Consolidated Application

A two-part application and reporting process for multiple state and federal, formula-driven, categorical program funds submitted by county offices, school districts, and direct-funded charter schools.

The Consolidated Application (ConApp) is used by the California Department of Education (CDE) to distribute categorical funds from various federal programs to county offices, school districts, and direct-funded charter schools throughout California.

Annually, from mid-May to the end of June, each local educational agency (LEA), using the Consolidated Application and Reporting System (CARS), submits the spring release of the ConApp. The spring release documents participation in these programs and provides assurances that the LEA will comply with the legal requirements of each program. Program entitlements are determined by formulas contained in the laws that created the programs.

The winter release of the ConApp is submitted via CARS from mid-January to the end of February each year and contains the LEA entitlements for each funded program. For each federal program entitlement, LEAs allocate funds for the program as indicated by the program requirements.

What's New

2020–21 Consolidated Application Instructions (Posted 06-Jul-2020)
2020–21 Consolidated Application Instructions (DOCX; Posted 06-Jul-2020)
Data collection instructions for CARS, which includes the steps for each data collection in order to assist LEAs in completing the 2020-21 Spring Release ConApp.
2020–21 Consolidated Application Legal Assurances (Posted 06-Jul-2020)
2020–21 Consolidated Application Legal Assurances (DOCX; Posted 06-Jul-2020)
Legal Assurances which LEAs must certify that they will comply with prior to submitting the 2020–21 ConApp.
2020–21 Consolidated Application Guidance (Updated 14-Jul-2020)
2020–21 Consolidated Application Guidance (DOCX; Updated 14-Jul-2020)
Data collection guidance from the program offices which includes information about the requirements for the various programs in order to assist in completing the 2020–21 Spring Release ConApp.
CARS News Flash Updates
The CARS News Flash Updates are bulletins that are sent out through the ConApp listserv when there is new ConApp or CARS related information.
Data Collection Release Schedule (Updated 22-Jun-2020)
List of current release dates, deadlines, along with the applicable data collections for the current release period.

Request for Applications

2020–21 Consolidated Application Spring Release

2019–20 Consolidated Application Spring Release

2018–19 Consolidated Application Spring Release

Additional ConApp Information

School Grade Span Group Assignment Guidance
Guidance information regarding the grade span codes used in the ConApp Winter Release for the School Student Counts data collection.
ConApp Email List
To join the ConApp email list, send a blank message to join-consolidated-application@mlist.cde.ca.gov.
2019–20 Consolidated Application Program Guidance (Posted 15-Jan-2020)
2019–20 Consolidated Application Program Guidance (DOCX; Posted 15-Jan-2020)
Data collection guidance from the program offices which include information about the requirements for the various programs to assist in completing the 2019–20 Consolidated Application for Funding Categorical Aid Programs.
2018–19 Consolidated Application Program Guidance (Updated 15-Jan-2019)
2018–19 Consolidated Application Program Guidance (DOCX; Updated 15-Jan-2019)
Data collection guidance from the program offices which include information about the requirements for the various programs to assist in completing the 2018–19 Consolidated Application for Funding Categorical Aid Programs.

Consolidated Application

What's New

Request for Applications

Additional ConApp Information

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