FAQs.....

• "When can I apply?" 5/13/08
Schools who did not apply, or were not awarded a grant in 2007-08, can next apply in June 2009. Availability of grant dollars will be dependent upon OAAE's success in maintaining the grant as a line item in the ODE biennium budget. ALL teachers can help in this effort by 1) keeping your administration aware of how you use your summer extended programming days as an extension of your 9-month curriculum, 2) share information with your state representatives to the Ohio General Assembly, and 3) join your professional organization and support the efforts of their legislative network.

For those receiving grants in 2007-08: Grants awarded in FY08 may be automatically renewed if the district 1) submits the treasurer's Final Expense Report no later than July 31, 2008; 2) teacher submits all evaluation data no later than June 18, 2008; and 3) District completes and submits a new Cover Section, Activities Section and Budget Section no later than June 18, 2008.

The 2008-09 application and instructions for completing the process are available for download by clicking the following links. The application is contained in a compressed, zip file. Check with your school IT person if you have problems downloading as they may have this type of file blocked.

• 2007-08 Final Report, Part 1 (SAE Summary)
• 2007-08 Final Report, Part 2 (Activities Data)
• 5th Qtr. customized Final Expense Form (FER)
• Application and Instructions for FY09

• IF you perfer, you can access the official ODE grant website for the generic application and FER by clicking HERE

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For those interested in making application in 2009-10, you may find that reviewing the previous grant process to be of value as you make plans to submit in June 2009:

• "How do you select those who will be awarded a grant?
In 2007-08 , applications were selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Only one application needed to be submitted per school district, meaning that if a school had multiple teachers, the district combined their request into one single application. The application process was considered closed once all grant dollars have been allocated.
• How many dollars are associated with a grant?
In 2007-08, grants were accepted for ten days of additional extended programming ($2,000), or twenty days of additional extended programming ($4,000), per licensed instructor. The purpose of the grant was to extend the teacher(s)' current summer instructional days.
• "How must the grant dollars be spent?"
In 2007-08, the dollars were documented as being used to offset the costs of the teacher(s)' summer extended programming contract (salary, fringes, retirement).
• "What exactly is 'extended programming?'"
The intent of the 5th Quarter Grant is to increase the number of contact days an instructor has with their students during the summer months of July-August and the following June. Related activities should be instructional in nature and promote the quality of SAEs conducted by the students. Examples include, but are not limited to, small group instruction, one-on-one instruction, on-site visitation and instruction.
• Who actually receives the money from the grant?
In 2007-08, all grant dollars were awarded to the applying school district with the understanding that dollars be used to offset the cost of the additional days of extended programming. All dollars must be coded as employment and associated costs.

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Districts eligible for renewing their grant in 2008-09

blue type indicates document received in our office
red type indicates document is missing req. info.
black type indicates document is yet to be received

Anna - all documents submitted
Apollo JVSD - all documents submitted
Barnesville - all documents submitted
Benjamin Logan - all documents submitted
Botkins - all documents submitted
Bright Local - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Clear Fork Valley - all documents submitted
Delphos - all documents submitted
Eastern Brown - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Eastwood - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Fairfield - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Federal Hocking - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Fort Recovery - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Four County JVSD - all documents submitted
Fredericktown - all documents submitted
Frontier - all documents submitted
Greenon - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Greenville - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Hillsdale - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Indian Valley - all documents submitted
Jackson Center - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Johnstown - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Lancaster - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Lawrence County JVSD - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Loudonville - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Mechanicsburg - all documents submitted
Medina County JVSD - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Morgan - all documents submitted
Mt. Vernon - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
New London - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Oregon Clay - all documents submitted
Penta County JVSD - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Pickaway-Ross JVSD - all documents submitted
Pioneer JVSD - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Ridgedale - all documents submitted
Ridgemont - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
River Valley - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Smithville - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Southern Hills JVSD - all documents submitted
Springfield-Clark JVSD - all documents submittedn
St. Henry - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Stryker - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application missing Sec #3
Tecumseh - all documents submitted
Tolles CTC - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Upper Valley JVSD - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Urbana - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Warren - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Wauseon - all documents submitted
Wellington - all documents submitted
West Muskingum - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application
Western Reserve - Pt#1, Pt#2, FER, Application

NOTES:
• ALL Grant Dollars were exhausted as of August 24, 2007. Applications received after that date are listed below.
• IF more applications were received on a day, than dollars available, final selection was based upon the appropriateness of Section 3 of the grant applications received on that partiicular day. Applications not awarded a grant in FY08 are listed in order as found below, for consideration in FY09 should a recipient return a grant to ODE.

2008-09 alternates listed in order application was received:

1. River View
2. Northridge
3. East Guernsey