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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education Overview Information;
Improving Literacy Through School
Libraries Program; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.364A.
DATES: Applications Available: February
16, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 2, 2007.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 1, 2007.
Eligible Applicants: Local educational
agencies (LEAs) in which at least 20
percent of the students served by the
LEA are from families with incomes
below the poverty line based on the
most recent satisfactory data available
from the U.S. Census Bureau at the time
this notice is published. These data are
Small Area Income and Poverty
Estimates for school districts for income
year 2004. A list of LEAs with their
family poverty rates (based on these
Census Bureau data) is posted on our
Web site at: https://www.ed.gov/
programs/lsl/eligibility.html.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration has requested
$19,486,000 for this program for FY
2007. 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 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:
$30,000—$300,000.
Note: Actual award amounts will be based
on the number of schools and students
served by the project.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$190,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 100.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 84.364A Improving Literacy through
School Libraries Program)
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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
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index.html.
Full Text of Announcement
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6383.
Dated: February 13, 2007.
Raymond Simon,
Deputy Secretary of Education.
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Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 12 months.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
this program is to improve student
reading skills and academic
achievement by providing students with
increased access to up-to-date school
library materials; well-equipped,
technologically advanced school library
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media centers; and well-trained,
professionally certified school library
media specialists.
Priority: This priority is from the
notice of final priority for this program,
published elsewhere in this issue of the
Federal Register.
Competitive Preference Priority: For
FY 2007, and any subsequent year in
which we make awards based on the
lists of unfunded applications from this
competition, this priority is a
competitive preference priority. Under
34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to
an additional 5 points to an application,
depending on how well the application
meets this priority.
Under this priority, we give priority to
projects that demonstrate in their grant
applications that the proposed literacy
project services are comprehensive and
aligned with a school or district
improvement plan. A school
improvement plan may include the
required two-year plan (under section
1116(b)(3) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as
amended by the No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001) that addresses the
academic issues that caused a school to
be identified as in need of improvement.
The plan could also include a voluntary
plan developed by the school or district
to improve academic achievement. The
applicant must clearly describe the
improvement plan that is in place,
whether it is for the school or the entire
district, the reasons why the plan was
put in place, and how the proposed
project and the operation of the school
library media center will directly
support the academic goals established
in the improvement plan.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6383.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84,
85, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The notice of final
clarification of eligible local activities,
published in the Federal Register on
April 5, 2004 (69 FR 17894). (c) The
notice of final priority, published
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal
Register.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration has requested
$19,486,000 for this program for FY
2007. The actual level of funding, if any,
depends on final congressional action.
However, we are inviting applications
now to allow enough time to complete
the grant process if Congress
appropriates funds for this program.
Contingent upon the availability of
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funds and 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: $30,000–
$300,000.
Note: Actual award amounts will be based
on the number of schools and students
served by the project.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$190,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 100.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 12 months.
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III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: LEAs in which
at least 20 percent of the students served
by the LEA are from families with
incomes below the poverty line based
on the most recent satisfactory data
available from the U.S. Census Bureau
at the time this notice is published.
These data are Small Area Income and
Poverty Estimates for school districts for
income year 2004. A list of LEAs with
their family poverty rates (based on
these Census Bureau data) is posted on
our Web site at: https://www.ed.gov/
programs/lsl/eligibility.html.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not involve cost sharing
or matching but does involve
supplement-not-supplant funding
provisions. Funds made available under
this program must be used to
supplement, and not supplant, other
Federal, State, and local funds
expended to carry out activities relating
to library, technology, or professional
development activities (20 U.S.C.
6383(i)).
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address To Request Application
Package: You may obtain an application
package via the Internet or from the
Education Publications Center (ED
Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet
use the following addresses: https://
www.grants.gov or https://www.ed.gov/
programs/lsl/applicant.html. To obtain
a copy from ED Pubs, write or call the
following: ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398,
Jessup, MD 20794–1398. Telephone (toll
free): 1–877–433–7827. FAX: (301) 470–
1244. If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
(toll free): 1–877–576–7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its
Web site: https://www.ed.gov/pubs/
edpubs.html or you may contact ED
Pubs at its e-mail address:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED
Pubs, be sure to identify this
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competition as follows: CFDA number
84.364A.
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 under section VII
of this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
program. An Eligibility Form is
included in the application package.
You must fill out the Eligibility Form,
following the instructions provided in
the application package.
Page Limit: The application narrative
(Part III of the application) is where you,
the applicant, address the selection
criteria that reviewers use to evaluate
your application. You must limit Part III
to the equivalent of no more than 15
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 page limit does not apply to Part
I, the cover sheet; Part II, budget section,
including the narrative budget
justification; Part VI, the assurances and
certifications; or the one-page abstract,
the resumes, the bibliography, or the
letters of support. However, you must
include all of the application narrative
in Part III. Charter schools and State
administered schools must include
some form of documentation from their
State educational agency (SEA)
confirming eligibility for this program.
This documentation is not counted
toward the page limit.
Our reviewers will not read any pages
of your application that—
• Exceed the page limit if you apply
these standards; or
• Exceed the equivalent of the page
limit if you apply other standards.
Appendices to the narrative are not
permitted, with the exception of
resumes and endnotes. None of the
material sent as appendices to the
narrative, with the exception of resumes
and endnotes, will be sent to the
reviewers.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
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Applications Available: February 16,
2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 2, 2007.
Applications for grants under this
program 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.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 1, 2007.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is subject to Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR
part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs under Executive Order 12372
is in the application package for this
program.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference
regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
program 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 Improving Literacy Through
School Libraries program, CFDA
Number 84.364A must be submitted
electronically using the
Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site
at http//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 Improving Literacy
Through School Libraries 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 84.364, not 84.364A).
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
Education 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 Education 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
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application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified 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
instructions 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
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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: Irene Harwarth, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Room 3W227,
Washington, DC 20202–6200, Fax: (202)
260–8969; or Miriam Lund, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Room 3W258,
Washington, DC 20202–6200, 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 84.364A), 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 84.364A),
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.
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If you mail your application through
the U.S. Postal Service, we do not
accept either of the following as proof
of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after
the application deadline date, we will
not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
relying on this method, you should check
with your local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications
by Hand Delivery. If you 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 84.364A), 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 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
1. Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program are from section
1251 of the ESEA and 34 CFR 75.210
and are as follows. The maximum score
for all of these criteria is 100 points. The
maximum score for each criterion is
indicated in parentheses. We evaluate
an application by determining how well
the proposed project meets the
following criteria:
(a) Meeting the purpose of the statute
(5 points). How well the proposed
project addresses the intended outcome
of the statute: To improve student
reading skills and academic
achievement by providing students with
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increased access to up-to-date school
library materials; a well-equipped,
technologically advanced school library
media center; and well-trained,
professionally certified school library
media specialists.
(b) Need for school library resources
(5 points). How well the applicant
demonstrates the need for school library
media improvement, based on the age
and condition of school library media
resources, including book collections;
access of school library media centers to
advanced technology; and the
availability of well-trained,
professionally certified school library
media specialists, in schools served by
the applicant.
(c) Use of funds (40 points). How well
the applicant will use the funds made
available through the grant to carry out
one or more of the following activities
that meet its demonstrated needs:
(1) Acquiring up-to-date school
library media resources, including
books.
(2) Acquiring and using advanced
technology, incorporated into the
curricula of the school, to develop and
enhance students’ skills in retrieving
and making use of information and in
critical thinking.
(3) Facilitating Internet links and
other resource-sharing networks among
schools and school library media
centers, and public and academic
libraries.
(4) Providing professional
development (as described in the notice
of final clarification of eligible local
activities published in the Federal
Register on April 5, 2004 (69 FR 17894))
for school library media specialists that
is designed to improve literacy in grades
K–3, and for school library media
specialists as described in section
1222(d)(2) of the ESEA and providing
activities that foster increased
collaboration between school library
media specialists, teachers, and
administrators.
(5) Providing students with access to
school libraries during non-school
hours, including the hours before and
after school, during weekends, and
during summer vacation periods.
(d) Quality of the management plan
(20 points). 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.
(e) Broad-based involvement and
coordination (20 points). How well the
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applicant will extensively involve
school library media specialists,
teachers, administrators, and parents in
the proposed project activities and
effectively coordinate the funds and
activities provided under this program
with other literacy, library, technology,
and professional development funds
and activities.
(f) Evaluation of quality and impact
(10 points). How well the applicant will
collect and analyze data on the quality
and impact of the proposed project
activities, including the extent to which
the availability of, the access to, and the
use of up-to-date school library media
resources in the elementary schools and
secondary schools served by the
applicant increase; and the impact of
the project on the reading skills of
students.
2. Review and Selection Process: An
additional factor we consider in
selecting an application for an award is
the equitable distribution of grants
across geographic regions and among
LEAs serving urban and rural areas.
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.
4. Performance Measures: In response
to the Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA), the Department
developed two measures for evaluating
the overall effectiveness of the
Improving Literacy Through School
Libraries program. These measures
gauge improvement in student
achievement and resources in the
schools and districts served by the
Improving Literacy Through School
Libraries program by assessing increases
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in: (1) The percentage of participating
schools and districts that exceed State
adequate yearly progress targets under
ESEA Title I for reading achievement for
all students; and (2) The school library
media collections at participating
schools, compared to schools not
participating in the program.
The Department will collect data for
these measures from grantees’ final
performance reports and other data
sources.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Irene Harwarth, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3W227, Washington, DC 20202–
6200. Telephone: (202) 401–3751 or by
e-mail: Irene.Harwarth@ed.gov, or
Miriam Lund, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3W258, Washington, DC 20202–
6200. Telephone: (202) 401–2871 or by
e-mail: Miriam.Lund@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 persons
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/
index.html.
Dated: February 13, 2007.
Raymond Simon,
Deputy Secretary of Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education Overview Information;
Office of Indian Education—
Professional Development; Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.299B.
DATES: Applications Available: February
16, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 19, 2007.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: May 17, 2007.
Eligible Applicants: Eligible
applicants for this program are
institutions of higher education,
including Indian institutions of higher
education; State educational agencies or
local educational agencies in a
consortium with institutions of higher
education; Indian tribes or organizations
in consortium with institutions of
higher education; and Bureau of Indian
Affairs-funded schools.
An application from a consortium of
eligible entities must meet the
requirements of 34 CFR 75.127 through
75.129. An application from a
consortium of eligible entities must
submit the consortium agreement,
signed by all parties, with the
application. Letters of support do not
meet the requirement for a consortium
agreement.
In order to be considered an eligible
entity, applicants, including institutions
of higher education, must be eligible to
provide the level and type of degree
proposed in the application or must
apply in a consortium with an
institution of higher education that is
eligible to grant the target degree.
Applicants applying in a consortium
with or as an ‘‘Indian organization’’
must demonstrate eligibility by showing
how the ‘‘Indian organization’’ meets all
the criteria outlined in 34 CFR 263.3.
The term ‘‘Indian institution of higher
education’’ means an accredited college
or university within the United States
cited in section 532 of the Equity in
Educational Land-Grant Status Act of
1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note), any other
institution that qualifies for funding
under the Tribally Controlled College or
University Assistance Act of 1978 (25
U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), and Dine College
(formerly Navajo Community College),
authorized in the Navajo Community
College Assistance Act of 1978 (25
U.S.C. 640a et seq.).
We will reject any application that
does not meet these requirements.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration has requested
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Overview
Information; Improving Literacy Through School Libraries Program;
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.364A.
DATES: Applications Available: February 16, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 2, 2007.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 1, 2007.
Eligible Applicants: Local educational agencies (LEAs) in which at
least 20 percent of the students served by the LEA are from families
with incomes below the poverty line based on the most recent
satisfactory data available from the U.S. Census Bureau at the time
this notice is published. These data are Small Area Income and Poverty
Estimates for school districts for income year 2004. A list of LEAs
with their family poverty rates (based on these Census Bureau data) is
posted on our Web site at: https://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/
eligibility.html.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$19,486,000 for this program for FY 2007. 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 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: $30,000--$300,000.
Note: Actual award amounts will be based on the number of
schools and students served by the project.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $190,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 100.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 12 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to improve
student reading skills and academic achievement by providing students
with increased access to up-to-date school library materials; well-
equipped, technologically advanced school library media centers; and
well-trained, professionally certified school library media
specialists.
Priority: This priority is from the notice of final priority for
this program, published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal
Register.
Competitive Preference Priority: For FY 2007, and any subsequent
year in which we make awards based on the lists of unfunded
applications from this competition, this priority is a competitive
preference priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an
additional 5 points to an application, depending on how well the
application meets this priority.
Under this priority, we give priority to projects that demonstrate
in their grant applications that the proposed literacy project services
are comprehensive and aligned with a school or district improvement
plan. A school improvement plan may include the required two-year plan
(under section 1116(b)(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001) that
addresses the academic issues that caused a school to be identified as
in need of improvement. The plan could also include a voluntary plan
developed by the school or district to improve academic achievement.
The applicant must clearly describe the improvement plan that is in
place, whether it is for the school or the entire district, the reasons
why the plan was put in place, and how the proposed project and the
operation of the school library media center will directly support the
academic goals established in the improvement plan.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6383.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81,
82, 84, 85, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The notice of final clarification of
eligible local activities, published in the Federal Register on April
5, 2004 (69 FR 17894). (c) The notice of final priority, published
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$19,486,000 for this program for FY 2007. The actual level of funding,
if any, depends on final congressional action. However, we are inviting
applications now to allow enough time to complete the grant process if
Congress appropriates funds for this program. Contingent upon the
availability of
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funds and 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: $30,000-$300,000.
Note: Actual award amounts will be based on the number of
schools and students served by the project.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $190,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 100.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 12 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: LEAs in which at least 20 percent of the
students served by the LEA are from families with incomes below the
poverty line based on the most recent satisfactory data available from
the U.S. Census Bureau at the time this notice is published. These data
are Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates for school districts for
income year 2004. A list of LEAs with their family poverty rates (based
on these Census Bureau data) is posted on our Web site at: https://
www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/eligibility.html.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not involve cost
sharing or matching but does involve supplement-not-supplant funding
provisions. Funds made available under this program must be used to
supplement, and not supplant, other Federal, State, and local funds
expended to carry out activities relating to library, technology, or
professional development activities (20 U.S.C. 6383(i)).
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address To Request Application Package: You may obtain an
application package via the Internet or from the Education Publications
Center (ED Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet use the following
addresses: https://www.grants.gov or https://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/
applicant.html. To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write or call the
following: ED Pubs, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone
(toll free): 1-877-433-7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free):
1-877-576-7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site: https://www.ed.gov/
pubs/edpubs.html or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify
this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.364A.
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 under section VII of this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this program. An
Eligibility Form is included in the application package. You must fill
out the Eligibility Form, following the instructions provided in the
application package.
Page Limit: The application narrative (Part III of the application)
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that
reviewers use to evaluate your application. You must limit Part III to
the equivalent of no more than 15 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 page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II,
budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part VI,
the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the
resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of support. However, you must
include all of the application narrative in Part III. Charter schools
and State administered schools must include some form of documentation
from their State educational agency (SEA) confirming eligibility for
this program. This documentation is not counted toward the page limit.
Our reviewers will not read any pages of your application that--
Exceed the page limit if you apply these standards; or
Exceed the equivalent of the page limit if you apply other
standards. Appendices to the narrative are not permitted, with the
exception of resumes and endnotes. None of the material sent as
appendices to the narrative, with the exception of resumes and
endnotes, will be sent to the reviewers.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: February 16, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 2, 2007.
Applications for grants under this program 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.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 1, 2007.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for this program.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this program 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 Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program, CFDA
Number 84.364A must be submitted electronically using the
Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at http//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.
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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 Improving
Literacy Through School Libraries 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 84.364, not 84.364A).
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 Education 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 Education 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-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
instructions 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
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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: Irene Harwarth, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3W227,
Washington, DC 20202-6200, Fax: (202) 260-8969; or Miriam Lund, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3W258,
Washington, DC 20202-6200, 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
84.364A), 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
84.364A), 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, 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
84.364A), 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 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
1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are
from section 1251 of the ESEA and 34 CFR 75.210 and are as follows. The
maximum score for all of these criteria is 100 points. The maximum
score for each criterion is indicated in parentheses. We evaluate an
application by determining how well the proposed project meets the
following criteria:
(a) Meeting the purpose of the statute (5 points). How well the
proposed project addresses the intended outcome of the statute: To
improve student reading skills and academic achievement by providing
students with increased access to up-to-date school library materials;
a well-equipped, technologically advanced school library media center;
and well-trained, professionally certified school library media
specialists.
(b) Need for school library resources (5 points). How well the
applicant demonstrates the need for school library media improvement,
based on the age and condition of school library media resources,
including book collections; access of school library media centers to
advanced technology; and the availability of well-trained,
professionally certified school library media specialists, in schools
served by the applicant.
(c) Use of funds (40 points). How well the applicant will use the
funds made available through the grant to carry out one or more of the
following activities that meet its demonstrated needs:
(1) Acquiring up-to-date school library media resources, including
books.
(2) Acquiring and using advanced technology, incorporated into the
curricula of the school, to develop and enhance students' skills in
retrieving and making use of information and in critical thinking.
(3) Facilitating Internet links and other resource-sharing networks
among schools and school library media centers, and public and academic
libraries.
(4) Providing professional development (as described in the notice
of final clarification of eligible local activities published in the
Federal Register on April 5, 2004 (69 FR 17894)) for school library
media specialists that is designed to improve literacy in grades K-3,
and for school library media specialists as described in section
1222(d)(2) of the ESEA and providing activities that foster increased
collaboration between school library media specialists, teachers, and
administrators.
(5) Providing students with access to school libraries during non-
school hours, including the hours before and after school, during
weekends, and during summer vacation periods.
(d) Quality of the management plan (20 points). 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.
(e) Broad-based involvement and coordination (20 points). How well
the
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applicant will extensively involve school library media specialists,
teachers, administrators, and parents in the proposed project
activities and effectively coordinate the funds and activities provided
under this program with other literacy, library, technology, and
professional development funds and activities.
(f) Evaluation of quality and impact (10 points). How well the
applicant will collect and analyze data on the quality and impact of
the proposed project activities, including the extent to which the
availability of, the access to, and the use of up-to-date school
library media resources in the elementary schools and secondary schools
served by the applicant increase; and the impact of the project on the
reading skills of students.
2. Review and Selection Process: An additional factor we consider
in selecting an application for an award is the equitable distribution
of grants across geographic regions and among LEAs serving urban and
rural areas.
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.
4. Performance Measures: In response to the Government Performance
and Results Act (GPRA), the Department developed two measures for
evaluating the overall effectiveness of the Improving Literacy Through
School Libraries program. These measures gauge improvement in student
achievement and resources in the schools and districts served by the
Improving Literacy Through School Libraries program by assessing
increases in: (1) The percentage of participating schools and districts
that exceed State adequate yearly progress targets under ESEA Title I
for reading achievement for all students; and (2) The school library
media collections at participating schools, compared to schools not
participating in the program.
The Department will collect data for these measures from grantees'
final performance reports and other data sources.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Irene Harwarth, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3W227, Washington, DC 20202-
6200. Telephone: (202) 401-3751 or by e-mail: Irene.Harwarth@ed.gov, or
Miriam Lund, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3W258, Washington, DC 20202-6200. Telephone: (202) 401-2871 or by
e-mail: Miriam.Lund@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 persons listed in this
section.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/
nara/.
Dated: February 13, 2007.
Raymond Simon,
Deputy Secretary of Education.
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