Are rent, utilities and telephone expenses allowable costs or must they be included as part of administrative expenditures?
Rent and utilities for classroom use are considered instructional. All other rent would be considered administrative expenditures. • Is the salary of the Program Coordinator, that is, the person responsible for supervision of instructors and instruction, an instructional cost? No. • In the Budget Section, will any of the 20 points be awarded based on lowest per participant cost? No points will be based on participant cost. • In the Funding area of this RFP (Welfare Education and Adult Literacy Education Programs), the total of the funding is $8,275,000 ($1,000,000 + 2,000,000 + 1,950,000 + 3,325,000), approximately $8.3 million. In the General Information section, though, the state says, “Approximately $9.3 million in State funding is available through this request for proposals..” There is a difference of $1,025,000 between the two RFP areas. Please clarify or correct the apparent discrepancy. The amounts listed in the proposal were based on the best estimate of funding at the time th
