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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 7, 2005 / Notices (2) The extent to which the costs are reasonable in relation to the objectives, design, and potential significance of the proposed project. (3) The extent to which the costs are reasonable in relation to the number of persons to be served and to the anticipated results and benefits. (g) Quality of the management plan. (15 points) The Secretary considers the quality of the management plan for the proposed project. In determining the quality of the management plan for the proposed project, the Secretary considers the following factors: (1) 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. (2) 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. (3) The adequacy of procedures for ensuring feedback and continuous improvement in the operation of the proposed project. (h) Quality of the project evaluation. (20 points) The Secretary considers the quality of the evaluation to be conducted of the proposed project. In determining the quality of the evaluation, the Secretary considers the following factors: (1) The extent to which the methods of evaluation are thorough, feasible, and appropriate to the goals, objectives, and outcomes of the proposed project. (2) 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. (3) The extent to which the methods of evaluation provide for examining the effectiveness of project implementation strategies. (4) The extent to which the methods of evaluation will provide timely guidance for quality assurance. (5) The extent to which the methods of evaluation will provide performance feedback and permit periodic assessment of progress toward achieving intended outcomes. 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. VerDate Aug<31>2005 13:01 Dec 06, 2005 Jkt 208001 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 performance measures for the Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program are: (1) The percentage of limited English proficiency (LEP) students in the program who make gains in English. (2) The percentage of LEP students in the program who make gains in core academic subjects. Grantees will be expected to report on progress in meeting these performance measures for the Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program in their Annual Performance Report and in their Final Performance Report. VII. Agency Contact FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trini Torres, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center Plaza, room 1082, Washington, DC 20202–6510. Telephone: (202) 245–7134, or by email: trinidad.torres-carrion@ed.gov. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1– 800–877–8339. Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the program contact person listed in this section. VIII. Other Information Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 72795 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: November 30, 2005. Kathleen Leos, Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director, Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students. [FR Doc. E5–7011 Filed 12–6–05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [CFDA Nos: 84.334A and 84.334S] Office of Postsecondary Education, Teacher and Student Development Program Service; Grants and Cooperative Agreements; Availability, etc. Notice Announcing Technical Assistance Workshops for fiscal year (FY) 2006 Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) program. ACTION: SUMMARY: The Department expects to hold competitions for new State and Partnership grants under the GEAR UP program in FY 2006. This notice provides information about four one-day technical assistance workshops to assist institutions of higher education, local educational agencies, and States interested in preparing grant applications for FY 2006 new awards under the Gaining Early. Program staff will present information about the purpose of the GEAR UP Program, selection criteria, application content, submission procedures, and reporting requirements. Although the Department has not yet announced an application deadline date in the Federal Register for the FY 2006 competitions, the Department is holding these workshops to give potential applicants guidance for preparing applications for the competitions we expect to conduct in FY 2006. Specific requirements for the FY 2006 E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1 72796 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 7, 2005 / Notices competitions will be published in a separate Federal Register notice. This notice announces the technical assistance workshops only. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela K. Oliphant, Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Program, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 6101, Washington, DC 20006–8513. Telephone: (202) 502–7676. 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 for (e.g., Braille, large print, audio tape, or computer diskette) on request to the contact person listed in this section. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The technical assistance workshops will be held as follows: 1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Monday, December 5, 2005, Hilton Philadelphia, 4200 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19107, Telephone: 215–879–4000. 2. St Louis, Missouri: Tuesday, December 6, 2005, Sheraton St. Louis, 400 South 14th Street, St. Louis, MO 63105, Telephone: 314–231–5007. 3. Atlanta, Georgia: Thursday, December 8, 2005, Holiday Inn Select Conference Center, 450 Capitol Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30312, Telephone: 404– 591–2000. 4. Los Angeles, California: Thursday, December 8, 2005, The Wilshire Grand Los Angeles, 930 Wilshire Boulevard 90017, Telephone: 213–688–7777. All Technical Assistance Workshop sessions will be conducted from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Registration is 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on the day of the session. There is no fee for these workshops. However, space is limited. Attendees are required to make their own reservations directly with the hotel. The Department has reserved a limited number of rooms at each of the hotel sites at a special government room rate. To reserve this rate, be certain to inform the hotel that you are attending the ‘‘U.S. Department of Education GEAR UP Program Technical Assistance Workshop.’’ We encourage attendance from those who will be responsible for providing technical support for uploading the application materials onto the Department of Education’s portal site for electronic grants. Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities Attending the Technical Assistance Workshop The technical assistance workshop site is accessible to individuals with VerDate Aug<31>2005 13:01 Dec 06, 2005 Jkt 208001 disabilities. If you need an auxiliary aid or service to participate in the workshop (e.g., interpreting service, assistive listening device, or materials in an alternative format), notify the contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT. Although we will attempt to meet a request, we may not be able to make available the requested auxiliary aid or service because of insufficient time to arrange it. 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 any 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: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ index.html Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a–21. Dated: December 2, 2005. Sally L. Stroup, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. [FR Doc. 05–23686 Filed 12–1–05; 3:57 pm] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education—Special Focus Competition: Program for North American Mobility in Higher Education; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116N. DATES: Applications Available: December 9, 2005. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 17, 2006. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 14, 2006. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs) or combinations of IHEs and other public and private nonprofit institutions and agencies. Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested $300,000 for this program for FY 2006. The actual PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional action. However, we are inviting applications to allow enough time to complete the grant process if Congress appropriates funds for this program. Estimated Range of Awards: $25,000– 30,000 for the first year only. Estimated Average Size of Awards: $30,000 for the first year only. $210,000 for four-year duration of grant. Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding $215,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education may change the maximum amount through a notice published in the Federal Register. Estimated Number of Awards: 10. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. Project Period: Up to 48 months. Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description Purpose of Program: To provide grants or enter into cooperative agreements to improve postsecondary education opportunities by focusing on problem areas or improvement approaches in postsecondary education. Priority: Under this competition, we are particularly interested in applications that address the following priority. Invitational Priority: For FY 2006 this priority is an 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 designed to support the formation of educational consortia of American, Canadian, and Mexican institutions to encourage cooperation in the coordination of curricula, the exchange of students, and the opening of educational opportunities among the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The invitational priority is issued in cooperation with Canada and Mexico. These awards support only the participation of U.S. institutions and students in these consortia of American, Canadian, and Mexican institutions. Canadian and Mexican institutions participating in any consortium proposal responding to the invitational priority may apply, respectively, to Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) or the Mexican Secretariat for Public Education (SEP), for additional funding under separate but parallel Canadian and Mexican competitions. E:\FR\FM\07DEN1.SGM 07DEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA Nos: 84.334A and 84.334S]


Office of Postsecondary Education, Teacher and Student 
Development Program Service; Grants and Cooperative Agreements; 
Availability, etc.

ACTION: Notice Announcing Technical Assistance Workshops for fiscal 
year (FY) 2006 Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate 
Programs (GEAR UP) program.

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SUMMARY: The Department expects to hold competitions for new State and 
Partnership grants under the GEAR UP program in FY 2006. This notice 
provides information about four one-day technical assistance workshops 
to assist institutions of higher education, local educational agencies, 
and States interested in preparing grant applications for FY 2006 new 
awards under the Gaining Early. Program staff will present information 
about the purpose of the GEAR UP Program, selection criteria, 
application content, submission procedures, and reporting requirements.
    Although the Department has not yet announced an application 
deadline date in the Federal Register for the FY 2006 competitions, the 
Department is holding these workshops to give potential applicants 
guidance for preparing applications for the competitions we expect to 
conduct in FY 2006. Specific requirements for the FY 2006

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competitions will be published in a separate Federal Register notice. 
This notice announces the technical assistance workshops only.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela K. Oliphant, Gaining Early 
Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Program, 
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 6101, 
Washington, DC 20006-8513. Telephone: (202) 502-7676.
    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 for (e.g., Braille, large print, audio tape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in this section.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The technical assistance workshops will be 
held as follows:
    1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Monday, December 5, 2005, Hilton 
Philadelphia, 4200 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19107, Telephone: 215-
879-4000.
    2. St Louis, Missouri: Tuesday, December 6, 2005, Sheraton St. 
Louis, 400 South 14th Street, St. Louis, MO 63105, Telephone: 314-231-
5007.
    3. Atlanta, Georgia: Thursday, December 8, 2005, Holiday Inn Select 
Conference Center, 450 Capitol Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30312, Telephone: 
404-591-2000.
    4. Los Angeles, California: Thursday, December 8, 2005, The 
Wilshire Grand Los Angeles, 930 Wilshire Boulevard 90017, Telephone: 
213-688-7777.
    All Technical Assistance Workshop sessions will be conducted from 9 
a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Registration is 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on the day of 
the session. There is no fee for these workshops. However, space is 
limited. Attendees are required to make their own reservations directly 
with the hotel. The Department has reserved a limited number of rooms 
at each of the hotel sites at a special government room rate. To 
reserve this rate, be certain to inform the hotel that you are 
attending the ``U.S. Department of Education GEAR UP Program Technical 
Assistance Workshop.'' We encourage attendance from those who will be 
responsible for providing technical support for uploading the 
application materials onto the Department of Education's portal site 
for electronic grants.

Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities Attending the Technical 
Assistance Workshop

    The technical assistance workshop site is accessible to individuals 
with disabilities. If you need an auxiliary aid or service to 
participate in the workshop (e.g., interpreting service, assistive 
listening device, or materials in an alternative format), notify the 
contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT. Although we 
will attempt to meet a request, we may not be able to make available 
the requested auxiliary aid or service because of insufficient time to 
arrange it.
    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 any 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: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html


    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-21.

    Dated: December 2, 2005.
Sally L. Stroup,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 05-23686 Filed 12-1-05; 3:57 pm]
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