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Annual Financial Reports Due (10/17/2024)

ADE School Finance Update:

The Annual Financial Reports (AFRs) were due to ADE by 10/15/24. LEAs who missed the deadline of October 15 for both/either the Annual Financial Report (AFR) or School Level Annual Financial Report may be on hold in GME. For any questions about these files and the submission process, please contact School Finance’s Budget Team at budgetteam@azed.gov or 602-542-5695 Option 2.
FY24 Single Audit Announcement (10/16/2024)


The FY24 Single Audit monitoring instrument is NOW AVAILABLE IN GME!! All entities must submit their FY24 Single Audit Questionnaire by December 31, 2024. Please complete this task TODAY, as it should only take you 2 to 3 minutes to do so.  

As recipients of federal funding from the Arizona Department of Education, all local education agencies (LEAs) are required to complete a Single Audit Qualifier Questionnaire in the Grants Management Enterprise (GME) system, by December 31st each year, regardless of the amount of Federal award funds spent. The purpose of this Single Audit Questionnaire is to allow you to report whether or not your organization was subject to Single Audit in FY24. If applicable, your FY24 Single Audit Reporting Package will need to be uploaded into GME within 9 months after your organization's fiscal year end date, or within 30 days after receiving your Single Audit Report from a third-party CPA, whichever occurs first.  

Failure to complete this Single Audit Qualifier Questionnaire or submit the Single Audit Reporting Package in a timely manner could result in a fiscal hold being placed on all grant reimbursement activity. 

For more information regarding how to submit your Single Audit Questionnaire portion of the Single Audit, please refer to this resource document linked HERE. 

For direct assistance with the Single Audit, please contact Grants Management at 602-542-3901, Option 3. 
New GEPA Requirement in FY24 Applications as of July 1, 2023 (7/3/2023)

 GEPA

As of July 1, 2023 all federal grant funding applications in the GME system will include a section to which will satisfy the requirements of Section 427 of the General Provisions Act (GEPA) (20 U.S.C. 1228a).

Section 427 requires each applicant for funds to include in its application a description of the steps the applicant proposes to take to remove barriers and to ensure equitable access to, and participation in, its Federally-assisted program for students, teachers, and other program beneficiaries.

What you need to know for FY24:

·         The GEPA page will only be visible once the application is in Revision status

·         The page will be found in the section titled General Education Provisions Act (GEPA).

o   Will not impact original applications

o   Required with first revision

o   A validation error will prevent application status from being changed to CR Draft started if the GEPA page is not completed.
·        There is not a minimum word count for a GEPA statement

What you need to know for FY25:

·         The GEPA page will be part of the Original application and will be required on initial funding application submission

For assistance within the GME system, please contact Grants Management at 602.542.3901, or submit a service request online at https://helpdeskexternal.azed.gov/

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