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Submit the A–G Completion Improvement Grant Final Reports

Reconcile the grant’s final expenditures and outcome measures and submit each required component to CDE by August 31, 2026.

  • Fiscal & Budget
  • Governance & Board Approval
  • Curriculum & Instruction
TimingAugust 31, 2026
Applies to2021–22 A–G grant recipients with applicable expenditure and outcome reporting duties
Authority and scopeState grant closeout reporting condition for the named prior-year award

In Plain Language: Reconcile the grant’s final expenditures and outcome measures and submit each required component to CDE by August 31, 2026.

Why this matters

A prior-year grant can still have a reporting deadline in this annual cycle. The closeout must keep the award year and required data components intact.

Primary ownership

Grant/program lead and business services, with the authorized CDE submitter

Required distinctions and controls

  • Confirm the funding component and whether both final expenditures and outcomes are required. Preserve the A–G outcome definition and comparison period.
  • The published date is retained as a historical 2026 requirement. It does not mean CDE has reopened the reporting system or approved a late filing.
  • If unresolved after the deadline, obtain the responsible CDE program office’s instructions for correction, late reporting and any unspent-fund recovery.

From the grant ledger to a submitted A–G Completion Improvement Grant final report: the SDLA ITO workflow

Final fiscal and program components are reconciled to one allocation-specific ledger before the report is submitted. This SDLA ITO (Input, Transformation, Output) graphic shows how the award and reporting instructions, the allocation-specific ledger, and program and outcome data become the reconciled ledger, the outcome support, and the approved report with its receipt.

SDLA ITO: eleven steps from the award and reporting instructions, the allocation-specific ledger, and program and outcome data, through inventorying components, reconciling expenditures, validating measures, and approval, to the reconciled ledger, the outcome support, and the approved report with its receipt.
Read down each column, then move to the next: Input identifies what to collect; Transformation covers inventorying components, reconciling expenditures, validating measures, and approval; Output covers the reconciled ledger, the outcome support, and the approved report with its receipt. Submit by August 31, 2026; if it has passed, document CDE-directed correction follow-up.

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Recommended LEA workflow

  1. Identify the exact award and current final-report instructions; inventory the required fiscal and program/outcome components.
  2. Reconcile eligible expenditures and remaining balances to the allocation-specific ledger.
  3. Validate program, participation or outcome measures with their responsible owners.
  4. Obtain program/fiscal approval and complete the required CDE report through the authorized route.
  5. Retain the submitted report and receipt, or document CDE-directed corrective follow-up when the original deadline has passed.

Evidence to retain

  • Award and reporting instructions
  • Final grant-ledger reconciliation
  • Program/outcome data support
  • Approved report and receipt
  • CDE correction/recovery correspondence

Official guidance and help

Return to the Annual Compliance Calendar

Reviewed October 21, 2026. Confirm the current agency instructions, applicable funding year, recipient scope, local policy and final submitted or approved state before acting. Recommended preparation steps support the named requirement and do not create an additional statewide filing deadline.