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Register (70 FR 1881) that established a
deadline of February 28, 2005, for
transmittal of applications for the fiscal
year (‘‘FY’’) 2005 Indian Education
Formula Grants to Local Educational
Agencies. The purpose of this notice is
to reopen the notice inviting
applications, with a new deadline date
for transmittal of applications for this
program. A total of 96 current recipients
that enroll approximately 16,600 Indian
students did not submit their
applications by the deadline. This year’s
deadline was several months earlier
than usual, and some of those current
grantees, who were focusing on
assembling information required under
their fiscal year 2004 grants, may not
have understood that, during the
months of January and February, they
needed both to complete the submission
of that information for their 2004 grants
and to submit their fiscal year 2005
applications. The new deadline date for
the transmittal of applications or
amendments to applications already
submitted is March 28, 2005.
The new deadline date for the
transmittal of applications or
amendments to applications already
submitted, is March 28, 2005.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Victoria Vasques, Office of Indian
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3W115, Washington, DC 20202–
6335. Telephone: (202) 260–3774 or by
e-mail: oiegrants@ed.gov.
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Dated: March 16, 2005.
Victoria Vasques,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Indian
Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education,
Overview Information, Teacher Quality
Enhancement Grants Program—
Teacher Quality Enhancement (TQE)
Recruitment Grants for States and
Partnerships; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.336C.
Applications Available: March
21, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 2, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: July 1, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: States (including
the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico
and the insular areas), and partnerships
that comprise, at a minimum, an
institution of higher education with an
eligible teacher preparation program, a
school of arts and sciences, and a highneed local educational agency (LEA).
These terms are defined in section 203
of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (HEA), and in sections 103(16)
and 202(b) of the HEA.
States and partnerships that
previously received a grant under this
program are not eligible for a FY 2005
grant.
Estimated Available Funds:
$16,579,318.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$650,000–$1,100,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$828,966.
Estimated Number of Awards: 20.
DATES:
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 purpose of
this program is to afford an opportunity
for States and partnerships receiving
grants to address the challenge of
America’s teacher shortage by making
significant and lasting systemic changes
in the way that teachers are recruited,
prepared and supported to teach in
high-need schools. The Department of
Education’s goal is that these systemic
changes lead to important
improvements to the supply of welltrained and highly-qualified teachers.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1024.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,
84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
(b) The regulations for this program in
34 CFR Part 611 (including the
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amendments to these regulations
published elsewhere in this issue of the
Federal Register).
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:
$16,579,318.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$650,000–$1,100,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$828,966.
Estimated Number of Awards: 20.
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
(including the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico and the insular areas) and
partnerships that comprise, at a
minimum, an institution of higher
education with an eligible teacher
preparation program, a school of arts
and sciences, and a high-need LEA.
These terms are defined in section 203
of the HEA and in sections 103(16), and
202(b) of the HEA. States and
partnerships that previously received a
grant under this program are not eligible
for a FY 2005 grant.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: See 34
CFR 611.62.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package:
You may obtain an application
package via Internet by downloading the
package from the program Web site at:
https://www.ed.gov/programs/heatqp/
index.html.
You may also obtain a copy of the
application package by contacting
Luretha Kelley, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
7096, Washington, DC 20006–8526.
Telephone: (202) 502–7645 or by e-mail:
luretha.kelley@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 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 this section.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
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with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
competition.
Page Limit: The application narrative
is where you, the applicant, address the
selection criteria that reviewers use to
evaluate your application. You must
limit the application narrative to the
equivalent of no more than 50 pages. In
addition, you must limit the
accompanying abstract to the equivalent
of no more than one page; work plan to
the equivalent of no more than 10 pages;
budget narrative to the equivalent of no
more than 10 pages; and evaluation to
the equivalent of no more than 5 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 cover sheet; Part II, the budget
forms, the assurances and certifications;
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: March 21, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 2, 2005.
Applications for grants under this
program 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 will not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: July 1, 2005.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is subject to Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR
part 79. Information about
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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 Teacher Quality Enhancement
Grants Program for Recruitment—CFDA
Number 84.336C 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 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.
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• 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 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
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(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
statement no later than two weeks
before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your
statement to: Luretha Kelley, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 7096, 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
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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 84.336C), 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 84.336C),
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 84.336C), 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:
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(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
contained in 34 CFR 611.23 and are
included 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), the following measures will
be used by the Department in assessing
the performance of the Teacher Quality
Enhancement Grants Program:
(1) Pass rates will increase for preservice teachers taking subject matter
competency tests as a part of State
licensure requirements, in the States
that receive funds under the Teacher
Quality Enhancement Grants Program
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for States to prepare teachers that are
highly competent in the academic
content areas in which they will be
teaching.
(2) The percentage of program
completers who are highlyqualified
teachers will increase in projects funded
under the Teacher Quality Enhancement
Partnership program.
There is no performance measure that
focuses specifically on Teacher Quality
Enhancement Grants for Recruitment.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Luretha Kelley, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
7096, Washington, DC 20006–8526.
Telephone: (202) 502–7645 or e-mail:
luretha.kelley@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.
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 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/
index.html.
Dated: March 16, 2005.
Sally L. Stroup,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Recommendations for Sequencing
Targets in Support of the Science
Missions of the Office of Biological
and Environmental Research (BER)
Office of Science; Office of
Biological and Environmental Research;
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Notice of recommendations for
sequencing targets.
AGENCY:
This Federal Register Notice
seeks the input and nominations of
interested parties for candidate
microbes, microbial consortia, and
250Mb-or-less-sized organisms for draft
genomic sequencing in support of Office
of Biological and Environmental
Research (BER) programs, among them,
the Genomics: GTL Program, the
Climate Change Research Program, the
Terrestrial Carbon Processes Program,
the Natural and Accelerated
Bioremediation Research (NABIR)
Program, the Environmental
Management Science Program (EMSP),
the Ocean Science Program, and the
Program for Ecosystem Research.
Additional programs of relevance
include the Energy Biosciences, and
Nanoscale Science, Engineering and
Technology Programs in the Office of
Basic Energy Sciences. Nominated
candidates should be relevant to DOE
mission needs, e.g., organisms involved
in environmental processes, including
waste remediation, carbon management,
and energy production. This
announcement is not an offer of direct
financial support for research on these
organisms. Those nominations selected
will result in the DNA sequence of
selected organisms being determined at
a draft level (6–8 X coverage) at the DOE
Production Genomics Facility (PGF) at
the Joint Genome Institute (JGI),
(https://www.jgi.doe.gov). A subset of the
selected organisms may be identified for
sequence finishing. This announcement
is designed to assist DOE in determining
and prioritizing a list of microbes,
microbial consortia, or modest-genome
sized (not more than 250Mb) organisms
(including eukaryotes) that address DOE
mission needs. Following merit review,
and a determination of satisfactory
programmatic relevance, draft
sequencing will be carried out at the
PGF.
SUMMARY:
To assure consideration,
nominations in response to this notice
should be received by 4:30 p.m. (e.d.t.),
July 14, 2005, to be accepted for merit
review. It is anticipated that review will
be completed early in the fall of 2005
with draft sequencing at the DOE PGF
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to commence early in 2006, conditional
upon the provision of high quality DNA.
ADDRESSES: Nominations responding to
this notice should be sent to Dr. Daniel
W. Drell, Office of Biological and
Environmental Research, SC–72, Office
of Science, U.S. Department of Energy,
1000 Independence Ave., SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–1290; e-mail is
acceptable and encouraged for
submitting nominations using the
following addresses:
kim.laing@science.doe.gov and
daniel.drell@science.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Daniel W. Drell, SC–72, Office of
Biological and Environmental Research,
Office of Science, U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Ave. SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–1290, phone:
(301) 903–4742, e-mail:
daniel.drell@science.doe.gov. The full
text of this notice is available via the
Internet using the following Web site
address: https://microbialgenome.org/.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The DOE
Office of Biological and Environmental
Research supports fundamental research
for a variety of missions (https://
www.science.doe.gov/ober/
ober_top.html). Relevant BER programs
may include the the Genomics: GTL
Program, the Climate Change Research
Program, the Terrestrial Carbon
Processes Program, the Natural and
Accelerated Bioremediation Research
(NABIR) Program, the Environmental
Management Science Program (EMSP),
the Ocean Science Program, and the
Program for Ecosystem Science.
Additional programs of relevance
include the Energy Biosciences, and
Nanoscale Science, Engineering and
Technology Programs in the Office of
Basic Energy Sciences. The
Genomics:GTL Program, a partnership
with the DOE Office of Advanced
Scientific Computing Research,
supports research into systems
microbiology towards the
comprehensive understanding of
proteins and protein machines, gene
regulatory networks, and microbial
communities, and the development of
computing and information
infrastructure to enable a predictive
understanding of biological systems.
The Climate Change Research Program
supports investigations of microbiallymediated fixation of atmospheric CO2.
The NABIR program supports research
on microbial biotransformations and/or
immobilization of metal and
radionuclide wastes. The EMSP
supports research into microbiallymediated biotransformations of DOErelevant organic wastes such as
chlorinated solvents. The Ocean
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education, Overview Information, Teacher
Quality Enhancement Grants Program--Teacher Quality Enhancement (TQE)
Recruitment Grants for States and Partnerships; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.336C.
DATES: Applications Available: March 21, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 2, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 1, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: States (including the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico and the insular areas), and partnerships that comprise, at
a minimum, an institution of higher education with an eligible teacher
preparation program, a school of arts and sciences, and a high-need
local educational agency (LEA). These terms are defined in section 203
of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), and in sections
103(16) and 202(b) of the HEA.
States and partnerships that previously received a grant under this
program are not eligible for a FY 2005 grant.
Estimated Available Funds: $16,579,318.
Estimated Range of Awards: $650,000-$1,100,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $828,966.
Estimated Number of Awards: 20.
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 purpose of this program is to afford an
opportunity for States and partnerships receiving grants to address the
challenge of America's teacher shortage by making significant and
lasting systemic changes in the way that teachers are recruited,
prepared and supported to teach in high-need schools. The Department of
Education's goal is that these systemic changes lead to important
improvements to the supply of well-trained and highly-qualified
teachers.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1024.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
(b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR Part 611 (including
the amendments to these regulations published elsewhere in this issue
of the Federal Register).
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: $16,579,318.
Estimated Range of Awards: $650,000-$1,100,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $828,966.
Estimated Number of Awards: 20.
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 (including the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico and the insular areas) and partnerships that comprise, at a
minimum, an institution of higher education with an eligible teacher
preparation program, a school of arts and sciences, and a high-need
LEA. These terms are defined in section 203 of the HEA and in sections
103(16), and 202(b) of the HEA. States and partnerships that previously
received a grant under this program are not eligible for a FY 2005
grant.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: See 34 CFR 611.62.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package:
You may obtain an application package via Internet by downloading
the package from the program Web site at: https://www.ed.gov/programs/
heatqp/.
You may also obtain a copy of the application package by contacting
Luretha Kelley, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
7096, Washington, DC 20006-8526. Telephone: (202) 502-7645 or by e-
mail: luretha.kelley@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 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 this section.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together
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with the forms you must submit, are in the application package for this
competition.
Page Limit: The application narrative is where you, the applicant,
address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your
application. You must limit the application narrative to the equivalent
of no more than 50 pages. In addition, you must limit the accompanying
abstract to the equivalent of no more than one page; work plan to the
equivalent of no more than 10 pages; budget narrative to the equivalent
of no more than 10 pages; and evaluation to the equivalent of no more
than 5 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 cover sheet; Part II,
the budget forms, the assurances and certifications; 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: March 21,
2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 2, 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-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 will not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 1, 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 Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants Program for Recruitment--
CFDA Number 84.336C 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), 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
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(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
statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Luretha Kelley, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 7096, 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
84.336C), 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
84.336C), 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
84.336C), 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 contained in 34 CFR 611.23 and are included 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), the following measures will be used by the
Department in assessing the performance of the Teacher Quality
Enhancement Grants Program:
(1) Pass rates will increase for pre-service teachers taking
subject matter competency tests as a part of State licensure
requirements, in the States that receive funds under the Teacher
Quality Enhancement Grants Program
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for States to prepare teachers that are highly competent in the
academic content areas in which they will be teaching.
(2) The percentage of program completers who are highlyqualified
teachers will increase in projects funded under the Teacher Quality
Enhancement Partnership program.
There is no performance measure that focuses specifically on
Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants for Recruitment.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luretha Kelley, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 7096, Washington, DC 20006-8526.
Telephone: (202) 502-7645 or e-mail: luretha.kelley@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.
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 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: March 16, 2005.
Sally L. Stroup,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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