Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Strengthening Institutions, American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Programs; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, 29130-29135 [E6-7684]
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(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by
a nationally recognized accrediting
agency or association that the Secretary
has determined to be a reliable authority
as to the quality of education or training
offered;
(2) Be legally authorized by the State
in which it is located to be a junior
college or to provide an educational
program for which it awards a
bachelor’s degree;
(3) Be designated as an ‘‘eligible
institution’’ by demonstrating that it: (A)
has an enrollment of needy students as
described in 34 CFR 607.3; and (B) has
low average educational and general
expenditures per full-time equivalent
(FTE) undergraduate student as
described in 34 CFR 607.4; The Notice
Inviting Applications for Designation as
Eligible Institutions for FY 2006 was
published in the Federal Register on
December 16, 2005 (70 FR 74781). The
complete eligibility requirements for the
Title III, Part A Programs are in 34 CFR
607.2 through 607.5 and can be accessed
from the following Web site: https://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/
waisidx_05/34cfr607_05.html.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information; Strengthening
Institutions, American Indian Tribally
Controlled Colleges and Universities,
and Alaska Native and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions
Programs; Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)
2006
Relationship Between the Title III, Part
A Programs and the Hispanic-Serving
Institutions (HSI) Program
Note 1: A grantee under the HSI Program,
which is authorized by Title V of the HEA,
may not receive a grant under any HEA, Title
III, Part A Program. Further, a current HSI
Program grantee may not give up its HSI
grant in order to receive a grant under any
Title III, Part A Program.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Numbers: 84.031A, 84.031T, 84.031N
and 84.031W.
Dates:
Applications Available: May 19, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 3, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: September 5, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education (IHEs) that qualify as
eligible institutions under the
Strengthening Institutions Program
(SIP), American Indian Tribally
Controlled Colleges and Universities
(TCCU) Program, and Alaska Native and
Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions
(ANNH) Programs may apply for grants
under this notice. These programs are
authorized by Title III, Part A, of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (HEA), and are known
collectively as the Title III, Part A
Programs. To qualify as an eligible
institution under any Title III, Part A
Program, an institution must, among
other requirements—
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Note 2: An eligible HSI that does not fall
within the limitation described in Note 1,
i.e., is not a current grantee under the HSI
Program, may apply for a FY 2006 grant
under all Title III, Part A Programs for which
it is eligible, as well as under the HSI
Program. However, a successful applicant
may receive only one grant.
Note 3: An eligible IHE that previously
received a five-year Individual Development
Grant under the SIP Program must wait for
two years after the date the five-year grant
ended, including any time extensions the
grant may have received, to apply for another
Individual Development Grant under the SIP
Program.
Note 4: An eligible IHE that submits more
than one application may be awarded only
one Individual Development Grant or one
Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant
in a fiscal year. Furthermore, we will not
award a second Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grant to an otherwise eligible
IHE for the same award year as the
institution’s existing Cooperative
Arrangement Development Grant award.
Estimated Available Funds:
$12,320,000 for new awards under SIP,
$16,605,000 for new awards under the
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TCCU Program and $4,325,000 for new
awards under the ANNH Program.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
See chart.
Maximum Award Amounts: See chart.
We will not fund any application at an
amount exceeding the maximum
amounts specified in the chart for a
single budget period of 12 months. We
may choose not to further consider or
review applications with budgets that
exceed the maximum amounts
specified, if we conclude, during our
initial review of the application, that the
proposed goals and objectives cannot be
obtained with the specified maximum
amount.
Estimated Number of Awards: See
chart.
Maximum
award amount
Program name and type of award
Estimated
number of
awards
Estimated average size of
awards
Strengthening Institutions Program (83.031A)
—5-year Individual Development Grants ....................................................................................
—5-year Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants ..........................................................
$400,000
500,000
34
5
$300,00
400,000
15
6
500,000
1,500,000
2
5
500,000
650,000
Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Program (84.031T)
—5-year Individual Development Grants ....................................................................................
—1-year Construction Grants ......................................................................................................
500,000
1,500,000
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Programs (84.031N and 84.031W)
—5-year Individual Development Grants ....................................................................................
—1-year Renovation Grants ........................................................................................................
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice. Applicants should
periodically check the Title III Part A
Programs Web site for further information.
The address is: https://www.ed.gov/programs/
iduestitle3a/.
Project Period: Up to 60 months for
development grants and up to 12
months for construction and renovation
grants.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The SIP, TCCU,
and ANNH Programs provide grants to
eligible IHEs to enable them to improve
their academic quality, institutional
management, and fiscal stability, and
increase their self-sufficiency and
strengthen their capacity to make a
substantial contribution to the higher
education resources of the Nation.
500,000
750,000
TCCU Program and $4,325,000 for new
awards under the ANNH Program.
For specific funding information, see
the chart in this section.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
See chart.
Maximum Award Amounts: See chart.
We will not fund any application at an
amount exceeding the maximum
amounts specified in the chart for a
single budget period of 12 months. We
may choose not to further consider or
review applications with budgets that
exceed the maximum amounts
specified, if we conclude, during our
initial review of the application, that the
proposed goals and objectives cannot be
obtained with the specified maximum
amount.
Estimated Number of Awards: See
chart.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057–
1059d.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85,
86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations
for these programs in 34 CFR part 607.
II. Award Information
Type of Awards: Discretionary grants.
Five-year Individual Development
Grants; five-year Cooperative
Arrangement Development Grants; oneyear TCCU Construction Grants, and
one-year ANNH Renovation Grants will
be awarded in FY 2006. Planning grants
will not be awarded in FY 2006.
Estimated Available Funds:
$12,320,000 for new awards under SIP,
$16,605,000 for new awards under the
Maximum
award amount
Program name and type of award
Estimated
number of
awards
Estimated average size of
awards
Strengthening Institutions Program (83.031A)
—5-year Individual Development Grants ....................................................................................
—5-year Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants ..........................................................
$400,000
500,000
34
5
$300,000
400,000
15
6
500,000
1,500,000
2
5
500,000
650,000
Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities program (84.031T)
—5-year Individual Development Grants ....................................................................................
—1-year Construction Grants ......................................................................................................
500,000
1,500,000
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Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian program (84.031N and 84.031W)
—5-year Individual Development Grants ....................................................................................
—1-year Renovation Grants ........................................................................................................
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750,000
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Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice. Applicants should
periodically check the Title III Part A
Programs Web site for further information.
The address is: https://www.ed.gov/programs/
iduestitle3a/.
Project Period: Up to 60 months for
development and up to 12 months for
construction and renovation grants.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs that
qualify as eligible institutions under the
SIP, TCCU, and ANNH Programs may
apply for grants under this notice. These
programs are authorized by Title III, Part
A, of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended (HEA), and are known
collectively as the Title III, Part A
Programs. To qualify as an eligible
institution under any Title III, Part A
Program, an institution must, among
other requirements—
(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by
a nationally recognized accrediting
agency or association that the Secretary
has determined to be a reliable authority
as to the quality of education or training
offered;
(2) Be legally authorized by the State
in which it is located to be a junior
college or to provide an educational
program for which it awards a
bachelor’s degree;
(3) Be designated as an ‘‘eligible
institution’’ by demonstrating that it: (A)
has an enrollment of needy students as
described in 34 CFR 607.3; and (B) has
low average educational and general
expenditures per full-time equivalent
(FTE) undergraduate student as
described in 34 CFR 607.4;
The Notice Inviting Applications for
Designation as Eligible Institutions for
FY 2006 was published in the Federal
Register on December 16, 2005 (70 FR
74781). The complete eligibility
requirements for the Title III, Part A
Programs are in 34 CFR 607.2 through
607.5 and can be accessed from the
following Web site: https://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/
waisidx_05/34cfr607_05.html.
Relationship between the Title III, Part
A Programs and the HSI Program.
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Note 1: A grantee under the HSI Program,
which is authorized by Title V of the HEA,
may not receive a grant under any HEA, Title
III, Part A Program. Further, a current HSI
Program grantee may not give up its HSI
grant in order to receive a grant under any
Title III, Part A Program.
Note 2: An eligible HSI that does not fall
within the limitation described in Note 1,
i.e., is not a current grantee under the HSI
Program, may apply for a FY 2006 grant
under all Title III, Part A Programs for which
it is eligible, as well as under the HSI
Program. However, a successful applicant
may receive only one grant.
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Note 3: An eligible IHE that previously
received a five-year Individual Development
Grant under the SIP Program must wait for
two years after the date the five-year grant
ended, including any time extensions the
grant may have received, to apply for another
Individual Development Grant under the SIP
Program.
Note 4: An eligible IHE that submits more
than one application may be awarded only
one Individual Development Grant or one
Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant
in a fiscal year. Furthermore, we will not
award a second Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grant to an otherwise eligible
IHE for the same award year as the
institution’s existing Cooperative
Arrangement Development Grant award.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: There are
no cost sharing or matching
requirements, unless the grantee uses a
portion of its grant for establishing or
improving an endowment fund. If a
grantee uses a portion of its grant for
endowment fund purposes, it must
match those grant funds one to one with
non-Federal funds. 20 U.S.C. 1057(d)(2)
and 1059c (c)(3)(B).
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Dr. Maria E. Carrington, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006–
8513. Telephone: (202) 502–7548 or by
e-mail: maria.carrington@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 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 and instructions
for these programs.
Page Limits: We have established
mandatory page limits for the
applications to be submitted under this
notice. You must limit your application
to the equivalent of no more than 50
pages for an Individual Development
Grant; 70 pages for a Cooperative
Arrangement Development Grant; and
35 pages for a TCCU Construction or
ANNH Renovation Grant under the Title
III, Part A Programs, using the following
standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side
only, with 1 inch margins at the top,
bottom, and both sides. Page numbers
and an identifier may be within the 1″
margin.
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• Double space (no more than three
lines per vertical inch) all text in the
application narrative, except titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, captions and all text in
charts, tables, and graphs.
• Use one of the following fonts:
Times New Roman, Courier, Courier
New, or Arial. Applications submitted
in any other font (including Times
Roman and Arial Narrow) will be
rejected.
• Use not less than 12-point font.
The page limit does not apply to Part
I, the Application for Federal Assistance
face sheet (SF 424); the Supplemental
Information form required by the
Department of Education; Part II, the
Budget Information summary form (ED
Form 524); and Part IV, the Assurances
and Certifications. The page limit also
does not apply to a table of contents nor
the program abstract. If you include any
attachments or appendices, these items
will be counted as part of the Program
Narrative (Part III of the application) for
purposes of the page limit requirement.
You must include your complete
response to the selection criteria in the
program narrative.
We will reject your application if—
• You apply these standards and
exceed the page limit; or
• You apply other standards and
exceed the equivalent of the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: May 19, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 3, 2006.
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov
Apply site (Grants.gov). For information
(including dates and times) about how
to submit your application
electronically or by mail or hand
delivery if you qualify for an exception
to the electronic submission
requirement, please refer to section IV.
6. Other Submission Requirements in
this notice.
We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: September 5, 2006.
4. Intergovernmental Review: These
programs are 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 these
programs.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference
the regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
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Applicability of Executive Order
13202.
Applicants that apply for construction
funds under the Title III, Part A
Programs, must comply with Executive
Order 13202 signed by President George
W. Bush on February 17, 2001 and
amended on April 6, 2001. This
Executive order provides that recipients
of Federal construction funds may not
‘‘require or prohibit bidders, offerors,
contractors, or subcontractors to enter
into or adhere to agreements with one
or more labor organizations, on the same
or other construction project(s)’’ or
‘‘otherwise discriminate against bidders,
offerors, contractors, or subcontractors
for becoming or refusing to become or
remain signatories or otherwise adhere
to agreements with one or more labor
organizations, on the same or other
construction project(s).’’ However, the
Executive order does not prohibit
contractors or subcontractors from
voluntarily entering into these
agreements. Projects funded under these
programs that include construction
activity will be provided a copy of this
Executive order and will be asked to
certify that they will adhere to it.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under these
programs must be submitted
electronically unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in
accordance with the instructions in this
section.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications. Applications for grants
under the SIP, TCCU and ANNH
Programs (CFDA Numbers 84.031A,
84.031T, 84.031N and 84.031W) must be
submitted electronically using 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.
We will reject your application if you
submit it in paper format unless, as
described elsewhere in this section, you
qualify for one of the exceptions to the
electronic submission requirement and
submit, no later than two weeks before
the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you
qualify for one of these exceptions.
Further information regarding
calculation of the date that is two weeks
before the application deadline date is
provided later in this section under
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant
application for the Title III, Part A
Programs at: https://www.grants.gov. You
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must search for the downloadable
application package for these programs
by the CFDA number. Do not include
the CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your
search.
Please note the following:
• 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 submission
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 Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see https://
www.grants.gov/assets/
GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf).
You also must provide on your
application the same D–U–N–S Number
used with this registration. Please note
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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 qualify for
an exception to the electronic
submission requirement, as described
elsewhere in this section, and submit
your application in paper format.
• You must submit all documents
electronically, including 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.
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 Technical Issues with the
Grants.gov System: 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
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(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.
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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.
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission
requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are
unable to submit an application through
the Grants.gov system because—
• You do not have access to the
Internet; or
• You do not have the capacity to
upload large documents to the
Grants.gov system; and
• No later than two weeks before the
application deadline date (14 calendar
days or, if the fourteenth calendar day
before the application deadline date
falls on a Federal holiday, the next
business day following the Federal
holiday), you mail or fax a written
statement to the Department, explaining
which of the two grounds for an
exception prevent you from using the
Internet to submit your application. If
you mail your written statement to the
Department, it must be postmarked no
later than two weeks before the
application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the
Department, we must receive the faxed
statement no later than two weeks
before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your
statement to: Dr. Maria E. Carrington,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K
Street, NW., Room 6033, Washington,
DC 20006–8513 FAX: (202) 502–7861.
Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail. If you qualify for an exception
to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the
U.S. Postal Service or a commercial
carrier), your application to the
Department. You must mail the original
and two copies of your application, on
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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: 84.031A, 84.031T,
84.031N or 84.031W), 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: 84.031A,
84.031T, 84.031N or 84.031W), 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 qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you (or a courier service)
may deliver your paper application to
the Department by hand. You must
deliver the original and two copies of
your application by hand, on or before
the application deadline date, to the
Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number: 84.031A, 84.031T,
84.031N or 84.031W), 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:
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(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
1. Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program are in 34 CFR
607.22(a)–(g). Applicants must address
each of the following selection criteria
(separately for each proposed activity).
The total weight of the selection criteria
is 100 points; the weight of each
criterion is noted in parentheses.
Additional information for these
selection criteria is listed in the
application package for these programs.
(a) Quality of The Applicant’s
Comprehensive Development Plan
(Total 25 Points).
(b) Quality of Activity Objectives
(Total 15 Points).
(c) Quality of Implementation Strategy
(Total 20 Points).
(d) Quality of Key Personnel (Total 7
Points).
(e) Quality of Project Management
Plan (Total 10 Points).
(f) Quality of Evaluation Plan (Total
15 Points).
(g) Budget (Total 8 Points).
Review and Selection Process: For
five-year Individual Development
Grants and five-year Cooperative
Development Grants, awards will be
made in rank order according to the
average score received from a panel of
three readers.
Tie-breaker for Development Grants.
In tie-breaking situations described in
34 CFR 607.23(b) for Development
Grants, regulations for the Title III Part
A Programs require that we award one
additional point to an application from
an IHE that has an endowment fund for
which the market value per FTE student
is less than the comparable average per
FTE student at a similar type IHE. We
also award one additional point to an
application from an IHE that had
expenditures for library materials per
FTE student that are less than the
comparable average per FTE student at
a similar type IHE.
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For the purpose of these funding
considerations, we will use 2003–2004
data.
If a tie remains after applying the tiebreaker mechanism above, priority will
be given in the case of applicants for: (a)
Individual Development Grants to
applicants that have the lowest
endowment values per FTE student; and
(b) Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grants to applicants in
accordance with section 394(b) of the
HEA, if the Secretary determines that
the cooperative arrangement is
geographically and economically sound
or will benefit the applicant institution.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notification
(GAN). We may also notify you
informally.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy
requirements in the application package
and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your
project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial
information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year
award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the
most current performance and financial
expenditure information as specified by
the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118, 34 CFR
75.720, and in 34 CFR 607.31.
4. Performance Measures: The
Secretary has established the following
key performance measures for assessing
the effectiveness of the Title III, Part A
Programs: (1) The number of full-time
degree-seeking undergraduates enrolling
at IHEs. Note that this is a long-term
measure, which will be used to
periodically gauge performance,
beginning in FY 2009; (2) The
percentage of full-time undergraduate
students who were in their first year of
postsecondary enrollment in the
previous year and are enrolled in the
current year at the same institution; (3)
The percentage of students enrolled at
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enrollment; and (4) The percentage of
students enrolled at 2-year IHEs
graduating within 3 years of enrollment.
VII. Agency Contacts
Dr.
Maria E. Carrington, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th
Floor, Washington, DC 20006–8513.
Telephone: (202) 502–7777 or by e-mail:
Maria.Carrington@ed.gov; or Karen W.
Johnson, Telephone: (202) 502–7642 or
by e-mail: Karen.Johnson@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person
listed in this section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the
following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/
fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free
at this site. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–
888–293–6498; or in the Washington,
DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
Note: The official version of this document
is the document published in the Federal
Register. Free Internet access to the official
edition of the Federal Register and the Code
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Dated: May 16, 2006.
James F. Manning,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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List of Approved ‘‘Ability-to-Benefit’’
(ATB) Tests and Passing Scores
Department of Education.
Update notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: This notice provides an
update to the list of ATB tests approved
by the Secretary, pursuant to section
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1965, as amended (HEA), and the
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This notice extends the Secretary’s
approval of the Combined English
Language Skills Assessment (CELSA)
test, with updated passing scores, as an
ATB test for students whose native
language is not English and who are not
fluent in English. It also adds the ESL
Placement (COMPASS/ESL) test as a
newly approved ATB test for students
whose native language is not English
and who are not fluent in English.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Morgan, U.S. Department of
Education, Federal Student Aid, Union
Center Plaza, 830 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20202–5345.
Telephone: (202) 377–4033.
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 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: Under the
HEA and 34 CFR part 668, subpart J,
students who do not have a certificate
of graduation from a school providing
secondary education or its recognized
equivalent must successfully complete
an ATB test as approved by the
Secretary, in order to be eligible for Title
IV, program assistance.
A student who does not have a high
school diploma or its recognized
equivalent whose native language is not
English and is not fluent in English, and
who is enrolled in a program that is
taught in the student’s native language
must take an approved test developed in
the student’s native language. To date,
no non-English ATB tests have been
submitted to the Secretary for approval.
A student who does not have a high
school diploma or its recognized
equivalent whose native language is not
English and is not fluent in English, and
who is enrolled in a program that is
taught in English must take an ATB test
designed to measure the English
language competence of a non-native
speaker. Students who are enrolled in
such a program that has an ‘‘English as
a Second Language’’ (ESL) component
and who are enrolled in the ESL
component, must take an approved ATB
test specifically for a student whose
native language is not English and who
is not fluent in English. Students who
are enrolled in an ESL program only
also must take an approved ATB test
specifically for a student whose native
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information;
Strengthening Institutions, American Indian Tribally Controlled
Colleges and Universities, and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-
Serving Institutions Programs; Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.031A,
84.031T, 84.031N and 84.031W.
Dates:
Applications Available: May 19, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 3, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 5, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs) that
qualify as eligible institutions under the Strengthening Institutions
Program (SIP), American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and
Universities (TCCU) Program, and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-
Serving Institutions (ANNH) Programs may apply for grants under this
notice. These programs are authorized by Title III, Part A, of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), and are known
collectively as the Title III, Part A Programs. To qualify as an
eligible institution under any Title III, Part A Program, an
institution must, among other requirements--
(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to
be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training
offered;
(2) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be
a junior college or to provide an educational program for which it
awards a bachelor's degree;
(3) Be designated as an ``eligible institution'' by demonstrating
that it: (A) has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR
607.3; and (B) has low average educational and general expenditures per
full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR
607.4; The Notice Inviting Applications for Designation as Eligible
Institutions for FY 2006 was published in the Federal Register on
December 16, 2005 (70 FR 74781). The complete eligibility requirements
for the Title III, Part A Programs are in 34 CFR 607.2 through 607.5
and can be accessed from the following Web site: https://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_05/34cfr607_05.html.
Relationship Between the Title III, Part A Programs and the Hispanic-
Serving Institutions (HSI) Program
Note 1: A grantee under the HSI Program, which is authorized by
Title V of the HEA, may not receive a grant under any HEA, Title
III, Part A Program. Further, a current HSI Program grantee may not
give up its HSI grant in order to receive a grant under any Title
III, Part A Program.
Note 2: An eligible HSI that does not fall within the limitation
described in Note 1, i.e., is not a current grantee under the HSI
Program, may apply for a FY 2006 grant under all Title III, Part A
Programs for which it is eligible, as well as under the HSI Program.
However, a successful applicant may receive only one grant.
Note 3: An eligible IHE that previously received a five-year
Individual Development Grant under the SIP Program must wait for two
years after the date the five-year grant ended, including any time
extensions the grant may have received, to apply for another
Individual Development Grant under the SIP Program.
Note 4: An eligible IHE that submits more than one application
may be awarded only one Individual Development Grant or one
Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant in a fiscal year.
Furthermore, we will not award a second Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grant to an otherwise eligible IHE for the same award
year as the institution's existing Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grant award.
Estimated Available Funds: $12,320,000 for new awards under SIP,
$16,605,000 for new awards under the
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TCCU Program and $4,325,000 for new awards under the ANNH Program.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: See chart.
Maximum Award Amounts: See chart. We will not fund any application
at an amount exceeding the maximum amounts specified in the chart for a
single budget period of 12 months. We may choose not to further
consider or review applications with budgets that exceed the maximum
amounts specified, if we conclude, during our initial review of the
application, that the proposed goals and objectives cannot be obtained
with the specified maximum amount.
Estimated Number of Awards: See chart.
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Estimated Estimated
Program name and type of award Maximum award number of average size
amount awards of awards
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Strengthening Institutions Program (83.031A)
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--5-year Individual Development Grants.......................... $400,000 34 $300,00
--5-year Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants............. 500,000 5 400,000
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Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Program (84.031T)
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--5-year Individual Development Grants.......................... 500,000 15 500,000
--1-year Construction Grants.................................... 1,500,000 6 1,500,000
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Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Programs (84.031N and 84.031W)
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--5-year Individual Development Grants.......................... 500,000 2 500,000
--1-year Renovation Grants...................................... 750,000 5 650,000
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Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice. Applicants should periodically check the Title III Part A
Programs Web site for further information. The address is: https://
www.ed.gov/programs/iduestitle3a/.
Project Period: Up to 60 months for development grants and up to 12
months for construction and renovation grants.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The SIP, TCCU, and ANNH Programs provide grants
to eligible IHEs to enable them to improve their academic quality,
institutional management, and fiscal stability, and increase their
self-sufficiency and strengthen their capacity to make a substantial
contribution to the higher education resources of the Nation.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057-1059d.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations for these programs in
34 CFR part 607.
II. Award Information
Type of Awards: Discretionary grants. Five-year Individual
Development Grants; five-year Cooperative Arrangement Development
Grants; one-year TCCU Construction Grants, and one-year ANNH Renovation
Grants will be awarded in FY 2006. Planning grants will not be awarded
in FY 2006.
Estimated Available Funds: $12,320,000 for new awards under SIP,
$16,605,000 for new awards under the TCCU Program and $4,325,000 for
new awards under the ANNH Program.
For specific funding information, see the chart in this section.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: See chart.
Maximum Award Amounts: See chart. We will not fund any application
at an amount exceeding the maximum amounts specified in the chart for a
single budget period of 12 months. We may choose not to further
consider or review applications with budgets that exceed the maximum
amounts specified, if we conclude, during our initial review of the
application, that the proposed goals and objectives cannot be obtained
with the specified maximum amount.
Estimated Number of Awards: See chart.
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Estimated Estimated
Program name and type of award Maximum award number of average size
amount awards of awards
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Strengthening Institutions Program (83.031A)
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--5-year Individual Development Grants.......................... $400,000 34 $300,000
--5-year Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants............. 500,000 5 400,000
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Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities program (84.031T)
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--5-year Individual Development Grants.......................... 500,000 15 500,000
--1-year Construction Grants.................................... 1,500,000 6 1,500,000
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Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian program (84.031N and 84.031W)
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--5-year Individual Development Grants.......................... 500,000 2 500,000
--1-year Renovation Grants...................................... 750,000 5 650,000
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Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice. Applicants should periodically check the Title III Part A
Programs Web site for further information. The address is: https://
www.ed.gov/programs/iduestitle3a/.
Project Period: Up to 60 months for development and up to 12 months
for construction and renovation grants.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs that qualify as eligible institutions
under the SIP, TCCU, and ANNH Programs may apply for grants under this
notice. These programs are authorized by Title III, Part A, of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), and are known
collectively as the Title III, Part A Programs. To qualify as an
eligible institution under any Title III, Part A Program, an
institution must, among other requirements--
(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to
be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training
offered;
(2) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be
a junior college or to provide an educational program for which it
awards a bachelor's degree;
(3) Be designated as an ``eligible institution'' by demonstrating
that it: (A) has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR
607.3; and (B) has low average educational and general expenditures per
full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR
607.4;
The Notice Inviting Applications for Designation as Eligible
Institutions for FY 2006 was published in the Federal Register on
December 16, 2005 (70 FR 74781). The complete eligibility requirements
for the Title III, Part A Programs are in 34 CFR 607.2 through 607.5
and can be accessed from the following Web site: https://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_05/34cfr607_05.html. Relationship
between the Title III, Part A Programs and the HSI Program.
Note 1: A grantee under the HSI Program, which is authorized by
Title V of the HEA, may not receive a grant under any HEA, Title
III, Part A Program. Further, a current HSI Program grantee may not
give up its HSI grant in order to receive a grant under any Title
III, Part A Program.
Note 2: An eligible HSI that does not fall within the limitation
described in Note 1, i.e., is not a current grantee under the HSI
Program, may apply for a FY 2006 grant under all Title III, Part A
Programs for which it is eligible, as well as under the HSI Program.
However, a successful applicant may receive only one grant.
Note 3: An eligible IHE that previously received a five-year
Individual Development Grant under the SIP Program must wait for two
years after the date the five-year grant ended, including any time
extensions the grant may have received, to apply for another
Individual Development Grant under the SIP Program.
Note 4: An eligible IHE that submits more than one application
may be awarded only one Individual Development Grant or one
Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant in a fiscal year.
Furthermore, we will not award a second Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grant to an otherwise eligible IHE for the same award
year as the institution's existing Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grant award.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: There are no cost sharing or matching
requirements, unless the grantee uses a portion of its grant for
establishing or improving an endowment fund. If a grantee uses a
portion of its grant for endowment fund purposes, it must match those
grant funds one to one with non-Federal funds. 20 U.S.C. 1057(d)(2) and
1059c (c)(3)(B).
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Dr. Maria E. Carrington,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor,
Washington, DC 20006-8513. Telephone: (202) 502-7548 or by e-mail:
maria.carrington@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 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 and instructions for these
programs.
Page Limits: We have established mandatory page limits for the
applications to be submitted under this notice. You must limit your
application to the equivalent of no more than 50 pages for an
Individual Development Grant; 70 pages for a Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grant; and 35 pages for a TCCU Construction or ANNH
Renovation Grant under the Title III, Part A Programs, using the
following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1 inch
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides. Page numbers and an
identifier may be within the 1'' margin.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, except titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, captions and all text in charts,
tables, and graphs.
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial. Applications submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will be rejected.
Use not less than 12-point font.
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the Application for
Federal Assistance face sheet (SF 424); the Supplemental Information
form required by the Department of Education; Part II, the Budget
Information summary form (ED Form 524); and Part IV, the Assurances and
Certifications. The page limit also does not apply to a table of
contents nor the program abstract. If you include any attachments or
appendices, these items will be counted as part of the Program
Narrative (Part III of the application) for purposes of the page limit
requirement. You must include your complete response to the selection
criteria in the program narrative.
We will reject your application if--
You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or
You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the
page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: May 19, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 3, 2006.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify
for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, please refer
to section IV. 6. Other Submission Requirements in this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 5, 2006.
4. Intergovernmental Review: These programs are 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 these programs.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference the regulations outlining
funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this
notice.
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Applicability of Executive Order 13202.
Applicants that apply for construction funds under the Title III,
Part A Programs, must comply with Executive Order 13202 signed by
President George W. Bush on February 17, 2001 and amended on April 6,
2001. This Executive order provides that recipients of Federal
construction funds may not ``require or prohibit bidders, offerors,
contractors, or subcontractors to enter into or adhere to agreements
with one or more labor organizations, on the same or other construction
project(s)'' or ``otherwise discriminate against bidders, offerors,
contractors, or subcontractors for becoming or refusing to become or
remain signatories or otherwise adhere to agreements with one or more
labor organizations, on the same or other construction project(s).''
However, the Executive order does not prohibit contractors or
subcontractors from voluntarily entering into these agreements.
Projects funded under these programs that include construction activity
will be provided a copy of this Executive order and will be asked to
certify that they will adhere to it.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
these programs must be submitted electronically unless you qualify for
an exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in
this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications. Applications for grants
under the SIP, TCCU and ANNH Programs (CFDA Numbers 84.031A, 84.031T,
84.031N and 84.031W) must be submitted electronically using 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.
We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant application for the Title III,
Part A Programs at: https://www.grants.gov. You must search for the
downloadable application package for these programs by the CFDA number.
Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search.
Please note the following:
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 submission 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
Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see https://www.grants.gov/assets/
GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf). You also must 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 qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your
application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
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. 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 Technical Issues
with the Grants.gov System: 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
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(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.
Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov system; and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you
mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed
statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Dr. Maria E. Carrington,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6033,
Washington, DC 20006-8513 FAX: (202) 502-7861.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail. If you qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, you may mail
(through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), your
application to the Department. You must mail the original and two
copies of your application, on or before the application deadline date,
to the Department at the applicable following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number:
84.031A, 84.031T, 84.031N or 84.031W), 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:
84.031A, 84.031T, 84.031N or 84.031W), 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
qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, you
(or a courier service) may deliver your paper application to the
Department by hand. You must deliver the original and two copies of
your application by hand, on or before the application deadline date,
to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number:
84.031A, 84.031T, 84.031N or 84.031W), 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
1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are
in 34 CFR 607.22(a)-(g). Applicants must address each of the following
selection criteria (separately for each proposed activity). The total
weight of the selection criteria is 100 points; the weight of each
criterion is noted in parentheses. Additional information for these
selection criteria is listed in the application package for these
programs.
(a) Quality of The Applicant's Comprehensive Development Plan
(Total 25 Points).
(b) Quality of Activity Objectives (Total 15 Points).
(c) Quality of Implementation Strategy (Total 20 Points).
(d) Quality of Key Personnel (Total 7 Points).
(e) Quality of Project Management Plan (Total 10 Points).
(f) Quality of Evaluation Plan (Total 15 Points).
(g) Budget (Total 8 Points).
Review and Selection Process: For five-year Individual Development
Grants and five-year Cooperative Development Grants, awards will be
made in rank order according to the average score received from a panel
of three readers.
Tie-breaker for Development Grants. In tie-breaking situations
described in 34 CFR 607.23(b) for Development Grants, regulations for
the Title III Part A Programs require that we award one additional
point to an application from an IHE that has an endowment fund for
which the market value per FTE student is less than the comparable
average per FTE student at a similar type IHE. We also award one
additional point to an application from an IHE that had expenditures
for library materials per FTE student that are less than the comparable
average per FTE student at a similar type IHE.
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For the purpose of these funding considerations, we will use 2003-
2004 data.
If a tie remains after applying the tie-breaker mechanism above,
priority will be given in the case of applicants for: (a) Individual
Development Grants to applicants that have the lowest endowment values
per FTE student; and (b) Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants to
applicants in accordance with section 394(b) of the HEA, if the
Secretary determines that the cooperative arrangement is geographically
and economically sound or will benefit the applicant institution.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may also notify you informally.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual performance report that provides the most current performance
and financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in
34 CFR 75.118, 34 CFR 75.720, and in 34 CFR 607.31.
4. Performance Measures: The Secretary has established the
following key performance measures for assessing the effectiveness of
the Title III, Part A Programs: (1) The number of full-time degree-
seeking undergraduates enrolling at IHEs. Note that this is a long-term
measure, which will be used to periodically gauge performance,
beginning in FY 2009; (2) The percentage of full-time undergraduate
students who were in their first year of postsecondary enrollment in
the previous year and are enrolled in the current year at the same
institution; (3) The percentage of students enrolled at 4-year IHEs
graduating within 6 years of enrollment; and (4) The percentage of
students enrolled at 2-year IHEs graduating within 3 years of
enrollment.
VII. Agency Contacts
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Maria E. Carrington, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC
20006-8513. Telephone: (202) 502-7777 or by e-mail:
Maria.Carrington@ed.gov; or Karen W. Johnson, Telephone: (202) 502-7642
or by e-mail: Karen.Johnson@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the program contact person listed in this
section.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document 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: May 16, 2006.
James F. Manning,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. E6-7684 Filed 5-18-06; 8:45 am]
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