Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Demonstration Projects To Ensure Students With Disabilities Receive a Quality Higher Education; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005, 9626-9629 [E5-799]
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Dated: February 22, 2005.
Raymond Simon,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. E5–798 Filed 2–25–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The
Demonstration Projects to Ensure
Students with Disabilities Receive a
Quality Higher Education program
provides grants to institutions of higher
education (IHEs) to develop innovative
demonstration projects. The purpose of
the demonstration program is to provide
technical assistance and professional
development for faculty and
administrators of IHEs in order to
provide them with the skills and
supports that they need to teach
students with disabilities. IHEs funded
under this program also will widely
disseminate research and training to
enable faculty and administrators in
other IHEs to meet the educational
needs of students with disabilities.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1140–1140d.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 85,
86, 97, 98, and 99.
Because there are no program specific
regulations for the Demonstration
Projects to Ensure Students with
Disabilities Receive a Quality Higher
Education program, applicants should
refer to the authorizing statute in Part D,
Title VII, of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended (HEA).
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information; Demonstration
Projects To Ensure Students With
Disabilities Receive a Quality Higher
Education; Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)
2005
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$6,919,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000
to $350,000 per year.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$277,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 25.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.333A.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
DATES:
Applications Available: February 28,
2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 18, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 17, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education.
Estimated Available Funds:
$6,919,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000
to $350,000 per year.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$277,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 25.
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III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not involve cost sharing
or matching.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package:
You may obtain an application
package via the Internet by downloading
the package from the program Web site
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at: https://www.ed.gov/programs/
disabilities/.
You may also obtain a copy of the
application package by contacting
Shedita Alston, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
7089, Washington, DC 20006–8526.
Telephone: 202–502–7808 or by e-mail
at: Shedita.Alston@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
(toll free): 1–877–576–7734.
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 program
contact person listed in section VII of
this notice.
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
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. You must limit Part III
to the equivalent of no more than 30
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).
The page limit does not apply to Part
I, the coversheet; 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.
We will reject your application if—
• You apply these standards and
exceed the page limit; or
• You apply other standards and
exceed the equivalent of the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: February 28,
2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 18, 2005.
Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted
electronically using the Electronic Grant
Application System (e-Application)
available through the Department’s e-
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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: June 27, 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
competition.
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
program 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 Demonstration Projects To
Ensure Students with Disabilities
Receive a Quality Higher Education
Competition-CFDA Number 84.333A
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
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application deadline date. The eApplication system will not accept an
application for this program 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), 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 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
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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—
• 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
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statement no later than two weeks
before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your
statement to: Shedita Alston, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 7089, 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 applicable
following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal
Service: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.333A), 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: 84.333A),
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 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
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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 84.333A), 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
1. 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 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 this 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
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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 75.720.
4. Performance Measures: Under the
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA), two measures have been
developed in evaluating the overall
effectiveness of the Demonstration
Projects To Ensure Students With
Disabilities Receive A Quality Higher
Education Program: (1) The difference
between the rate at which students with
documented disabilities complete
courses taught by faculty trained in
project activities, and the rate at which
other students complete those courses
and (2) the percentage of faculty trained
in project activities that incorporate
elements of training into their classroom
teaching.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shedita Alston, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
7089, Washington, DC 20006–8526.
Telephone: 202–502–7808 or by e-mail:
Shedita.Alston@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
(toll free): 1–877–576–7734, or if the
TDD number is not available, use 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
all other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the
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Dated: February 23, 2005.
Sally L. Stroup,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
[FR Doc. E5–799 Filed 2–25–05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Energy Conservation Program for
Consumer Products: Publication of the
Petition for Waiver and Granting of the
Application for Interim Waiver of
Samsung Air Conditioning From the
DOE Residential and Commercial
Package Air Conditioner and Heat
Pump Test Procedures (Case No.
CAC–009)
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of petition for waiver,
granting of application for interim
waiver, and solicitation of comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Today’s notice publishes a
Petition for Waiver from Samsung Air
Conditioning (Samsung). The Samsung
Petition requests a waiver of the test
procedures applicable to residential and
commercial package air conditioners
and heat pumps. The Department of
Energy (DOE) is soliciting comments,
data, and information with respect to
the Petition for Waiver.
Today’s notice also grants an Interim
Waiver to Samsung from the existing
Department of Energy (DOE or
Department) test procedures applicable
to residential and commercial package
air conditioners and heat pumps.
DATES: The Department will accept
comments, data, and information with
respect to this Petition for Waiver not
later than March 30, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by case number CAC–009, by
any of the following methods:
• Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones,
U.S. Department of Energy, Building
Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–2J,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0121.
• Telephone: (202) 586–2945. Please
submit one signed paper original.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda
Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department of
Energy, Building Technologies Program,
Room 1J–018, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585.
Docket: For access to the docket to
read copies of public comments
received, this notice, and the Petition
for Waiver and Application for Interim
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Waiver, go to the U.S. Department of
Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 1J–018
(Resource Room of the Building
Technologies Program), 1000
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC (202) 586–9127,
between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Please call Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones at
the above telephone number for
additional information regarding
visiting the Resource Room. Please note:
The Department’s Freedom of
Information Reading Room (formerly
Room 1E–190 at the Forrestal Building)
is no longer housing waiver petition
materials.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Michael G. Raymond, U.S. Department
of Energy, Building Technologies
Program, Mail Stop EE–2J, Forrestal
Building, 1000 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202)
586–9611; e-mail:
Michael.Raymond.ee.doe.gov; or
Francine Pinto, Esq., or Thomas
DePriest, Esq., U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of General Counsel, Mail
Stop GC–72, Forrestal Building, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0103, (202) 586–
9507; e-mail:
Francine.Pinto@hq.doe.gov, or
Thomas.DePriest@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act
(EPCA) sets forth a variety of provisions
concerning energy efficiency. Part B of
Title III (42 U.S.C. 6291–6309) provides
for the ‘‘Energy Conservation Program
for Consumer Products other than
Automobiles.’’ Part C of Title III (42
U.S.C. 6311–6317) provides for an
energy efficiency program entitled
‘‘Certain Industrial Equipment,’’ which
is similar to the program in Part B, and
which includes commercial air
conditioning equipment, packaged
boilers, water heaters, and other types of
commercial equipment.
Today’s notice involves both
residential products under Part B, and
commercial equipment under Part C.
Both parts specifically provide for
definitions, test procedures, labeling
provisions, energy conservation
standards, and the authority to require
information and reports from
manufacturers. With respect to test
procedures, both parts generally
authorize the Secretary of Energy to
prescribe test procedures that are
reasonably designed to produce results
which reflect energy efficiency, energy
use and estimated annual operating
costs, and that are not unduly
burdensome to conduct. (42 U.S.C.
6293, 6314)
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Samsung’s petition requests a waiver
from both the residential and
commercial test procedures for its DVM
products, which are sold for both
residential and commercial use.
As noted above, the test procedures
for residential products appear at 10
CFR Part 430, Subpart B, Appendix M.
For commercial package airconditioning and heating equipment,
EPCA provides that the test procedures
shall be those generally accepted
industry testing procedures developed
or recognized by the Air-Conditioning
and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) or by
the American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air Conditioning
Engineers (ASHRAE), as referenced in
ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 and in
effect on June 30, 1992. (42 U.S.C.
6314(a)(4)(A)) This section also provides
for the Secretary of Energy to amend the
test procedure for a product if the
industry test procedure is amended,
unless the Secretary determines that
such a modified test procedure does not
meet the statutory criteria. (42 U.S.C.
6314(a)(4)(B)) On October 21, 2004, the
Department published a direct final
rule, effective December 20, 2004,
adopting ARI Standard 210/240–2003
for small commercial package air
conditioning and heating equipment
with capacities ≤65,000 Btu/h and ARI
Standard 340/360–2000 for small
commercial package air conditioning
and heating equipment with capacities
≥65,000 Btu/h and <135,000 Btu/h. (69
FR 61962) The capacities of Samsung’s
DVM products sold for commercial use
fall in a range covered by ARI Standard
340/360–2000. Therefore, it is the
applicable test procedure for this
commercial equipment.
The Department’s regulations contain
provisions allowing a person to seek a
waiver from the test procedure
requirements for covered consumer
products. These provisions are set forth
in 10 CFR 430.27. The Department
proposed waiver provisions for covered
commercial equipment on December 13,
1999 (64 FR 69597), as part of the
commercial furnace test procedure rule.
The waiver provisions for commercial
equipment are substantively identical to
those for covered consumer products.
The Department published a final rule
on October 21, 2004, codifying this
process in 10 CFR 431.201, effective
November 22, 2004. (69 FR 61915)
The waiver provisions allow the
Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy to waive
temporarily test procedures for a
particular basic model when a petitioner
shows that the basic model contains one
or more design characteristics that
prevent testing according to the
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information;
Demonstration Projects To Ensure Students With Disabilities Receive a
Quality Higher Education; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.333A.
Dates:
Applications Available: February 28, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 18, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 17, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education.
Estimated Available Funds: $6,919,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000 to $350,000 per year.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $277,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 25.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Demonstration Projects to Ensure Students
with Disabilities Receive a Quality Higher Education program provides
grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to develop innovative
demonstration projects. The purpose of the demonstration program is to
provide technical assistance and professional development for faculty
and administrators of IHEs in order to provide them with the skills and
supports that they need to teach students with disabilities. IHEs
funded under this program also will widely disseminate research and
training to enable faculty and administrators in other IHEs to meet the
educational needs of students with disabilities.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1140-1140d.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81,
82, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
Because there are no program specific regulations for the
Demonstration Projects to Ensure Students with Disabilities Receive a
Quality Higher Education program, applicants should refer to the
authorizing statute in Part D, Title VII, of the Higher Education Act
of 1965, as amended (HEA).
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $6,919,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000 to $350,000 per year.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $277,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 25.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not involve cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package:
You may obtain an application package via the Internet by
downloading the package from the program Web site at: https://
www.ed.gov/programs/disabilities/.
You may also obtain a copy of the application package by contacting
Shedita Alston, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
7089, Washington, DC 20006-8526. Telephone: 202-502-7808 or by e-mail
at: Shedita.Alston@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call (toll free): 1-877-576-7734.
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 program contact
person listed in section VII of this notice.
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
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. You must limit Part III to
the equivalent of no more than 30 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).
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the coversheet; 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.
We will reject your application if--
You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or
You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the
page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: February 28, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 18, 2005.
Applications for grants under this program must be submitted
electronically using the Electronic Grant Application System (e-
Application) available through the Department's e-
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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: June 27, 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 competition.
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 program 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 Demonstration Projects To Ensure Students with Disabilities
Receive a Quality Higher Education Competition-CFDA Number 84.333A 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 program 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), 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--
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
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statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Shedita Alston, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 7089, 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 applicable following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.333A), 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:
84.333A), 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 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
84.333A), 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
1. 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 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 this 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 75.720.
4. Performance Measures: Under the Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA), two measures have been developed in evaluating the
overall effectiveness of the Demonstration Projects To Ensure Students
With Disabilities Receive A Quality Higher Education Program: (1) The
difference between the rate at which students with documented
disabilities complete courses taught by faculty trained in project
activities, and the rate at which other students complete those courses
and (2) the percentage of faculty trained in project activities that
incorporate elements of training into their classroom teaching.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shedita Alston, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 7089, Washington, DC 20006-8526.
Telephone: 202-502-7808 or by e-mail: Shedita.Alston@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call (toll free): 1-877-576-7734, or if the TDD number is not
available, use 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 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/.
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Dated: February 23, 2005.
Sally L. Stroup,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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