| (E) All projects must comply with the applicable school
facilities standards adopted under this subchapter.
(f) Deadlines and accountability.
(1) The commissioner will conduct an annual application
cycle with a deadline of April 15 or the next business day after April
15 every year. A school district may file an amendment to its initial
application before the deadline; any amendment received after the
deadline will not be considered.
(2) When all funds within an application cycle have
been awarded, the remaining unfunded applications will carry forward
and be considered valid applications for the two application cycles
immediately following the initial application except for those applications
withdrawn by the submitting school districts before the end of the
two following cycles. A school district that subsequently proceeds
with its construction or renovations projects in the absence of grant
funds will not have its application invalidated. An application that
remains unfunded after three application cycles will expire and will
not be eligible for consideration in future cycles.
(3) If no excess funds are available, the commissioner
will not make awards, and all applications received on or before the
April 15 deadline will be considered valid applications for the following
cycle except for those applications withdrawn by the submitting school
districts before the end of the following application cycle. A school
district that subsequently proceeds with its construction or renovation
projects in the absence of grant funds will not have its application
invalidated.
(4) An application received after the deadline will
be considered a valid application for the following cycle unless withdrawn
by the submitting school district before the end of the following
application cycle.
(5) Within one year of award of grant, the school district
must submit evidence in a form acceptable to the commissioner that
a contract has been awarded for the construction or renovation projects
identified in the application. Within two years of award of grant,
the school district must submit evidence in a form acceptable to the
commissioner that all work has been completed for the construction
or renovation projects identified in the application, with a final
accounting of the costs incurred by the school district for the projects.
Failure to provide satisfactory evidence by any of the deadlines specified
in this paragraph could be cause for the commissioner to cancel the
school district's grant and to recover the grant amount from other
scheduled Foundation School Program payments due to the school district.
(g) Reports required. The commissioner will require
such information and reports as are necessary to assure compliance
with applicable laws.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §61.1037 adopted to be effective July 6, 2008, 33 TexReg 5004; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7796; amended to be effective July 20, 2021, 46 TexReg 4301 |
