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postsecondary education programs,
career positions, or the military.
All grantees will be required to
submit an annual performance report
documenting their success in addressing
these performance measures.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David De Soto, U.S. Department of
Education, Office of Migrant Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room
3E225, Washington, DC 20202–6135.
Telephone Number: (202) 260–8103, or
by e-mail: david.de.soto@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 contact person listed in
this section.
VIII. Other Information
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Dated: February 22, 2006.
Henry L. Johnson,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education; Overview Information;
College Assistance Migrant Program
(CAMP); Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)
2006
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.149A.
Dates:
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Applications Available: February 28,
2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 14, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 13, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education (IHEs) or private nonprofit organizations (including faithbased organizations) that plan their
projects in cooperation with an IHE and
prepare to operate some aspects of the
project with the facilities of the IHE.
Estimated Available Funds:
$2,300,000.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$150,000–$425,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$330,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 7.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget
exceeding $425,000 for a single budget
period of 12 months. The Assistant
Secretary for Elementary and Secondary
Education may change the maximum
amount through a notice published in
the Federal Register.
The applicant must be a ‘‘novice
applicant’’ as defined in 34 CFR
75.225(a), which refers to an applicant
that has never received a grant under
this program, has never been a member
of a group application that was funded
under this program, and has never had
an active discretionary grant from the
Federal Government in the five years
before the submission due date of this
current competition.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Applicable Regulations: (a) EDGAR in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85,
86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) 34 CFR part 206.
(c) The definition of a migratory
agricultural worker in 34 CFR 200.81.
(d) 20 CFR 669.110 and 669.320.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
CAMP is to provide the academic and
financial support necessary to help
migrant and seasonal farmworkers and
their children successfully complete
their first year of college.
Priorities: This notice contains two
competitive preference priorities. In
accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii),
the competitive preference priority for
‘‘novice applicant’’ is from the
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR)
(34 CFR 75.225(a)). In accordance with
34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv) of EDGAR, the
competitive preference priority for
‘‘prior experience of service delivery’’ is
from section 418A(e) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended
(HEA) (20 U.S.C. 1070d–2).
Competitive Preference Priorities: For
FY 2006 these priorities are competitive
preference priorities. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(2)(i) we award an additional
five points to an application meeting the
‘‘novice applicant’’ competitive
preference priority, and up to an
additional 15 points to an application
meeting the ‘‘prior experience of service
delivery’’ competitive preference
priority.
These priorities are: Novice
Applicant.
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Prior Experience of Service Delivery
In accordance with section 418A(e) of
the HEA, expiring CAMP projects are
eligible to receive up to 15 maximum
points for prior experience in delivering
CAMP services. The Secretary will
consider the applicant’s prior
experience in implementing its expiring
CAMP project based on information
contained in documents previously
provided to the Department, such as
annual performance reports, project
evaluation reports, site visit reports, and
the previously approved CAMP
application.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070d–2.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to IHEs only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$2,300,000.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$150,000—$425,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$330,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 7.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget
exceeding $425,000 for a single budget
period of 12 months. The Assistant
Secretary for Elementary and Secondary
Education may change the maximum
amount through a notice published in
the Federal Register.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs or private
non-profit organizations (including
faith-based organizations) that plan their
projects in cooperation with an IHE and
prepare to operate some aspects of the
project with the facilities of the IHE.
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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: David De Soto, U.S.
Department of Education, Office of
Migrant Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 3E225, Washington,
DC 20202–6135. Telephone: (202) 260–
8103 or by e-mail:
david.de.soto@ed.gov.
The application package also can be
obtained electronically at the following
address: https://www.ed.gov/programs/
camp/applicant.html.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain a copy of the application package
in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the program
contact person listed in this section.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
competition. Page Limit: The
application narrative (Part III of the
application) is where you, the applicant,
address the selection criteria that
reviewers use to evaluate your
application. You must limit Part III to
the equivalent of no more than 25 pages,
using the following standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ × 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 (Part III), including
titles, headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, and captions. However, you
may single space all text in charts,
tables, figures, and graphs. Charts,
tables, figures, and graphs presented in
the application narrative count toward
the page limit.
• Use a font that is either 12 point or
larger or no smaller than 10 pitch
(characters per inch).
• Appendices must be limited to 15
pages and may include the following:
Resumes, job descriptions, letters of
support, and bibliography.
The page limit does not apply to the
following sections of the application:
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.
However, you must include all of the
application narrative in Part III.
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Our reviewers will not read any pages
of your application that:
• Exceed the page limit if you apply
these standards; or
• Exceed the equivalent of the page
limit if you apply other standards.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: February 28,
2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 14, 2006.
Applications for grants under this
competition 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 13, 2006.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
competition is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
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
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
government wide Grants.gov Apply site
in FY 2006. The CAMP–CFDA Number
84.149A is one of the programs included
in this project. We request your
participation in Grants.gov.
If you choose to submit your
application electronically, you must use
the Grants.gov. Apply site at https://
www.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.
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You may access the electronic grant
application for the College Assistance
Migrant Program 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, and must be date/time
stamped by the Grants.gov system no
later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
time, on the application deadline date.
Except as otherwise noted in this
section, we will not consider your
application if it is date/time stamped by
the Grants.gov system later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, 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 date/time stamped by the
Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
• 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 you submit your
application in a timely manner to the
Grants.gov system. You can also find the
Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov at https://eGrants.ed.gov/help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
• To submit your application via
Grants.gov, you must complete all of the
steps in the Grants.gov registration
process (see https://www.Grants.gov/
GetStarted). These steps include (1)
registering your organization, (2)
registering yourself as an Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR), and
(3) getting authorized as an AOR by
your organization. Details on these steps
are outlined in the new Grants.gov 3Step Registration Guide (see https://
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You must also provide on your
application the same D–U–N–S Number
used with this registration. Please note
that the registration process may take
five or more business days to complete,
and you must have completed all
registration steps to allow you to submit
successfully an application via
Grants.gov.
• 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.
If you choose to submit your application
electronically, you must attach any
narrative sections of your application as
files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich
text), or .PDF (Portable Document)
format. If you upload a file type other
than the three file types specified above
or submit a password protected file, we
will not review that material.
• 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 acknowledgement 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.
Application Deadline Date Extension in
Case of System Unavailability
If you are prevented from
electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline
date because of technical problems with
the Grants.gov system, we will grant you
an extension until 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, the following
business day to enable you to transmit
your application electronically, or by
hand delivery. You also may mail your
application by following the mailing
instructions as described elsewhere in
this notice. If you submit an application
after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the deadline date, please contact the
person listed elsewhere in this notice
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CONTACT, and provide an explanation of
the technical problem you experienced
with Grants.gov, along with the
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number
(if available). We will accept your
application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the
Grants.gov system and that that problem
affected your ability to submit your
application by 4:30 p.m., Washington,
DC time, on the application deadline
date. The Department will contact you
after a determination is made on
whether your application will be
accepted.
Note: Extensions referred to in this section
apply only to the unavailability of or
technical problems with the Grants.gov
system. We will not grant you an extension
if you failed to fully register to submit your
application to Grants.gov before the deadline
date and time or if the technical problem you
experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov
system.
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 84.149A), 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 84.149A),
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.
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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 84.149A), 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
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,
you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at
(202) 245–6288.
V. Application Review Information
Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this competition are from 34
CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are listed in
the application package.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notice (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
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the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your
project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial
information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year
award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the
most current performance and financial
expenditure information as specified by
the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: Under the
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA), the Department developed
the following performance measures to
evaluate the overall effectiveness of
CAMP: (1) The number and percent of
CAMP students who successfully
complete the first year of college, and
(2) the number and percent of CAMP
students who continue to be enrolled in
postsecondary education after
completing their first year of college.
All grantees will be required to
submit an annual performance report
documenting their success in addressing
these performance measures.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact:
David De Soto, U.S. Department of
Education, Office of Migrant Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room
3E225, Washington, DC 20202–6135.
Telephone Number: (202) 260–8103, or
by e-mail: david.de.soto@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 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.
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Register. Free Internet access to the official
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of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Dated: February 22, 2006.
Henry L. Johnson,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.
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Foreign Language Assistance
Program—Local Educational Agencies
Office of English Language
Acquisition, Language Enhancement,
and Academic Achievement for Limited
English Proficient Students, Department
of Education.
ACTION: Notice of proposed priority.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Assistant Deputy
Secretary and Director for English
Language Acquisition, Language
Enhancement, and Academic
Achievement for Limited English
Proficient Students, proposes a priority
under the Foreign Language Assistance
program. We may use this priority for
competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2006
and later years. We take this action to
focus Federal financial assistance on an
identified national need for programs in
critical foreign languages within
kindergarten through grade twelve
during the traditional school day. We
intend this priority to increase the
number of local educational agency
programs implementing elementary and
secondary school projects teaching
languages of major economic and
political importance.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before March 30, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments about
this proposed priority to Rebecca
Richey, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room
10080, PCP, Washington, DC 20202–
6510. If you prefer to send your
comments through the Internet, use the
following address: comments@ed.gov.
You must include the term ‘‘FLAP
LEA Comments’’ in the subject line of
your electronic message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rebecca Richey. Telephone: (202) 245–
7133 or via Internet:
rebecca.richey@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.
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Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Invitation To Comment
We invite you to submit comments
regarding this proposed priority.
We invite you to assist us in
complying with the specific
requirements of Executive Order 12866
and its overall requirement of reducing
regulatory burden that might result from
this proposed priority. Please let us
know of any further opportunities we
should take to reduce potential costs or
increase potential benefits while
preserving the effective and efficient
administration of the program.
During and after the comment period,
you may inspect all public comments
about this proposed priority in room
10080, 550 12th Street, SW.,
Washington, DC, between the hours of
8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Eastern time,
Monday through Friday of each week
except Federal holidays.
Assistance to Individuals With
Disabilities in Reviewing the
Rulemaking Record
On request, we will supply an
appropriate aid, such as a reader or
print magnifier, to an individual with a
disability who needs assistance to
review the comments or other
documents in the public rulemaking
record for this proposed priority. If you
want to schedule an appointment for
this type of aid, please contact the
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Background
In order to address the disparity
between the need for and the limited
number of programs teaching critical
languages, we are proposing a priority
that would provide Federal financial
assistance to local educational agencies
implementing elementary and
secondary school projects that provide
instruction in languages of major
economic and political importance,
such as Arabic, Chinese, Korean,
Japanese, Russian, and languages in the
Indic, Iranian, and Turkic language
families.
In addition, the proposed priority
provides that the projects it supports
must establish, improve, or expand
foreign language learning that occurs
primarily during the traditional school
day. Because these languages are not
only less commonly taught, but also
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Overview
Information; College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP); Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.149A.
Dates:
Applications Available: February 28, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 14, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 13, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs) or
private non-profit organizations (including faith-based organizations)
that plan their projects in cooperation with an IHE and prepare to
operate some aspects of the project with the facilities of the IHE.
Estimated Available Funds: $2,300,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $150,000-$425,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $330,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 7.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget exceeding $425,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education may change
the maximum amount through a notice published in the Federal Register.
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: The purpose of CAMP is to provide the academic
and financial support necessary to help migrant and seasonal
farmworkers and their children successfully complete their first year
of college.
Priorities: This notice contains two competitive preference
priorities. In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), the competitive
preference priority for ``novice applicant'' is from the Education
Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) (34 CFR
75.225(a)). In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv) of EDGAR, the
competitive preference priority for ``prior experience of service
delivery'' is from section 418A(e) of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 1070d-2).
Competitive Preference Priorities: For FY 2006 these priorities are
competitive preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we
award an additional five points to an application meeting the ``novice
applicant'' competitive preference priority, and up to an additional 15
points to an application meeting the ``prior experience of service
delivery'' competitive preference priority.
These priorities are: Novice Applicant.
The applicant must be a ``novice applicant'' as defined in 34 CFR
75.225(a), which refers to an applicant that has never received a grant
under this program, has never been a member of a group application that
was funded under this program, and has never had an active
discretionary grant from the Federal Government in the five years
before the submission due date of this current competition.
Prior Experience of Service Delivery
In accordance with section 418A(e) of the HEA, expiring CAMP
projects are eligible to receive up to 15 maximum points for prior
experience in delivering CAMP services. The Secretary will consider the
applicant's prior experience in implementing its expiring CAMP project
based on information contained in documents previously provided to the
Department, such as annual performance reports, project evaluation
reports, site visit reports, and the previously approved CAMP
application.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070d-2.
Applicable Regulations: (a) EDGAR in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) 34 CFR part 206. (c) The definition
of a migratory agricultural worker in 34 CFR 200.81. (d) 20 CFR 669.110
and 669.320.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to IHEs only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $2,300,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $150,000--$425,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $330,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 7.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget exceeding $425,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education may change
the maximum amount through a notice published in the Federal Register.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs or private non-profit organizations
(including faith-based organizations) that plan their projects in
cooperation with an IHE and prepare to operate some aspects of the
project with the facilities of the IHE.
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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: David De Soto, U.S.
Department of Education, Office of Migrant Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 3E225, Washington, DC 20202-6135. Telephone: (202)
260-8103 or by e-mail: david.de.soto@ed.gov.
The application package also can be obtained electronically at the
following address: https://www.ed.gov/programs/camp/applicant.html.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact
person listed in this section.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this competition. Page
Limit: The application narrative (Part III of the application) is where
you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use
to evaluate your application. You must limit Part III to the equivalent
of no more than 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 (Part III), including titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations, references, and captions. However, you
may single space all text in charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
Charts, tables, figures, and graphs presented in the application
narrative count toward the page limit.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller
than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
Appendices must be limited to 15 pages and may include the
following: Resumes, job descriptions, letters of support, and
bibliography.
The page limit does not apply to the following sections of the
application: 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. However, you must include
all of the application narrative in Part III.
Our reviewers will not read any pages of your application that:
Exceed the page limit if you apply these standards; or
Exceed the equivalent of the page limit if you apply other
standards.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: February 28, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 14, 2006.
Applications for grants under this competition 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 13, 2006.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 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 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 government wide
Grants.gov Apply site in FY 2006. The CAMP-CFDA Number 84.149A is one
of the programs included in this project. We request your participation
in Grants.gov.
If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must
use the Grants.gov. Apply site at https://www.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.
You may access the electronic grant application for the College
Assistance Migrant Program 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, and
must be date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as
otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your application
if it is date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, 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 date/time stamped by the
Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
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
you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov
system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov at https://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all of the steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see
https://www.Grants.gov/GetStarted). These steps include (1) registering
your organization, (2) registering yourself as an Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR), and (3) getting authorized as an AOR
by your organization. Details on these steps are outlined in the new
Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see https://
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www.grants.gov/assets/GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf). You must also
provide on your application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this
registration. Please note that the registration process may take five
or more business days to complete, and you must have completed all
registration steps to allow you to submit successfully an application
via Grants.gov.
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. If you choose to
submit your application electronically, you must attach any narrative
sections of your application as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich
text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format. If you upload a file type
other than the three file types specified above or submit a password
protected file, we will not review that material.
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 acknowledgement 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.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of System Unavailability
If you are prevented from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline date because of technical
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension
until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically, or by hand
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing
instructions as described elsewhere in this notice. If you submit an
application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the deadline date,
please contact the person listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, and provide an explanation of the
technical problem you experienced with Grants.gov, along with the
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number (if available). We will accept your
application if we can confirm that a technical problem occurred with
the Grants.gov system and that that problem affected your ability to
submit your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. The Department will contact you after a
determination is made on whether your application will be accepted.
Note: Extensions referred to in this section apply only to the
unavailability of or technical problems with the Grants.gov system.
We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register
to submit your application to Grants.gov before the deadline date
and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to
the Grants.gov system.
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
84.149A), 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
84.149A), 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
84.149A), 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 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, you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288.
V. Application Review Information
Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this competition are
from 34 CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are listed in the application package.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award Notice
(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
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the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and include these and
other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also incorporates your
approved application as part of your binding commitments under the
grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual performance report that provides the most current performance
and financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in
34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: Under the Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA), the Department developed the following performance
measures to evaluate the overall effectiveness of CAMP: (1) The number
and percent of CAMP students who successfully complete the first year
of college, and (2) the number and percent of CAMP students who
continue to be enrolled in postsecondary education after completing
their first year of college.
All grantees will be required to submit an annual performance
report documenting their success in addressing these performance
measures.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: David De Soto, U.S. Department of
Education, Office of Migrant Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room
3E225, Washington, DC 20202-6135. Telephone Number: (202) 260-8103, or
by e-mail: david.de.soto@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 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/.
Dated: February 22, 2006.
Henry L. Johnson,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
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