavailable
Expected Notification Date	December 14, 2020

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	Unavailable
Fiscal	Unavailable
Funding Results	Alternate Dispute Resolution COVID-19 [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/r18/adrcvd19result.asp]
Other	Unavailable

Contacts

Program	Bradford Lacy, Education Programs Consultant, 916-323-2616, BLacey@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Julie Toy, Associate Governmental Program Analyst, 916-322-1767, JToy@cde.ca.gov
Division	Special Education Division, 916-322-0581 (phone), 916-445-4108 (fax)