Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow (TCT): Programs for Master's Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or Critical Foreign Language Education; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010, 37767-37771 [2010-15922]

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• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37767-37771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15922]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Teachers 
for a Competitive Tomorrow (TCT): Programs for Master's Degrees in 
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or Critical Foreign 
Language Education; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2010

    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.381B.
    Dates:
    Applications Available: June 30, 2010.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 30, 2010.

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    Purpose of Program: The purpose of the TCT program is to enable 
partnerships served by eligible recipients to develop and implement 2- 
or 3-year part-time master's degree programs in science, technology, 
engineering, mathematics, or critical foreign language education for 
teachers in order to enhance the teachers' content knowledge and 
pedagogical skills; or to develop and implement programs for 
professionals in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or 
critical foreign language education that lead to a master's degree in 
teaching that results in teacher certification.
    Priorities: Under this competition, we are particularly interested 
in applications that address the following two invitational priorities.
    Invitational Priorities: For FY 2010 and any subsequent year in 
which we make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from this 
competition, these priorities are invitational priorities. Under 34 CFR 
75.105(c)(1), we do not give an application that meets these 
invitational priorities a competitive or absolute preference over other 
applications.
    These priorities are:

Invitational Priority 1

    Under this program, applicants must demonstrate how their proposed 
projects will improve student achievement in mathematics, science, 
technology, engineering, or critical foreign languages and increase the 
number of students taking upper-level courses in such subjects. Under 
this priority, applicants are encouraged to work with their partner 
districts or the State educational agency to develop agreements to 
access student records containing data on assessments and course-taking 
in mathematics, science, technology, engineering, or critical foreign 
languages, as applicable, for students taught by teachers who receive 
master's degrees through programs supported by this grant, and to use 
this information to assess and improve the effectiveness of their 
projects in preparing teachers.

Invitational Priority 2

    Under this program, applicants must demonstrate how teachers from 
schools determined by the partnership to be most in need will be 
encouraged to apply for and participate in the program. Under this 
priority, applicants proposing to develop two or three-year part-time 
master's programs in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or 
critical foreign language education to enhance the content knowledge of 
existing teachers are encouraged to describe how they would recruit 
teachers to participate in the program who are currently teaching these 
subjects in schools that have been identified by their State as a 
persistently lowest-achieving school, consistent with the final 
regulations for the School Improvement Grants program that were 
published in the Federal Register on January 21, 2010 (75 FR 3375).

Definition

    The term ``critical foreign language'' is defined in 20 U.S.C. 
9802(b)(1) as a foreign language that the Secretary determines, in 
consultation with the heads of such Federal departments and agencies as 
the Secretary determines appropriate, is critical to the national 
security and economic competitiveness of the United States. The 
Secretary has determined that the following languages are critical 
foreign languages for purposes of this competition and any subsequent 
year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from 
this competition: Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Hindi, 
Urdu, Persian, and Turkish.
    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9811.
    Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 
82, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.

    Note:  The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants 
except Federally recognized Indian tribes.


    Note:  The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions 
of higher education only.

II. Award Information

    Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
    Estimated Available Funds: $852,888.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000-$250,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $213,222.
    Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a 
budget exceeding $250,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The 
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education may change the maximum 
amount through a notice published in the Federal Register.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1-4.

    Note:  The Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice.

    Project Period: Up to 60 months.

III. Eligibility Information

    1. Eligible Applicants: An institution of higher education on 
behalf of a department of science, technology, engineering, 
mathematics, or a critical foreign language, or on behalf of a 
department or school with a competency-based degree program (in 
science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or a critical foreign 
language) that includes teacher certification. Eligible applicants must 
enter into a partnership that shall include:
    i. The eligible recipient;
    ii. (a) A department within the eligible applicant that provides a 
program of study in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or a 
critical foreign language; and (b) a school, department, or program of 
education within the eligible applicant, or a two-year institution of 
higher education that has a teacher preparation offering or a dual 
enrollment program with the eligible applicant; or
    iii. A department or school within the eligible applicant with a 
competency-based degree program (in science, technology, engineering, 
mathematics, or a critical foreign language) that includes teacher 
certification; and
    iv. Not less than one high-need LEA and a public school or a 
consortium of public schools served by the agency. A partnership may 
include a nonprofit organization that has a demonstrated record of 
providing expertise or support to meet the purposes of this initiative.
    2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: Under 20 U.S.C. 9815(b), each grant 
recipient must provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 50 
percent of the amount of the grant (which may be provided in cash or 
in-kind) to carry out the activities supported by the grant.
    b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: Under 20 U.S.C. 9815(c), grant funds 
provided under this program must be used to supplement, and not 
supplant, other Federal or State funds.

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    3. Other: Definition of ``high-need LEA'' and other eligibility 
information. An eligible applicant must propose a project performed by 
a partnership that includes one or more ``high-need LEAs.'' As defined 
in 20 U.S.C. 9812(3), the term ``high-need LEA'' is an LEA--
    (A)(1) That serves not fewer than 10,000 children from low-income 
families, or (2) for which not less than 20 percent of the children 
served by the agency are from low-income families, or (3) with a total 
of less than 600 students in average daily attendance at the schools 
that are served by the agency and all of whose schools are designated 
with a school locale code of 41, 42, or 43, as determined by the 
Secretary; and
    (B)(1) for which there is a high percentage of teachers providing 
instruction in academic subject areas or grade levels for which the 
teachers are not highly qualified; or (2) for which there is a high 
teacher turnover rate or a high percentage of teachers with emergency, 
provisional, or temporary certification or licensure.
    So that the Department may be able to confirm the eligibility of 
the LEAs participating in the project, we expect applicants to include 
information in their applications that demonstrates that each 
participating LEA in the partnership is a high-need LEA, as defined in 
20 U.S.C. 9812(3).
    Under components (A)(1) and (A)(2) of the statutory definition of 
high-need LEA, an LEA must show that it serves not fewer than 10,000 
children from low-income families or that not less than 20 percent of 
the children served by the agency are children from low-income 
families. Under 20 U.S.C 9812(1), the term ``children from low-income 
families'' means children described in section 1124(c)(1)(A) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. 
6333(c)(1)(A). The eligibility of an LEA as a ``high-need LEA'' under 
component (A)(1) or (A)(2) should be based on the most recent U.S. 
Census Bureau data. U.S. Census Bureau data are available for all 
school districts with geographic boundaries that existed when the U.S. 
Census Bureau collected its information. The link to the census data 
is: https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/district.html. The Department 
also makes these data available at its Web site at: https://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/eligibility.html.
    Some LEAs, such as newly formed school districts or charter schools 
in States that accord them LEA status, are not included in Census 
Bureau poverty data. Eligibility of these particular LEAs will be 
determined on a case-by-case basis after review of information in the 
application that addresses, as well as possible, the number or 
percentage of children from low-income families these LEAs serve.
    The school locale codes referenced in component (A)(3) of the 
definition of ``high-need LEA'' are part of a classification system 
designed to describe a geographic area in which a school is located. 
Locale codes 41, 42, and 43 relate to rural areas. General information 
regarding the locale classification system and information regarding 
the locale codes for specific LEAs is available on the National Center 
for Education Statistics (NCES) Web site at: https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/rural_locales.asp.
    The Department expects that LEAs that rely on component (B)(1) of 
the definition of ``high-need LEA'' will demonstrate their eligibility 
with information regarding the percentage of teachers providing 
instruction in the academic subject areas or grade levels for which the 
teachers are not highly qualified in the LEA and the State. The 
Department will review this aspect of an LEA's proposed eligibility on 
a case-by-case basis, and would expect that an LEA that meets this 
component of the definition would have a percentage of its classes 
taught by teachers who are not highly qualified that exceeds the 
percentage for the State.
    For component (B)(2) of the statutory definition of ``high-need 
LEA,'' the data that LEAs likely will find most readily available on 
the percentage of teachers with emergency, provisional, or temporary 
certification or licensing are the data they provide to their States 
for inclusion in the reports on the quality of teacher preparation that 
the States provide to the Department in October of each year as 
required by section 207 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended 
(HEA). In these reports, States provide the percentage of teachers in 
their LEAs teaching on waivers of State certification, both on a 
statewide basis and in high-poverty LEAs. As reflected in the State 
reports the Department most recently received in October 2008, the 
national average percentage of teachers on waivers in high-poverty LEAs 
is 1.37 percent.
    Under element (B)(2), an LEA may also demonstrate that it is 
``high-need'' by demonstrating that it has a high teacher turnover 
rate. The Department will review this aspect of an LEA's proposed 
eligibility on a case-by-case basis, and would expect that an LEA that 
meets this component of the definition would have a teacher turnover 
rate that meets or exceeds the average national teacher turnover rate. 
The most recent data available to the Department indicates that 16 
percent of teachers teaching during the 2003-04 school year did not 
return to teach in the same school the following school year. See 
Marvel, J., Lyter, D.M., Peltola, P., Strizek, G.A., and Morton, B.A. 
(2006). Teacher Attrition and Mobility: Results from the 2004-05 
Teacher Follow-up Survey (NCES 2007-307). U.S. Department of Education, 
National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC: U.S. 
Government Printing Office.

IV. Application and Submission Information

    1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an 
application package via the Internet by downloading the package at 
https://e-Grants.ed.gov.
    You also may request a copy of the application package from the 
following: Andrea Baird, Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow: Programs 
for Master's Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, 
or Critical Foreign Language Education, U.S. Department of Education, 
1990 K Street, NW., room 6143, Washington, DC 20006-8526. Telephone: 
(202) 502-7797. E-mail address: andrea.baird@ed.gov.
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the 
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1-800-877-8339.
    Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application 
package in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, 
or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact person listed 
in this section.
    2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements 
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you 
must submit, are in the application package for this program.
    Page Limit: The application narrative is where you, the applicant, 
address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your 
application. You must limit the application narrative [Part III] to no 
more than 50 pages, using the following standards:
     A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1'' 
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
     Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch) 
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings, 
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in 
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
     Use a font that is either 12-point or larger, or no 
smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch).

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     Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier, 
Courier New, or Arial. An application submitted in any other font 
(including Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.
    The page limit does not apply to the cover sheet; the budget 
section, including the narrative budget justification; the assurances 
and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the resumes, the 
bibliography, or the letters of support.
    We will reject your application if you exceed the page limit.
    3. Submission Dates and Times:
    Applications Available: June 30, 2010.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 30, 2010.
    Applications for grants under this program must be submitted 
electronically using the Electronic Grant Application system (e-
Application) accessible through the Department's e-Grants site. For 
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your 
application electronically, or in paper format by mail or hand delivery 
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission 
requirement, please refer to Section IV. 7. Other Submission 
Requirements of this notice.
    We do not consider an application that does not comply with the 
deadline requirements.
    Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or 
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact 
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in Section VII 
of this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or 
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the 
application process, the individual's application remains subject to 
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
    4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive 
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about 
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order 
12372 is in the application package for this program.
    5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding 
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section in this notice.
    6. Data Universal Numbering System Number, Taxpayer Identification 
Number, and Central Contractor Registry: To do business with the 
Department of Education, (1) You must have a Data Universal Numbering 
System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN); (2) 
you must register both of those numbers with the Central Contractor 
Registry (CCR), the Government's primary registrant database; and (3) 
you must provide those same numbers on your application.
    You can obtain a DUNS number from Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 
can be created within one business day.
    If you are a corporate entity, agency, institution, or 
organization, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue Service. 
If you are an individual, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal 
Revenue Service or the Social Security Administration. If you need a 
new TIN, please allow 2-5 weeks for your TIN to become active.
    The CCR registration process may take five or more business days to 
complete. If you are currently registered with the CCR, you may not 
need to make any changes. However, please make certain that the TIN 
associated with your DUNS number is correct. Also note that you will 
need to update your CCR registration on an annual basis. This may take 
three or more business days to complete.
    7. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under 
this program must be submitted electronically unless you qualify for an 
exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in 
this section.
    a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
    Applications for grants under the TCT Programs for Master's Degrees 
in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or Critical Foreign 
Language Education, CFDA number 84.381B, must be submitted 
electronically using e-Application, accessible through the Department's 
e-Grants Web site at https://e-Grants.ed.gov.
    We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format 
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of 
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no 
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written 
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these 
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that 
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in 
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
    While completing your electronic application, you will be entering 
data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an 
electronic copy of a grant application to us.
    Please note the following:
     You must complete the electronic submission of your grant 
application by 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application 
deadline date. E-Application will not accept an application for this 
program after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application 
deadline date. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait 
until the application deadline date to begin the application process.
     The hours of operation of the e-Grants Web site are 6:00 
a.m. Monday until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 a.m. Thursday until 
8:00 p.m. Sunday, Washington, DC time. Please note that, because of 
maintenance, the system is unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on Sundays and 
6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 6:00 a.m. 
on Thursdays, Washington, DC time. Any modifications to these hours are 
posted on the e-Grants Web site.
     You will not receive additional point value because you 
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you 
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission 
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your 
application in paper format.
     You must submit all documents electronically, including 
all information you typically provide on the following forms: the 
Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 
Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and 
certifications. You must attach any narrative sections of your 
application as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF 
(Portable Document) format. If you upload a file type other than the 
three file types specified in this paragraph or submit a password 
protected file, we will not review that material.
     Your electronic application must comply with any page 
limit requirements described in this notice.
     Prior to submitting your electronic application, you may 
wish to print a copy of it for your records.
     After you electronically submit your application, you will 
receive an automatic acknowledgment that will include a PR/Award number 
(an identifying number unique to your application).
     Within three working days after submitting your electronic 
application, fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the Application Control 
Center after following these steps:
    (1) Print SF 424 from e-Application.

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    (2) The applicant's Authorizing Representative must sign this form.
    (3) Place the PR/Award number in the upper right hand corner of the 
hard-copy signature page of the SF 424.
    (4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the Application Control Center at 
(202) 245-6272.
     We may request that you provide us original signatures on 
other forms at a later date.
    Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of e-Application 
Unavailability: If you are prevented from electronically submitting 
your application on the application deadline date because e-Application 
is unavailable, we will grant you an extension of one business day to 
enable you to transmit your application electronically, by mail, or by 
hand delivery. We will grant this extension if--
    (1) You are a registered user of e-Application and you have 
initiated an electronic application for this competition; and
    (2) (a) E-Application is unavailable for 60 minutes or more between 
the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 
application deadline date; or
    (b) E-Application is unavailable for any period of time between 
3:30 p.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application 
deadline date.
    We must acknowledge and confirm these periods of unavailability 
before granting you an extension. To request this extension or to 
confirm our acknowledgment of any system unavailability, you may 
contact either (1) the person listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT (See VII. Agency Contact) or (2) the e-
Grants help desk at 1-888-336-8930. If e-Application is unavailable due 
to technical problems with the system and, therefore, the application 
deadline is extended, an e-mail will be sent to all registered users 
who have initiated an e-Application. Extensions referred to in this 
section apply only to the unavailability of e-Application.
    Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an 
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your 
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application 
through e-Application because--
     You do not have access to the Internet; or
     You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to 
e-Application; and
     No later than two weeks before the application deadline 
date (14 calendar days; or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the 
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business 
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement 
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception 
prevents you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you 
mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no 
later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax 
your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed 
statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date.
    Address and mail or fax your statement to: Andrea Baird, U.S. 
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 6143, Washington, DC 
20006-8526. FAX: (202) 502-7699.
    Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the 
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
    b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
    If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission 
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a 
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail 
the original and two copies of your application, on or before the 
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:

U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: 
(CFDA Number 84.381B), LBJ Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20202-4260.

    You must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:
    (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
    (2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the 
U.S. Postal Service.
    (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial 
carrier.
    (4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the 
U.S. Department of Education.
    If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do 
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
    (1) A private metered postmark.
    (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
    If your application is postmarked after the application deadline 
date, we will not consider your application.

    Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated 
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your 
local post office.

    c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.
    If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission 
requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper 
application to the Department by hand. You must deliver the original 
and two copies of your application, by hand, on or before the 
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:

U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: 
(CFDA Number 84.381B), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.

    The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily 
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, except 
Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays.

    Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications:  If you 
mail or hand deliver your application to the Department--
    (1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by 
the Department--in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including 
suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are 
submitting your application; and
    (2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a 
notification of receipt of your grant application. If you do not 
receive this grant notification within 15 business days from the 
application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of 
Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288.

V. Application Review Information

    Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are 
from section 6114 of the America COMPETES Act, 20 U.S.C. 9814, and from 
34 CFR 75.209(a) and 75.210 of EDGAR and are described in the 
application package.

VI. Award Administration Information

    1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we will notify 
your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award 
Notice (GAN). We may notify you informally, also.
    If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding, 
we will notify you.
    2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify 
administrative and national policy requirements in the application 
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable 
Regulations section of this notice.
    We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of 
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and 
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also 
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding 
commitments under the grant.

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    3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a 
final performance report, including financial information, as directed 
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an 
annual performance report that provides the most current performance 
and financial expenditure information as directed by the Secretary in 
34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary may also require more frequent performance 
reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements on reporting, 
please review section 6114(d) of the America COMPETES Act, 20 U.S.C. 
9814(d), and go to: https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
    4. Performance Measures: The objective of the TCT Programs for 
Master's Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or 
Critical Foreign Language Education is to train program participants as 
highly qualified teachers in these subject areas and to place them in 
high-need LEAs. Under the Government Performance and Results Act 
(GPRA), the following measures will be used by the Department in 
assessing the performance of the program.
    (1) The percentage of program participants who earn a master's 
degree and certification or licensure in a science, technology, 
engineering, mathematics, or critical foreign language area (includes 
previously licensed teachers who receive a master's degree).
    (2) The percentage of program participants who become or remain a 
teacher of record in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics, 
or critical foreign language area in a high-need school.
    (3) The percentage of program participants who remain teaching in 
the science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or critical foreign 
language area in a high-need school for two or more years.
    (4) The cost per program participant who remains in teaching in the 
science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or critical foreign 
language area in a high-need school for two or more years.
    If funded, you will be asked to collect and report data on these 
measures in your project's annual performance report (EDGAR, 34 CFR 
75.590). Applicants are also advised to consider these measures in 
conceptualizing the design, implementation, and evaluation of their 
proposed projects because of their importance in the application review 
process. Collection of data on these measures should be a part of the 
evaluation plan, along with measures of progress on goals and 
objectives that are specific to your project.

VII. Agency Contact

    For Further Information Contact: Andrea Baird, Teachers for a 
Competitive Tomorrow: Programs for Master's Degrees in Science, 
Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or Critical Foreign Language 
Education, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 6143, 
Washington, DC 20006-8526. Telephone: (202) 502-7797 or e-mail 
andrea.baird@ed.gov.
    If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.

VIII. Other Information

    Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this 
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format 
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on 
request to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT in Section VII in this notice.
    Electronic Access to This Document: You can view this document, as 
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal 
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the 
Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
    To use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available 
free at this site.

    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the 
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal 
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/.

    Delegation of Authority: The Secretary of Education has delegated 
authority to Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, Forecasting and Policy 
Analysis for the Office of Postsecondary Education, to perform the 
functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 
Education.

    Dated: June 25, 2010.
Daniel T. Madzelan,
Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis.
[FR Doc. 2010-15922 Filed 6-29-10; 8:45 am]
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