Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH) Programs; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010, 33589-33593 [2010-14228]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information; Alaska NativeServing and Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institutions (ANNH) Programs; Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.031W
and 84.031N.
Dates:
Applications Available: June 14, 2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 14, 2010.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: September 13, 2010.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Programs: The ANNH
Programs provide grants to eligible
institutions of higher education (IHEs)
to help them become self sufficient and
expand their capacity to serve lowincome students, by providing funds to
improve and strengthen the institution’s
academic quality, institutional
management, and fiscal stability. For FY
2010, the ANNH program received
$15,084,000 in discretionary funding
under Title III, Part A, Section 317 of
the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (HEA) and an additional $15
million in mandatory funding under
Title III, Part F, Section 371 of the HEA.
Applicants should refer to section 317
of the HEA for the allowable activities.
Priorities: Under this competition we
are particularly interested in
applications that address the following
priorities.
Invitational Priorities: For FY 2010,
there are four invitational priorities for
this program. Under 34 CFR 75.105
(c)(1) we do not give an application that
meets these invitational priorities a
competitive or absolute preference over
other applications.
These priorities are:
Invitational Priority 3
Invitational Priority 1
II. Award Information
Support activities that will improve
the institution’s persistence and
graduation rates.
Invitational Priority 2
Work with appropriate State agencies
to develop strategies for using State
longitudinal data systems to track
outcomes for students attending the
grantee institution, including the extent
to which the students complete
certificates, two-year degrees, and fouryear degrees at other institutions.
Title III: Alaska Native-Serving Institutions Program (84.031N):
5-year Development Grants (Part A) ...................................................................................
5-year Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants (Part A) .........................................
2-year Renovation Grants (Part F) .......................................................................................
Title III: Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program (84.031W):
5-year Development Grants (Part A) ...................................................................................
5-year Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants (Part A) .........................................
2-year Renovation Grants (Part F) .......................................................................................
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Project Period: Up to 60 months for
development and cooperative
arrangement, and 24 months for
renovation grants.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: An IHE that
qualifies as an eligible institution under
the ANNH Programs may apply for
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grants under this notice. At the time of
application, an Alaska Native-Serving
institution must have an enrollment of
undergraduate students that is at least
twenty percent (20%) Alaska Native. At
the time of application, a Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institution must have
an enrollment of undergraduate
students that is at least ten percent
(10%) Native Hawaiian. These programs
are authorized by Title III, Part A, of the
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Invitational Priority 4
Develop dual—enrollment programs
that facilitate the transition between
high school and college or career
pathways programs that integrate basic
academic instruction with technical or
professional occupational training to
advance individuals, particularly adult
learners, on a career path toward highwage occupations in high-demand
industries.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057–
1059d and 1067q.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84,
85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The
regulations for these programs in 34
CFR part 607.
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Five-year development grants, five-year
cooperative arrangement development
grants and two-year renovation grants
will be awarded in FY 2010. Planning
grants will not be awarded in FY 2010.
Estimated Available Funds:
$11,151,000 in discretionary funding
under Title III, Part A, Section 317 of
the HEA and an additional $15 million
in mandatory funding under Title III,
Part F, Section 371 of HEA.
Maximum
award amount
Program name and type of award
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Develop academic programs to
improve course completion rates or
develop innovative support programs
that are designed to increase completion
rates.
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Estimated
number of
awards
Estimated average award
amount
$800,000
900,000
2,000,000
5
3
5
$625,000
800,000
1,500,000
800,000
900,000
2,000,000
5
3
5
625,000
800,000
1,500,000
HEA. To qualify as an eligible
institution under any Title III, Part A
program, an institution must, among
other requirements—
(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by
a nationally recognized accrediting
agency or association that the Secretary
has determined to be a reliable authority
as to the quality of education or training
offered;
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(2) Be legally authorized by the State
in which it is located to be a junior
college or to provide an educational
program for which it awards a
bachelor’s degree;
(3) Be designated as an ‘‘eligible
institution’’ by demonstrating that it: A)
Has an enrollment of needy students as
described in 34 CFR 607.3; and B) has
low average educational and general
expenditures per full-time equivalent
(FTE) undergraduate student as
described in 34 CFR 607.4.
Relationship Between the Title III, Part
A Programs and the Hispanic-Serving
Institutions Program (HSI)
Note 1: A grantee under the HSI program,
which is authorized under Title V of the
HEA, may not receive a grant under any
HEA, Title III, Part A program, including the
Alaska Native-Serving and Native HawaiianServing Institutions Programs (ANNH).
Further, a current HSI program grantee may
not give up its HSI grant in order to receive
a grant under any Title III, Part A program.
Note 2: An eligible HSI that does not fall
within the limitation described in Note 1
(i.e., is not a current grantee under the HSI
program) may apply for a FY 2010 grant
under all Title III, Part A programs for which
it is eligible, as well as receive consideration
for a grant under the HSI program. However,
a successful applicant may receive only one
grant.
Note 3: An eligible IHE that submits more
than one application may only be awarded
one individual development grant or one
cooperative arrangement development grant
in a fiscal year. Furthermore, we will not
award a second cooperative arrangement
development grant to an otherwise eligible
IHE for the same award year as the IHE’s
existing cooperative arrangement
development grant award.
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Note 4: The Department will make fiveyear awards for individual development
grants, five-year awards for cooperative
arrangement development grants, and twoyear renovation grants in rank order, from
separate funding slates, according to the
average score received from a panel of three
readers.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: These
programs do not require cost sharing or
matching unless the grantee uses a
portion of its grant for establishing or
improving an endowment fund. If a
grantee uses a portion of its grant for
endowment fund purposes, it must
match those grant funds with nonFederal funds (20 U.S.C. 1059(c)(3)(B)).
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: You can obtain an application
via the Internet using the following
address: https://e-grants.ed.gov. If you do
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not have access to the Internet, please
contact Kelley Harris, Don Crews, or
Darlene Collins, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th
Floor, Washington, DC 20006–8513.
You may contact these individuals at
the following e-mail addresses or
telephone numbers:
Kelley.Harris@ed.gov; (202) 219–7083.
Don.Crews@ed.gov; (202) 502–7574.
Darlene.Collins@ed.gov; (202) 502–
7576.
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 may
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 these
programs.
Page Limits: We have established
mandatory page limits for the
applications to be submitted under this
notice. You must limit your application
to the equivalent of no more than 50
pages for an individual development
grant, 70 pages for a cooperative
arrangement development grant and 35
pages for a renovation grant using the
following standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side
only, with 1 inch margins at the top,
bottom, and both sides. Page numbers
and an identifier may be outside the 1″
margin.
• Double space (no more than three
lines per vertical inch) all text in the
application narrative, except titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, captions and all text in
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
Charts, tables, figures, and graphs in the
application narrative may be single
spaced and will count toward the page
limit.
• Use a font that is either 12 point or
larger, and no smaller than 10 pitch
(characters per inch).
• Use one of the following fonts:
Times New Roman, Courier, Courier
New, or Arial. An application submitted
in any other font (including Times
Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be
accepted.
The page limit does not apply to Part
I, the Application for Federal Assistance
(SF–424); the Supplemental Information
for SF–424 Form required by the
Department of Education; Part II, the
Budget Information Summary Form (ED
Form 524); and Part IV, the assurance
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and certifications. The page limit also
does not apply to the one-page abstract,
the table of contents, the resumes, and
the bibliography. If you include any
attachments or appendices, these items
will be counted as part of the Program
Narrative (Part III of the application) for
purposes of the page limit requirement.
You must include your complete
response to the selection criteria in the
program narrative.
We will reject your application if you
exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: June 14, 2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 14, 2010.
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically using the Electronic Grant
Application System (e-Application)
accessible through the Department’s eGrants site. 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 in this notice. If the
Department provides an accommodation
or auxiliary aid to an individual with a
disability in connection with the
application process, the individual’s
application remains subject to all other
requirements and limitations in this
notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: September 13, 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 these
programs.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference
the regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
Applicability of Executive Order
13202. Applicants that apply for
construction funds under the Title III,
Part A programs, must comply with
Executive Order 13202 signed by former
President George W. Bush on February
17, 2001, and amended on April 6,
2001. This Executive Order provides
that recipients of Federal construction
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funds may not ‘‘require or prohibit
bidders, offerors, contractors, or
subcontractors to enter into or adhere to
agreements with one or more labor
organizations, on the same or other
construction project(s)’’ or ‘‘otherwise
discriminate against bidders, offerors,
contractors, or subcontractors for
becoming or refusing to become or
remain signatories or otherwise adhere
to agreements with one or more labor
organizations, on the same or other
construction project(s).’’ However, the
Executive Order does not prohibit
contractors or subcontractors from
voluntarily entering into these
agreements. Projects funded under these
programs that include construction
activity will be provided a copy of this
Executive Order and will be asked to
certify that they will adhere to it.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under the ANNH
Programs must be submitted
electronically unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in
accordance with the instructions in this
section.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
Applications for grants under the
Alaska Native-Serving Institutions
Program (CFDA number 84.031N) and
the Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institutions Program (CFDA number
84.031W) must be submitted
electronically using the Department’s
e-Grants Web site at: https://egrants.ed.gov.
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.
While completing your electronic
application, you will be entering data
online that will be saved into a
database. You may not e-mail an
electronic copy of a grant application to
us.
Please note the following:
• You must complete the electronic
submission of your grant application by
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the application deadline date.
E-Application will not accept an
application for this program after
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the application deadline date.
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Therefore, we strongly recommend that
you do not wait until the application
deadline date to begin the application
process.
• The hours of operation of the eGrants Web site are 6:00 a.m. Monday
until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00
a.m. Thursday until 8:00 p.m. Sunday,
Washington, DC time. Please note that,
because of maintenance, the system is
unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on
Sundays and 6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and
between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and
6:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington,
DC time. Any modifications to these
hours are posted on the e-Grants Web
site.
• 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: The 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 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.
• Prior to submitting your electronic
application, you may wish to print a
copy of it for your records.
• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive an
automatic acknowledgment that will
include a PR/Award number (an
identifying number unique to your
application).
• Within three working days after
submitting your electronic application,
fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the
Application Control Center after
following these steps:
(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application.
(2) The applicant’s Authorizing
Representative must sign this form.
(3) Place the PR/Award number in the
upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424.
(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the
Application Control Center at (202)
245–6272.
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• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on other forms at a
later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension
in Case of e-Application Unavailability:
If you are prevented from electronically
submitting your application on the
application deadline date because eApplication is unavailable, we will
grant you an extension of one business
day to enable you to transmit your
application electronically, by mail, or by
hand delivery. We will grant this
extension if—
(1) You are a registered user of
e-Application and you have initiated an
electronic application for this
competition; and
(2) (a) E-Application is unavailable for
60 minutes or more between the hours
of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington,
DC time, on the application deadline
date; or
(b) E-Application is unavailable for
any period of time between 3:30 p.m.
and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date.
We must acknowledge and confirm
these periods of unavailability before
granting you an extension. To request
this extension or to confirm our
acknowledgment of any system
unavailability, you may contact either
(1) the person listed elsewhere in this
notice under For Further Information
Contact (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2)
the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336–
8930. If e-Application is unavailable
due to technical problems with the
system and, therefore, the application
deadline is extended, an e-mail will be
sent to all registered users who have
initiated an e-Application. Extensions
referred to in this section apply only to
the unavailability of E-Application.
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 e-Application system because––
• You do not have access to the
Internet; or
• You do not have the capacity to
upload large documents to eApplication; 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 prevents you from using the
Internet to submit your application. If
you mail your written statement to the
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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: Kelley Harris, Don Crews
or Darlene Collins, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th
Floor, Washington, DC 20006–8513.
You may contact these individuals at
the following e-mail addresses or
telephone numbers:
Kelley.Harris@ed.gov; (202) 219–7083.
Don.Crews@ed.gov; (202) 502–7574.
Darlene.Collins@ed.gov; (202) 502–
7576.
FAX: (202) 502–7861.
Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
may mail (through the U.S. Postal
Service or a commercial carrier) your
application to the Department. You
must mail the original and two copies
of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the
Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Numbers 84.031N and 84.031W),
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.
c. Submission of Paper Applications
by Hand Delivery.
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If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
(or a courier service) may deliver your
paper application to the Department by
hand. You must deliver the original and
two copies of your application, by hand,
on or before the application deadline
date, to the Department at the following
address: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Numbers 84.031N and 84.031W),
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 4 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 grant notification of receipt of
your grant applications. If you do not receive
the grant 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 these programs are in 34 CFR
607.22(a)–(g). Applicants must address
each of the following selection criteria
(separately for each proposed activity).
The total weight of the selection criteria
is 100 points; the maximum score for
each criterion is noted in parentheses.
(a) Quality of The Applicant’s
Comprehensive Development Plan
(Maximum 25 Points).
(b) Quality of Activity Objectives
(Maximum 15 Points).
(c) Quality of Implementation Strategy
(Maximum 20 Points).
(d) Quality of Key Personnel
(Maximum 7 Points).
(e) Quality of Project Management
Plan (Maximum 10 Points).
(f) Quality of Evaluation Plan
(Maximum 15 Points).
(g) Budget (Maximum 8 Points).
2. Review and Selection Process:
Awards will be made in rank order
according to the average score received
from a panel of three readers.
Tie-breaker for Development Grants.
In tie-breaking situations for
development grants, 34 CFR 607.23(b),
requires that additional points be
awarded to any applicants that: (1) Has
an endowment fund of which the
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current market value, per full-time
equivalent (FTE) enrolled student is less
than the average current market value of
the endowment funds, per FTE enrolled
student at comparable institutions that
offer similar instruction; has
expenditures for library materials per
FTE enrolled student that are less than
the average expenditures per FTE
enrolled student at comparable
institutions that offer similar
instruction; or that proposes to carry out
one or more of the following activities—
(1) Faculty development;
(2) Funds and administrative
management;
(3) Development and improvement of
academic programs;
(4) Acquisition of equipment for use
in strengthening management and
academic programs;
(5) Joint use of facilities; and
(6) Student services.
For the purpose of these funding
considerations, we use 2007–2008 data.
If a tie remains after applying the tiebreaker mechanism above, priority will
be given in the case of applicants for:
(a) Individual development grants to
applicants that have the lowest
endowment values per FTE student; and
(b) cooperative arrangement
development grants to applicants in
accordance with Section 394(b) of the
HEA, if the Secretary determines that
the cooperative arrangement is
geographically and economically sound
or will benefit the applicant institution.
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 of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your
project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial
information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year
award, you must submit an annual
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performance report that provides the
most current performance and financial
expenditure information as directed by
the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118 and 34
CFR 607.31. 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: The
Secretary has established the following
key performance measures for assessing
the effectiveness of the Strengthening
Alaska Native and Native HawaiianServing Institutions programs:
a. The percentage change, over the
five-year period, of the number of fulltime degree-seeking undergraduates
enrolled at Alaska Native and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions. Note that
this is a long-term measure, which will
be used to periodically gauge
performance, beginning in FY 2009.
b. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate
students at 4-year Alaska Native and
Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions
who were in their first year of
postsecondary enrollment in the
previous year and are enrolled in the
current year at the same Alaska Native
and Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institution;
c. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate
students at 2-year Alaska Native and
Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions
who were in their first year of
postsecondary enrollment in the
previous year and are enrolled in the
current year at the same Alaska Native
and Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institution;
d. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate
students enrolled at 4-year Alaska
Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institutions graduating within 6 years of
enrollment; and
e. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree seeking undergraduate
students enrolled at 2-year Alaska
Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institutions graduating within 3 years of
enrollment.
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VII. Agency Contacts
For Further Information Contact:
Kelley Harris, Don Crews, or Darlene
Collins, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor,
Washington, DC 20006–8513.
You may contact these individuals at
the following e-mail addresses or
telephone numbers:
Kelley.Harris@ed.gov; (202) 219–7083.
Don.Crews@ed.gov; (202) 502–7574.
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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 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.
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.
Delegation of Authority: The Secretary
of Education has delegated authority to
Daniel T. Madzelan, Director,
Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the
Office of Postsecondary Education, to
perform the functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
Dated: June 9, 2010.
Daniel T. Madzelan,
Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Personnel Development
To Improve Services and Results for
Children With Disabilities; Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Numbers: 84.325D, 84.325K, and
84.325T
Note: This notice invites applications for
three separate competitions. For key dates,
contact person information, and funding
information regarding each competition, see
the chart in the Award Information section of
this notice.
Dates:
Applications Available: See chart.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: See chart.
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I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purposes of
this program are to (1) help address
State-identified needs for highly
qualified personnel—in special
education, related services, early
intervention, and regular education—to
work with children, including infants
and toddlers, with disabilities; and (2)
ensure that those personnel have the
necessary skills and knowledge, derived
from practices that have been
determined through scientifically based
research and experience, to be
successful in serving those children.
Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(iv), these priorities are from
allowable activities specified in the
statute (see sections 662 and 681 of the
Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA)). Each of the absolute
priorities announced in this notice
corresponds to a separate competition as
follows:
Absolute priority
Preparation of Leadership
Personnel ......................
Combined Personnel
Preparation ....................
Special Education
Preservice Program Improvement Grants .........
Competition
CFDA No.
84.325D
84.325K
84.325T
Absolute Priorities: For FY 2010 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards based on the list of unfunded
applications from these competitions,
these priorities are absolute priorities.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), for each
competition, we consider only
applications that meet the absolute
priority for that competition.
The priorities are:
Absolute Priority 1—Preparation of
Leadership Personnel (84.325D).
Background:
There continues to be a persistent
need for special education, early
intervention, and related services
personnel who have been trained at the
doctoral and postdoctoral levels to fill
faculty, research, and direct service
positions (Smith, Pion, & Tyler, 2004;
Wasburn-Moses & Therrien, 2008;
Woods & Snyder, 2009). Further,
according to Lashley & Boscardin
(2003), there is a need for personnel
who have been trained at the graduate
level (i.e., masters, education specialist,
and doctoral degrees, depending on
State certification requirements) to fill
special education and early intervention
administrator positions.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Alaska
Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH)
Programs; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2010
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.031W and
84.031N.
Dates:
Applications Available: June 14, 2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 14, 2010.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 13, 2010.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Programs: The ANNH Programs provide grants to eligible
institutions of higher education (IHEs) to help them become self
sufficient and expand their capacity to serve low-income students, by
providing funds to improve and strengthen the institution's academic
quality, institutional management, and fiscal stability. For FY 2010,
the ANNH program received $15,084,000 in discretionary funding under
Title III, Part A, Section 317 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (HEA) and an additional $15 million in mandatory funding under
Title III, Part F, Section 371 of the HEA. Applicants should refer to
section 317 of the HEA for the allowable activities.
Priorities: Under this competition we are particularly interested
in applications that address the following priorities.
Invitational Priorities: For FY 2010, there are four invitational
priorities for this program. Under 34 CFR 75.105 (c)(1) we do not give
an application that meets these invitational priorities a competitive
or absolute preference over other applications.
These priorities are:
Invitational Priority 1
Support activities that will improve the institution's persistence
and graduation rates.
Invitational Priority 2
Work with appropriate State agencies to develop strategies for
using State longitudinal data systems to track outcomes for students
attending the grantee institution, including the extent to which the
students complete certificates, two-year degrees, and four-year degrees
at other institutions.
Invitational Priority 3
Develop academic programs to improve course completion rates or
develop innovative support programs that are designed to increase
completion rates.
Invitational Priority 4
Develop dual--enrollment programs that facilitate the transition
between high school and college or career pathways programs that
integrate basic academic instruction with technical or professional
occupational training to advance individuals, particularly adult
learners, on a career path toward high-wage occupations in high-demand
industries.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057-1059d and 1067q.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations for these programs
in 34 CFR part 607.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants. Five-year development grants,
five-year cooperative arrangement development grants and two-year
renovation grants will be awarded in FY 2010. Planning grants will not
be awarded in FY 2010.
Estimated Available Funds: $11,151,000 in discretionary funding
under Title III, Part A, Section 317 of the HEA and an additional $15
million in mandatory funding under Title III, Part F, Section 371 of
HEA.
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Estimated Estimated
Program name and type of award Maximum award number of average award
amount awards amount
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Title III: Alaska Native-Serving Institutions Program (84.031N):
5-year Development Grants (Part A).......................... $800,000 5 $625,000
5-year Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants (Part A).. 900,000 3 800,000
2-year Renovation Grants (Part F)........................... 2,000,000 5 1,500,000
Title III: Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program
(84.031W):
5-year Development Grants (Part A).......................... 800,000 5 625,000
5-year Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants (Part A).. 900,000 3 800,000
2-year Renovation Grants (Part F)........................... 2,000,000 5 1,500,000
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Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months for development and cooperative
arrangement, and 24 months for renovation grants.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: An IHE that qualifies as an eligible
institution under the ANNH Programs may apply for grants under this
notice. At the time of application, an Alaska Native-Serving
institution must have an enrollment of undergraduate students that is
at least twenty percent (20%) Alaska Native. At the time of
application, a Native Hawaiian-Serving Institution must have an
enrollment of undergraduate students that is at least ten percent (10%)
Native Hawaiian. These programs are authorized by Title III, Part A, of
the HEA. To qualify as an eligible institution under any Title III,
Part A program, an institution must, among other requirements--
(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to
be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training
offered;
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(2) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be
a junior college or to provide an educational program for which it
awards a bachelor's degree;
(3) Be designated as an ``eligible institution'' by demonstrating
that it: A) Has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR
607.3; and B) has low average educational and general expenditures per
full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR
607.4.
Relationship Between the Title III, Part A Programs and the Hispanic-
Serving Institutions Program (HSI)
Note 1: A grantee under the HSI program, which is authorized
under Title V of the HEA, may not receive a grant under any HEA,
Title III, Part A program, including the Alaska Native-Serving and
Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Programs (ANNH). Further, a
current HSI program grantee may not give up its HSI grant in order
to receive a grant under any Title III, Part A program.
Note 2: An eligible HSI that does not fall within the limitation
described in Note 1 (i.e., is not a current grantee under the HSI
program) may apply for a FY 2010 grant under all Title III, Part A
programs for which it is eligible, as well as receive consideration
for a grant under the HSI program. However, a successful applicant
may receive only one grant.
Note 3: An eligible IHE that submits more than one application
may only be awarded one individual development grant or one
cooperative arrangement development grant in a fiscal year.
Furthermore, we will not award a second cooperative arrangement
development grant to an otherwise eligible IHE for the same award
year as the IHE's existing cooperative arrangement development grant
award.
Note 4: The Department will make five-year awards for individual
development grants, five-year awards for cooperative arrangement
development grants, and two-year renovation grants in rank order,
from separate funding slates, according to the average score
received from a panel of three readers.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: These programs do not require cost
sharing or matching unless the grantee uses a portion of its grant for
establishing or improving an endowment fund. If a grantee uses a
portion of its grant for endowment fund purposes, it must match those
grant funds with non-Federal funds (20 U.S.C. 1059(c)(3)(B)).
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an
application via the Internet using the following address: https://e-grants.ed.gov. If you do not have access to the Internet, please
contact Kelley Harris, Don Crews, or Darlene Collins, U.S. Department
of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006-8513.
You may contact these individuals at the following e-mail addresses
or telephone numbers:
Kelley.Harris@ed.gov; (202) 219-7083.
Don.Crews@ed.gov; (202) 502-7574.
Darlene.Collins@ed.gov; (202) 502-7576.
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 may 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 these programs.
Page Limits: We have established mandatory page limits for the
applications to be submitted under this notice. You must limit your
application to the equivalent of no more than 50 pages for an
individual development grant, 70 pages for a cooperative arrangement
development grant and 35 pages for a renovation grant using the
following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5 x 11, on one side
only, with 1 inch margins at the top, bottom, and both sides. Page
numbers and an identifier may be outside the 1 margin.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, except titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, captions and all text in charts,
tables, figures, and graphs. Charts, tables, figures, and graphs in the
application narrative may be single spaced and will count toward the
page limit.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger, and no
smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial. An application submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the Application for
Federal Assistance (SF-424); the Supplemental Information for SF-424
Form required by the Department of Education; Part II, the Budget
Information Summary Form (ED Form 524); and Part IV, the assurance and
certifications. The page limit also does not apply to the one-page
abstract, the table of contents, the resumes, and the bibliography. If
you include any attachments or appendices, these items will be counted
as part of the Program Narrative (Part III of the application) for
purposes of the page limit requirement. You must include your complete
response to the selection criteria in the program narrative.
We will reject your application if you exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: June 14, 2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 14, 2010.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Electronic Grant Application System (e-
Application) accessible through the Department's e-Grants site. 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
in this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the
application process, the individual's application remains subject to
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 13, 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 these programs.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference the regulations outlining
funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this
notice.
Applicability of Executive Order 13202. Applicants that apply for
construction funds under the Title III, Part A programs, must comply
with Executive Order 13202 signed by former President George W. Bush on
February 17, 2001, and amended on April 6, 2001. This Executive Order
provides that recipients of Federal construction
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funds may not ``require or prohibit bidders, offerors, contractors, or
subcontractors to enter into or adhere to agreements with one or more
labor organizations, on the same or other construction project(s)'' or
``otherwise discriminate against bidders, offerors, contractors, or
subcontractors for becoming or refusing to become or remain signatories
or otherwise adhere to agreements with one or more labor organizations,
on the same or other construction project(s).'' However, the Executive
Order does not prohibit contractors or subcontractors from voluntarily
entering into these agreements. Projects funded under these programs
that include construction activity will be provided a copy of this
Executive Order and will be asked to certify that they will adhere to
it.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under the
ANNH Programs must be submitted electronically unless you qualify for
an exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in
this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
Applications for grants under the Alaska Native-Serving
Institutions Program (CFDA number 84.031N) and the Native Hawaiian-
Serving Institutions Program (CFDA number 84.031W) must be submitted
electronically using the Department's e-Grants Web site at: https://e-grants.ed.gov.
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.
While completing your electronic application, you will be entering
data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an
electronic copy of a grant application to us.
Please note the following:
You must complete the electronic submission of your grant
application by 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. E-Application will not accept an application for this
program after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait
until the application deadline date to begin the application process.
The hours of operation of the e-Grants Web site are 6:00
a.m. Monday until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 a.m. Thursday until
8:00 p.m. Sunday, Washington, DC time. Please note that, because of
maintenance, the system is unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on Sundays and
6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 6:00 a.m.
on Thursdays, Washington, DC time. Any modifications to these hours are
posted on the e-Grants Web site.
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: The
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.
Prior to submitting your electronic application, you may
wish to print a copy of it for your records.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive an automatic acknowledgment that will include a PR/Award number
(an identifying number unique to your application).
Within three working days after submitting your electronic
application, fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the Application Control
Center after following these steps:
(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application.
(2) The applicant's Authorizing Representative must sign this form.
(3) Place the PR/Award number in the upper right hand corner of the
hard-copy signature page of the SF 424.
(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the Application Control Center at
(202) 245-6272.
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
other forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of e-Application
Unavailability: If you are prevented from electronically submitting
your application on the application deadline date because e-Application
is unavailable, we will grant you an extension of one business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically, by mail, or by
hand delivery. We will grant this extension if--
(1) You are a registered user of e-Application and you have
initiated an electronic application for this competition; and
(2) (a) E-Application is unavailable for 60 minutes or more between
the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date; or
(b) E-Application is unavailable for any period of time between
3:30 p.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date.
We must acknowledge and confirm these periods of unavailability
before granting you an extension. To request this extension or to
confirm our acknowledgment of any system unavailability, you may
contact either (1) the person listed elsewhere in this notice under For
Further Information Contact (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) the e-
Grants help desk at 1-888-336-8930. If e-Application is unavailable due
to technical problems with the system and, therefore, the application
deadline is extended, an e-mail will be sent to all registered users
who have initiated an e-Application. Extensions referred to in this
section apply only to the unavailability of E-Application.
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 e-Application system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
e-Application; 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
prevents you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you
mail your written statement to the
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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: Kelley Harris, Don Crews
or Darlene Collins, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW.,
6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006-8513.
You may contact these individuals at the following e-mail addresses
or telephone numbers:
Kelley.Harris@ed.gov; (202) 219-7083.
Don.Crews@ed.gov; (202) 502-7574.
Darlene.Collins@ed.gov; (202) 502-7576.
FAX: (202) 502-7861.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail
the original and two copies of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Numbers 84.031N and 84.031W), 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.
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 Numbers 84.031N and 84.031W), 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 4 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 grant
notification of receipt of your grant applications. If you do not
receive the grant 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 these programs
are in 34 CFR 607.22(a)-(g). Applicants must address each of the
following selection criteria (separately for each proposed activity).
The total weight of the selection criteria is 100 points; the maximum
score for each criterion is noted in parentheses.
(a) Quality of The Applicant's Comprehensive Development Plan
(Maximum 25 Points).
(b) Quality of Activity Objectives (Maximum 15 Points).
(c) Quality of Implementation Strategy (Maximum 20 Points).
(d) Quality of Key Personnel (Maximum 7 Points).
(e) Quality of Project Management Plan (Maximum 10 Points).
(f) Quality of Evaluation Plan (Maximum 15 Points).
(g) Budget (Maximum 8 Points).
2. Review and Selection Process: Awards will be made in rank order
according to the average score received from a panel of three readers.
Tie-breaker for Development Grants. In tie-breaking situations for
development grants, 34 CFR 607.23(b), requires that additional points
be awarded to any applicants that: (1) Has an endowment fund of which
the current market value, per full-time equivalent (FTE) enrolled
student is less than the average current market value of the endowment
funds, per FTE enrolled student at comparable institutions that offer
similar instruction; has expenditures for library materials per FTE
enrolled student that are less than the average expenditures per FTE
enrolled student at comparable institutions that offer similar
instruction; or that proposes to carry out one or more of the following
activities--
(1) Faculty development;
(2) Funds and administrative management;
(3) Development and improvement of academic programs;
(4) Acquisition of equipment for use in strengthening management
and academic programs;
(5) Joint use of facilities; and
(6) Student services.
For the purpose of these funding considerations, we use 2007-2008
data.
If a tie remains after applying the tie-breaker mechanism above,
priority will be given in the case of applicants for: (a) Individual
development grants to applicants that have the lowest endowment values
per FTE student; and (b) cooperative arrangement development grants to
applicants in accordance with Section 394(b) of the HEA, if the
Secretary determines that the cooperative arrangement is geographically
and economically sound or will benefit the applicant institution.
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 of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual
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performance report that provides the most current performance and
financial expenditure information as directed by the Secretary in 34
CFR 75.118 and 34 CFR 607.31. 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: The Secretary has established the
following key performance measures for assessing the effectiveness of
the Strengthening Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institutions programs:
a. The percentage change, over the five-year period, of the number
of full-time degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled at Alaska Native
and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions. Note that this is a long-term
measure, which will be used to periodically gauge performance,
beginning in FY 2009.
b. The percentage of first-time, full-time degree-seeking
undergraduate students at 4-year Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-
Serving Institutions who were in their first year of postsecondary
enrollment in the previous year and are enrolled in the current year at
the same Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institution;
c. The percentage of first-time, full-time degree-seeking
undergraduate students at 2-year Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-
Serving Institutions who were in their first year of postsecondary
enrollment in the previous year and are enrolled in the current year at
the same Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institution;
d. The percentage of first-time, full-time degree-seeking
undergraduate students enrolled at 4-year Alaska Native and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions graduating within 6 years of enrollment;
and
e. The percentage of first-time, full-time degree seeking
undergraduate students enrolled at 2-year Alaska Native and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions graduating within 3 years of enrollment.
VII. Agency Contacts
For Further Information Contact: Kelley Harris, Don Crews, or
Darlene Collins, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th
Floor, Washington, DC 20006-8513.
You may contact these individuals at the following e-mail addresses
or telephone numbers:
Kelley.Harris@ed.gov; (202) 219-7083.
Don.Crews@ed.gov; (202) 502-7574.
Darlene.Collins@ed.gov; (202) 502-7576.
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 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.
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/.
Delegation of Authority: The Secretary of Education has delegated
authority to Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, Forecasting and Policy
Analysis for the Office of Postsecondary Education, to perform the
functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
Dated: June 9, 2010.
Daniel T. Madzelan,
Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis.
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