Section 1015.60  Grant Criteria

a)         Non-Discrimination.  No recipient shall discriminate on the basis of race, creed, sex, handicap, color, or national origin in the employment, training, or promotion of personnel or in the implementation of the program funded by the grant.

b)         Grant Period.  Grants shall be for the period stated in the grant agreement but in no event for more than two years.

c)         Unexpended Grant Funds.  Any unexpended portion of the grant funds shall be refunded to the Board.

d)         Record Keeping.  All costs charged to the program shall be supported by properly executed documents.  Such records shall be kept separately from the documents and maintained for a period of three years after receipt of final payment.

e)         Evaluation.  Within ninety days after the end of the grant period, the recipient shall submit to the Board an evaluation of the project.  The evaluation of the project shall include systematic and objective procedures for appraising the project with respect to how closely the purposes were fulfilled and an explanation of any deviation therefrom.

f)          Audit.  Within ninety days after the end of the grant period the recipient shall submit an audit of expenditure of grant funds provided under this program prepared by an external auditor who is registered as a public accountant by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation.  Any recipient which fails to submit an audit shall refund the entire grant amount to the Board.  Complete payment of grant funds for any continuing project shall be contingent upon submission of the evaluation and audit for the previous grant period.

g)         Contracts.  All grants awarded under this program shall be made through contractual agreements between the Board and the recipient.  Such agreements shall comply with the provisions of the Grant Funds Recovery Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 127, pars. 2301 et seq.).