OAR 581-014-0004: Fund Administration for Student Investment Account

(1) For each biennium, the Oregon Department of Education will determine the amount of grant funds from the Student Investment Account to be apportioned among eligible applicants. (2) For purposes of establishing the amount of grant funds apportioned to eligible applicants, the Oregon Department of Education will use the most current finalized ADMw from the State School Fund from the year prior to the start of each biennium. (3) If an eligible applicant experiences an increase in their K-12 student enrollment, they may submit a request for recalculation to the Oregon Department of Education by April 30 of each even numbered year. (4) For the fiscal biennia ending on or prior to June 30, 2027, if a school district has an ADMw of 50 or less, it will receive an allocation based on an ADMw of 50. (5) If an eligible applicant does not apply for a grant from the Student Investment Account by the close of the application period, the amount of their grant funds will revert to the Student Investment Account and be reallocated within the grant award cycle. An eligible applicant that does not apply for a grant will be eligible in the next application process for the Student Investment Account. (6) Following approval of the grant agreement, an eligible recipient will receive payments of at least 12.5 percent on a quarterly basis per biennial allocation. If adjustments to installment payments are required, a lower percentage may be used. (7) Grant recipients will be eligible to expend funds until June 30 of year two of the biennium. Any allocated funds that are not used by a grant recipient by June 30 of year two of the biennium will be returned to the Student Investment Account for distribution in the next biennium. (8) Funds received by a grant recipient under this section must be separately accounted for and must be used in accordance with the recipient’s grant agreement for the Student Investment Account. A grant recipient may use funds for administrative costs, including indirect costs, directly related to allowed expenditures as provided in the grant agreement. Administrative costs are limited to five percent of the total expenditures or $500,000 annually, whichever is less. Any administrative costs incurred by a participating charter school must be accounted for within the sponsoring school district’s overall limit of five percent or $500,000, whichever is less. (9) The Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction shall resolve any issues arising from the administration of the Student Investment Account grants not specifically addressed by this rule. The Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction's determination shall be final. (10) In the case of a public charter school closure that impacts a sponsoring district’s allocation, the Department will determine the best way to reapportion funds based on the timing of the closure, context, and communication with the closing charter school and the sponsoring district. The Department may; (a) Allocate what have been apportioned to the charter school to the sponsoring district at the same time as the district allocations are made. (b) Allocate what would have been apportioned to the charter school to the charter schools successor entity. (c) Return the apportioned amount to the Statewide Education Initiatives Account for reallocation in a subsequent fiscal year.