Application Process and Timeline
- The Management Council of the Ohio Educational Computer Network (MCOECN) will make available the online application for twenty business days beginning the first week of October of the current fiscal.
- Eligible districts and other entities will receive an email with information and instructions for completion and submission. Emails will be sent to the technology coordinator, superintendent, and treasurer of record for the district or other entity.
- District staff complete applications through the Ohio K-12 Programs portal.
- All subsidy applications must be completed and submitted through the Ohio K-12 Programs portal by twenty business days after the application opens. No applications will be accepted after that date.
- Program Administrator will begin reviewing applications approved by the ITCs as soon as the application is made available to districts during the first week of October during the current fiscal year.
- District staff may check on the status of their district's application at any time by logging into the Ohio K-12 Help portal.
- Awarded applications will be communicated to the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce on a weekly basis beginning the end of October of the current fiscal year.
- Applications will be processed by December of the current fiscal year.
- Funds for approved applications will be distributed periodically by the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce once the approval process begins.
- The entire amount of funding must be encumbered on or before June 30th of the current fiscal year.
- All funds must be liquidated on or before September 30th of the previous fiscal year.
Please note: While entities will only have to apply once, payments will be made bi-annually, with the first payment of the award being processed after the application is approved and the second payment of the award being processed in early to mid-Spring, pf the current fiscal year.
Last Modified: 12/26/2024 4:27:41 PM