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
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| 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
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| Eligible Age Level(s) |
Not applicable
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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.
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Important Dates
| Date Application Available |
Unavailable
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| Due Date |
Unavailable
|
| Expected Notification Date |
December 14, 2020
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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] |
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| Other |
Unavailable |
Contacts
| Program |
Bradford Lacy, Education Programs Consultant, 916-323-2616, BLacey@cde.ca.gov
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| 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)
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Last Modified:
November 2, 2021
