Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Overview Information; Alaska Native Education Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007, 2497-2501 [E7-683]
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claims under the Equal Access to Justice
Act.
18. The Commission may publicize
the terms of the Settlement Agreement
and Order.
19. This Settlement Agreement and
Order shall apply to, and be binding
upon, Nexgrill and each of its
successors and assigns.
20. The Commission’s Order in this
matter is issued under the provisions of
the CPSA, 15 U.S.C. 2051–2084, and a
violation of this Order may subject
Nexgrill to appropriate legal action.
21. This Settlement Agreement may
be used in interpreting the Order.
Agreements, understandings,
representations, or interpretations made
outside of this Settlement Agreement
and Order may not be used to vary or
contradict its terms.
22. This Settlement Agreement shall
not be waived, changed, amended,
modified, or otherwise altered without
written agreement thereto executed by
the party against whom such
amendment, modification, alteration, or
waiver is sought to be enforced.
23. If after the effective date hereof,
any provision of this Settlement
Agreement and Order is held to be
illegal, invalid, or unenforceable under
present or future laws effective during
the terms of the Settlement Agreement
and Order, such provisions shall be
fully severable. The rest of the
Settlement Agreement and Order shall
remain in full effect, unless the
Commission and Nexgrill determine
that severing the provision materially
changes the purpose of the Settlement
Agreement and Order.
Nexgrill Industries, Inc.
Dated: January 2, 2007.
Sherman Lin,
Vice President, Operations, Nexgrill
Industries, Inc., 280 Machlin Court,
Walnut, CA 91789.
Dated: January 3, 2007.
Mac. S. Dunaway,
Matthew F. Hall,
Dunaway & Cross, P.C., Attorneys for
Nexgrill, Industries, Inc., 1100 Connecticut
Avenue, NW., Suite 410, Washington, DC
20036.
Commission.
John Gibson Mullan,
Assistant Executive Director, Office of
Compliance and Field Operations,
Consumer Product Safety Commission,
4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, MD
20814.
Ronald G. Yelenik,
Acting Director, Legal Division, Office of
Compliance and Field Operations.
Dated: January 3, 2007.
Dennis C. Kacoyanis,
Trial Attorney, Legal Division, Office of
Compliance and Field Operations.
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Order
Upon consideration of the Settlement
Agreement entered into between
Nexgrill Industries, Inc., (‘‘Nexgrill’’)
and the staff of the Consumer Product
Safety Commission (‘‘the Commission’’);
and the Commission having jurisdiction
over the subject matter and Nexgrill;
and it appearing that the Settlement
Agreement and Order is in the public
interest, it is ordered that the Settlement
Agreement be, and hereby, is accepted;
and it is further ordered that Nexgrill
shall pay a civil penalty of THREE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
($300,000.00) in three installments as
follows: SEVENTY–FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($75,000.00) shall be paid
within twenty (20) calendar days of
service of the Final Order upon Nexgrill;
ONE–HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($100,000.00) shall be paid
within one (1) year of service of the
Final Order upon Nexgrill; and ONE
HUNDRED TWENTY–FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($125,000.00)
shall be paid within two (2) years of
service of the Final Order upon Nexgrill.
Upon the failure of Nexgrill to make any
of the foregoing payments when due,
the entire amount of the civil penalty
shall become due and payable, and
interest on the outstanding balance shall
accrue and be paid at the Federal legal
rate of interest under the provisions of
28 U.S.C. 1961(a) and (b).
Provisionally accepted and provisional
Order issued on the 12th day of January,
2007.
By Order of the Commission.
Todd A. Stevenson,
Secretary, Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education; Overview Information;
Alaska Native Education Program;
Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.356A.
Dates: Applications Available:
January 19, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 5, 2007.
Eligible Applicants: (a) Alaska Native
organizations;
(b) Educational entities with
experience in developing or operating
Alaska Native programs or programs of
instruction conducted in Alaska Native
languages;
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(c) Cultural and community-based
organizations with experience in
developing or operating programs to
benefit Alaska Natives; and
(d) Consortia of organizations and
entities described in this paragraph to
carry out activities that meet the
purposes of this program.
Note: A State educational agency (SEA) or
local educational agency (LEA) may apply for
an award under this program only as part of
a consortium involving an Alaska Native
organization. The consortium may include
other eligible applicants.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration has requested
$33,908,000 for this program for FY
2007, of which we intend to use an
estimated $2,318,000 for new awards.
The actual level of funding, if any,
depends on final congressional action.
However, we are inviting applications to
allow enough time to complete the grant
process if Congress appropriates funds
for this program. Contingent upon the
availability of funds and the quality of
applications, the Secretary may make
additional awards in FY 2008 from the
list of unfunded applicants from this
competition.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$300,000–$600,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$450,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 5–8.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
this program is to develop and support
supplemental educational programs to
benefit Alaska Natives. Permissible
activities under this program include
the following: (1) Development and
implementation of plans, methods, and
strategies to improve the education of
Alaska Natives; (2) Development of
curricula and educational programs that
address the educational needs of Alaska
Native students; (3) Professional
development activities for educators; (4)
Development and operation of home
instruction programs for Alaska Native
preschool children, to ensure the active
involvement of parents in their
children’s education from the earliest
ages; (5) Family literacy services; (6)
Development and operation of student
enrichment programs in science and
mathematics; (7) Research and data
collection activities to determine the
educational status and needs of Alaska
Native children and adults; (8) Other
research and evaluation activities
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related to programs carried out under
Alaska Native education programs; (9)
Remedial and enrichment programs to
assist Alaska Native students in
performing at a high level on
standardized tests; (10) Education and
training of Alaska Native students
enrolled in a degree program that will
lead to certification or licensing as
teachers; (11) Parenting education for
parents and caregivers of Alaska Native
children to improve parenting and
caregiving skills (including skills
relating to discipline and cognitive
development and parenting education
provided through in-home visitation of
new mothers); (12) Activities carried out
through Even Start programs under
subpart 3 of part B of Title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), and
Head Start programs under the Head
Start Act, including the training of
teachers for Even Start and Head Start
programs; (13) Other early learning and
preschool programs; (14) Dropout
prevention programs; (15) Career
preparation activities to enable Alaska
Native children and adults to prepare
for meaningful employment, including
programs providing ‘‘tech-prep,’’
mentoring, training, and apprenticeship
activities; (16) Provision of operational
support and purchasing of equipment to
develop regional vocational schools in
rural areas of Alaska, including
boarding schools, for Alaska Native
students in grades 9 through 12, or at
higher levels of education, to provide
the students with necessary resources to
prepare for skilled employment
opportunities; (17) Construction of
facilities that support the operation of
Alaska Native education programs; and
(18) Other activities, consistent with the
purposes of this program, to meet the
educational needs of Alaska Native
children and adults.
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Note: Construction will be a permissible
activity under this competition only if
Congress appropriates funds for this program
for FY 2007 and specifically authorizes the
use of such funds for construction.
Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from
section 7304(c) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C.
7544(c)).
Competitive Preference Priority: For
FY 2007 and any subsequent year in
which we make awards based on the list
of unfunded applications from this
competition, this priority is a
competitive preference priority. Under
34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award an
additional five points to an application
that meets this priority.
This priority is:
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The Secretary gives priority to
applications from Alaska Native
regional nonprofit organizations or
consortia that include at least one
Alaska Native regional nonprofit
organization. In order to receive a
competitive preference under this
priority, an application must provide
documentation supporting its claim that
it meets this priority.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7541 et seq.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84,
85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to institutions of higher education
only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration has requested
$33,908,000 for this program for FY
2007, of which we intend to use an
estimated $2,318,000 for new awards.
The actual level of funding, if any,
depends on final congressional action.
However, we are inviting applications to
allow enough time to complete the grant
process if Congress appropriates funds
for this program. Contingent upon the
availability of funds and the quality of
applications, the Secretary may make
additional awards in FY 2008 from the
list of unfunded applicants from this
competition.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$300,000–$600,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$450,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 5–8.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: (a) Alaska
Native organizations;
(b) Educational entities with
experience in developing or operating
Alaska Native programs or programs of
instruction conducted in Alaska Native
languages;
(c) Cultural and community-based
organizations with experience in
developing or operating programs to
benefit Alaska Natives; and
(d) Consortia of organizations and
entities described in this paragraph to
carry out activities that meet the
purposes of this program.
Note: An SEA or LEA may apply for an
award under this program only as part of a
consortium involving an Alaska Native
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organization. The consortium may include
other eligible applicants.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
competition does not involve cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: To obtain a copy of the
application package via the Internet use
the following addresses: www.grants.gov
or https://www.ed.gov/programs/
alaskanative/applicant.html.
Individuals may also obtain a copy of
the application package by contacting
the program contact person listed in this
section.
Address and mail your request for
information to Alexis Fisher, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Room 3W217,
Washington, DC 20202–6200.
Telephone: (202) 401–0281 or by e-mail:
alexis.fisher@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 for this
competition.
Page Limit: The application narrative
is where you, the applicant, address the
selection criteria that reviewers use to
evaluate your application. We strongly
encourage you to limit the application
narrative (text plus all figures, charts,
tables, and diagrams) to the equivalent
of no more than 25 pages, using the
following standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side
only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom,
and both sides.
• Double space (no more than three
lines per vertical inch) all text in the
application narrative, including titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, and captions, as well as all
text in charts, tables, figures, and
graphs.
• Use a font that is either 12 point or
larger or no smaller than 10 pitch
(characters per inch).
The recommended page limit does not
apply to the cover sheet; the budget
section, including the narrative budget
justification; the assurances and
certifications; the abstract; the resumes;
or the appendices.
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3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: January 19,
2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 5, 2007.
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.
Individuals with disabilities who
need an accommodation or auxiliary aid
in connection with the application
process should contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
competition is not subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
CFR parts 79.
5. Funding Restrictions: Under section
7304(b) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7544(b)),
not more than five percent of funds
provided to a grantee under this
competition for any fiscal year may be
used for administrative purposes.
We reference additional regulations
outlining funding restrictions in the
Applicable Regulations section of this
notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically, unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in
accordance with the instructions in this
section.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications. Applications for grants
under the Alaska Native Education
Program, CFDA Number 84.356A must
be submitted electronically using the
Governmentwide 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 email 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.
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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 Alaska Native
Education Program at https://
www.Grants.gov. You must search for
the downloadable application package
for this program by the CFDA number.
Do not include the CFDA number’s
alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search
for 84.326, not 84.326A).
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 date and time stamped. Your
application must be fully uploaded and
submitted, and must be date and 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 and 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 and 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 steps
in the Grants.gov registration process
(see https://www.grants.gov/applicants/
get_registered.jsp). These steps include
(1) registering your organization, a
multi-part process that includes
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registration with the Central Contractor
Registry (CCR); (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/section910/
Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.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 submit
successfully an application via
Grants.gov. In addition you will need to
update your CCR registration on an
annual basis. This may take three or
more business days to complete.
• 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
you typically provide on the following
forms: Application for Federal
Assistance (SF 424), the Department of
Education Supplemental Information for
SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all
necessary assurances and certifications.
Please note that two of these forms—the
SF 424 and the Department of Education
Supplemental Information for SF 424—
have replaced the ED 424 (Application
for Federal Assistance).
• 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 in this paragraph 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 from
Grants.gov an automatic notification of
receipt that contains a Grants.gov
tracking number. (This notification
indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not
receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your
application from Grants.gov and send a
second notification to you by e-mail.
This second notification indicates that
the Department has received your
application and has assigned your
application a PR/Award number (an ED-
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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
experiencing problems submitting your
application through Grants.gov, please
contact the Grants.gov Support Desk at
1–800–518–4726. You must obtain a
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number
and must keep a record of it.
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
instruction described elsewhere in this
notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30
p.m., Washington DC time, on the
application 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. 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: The extensions to which we refer 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
application 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
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• 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: Alexis Fisher, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 3W217,
Washington, DC 20202–6200.
Telephone: (202) 401–0821. FAX: (202)
260–8969.
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 84.356A), Washington,
DC 20202–4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Stop 4260,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.356A),
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.
(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:
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(1) A private metered postmark.
(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 84.356A), 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 11 of the SF 424
form the CFDA number, including suffix
letter, if any, of the competition under
which you are submitting your
application; and
(2) The Application Control Center
will mail to you a notification of receipt
of your grant application. If you do not
receive this notification 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: We will use the
following selection criteria from 34 CFR
75.210 to evaluate applications for new
grants under this competition. The
maximum score for all criteria is 100
points. The maximum score for each
criterion is indicated in parentheses.
The selection criteria for this
competition are as follows:
(a) Need for project (20 points). The
Secretary considers the need for the
proposed project. In determining the
need for the proposed project, the
Secretary considers the magnitude of
the need for the services to be provided
or the activities to be carried out by the
proposed project.
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(b) Quality of the project design (30
points). The Secretary considers the
quality of the design of the proposed
project. In determining the quality of the
design of the proposed project, the
Secretary considers the extent to which
the design of the proposed project is
appropriate to, and will successfully
address, the needs of the target
population or other identified needs.
(c) Quality of the management plan
(20 points). The Secretary considers the
quality of the management plan for the
proposed project. In determining the
quality of the management plan for the
proposed project, the Secretary
considers the adequacy of the
management plan to achieve the
objectives of the proposed project on
time and within budget, including
clearly defined responsibilities,
timelines, and milestones for
accomplishing project tasks.
(d) Adequacy of resources (15 points).
The Secretary considers the adequacy of
resources for the proposed project. In
determining the adequacy of resources
for the proposed project, the Secretary
considers the extent to which the budget
is adequate to support the proposed
project.
(e) Quality of the project evaluation
(15 points). The Secretary considers the
quality of the evaluation to be
conducted of the proposed project. In
determining the quality of the
evaluation, the Secretary considers the
following factors:
(i) The extent to which the methods
of evaluation are thorough, feasible, and
appropriate to the goals, objectives, and
outcomes of the proposed project.
(ii) The extent to which the methods
of evaluation include the use of
objective performance measures that are
clearly related to the intended outcomes
of the project and will produce
quantitative and qualitative data to the
extent possible.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notification
(GAN). We may also notify you
informally.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy
requirements in the application package
and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
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this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your
project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial
information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year
award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the
most current performance and financial
expenditure information as specified by
the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: The Alaska
Native Education Program seeks to
support supplemental education
programs to benefit Alaska Native
populations. The Department uses the
following performance targets to
measure the program’s success: (1) The
percentage of Alaska Native students
who meet or exceed proficiency
standards in mathematics, science, or
reading; (2) The percentage of Alaska
Native children who improve on
measures of school readiness; and (3)
The dropout rate of Alaska Native
middle and high school students.
Each grantee is expected to submit an
annual performance report documenting
its contributions in assisting the
Department in meeting these
performance measures.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact:
Alexis Fisher, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Room 3W217, Washington, DC 20202–
6200. Telephone: (202) 401–0281 or by
e-mail: alexis.fisher@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
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Note: The official version of this document
is the document published in the Federal
Register. Free Internet access to the official
edition of the Federal Register and the Code
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Dated: January 12, 2007.
Raymond Simon,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA 84.060A]
Indian Education Formula Grants to
Local Educational Agencies—Notice
Inviting Applications for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2007
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of Program: The Indian
Education Formula Grant to Local
Educational Agencies program provides
grants to support local educational
agencies (LEAs) and other eligible
entities described in this notice in their
efforts to reform and improve
elementary and secondary school
programs that serve Indian students.
The Department funds programs
designed to assist Indian students to
meet the same challenging State
academic content and student academic
achievement standards used for all
students. In addition, under section
7116 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, as amended
(ESEA), the Secretary will, upon receipt
of an acceptable plan for the integration
of education and related services,
authorize the entity receiving the funds
under this program to consolidate, in
accordance with the entity’s plan, the
funds for any Federal program
exclusively serving Indian children, or
the funds reserved under any Federal
program to exclusively serve Indian
children, that are awarded under a
statutory or administrative formula to
the entity, for the purposes of providing
education and related services to Indian
students. Instructions for submitting an
integration of education and related
services plan are included in the webbased EASIE application system
described elsewhere in this notice under
Application Process and Submission
Information.
Eligible Applicants: LEAs, certain
schools funded by the Bureau of Indian
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Overview
Information; Alaska Native Education Program; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.356A.
Dates: Applications Available: January 19, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 5, 2007.
Eligible Applicants: (a) Alaska Native organizations;
(b) Educational entities with experience in developing or operating
Alaska Native programs or programs of instruction conducted in Alaska
Native languages;
(c) Cultural and community-based organizations with experience in
developing or operating programs to benefit Alaska Natives; and
(d) Consortia of organizations and entities described in this
paragraph to carry out activities that meet the purposes of this
program.
Note: A State educational agency (SEA) or local educational
agency (LEA) may apply for an award under this program only as part
of a consortium involving an Alaska Native organization. The
consortium may include other eligible applicants.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$33,908,000 for this program for FY 2007, of which we intend to use an
estimated $2,318,000 for new awards. The actual level of funding, if
any, depends on final congressional action. However, we are inviting
applications to allow enough time to complete the grant process if
Congress appropriates funds for this program. Contingent upon the
availability of funds and the quality of applications, the Secretary
may make additional awards in FY 2008 from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $300,000-$600,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $450,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 5-8.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to develop and
support supplemental educational programs to benefit Alaska Natives.
Permissible activities under this program include the following: (1)
Development and implementation of plans, methods, and strategies to
improve the education of Alaska Natives; (2) Development of curricula
and educational programs that address the educational needs of Alaska
Native students; (3) Professional development activities for educators;
(4) Development and operation of home instruction programs for Alaska
Native preschool children, to ensure the active involvement of parents
in their children's education from the earliest ages; (5) Family
literacy services; (6) Development and operation of student enrichment
programs in science and mathematics; (7) Research and data collection
activities to determine the educational status and needs of Alaska
Native children and adults; (8) Other research and evaluation
activities
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related to programs carried out under Alaska Native education programs;
(9) Remedial and enrichment programs to assist Alaska Native students
in performing at a high level on standardized tests; (10) Education and
training of Alaska Native students enrolled in a degree program that
will lead to certification or licensing as teachers; (11) Parenting
education for parents and caregivers of Alaska Native children to
improve parenting and caregiving skills (including skills relating to
discipline and cognitive development and parenting education provided
through in-home visitation of new mothers); (12) Activities carried out
through Even Start programs under subpart 3 of part B of Title I of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), and
Head Start programs under the Head Start Act, including the training of
teachers for Even Start and Head Start programs; (13) Other early
learning and preschool programs; (14) Dropout prevention programs; (15)
Career preparation activities to enable Alaska Native children and
adults to prepare for meaningful employment, including programs
providing ``tech-prep,'' mentoring, training, and apprenticeship
activities; (16) Provision of operational support and purchasing of
equipment to develop regional vocational schools in rural areas of
Alaska, including boarding schools, for Alaska Native students in
grades 9 through 12, or at higher levels of education, to provide the
students with necessary resources to prepare for skilled employment
opportunities; (17) Construction of facilities that support the
operation of Alaska Native education programs; and (18) Other
activities, consistent with the purposes of this program, to meet the
educational needs of Alaska Native children and adults.
Note: Construction will be a permissible activity under this
competition only if Congress appropriates funds for this program for
FY 2007 and specifically authorizes the use of such funds for
construction.
Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority
is from section 7304(c) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7544(c)).
Competitive Preference Priority: For FY 2007 and any subsequent
year in which we make awards based on the list of unfunded applications
from this competition, this priority is a competitive preference
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award an additional five
points to an application that meets this priority.
This priority is:
The Secretary gives priority to applications from Alaska Native
regional nonprofit organizations or consortia that include at least one
Alaska Native regional nonprofit organization. In order to receive a
competitive preference under this priority, an application must provide
documentation supporting its claim that it meets this priority.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7541 et seq.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$33,908,000 for this program for FY 2007, of which we intend to use an
estimated $2,318,000 for new awards. The actual level of funding, if
any, depends on final congressional action. However, we are inviting
applications to allow enough time to complete the grant process if
Congress appropriates funds for this program. Contingent upon the
availability of funds and the quality of applications, the Secretary
may make additional awards in FY 2008 from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $300,000-$600,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $450,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 5-8.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: (a) Alaska Native organizations;
(b) Educational entities with experience in developing or operating
Alaska Native programs or programs of instruction conducted in Alaska
Native languages;
(c) Cultural and community-based organizations with experience in
developing or operating programs to benefit Alaska Natives; and
(d) Consortia of organizations and entities described in this
paragraph to carry out activities that meet the purposes of this
program.
Note: An SEA or LEA may apply for an award under this program
only as part of a consortium involving an Alaska Native
organization. The consortium may include other eligible applicants.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This competition does not involve cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: To obtain a copy of the
application package via the Internet use the following addresses:
www.grants.gov or https://www.ed.gov/programs/alaskanative/
applicant.html. Individuals may also obtain a copy of the application
package by contacting the program contact person listed in this
section.
Address and mail your request for information to Alexis Fisher,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3W217,
Washington, DC 20202-6200. Telephone: (202) 401-0281 or by e-mail:
alexis.fisher@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 for this competition.
Page Limit: The application narrative is where you, the applicant,
address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your
application. We strongly encourage you to limit the application
narrative (text plus all figures, charts, tables, and diagrams) to the
equivalent of no more than 25 pages, using the following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1''
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller
than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
The recommended page limit does not apply to the cover sheet; the
budget section, including the narrative budget justification; the
assurances and certifications; the abstract; the resumes; or the
appendices.
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3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications Available: January 19,
2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 5, 2007.
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.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the person listed under For Further Information Contact.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is not subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR parts 79.
5. Funding Restrictions: Under section 7304(b) of the ESEA (20
U.S.C. 7544(b)), not more than five percent of funds provided to a
grantee under this competition for any fiscal year may be used for
administrative purposes.
We reference additional regulations outlining funding restrictions
in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this competition must be submitted electronically, unless you qualify
for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the
instructions in this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications. Applications for grants
under the Alaska Native Education Program, CFDA Number 84.356A must be
submitted electronically using the Governmentwide 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 Alaska
Native Education Program at https://www.Grants.gov. You must search for
the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA
number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search
(e.g., search for 84.326, not 84.326A).
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 date and time
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and
must be date and 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 and 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 and 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://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf
To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see https://
www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp). These steps include (1)
registering your organization, a multi-part process that includes
registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR); (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/section910/
Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.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 submit successfully an application via Grants.gov. In
addition you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual
basis. This may take three or more business days to complete.
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 you typically provide on the following forms:
Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of
Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and
certifications. Please note that two of these forms--the SF 424 and the
Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424--have
replaced the ED 424 (Application for Federal Assistance).
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 in this paragraph 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 from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates
receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send
a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification
indicates that the Department has received your application and has
assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-
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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 experiencing problems submitting
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov
Support Desk at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a Grants.gov Support
Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
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
instruction described elsewhere in this notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington DC time,
on the application 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. 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: The extensions to which we refer 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 application 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: Alexis Fisher, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3W217,
Washington, DC 20202-6200. Telephone: (202) 401-0821. FAX: (202) 260-
8969.
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
84.356A), Washington, DC 20202-4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.356A), 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.
(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.
(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
84.356A), 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 11 of the SF 424 form the CFDA number, including
suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are
submitting your application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a notification
of receipt of your grant application. If you do not receive this
notification 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: We will use the following selection criteria
from 34 CFR 75.210 to evaluate applications for new grants under this
competition. The maximum score for all criteria is 100 points. The
maximum score for each criterion is indicated in parentheses.
The selection criteria for this competition are as follows:
(a) Need for project (20 points). The Secretary considers the need
for the proposed project. In determining the need for the proposed
project, the Secretary considers the magnitude of the need for the
services to be provided or the activities to be carried out by the
proposed project.
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(b) Quality of the project design (30 points). The Secretary
considers the quality of the design of the proposed project. In
determining the quality of the design of the proposed project, the
Secretary considers the extent to which the design of the proposed
project is appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of
the target population or other identified needs.
(c) Quality of the management plan (20 points). The Secretary
considers the quality of the management plan for the proposed project.
In determining the quality of the management plan for the proposed
project, the Secretary considers the adequacy of the management plan to
achieve the objectives of the proposed project on time and within
budget, including clearly defined responsibilities, timelines, and
milestones for accomplishing project tasks.
(d) Adequacy of resources (15 points). The Secretary considers the
adequacy of resources for the proposed project. In determining the
adequacy of resources for the proposed project, the Secretary considers
the extent to which the budget is adequate to support the proposed
project.
(e) Quality of the project evaluation (15 points). The Secretary
considers the quality of the evaluation to be conducted of the proposed
project. In determining the quality of the evaluation, the Secretary
considers the following factors:
(i) The extent to which the methods of evaluation are thorough,
feasible, and appropriate to the goals, objectives, and outcomes of the
proposed project.
(ii) The extent to which the methods of evaluation include the use
of objective performance measures that are clearly related to the
intended outcomes of the project and will produce quantitative and
qualitative data to the extent possible.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may also notify you informally.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual performance report that provides the most current performance
and financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in
34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: The Alaska Native Education Program seeks
to support supplemental education programs to benefit Alaska Native
populations. The Department uses the following performance targets to
measure the program's success: (1) The percentage of Alaska Native
students who meet or exceed proficiency standards in mathematics,
science, or reading; (2) The percentage of Alaska Native children who
improve on measures of school readiness; and (3) The dropout rate of
Alaska Native middle and high school students.
Each grantee is expected to submit an annual performance report
documenting its contributions in assisting the Department in meeting
these performance measures.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Alexis Fisher, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3W217, Washington, DC 20202-
6200. Telephone: (202) 401-0281 or by e-mail: alexis.fisher@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: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Dated: January 12, 2007.
Raymond Simon,
Deputy Secretary.
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