American Indian Early Childhood Education (Flexible Funds)

Funding Description

Funding for this program is unrestricted pursuant to SBX3 4 (Chapter 12, Statutes of 2009), enacted February 2009. For additional information, please refer to the Action on 2008 and 2009 Budget Acts Web page.

Before 2008-09, the funds were restricted to the American Indian Early Childhood Education Program providing direct services to American Indian children, pre-kindergarten through grade four, in reading and math through after school tutorial.

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants	Local educational agencies
Required Eligibility Criteria	All local educational agencies that received funding in 2008-09 are eligible for funds.
Other Eligibility Considerations	Not applicable
Eligible Grade Level(s)	Pre-K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,
Eligible Age Level(s)	Not applicable

Funding

Legal Authority	Education Code Section 42605; Budget Item 6110-150-0001; and Control Section 12.42.
Source / Type	State / Apportionment
State Fiscal Year	2009-10
SACS Resource / Revenue Codes	0000 / 8590
Total Available	$531,000
Recipient Amount	For fy 09-10, LEAs will receive approx. the same amount they received for fy 08-09, less approx 5.2%
Match Requirement	No
Allocation Formula	Funding for this program from fiscal years 2009-10 through 2012-13 will be based on 2008-09 funding levels. Local educational agencies (LEAs) will receive the same percentage of the available funding that they received of the funding allocated for 2008-09.

Important Dates

Date Application Available	Unavailable
Due Date	Unavailable
Expected Notification Date	November 30, 2009

Additional Information

Application	Unavailable
Background	American Indian Early Childhood Education (AIECE) [http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ai/ec/]
Fiscal	Categorical Index Page [http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/ca/]
Flexibility	Action on the 2008 and 2009 Budget Acts
Other	The funding for this program is now flexible pursuant to Education Code Section 42605. LEAs may utilize all of their program funds to provide services for the program or they may use all or part of their program funds for other educational purposes and/or other categorical programs.

Contacts

Program	Julie Klein Briggs, 916-323-6191, jbriggs@cde.ca.gov
Fiscal	Julie Klein Briggs, 916-323-6191, jbriggs@cde.ca.gov
Division	School Fiscal Services Division, 916-327-0538 (phone), 916-327-4873 (fax)