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report that provides the most current
performance and financial expenditure
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4. Performance Measures: Under the
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submit an annual performance report
documenting their success in addressing
the performance measures.
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Dated: April 25, 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;
Teacher Incentive Fund; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2006
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.374A.
Dates: Applications Available: May 1,
2006.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:
June 15, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 31, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: September 28, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: Local educational
agencies (LEAs), including charter
schools that are LEAs in their State;
State educational agencies (SEAs); or
partnerships of (a) an LEA, an SEA, or
both, and (b) at least one non-profit
organization.
Estimated Available Funds:
$94,050,000. The funds appropriated for
this program become available on July 1,
2006 for a period of 15 months.
Therefore, we anticipate making awards
using FY 2006 funds early in FY 2007.
Contingent upon the availability of
funds and the receipt of a sufficient
number of high-quality applications, we
may make additional awards, using FY
2007 funds, from the rank-ordered list of
unfunded applications from this
competition.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$300,000–$12,000,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$8,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 10–15.
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
the Teacher Incentive Fund, authorized
as part of the FY 2006 Department of
Education Appropriations Act, Public
Law 109–149, is to support programs
that develop and implement
performance-based teacher and
principal compensation systems in
high-need schools.
The specific goals of the Teacher
Incentive Fund include: Improving
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student achievement by increasing
teacher and principal effectiveness;
reforming teacher and principal
compensation systems so that teachers
and principals are rewarded for
increases in student achievement;
increasing the number of effective
teachers teaching poor, minority, and
disadvantaged students in hard-to-staff
subjects; and creating sustainable
performance-based compensation
systems.
Priorities: We are establishing these
priorities for the FY 2006 grant
competition (including any awards we
make, using FY 2007 funds, from the list
of unfunded applications from this
competition), in accordance with
section 437(d)(1) of the General
Education Provisions Act.
Absolute Priority: For the FY 2006
grant competition (including any
awards we make, using FY 2007 funds,
from 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.
Consistent with the program purpose,
the grantee must establish a system that
provides teachers and principals, or
principals only, serving in high-need
schools with differentiated levels of
compensation based primarily on
student achievement gains at the school
and classroom levels. This performancebased compensation system must also
(a) consider classroom evaluations
conducted multiple times during each
school year and (b) provide educators
with incentives to take on additional
responsibilities and leadership roles.
Competitive Preference Priorities: For
the FY 2006 grant competition
(including any awards we make, using
FY 2007 funds, from the list of
unfunded applications from this
competition), these priorities are
competitive preference priorities. Under
34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to
an additional 5 points to an application,
depending on the extent to which the
application meets the priority.
These priorities are:
Competitive Preference Priority 1: We
will award up to an additional 5 points
depending on the extent to which the
applicant documents or provides a plan
to establish ongoing support for and
commitment to the performance-based
compensation system from a significant
proportion of the teachers, the principal,
and the community, including the
applicable governing authority or LEA,
for each participating high-need school.
Competitive Preference Priority 2: We
will award up to an additional 5 points
depending on the extent to which the
applicant will provide differentiated
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levels of compensation, which may
include incentives, to recruit or retain
effective teachers and principals (as
measured by student achievement gains)
in high-need urban and rural schools,
and/or in hard-to-staff subject areas
such as mathematics and science.
Definitions: The following definitions
apply:
A high-need school means a school
with more than 30 percent of its
enrollment from low-income families,
based on eligibility for free and reduced
price lunch subsidies or other poverty
measures that the State permits the
LEAs to use. A middle or high school
may be determined to meet this
definition on the basis of poverty data
from feeder elementary schools.
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,
definitions, cost-sharing requirements,
selection criteria, and performance
measures. Section 437(d)(1) of the
General Education Provisions Act (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 authorized as part of the
FY 2006 Department of Education
Appropriations Act, Public Law 109–
149, and therefore these rules qualify for
this exemption. To ensure timely grant
awards, the Secretary has decided,
under section 437(d)(1), to forego public
comment on the priorities, definitions,
cost-sharing requirements, selection
criteria, and performance measures.
These priorities, definitions, costsharing requirements, selection criteria,
and performance measures will apply to
the FY 2006 grant competition
(including any awards we make, using
FY 2007 funds, from the list of
unfunded applications from this
competition).
Program Authority: Pub. L. 109–149, 119
Stat. 2864–65.
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Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 81,
82, 84, 85, 97, 98, and 99.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grant.
Estimated Available Funds:
$94,050,000. The funds appropriated for
this program become available on July 1,
2006 for a period of 15 months.
Therefore, we anticipate making awards
using FY 2006 funds in early FY 2007.
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Contingent upon the availability of
funds and the receipt of a sufficient
number of high-quality applications, we
may make additional awards, using FY
2007 funds, from the rank-ordered list of
unfunded applications from this
competition.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$300,000–$12,000,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$8,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 10–15.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: LEAs,
including charter schools that are LEAs
in their State; SEAs; or partnerships of
(a) an LEA, an SEA, or both, and (b) at
least one non-profit organization.
2. Cost-Sharing: The grantee must
ensure that, in each applicable budget
year, an increasing share of funds from
sources other than this grant will be
used to pay for earned differential
compensation costs as they are phased
in during the performance period. In the
final year of the performance period, the
grantee must ensure that at least 75
percent of the differentiated
compensation costs are not paid from
this grant.
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: 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
84.374A.
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 one of the
individuals 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.
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Notice of Intent to Apply: We will be
able to develop a more efficient process
for reviewing grant applications if we
have a better understanding of the
number of entities that intend to apply
for funding.
Therefore, we strongly encourage each
potential applicant to send a
notification of its intent to apply for
funding to the following email address:
TIF@ed.gov. The notification of intent to
apply for funding is optional and should
not include information regarding the
proposed application.
Page Limit: Applicants are strongly
encouraged to limit their application to
40 pages.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: May 1, 2006.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:
June 15, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 31, 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: September 28, 2006.
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 in 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. Teacher
Incentive Fund-CFDA Number 84.374A
is one of the programs included in this
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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 Teacher Incentive Fund
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/
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• 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 Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see https://
www.grants.gov/assests/
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
successfully submit 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 (SF
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 acknowledgment from
Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov
tracking number. The Department will
retrieve your application from
Grants.gov and send you a second
confirmation by e-mail that will include
a PR/Award number (an ED-specified
identifying number unique to your
application).
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on forms at a later
date.
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.,
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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 84.374A, 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 84.374A, 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.
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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.
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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 84.374A, 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 (SF 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 as
follows:
(a) Need (5 points). The extent to
which the applicant describes the scope
and size of the project and the need for
the project, including information on
student academic achievement and the
quality of the teachers and principals in
the LEA(s) and high-need schools that
will be served by the project.
(b) Project Design (50 points). (1) The
extent to which the performance-based
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compensation system will reward
teachers and principals who raise
student academic achievement.
(2) The extent to which the applicant
describes the performance-based teacher
and principal compensation system that
the applicant proposes to develop,
implement, or expand, including the
extent to which the applicant will build
the capacity of teachers and principals
through activities such as professional
development to raise student
achievement and to provide students
with greater access to rigorous
coursework.
(3) The extent to which the
applicant’s proposed project includes
valid and reliable measures of student
achievement—including statewide
assessment scores as appropriate for this
purpose—as the primary indicator of
teacher and principal effectiveness in
the proposed performance-based
compensation system.
(4) The extent to which the applicant
proposes to develop and implement a
fair, rigorous and objective process to
evaluate teacher and principal
performance multiple times throughout
the school year.
(c) Adequacy of Resources (20 points).
(1) The extent to which the applicant
provides a thorough explanation of how
the applicant will use funds awarded
under the grant together with the
required matching funds to carry out the
program purpose.
(2) The extent to which the applicant
provides a detailed plan, including
documentation of resources, for
sustaining its performance-based
compensation system after the grant
period ends.
(3) The extent to which the applicant
includes a thorough description of its
current data-management capacity and
proposed areas of data management
development in order to implement a
performance-based compensation
system in which differentiated
compensation is based primarily on
student academic achievement.
(d) Quality of the Management Plan
and Key Personnel (15 points). (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, milestones,
and processes for continuous
improvement to accomplish project
tasks.
(2) The qualifications, including
experience, education, and training of
proposed key personnel.
(e) Evaluation (10 points). (1) The
extent to which the applicant’s
evaluation plan includes the use of
objective measures that are clearly
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related to the goals of the project to raise
student achievement and increase
teacher effectiveness, including the
extent to which the evaluation will
produce quantitative and qualitative
data.
(2) The extent to which the applicant
includes adequate evaluation
procedures for ensuring feedback and
continuous improvement in the
operation of the proposed project.
(3) The extent to which the applicant
commits to participating in a rigorous
national evaluation that will provide a
common design methodology, data
collection instruments, and performance
measures for all grantees funded under
this competition.
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 the project
period, recipients 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: Pursuant to
the Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA), the Department has
established the following performance
measures that it will use to evaluate the
overall effectiveness of the grantee’s
project, as well as the TIF program as a
whole:
(1) Changes in LEA personnel
deployment practices, as measured by
changes over time in the percentage of
teachers and principals in high-need
schools who have a record of
effectiveness; and
(2) Changes in teacher and principal
compensation systems in participating
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LEAs, as measured by the percentage of
a district’s personnel budget that is used
for performance-related payments to
effective (as measured by student
achievement gains) teachers and
principals.
All grantees will be expected to
submit an annual performance report
documenting their success in addressing
these performance measures. The
Department will use the applicant’s
performance data for program
management and administration, in
such areas as determining new and
continuation funding and planning
technical assistance.
VII. Agency Contacts
For Further Information Contact:
Margaret McNeely, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3W103, Washington, DC 20202–
6200, or Sheila Sjolseth, Department of
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Department of Energy (DOE).
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Overview
Information; Teacher Incentive Fund; Notice Inviting Applications for
New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.374A.
Dates: Applications Available: May 1, 2006.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: June 15, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 31, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 28, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: Local educational agencies (LEAs), including
charter schools that are LEAs in their State; State educational
agencies (SEAs); or partnerships of (a) an LEA, an SEA, or both, and
(b) at least one non-profit organization.
Estimated Available Funds: $94,050,000. The funds appropriated for
this program become available on July 1, 2006 for a period of 15
months. Therefore, we anticipate making awards using FY 2006 funds
early in FY 2007.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and the receipt of a
sufficient number of high-quality applications, we may make additional
awards, using FY 2007 funds, from the rank-ordered list of unfunded
applications from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $300,000-$12,000,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $8,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 10-15.
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 the Teacher Incentive Fund,
authorized as part of the FY 2006 Department of Education
Appropriations Act, Public Law 109-149, is to support programs that
develop and implement performance-based teacher and principal
compensation systems in high-need schools.
The specific goals of the Teacher Incentive Fund include: Improving
student achievement by increasing teacher and principal effectiveness;
reforming teacher and principal compensation systems so that teachers
and principals are rewarded for increases in student achievement;
increasing the number of effective teachers teaching poor, minority,
and disadvantaged students in hard-to-staff subjects; and creating
sustainable performance-based compensation systems.
Priorities: We are establishing these priorities for the FY 2006
grant competition (including any awards we make, using FY 2007 funds,
from the list of unfunded applications from this competition), in
accordance with section 437(d)(1) of the General Education Provisions
Act.
Absolute Priority: For the FY 2006 grant competition (including any
awards we make, using FY 2007 funds, from 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.
Consistent with the program purpose, the grantee must establish a
system that provides teachers and principals, or principals only,
serving in high-need schools with differentiated levels of compensation
based primarily on student achievement gains at the school and
classroom levels. This performance-based compensation system must also
(a) consider classroom evaluations conducted multiple times during each
school year and (b) provide educators with incentives to take on
additional responsibilities and leadership roles.
Competitive Preference Priorities: For the FY 2006 grant
competition (including any awards we make, using FY 2007 funds, from
the list of unfunded applications from this competition), these
priorities are competitive preference priorities. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an additional 5 points to an
application, depending on the extent to which the application meets the
priority.
These priorities are:
Competitive Preference Priority 1: We will award up to an
additional 5 points depending on the extent to which the applicant
documents or provides a plan to establish ongoing support for and
commitment to the performance-based compensation system from a
significant proportion of the teachers, the principal, and the
community, including the applicable governing authority or LEA, for
each participating high-need school.
Competitive Preference Priority 2: We will award up to an
additional 5 points depending on the extent to which the applicant will
provide differentiated
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levels of compensation, which may include incentives, to recruit or
retain effective teachers and principals (as measured by student
achievement gains) in high-need urban and rural schools, and/or in
hard-to-staff subject areas such as mathematics and science.
Definitions: The following definitions apply:
A high-need school means a school with more than 30 percent of its
enrollment from low-income families, based on eligibility for free and
reduced price lunch subsidies or other poverty measures that the State
permits the LEAs to use. A middle or high school may be determined to
meet this definition on the basis of poverty data from feeder
elementary schools.
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, definitions, cost-
sharing requirements, selection criteria, and performance measures.
Section 437(d)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act (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 authorized as part of the FY 2006
Department of Education Appropriations Act, Public Law 109-149, and
therefore these rules qualify for this exemption. To ensure timely
grant awards, the Secretary has decided, under section 437(d)(1), to
forego public comment on the priorities, definitions, cost-sharing
requirements, selection criteria, and performance measures. These
priorities, definitions, cost-sharing requirements, selection criteria,
and performance measures will apply to the FY 2006 grant competition
(including any awards we make, using FY 2007 funds, from the list of
unfunded applications from this competition).
Program Authority: Pub. L. 109-149, 119 Stat. 2864-65.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 81, 82, 84, 85, 97, 98, and 99.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grant.
Estimated Available Funds: $94,050,000. The funds appropriated for
this program become available on July 1, 2006 for a period of 15
months. Therefore, we anticipate making awards using FY 2006 funds in
early FY 2007.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and the receipt of a
sufficient number of high-quality applications, we may make additional
awards, using FY 2007 funds, from the rank-ordered list of unfunded
applications from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $300,000-$12,000,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $8,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 10-15.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: LEAs, including charter schools that are
LEAs in their State; SEAs; or partnerships of (a) an LEA, an SEA, or
both, and (b) at least one non-profit organization.
2. Cost-Sharing: The grantee must ensure that, in each applicable
budget year, an increasing share of funds from sources other than this
grant will be used to pay for earned differential compensation costs as
they are phased in during the performance period. In the final year of
the performance period, the grantee must ensure that at least 75
percent of the differentiated compensation costs are not paid from this
grant.
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: 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 84.374A.
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 one of the individuals
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: We will be able to develop a more
efficient process for reviewing grant applications if we have a better
understanding of the number of entities that intend to apply for
funding.
Therefore, we strongly encourage each potential applicant to send a
notification of its intent to apply for funding to the following email
address: TIF@ed.gov. The notification of intent to apply for funding is
optional and should not include information regarding the proposed
application.
Page Limit: Applicants are strongly encouraged to limit their
application to 40 pages.
3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications Available: May 1, 2006.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: June 15, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 31, 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: September 28, 2006.
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 in 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. Teacher Incentive Fund-CFDA Number 84.374A is one of
the programs included in this
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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 Teacher
Incentive Fund 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
Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see https://www.grants.gov/
assests/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 successfully submit 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 (SF 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 acknowledgment from Grants.gov that contains a
Grants.gov tracking number. The Department will retrieve your
application from Grants.gov and send you a second confirmation by e-
mail that will include a PR/Award number (an ED-specified identifying
number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
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 84.374A,
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 84.374A,
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.
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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 84.374A, 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 (SF 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
as follows:
(a) Need (5 points). The extent to which the applicant describes
the scope and size of the project and the need for the project,
including information on student academic achievement and the quality
of the teachers and principals in the LEA(s) and high-need schools that
will be served by the project.
(b) Project Design (50 points). (1) The extent to which the
performance-based compensation system will reward teachers and
principals who raise student academic achievement.
(2) The extent to which the applicant describes the performance-
based teacher and principal compensation system that the applicant
proposes to develop, implement, or expand, including the extent to
which the applicant will build the capacity of teachers and principals
through activities such as professional development to raise student
achievement and to provide students with greater access to rigorous
coursework.
(3) The extent to which the applicant's proposed project includes
valid and reliable measures of student achievement--including statewide
assessment scores as appropriate for this purpose--as the primary
indicator of teacher and principal effectiveness in the proposed
performance-based compensation system.
(4) The extent to which the applicant proposes to develop and
implement a fair, rigorous and objective process to evaluate teacher
and principal performance multiple times throughout the school year.
(c) Adequacy of Resources (20 points). (1) The extent to which the
applicant provides a thorough explanation of how the applicant will use
funds awarded under the grant together with the required matching funds
to carry out the program purpose.
(2) The extent to which the applicant provides a detailed plan,
including documentation of resources, for sustaining its performance-
based compensation system after the grant period ends.
(3) The extent to which the applicant includes a thorough
description of its current data-management capacity and proposed areas
of data management development in order to implement a performance-
based compensation system in which differentiated compensation is based
primarily on student academic achievement.
(d) Quality of the Management Plan and Key Personnel (15 points).
(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, milestones, and processes for
continuous improvement to accomplish project tasks.
(2) The qualifications, including experience, education, and
training of proposed key personnel.
(e) Evaluation (10 points). (1) The extent to which the applicant's
evaluation plan includes the use of objective measures that are clearly
related to the goals of the project to raise student achievement and
increase teacher effectiveness, including the extent to which the
evaluation will produce quantitative and qualitative data.
(2) The extent to which the applicant includes adequate evaluation
procedures for ensuring feedback and continuous improvement in the
operation of the proposed project.
(3) The extent to which the applicant commits to participating in a
rigorous national evaluation that will provide a common design
methodology, data collection instruments, and performance measures for
all grantees funded under this competition.
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 the project period, recipients 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: Pursuant to the Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA), the Department has established the following
performance measures that it will use to evaluate the overall
effectiveness of the grantee's project, as well as the TIF program as a
whole:
(1) Changes in LEA personnel deployment practices, as measured by
changes over time in the percentage of teachers and principals in high-
need schools who have a record of effectiveness; and
(2) Changes in teacher and principal compensation systems in
participating
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LEAs, as measured by the percentage of a district's personnel budget
that is used for performance-related payments to effective (as measured
by student achievement gains) teachers and principals.
All grantees will be expected to submit an annual performance
report documenting their success in addressing these performance
measures. The Department will use the applicant's performance data for
program management and administration, in such areas as determining new
and continuation funding and planning technical assistance.
VII. Agency Contacts
For Further Information Contact: Margaret McNeely, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3W103, Washington, DC
20202-6200, or Sheila Sjolseth, Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 3W237, Washington, DC 20202-6200. Or by phone at
(202) 205-5224. Or by e-mail: tif@ed.gov or by Internet at the
following Web site: https://www.ed.gov/programs/teacherincentive/
index.html.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
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Dated: April 26, 2006.
Henry L. Johnson,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. E6-6531 Filed 4-28-06; 8:45 am]
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