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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Innovation and Improvement
(OII)
Notice Reopening the Excellence in
Economic Education Program Fiscal
Year (FY) 2005 Competition
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.215B.
On January 28, 2005, we
published in the Federal Register (70
FR 4107) a notice inviting applications
for the Excellence in Economic
Education program’s FY 2005
competition. The original notice for this
FY 2005 competition established a
March 23, 2005, deadline date for
eligible applicants to apply for funding
under this program.
In order to afford as many eligible
applicants as possible an opportunity to
receive funding under this program, we
are reopening the Excellence in
Economic Education program FY 2005
competition. The new application
deadline date for the competition is
April 8, 2005.
DATES: Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 8, 2005
(applications must be received at the
Grants.gov/Apply Web site by 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time).
SUMMARY:
Note: Applications for grants under the
Excellence in Economic Education program
must be submitted electronically using the
Grants.gov Apply site. Through this site, you
will be able to download a copy of the
application package, complete it offline, and
then upload and submit your application.
You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a
grant application to us. For information about
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electronically, please refer to Section IV. 6.
Other Submission Requirements in the
January 28, 2005, notice (70 FR 4109). We
have not extended the deadline for
submitting a statement that an applicant
qualifies for an exception to the electronic
submission requirement.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: The deadline date for
Intergovernmental Review under
Executive Order 12732 is extended to
June 7, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carolyn J. Warren, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 4W209, Washington, DC 20202–
5930. Telephone: (202) 205–5443 or by
e-mail: carolyn.warren@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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any
eligible applicant may apply for funding
under this program by the deadline date
in this notice. Eligible applicants that
submitted their applications in a timely
manner for the Excellence in Economic
Education program FY 2005
competition to the Department prior to
the competition’s original deadline date
of March 23, 2005, are not required to
re-submit their applications or re-apply
in order to be considered for FY 2005
awards under this program. We
encourage eligible applicants to submit
their applications as soon as possible to
avoid any problems with filing
electronic applications on the last day.
The deadline for submission of
applications will not be extended any
further.
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Dated: March 28, 2005.
Michael J. Petrilli,
Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary for
Innovation and Improvement.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Rehabilitation Continuing
Education Programs; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.264D.
DATES: Applications Available: March
31, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 2, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 29, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: States and public
or nonprofit agencies and organizations,
including Indian tribes and institutions
of higher education.
Estimated Available Funds: $100,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: To support
training centers that serve either a
Federal region or another geographical
area and provide for a broad, integrated
sequence of training activities that focus
on meeting recurrent and common
training needs of employed
rehabilitation personnel throughout a
multi-State geographical area.
Priorities: This notice contains one
absolute priority and one invitational
priority. In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(ii), the absolute priority is
from the regulations for this program (34
CFR 389.10).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005 this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Projects must—
(a) Train newly employed State
agency staff at the administrative,
supervisory, professional,
subprofessional, or clerical levels in
order to develop needs skills for
effective agency performance;
(b) Provide training opportunities for
experienced State agency personnel at
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all levels of State agency practice to
upgrade their skills and to develop
mastery of new program developments
dealing with significant issues,
priorities, and legislative thrusts of the
State/Federal vocational rehabilitation
program; and
(c) Develop and conduct training
programs for staff of—
(1) Private rehabilitation agencies and
facilities which cooperate with State
vocational rehabilitation units in
providing vocational rehabilitation and
other rehabilitation services;
(2) Centers for independent living;
and
(3) Client assistance programs.
Within this absolute priority, we are
particularly interested in applications
that address the following invitational
priority.
Invitational Priority: Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(1) we do not give an
application that meets this invitational
priority a competitive or absolute
preference over other applications.
This priority is:
Rehabilitation Technology
Projects that offer certificate training
to rehabilitation personnel on
rehabilitation technology as it applies to
the needs of customers of the public
vocational rehabilitation (VR) program.
Rehabilitation technology is defined
in 34 CFR 385.4 as follows: ‘‘[T]he
systematic application of technologies,
engineering methodologies, or scientific
principles to meet the needs of and
address the barriers confronted by
individuals with disabilities in areas
that include education, rehabilitation,
employment, transportation,
independent living, and recreation. The
term includes rehabilitation
engineering, assistive technology
devices, and assistive technology
services.’’
Program authority: 29 U.S.C. 772.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,
84, 85, 86, and 99. (b) The regulations
for this program in 34 CFR parts 385
and 389.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79
apply to all applicants except federally
recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to institutions of higher education
only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $100,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
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Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: States and
public or nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including Indian tribes
and institutions of higher education.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: The
Secretary has determined that a grantee
must provide a match of at least 10
percent of the total cost of the project
(34 CFR 389.40).
Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect
cost reimbursement on a training grant is
limited to the recipient’s actual indirect cost,
as determined by its negotiated indirect cost
rate agreement, or eight percent of a modified
total direct cost base, whichever amount is
less. Indirect costs in excess of the eight
percent limit may not be charged directly,
used to satisfy matching or cost-sharing
requirements, or charged to another Federal
award.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Education Publications Center
(ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD
20794–1398. Telephone (toll free): 1–
877–433–7827. Fax: (301) 470–1244. If
you use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll
free): 1–877–576–7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its
Web site: https://www.ed.gov/pubs/
edpubs.html or you may contact ED
Pubs at its e-mail address:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED
Pubs, be sure to identify the competition
as follows: CFDA number 84.264D.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain a copy of the application package
in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the Grants and
Contracts Services Team, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 5075, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–
2550. Telephone: (202) 245–7363. If you
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
competition. Page Limit: Part III of the
application, the application narrative, 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 45 pages, using the following
standards:
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• A page is 8.5″ by 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
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: March 31, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 2, 2005.
Applications for grants under these
competitions may be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov
Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper
format by mail or hand delivery. For
information (including dates and times)
about how to submit your application
electronically, or by mail or hand
delivery, 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 29, 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
competition may be submitted
electronically or in paper format by mail
or hand delivery.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
We have been accepting applications
electronically through the Department’s
e-Application system since FY 2000. In
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order to expand on those efforts and
comply with the President’s
Management Agenda, we are continuing
to participate as a partner in the new
governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site
in FY 2005. Rehabilitation Continuing
Education Programs—CFDA Number
84.264D is one of the programs included
in this project.
If you choose to submit your
application electronically, you must use
the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov).
Through this site, you will be able to
download a copy of the application
package, complete it offline, and then
upload and submit your application.
You may not e-mail an electronic copy
of a grant application to us. We request
your participation in Grants.gov.
You may access the electronic grant
application for Rehabilitation
Continuing Education Programs at:
https://www.grants.gov. You must search
for the downloadable application
package for this program by the CFDA
number. Do not include the CFDA
number’s alpha suffix in your search.
Please note the following:
• Your participation in Grants. gov is
voluntary.
• When you enter the Grants.gov site,
you will find information about
submitting an application electronically
through the site, as well as the hours of
operation.
• Applications received by Grants.gov
are time and date stamped. Your
application must be fully uploaded and
submitted with a date/time received by
the Grants. gov system no later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. We will not
consider your application if it was
received by the Grants.gov system later
than 4:30 p.m. on the application
deadline date. When we retrieve your
application from Grants.gov, we will
notify you if we are rejecting your
application because it was submitted
after 4:30 p.m. on the application
deadline date.
• If you experience technical
difficulties on the application deadline
date and are unable to meet the 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, deadline,
print out your application and follow
the instructions in this notice for the
submission of paper applications by
mail or hand delivery.
• The amount of time it can take to
upload an application will vary
depending on a variety of factors
including the size of the application and
the speed of your Internet connection.
Therefore, we strongly recommend that
you do not wait until the application
deadline date to begin the application
process through Grants.gov.
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• You should review and follow the
Education Submission Procedures for
submitting an application through
Grants.gov that are included in the
application package for this competition
to ensure that your application is
submitted timely to the Grants.gov
system.
• To use Grants.gov, you, as the
applicant, must have a D–U–N–S
Number and register in the Central
Contractor Registry (CCR). You should
allow a minimum of five business days
to complete the CCR registration.
• You will not receive additional
point value because you submit your
application in electronic format, nor
will we penalize you if you submit your
application in paper format.
• You may submit all documents
electronically, including all information
typically included on the Application
for Federal Education Assistance (ED
424), Budget Information—NonConstruction 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.
• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive an
automatic acknowledgment from
Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov
tracking number. The Department will
retrieve your application from
Grants.gov and send you a second
confirmation by e-mail that will include
a PR/Award number (an ED-specified
identifying number unique to your
application).
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on forms at a later
date.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail.
If you submit your application in
paper format by mail (through the U.S.
Postal Service or a commercial carrier),
you must mail the original and two
copies of your application, on or before
the application deadline date, to the
Department at the applicable following
address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal
Service:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center,
Attention: (CFDA Number
84.264D), 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20202–4260;
or
By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center—Stop
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4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.264D), 7100 Old Landover Road,
Landover, MD 20785–1506.
Regardless of which address you use,
you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
postmark,
(2) A legible mail receipt with the
date of mailing stamped by the U.S.
Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or
receipt from a commercial carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing
acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Education.
If you mail your application through
the U.S. Postal Service, we do not
accept either of the following as proof
of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after
the application deadline date, we will
not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
relying on this method, you should check
with your local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications
by Hand Delivery.
If you submit your application in
paper format by hand delivery, you (or
a courier service) must deliver the
original and two copies of your
application by hand, on or before the
application deadline date, to the
Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center,
Attention: (CFDA Number
84.264D), 550 12th Street, SW.,
Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 202020–4260.
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
Application for Federal Education
Assistance (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,
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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 from 34
CFR 75.210 and 34 CFR 389.30 and are
in the application package.
2. Review and Selection Process:
Additional factors we consider in
selecting an application for an award are
the past performance of the applicant in
carrying out similar training activities
under previously awarded grants, as
indicated by factors such as compliance
with grant conditions, soundness of
programmatic and financial
management practices, and attainment
of established project objectives (34 CFR
385.33(b)).
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representatives and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notice. 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: The
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA) of 1993 directs Federal
departments and agencies to improve
the effectiveness of their programs by
engaging in strategic planning, setting
outcome-related goals for programs, and
measuring program results against those
goals.
The goal of continuing education (CE)
projects is to upgrade the skills of
personnel currently employed in the
public VR system, centers for
independent living, client assistance
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programs, and private rehabilitation
agencies and facilities that cooperate
with State vocational rehabilitation
units in providing vocational
rehabilitation and other rehabilitation
services and to develop their mastery of
new program developments dealing
with significant issues, priorities, and
legislative thrusts of the public
rehabilitation program.
In order to measure the success of the
project in meeting this goal, the CE
grantee is required to conduct an
evaluation of CE training activities. In
annual performance reports, the CE
project is required to provide specific
information on the number of training
activities, the topics of each training
program, the number of participants
served, the target groups represented by
participants, and summary data from
participant evaluations. This
information allows the CE project to
measure results against the needs
assessment conducted by the project
and against the goal of upgrading the
skills of personnel currently employed
in the public VR system, centers for
independent living, client assistance
programs, and private rehabilitation
agencies and facilities that cooperate
with State vocational rehabilitation
units in providing vocational
rehabilitation and other rehabilitation
services and their mastery of new
program developments, priorities, and
legislative thrusts. The Rehabilitation
Services Administration is in the
process of developing a uniform data
collection instrument for future use to
collect these data directly from the
grantee.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Beverly Steburg, U.S. Department of
Education, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., suite
18T91, Atlanta, GA 30303–8934.
Telephone; (404) 562–6336.
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/
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Dated: March 28, 2005.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitation Services; Overview
Information; Rehabilitation Continuing
Education Programs (RCEP)—
Regional Rehabilitation Continuing
Education Projects (RRCEP); Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.264A
and B.
Dates:
Application Available: March 31,
2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 16, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: July 14, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: States and public
or nonprofit agencies and organizations,
including Indian tribes and institutions
of higher education.
Note: We are inviting applications for two
competitions—CFDA number 84.264A for
Department of Education Region V only and
CFDA number 84.264B for Department of
Education Regions I, III, VI, and VIII only.
Estimated Available Funds:
$2,551,000.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$450,000–$551,000.
Estimated Average Size of Award:
$500,000.
Maximum Level of Awards:
CFDA number 84.264A: $551,000.
CFDA number 84.264B: $500,000.
Estimated Number of Awards:
CFDA number 84.264A: 1.
CFDA number 84.264B: 4.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs; Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.264D.
DATES: Applications Available: March 31, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 2, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 29, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: States and public or nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including Indian tribes and institutions of higher
education.
Estimated Available Funds: $100,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: To support training centers that serve either a
Federal region or another geographical area and provide for a broad,
integrated sequence of training activities that focus on meeting
recurrent and common training needs of employed rehabilitation
personnel throughout a multi-State geographical area.
Priorities: This notice contains one absolute priority and one
invitational priority. In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), the
absolute priority is from the regulations for this program (34 CFR
389.10).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005 this priority is an absolute
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that
meet this priority.
This priority is:
Projects must--
(a) Train newly employed State agency staff at the administrative,
supervisory, professional, subprofessional, or clerical levels in order
to develop needs skills for effective agency performance;
(b) Provide training opportunities for experienced State agency
personnel at
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all levels of State agency practice to upgrade their skills and to
develop mastery of new program developments dealing with significant
issues, priorities, and legislative thrusts of the State/Federal
vocational rehabilitation program; and
(c) Develop and conduct training programs for staff of--
(1) Private rehabilitation agencies and facilities which cooperate
with State vocational rehabilitation units in providing vocational
rehabilitation and other rehabilitation services;
(2) Centers for independent living; and
(3) Client assistance programs.
Within this absolute priority, we are particularly interested in
applications that address the following invitational priority.
Invitational Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not give an
application that meets this invitational priority a competitive or
absolute preference over other applications.
This priority is:
Rehabilitation Technology
Projects that offer certificate training to rehabilitation
personnel on rehabilitation technology as it applies to the needs of
customers of the public vocational rehabilitation (VR) program.
Rehabilitation technology is defined in 34 CFR 385.4 as follows:
``[T]he systematic application of technologies, engineering
methodologies, or scientific principles to meet the needs of and
address the barriers confronted by individuals with disabilities in
areas that include education, rehabilitation, employment,
transportation, independent living, and recreation. The term includes
rehabilitation engineering, assistive technology devices, and assistive
technology services.''
Program authority: 29 U.S.C. 772.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, and 99. (b) The regulations for this program in 34
CFR parts 385 and 389.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $100,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: States and public or nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including Indian tribes and institutions of higher
education.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: The Secretary has determined that a
grantee must provide a match of at least 10 percent of the total cost
of the project (34 CFR 389.40).
Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect cost reimbursement on
a training grant is limited to the recipient's actual indirect cost,
as determined by its negotiated indirect cost rate agreement, or
eight percent of a modified total direct cost base, whichever amount
is less. Indirect costs in excess of the eight percent limit may not
be charged directly, used to satisfy matching or cost-sharing
requirements, or charged to another Federal award.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Education Publications
Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll
free): 1-877-433-7827. Fax: (301) 470-1244. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free):
1-877-576-7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site: https://www.ed.gov/
pubs/edpubs.html or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify the
competition as follows: CFDA number 84.264D.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 5075, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone:
(202) 245-7363. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this competition. Page
Limit: Part III of the application, the application narrative, 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 45 pages, using the following standards:
A page is 8.5'' by 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 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: March 31,
2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 2, 2005.
Applications for grants under these competitions may be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov), or in
paper format by mail or hand delivery. For information (including dates
and times) about how to submit your application electronically, or by
mail or hand delivery, 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 29, 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 competition may be submitted electronically or in paper format by
mail or hand delivery.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
We have been accepting applications electronically through the
Department's e-Application system since FY 2000. In
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order to expand on those efforts and comply with the President's
Management Agenda, we are continuing to participate as a partner in the
new governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site in FY 2005. Rehabilitation
Continuing Education Programs--CFDA Number 84.264D is one of the
programs included in this project.
If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must
use the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). Through this site, you will
be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it
offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-
mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. We request your
participation in Grants.gov.
You may access the electronic grant application for Rehabilitation
Continuing Education Programs at: https://www.grants.gov. You must
search for the downloadable application package for this program by the
CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your
search.
Please note the following:
Your participation in Grants. gov is voluntary.
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through the
site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are time and date
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted with a
date/time received by the Grants. gov system no later than 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. We will not
consider your application if it was received by the Grants.gov system
later than 4:30 p.m. on the application deadline date. When we retrieve
your application from Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are
rejecting your application because it was submitted after 4:30 p.m. on
the application deadline date.
If you experience technical difficulties on the
application deadline date and are unable to meet the 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, deadline, print out your application and follow
the instructions in this notice for the submission of paper
applications by mail or hand delivery.
The amount of time it can take to upload an application
will vary depending on a variety of factors including the size of the
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline
date to begin the application process through Grants.gov.
You should review and follow the Education Submission
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are
included in the application package for this competition to ensure that
your application is submitted timely to the Grants.gov system.
To use Grants.gov, you, as the applicant, must have a D-U-
N-S Number and register in the Central Contractor Registry (CCR). You
should allow a minimum of five business days to complete the CCR
registration.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you submit your application in paper format.
You may submit all documents electronically, including all
information typically included on 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.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive an automatic acknowledgment from Grants.gov that contains a
Grants.gov tracking number. The Department will retrieve your
application from Grants.gov and send you a second confirmation by e-
mail that will include a PR/Award number (an ED-specified identifying
number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you submit your application in paper format by mail (through the
U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), you must mail the
original and two copies of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable
following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.264D), 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 84.264D), 7100 Old Landover Road,
Landover, MD 20785-1506.
Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark,
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.
If you submit your application in paper format by hand delivery,
you (or a courier service) must deliver the original and two copies of
your application by hand, on or before the application deadline date,
to the Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.264D), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041,
Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 202020-4260.
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 Application for Federal Education
Assistance (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,
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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 from 34 CFR 75.210 and 34 CFR 389.30 and are in the application
package.
2. Review and Selection Process: Additional factors we consider in
selecting an application for an award are the past performance of the
applicant in carrying out similar training activities under previously
awarded grants, as indicated by factors such as compliance with grant
conditions, soundness of programmatic and financial management
practices, and attainment of established project objectives (34 CFR
385.33(b)).
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notice. 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: The Government Performance and Results Act
(GPRA) of 1993 directs Federal departments and agencies to improve the
effectiveness of their programs by engaging in strategic planning,
setting outcome-related goals for programs, and measuring program
results against those goals.
The goal of continuing education (CE) projects is to upgrade the
skills of personnel currently employed in the public VR system, centers
for independent living, client assistance programs, and private
rehabilitation agencies and facilities that cooperate with State
vocational rehabilitation units in providing vocational rehabilitation
and other rehabilitation services and to develop their mastery of new
program developments dealing with significant issues, priorities, and
legislative thrusts of the public rehabilitation program.
In order to measure the success of the project in meeting this
goal, the CE grantee is required to conduct an evaluation of CE
training activities. In annual performance reports, the CE project is
required to provide specific information on the number of training
activities, the topics of each training program, the number of
participants served, the target groups represented by participants, and
summary data from participant evaluations. This information allows the
CE project to measure results against the needs assessment conducted by
the project and against the goal of upgrading the skills of personnel
currently employed in the public VR system, centers for independent
living, client assistance programs, and private rehabilitation agencies
and facilities that cooperate with State vocational rehabilitation
units in providing vocational rehabilitation and other rehabilitation
services and their mastery of new program developments, priorities, and
legislative thrusts. The Rehabilitation Services Administration is in
the process of developing a uniform data collection instrument for
future use to collect these data directly from the grantee.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Steburg, U.S. Department of
Education, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., suite 18T91, Atlanta, GA 30303-8934.
Telephone; (404) 562-6336.
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 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/index.htm.
Dated: March 28, 2005.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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