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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education
Overview Information; Migrant
Education Program (MEP) Consortium
Incentive Grants Program; Notice
inviting applications for new awards for
fiscal year (FY) 2010.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.144F.
Dates:
Applications Available: April 1, 2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 7, 2010.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: July 9, 2010.
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Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the MEP Consortium Incentive Grants
program is to provide incentive grants to
State educational agencies (SEAs) that
participate in consortia with another
SEA or other appropriate entity to
improve the delivery of services to
migrant children whose education is
interrupted. Through this program, the
Department provides financial
incentives to SEAs to participate in
consortia that provide high-quality
project designs and services to improve
the intrastate and interstate
coordination of migrant education
programs by addressing key needs of
migratory children who have their
education interrupted.
Priorities: These priorities are from
the notice of final requirements for this
program, published in the Federal
Register on March 3, 2004 (69 FR
10110) and from the notice of final
priority, published in the Federal
Register on March 12, 2008 (73 FR
13217).
Absolute Priorities: For FY 2010, these
priorities are absolute priorities. Under
34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only
applications that meet one or more of
these priorities. In order for an SEA to
be considered for an incentive grant, an
application from a proposed consortium
in which an SEA would participate
must address one or more of the
following absolute priorities:
1. Services designed to improve the
proper and timely identification and
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recruitment of eligible migratory
children whose education is
interrupted;
2. Services designed (based on a
review of scientifically based research)
to improve the school readiness of preschool-aged migratory children whose
education is interrupted;
3. Services designed (based on a
review of scientifically based research)
to improve the reading proficiency of
migratory children whose education is
interrupted;
4. Services designed (based on a
review of scientifically based research)
to improve the mathematics proficiency
of migratory children whose education
is interrupted;
5. Services designed (based on a
review of scientifically based research)
to decrease the dropout rate of migratory
students whose education is interrupted
and improve their high school
completion rate;
6. Services designed (based on a
review of scientifically based research)
to strengthen the involvement of
migratory parents in the education of
migratory students whose education is
interrupted;
7. Services designed (based on a
review of scientifically based research)
to expand access to innovative
educational technologies intended to
increase the academic achievement of
migratory students whose education is
interrupted; and
8. Services designed (based on review
of scientifically based research) to
improve the educational attainment of
out-of-school migratory youth whose
education is interrupted.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6398(d).
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 75 (except 75.232), 76, 77,
79, 80 (except 80.40(b)), 82, 84, 85, and
99; (b) the notice of final requirements
published in the Federal Register on
March 3, 2004 (69 FR 10110); and (c) the
notice of final priority published in the
Federal Register on March 12, 2008 (73
FR 13217).
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79
apply to all applicants except federally
recognized Indian tribes.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Formula grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$3,000,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $85,000–
$175,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$130,434.
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Maximum Award: By statute, the
maximum amount that we may award
under this program is $250,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 23.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: SEAs receiving
MEP Basic State Formula grants, in
consortium with or SEAs or other
appropriate entities.
2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not require cost sharing or
matching.
b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This
program involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements.
Pursuant to the notice of final
requirements published in the Federal
Register on March 3, 2004 (69 FR
10110), the supplement-not-supplant
provisions in sections 1120A(b) and
1304(c)(2) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as
amended, are applicable to this
program.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Michelle Moreno, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 3E257, LBJ,
Washington, DC 20202–6135.
Telephone: (202) 401–2928 or by e-mail:
michelle.moreno@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 accessible 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 IV of the application) is where you,
the applicant, describe the proposed
consortium, including how the
consortium’s proposed project addresses
(1) the Application Requirements listed
in the notice of final requirements
published in the Federal Register on
March 3, 2004 (69 FR 10110), (2) one or
more of the eight absolute priorities, and
(3) the selection criteria that reviewers
use to evaluate your application. You
must limit Part IV to no more than 30
double-spaced pages, using the
following standards:
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• 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.
• For charts, tables, and graphs, use a
font that is either 12-point or larger or
no smaller than 10 pitch.
The page limit applies only to Part IV
of the application. It does not apply to
Parts I through III or Parts V through VII,
or to any appendices, resumes,
bibliography, or letters of support.
However, an applicant must include all
of the application narrative in Part IV.
Our reviewers will not read any pages
of the Part IV narrative that exceed the
page limit.
3. Submission Date and Times:
Applications Available: April 1, 2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 7, 2010.
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted in paper
format by mail or hand delivery. For
information (including dates and times)
about how to submit your application
by mail or hand delivery, 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.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: July 9, 2010.
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
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is in the application package for this
program.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference
regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted in paper
format by mail or hand delivery.
a. Submission of Applications by
Mail.
If you submit your application by
mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or
a commercial carrier), 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 84.144F), LBJ
Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–
4260.
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.
b. Submission of Applications by
Hand Delivery.
If you submit your application by
hand delivery, you (or a courier service)
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 84.144F), 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 p.m., Washington,
DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays,
and Federal holidays.
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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
part 75.210 and are listed in the
application package.
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 of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: Grant recipients under
this program must submit the annual
and final performance and financial
reports specified in the notice of final
requirements for this grant program
published in the Federal Register on
March 3, 2004 (69 FR 10110).
4. Performance Measures: Consortium
grantees are required to report on their
project’s effectiveness based on the
project objectives, performance
measures, and scheduled activities
outlined in the consortium’s
application.
In addition, all grantees are required,
under 34 CFR 80.40(b), to report on the
Government Performance and Results
Act (GPRA) indicators as part of their
Consolidated State Performance Report.
The GPRA indicators established by the
Department for the Migrant Education
Program, of which the Consortium
Incentive Grants are a component, are:
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a. The percentage of migrant students
at the elementary school level who meet
or exceed the proficient level on State
assessments in reading.
b. The percentage of migrant students
at the middle school level who meet or
exceed the proficient level on State
assessments in reading.
c. The percentage of migrant students
at the elementary school level who meet
or exceed the proficient level on State
assessments in mathematics.
d. The percentage of migrant students
at the middle school level who meet or
exceed the proficient level on State
assessments in mathematics.
e. The percentage of migrant students
who drop out from secondary school
(grades 7–12).
f. The percentage of migrant students
who graduate from high school.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact:
Michelle Moreno, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3E257, LBJ, Washington, DC
20202–6135. Telephone: (202) 401–2928
or by e-mail: michelle.moreno@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
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VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an accessible 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 of
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.
You may also view this document in
text at the following site: https://
www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/
ome/
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: March 29, 2010.
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Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 12737–002]
Jordan Limited Partnership; Notice of
Application Ready for Environmental
Analysis and Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Terms and
Conditions, and Prescriptions
March 25, 2010.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original
License.
b. Project No.: P–12737–002.
c. Date Filed: April 16, 2009.
d. Applicant: Jordan Limited
Partnership.
e. Name of Project: Gathright
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Jackson River in
Alleghany County, Virginia at the
existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Gathright Dam.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. James B.
Price, W.V. Hydro, Inc., P.O. Box 903,
Gatlinburg, Tennessee 37738 (865) 436–
0402.
i. FERC Contact: Jeffrey Browning,
(202) 502–8677 or
jeffrey.browning@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days
from the issuance of this notice; reply
comments are due 105 days from the
issuance date of this notice.
All documents may be filed
electronically via the Internet. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission’s Web
site (https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link.
For a simpler method of submitting text
only comments, click on ‘‘Quick
Comment.’’ For assistance, please
contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659. Although the
Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing, documents may also be
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an
original and eight copies to: Kimberly D.
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
require all intervenors filing documents
with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person on the
official service list for the project.
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Further, if an intervenor files comments
or documents with the Commission
relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must
also serve a copy of the document on
that resource agency.
k. This application has been accepted
and is now ready for environmental
analysis.
l. The proposed Gathright Project
would be located at the existing U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps)
Gathright Dam. The existing Corps
facilities consist of: (1) The 257-foothigh, 1,172-foot-long rock-fill Gathright
Dam with an impervious core with a 32foot-wide top; (2) the 2,530-acre Lake
Moomaw at a normal conservation pool
water surface elevation of 1,582.0 feet
National Geodetic Vertical Datum; (3) an
outlet works comprised of an intake
tower with 10 water quality intake gates,
two intake tunnel passageways (north
and south), an outlet tunnel, a stilling
basin and outlet channel; and (4) an
emergency spillway located 2.4-miles
south of the dam comprised of an
ungated and unpaved 2,680-foot-long,
100-foot-wide trapezoidal channel.
The proposed project would utilize
the head created by the existing Corps
dam and consist of: (1) A new 155-foothigh, 16-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep intake
module attached to the existing intake
tower upstream of the south tunnel
passageway trashrack; (2) one new 3.7megawatt generating unit attached to the
top of the intake module; (3) one new
Francis turbine and draft tube at the
bottom of the intake module; (4) a new
0.94-mile-long, 46-kilovolt transmission
line; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
The project would be operated in runof-river mode in that it would have no
storage and only use flows released by
the Corps in accordance with its present
operations.
m. A copy of the application is
available for review at the Commission
in the Public Reference Room or may be
viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link. Enter the docket number excluding
the last three digits in the docket
number field to access the document.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support. A copy is also available for
inspection and reproduction at the
address in item h above.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘REPLY
COMMENTS’’,
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’
(2) set forth in the heading the name of
the applicant and the project number of
the application to which the filing
responds; (3) furnish the name, address,
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
Overview Information; Migrant Education Program (MEP) Consortium
Incentive Grants Program; Notice inviting applications for new awards
for fiscal year (FY) 2010.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.144F.
Dates:
Applications Available: April 1, 2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 7, 2010.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 9, 2010.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of the MEP Consortium Incentive
Grants program is to provide incentive grants to State educational
agencies (SEAs) that participate in consortia with another SEA or other
appropriate entity to improve the delivery of services to migrant
children whose education is interrupted. Through this program, the
Department provides financial incentives to SEAs to participate in
consortia that provide high-quality project designs and services to
improve the intrastate and interstate coordination of migrant education
programs by addressing key needs of migratory children who have their
education interrupted.
Priorities: These priorities are from the notice of final
requirements for this program, published in the Federal Register on
March 3, 2004 (69 FR 10110) and from the notice of final priority,
published in the Federal Register on March 12, 2008 (73 FR 13217).
Absolute Priorities: For FY 2010, these priorities are absolute
priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications
that meet one or more of these priorities. In order for an SEA to be
considered for an incentive grant, an application from a proposed
consortium in which an SEA would participate must address one or more
of the following absolute priorities:
1. Services designed to improve the proper and timely
identification and recruitment of eligible migratory children whose
education is interrupted;
2. Services designed (based on a review of scientifically based
research) to improve the school readiness of pre-school-aged migratory
children whose education is interrupted;
3. Services designed (based on a review of scientifically based
research) to improve the reading proficiency of migratory children
whose education is interrupted;
4. Services designed (based on a review of scientifically based
research) to improve the mathematics proficiency of migratory children
whose education is interrupted;
5. Services designed (based on a review of scientifically based
research) to decrease the dropout rate of migratory students whose
education is interrupted and improve their high school completion rate;
6. Services designed (based on a review of scientifically based
research) to strengthen the involvement of migratory parents in the
education of migratory students whose education is interrupted;
7. Services designed (based on a review of scientifically based
research) to expand access to innovative educational technologies
intended to increase the academic achievement of migratory students
whose education is interrupted; and
8. Services designed (based on review of scientifically based
research) to improve the educational attainment of out-of-school
migratory youth whose education is interrupted.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6398(d).
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75 (except 75.232),
76, 77, 79, 80 (except 80.40(b)), 82, 84, 85, and 99; (b) the notice of
final requirements published in the Federal Register on March 3, 2004
(69 FR 10110); and (c) the notice of final priority published in the
Federal Register on March 12, 2008 (73 FR 13217).
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Formula grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $3,000,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $85,000-$175,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $130,434.
Maximum Award: By statute, the maximum amount that we may award
under this program is $250,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 23.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: SEAs receiving MEP Basic State Formula
grants, in consortium with or SEAs or other appropriate entities.
2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This program involves supplement-not-
supplant funding requirements. Pursuant to the notice of final
requirements published in the Federal Register on March 3, 2004 (69 FR
10110), the supplement-not-supplant provisions in sections 1120A(b) and
1304(c)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as
amended, are applicable to this program.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Michelle Moreno, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E257, LBJ,
Washington, DC 20202-6135. Telephone: (202) 401-2928 or by e-mail:
michelle.moreno@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 accessible 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 IV of the application)
is where you, the applicant, describe the proposed consortium,
including how the consortium's proposed project addresses (1) the
Application Requirements listed in the notice of final requirements
published in the Federal Register on March 3, 2004 (69 FR 10110), (2)
one or more of the eight absolute priorities, and (3) the selection
criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your application. You must
limit Part IV to no more than 30 double-spaced pages, using the
following standards:
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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.
For charts, tables, and graphs, use a font that is either
12-point or larger or no smaller than 10 pitch.
The page limit applies only to Part IV of the application. It does
not apply to Parts I through III or Parts V through VII, or to any
appendices, resumes, bibliography, or letters of support. However, an
applicant must include all of the application narrative in Part IV.
Our reviewers will not read any pages of the Part IV narrative that
exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Date and Times:
Applications Available: April 1, 2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 7, 2010.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted in
paper format by mail or hand delivery. For information (including dates
and times) about how to submit your application by mail or hand
delivery, 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.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 9, 2010.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for this program.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this competition must be submitted in paper format by mail or hand
delivery.
a. Submission of Applications by Mail.
If you submit your application by mail (through the U.S. Postal
Service or a commercial carrier), 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
84.144F), LBJ Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20202-4260.
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.
b. Submission of Applications by Hand Delivery.
If you submit your application by hand delivery, you (or a courier
service) 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 84.144F), 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 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 part 75.210 and are listed in the application package.
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 of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: Grant recipients under this program must submit the
annual and final performance and financial reports specified in the
notice of final requirements for this grant program published in the
Federal Register on March 3, 2004 (69 FR 10110).
4. Performance Measures: Consortium grantees are required to report
on their project's effectiveness based on the project objectives,
performance measures, and scheduled activities outlined in the
consortium's application.
In addition, all grantees are required, under 34 CFR 80.40(b), to
report on the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) indicators
as part of their Consolidated State Performance Report. The GPRA
indicators established by the Department for the Migrant Education
Program, of which the Consortium Incentive Grants are a component, are:
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a. The percentage of migrant students at the elementary school
level who meet or exceed the proficient level on State assessments in
reading.
b. The percentage of migrant students at the middle school level
who meet or exceed the proficient level on State assessments in
reading.
c. The percentage of migrant students at the elementary school
level who meet or exceed the proficient level on State assessments in
mathematics.
d. The percentage of migrant students at the middle school level
who meet or exceed the proficient level on State assessments in
mathematics.
e. The percentage of migrant students who drop out from secondary
school (grades 7-12).
f. The percentage of migrant students who graduate from high
school.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Michelle Moreno, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E257, LBJ, Washington, DC
20202-6135. Telephone: (202) 401-2928 or by e-mail:
michelle.moreno@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible 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 of 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.
You may also view this document in text at the following site:
https://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/ome/
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: March 29, 2010.
Thelma Mel[eacute]ndez de Santa Ana,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
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