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Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education Overview Information;
Alaska Native Education (ANE); Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.356A.
Dates:
Applications Available: January 23,
2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 24, 2009.
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Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the Alaska Native Education program is
to support innovative projects that
enhance the educational services
provided to Alaska Native children and
adults. These projects may include
those activities authorized under section
7304(a)(2) and (3) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as
amended (ESEA).
Note: The construction of facilities that
support the operation of Alaska Native
education programs will be a permissible
activity only if Congress specifically
authorizes the use of FY 2009 funds for that
purpose.
Priorities: This competition includes a
competitive preference priority and an
invitational priority. In accordance with
34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv), the competitive
preference priority is from section
7304(c) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7544(c)).
The invitational priority is from the
notice of final discretionary grant
priorities for FY 2009, published in the
Federal Register on November 21, 2008
(73 FR 70627).
Competitive Preference Priority: For
FY 2009 and any subsequent year in
which we make awards based on the list
of unfunded applicants from this
competition, this priority is a
competitive preference priority. Under
34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award an
additional five points to an application
that meets this priority.
This priority is:
The Secretary gives priority to
applications from Alaska Native
regional nonprofit organizations or
consortia that include at least one
Alaska Native regional nonprofit
organization. In order to receive a
competitive preference under this
priority, an application must provide
documentation supporting its claim that
it meets this priority.
Invitational Priority: For FY 2009 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition, this
priority is an invitational priority.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not
give an application that meets this
invitational priority a competitive or
absolute preference over other
applications.
This priority is:
Secondary Schools. Projects that
support activities and interventions
aimed at improving the academic
achievement of secondary school
students who are at greatest risk of not
meeting challenging State academic
standards and not completing high
school.
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7541 et
seq.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84,
85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The notice of
final discretionary grant priorities for
FY 2009, published in the Federal
Register on November 21, 2008 (73 FR
70627).
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to institutions of higher education
only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration’s budget request for FY
2009 does not include funds for this
program. However, we are inviting
applications to allow enough time to
complete the grant process before the
end of the current fiscal year if Congress
appropriates funds for this program.
Contingent upon the availability of
funds and the quality of applications,
we may make additional awards in FY
2010 from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$300,000–$700,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$500,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 10 for
novice applicants; 20 for non-novice
applicants, including previous grantees
under the ANE program. The
Department will rank and fund two
groups of applicants separately: Novice
applicants will comprise one group, and
non-novice applicants will comprise the
second group. If we do not receive a
sufficient number of high quality
applications from novice applicants,
funds set aside for novice applicants
may be used to fund non-novice
applicants, including previous grantees
under the ANE program. Further
information regarding our review of
these two groups of applications,
including the definition of novice
applicant, is in section V. 2. of this
notice.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: (a) Alaska
Native organizations;
(b) Educational entities with
experience in developing or operating
Alaska Native programs or programs of
instruction conducted in Alaska Native
languages;
(c) Cultural and community-based
organizations with experience in
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developing or operating programs to
benefit Alaska Natives; and
(d) Consortia of organizations and
entities described in this paragraph to
carry out activities that meet the
purposes of this program.
Note: A State educational agency or local
educational agency may apply for an award
under this program only as part of a
consortium involving an Alaska Native
organization. The consortium may include
other eligible applicants.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
competition does not require cost
sharing or matching.
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IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: You can obtain an application
package via the Internet or from the
program office. To obtain a copy via the
Internet, use either of the following
addresses: https://www.grants.gov or
https://www.ed.gov/programs/
alaskanative/applicant.html. To obtain
a copy from the program office, contact:
Alexis Fisher, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3E242, Washington, DC 20202–
6200. Telephone: (202) 401–0281 or by
e-mail: alexis.fisher@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), call the
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
competition. Page Limit: The
application narrative is where you, the
applicant, address the selection criteria
that reviewers use to evaluate your
application. You must limit the
application narrative to the equivalent
of no more than 25 pages, using the
following standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side
only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom,
and both sides.
• Double space (no more than three
lines per vertical inch) all text in the
application narrative, including titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, and captions, as well as all
text in charts, tables, figures, and
graphs.
• Use a font that is either 12 point or
larger or no smaller than 10 pitch
(characters per inch).
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• Use one of the following fonts:
Times New Roman, Courier, Courier
New, or Arial. An application submitted
in any other font (including Times
Roman or 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,
the resumes, the bibliography, or the
letters of support. However, the page
limit does apply to all of the application
narrative section.
Our reviewers will not read any pages
of your application that exceed the page
limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: January 23,
2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 24, 2009.
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov
Apply site (Grants.gov). For information
(including dates and times) about how
to submit your application
electronically, or 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 of 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 of 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.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
competition is not subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
CFR part 79.
5. Funding Restrictions: Under section
7304(b) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7544(b)),
not more than five percent of the funds
provided to a grantee under this
competition for any fiscal year may be
used for administrative purposes. We
reference additional regulations
outlining funding restrictions in the
Applicable Regulations section of this
notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically unless you qualify for an
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exception to this requirement in
accordance with the instructions in this
section.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
Applications for grants under the
ANE program, CFDA Number 84.356A,
must be submitted electronically using
the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply
site at https://www.Grants.gov. Through
this site, you will be able to download
a copy of the application package,
complete it offline, and then upload and
submit your application. You may not
e-mail an electronic copy of a grant
application to us.
We will reject your application if you
submit it in paper format unless, as
described elsewhere in this section, you
qualify for one of the exceptions to the
electronic submission requirement and
submit, no later than two weeks before
the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you
qualify for one of these exceptions.
Further information regarding
calculation of the date that is two weeks
before the application deadline date is
provided later in this section under
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant
application for the ANE program at
https://www.Grants.gov. You must search
for the downloadable application
package for this competition by the
CFDA number. Do not include the
CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your
search (e.g., search for 84.356, not
84.356A).
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 dated and time
stamped by the Grants.gov system no
later than 4:30:00 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 4:30:00 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
4:30:00 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 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
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.
• You must attach any narrative
sections of your application as files in
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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 4:30:00 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
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the application deadline date, please
contact the person listed under For
Further Information Contact in section
VII of 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 that that problem
affected your ability to submit your
application by 4:30:00 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. The
Department will contact you after a
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determination is made on whether your
application will be accepted.
Note: The extensions to which we refer in
this section apply only to the unavailability
of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov
system. We will not grant you an extension
if you failed to fully register to submit your
application to Grants.gov before the
application deadline date and time or if the
technical problem you experienced is
unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission
requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are
unable to submit an application through
the Grants.gov system because—
• You do not have access to the
Internet; or
• You do not have the capacity to
upload large documents to the
Grants.gov system; and
• No later than two weeks before the
application deadline date (14 calendar
days or, if the fourteenth calendar day
before the application deadline date
falls on a Federal holiday, the next
business day following the Federal
holiday), you mail or fax a written
statement to the Department, explaining
which of the two grounds for an
exception prevent you from using the
Internet to submit your application.
If you mail your written statement to
the Department, it must be postmarked
no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the
Department, we must receive the faxed
statement no later than two weeks
before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your
statement to: Alexis Fisher, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Room 3E242, 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 following address:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.356A), LBJ Basement
Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202–4260.
You must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
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(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
postmark.
(2) A legible mail receipt with the
date of mailing stamped by the U.S.
Postal Service.
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or
receipt from a commercial carrier.
(4) Any other proof of mailing
acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Education.
If you mail your application through
the U.S. Postal Service, we do not
accept either of the following as proof
of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark.
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after
the application deadline date, we will
not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
relying on this method, you should check
with your local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications
by Hand Delivery.
If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
(or a courier service) may deliver your
paper application to the Department by
hand. You must deliver the original and
two copies of your application by hand,
on or before the application deadline
date, to the Department at the following
address: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.356A), 550 12th
Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260.
The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 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.
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V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this competition are from 34
CFR 75.210. The maximum score for all
criteria is 100 points. The maximum
possible score for each criterion is
indicated in parentheses. The selection
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criteria for this competition are as
follows:
(a) Need for project (15 points). In
determining the need for the proposed
project, the Secretary considers the
extent to which specific gaps or
weaknesses in services, infrastructure,
or opportunities have been identified
and will be addressed by the proposed
project, including the nature and
magnitude of those gaps and
weaknesses.
(b) Quality of the project design (40
points). In determining the quality of
the design of the proposed project, the
Secretary considers the following
factors:
(i) The extent to which the goals,
objectives, and outcomes to be achieved
by the proposed project are clearly
specified and measurable.
(ii) The extent to which the design of
the proposed project is appropriate to,
and will successfully address, the needs
of the target population or other
identified needs.
(c) Quality of the management plan
(30 points). In determining the quality
of the management plan for the
proposed project, the Secretary
considers the following factors:
(i) 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.
(ii) The adequacy of procedures for
ensuring feedback and continuous
improvement in the operation of the
proposed project.
(d) Quality of the project evaluation
(15 points). In determining the quality
of the evaluation for the proposed
project, the Secretary considers the
following factors:
(i) The extent to which the methods
of evaluation are thorough, feasible, and
appropriate to the goals, objectives, and
outcomes of the proposed project.
(ii) The extent to which the methods
of evaluation include the use of
objective performance measures that are
clearly related to the intended outcomes
of the project and will produce
quantitative and qualitative data to the
extent possible.
2. Review of Applications—Novice
and Non-Novice Applicants. The
Department will rank and fund two
groups of applicants separately: Novice
applicants will comprise one group; and
non-novice applicants, including
previous grantees under the ANE
program, will comprise the second
group. If we do not receive a sufficient
number of high quality applications
from novice applicants, funds set aside
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for novice applicants may be used to
fund applications submitted by nonnovice applicants.
An applicant is considered a ‘‘novice
applicant’’ if it meets the following
criteria in 34 CFR 75.225(a)(1) and (b):
The applicant must—
(i) Have never received a grant or
subgrant under the ANE program;
(ii) Have never been a member of a
group application, submitted in
accordance with 34 CFR 75.127 through
75.129, that received a grant under the
ANE program; and
(iii) Have not had an active
discretionary grant from the Federal
Government in the five years before the
deadline date for applications in this
competition. For the purposes of this
requirement, a grant is active until the
end of the grant’s project or funding
period, including any extensions of
those periods that extend the grantee’s
authority to obligate funds.
34 CFR 75.225(a)(2) addresses the
requirements for group applications
submitted by novice applicants. In the
case of a group application submitted in
accordance with 34 CFR 75.127 through
75.129, each group member must meet
the requirements in 34 CFR 75.225(a)(1)
and (b), previously described in this
section of the notice, in order to qualify
as a novice applicant.
All applicants should follow the
instructions in the application package
to ensure that they properly indicate in
their application their status as a novice
or non-novice applicant.
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
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using PDF, call the U.S. Government
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DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact:
Alexis Fisher, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3E242, Washington, DC 20202–
6200. Telephone: (202) 401–0281 or by
e-mail: alexis.fisher@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
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award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the
most current performance and financial
expenditure information as directed by
the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. 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.html.
4. Performance Measures: Under the
Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has
developed the following performance
measures for measuring the overall
effectiveness of the ANE program: (1)
The percentage of Alaska Native
students in schools served by the
program who meet or exceed
proficiency standards in reading,
mathematics, and science on the State
assessments; (2) the percentage of
Alaska Native children participating in
early learning and preschool programs
who consistently demonstrate school
readiness in language and literacy as
measured by the Revised Alaska
Development Profile (RADP); and (3) the
percentage of students in schools served
by the program who graduate from high
school with a regular high school
diploma in four years.
All grantees will be expected to
submit an annual performance report
that includes data addressing these
performance measures, to the extent that
they apply to the grantee’s project.
Full Text of Announcement
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
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
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index.html.
Dated: January 16, 2009.
Kerri L. Briggs,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education; Overview Information;
Indian Education—Professional
Development Grants
Notice inviting applications for new
awards for fiscal year (FY) 2009.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.299B.
Dates:
Applications Available: January 23,
2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 3, 2009.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: May 4, 2009.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the Professional Development program
is to (1) increase the number of qualified
Indian individuals in professions that
serve Indians; (2) provide training to
qualified Indian individuals to become
teachers, administrators, teacher aides,
social workers, and ancillary
educational personnel; and (3) improve
the skills of qualified Indian individuals
who serve in the education field.
Activities may include, but are not
limited to, continuing education
programs, symposia, workshops,
conferences, and direct financial
support.
Priorities: This competition contains
two absolute priorities and two
competitive preference priorities. In
accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii),
the absolute priorities are from the
regulations for this program (34 CFR
263.5(c)). In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(ii) and (iv), the competitive
preference priorities are from the
regulations for this program (34 CFR
263.5(a) and (b)).
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Absolute Priorities: For FY 2009, these
priorities are absolute priorities. Under
34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only
applications that meet one or both of the
following priorities.
These priorities are:
Absolute Priority One—Pre-Service
Training for Teachers
A project that provides support and
training to Indian individuals in
completing a pre-service education
program that enables these individuals
to meet the requirements for full State
certification or licensure as a teacher
through—
(i)(A) Training that leads to a
bachelor’s degree in education before
the end of the award period; or
(B) For States allowing a degree in a
specific subject area, training that leads
to a bachelor’s degree in the subject area
so long as the training meets the
requirements for full State teacher
certification or licensure; or
(C) Training in a current or new
specialized teaching assignment that
requires at least a bachelor’s degree and
in which a documented teacher shortage
exists; and
(ii) One-year induction services after
graduation, certification, or licensure,
provided during the award period to
graduates of the pre-service program
while they are completing their first
year of work in local educational
agencies (LEAs) with at least five
percent American Indian/Alaska Native
student populations.
Note: In working with various institutions
of higher education and State certification/
licensure requirements, we have found that
States requiring a degree in a specific subject
area (e.g., specialty areas or teaching at the
secondary level) generally require a master’s
degree or completion of a five-year program
before an individual can be certified or
licensed as a teacher. Students pursuing
those credentials would be eligible to
participate so long as their training meets the
requirements for full State certification or
licensure as a teacher.
Note: We clarify that, to meet the
requirements of this priority, the degree
received as a result of training and the one
year of induction services are to be
completed prior to the end of the award
period.
Absolute Priority Two—Pre-Service
Administrator Training
A project that provides—
(1) Support and training to Indian
individuals to complete a master’s
degree in education administration that
is provided before the end of the award
period and that allows participants to
meet the requirements for State
certification or licensure as an
education administrator; and
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Overview
Information; Alaska Native Education (ANE); Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.356A.
Dates:
Applications Available: January 23, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 24, 2009.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Alaska Native Education
program is to support innovative projects that enhance the educational
services provided to Alaska Native children and adults. These projects
may include those activities authorized under section 7304(a)(2) and
(3) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended
(ESEA).
Note: The construction of facilities that support the operation
of Alaska Native education programs will be a permissible activity
only if Congress specifically authorizes the use of FY 2009 funds
for that purpose.
Priorities: This competition includes a competitive preference
priority and an invitational priority. In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(iv), the competitive preference priority is from section
7304(c) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7544(c)). The invitational priority is
from the notice of final discretionary grant priorities for FY 2009,
published in the Federal Register on November 21, 2008 (73 FR 70627).
Competitive Preference Priority: For FY 2009 and any subsequent
year in which we make awards based on the list of unfunded applicants
from this competition, this priority is a competitive preference
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award an additional five
points to an application that meets this priority.
This priority is:
The Secretary gives priority to applications from Alaska Native
regional nonprofit organizations or consortia that include at least one
Alaska Native regional nonprofit organization. In order to receive a
competitive preference under this priority, an application must provide
documentation supporting its claim that it meets this priority.
Invitational Priority: For FY 2009 and any subsequent year in which
we make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from this
competition, this priority is an invitational priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(1) we do not give an application that meets this invitational
priority a competitive or absolute preference over other applications.
This priority is:
Secondary Schools. Projects that support activities and
interventions aimed at improving the academic achievement of secondary
school students who are at greatest risk of not meeting challenging
State academic standards and not completing high school.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7541 et seq.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The notice of final discretionary
grant priorities for FY 2009, published in the Federal Register on
November 21, 2008 (73 FR 70627).
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration's budget request for
FY 2009 does not include funds for this program. However, we are
inviting applications to allow enough time to complete the grant
process before the end of the current fiscal year if Congress
appropriates funds for this program.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of
applications, we may make additional awards in FY 2010 from the list of
unfunded applicants from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $300,000-$700,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $500,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 10 for novice applicants; 20 for non-
novice applicants, including previous grantees under the ANE program.
The Department will rank and fund two groups of applicants separately:
Novice applicants will comprise one group, and non-novice applicants
will comprise the second group. If we do not receive a sufficient
number of high quality applications from novice applicants, funds set
aside for novice applicants may be used to fund non-novice applicants,
including previous grantees under the ANE program. Further information
regarding our review of these two groups of applications, including the
definition of novice applicant, is in section V. 2. of this notice.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: (a) Alaska Native organizations;
(b) Educational entities with experience in developing or operating
Alaska Native programs or programs of instruction conducted in Alaska
Native languages;
(c) Cultural and community-based organizations with experience in
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developing or operating programs to benefit Alaska Natives; and
(d) Consortia of organizations and entities described in this
paragraph to carry out activities that meet the purposes of this
program.
Note: A State educational agency or local educational agency may
apply for an award under this program only as part of a consortium
involving an Alaska Native organization. The consortium may include
other eligible applicants.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This competition does not require cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an
application package via the Internet or from the program office. To
obtain a copy via the Internet, use either of the following addresses:
https://www.grants.gov or https://www.ed.gov/programs/alaskanative/
applicant.html. To obtain a copy from the program office, contact:
Alexis Fisher, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3E242, Washington, DC 20202-6200. Telephone: (202) 401-0281 or by
e-mail: alexis.fisher@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
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 competition. Page
Limit: The application narrative is where you, the applicant, address
the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your application.
You must limit the application narrative to the equivalent of no more
than 25 pages, using the following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with
1 margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller
than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial. An application submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman or 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, the resumes, the
bibliography, or the letters of support. However, the page limit does
apply to all of the application narrative section.
Our reviewers will not read any pages of your application that
exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: January 23, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 24, 2009.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically, or 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 of 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
of 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.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is not subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
5. Funding Restrictions: Under section 7304(b) of the ESEA (20
U.S.C. 7544(b)), not more than five percent of the funds provided to a
grantee under this competition for any fiscal year may be used for
administrative purposes. We reference additional regulations outlining
funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this
notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this competition must be submitted electronically unless you qualify
for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the
instructions in this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
Applications for grants under the ANE program, CFDA Number 84.356A,
must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov
Apply site at https://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be
able to download a copy of the application package, complete it
offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-
mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant application for the ANE program
at https://www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable
application package for this competition by the CFDA number. Do not
include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for
84.356, not 84.356A).
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 dated and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than
4:30:00 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 4:30:00 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 4:30:00 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 competition to ensure that
you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov
system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov at https://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see https://
www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp). These steps include (1)
Registering your organization, a multi-part process that includes
registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR); (2)
registering yourself as an Authorized Organization Representative
(AOR); and (3) getting authorized as an AOR by your organization.
Details on these steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see https://www.grants.gov/section910/
Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). You also must provide on your
application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please
note that the registration process may take five or more business days
to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to
allow you to submit successfully an application via Grants.gov. In
addition you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual
basis. This may take three or more business days to complete.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your
application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including all
information you typically provide on the following forms: Application
for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of Education
Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and
certifications.
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 4:30:00 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 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC
time, on the application deadline date, please contact the person
listed under For Further Information Contact in section VII of 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 that that
problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30:00
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The
Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether
your application will be accepted.
Note: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply
only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the
Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed
to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before
the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem
you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov system; and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application.
If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be
postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline
date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must
receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Alexis Fisher, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3E242,
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 following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.356A), LBJ Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202-4260.
You must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:
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(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service.
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier.
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark.
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper
application to the Department by hand. You must deliver the original
and two copies of your application by hand, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.356A), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 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 competition
are from 34 CFR 75.210. The maximum score for all criteria is 100
points. The maximum possible score for each criterion is indicated in
parentheses. The selection criteria for this competition are as
follows:
(a) Need for project (15 points). In determining the need for the
proposed project, the Secretary considers the extent to which specific
gaps or weaknesses in services, infrastructure, or opportunities have
been identified and will be addressed by the proposed project,
including the nature and magnitude of those gaps and weaknesses.
(b) Quality of the project design (40 points). In determining the
quality of the design of the proposed project, the Secretary considers
the following factors:
(i) The extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be
achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and measurable.
(ii) The extent to which the design of the proposed project is
appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of the target
population or other identified needs.
(c) Quality of the management plan (30 points). In determining the
quality of the management plan for the proposed project, the Secretary
considers the following factors:
(i) 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.
(ii) The adequacy of procedures for ensuring feedback and
continuous improvement in the operation of the proposed project.
(d) Quality of the project evaluation (15 points). In determining
the quality of the evaluation for the proposed project, the Secretary
considers the following factors:
(i) The extent to which the methods of evaluation are thorough,
feasible, and appropriate to the goals, objectives, and outcomes of the
proposed project.
(ii) The extent to which the methods of evaluation include the use
of objective performance measures that are clearly related to the
intended outcomes of the project and will produce quantitative and
qualitative data to the extent possible.
2. Review of Applications--Novice and Non-Novice Applicants. The
Department will rank and fund two groups of applicants separately:
Novice applicants will comprise one group; and non-novice applicants,
including previous grantees under the ANE program, will comprise the
second group. If we do not receive a sufficient number of high quality
applications from novice applicants, funds set aside for novice
applicants may be used to fund applications submitted by non-novice
applicants.
An applicant is considered a ``novice applicant'' if it meets the
following criteria in 34 CFR 75.225(a)(1) and (b):
The applicant must--
(i) Have never received a grant or subgrant under the ANE program;
(ii) Have never been a member of a group application, submitted in
accordance with 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129, that received a grant
under the ANE program; and
(iii) Have not had an active discretionary grant from the Federal
Government in the five years before the deadline date for applications
in this competition. For the purposes of this requirement, a grant is
active until the end of the grant's project or funding period,
including any extensions of those periods that extend the grantee's
authority to obligate funds.
34 CFR 75.225(a)(2) addresses the requirements for group
applications submitted by novice applicants. In the case of a group
application submitted in accordance with 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129,
each group member must meet the requirements in 34 CFR 75.225(a)(1) and
(b), previously described in this section of the notice, in order to
qualify as a novice applicant.
All applicants should follow the instructions in the application
package to ensure that they properly indicate in their application
their status as a novice or non-novice applicant.
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
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award, you must submit an annual performance report that provides the
most current performance and financial expenditure information as
directed by the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. 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.html.
4. Performance Measures: Under the Government Performance and
Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has developed the following
performance measures for measuring the overall effectiveness of the ANE
program: (1) The percentage of Alaska Native students in schools served
by the program who meet or exceed proficiency standards in reading,
mathematics, and science on the State assessments; (2) the percentage
of Alaska Native children participating in early learning and preschool
programs who consistently demonstrate school readiness in language and
literacy as measured by the Revised Alaska Development Profile (RADP);
and (3) the percentage of students in schools served by the program who
graduate from high school with a regular high school diploma in four
years.
All grantees will be expected to submit an annual performance
report that includes data addressing these performance measures, to the
extent that they apply to the grantee's project.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Alexis Fisher, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E242, Washington, DC 20202-
6200. Telephone: (202) 401-0281 or by e-mail: alexis.fisher@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 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: January 16, 2009.
Kerri L. Briggs,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. E9-1527 Filed 1-22-09; 8:45 am]
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