Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; College Cost Reduction and Access Act Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CCRAA-HSI) Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, 27518-27523 [E8-10681]
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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 84.345A), 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
Selection Criteria. The selection
criteria for this program are from 34 CFR
75.210 and include: Project significance
(10 points); quality of the project design
(40 points); adequacy of project
resources (20 points); quality of project
personnel (10 points); and quality of the
project evaluation (20 points).
Additional information regarding these
criteria is in the application package for
this competition.
In making grant awards for this
program, the Department will consider
information concerning the applicant’s
performance and use of funds from a
prior grant in this program or in any
other Department program and will
consider the applicant’s failure to
submit an acceptable performance
report for a grant in this program or in
any other Department program. 34 CFR
75.217(d)(3).
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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 notify you informally,
also.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
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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 in this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section in
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
and as outlined in the text below.
For each fiscal year for which an
organization receives funding under this
program, those organizations must
submit to the Department a report that
contains: (a) A description and
evaluation of the programs and
activities supported by the funding; (b)
the audited financial statement of the
organization for the preceding fiscal
year; and (c) a plan for the programs and
activities to be supported by the
funding. The Secretary may also require
more frequent performance reports
under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific
requirements on reporting, please go to:
https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
appforms/appforms/appforms.html and
review a more detailed explanation in
the application package.
4. Performance Measures: Under the
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA), the following measure will
be used by the Department in assessing
the performance of the Underground
Railroad Educational and Cultural
Program:
• The extent to which funded projects
have been institutionalized and
continued after URR funding ends.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact:
Claire D. Cornell, Underground Railroad
Educational and Cultural Program,
FIPSE, OPE, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
6145, Washington, DC 20006–8544.
Telephone: (202) 502–7609 or by e-mail:
claire.cornell@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
VIII. Other Information
Alternative Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large
print, audiotape, or computer diskette)
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on request to the program contact
person listed in this section.
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is the document published in the Federal
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edition of the Federal Register and the Code
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index.html.
Dated: May 8, 2008.
Diane Auer Jones,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information; College Cost
Reduction and Access Act HispanicServing Institutions (CCRAA–HSI)
Program; Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)
2008
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.031C.
DATES: Applications Available: May
13, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 27, 2008.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: August 26, 2008.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The College Cost
Reduction and Access Act HispanicServing Institutions (CCRAA–HSI)
Program provides grants to assist
Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) to
develop and carry out activities to
improve and expand the HSI’s capacity
to serve Hispanic and other low-income
students.
Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(iv) and section 437(d)(1) of
the General Education Provisions Act,
these priorities are from section
499A(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended by the
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College Cost Reduction and Access Act
of 2007.
Competitive Preference Priorities: For
FY 2008, these priorities are competitive
preference priorities. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(2)(i) we award an additional
ten points to an application that meets
both priorities. Applicants must address
both priorities to receive the additional
points. Applicants that do not address
both priorities will not receive any
competitive preference priority points.
These priorities are:
Competitive Preference Priority 1
In accordance with Section
499A(b)(2)(B)(i) of the HEA, Individual
Development or Cooperative
Arrangement Development Grants that
propose to increase the number of
Hispanic and other low income students
attaining degrees in the fields of science,
technology, engineering, or
mathematics; and
Competitive Preference Priority 2
In accordance with Section
499A(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the HEA, Individual
Development or Cooperative
Arrangement Development Grants that
propose to develop model transfer and
articulation agreements between twoyear HSIs and four-year institutions in
such fields.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1101–
1101d, 1103–1103g.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85,
86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The applicable
regulations for this program in 34 CFR
606.2(a) and (b), 606.3, 606.4, 606.5,
606.6, 606.7, 606.10(b)(c)(d), and
606.30.
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II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grant.
Estimated Available Funds:
$100,000,000.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$850,000–2,500,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
Individual Development Grant:
$862,000. Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grant: $1,200,000.
Maximum Awards: Individual
Development Grant: $2,500,000.
Cooperative Arrangement Development
Grant: $2,500,000. The Department of
Education (Department) will not fund
any application at an amount exceeding
these maximum amounts for a single
budget period of 12 months. During our
initial review, we may choose not to
further consider or review an
application with a budget that exceeds
the applicable maximum amount. The
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
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Education may change the maximum
amount through a notice published in
the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards:
Individual Development Grants: 58.
Cooperative Arrangement Development
Grants: 42.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice. Applicants should
periodically check the CCRAA–HSI Program
Web site for further information. The address
is: https://www.ed.gov/programs/hsiccraa/
index.html.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education (IHEs) that qualify as
eligible HSIs are eligible to apply for
new Individual Development Grants
and Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grants under the CCRAA–
HSI Program. To be an eligible HSI, an
IHE must—
(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by
a nationally recognized accrediting
agency or association that the Secretary
has determined to be a reliable authority
as to the quality of education or training
offered;
(2) Be legally authorized by the State
in which it is located to be a junior
college or community college or to
provide an educational program for
which it awards a bachelor’s degree;
(3) Be designated as an ‘‘eligible
institution’’ by demonstrating that it: (a)
Has an enrollment of needy students as
described in 34 CFR 606.3; and (b) has
low average educational and general
expenditures per full-time equivalent
(FTE) undergraduate student as
described in 34 CFR 606.4;
(4) Have an enrollment of
undergraduate FTE students that is at
least 25 percent Hispanic students at the
end of the award year immediately
preceding the date of application.
Note: The Third Higher Education
Extension Act of 2006 amended section
502(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5)(B))
to require that institutions have an
enrollment of undergraduate FTE students
that is at least 25 percent Hispanic students
at the end of the award year immediately
preceding the date of application. Funds for
the CCRAA–HSI Program are awarded each
fiscal year, thus, for this program, the end of
the award year refers to the end of the fiscal
year prior to the application due date. The
end of the fiscal year occurs on September 30
for any given year. Therefore, for purposes of
making the determination described in
paragraph (4) IHEs must report their
undergraduate Hispanic FTE percent based
on the student enrollment count closest to,
but not after, September 30, 2007.
The Third Higher Education Extension Act
of 2006 also amended section 502(a) of the
HEA to eliminate the previous statutory
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requirement in the HSI Program that an IHE
applying for a grant provide an assurance
that not less than 50 percent of the
institution’s Hispanic students are lowincome individuals.
The Notice Inviting Applications for
Designation as Eligible Institutions for
FY 2008 was published in the Federal
Register on March 10, 2008 (73 FR
12721). The CCRAA–HSI Program
eligibility requirements are in 34 CFR
606.2 through 606.5 and can be accessed
from the following Web site: https://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/
waisidx_01/34cfr606_01.html. These
regulations do not reflect the changes
made to the HSI Program requirements
by the Third Higher Education
Extension Act of 2006.
Note 1: An eligible HSI that submits more
than one application may be awarded both an
Individual Development Grant and a
Cooperative Arrangement Development
Grant, for the CCRAA–HSI Program only, as
long as the proposed activities are different
for each grant application and are different
from the activities funded by the institution’s
current Title V, HSI grant.
Note 2: In considering applications for
grants under this program, the Department
will verify data reported by the institution on
its application with the information reported
by the institution to the Department’s
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data
System (IPEDS), the IHE’s State-reported
enrollment data, and the institutional annual
report. If there are any differences in the
percentages reported in the IPEDS and the
percentages reported in the CCRAA–HSI
grant application, the IHE should explain the
differences as a part of its eligibility
documentation.
Note 3: If you are a four-year HSI
institution planning to submit a CCRAA–HSI
application supporting the competitive
preference priorities, the two-year HSI will
be required to submit its assurance of 25
percent enrollment of undergraduate FTE
Hispanic students.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: There are
no cost sharing or matching
requirements unless the grantee uses a
portion of its grant for establishing or
improving an endowment fund. If a
grantee proposes to use a portion of its
grant for endowment fund purposes, it
must match those grant funds with an
equivalent amount of non-Federal
funds. (20 U.S.C. 1101b(c)(2)).
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Carnisia M. Proctor, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006–
8513. Telephone: (202) 502–7606 or by
e-mail: Carnisia.Proctor@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), call the
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Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at
1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities can
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
program.
Page Limit: The application narrative
(Part III) is where you, the applicant,
address the selection criteria that
reviewers use to evaluate your
application. We have established
mandatory page limits for both the
Individual Development Grant and the
Cooperative Arrangement Development
Grant applications. You must limit the
section of the narrative that addresses
the selection criteria to no more than 35
pages for the Individual Development
Grant application and 55 pages for the
Cooperative Arrangement Development
Grant application, 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).
• Use one of the following fonts:
Times New Roman, Courier, Courier
New, or Arial. An application submitted
in any other font (including Times
Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be
accepted.
The page limit does not apply to the
cover sheet; the budget section,
including the narrative budget
justification; the assurances and
certifications, or the one-page abstract.
We will reject your application if you
exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: May 13, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 27, 2008.
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 in paper format by
mail or hand delivery if you qualify for
an exception to the electronic
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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 in section VII in this notice. If
the Department provides an
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an
individual with a disability in
connection with the application
process, the individual’s application
remains subject to all other
requirements and limitations in this
notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: August 26, 2008.
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 in this notice.
Applicability of Executive Order 13202
Applicants that apply for construction
funds under the CCRAA–HSI Program
must comply with Executive Order
13202 signed by President Bush on
February 17, 2001, and amended on
April 6, 2001. This Executive order
provides that recipients of Federal
construction funds may not ‘‘require or
prohibit bidders, offerors, contractors, or
subcontractors to enter into or adhere to
agreements with one or more labor
organizations, on the same or other
construction project(s)’’ or ‘‘otherwise
discriminate against bidders, offerors,
contractors, or subcontractors for
becoming or refusing to become or
remain signatories or otherwise adhere
to agreements with one or more labor
organizations, on the same or other
construction project(s).’’ However, the
Executive order does not prohibit
contractors or subcontractors from
voluntarily entering into these
agreements. Projects funded under this
program that include construction
activity will be provided a copy of this
Executive order and will be asked to
certify that they will adhere to it.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted
electronically unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in
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accordance with the instructions in this
section.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
Applications for grants under the
CCRAA–HSI Program, CFDA Number
84.031C, 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 CCRAA–HSI
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 84.031, not
84.031C).
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 accept your
application if it is received—that is, date
and time stamped by the Grants.gov
system—after 4:30 p.m., Washington,
DC time, on the application deadline
date. We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements. 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.
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• 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 program 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—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
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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 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,
toll free, 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 under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in
section VII in this notice 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 the problem
affected your ability to submit your
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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: Carnisia M. Proctor, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006–
8513. FAX: (202) 502–7861. Your paper
application must be submitted in
accordance with the mail or hand
delivery instructions described in this
notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
may mail (through the U.S. Postal
Service or a commercial carrier) your
application to the Department. You
must mail the original and two copies
of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the
Department at the applicable following
address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service:
U.S. Department of Education,
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Application Control Center,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.031C),
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
84.031C), 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.
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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 84.031C), 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
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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 34 CFR
75.209(a) and 75.210, and are as follows:
Need for the project (20 points).
Quality of the project design (15 points).
Quality of project services (15 points).
Quality of project personnel (10 points).
Adequacy of resources (5 points);
Quality of the management plan (20
points); and
Quality of project evaluation (15 points).
Additional information regarding
these criteria is in the application
package for this competition.
2. Review and Selection Process:
Applicants must provide, as an
attachment to the application, the
documentation the institution relied
upon in determining that at least 25
percent of the institution’s
undergraduate FTE students are
Hispanic.
Note: The 25 percent requirement applies
only to undergraduate Hispanic students and
is calculated based upon FTE students.
Instructions for formatting and submitting
the verification documentation to Grants.gov
are in the application package for this
competition.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notification
(GAN). We may notify you informally,
also.
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 in this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section in
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
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expenditure information as directed by
the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118, 34 CFR
75.720 and in 34 CFR 606.31.
4. Performance Measures: The
Secretary has established the following
key performance measures for assessing
the effectiveness of the CCRAA–HSI
Program: (1) The percentage change,
over the five-year grant period, of the
number of full-time degree-seeking
undergraduates enrolled at HSIs. (2) The
percentage of first-time, full-time
degree-seeking undergraduate students
who were in their first year of
postsecondary enrollment in the
previous year and are enrolled in the
current year at the same institution. (3)
The percentage of first-time, full-time
degree-seeking undergraduate students
enrolled at four-year HSIs graduating
within six years of enrollment. (4) The
percentage of first-time, full-time
degree-seeking undergraduate students
enrolled at two-year HSIs graduating
within three years of enrollment. (5)
Federal cost for undergraduate and
graduate degrees at institutions in the
CCRAA HSI program.
5. CCRAA Special Analyses: The HSI
Program created under the CCRAA
includes two priorities: (1) To increase
the number of Hispanic and other lowincome students attaining degrees in the
fields of science, technology,
engineering, or mathematics (STEM);
and (2) To develop model transfer and
articulation agreements between twoyear HSIs and four-year institutions in
such fields. To assess the impact of the
adoption of these priorities on program
outcomes, the Department will conduct
special analyses to determine the
changes that occur during the course of
the grant period in: (1) The percentage
of students receiving STEM-related
degrees from grantee institutions that
select this priority; and (2) The
percentage of students transferring from
two-year grantee institutions that select
this priority to other institutions.
VII. Agency Contacts
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carnisia M. Proctor, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th
Floor, Washington, DC 20006–8513.
Telephone: (202) 502–7606 or by e-mail:
Carnisia.Proctor@ed.gov
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
VIII. Other Information
Alternative Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large
print, audiotape, or computer diskette)
on request to the program contact
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INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in
this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document:
You can view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the
following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/
fedregister.
To use PDF, you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free
at this site. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–
888–293–6498; or in the Washington,
DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
Note: The official version of this document
is the document published in the Federal
Register. Free Internet access to the official
edition of the Federal Register and the Code
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Dated: May 8, 2008.
Diane Auer Jones,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information Predominantly
Black Institutions Program; Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.382A.
DATES: Applications Available: May
13, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: June 27, 2008.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: August 26, 2008.
Full Text of Announcement
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I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the Predominantly Black Institutions
(PBI) Program is to strengthen
predominantly Black institutions to
carry out programs in the following
areas: Science, technology, engineering,
or mathematics (STEM); health
education; internationalization or
globalization; teacher preparation; or
improving educational outcomes of
African-American males.
Program Authority: Title IV, Part J,
Section 499A of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended by the
College Cost Reduction and Access Act
(CCRAA) of 2007.
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Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84,
85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$15,000,000.
Estimated Size of Awards: $600,000
per year.
Estimated Number of Awards: 25.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: An institution
of higher education that—
(A) Has an enrollment of needy
students as defined by the CCRAA of
2007. The term enrollment of needy
students means the enrollment at an
institution of higher education with
respect to which not less than 50
percent of the undergraduate students
enrolled in an academic program
leading to a degree—
(a) In the second fiscal year preceding
the fiscal year for which the
determination is made, were Federal
Pell Grant recipients for such year;
(b) Come from families that receive
benefits under a means-tested Federal
benefit program (as defined in
paragraph (5));
(c) Attended a public or nonprofit
private secondary school—
(i) That is in the school district of a
local educational agency that was
eligible for assistance under part A of
title I of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 for any year
during which the student attended such
secondary school; and
(ii) Which for the purpose of this
paragraph and for that year was
determined by the Secretary (pursuant
to regulations and after consultation
with the State educational agency of the
State in which the school is located) to
be a school in which the enrollment of
children counted under a measure of
poverty described in section 1113(a)(5)
of such Act exceeds 30 percent of the
total enrollment of such school; or
(d) Are first-generation college
students (as that term is defined in
section 402A(g)), and a majority of such
first-generation college students are lowincome individuals. The term lowincome individual has the meaning
given such term in section 402A(g).
(B) Has an average educational and
general expenditure which is low, per
full-time equivalent undergraduate
student in comparison with the average
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educational and general expenditure per
full-time equivalent undergraduate
student of institutions of higher
education that offer similar instruction.
The Secretary may waive this
requirement, in accordance with section
392(b) of the HEA in the same manner
as the Secretary applies the waiver
requirements to grant applicants under
section 312(b)(1)(B) of the HEA;
(C) Has an enrollment of
undergraduate students—
i. That is at least 40 percent Black
American students;
ii. That is at least 1,000 undergraduate
students;
iii. Of which not less than 50 percent
of the undergraduate students enrolled
at the institution are low-income
individuals or first-generation college
students (as that term is defined in
section 402A(g); The term first
generation college student means—(A)
an individual both of whose parents did
not complete a baccalaureate degree; or
(B) in the case of any individual who
regularly resided with and received
support from only one parent, an
individual whose only such parent did
not complete a baccalaureate degree;
and
iv. Of which not less than 50 percent
of the undergraduate students are
enrolled in an educational program
leading to a bachelor’s or associate’s
degree that the institution is licensed to
award by the State in which the
institution is located;
(D) Is legally authorized to provide,
and provides within the State, an
educational program for which the
institution of higher education awards
bachelor’s degree, or in the case of a
junior or community college, an
associate’s degree;
(E) Is accredited by a nationally
recognized accrediting agency or
association determined by the Secretary
to be a reliable authority as to the
quality of training offered, or is,
according to such an agency or
association, making reasonable progress
toward accreditation; and
(F) Is not receiving assistance under
Part B of Title III of the HEA, as
amended by the CCRAA of 2007.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not require cost sharing or
matching.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Karen W. Johnson, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 6032, Washington, DC
20006–8515. Telephone: (202) 502–7777
or by e-mail: karen.johnson@ed.gov or
Bernadette Miles, U.S. Department of
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; College
Cost Reduction and Access Act Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CCRAA-HSI)
Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2008
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.031C.
DATES: Applications Available: May 13, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 27, 2008.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 26, 2008.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The College Cost Reduction and Access Act
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CCRAA-HSI) Program provides grants to
assist Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) to develop and carry out
activities to improve and expand the HSI's capacity to serve Hispanic
and other low-income students.
Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv) and section
437(d)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act, these priorities are
from section 499A(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA),
as amended by the
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College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007.
Competitive Preference Priorities: For FY 2008, these priorities
are competitive preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we
award an additional ten points to an application that meets both
priorities. Applicants must address both priorities to receive the
additional points. Applicants that do not address both priorities will
not receive any competitive preference priority points.
These priorities are:
Competitive Preference Priority 1
In accordance with Section 499A(b)(2)(B)(i) of the HEA, Individual
Development or Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants that propose
to increase the number of Hispanic and other low income students
attaining degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering, or
mathematics; and
Competitive Preference Priority 2
In accordance with Section 499A(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the HEA, Individual
Development or Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants that propose
to develop model transfer and articulation agreements between two-year
HSIs and four-year institutions in such fields.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1101-1101d, 1103-1103g.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The applicable regulations for this
program in 34 CFR 606.2(a) and (b), 606.3, 606.4, 606.5, 606.6, 606.7,
606.10(b)(c)(d), and 606.30.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grant.
Estimated Available Funds: $100,000,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $850,000-2,500,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: Individual Development Grant:
$862,000. Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant: $1,200,000.
Maximum Awards: Individual Development Grant: $2,500,000.
Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant: $2,500,000. The Department
of Education (Department) will not fund any application at an amount
exceeding these maximum amounts for a single budget period of 12
months. During our initial review, we may choose not to further
consider or review an application with a budget that exceeds the
applicable maximum amount. The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education may change the maximum amount through a notice published in
the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: Individual Development Grants: 58.
Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants: 42.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice. Applicants should periodically check the CCRAA-HSI Program
Web site for further information. The address is: https://www.ed.gov/
programs/hsiccraa/.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs)
that qualify as eligible HSIs are eligible to apply for new Individual
Development Grants and Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants under
the CCRAA-HSI Program. To be an eligible HSI, an IHE must--
(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to
be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training
offered;
(2) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be
a junior college or community college or to provide an educational
program for which it awards a bachelor's degree;
(3) Be designated as an ``eligible institution'' by demonstrating
that it: (a) Has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR
606.3; and (b) has low average educational and general expenditures per
full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR
606.4;
(4) Have an enrollment of undergraduate FTE students that is at
least 25 percent Hispanic students at the end of the award year
immediately preceding the date of application.
Note: The Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2006 amended
section 502(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5)(B)) to require that
institutions have an enrollment of undergraduate FTE students that
is at least 25 percent Hispanic students at the end of the award
year immediately preceding the date of application. Funds for the
CCRAA-HSI Program are awarded each fiscal year, thus, for this
program, the end of the award year refers to the end of the fiscal
year prior to the application due date. The end of the fiscal year
occurs on September 30 for any given year. Therefore, for purposes
of making the determination described in paragraph (4) IHEs must
report their undergraduate Hispanic FTE percent based on the student
enrollment count closest to, but not after, September 30, 2007.
The Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2006 also amended
section 502(a) of the HEA to eliminate the previous statutory
requirement in the HSI Program that an IHE applying for a grant
provide an assurance that not less than 50 percent of the
institution's Hispanic students are low-income individuals.
The Notice Inviting Applications for Designation as Eligible
Institutions for FY 2008 was published in the Federal Register on March
10, 2008 (73 FR 12721). The CCRAA-HSI Program eligibility requirements
are in 34 CFR 606.2 through 606.5 and can be accessed from the
following Web site: https://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_01/
34cfr606_01.html. These regulations do not reflect the changes made to
the HSI Program requirements by the Third Higher Education Extension
Act of 2006.
Note 1: An eligible HSI that submits more than one application
may be awarded both an Individual Development Grant and a
Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant, for the CCRAA-HSI Program
only, as long as the proposed activities are different for each
grant application and are different from the activities funded by
the institution's current Title V, HSI grant.
Note 2: In considering applications for grants under this
program, the Department will verify data reported by the institution
on its application with the information reported by the institution
to the Department's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
(IPEDS), the IHE's State-reported enrollment data, and the
institutional annual report. If there are any differences in the
percentages reported in the IPEDS and the percentages reported in
the CCRAA-HSI grant application, the IHE should explain the
differences as a part of its eligibility documentation.
Note 3: If you are a four-year HSI institution planning to
submit a CCRAA-HSI application supporting the competitive preference
priorities, the two-year HSI will be required to submit its
assurance of 25 percent enrollment of undergraduate FTE Hispanic
students.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: There are no cost sharing or matching
requirements unless the grantee uses a portion of its grant for
establishing or improving an endowment fund. If a grantee proposes to
use a portion of its grant for endowment fund purposes, it must match
those grant funds with an equivalent amount of non-Federal funds. (20
U.S.C. 1101b(c)(2)).
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Carnisia M. Proctor,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor,
Washington, DC 20006-8513. Telephone: (202) 502-7606 or by e-mail:
Carnisia.Proctor@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
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Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities can 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 program.
Page Limit: The application narrative (Part III) is where you, the
applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use to
evaluate your application. We have established mandatory page limits
for both the Individual Development Grant and the Cooperative
Arrangement Development Grant applications. You must limit the section
of the narrative that addresses the selection criteria to no more than
35 pages for the Individual Development Grant application and 55 pages
for the Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant application, 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).
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial. An application submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.
The page limit does not apply to the cover sheet; the budget
section, including the narrative budget justification; the assurances
and certifications, or the one-page abstract.
We will reject your application if you exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: May 13, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 27, 2008.
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 in paper format 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 in section VII
in this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the
application process, the individual's application remains subject to
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 26, 2008.
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 in this notice.
Applicability of Executive Order 13202
Applicants that apply for construction funds under the CCRAA-HSI
Program must comply with Executive Order 13202 signed by President Bush
on February 17, 2001, and amended on April 6, 2001. This Executive
order provides that recipients of Federal construction funds may not
``require or prohibit bidders, offerors, contractors, or subcontractors
to enter into or adhere to agreements with one or more labor
organizations, on the same or other construction project(s)'' or
``otherwise discriminate against bidders, offerors, contractors, or
subcontractors for becoming or refusing to become or remain signatories
or otherwise adhere to agreements with one or more labor organizations,
on the same or other construction project(s).'' However, the Executive
order does not prohibit contractors or subcontractors from voluntarily
entering into these agreements. Projects funded under this program that
include construction activity will be provided a copy of this Executive
order and will be asked to certify that they will adhere to it.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
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 CCRAA-HSI Program, CFDA Number
84.031C, 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 CCRAA-HSI
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 84.031,
not 84.031C).
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 accept your application if
it is received--that is, date and time stamped by the Grants.gov
system--after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. We do not consider an application that does not comply
with the deadline requirements. 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.
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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 program 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 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, toll free, 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
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice 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 the 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: Carnisia M. Proctor,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor,
Washington, DC 20006-8513. FAX: (202) 502-7861. Your paper application
must be submitted in accordance with the mail or hand delivery
instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail
the original and two copies of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable
following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of Education,
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Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.031C), 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
84.031C), 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 84.031C), 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 34 CFR 75.209(a) and 75.210, and are as follows:
Need for the project (20 points).
Quality of the project design (15 points).
Quality of project services (15 points).
Quality of project personnel (10 points).
Adequacy of resources (5 points);
Quality of the management plan (20 points); and
Quality of project evaluation (15 points).
Additional information regarding these criteria is in the
application package for this competition.
2. Review and Selection Process: Applicants must provide, as an
attachment to the application, the documentation the institution relied
upon in determining that at least 25 percent of the institution's
undergraduate FTE students are Hispanic.
Note: The 25 percent requirement applies only to undergraduate
Hispanic students and is calculated based upon FTE students.
Instructions for formatting and submitting the verification
documentation to Grants.gov are in the application package for this
competition.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may notify you informally, also.
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 in this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section in 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 directed by the Secretary in
34 CFR 75.118, 34 CFR 75.720 and in 34 CFR 606.31.
4. Performance Measures: The Secretary has established the
following key performance measures for assessing the effectiveness of
the CCRAA-HSI Program: (1) The percentage change, over the five-year
grant period, of the number of full-time degree-seeking undergraduates
enrolled at HSIs. (2) The percentage of first-time, full-time degree-
seeking undergraduate students who were in their first year of
postsecondary enrollment in the previous year and are enrolled in the
current year at the same institution. (3) The percentage of first-time,
full-time degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled at four-year
HSIs graduating within six years of enrollment. (4) The percentage of
first-time, full-time degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled at
two-year HSIs graduating within three years of enrollment. (5) Federal
cost for undergraduate and graduate degrees at institutions in the
CCRAA HSI program.
5. CCRAA Special Analyses: The HSI Program created under the CCRAA
includes two priorities: (1) To increase the number of Hispanic and
other low-income students attaining degrees in the fields of science,
technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM); and (2) To develop
model transfer and articulation agreements between two-year HSIs and
four-year institutions in such fields. To assess the impact of the
adoption of these priorities on program outcomes, the Department will
conduct special analyses to determine the changes that occur during the
course of the grant period in: (1) The percentage of students receiving
STEM-related degrees from grantee institutions that select this
priority; and (2) The percentage of students transferring from two-year
grantee institutions that select this priority to other institutions.
VII. Agency Contacts
For Further Information Contact: Carnisia M. Proctor, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC
20006-8513. Telephone: (202) 502-7606 or by e-mail:
Carnisia.Proctor@ed.gov
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
VIII. Other Information
Alternative Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an alternative format
(e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact
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person listed under For Further Information Contact in section VII in
this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document: You can view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
To use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/
nara/.
Dated: May 8, 2008.
Diane Auer Jones,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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