Section 75.260  Terms of the Grant

a)         The grantee shall maintain on file documentation specific to its achievement of each quality indicator set forth on the application for funding; the documentation shall be made available for programmatic review and auditing purposes.  Up to 10 percent of grantees receiving funding under this Subpart C in each fiscal year may be selected for an on-site review or audit.

b)         In the event that the grantee closes its agricultural education department, all instructional materials, tools and equipment purchased with funds provided under this Subpart C shall be relocated by the grantee's Education for Employment Regional Delivery System to other agricultural education programs located in that system upon approval of the State Superintendent of Education or designee.

c)         No subcontracting will be allowed without the prior written approval of the State Superintendent of Education.

d)         Each grantee shall complete electronically a final performance report that summarizes the grant activities completed during the term of the grant and the accomplishments achieved.  The report shall be completed no later than 90 days after the end of the grant period.  Funding in any subsequent grant period shall not be approved until the performance report is received. 

e)         A grantee that employs any teacher who holds an educator license with stipulations endorsed for provisional career and technical educator shall ensure that the teacher submits documentation to the State Board of Education of the completion, during the validity period of the license, of the coursework required under 23 Ill. Adm. Code 25.72 (Endorsement for Provisional Career and Technical Educator).

(Source:  Amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 16012, effective December 1, 2021)