Process for Certification of 2024–2025 Indirect Cost Rates for Independent School Districts (ISDs) Only
| ¶Ù²¹³Ù±ð:Ìý | April 18, 2024 |
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| Subject: | Process for Certification of 2024–2025 Indirect Cost Rates for Independent School Districts (ISDs) Only |
| Category: | Funding Implications and Pending Deadline |
| Next Steps:Ìý | ISDs to certify ICRPs by 5/17/2024 to receive indirect cost rates for use with 2024–2025 Grant Applications |
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This letter is to inform independent school districts (ISDs) that the Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ (TEA) has uploaded the completed Indirect Cost Rate Proposals (ICRPs) in GFFC Reports and Data Collections.ÌýISDs that requested an indirect cost rate must review, approve, and certify their ICRP data by May 17, 2024.Ìý
Reviewing, Approving, and Certifying the ICRP
The ICRP is available in the secure GFFC Reports and Data Collections application, accessible throughÌý. To receive TEA’s calculated indirect cost rates, the ISD must review, approve, and certify its completed ICRP.
The ICRP Certification Instructions posted on theÌýIndirect Cost RatesÌýwebpageÌýprovidesÌýinstructions for completing the ISD review/approval/certification process. The Certification Instructions describe the ICRP review process and provide step-by-step instructions on how to certify and submit the ICRP Certification. The certification serves as the ISD’s approval of the final restricted and unrestricted indirect cost rates for 2024–2025.Ìý
Background Information
Process for Requesting Indirect Cost Rates for ISDs
Effective withÌýschoolÌýyear 2018–2019, ISDs must request an indirect cost rate each year by completing and submitting theÌýICRP Additional Costs Workbook (ACW), as described in a To the Administrator Addressed letter ofÌýNovember 2, 2023. The deadline for submitting the workbook, and thus requesting indirect cost rates, was January 19, 2024.Ìý
The submission of the ICRP ACW serves as an ISD’s request for indirect cost rates. Rates are calculated only for ISDs that submitted a completed ICRP ACW. TEA received ICRP ACWs from most Texas ISDs. ForÌýISDsÌýthat did not submit a completed ICRP ACW, TEA did not calculate and will not issue rates for the 2024–2025 school year.Ìý
ACW and PEIMS DataÌý
In completing an ICRP ACW, the ISD provided approximately 10% of the data required to complete the ICRP. TEA drew the remaining 90% of required ICRP data from the ISD’s certified Texas State Data System/Public Education Information Management System (TSDS/PEIMS) data.Ìý
TEA populated the completed ICRP for each ISD that submitted an ICRP ACW by merging TSDS/PEIMS data with the ISD’s submitted ACW data.Ìý
2024–2025 Indirect Cost Rates forÌýISDsÌýTimeline
The following table lists the remaining steps in the indirect cost rate process.
| Date | Action | Status |
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| May 17, 2024Ìý | DueÌýdate forÌýISDsÌýto submit ICRP Certifications inÌý GFFC Reports and Data Collections, accessible throughÌýÌý | Next LEA stepÌý |
| July 1, 2024Ìý | TEA posts Indirect Cost Rate notification letters in GFFC Reports and Data Collections, accessible throughÌý2024–2025 indirect cost rates become effective.Ìý | Last step pendingÌý |
ResourcesÌý
Refer to theÌýIndirect Cost RatesÌýpage of the TEA website for more information on indirect cost rates.
If you have questions about the indirect cost rate process, please emailÌýcompliance@tea.texas.gov.
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