July 2023 – News You Can Use

Sample Source Check Form

Are you using our most recent sample source check form? We revised our sample source check form in 2019 to better align with how the Impact Aid Grant system (IAGS) application requests your child counts.  A number of LEAs are still using an old source check template, which can make filling out your application and being monitored more difficult that it needs to be.  If the source check template that you are using refers to “tables” or is in Microsoft Word format, it is not the most current version.

IAGS captures student counts based on federal connection by categories (A-G) and by Federal property, and no longer uses Tables 1-5.  Our current sample source check form is a Microsoft Excel form, making it easier to add rows and count eligible children.  The Excel worksheet has tabs at the bottom for each of the Federally connected categories and Federal property type. Each tab has the appropriate signature block(s) for your certifier(s). When doing your survey for the 2023-24 school year, use our revised source check form by downloading the Excel file here.

Records Retention Requirements

Do you have old Section 7003 Impact Aid forms piling up? The Impact Aid regulation specifies that all application documentation (including survey forms and source checks) must be retained for 3 years after receipt of the final payment for that application.  This chart shows the final payment dates and retention schedule for recent fiscal years:

Application Fiscal Year Final Payment Date Retain Records Until School Year of Records
2021 5/8/2023 5/8/2026 2019-2020
2020 4/23/2021 4/23/2024 2018-2019
2019 3/6/2020 3/6/2023 2017-2018
2018 4/9/2019 4/9/2022 2016-2017
2017 8/19/2018 8/19/2021 2015-2016

Upcoming Impact Aid Webinar

Click here to view a complete webinar schedule.  Our webinars are FREE and open to all.

Overview of Section 7003 (Payments for Federally Connected Children) 

July 13, 2023

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM EST

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 FY 2023 Payments

To date, Impact Aid has released initial and interim payments at a 90% proration and $1,050 per weighted student unit for Children with Disabilities (CWD) to all eligible districts. Generally Comparable District and Heavily Impacted adjustments are complete.

New Log In Screen

Soon, the Impact Aid Grant System will prompt users to chose their user type when logging in.  Please choose the option for Local Educational Agency and State Users.  This will allow you to log in with your username and password as usual.  Once you make this selection, the system will remember your browser and device and you will not be prompted again.

Screenshot of Log In Selection screen with Local Educational Agency and State User Log In highlighted.

If you make the wrong selection, you will need to clear your browser history and cache in order to see the prompt again and make the correct selection.  In most browsers, holding down the CTRL + SHIFT + DEL keys at the same time will bring up the window that will allow you to clear your history and cache.  After clearing, refresh your browser window and navigate to the log in screen to see the prompt.