| SIG Day at the 2009
OSEP Project Directors’ Conference
We are
pleased to announce that the State Personnel Development Directors and
Evaluators Session, titled ‘SIG Day’ will occur the first day of the OSEP
Project Directors’ conference, July 20. Facilitated by Jennifer Doolittle, a
small group of SPDG Project Directors and Evaluators have been meeting this
spring to plan this year’s agenda activities. To view the draft SIG Day agenda
go to: http://www.signetwork.org/DirsConfMtls.html.
Travel Approval: OSEP has received questions from Project Directors who are facing difficulties having their travel approved for the Project Directors’ Conference. Please see the answer below regarding this issue:
The Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 for the State Personnel Development Grants program (SPDG), published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2009 (74 FR 17178), states that,
“Projects funded under this priority must also: (a) Budget for a three-day Project Directors’ meeting in Washington, DC during each year of the project; …”
Similar language has been included in notices inviting applications for this program since 2005. Thus, grantees are required to include this item in their applications and must budget an appropriate amount of money for the three days of the yearly Project Directors’ Meeting consistent with its location (Washington, DC). While the Notice does not include explicit language that grant funds must be spent for travel to this meeting, each applicant has been put on notice that it must spend the funds budgeted for the Project Directors’ Meeting consistent with the purpose for which the funds were budgeted—which is for project directors to attend the annual three-day project directors meeting in Washington, D.C.
Under Office of Management and Budget Circular A-87, “Cost Principles for State, Local, and Indian Tribal Governments,” Attachment A, Section E 2, travel expenses incurred to specifically carry out an award are direct costs chargeable to Federal awards. There are no restrictions on the use of funds under the SPDG grant for out-of-State travel. Thus, any issues regarding the approval of travel for this conference are likely to be the result of restrictions on the use of State funds and not the Federal funds that are subject to the conditions of your SPDG grant.
2009
State Personnel Development Grant Application Notice Released!
On April 14 the State Personnel Development Grant Notice was released from
OSERS/OSEP (CFDA No. 84.323A). The deadline for applications is May 29, 2009.
For questions related to this competition contact Jennifer Doolittle (Jennifer.Doolittle@ed.gov;
202-245-6673). Review
the full notice
Applications
are to be submitted using the online e-application at: http://e-grants.ed.gov
SPDG Applicant (Bidders) Informational Session Recording
For this webinar session, OSEP SPDG Project Officers Jennifer Doolittle and Pat
Gonzalez provided information on the FY09 SPDG application process,
highlighting key points in completing the various application form sections.
The presentation files are provided below:
Webinar
Materials
Overview
of the 2009 SPDG Competition, Jennifer Doolittle
Need
for the Project Section, Jennifer Doolittle
Significance
of the Project, Jennifer Doolittle
Quality
of the Project Design Section, Jennifer Doolittle
Developing
a Management Plan, Jennifer Doolittle
How
to Develop a SPDG Evaluation Plan, Pat Gonzalez
Logic
Model |
