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A. Purpose
A fixed-price contract with economic
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specified contingencies. In order for the
contracting officer to be aware of price
changes, the firm must provide
pertinent information to the
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determine the proper amount of price
adjustments required under the
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B. Annual Reporting Burden
Respondents: 5,346
Responses Per Respondent: 1.
Annual Responses:5,346.
Hours Per Response:.25.
Total Burden Hours: 1,337.
OBTAINING COPIES OF PROPOSALS:
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the General Services Administration,
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F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20405,
telephone (202) 501–4755. Please cite
OMB Control No. 9000–0068, Economic
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Dated: June 10, 2005
Julia B. Wise
Director,Contract Policy Division.
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Recordkeepers: 1,000.
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Dated: June 10, 2005
Julia B. Wise
Director,Contract Policy Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Innovation and Improvement;
Overview Information, Presidential
Academies for American History and
Civics Education, Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.215A.
Dates:
Applications Available: June 21, 2005.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:
July 21, 2005 Deadline for Transmittal
of Applications: August 5, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:
September 9, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education (IHEs), museums,
libraries, and other public and private
agencies, organizations, and institutions
(including for-profit organizations) or a
consortium of such agencies,
organizations, and institutions.
Applicants are required to submit in
their applications evidence of their
organization’s demonstrated expertise in
historical methodology or the teaching
of history.
Note: If more than one eligible entity
wishes to form a consortium and jointly
submit a single application, they must follow
the procedures for group applications
described in 34 CFR 75.127 through 34 CFR
75.129 of the Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR).
Estimated Available Funds: $700,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $300,000
to $600,000 for each budget period (up
to 5 budget periods). Funding for
subsequent years is subject to the
availability of funds and the approval of
continuation awards (see 34 CFR
75.253).
Estimated Number of Awards: 1–2.
The number of awards made under
this competition will depend upon the
quality of the applications received. The
size of the awards will depend upon the
scope of the projects proposed.
Contingent upon the availability of
funds and the quality of applications,
we may make additional awards in FY
2006 from the list of unfunded
applications from this competition.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Grantees that propose a 60-month
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project period will be required to
supplement the annual performance
report with an interim evaluation of the
project near the end of the third budget
period. The Department, at its
discretion, will use the evaluation
results along with the annual
performance report to determine
whether to continue the grant (See 34
CFR 75.250 through 75.253).
Budget Period: 12 months. (The first
budget period is the first 12 months of
the project period; subsequent budget
periods commence on the first day
following the previous budget period.)
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: This program
supports the establishment of
Presidential Academies for the Teaching
of American History and Civics that
offer workshops for both veteran and
new teachers of American history and
civics to strengthen their knowledge and
preparation for teaching these subjects
(Presidential Academies).
Priorities: This competition contains
one absolute priority and one
invitational priority. We are establishing
the absolute priority in accordance with
section 437(d)(1) of the General
Education Provisions Act (GEPA).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition, this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that meet this absolute
priority.
This priority is:
Absolute Priority—Presidential
Academies for New and Veteran
Teachers of American History and
Civics
An applicant for a Presidential
Academy must:
(a) Propose a project that would serve
both new and veteran middle and/or
high school teachers of American
history and civics.
(b) Propose a project that provides for
a summer residential academy of at least
two weeks that focuses on helping
teachers acquire a deeper understanding
and knowledge of American history and
civics. The academy must not replace a
current, established project.
(c) Describe, in its application, how
the professional development provided
by the experience in the academy will
improve student achievement in history
and civics.
(d) Demonstrate, in its application,
how specific civics and traditional
American history content will be
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covered by the project, including the
following:
(1) Civics content: An understanding
of the development and function of
local, State and Federal Government
and citizens’ responsibilities with
respect to these institutions.
(2) Traditional American history
content:
(i) Significant issues, episodes and
turning points in the history of the
United States.
(ii) How the words and deeds of
individuals have determined the course
of the Nation.
(iii) How the principles of freedom
and democracy articulated in the
founding documents of this nation have
shaped the United States’ struggles and
achievements as well as its social,
political, and legal institutions and
relations.
(e) Propose an evaluation on the
success of the project in achieving
project objectives that will (1) provide
quality data related to the performance
measure for this program listed in
Section VI, 4 of this notice; and (2)
provide the Department an interim
evaluation report near the end of the
third budget period. The Department, at
its discretion, will use the evaluation
results along with the annual
performance report to determine
whether to continue the grant (See 34
CFR 75.250 through 34 CFR 75.253).
The evaluation plan must be designed
to shape the development of the project
from the beginning of the project period.
The plan must include benchmarks that
monitor progress toward specific project
objectives and performance measures to
assess the impact on teaching, learning,
and other important outcomes for
project participants. More specifically,
the plan must identify the individual(s)
and/or organization(s) that will evaluate
the project and describe their
qualifications. The plan must describe
the evaluation design, indicating: (1)
What types of data will be collected; (2)
when various types of data will be
collected; (3) what methods of
evaluation will be used; (4) what
instruments will be developed and
when; (5) how the data will be analyzed;
(6) when reports of results and
outcomes will be available; and (7) how
the applicant will use the evaluation to
monitor progress of the project and to
provide accountability information both
about success at the initial site and
effective strategies for replication of the
academy in other settings. Applicants
are encouraged to devote an appropriate
level of resources to the project
evaluation.
Invitational Priority: Within the
absolute priority, we are particularly
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interested in applications that address
the following 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:
Invitational Priority—Schools in HighNeed Local Educational Agencies
(LEAs)
The proposed project will include a
significant proportion of project
participants from schools in high-need
local educational agencies (LEAs). As
defined in section 2102(3) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended, a ‘‘highneed’’—LEA is an LEA
(a)(1) That serves not fewer than
10,000 children from families with
incomes below the poverty line, or (2)
for which not less than 20 percent of the
children served by the LEA are from
families with incomes below the
poverty line; or
(b) For which there is (1) a high
percentage of teachers not teaching in
the academic subjects or grade levels the
teachers were trained to teach, or (2) a
high percentage of teachers with
emergency, provisional, or temporary
certification or licensing.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking:
Under the Administrative Procedure Act
(5 U.S.C. 553) the Department generally
offers interested parties the opportunity
to comment on proposed priorities,
selection criteria, and eligibility
requirements. Section 437(d)(1) of GEPA
(20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1)), however, allows
the Secretary to exempt from
rulemaking requirements, regulations
governing the first grant competition
under a new or substantially revised
program authority. This is the first grant
competition for this program under the
American History and Civics Education
Act of 2004 and therefore qualifies for
this exemption. In order to ensure
timely grant awards, the Secretary has
decided to forego public comment on
the absolute priorities, selection criteria,
and non-statutory application
requirements in this notice under
Section 437(d)(1) of GEPA. These
absolute priorities, selection criteria,
and eligibility requirements will apply
to the FY 2005 grant competition and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards based on the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition.
Program Authority: P.L. 108–474; 118 Stat.
3898.
Applicable Regulations: EDGAR in 34
CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84,
85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
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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.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 99
apply to an educational agency or institution.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $700,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $300,000
to $600,000 for each budget period (up
to 5 budget periods). Funding for
subsequent years is subject to the
availability of funds and the approval of
continuation awards (see 34 CFR
75.253).
Estimated Number of Awards: 1–2.
The number of awards made under
this competition will depend upon the
quality of the applications received. The
size of the awards will depend upon the
scope of the projects proposed.
Contingent upon the availability of
funds and the quality of applications,
we may make additional awards in FY
2006 from the list of unfunded
applications from this competition.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Grantees that propose a 60-month
project period will be required to
supplement the annual performance
report with an interim evaluation of the
project near the end of the third budget
period. The Department, at its
discretion, will use the evaluation
results along with the annual
performance report to determine
whether to continue the grant (See 34
CFR 75.250 through 75.253).
Budget Period: 12 months. (The first
budget period is the first 12 months of
the project period; subsequent budget
periods commence on the first day
following the previous budget period.)
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs,
museums, libraries, and other public
and private agencies, organizations and
institutions (including for-profit
organizations) or a consortium of such
agencies, organizations, and
institutions.
Applicants are required to submit in
their application evidence of their
organization’s demonstrated expertise in
historical methodology or the teaching
of history.
Note: If more than one eligible entity
wishes to form a consortium and jointly
submit a single application, they must follow
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the procedures for group applications
described in 34 CFR 75.127 through 34 CFR
75.129 of the Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR).
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
competition does not involve cost
sharing or matching.
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 this
competition as follows: CFDA number
84.215A.
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 under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in Section VII of
this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
competition.
Notice of Intent to Apply: The
Department is requesting those entities
that are considering submitting an
application to indicate their intent in a
letter, addressed to the contact person
listed in Section VII of this notice. The
letter of intent should include the name
of the organization that will be
submitting the application(s).
Page Limit: The application narrative
is where you, the applicant, address the
selection criteria that reviewers use to
evaluate your application. All of the
information addressing the selection
criteria and the priorities must be
included in the narrative section of the
application. It is strongly suggested that
you limit the narrative of your
application to the equivalent of no more
than 25 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,
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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 suggested page limit does not
apply to the cover sheet; the budget
section, including the narrative budget
justification; the assurances and
certifications; or the one-page abstract,
the resumes, the bibliography, the
evidence of eligibility, or the letters of
support.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: June 21, 2005.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to
Apply: July 21, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: August 5, 2005.
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically using the Electronic Grant
Application System (e-Application)
available through the Department’s eGrants system. For information
(including dates and times) about how
to submit your application
electronically or by mail or hand
delivery if you qualify for an exception
to the electronic submission
requirement, please refer to section IV.6.
Other Submission Requirements in this
notice.
We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: September 9, 2005.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
competition 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 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
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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
Presidential Academies for Teaching of
American History and Civics—CFDA
Number 84.215A must be submitted
electronically using e-Application
available through the Department’s eGrants system, accessible through the eGrants portal page at: https://egrants.ed.gov.
While completing your electronic
application, you will be entering data
online that will be saved into a
database. You may not e-mail an
electronic copy of a grant application to
us.
Please note the following:
• You must complete the electronic
submission of your grant application by
4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. The eApplication system will not accept an
application for this competition after
4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not
wait until the application deadline date
to begin the application process.
• The regular hours of operation of
the e-Grants Web site are 6 a.m. Monday
until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m.
Thursday until midnight Saturday,
Washington, DC time. Please note that
the system is unavailable on Sundays,
and between 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and
6 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, DC
time, for maintenance. Any
modifications to these hours are posted
on the e-Grants Web site.
• You will not receive additional
point value because you submit your
application in electronic format, nor
will we penalize you if you qualify for
an exception to the electronic
submission requirement, as described
elsewhere in this section, and submit
your application in paper format.
• You must submit all documents
electronically, including the
Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 424), Budget
Information—Non-Construction
Programs (ED 524), and all necessary
assurances and certifications.
• Any narrative sections of your
application must 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.
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• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive an
automatic acknowledgment that will
include a PR/Award number (an
identifying number unique to your
application).
• Within three working days after
submitting your electronic application,
fax a signed copy of the ED 424 to the
Application Control Center after
following these steps:
(1) Print ED 424 from e-Application.
(2) The applicant’s Authorizing
Representative must sign this form.
(3) Place the PR/Award number in the
upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the ED 424.
(4) Fax the signed ED 424 to the
Application Control Center at (202)
245–6272.
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on other forms at a
later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension
in Case of e-Application System
Unavailability: If you are prevented
from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline
date because the e-Application system is
unavailable, we will grant you an
extension of one business day in order
to transmit your application
electronically, by mail, or by hand
delivery. We will grant this extension
if—
(1) You are a registered user of eApplication and you have initiated an
electronic application for this
competition; and
(2) (a) The e-Application system is
unavailable for 60 minutes or more
between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date; or
(b) The e-Application system is
unavailable for any period of time
between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
We must acknowledge and confirm
these periods of unavailability before
granting you an extension. To request
this extension or to confirm our
acknowledgment of any system
unavailability, you may contact either
(1) the person listed elsewhere in this
notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2)
the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336–
8930. If 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
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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: Neil Danberg, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Room 4W324,
Washington, DC 20202–5960. FAX:
(202) 401–8466.
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 84.215A), 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 84.215A),
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,
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(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 84.215A), 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: We will use the
following selection criteria to evaluate
applications under this competition.
The maximum score for all of these
criteria is 100 points. The maximum
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score for each criterion is indicated in
parentheses.
a. Quality of the project design (25
points). In determining the quality of
the design of the proposed project, the
Secretary considers the extent to which
the proposed project represents an
exceptional approach to the priorities
established for the competition.
b. Significance (40 points). In
determining the significance of the
proposed project, the Secretary
considers the following factors:
(i) The demonstrated expertise and
experience of the organization in history
or civics or the teaching of history or
civics.
(ii) The format in which the project
will deliver the history and civics
content, including but not limited to,
the reading list and syllabus for the
academy.
(iii) The quality of the staff and
consultants responsible for conducting
project activities, emphasizing, where
relevant, their teaching experience and
scholarship in subject areas relevant to
the teaching of traditional American
history. The applicant should include
the curriculum vitae for these
individuals in appendices to the grant
application.
c. Quality of Management Plan (15
points). In determining the quality of
the management plan for the proposed
project, the Secretary considers the
following factors:
(i) The adequacy of the management
plan to achieve the objectives of the
proposed project on time and within
budget, including clearly defined
responsibilities, timelines, and
milestones for accomplishing project
tasks.
(ii) The extent to which the time
commitments of the project director and
other key project personnel are
appropriate and adequate to meet the
objectives of the proposed project.
d. Quality of Project Evaluation (20
points). In determining the quality of
the evaluation, the Secretary considers
the extent to which the methods of
evaluation include the use of objective
performance measures that are clearly
related to the intended outcomes of the
project and will produce quantitative
and qualitative data to the extent
possible.
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.
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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. For
specific requirements on grantee
reporting, please go to: https://
www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
appforms/appforms.html.
Funded projects requesting a 60month project period, must submit an
interim evaluation of the project near
the end of the third budget period. The
Department, at its discretion, may
continue the grant for an additional two
years based on the results of this
evaluation (see 34 CFR 75.250 through
75.253).
4. Performance Measures:
Indicator: Teachers will demonstrate
through pre- and post-assessments an
increased understanding of American
history and civics that can be directly
linked to their participation in the
Presidential Academy. Measure: The
average percentage gain on a teacher
assessment after participation in the
Presidential Academy.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Neil
Danberg, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room
4W324, Washington, DC 20202–5960.
Telephone: (202) 205–3385 or by e-mail:
Academies@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.
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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.html.
Dated: June 16, 2005.
Nina Shokraii Rees,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and
Improvement.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools;
Overview Information, Emergency
Response and Crisis Management
Grant Program; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.184E.
Dates
Applications Available: June 21, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 29, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: August 29, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: Local educational
agencies (LEAs).
Estimated Available Funds:
$27,000,000. Contingent upon the
availability of funds, the Secretary may
make additional awards in FY 2006
from the rank-ordered list of unfunded
applicants from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$100,000–$500,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$100,000 for small districts (1–20 school
facilities); $250,000 for medium-sized
districts (21–75 school facilities); and
$500,000 for large districts (76 or more
school facilities).
Estimated Number of Awards: 104.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
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Project Period: Up to 18 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Emergency
Response and Crisis Management grant
program supports efforts by LEAs to
improve and strengthen their school
emergency response and crisis
management plans, including training
school personnel and students in
emergency response procedures;
communicating emergency plans and
procedures with parents; and
coordinating with local law
enforcement, public safety, public
health, and mental health agencies.
Priority: This priority is from the
notice of final priority and other
application requirements for this
program, published elsewhere in this
issue of the Federal Register.
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards based on the list of unfunded
applications from this competition, this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority supports local
educational agency (LEA) projects to
improve and strengthen emergency
response and crisis management plans,
at the district and school-building level,
addressing the four phases of crisis
planning: Prevention/Mitigation,
Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.
Plans must include: (1) Training for
school personnel and students in
emergency response procedures; (2)
coordination with local law
enforcement, public safety, public
health, and mental health agencies; and
(3) a method for communicating school
emergency response policies and
reunification procedures to parents and
guardians.
Other Application Requirements:
1. Partner Agreements. To be
considered for a grant award, an
applicant must include in its
application an agreement that details
the participation of each of the
following five community-based
partners: Law enforcement, public
safety, public health, mental health, and
the head of the applicant’s local
government (for example the mayor, city
manager, or county executive). The
agreement must include a description of
each partner’s roles and responsibilities
in improving and strengthening
emergency response plans at the district
and school-building level, a description
of each partner’s commitment to the
continuation and continuous
improvement of emergency response
plans at the district and school-building
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level, and an authorized signature
representing the LEA and each partner
acknowledging the agreement. If one or
more of the five partners listed is not
present in the applicant’s community,
or cannot feasibly participate, the
agreement must explain the absence of
each missing partner. To be considered
eligible for funding, however, an
application must include a signed
agreement between the LEA, a law
enforcement partner, and at least one of
the other required partners (public
safety, public health, mental health, or
head of local government).
Applications that fail to include the
required agreement, including
information on partners’ roles and
responsibilities and on their
commitment to continuation and
continuous improvement (with
signatures and explanations for missing
signatures as specified above), will not
be read.
Although this program requires
partnerships with other parties,
administrative direction and fiscal
control for the project must remain with
the LEA.
2. Coordination with State or Local
Homeland Security Plan. All emergency
response and crisis management plans
must be coordinated with the Homeland
Security Plan of the State or locality in
which the LEA is located. All States
submitted such a plan to the
Department of Homeland Security on
January 30, 2004. To ensure that
emergency services are coordinated, and
to avoid duplication of effort within
States and localities, applicants must
include in their applications an
assurance that the LEA will coordinate
with, and follow the requirements of,
their State or local Homeland Security
Plan for emergency services and
initiatives.
3. Support of the National Incident
Management System. Applicants also
must agree to support the
implementation of the National Incident
Management System (NIMS). In
accordance with Homeland Security
Presidential Directive/HSPD–5, the
NIMS provides a consistent approach
for Federal, State, and local
governments to work effectively and
efficiently together to prepare for,
prevent, respond to, and recover from
domestic incidents, regardless of cause,
size, or complexity. LEAs, working in
collaboration with State and local
resources, are encouraged to achieve full
NIMS implementation by September 30,
2005. To the extent that full compliance
is not possible by September 30, 2005,
LEAs, working in coordination with
State and local resources, should
leverage federal preparedness assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Innovation and Improvement; Overview Information,
Presidential Academies for American History and Civics Education,
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.215A.
Dates:
Applications Available: June 21, 2005. Deadline for Notice of
Intent to Apply: July 21, 2005 Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: August 5, 2005. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:
September 9, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs),
museums, libraries, and other public and private agencies,
organizations, and institutions (including for-profit organizations) or
a consortium of such agencies, organizations, and institutions.
Applicants are required to submit in their applications evidence of
their organization's demonstrated expertise in historical methodology
or the teaching of history.
Note: If more than one eligible entity wishes to form a
consortium and jointly submit a single application, they must follow
the procedures for group applications described in 34 CFR 75.127
through 34 CFR 75.129 of the Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR).
Estimated Available Funds: $700,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $300,000 to $600,000 for each budget
period (up to 5 budget periods). Funding for subsequent years is
subject to the availability of funds and the approval of continuation
awards (see 34 CFR 75.253).
Estimated Number of Awards: 1-2.
The number of awards made under this competition will depend upon
the quality of the applications received. The size of the awards will
depend upon the scope of the projects proposed. Contingent upon the
availability of funds and the quality of applications, we may make
additional awards in FY 2006 from the list of unfunded applications
from this competition.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months. Grantees that propose a 60-month
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project period will be required to supplement the annual performance
report with an interim evaluation of the project near the end of the
third budget period. The Department, at its discretion, will use the
evaluation results along with the annual performance report to
determine whether to continue the grant (See 34 CFR 75.250 through
75.253).
Budget Period: 12 months. (The first budget period is the first 12
months of the project period; subsequent budget periods commence on the
first day following the previous budget period.)
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: This program supports the establishment of
Presidential Academies for the Teaching of American History and Civics
that offer workshops for both veteran and new teachers of American
history and civics to strengthen their knowledge and preparation for
teaching these subjects (Presidential Academies).
Priorities: This competition contains one absolute priority and one
invitational priority. We are establishing the absolute priority in
accordance with section 437(d)(1) of the General Education Provisions
Act (GEPA).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005 and any subsequent year in which we
make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition,
this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we
consider only applications that meet this absolute priority.
This priority is:
Absolute Priority--Presidential Academies for New and Veteran Teachers
of American History and Civics
An applicant for a Presidential Academy must:
(a) Propose a project that would serve both new and veteran middle
and/or high school teachers of American history and civics.
(b) Propose a project that provides for a summer residential
academy of at least two weeks that focuses on helping teachers acquire
a deeper understanding and knowledge of American history and civics.
The academy must not replace a current, established project.
(c) Describe, in its application, how the professional development
provided by the experience in the academy will improve student
achievement in history and civics.
(d) Demonstrate, in its application, how specific civics and
traditional American history content will be covered by the project,
including the following:
(1) Civics content: An understanding of the development and
function of local, State and Federal Government and citizens'
responsibilities with respect to these institutions.
(2) Traditional American history content:
(i) Significant issues, episodes and turning points in the history
of the United States.
(ii) How the words and deeds of individuals have determined the
course of the Nation.
(iii) How the principles of freedom and democracy articulated in
the founding documents of this nation have shaped the United States'
struggles and achievements as well as its social, political, and legal
institutions and relations.
(e) Propose an evaluation on the success of the project in
achieving project objectives that will (1) provide quality data related
to the performance measure for this program listed in Section VI, 4 of
this notice; and (2) provide the Department an interim evaluation
report near the end of the third budget period. The Department, at its
discretion, will use the evaluation results along with the annual
performance report to determine whether to continue the grant (See 34
CFR 75.250 through 34 CFR 75.253).
The evaluation plan must be designed to shape the development of
the project from the beginning of the project period. The plan must
include benchmarks that monitor progress toward specific project
objectives and performance measures to assess the impact on teaching,
learning, and other important outcomes for project participants. More
specifically, the plan must identify the individual(s) and/or
organization(s) that will evaluate the project and describe their
qualifications. The plan must describe the evaluation design,
indicating: (1) What types of data will be collected; (2) when various
types of data will be collected; (3) what methods of evaluation will be
used; (4) what instruments will be developed and when; (5) how the data
will be analyzed; (6) when reports of results and outcomes will be
available; and (7) how the applicant will use the evaluation to monitor
progress of the project and to provide accountability information both
about success at the initial site and effective strategies for
replication of the academy in other settings. Applicants are encouraged
to devote an appropriate level of resources to the project evaluation.
Invitational Priority: Within the absolute priority, we are
particularly interested in applications that address the following
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:
Invitational Priority--Schools in High-Need Local Educational Agencies
(LEAs)
The proposed project will include a significant proportion of
project participants from schools in high-need local educational
agencies (LEAs). As defined in section 2102(3) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended, a ``high-need''--LEA is an
LEA
(a)(1) That serves not fewer than 10,000 children from families
with incomes below the poverty line, or (2) for which not less than 20
percent of the children served by the LEA are from families with
incomes below the poverty line; or
(b) For which there is (1) a high percentage of teachers not
teaching in the academic subjects or grade levels the teachers were
trained to teach, or (2) a high percentage of teachers with emergency,
provisional, or temporary certification or licensing.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: Under the Administrative Procedure
Act (5 U.S.C. 553) the Department generally offers interested parties
the opportunity to comment on proposed priorities, selection criteria,
and eligibility requirements. Section 437(d)(1) of GEPA (20 U.S.C.
1232(d)(1)), however, allows the Secretary to exempt from rulemaking
requirements, regulations governing the first grant competition under a
new or substantially revised program authority. This is the first grant
competition for this program under the American History and Civics
Education Act of 2004 and therefore qualifies for this exemption. In
order to ensure timely grant awards, the Secretary has decided to
forego public comment on the absolute priorities, selection criteria,
and non-statutory application requirements in this notice under Section
437(d)(1) of GEPA. These absolute priorities, selection criteria, and
eligibility requirements will apply to the FY 2005 grant competition
and any subsequent year in which we make awards based on the list of
unfunded applicants from this competition.
Program Authority: P.L. 108-474; 118 Stat. 3898.
Applicable Regulations: EDGAR in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
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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.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 99 apply to an educational
agency or institution.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $700,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $300,000 to $600,000 for each budget
period (up to 5 budget periods). Funding for subsequent years is
subject to the availability of funds and the approval of continuation
awards (see 34 CFR 75.253).
Estimated Number of Awards: 1-2.
The number of awards made under this competition will depend upon
the quality of the applications received. The size of the awards will
depend upon the scope of the projects proposed. Contingent upon the
availability of funds and the quality of applications, we may make
additional awards in FY 2006 from the list of unfunded applications
from this competition.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months. Grantees that propose a 60-month
project period will be required to supplement the annual performance
report with an interim evaluation of the project near the end of the
third budget period. The Department, at its discretion, will use the
evaluation results along with the annual performance report to
determine whether to continue the grant (See 34 CFR 75.250 through
75.253).
Budget Period: 12 months. (The first budget period is the first 12
months of the project period; subsequent budget periods commence on the
first day following the previous budget period.)
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs, museums, libraries, and other public
and private agencies, organizations and institutions (including for-
profit organizations) or a consortium of such agencies, organizations,
and institutions.
Applicants are required to submit in their application evidence of
their organization's demonstrated expertise in historical methodology
or the teaching of history.
Note: If more than one eligible entity wishes to form a
consortium and jointly submit a single application, they must follow
the procedures for group applications described in 34 CFR 75.127
through 34 CFR 75.129 of the Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR).
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This competition does not involve cost
sharing or matching.
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
this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.215A.
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 under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in Section VII of
this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this competition.
Notice of Intent to Apply: The Department is requesting those
entities that are considering submitting an application to indicate
their intent in a letter, addressed to the contact person listed in
Section VII of this notice. The letter of intent should include the
name of the organization that will be submitting the application(s).
Page Limit: The application narrative is where you, the applicant,
address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your
application. All of the information addressing the selection criteria
and the priorities must be included in the narrative section of the
application. It is strongly suggested that you limit the narrative of
your application to the equivalent of no more than 25 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 suggested page limit does not apply to the cover sheet; the
budget section, including the narrative budget justification; the
assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the resumes,
the bibliography, the evidence of eligibility, or the letters of
support.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: June 21, 2005.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: July 21, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 5, 2005.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Electronic Grant Application System (e-
Application) available through the Department's e-Grants system. For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify
for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, please refer
to section IV.6. Other Submission Requirements in this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 9, 2005.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This competition 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 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
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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 Presidential Academies for
Teaching of American History and Civics--CFDA Number 84.215A must be
submitted electronically using e-Application available through the
Department's e-Grants system, accessible through the e-Grants portal
page at: https://e-grants.ed.gov.
While completing your electronic application, you will be entering
data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an
electronic copy of a grant application to us.
Please note the following:
You must complete the electronic submission of your grant
application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. The e-Application system will not accept an application
for this competition after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do
not wait until the application deadline date to begin the application
process.
The regular hours of operation of the e-Grants Web site
are 6 a.m. Monday until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m. Thursday until
midnight Saturday, Washington, DC time. Please note that the system is
unavailable on Sundays, and between 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and 6 a.m. on
Thursdays, Washington, DC time, for maintenance. Any modifications to
these hours are posted on the e-Grants Web site.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your
application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
the Application for Federal Education Assistance (ED 424), Budget
Information--Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary
assurances and certifications.
Any narrative sections of your application must 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 acknowledgment that will include a PR/Award number
(an identifying number unique to your application).
Within three working days after submitting your electronic
application, fax a signed copy of the ED 424 to the Application Control
Center after following these steps:
(1) Print ED 424 from e-Application.
(2) The applicant's Authorizing Representative must sign this form.
(3) Place the PR/Award number in the upper right hand corner of the
hard-copy signature page of the ED 424.
(4) Fax the signed ED 424 to the Application Control Center at
(202) 245-6272.
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
other forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of e-Application System
Unavailability: If you are prevented from electronically submitting
your application on the application deadline date because the e-
Application system is unavailable, we will grant you an extension of
one business day in order to transmit your application electronically,
by mail, or by hand delivery. We will grant this extension if--
(1) You are a registered user of e-Application and you have
initiated an electronic application for this competition; and
(2) (a) The e-Application system is unavailable for 60 minutes or
more between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date; or
(b) The e-Application system is unavailable for any period of time
between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
We must acknowledge and confirm these periods of unavailability
before granting you an extension. To request this extension or to
confirm our acknowledgment of any system unavailability, you may
contact either (1) the person listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) the e-
Grants help desk at 1-888-336-8930. If 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: Neil Danberg, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4W324,
Washington, DC 20202-5960. FAX: (202) 401-8466.
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
84.215A), 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
84.215A), 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,
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(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 84.215A), 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: We will use the following selection criteria
to evaluate applications under this competition. The maximum score for
all of these criteria is 100 points. The maximum score for each
criterion is indicated in parentheses.
a. Quality of the project design (25 points). In determining the
quality of the design of the proposed project, the Secretary considers
the extent to which the proposed project represents an exceptional
approach to the priorities established for the competition.
b. Significance (40 points). In determining the significance of the
proposed project, the Secretary considers the following factors:
(i) The demonstrated expertise and experience of the organization
in history or civics or the teaching of history or civics.
(ii) The format in which the project will deliver the history and
civics content, including but not limited to, the reading list and
syllabus for the academy.
(iii) The quality of the staff and consultants responsible for
conducting project activities, emphasizing, where relevant, their
teaching experience and scholarship in subject areas relevant to the
teaching of traditional American history. The applicant should include
the curriculum vitae for these individuals in appendices to the grant
application.
c. Quality of Management Plan (15 points). In determining the
quality of the management plan for the proposed project, the Secretary
considers the following factors:
(i) The adequacy of the management plan to achieve the objectives
of the proposed project on time and within budget, including clearly
defined responsibilities, timelines, and milestones for accomplishing
project tasks.
(ii) The extent to which the time commitments of the project
director and other key project personnel are appropriate and adequate
to meet the objectives of the proposed project.
d. Quality of Project Evaluation (20 points). In determining the
quality of the evaluation, the Secretary considers the extent to which
the methods of evaluation include the use of objective performance
measures that are clearly related to the intended outcomes of the
project and will produce quantitative and qualitative data to the
extent possible.
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. For specific requirements on grantee reporting, please
go to: https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
Funded projects requesting a 60-month project period, must submit
an interim evaluation of the project near the end of the third budget
period. The Department, at its discretion, may continue the grant for
an additional two years based on the results of this evaluation (see 34
CFR 75.250 through 75.253).
4. Performance Measures:
Indicator: Teachers will demonstrate through pre- and post-
assessments an increased understanding of American history and civics
that can be directly linked to their participation in the Presidential
Academy. Measure: The average percentage gain on a teacher assessment
after participation in the Presidential Academy.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Neil Danberg, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4W324, Washington, DC 20202-
5960. Telephone: (202) 205-3385 or by e-mail: Academies@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.
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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/.
Dated: June 16, 2005.
Nina Shokraii Rees,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement.
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