Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Overview Information, Recreational Programs Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, 6428-6432 [05-2310]
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paper format by mail or hand delivery
in accordance with the instructions in
this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail.
If you submit your application in
paper format by mail (through the U.S.
Postal Service or a commercial carrier),
you must mail the original and two
copies of your application, on or before
the application deadline date, to the
Department at the applicable following
address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal
Service: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.349A), 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–
4260. or
By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center—Stop 4260,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.349A),
7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD
20785–1506.
Regardless of which address you use,
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, or
(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, or
(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 submit your application in
paper format by hand delivery, you (or
a courier service) 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 84.349A), 550 12th
Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260.
The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between 8
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a.m. and 4:30 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 4 of the ED 424 the
CFDA number—and suffix letter, if
any—of the competition under which
you are submitting your application.
(2) The Application Control Center
will mail a grant application receipt
acknowledgment to you. If you do not
receive the grant application receipt
acknowledgment 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. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notice (GAN).
We may also notify you informally.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we 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.
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 specified by
the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. ECEPD
program grantees also are required by
section 2151(e)(6)(B) of the ESEA to
report annually to the Secretary on the
partnership’s progress toward attaining
the achievement indicators referenced
in section VI. 4. Performance Measures
in this notice. For specific requirements
on grantee reporting, please go to
https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: For FY
2005, grants under this program will be
governed by the achievement indicators
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that the Secretary published in the
Federal Register on March 31, 2003 (68
FR 15646–15648). These achievement
indicators are included in the
application package.
VI. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rosemary Fennell, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Room 3C–100, Washington, DC 20202–
6132. Telephone: (202) 260–0792, or by
e-mail: eceprofdev@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person
listed in this section.
VII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may 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.
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Acrobat Reader, which is available free
at this site. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
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DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
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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/
index.html.
Dated: February 2, 2005.
Raymond Simon,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 05–2438 Filed 2–4–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Overview
Information, Recreational Programs
Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.128J.
Dates:
Applications Available: February 14,
2005.
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Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 29, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: May 31, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: States, public
agencies, and nonprofit private
organizations.
Estimated Available Funds:
$1,027,111.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$130,000–$140,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$130,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 8.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the Recreational Programs is to provide
individuals with disabilities with
recreational activities and related
experiences to aid in their employment,
mobility, socialization, independence,
and community integration. Recreation
Programs initiate local recreation
projects that will continue after Federal
assistance ends.
Priority: This priority is from the
notice of final priority for this program,
published in the Federal Register on
April 19, 2001 (66 FR 20176).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005 this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Projects must provide recreational
services to individuals with disabilities.
Recreational services include, but are
not limited to, vocational skills
development, leisure education, leisure
networking, leisure resource
development, physical education and
sports, scouting and camping, 4–H
activities, music, dancing, handicrafts,
art, and homemaking. Recreational
services do not include the construction
of facilities for aquatic rehabilitation
therapy.
Projects must provide recreational
services to individuals with disabilities
in settings with peers who are not
individuals with disabilities.
funded under the grant, particularly
information that facilitates the
replication of the results of that project,
will be made generally available
(section 305(a)(4)(A) of the Act);
(c) Demonstrate ways in which
recreational activities assist in
maximizing the independence and
integration of individuals with
disabilities into community-based
recreational programs (section
305(a)(1)(C) of the Act);
(d) Assure that the project will
maintain, at a minimum, the same level
of services over the three-year project
period (section 305(a)(5) of the Act);
(e) Assure that the service program
funded under the grant will be
continued after Federal assistance ends
(section 305(a)(4)(B) of the Act); and
(f) Provide non-Federal resources (in
cash or in-kind) to pay the non-Federal
share cost of the project in year two at
25 percent of year one Federal grant and
year three at 50 percent of year one
Federal grant (section 305(a)(3)(B) of the
Act).
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 775.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,
84, 85, and 86.
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:
$1,027,111.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$130,000–$140,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$130,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 8.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Statutory Requirements
III. Eligibility Information
All applicants seeking funding under
this competition must—
(a) Describe the manner in which the
applicant will address the needs of
individuals with disabilities from
minority backgrounds (section 21(c) of
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended) (the Act);
(b) Describe the manner in which the
findings and results of the project to be
1. Eligible Applicants: States, public
agencies, and nonprofit private
organizations.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: The
Federal share of the cost of a project is
100 percent in the first year, 75 percent
in the second year, and 50 percent in
the third year. The local match may be
in cash or in-kind contributions. See
section 305(a)(3) of the Act.
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IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: You may obtain an application
package via Internet or from the
Education Publications Center (ED
Pubs). To obtain an application package
via Internet, use the following address:
https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
grantapps/. To obtain an
application package from ED Pubs, write
or call the following: Education
Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box
1398, Jessup, MD 20794–1398.
Telephone (toll free): 1–877–433–7827.
FAX: (301) 470–1244. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD), you may call (toll free): 1–877–
576–7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its
Web site: https://www.ed.gov/pubs/
edpubs.html or you may contact ED
Pubs at its e-mail address:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED
Pubs, be sure to identify this
competition as follows: CFDA number
84.128J.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain a copy of the application package
in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the Grants and
Contracts Services Team, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 5075, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–
2550. Telephone: (202) 245–7363. If you
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
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
competition.
Page Limit: The application narrative
(Part III of the application) is where you,
the applicant, address the selection
criteria that reviewers use to evaluate
your application. We suggest that you
limit Part III to approximately 35
double-spaced 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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The suggested page limit does not
apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II,
the budget section, including the
narrative budget justification; Part IV,
the assurances and certifications; or the
one-page abstract, the resumes, the
bibliography, or the letters of support.
However, you must include all of the
application narrative in Part III.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: February 14,
2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 29, 2005.
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically using the Electronic Grant
Application System (e-Application)
available through the Department’s eGrants system. For information
(including dates and times) about how
to submit your application
electronically, or by mail or hand
delivery if you qualify for an exception
to the electronic submission
requirement, please refer to section IV.
6. Other Submission Requirements in
this notice.
We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: May 31, 2005.
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 of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically, unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in
accordance with the instructions in this
section.
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.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
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Applications for grants under the
Recreational Programs—CFDA Number
84.128J must be submitted
electronically using e-Application
available through the Department’s eGrants system, accessible through the eGrants portal page at: https://egrants.ed.gov.
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 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. The eApplication system will not accept an
application for this competition after
4:30 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 regular hours of operation of
the e-Grants Web site are 6 a.m. Monday
until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m.
Thursday until midnight Saturday,
Washington, DC time. Please note that
the system is unavailable on Sundays,
and between 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and
6 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, DC
time, for maintenance. 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 the
Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 424), Budget
Information—Non-Construction
Programs (ED 524, and all necessary
assurances and certifications.
• Any narrative sections of your
application should be attached as files
in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text),
or .PDF (Portable Document) format.
• 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 acknowledgement that will
include a PR/Award number (an
identifying number unique to your
application).
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• Within three working days after
submitting your electronic application,
fax a signed copy of the ED 424 to the
Application Control Center after
following these steps:
(1) Print ED 424 from e-Application.
(2) The applicant’s Authorizing
Representative must sign this form.
(3) Place the PR/Award number in the
upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the ED 424.
(4) Fax the signed ED 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 System
Unavailability: If you are prevented
from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline
date because the e-Application system is
unavailable, we will grant you an
extension of one business day in order
to transmit your application
electronically, by mail, or by hand
delivery. We will grant this extension
if—
(1) You are a registered user of eApplication and you have initiated an
electronic application for this
competition; and
(2) (a) The e-Application system 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) The e-Application system is
unavailable for any period of time
between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 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
acknowledgement 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 the system is down and
therefore the application deadline is
extended, an e-mail will be sent to all
registered users who have initiated an eApplication. Extensions referred to in
this section apply only to the
unavailability of the Department’s eApplication system.
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
the e-Application system because—
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• You do not have access to the
Internet; or
• You do not have the capacity to
upload large documents to the
Department’s e-Application system; 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 prevent 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: Pedro Romero, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 5029, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–
2800. Fax: (202) 245–7645.
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 any 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 applicable following
address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal
Service: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.128J), 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–
4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center—Stop 4260,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.128J),
7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD
20785–1506.
Regardless of which address you use,
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, or
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(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, or
(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
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 84.128J), 550 12th
Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260.
The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between 8
a.m. and 4:30 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 4 of the ED 424 the
CFDA number—and suffix letter, if
any—of the competition under which
you are submitting your application.
(2) The Application Control Center
will mail a grant application receipt
acknowledgment to you. If you do not
receive the grant application receipt
acknowledgment 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 competition are in the
application package.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notification
(GAN). We may also notify you
informally.
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If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we 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.
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 specified by
the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: Under the
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA), a measure has been
developed for evaluating the overall
effectiveness of the Recreational
Programs: the percentage of projects in
operation one, two, and three years after
Federal funding ends. The
Rehabilitation Services Administration
(RSA) collects data on this measure by
contacting grantees once a year after the
project period has ended. All grantees
will be expected to submit an annual
performance report documenting their
success in maintaining the same level of
service over their three-year project
period and to provide information to
RSA when they are contacted about
their on-going activities after the project
period has ended.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pedro Romero, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 5029, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202–2800.
Telephone: (202) 245–7645.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person
listed in this section.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may view this document, as well as
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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. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–
888–293–6498; or in the Washington,
DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
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
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Dated: February 2, 2005.
John H. Hager,
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Meeting of the National Advisory
Council on Indian Education
National Advisory Council on
Indian Education (NACIE), U.S.
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
This notice sets forth the
schedule and proposed agenda of an
upcoming meeting of the National
Advisory Council on Indian Education
(the Council) and is intended to notify
the general public of their opportunity
to attend. This notice also describes the
functions of the Council. Notice of the
Council’s meetings is required under
Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory
Committee Act and by the Council’s
charter.
Agenda: During the meeting, NACIE
members will receive an Ethics briefing
from the Office of the General Counsel’s
Ethics Division, will discuss the
upcoming reauthorization of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (ESEA), and will be briefed by OGC
and an outside expert on the legislative
history of various laws impacting Indian
education.
Date and Time: February 17, 2005; 9
a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: The Department of
Education, Bernard Auditorium, FOB–6,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202. Note: Attendees
will be required to show picture
identification to enter the building.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bernard Garcia, Group Leader, Office of
Indian Education, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202. Telephone:
202–260–1454. Fax: 202–260–7779.
The
Council advises the Secretary of
Education on the funding and
administration (including the
development of regulations, and
administrative policies and practices) of
any program over which the Secretary
has jurisdiction and includes Indian
children or adults as participants or
programs that may benefit Indian
children or adults, including any
program established under Title VII,
Part A of the ESEA. The Council
submits to the Congress, not later than
June 30 of each year, a report on the
activities of the Council that includes
recommendations the Council considers
appropriate for the improvement of
Federal education programs that include
Indian children or adults as participants
or that may benefit Indian children or
adults, and recommendations
concerning the funding of any such
program.
The general public is welcome to
attend the February 17, 2005 meeting to
be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Washington, DC. Individuals who need
accommodations for a disability in order
to participate (i.e., interpreting services,
assistive listening devices, materials in
alternative format) should notify
Bernard Garcia at 202–260–1454 by
February 11, 2005, We will attempt to
meet requests after this date, but cannot
guarantee availability of the requested
accommodation. The meeting site is
accessible to individuals with
disabilities.
A summary of the activities of the
meeting and other related materials that
are informative to the public and will be
available to the public within 14 days
after the meeting. Records are kept of all
Council proceedings and are available
for public inspection at the Office of
Indian Education, United States
Department of Education, Room 5C141,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Margaret Spellings,
Secretary, U.S. Department of Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting
comments on the proposed three-year
extension to the EIA–882T, ‘‘Generic
Clearance for Questionnaire Testing,
Evaluation, and Research.’’
DATES: Comments must be filed by April
8, 2005. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed below
as soon as possible.
ADDRESSES: Send comments to Kara
Norman. To ensure receipt of the
comments by the due date, submission
by FAX (202–287–1705) or e-mail
(kara.norman@eia.doe.gov) is
recommended. The mailing address is
Statistics and Methods Group, EI–70,
Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of
Energy, Washington, DC 20585.
Alternatively, Kara Norman may be
contacted by telephone at 202–287–
1902.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of any forms and instructions
should be directed to Kara Norman at
the address listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
II. Current Actions
III. Request for Comments
I. Background
The Federal Energy Administration
Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–275, 15 U.S.C.
761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization
Act (Pub. L. 95–91, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et
seq.) require the EIA to carry out a
centralized, comprehensive, and unified
energy information program. This
program collects, evaluates, assembles,
analyzes, and disseminates information
on energy resource reserves, production,
demand, technology, and related
economic and statistical information.
This information is used to assess the
adequacy of energy resources to meet
near and longer term domestic
demands.
The EIA, as part of its effort to comply
with the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35), provides the general public and
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Overview
Information, Recreational Programs Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.128J.
Dates:
Applications Available: February 14, 2005.
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Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 29, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 31, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: States, public agencies, and nonprofit private
organizations.
Estimated Available Funds: $1,027,111.
Estimated Range of Awards: $130,000-$140,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $130,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 8.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Recreational Programs is to
provide individuals with disabilities with recreational activities and
related experiences to aid in their employment, mobility,
socialization, independence, and community integration. Recreation
Programs initiate local recreation projects that will continue after
Federal assistance ends.
Priority: This priority is from the notice of final priority for
this program, published in the Federal Register on April 19, 2001 (66
FR 20176).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005 this priority is an absolute
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that
meet this priority.
This priority is:
Projects must provide recreational services to individuals with
disabilities. Recreational services include, but are not limited to,
vocational skills development, leisure education, leisure networking,
leisure resource development, physical education and sports, scouting
and camping, 4-H activities, music, dancing, handicrafts, art, and
homemaking. Recreational services do not include the construction of
facilities for aquatic rehabilitation therapy.
Projects must provide recreational services to individuals with
disabilities in settings with peers who are not individuals with
disabilities.
Statutory Requirements
All applicants seeking funding under this competition must--
(a) Describe the manner in which the applicant will address the
needs of individuals with disabilities from minority backgrounds
(section 21(c) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended) (the
Act);
(b) Describe the manner in which the findings and results of the
project to be funded under the grant, particularly information that
facilitates the replication of the results of that project, will be
made generally available (section 305(a)(4)(A) of the Act);
(c) Demonstrate ways in which recreational activities assist in
maximizing the independence and integration of individuals with
disabilities into community-based recreational programs (section
305(a)(1)(C) of the Act);
(d) Assure that the project will maintain, at a minimum, the same
level of services over the three-year project period (section 305(a)(5)
of the Act);
(e) Assure that the service program funded under the grant will be
continued after Federal assistance ends (section 305(a)(4)(B) of the
Act); and
(f) Provide non-Federal resources (in cash or in-kind) to pay the
non-Federal share cost of the project in year two at 25 percent of year
one Federal grant and year three at 50 percent of year one Federal
grant (section 305(a)(3)(B) of the Act).
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 775.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, and 86.
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: $1,027,111.
Estimated Range of Awards: $130,000-$140,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $130,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 8.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: States, public agencies, and nonprofit
private organizations.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: The Federal share of the cost of a
project is 100 percent in the first year, 75 percent in the second
year, and 50 percent in the third year. The local match may be in cash
or in-kind contributions. See section 305(a)(3) of the Act.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: You may obtain an
application package via Internet or from the Education Publications
Center (ED Pubs). To obtain an application package via Internet, use
the following address: https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/
index.html. To obtain an application package from ED Pubs, write or
call the following: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box
1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-7827.
FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free): 1-877-576-7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site: https://www.ed.gov/
pubs/edpubs.html or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify
this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.128J.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 5075, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone:
(202) 245-7363. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD), you may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339.
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 competition.
Page Limit: The application narrative (Part III of the application)
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that
reviewers use to evaluate your application. We suggest that you limit
Part III to approximately 35 double-spaced 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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The suggested page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet;
Part II, the budget section, including the narrative budget
justification; Part IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-
page abstract, the resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of
support. However, you must include all of the application narrative in
Part III.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: February 14, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 29, 2005.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Electronic Grant Application System (e-
Application) available through the Department's e-Grants system. For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically, or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify
for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, please refer
to section IV. 6. Other Submission Requirements in this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 31, 2005.
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 of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this competition must be submitted electronically, unless you qualify
for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the
instructions in this section.
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.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
Applications for grants under the Recreational Programs--CFDA
Number 84.128J must be submitted electronically using e-Application
available through the Department's e-Grants system, accessible through
the e-Grants portal page at: https://e-grants.ed.gov.
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 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. The e-Application system will not accept an application
for this competition after 4:30 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 regular hours of operation of the e-Grants Web site
are 6 a.m. Monday until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m. Thursday until
midnight Saturday, Washington, DC time. Please note that the system is
unavailable on Sundays, and between 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and 6 a.m. on
Thursdays, Washington, DC time, for maintenance. 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
the Application for Federal Education Assistance (ED 424), Budget
Information--Non-Construction Programs (ED 524, and all necessary
assurances and certifications.
Any narrative sections of your application should be
attached as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF
(Portable Document) format.
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 acknowledgement 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 ED 424 to the Application Control
Center after following these steps:
(1) Print ED 424 from e-Application.
(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 ED 424.
(4) Fax the signed ED 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 System
Unavailability: If you are prevented from electronically submitting
your application on the application deadline date because the e-
Application system is unavailable, we will grant you an extension of
one business day in order 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) The e-Application system 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) The e-Application system is unavailable for any period of time
between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 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 acknowledgement 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 the system is down 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 the
Department's e-Application system.
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 the e-Application system because--
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You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Department's e-Application system; 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
prevent 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: Pedro Romero, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5029, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2800. Fax: (202) 245-7645.
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 any 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 applicable
following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.128J), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center--Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.128J), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506.
Regardless of which address you use, 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, or
(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, or
(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 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 84.128J), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041,
Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 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 4 of the ED 424 the CFDA number--and suffix letter,
if any--of the competition under which you are submitting your
application.
(2) The Application Control Center will mail a grant application
receipt acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive the grant
application receipt acknowledgment 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 competition are
in the application package.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may also notify you informally.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we 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.
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 specified by the Secretary in
34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: Under the Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA), a measure has been developed for evaluating the
overall effectiveness of the Recreational Programs: the percentage of
projects in operation one, two, and three years after Federal funding
ends. The Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) collects data on
this measure by contacting grantees once a year after the project
period has ended. All grantees will be expected to submit an annual
performance report documenting their success in maintaining the same
level of service over their three-year project period and to provide
information to RSA when they are contacted about their on-going
activities after the project period has ended.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Pedro Romero, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5029, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-2800. Telephone: (202) 245-7645.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the program contact person listed in this
section.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as
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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. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
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/.
Dated: February 2, 2005.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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