Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies; Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Overview Information; Notice Inviting Applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, 2091-2093 [2011-529]
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.060A.
Deadline for Transmittal of Part I
Applications: February 14, 2011,
11:59:59 p.m., Washington, DC time.
Part II of Formula Grant (EASIE)
Applications Available: April 4, 2011.
Deadline for Transmittal of Part II
Applications: May 6, 2011, 11:59:59
p.m., Washington, DC time.
Applicants must meet the deadlines
for both Part I and Part II to receive
funds as part of the initial grant awards,
which are expected to be issued around
July 1, 2011. If there are funds
remaining after the initial grant awards
are made, the Department will give
priority to applicants that filed a timely
application for Part I, but missed the
deadline for Part II. Applicants that
missed the Part I deadline will only be
funded if there are funds remaining after
awards are made to all applicants that
met the Part I deadline (including those
applicants that met the Part I deadline,
but missed the Part II deadline).
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: July 5, 2011.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of
Program: The Indian Education Formula
Grants to Local Educational Agencies
program provides grants to support local
educational agencies (LEAs) and other
eligible entities described in this notice
in their efforts to reform and improve
elementary and secondary school
programs that serve Indian students.
The Department funds programs
designed to help Indian students meet
the same State academic content and
student academic achievement
standards used for all students. In
addition, under section 7116 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), the
Secretary will, upon receipt of an
acceptable plan for the integration of
education and related services,
authorize the entity receiving the funds
under this program to consolidate, in
accordance with the entity’s plan, the
funds for any Federal program
exclusively serving Indian children, or
the funds reserved under any Federal
program to exclusively serve Indian
children, that are awarded under a
statutory or administrative formula to
the entity, for the purpose of providing
education and related services to Indian
students. Instructions for submitting an
integration of education and related
services plan are included in the EASIE
described elsewhere in this notice under
Application Process and Submission
Information.
Dates:
Part I of the Formula Grant Electronic
Application System for Indian
Education (EASIE) Applications
Available: January 13, 2011.
Note: Under the Indian Education Formula
Grants to Local Educational Agencies
program, applicants are required to develop
the project for which application is made (a)
in open consultation with parents of Indian
children and teachers and, if appropriate,
effectiveness on the basis of student
academic achievement and other
outcomes.
Educational gain, is the key outcome
measure in the NRS, which describes
students’ improvement in literacy skills
during instruction. States are required to
have their local programs assessments
gained by administering standardized
pre-post assessments to students,
following valid administration
procedures. The NRS Guidelines allow
states to select the assessments most
appropriate for their state, which may
be published standardized tests or
performance-based assessments. If the
state uses performance-based
assessments, NRS guidelines require the
assessment to have standardized
procedures and scoring rubrics that
meet accepted psychometric standards.
Requests for copies of the information
collection submission for OMB review
may be accessed from the RegInfo.gov
Web site at https://www.reginfo.gov/
public/do/PRAMain or from the
Department’s Web site at https://
edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the
‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and
by clicking on link number 4422. When
you access the information collection,
click on ‘‘Download Attachments ’’ to
view. Written requests for information
should be addressed to U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Requests may also be electronically
mailed to the Internet address
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–
401–0920. Please specify the complete
title of the information collection and
OMB Control Number when making
your request.
Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–
8339.
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Indian students from secondary schools,
including through public hearings held to
provide a full opportunity to understand the
program and to offer recommendations
regarding the program (section 7114(c)(3)(C)
of the ESEA); (b) with the participation of a
parent committee selected in accordance
with section 7114(c)(4) of the ESEA and with
the written approval of that parent committee
(section 7114(c)(4) of the ESEA).
Eligible Applicants: LEAs, including
charter schools authorized as LEAs
under State law, certain schools funded
by the Bureau of Indian Education of the
U.S. Department of the Interior, and
Indian tribes under certain conditions,
as prescribed by section 7112(c) of the
ESEA.
Application Process and Submission
Information:
Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted
electronically unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in
accordance with the instructions in this
section. 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 dates for
both Part I and Part II applications, 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.
Formula Grant EASIE Electronic
Application System: Formula Grant
EASIE is an easy-to-use, electronic
application system. It communicates
with data from State submissions to
EDFacts, the Department’s data
collection system that contains
performance information from State
educational agencies about schools and
Federal education programs. To the
extent that your State has provided the
necessary EDFacts data files, Formula
Grant EASIE will be able to interface
with EDFacts and pull those LEAspecific data into the application.
Additionally, this system allows the
Department to review applications and
interact online with applicants during
the application review and approval
process.
The Formula Grant EASIE application
is divided into two parts—Part I and
Part II.
Part I, Student Count, provides the
appropriate data-entry screens to submit
your Indian student count totals.
Part II, Program and Budget
Information, provides your award
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amount based on the Indian student
count total submitted under Part I. Part
II also enables you to enter student
performance data, identify your
project’s services and activities, and
build a realistic program budget based
on a known grant amount. Based on
student assessment data, you will select
your program objectives and services
from a variety of menu options that
were designed with grantee input.
Registration for Formula Grant EASIE:
Entities are encouraged to register as
soon as possible at the registration Web
site: https://www.easie.org to ensure that
any potential registration issues are
resolved prior to the deadline for the
submission of an application. The
purpose of the initial registration is to
re-activate entities’ access to EASIE and
to ensure that the correct entity
information (e.g., NCES or DUNS
numbers) is pre-populated into the first
part of EASIE. The registration Web site
does not serve as the entity’s grant
application. The registration may be
completed by current, former, and new
applicants interested in submitting an
Indian Formula Grant EASIE
application. For information on how to
register, contact the EDFacts Partner
Support Center listed elsewhere in this
notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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 EASIE system because—
• You do not have access to the
Internet; or
• You do not have the capacity to
upload large documents to the EASIE
system; and
• No later than two weeks before the
application deadline date (14 calendar
days or, if the fourteenth calendar day
before the application deadline date
falls on a Federal holiday, the next
business day following the Federal
holiday), you mail or fax a written
statement to the Department, explaining
which of the two grounds for an
exception prevent you from using the
Internet to submit your application.
If you mail your written statement to
the Department, it must be postmarked
no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the
Department, we must receive the faxed
statement no later than two weeks
before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your
statement to: Bernard Garcia, U.S.
Department of Education, Office of
Indian Education, 400 Maryland
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Avenue, SW., room 3E307, Washington,
DC 20202–6335. FAX: (202) 205–0606.
Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
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 U.S. Department of
Education, Office of Indian Education.
You must mail the original and two
copies of your application, on or before
the application deadline date, to the
Office of Indian Education at the
following address: U.S. Department of
Education, Office of Indian Education,
Attention: CFDA Number 84.060A, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3E307,
Washington, DC 20202–6335.
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.
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,
Office of Indian Education, Attention:
CFDA Number 84.060A, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Room 3E307, Washington,
DC 20202–6335.
The Program Office accepts hand
deliveries daily between 8:00 a.m. and
4:30:00 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 Program Office 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 Office of
Indian Education at (202) 260–3774.
Data Universal Numbering System
Number, Taxpayer Identification
Number, and Central Contractor
Registry: To do business with the
Department of Education, you must—
a. Have a Data Universal Numbering
System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer
Identification Number (TIN);
b. Register both your DUNS number
and TIN with the Central Contractor
Registry (CCR), the Government’s
primary registrant database;
c. Provide your DUNS number and
TIN on your application; and
d. Maintain an active CCR registration
with current information while your
application is under review by the
Department and, if you are awarded a
grant, during the project period.
You can obtain a DUNS number from
Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number
can be created within one business day.
If you are a corporate entity, agency,
institution, or organization, you can
obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue
Service. If you are an individual, you
can obtain a TIN from the Internal
Revenue Service or the Social Security
Administration. If you need a new TIN,
please allow 2–5 weeks for your TIN to
become active.
The CCR registration process may take
five or more business days to complete.
If you are currently registered with the
CCR, you may not need to make any
changes. However, please make certain
that the TIN associated with your DUNS
number is correct. Also note that you
will need to update your CCR
registration on an annual basis. This
may take three or more business days to
complete.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration has requested
$104,331,000 for this program for FY
2011. The actual level of funding, if any,
depends on final Congressional action.
However, we are inviting applications to
allow enough time to complete the grant
process if Congress appropriates funds
for this program.
Estimated Range of Awards: $4,000–
$2,750,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$82,475.
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Estimated Number of Awards: 1,265.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice and funding levels
may change based on final appropriations for
the program.
Project Period: 12 months.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86,
97, 98, and 99.
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Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79
apply to all applicants except federally
recognized Indian tribes.
Performance Measures: The Secretary
has established the following key
performance measures for assessing the
effectiveness and efficiency of the
Indian Education Formula Grants to
Local Educational Agencies program: (1)
The percentage of American Indian and
Alaska Native students in grades four
and eight who score at or above the
basic level in reading on the National
Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP); (2) the percentage of American
Indian and Alaska Native students in
grades four and eight who score at or
above the basic level in mathematics on
the NAEP; (3) the percentage of
American Indian and Alaska Native
students in grades three through eight
meeting State performance standards by
scoring at the proficient or the advanced
levels in reading and mathematics on
State assessments; (4) the difference
between the percentage of American
Indian and Alaska Native students in
grades 3 through 8 at the proficient or
advanced levels in reading and
mathematics on State assessments and
the percentage of all students scoring at
those levels; (5) the percentage of
American Indian and Alaska Native
students who graduate from high
school; and (6) the percentage of funds
used by grantees prior to award closeout.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Contact the EDFacts Partner Support
Center, telephone: 877–457–3336 (877–
HLP–EDEN) or by e-mail at:
eden_OIE@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), call the
EDFacts Partner Support Center, toll
free, at 1–888–403–3336 (888–403–
EDEN).
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) by
contacting the EDFacts Partner Support
Center.
Electronic Access to This Document:
You can view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
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Larine Moore or Beverly Howard, U.S.
Department of Energy (FE–34), Office
of Oil and Gas Global Security and
Supply, Office of Fossil Energy,
Forrestal Building, Room 3E–042,
1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–
9478; (202) 586–9387.
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Energy, Office of the Assistant
General Counsel for Electricity and
Fossil Energy, Forrestal Building,
Room 6B–159, 1000 Independence
Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585,
(202) 586–3397.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.
Dated: January 7, 2011.
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Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.
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[FE Docket No. 10–152–LNG]
Eni USA Gas Marketing LLC;
Application for Blanket Authorization
To Export Liquefied Natural Gas
Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
Notice of application.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Office of Fossil Energy
(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE)
gives notice of receipt of an application
(Application), filed on November 30,
2010, by Eni USA Gas Marketing LLC
(Eni USA), requesting blanket
authorization to export liquefied natural
gas (LNG) that previously had been
imported into the United States from
foreign sources in an amount up to the
equivalent of 100 billion cubic feet (Bcf)
of natural gas. The LNG would be
exported from the Cameron LNG
Terminal (Cameron Terminal), owned
by Cameron, LNG, LLC in Cameron
Parish, Louisiana, to any country with
the capacity to import LNG via oceangoing carrier and with which trade is
not prohibited by U.S. law or policy. Eni
USA seeks to export the LNG over a
two-year period commencing on the
date of the authorization. The
application was filed under section 3 of
the Natural Gas Act (NGA). Protests,
motions to intervene, notices of
intervention, and written comments are
invited.
DATES: Protests, motions to intervene or
notices of intervention, as applicable,
requests for additional procedures, and
written comments are to be filed at the
address listed below in ADDRESSES no
later than 4:30 p.m., eastern time,
February 11, 2011.
SUMMARY:
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Eni USA is a Delaware limited
liability company with its principal
place of business in Houston, Texas. Eni
USA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Eni Petroleum Co., Inc., a Delaware
corporation. Eni USA is engaged in the
business of purchasing and marketing
supplies of natural gas and LNG. Eni
USA is a customer of the Cameron
Terminal in Cameron Parish, LA.
On May 12, 2010, FE granted Eni USA
blanket authorization to import LNG up
to the equivalent of 400 Bcf of natural
gas from various international sources
for a two-year term beginning on May
12, 2010.1 Under the terms of the
blanket authorization, the LNG may be
imported to any LNG receiving facility
in the United States or its territories.
Current Application
In the instant application, Eni USA is
seeking blanket authorization to export
from its capacity at the Cameron
Terminal LNG that has been previously
imported from foreign sources to any
country with the capacity to import
LNG via ocean-going carrier and with
which trade is not prohibited by U.S.
law. Eni USA seeks authorization to
export this LNG over a two-year period
in an amount up to the equivalent of
100 Bcf of natural gas beginning on the
date such authorization is granted, but
no later than March 1, 2011. Eni USA
states that it does not seek authorization
to export domestically-produced LNG or
natural gas.
1 Eni USA Gas Marketing LLC, DOE/FE Order No.
2786 issued May 12, 2010.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies;
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Overview Information;
Notice Inviting Applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.060A.
Dates:
Part I of the Formula Grant Electronic Application System for
Indian Education (EASIE) Applications Available: January 13, 2011.
Deadline for Transmittal of Part I Applications: February 14, 2011,
11:59:59 p.m., Washington, DC time.
Part II of Formula Grant (EASIE) Applications Available: April 4,
2011.
Deadline for Transmittal of Part II Applications: May 6, 2011,
11:59:59 p.m., Washington, DC time.
Applicants must meet the deadlines for both Part I and Part II to
receive funds as part of the initial grant awards, which are expected
to be issued around July 1, 2011. If there are funds remaining after
the initial grant awards are made, the Department will give priority to
applicants that filed a timely application for Part I, but missed the
deadline for Part II. Applicants that missed the Part I deadline will
only be funded if there are funds remaining after awards are made to
all applicants that met the Part I deadline (including those applicants
that met the Part I deadline, but missed the Part II deadline).
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 5, 2011.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of Program: The Indian Education
Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies program provides grants to
support local educational agencies (LEAs) and other eligible entities
described in this notice in their efforts to reform and improve
elementary and secondary school programs that serve Indian students.
The Department funds programs designed to help Indian students meet the
same State academic content and student academic achievement standards
used for all students. In addition, under section 7116 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), the
Secretary will, upon receipt of an acceptable plan for the integration
of education and related services, authorize the entity receiving the
funds under this program to consolidate, in accordance with the
entity's plan, the funds for any Federal program exclusively serving
Indian children, or the funds reserved under any Federal program to
exclusively serve Indian children, that are awarded under a statutory
or administrative formula to the entity, for the purpose of providing
education and related services to Indian students. Instructions for
submitting an integration of education and related services plan are
included in the EASIE described elsewhere in this notice under
Application Process and Submission Information.
Note: Under the Indian Education Formula Grants to Local
Educational Agencies program, applicants are required to develop the
project for which application is made (a) in open consultation with
parents of Indian children and teachers and, if appropriate, Indian
students from secondary schools, including through public hearings
held to provide a full opportunity to understand the program and to
offer recommendations regarding the program (section 7114(c)(3)(C)
of the ESEA); (b) with the participation of a parent committee
selected in accordance with section 7114(c)(4) of the ESEA and with
the written approval of that parent committee (section 7114(c)(4) of
the ESEA).
Eligible Applicants: LEAs, including charter schools authorized as
LEAs under State law, certain schools funded by the Bureau of Indian
Education of the U.S. Department of the Interior, and Indian tribes
under certain conditions, as prescribed by section 7112(c) of the ESEA.
Application Process and Submission Information:
Applications for grants under this program must be submitted
electronically unless you qualify for an exception to this requirement
in accordance with the instructions in this section. 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 dates for both Part I and Part II
applications, 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.
Formula Grant EASIE Electronic Application System: Formula Grant
EASIE is an easy-to-use, electronic application system. It communicates
with data from State submissions to EDFacts, the Department's data
collection system that contains performance information from State
educational agencies about schools and Federal education programs. To
the extent that your State has provided the necessary EDFacts data
files, Formula Grant EASIE will be able to interface with EDFacts and
pull those LEA-specific data into the application. Additionally, this
system allows the Department to review applications and interact online
with applicants during the application review and approval process.
The Formula Grant EASIE application is divided into two parts--Part
I and Part II.
Part I, Student Count, provides the appropriate data-entry screens
to submit your Indian student count totals.
Part II, Program and Budget Information, provides your award
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amount based on the Indian student count total submitted under Part I.
Part II also enables you to enter student performance data, identify
your project's services and activities, and build a realistic program
budget based on a known grant amount. Based on student assessment data,
you will select your program objectives and services from a variety of
menu options that were designed with grantee input.
Registration for Formula Grant EASIE: Entities are encouraged to
register as soon as possible at the registration Web site: https://www.easie.org to ensure that any potential registration issues are
resolved prior to the deadline for the submission of an application.
The purpose of the initial registration is to re-activate entities'
access to EASIE and to ensure that the correct entity information
(e.g., NCES or DUNS numbers) is pre-populated into the first part of
EASIE. The registration Web site does not serve as the entity's grant
application. The registration may be completed by current, former, and
new applicants interested in submitting an Indian Formula Grant EASIE
application. For information on how to register, contact the EDFacts
Partner Support Center listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
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 EASIE system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the EASIE system; and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application.
If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be
postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline
date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must
receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Bernard Garcia, U.S.
Department of Education, Office of Indian Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 3E307, Washington, DC 20202-6335. FAX: (202) 205-
0606. Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
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 U.S. Department of
Education, Office of Indian Education. You must mail the original and
two copies of your application, on or before the application deadline
date, to the Office of Indian Education at the following address: U.S.
Department of Education, Office of Indian Education, Attention: CFDA
Number 84.060A, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3E307, Washington, DC
20202-6335.
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.
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, Office of Indian Education, Attention:
CFDA Number 84.060A, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3E307, Washington,
DC 20202-6335.
The Program Office accepts hand deliveries daily between 8:00 a.m.
and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and
Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you
mail or hand deliver your application to the Department--
(1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by
the Department--in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including
suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are
submitting your application; and
(2) The Program Office 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 Office of
Indian Education at (202) 260-3774.
Data Universal Numbering System Number, Taxpayer Identification
Number, and Central Contractor Registry: To do business with the
Department of Education, you must--
a. Have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and a
Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN);
b. Register both your DUNS number and TIN with the Central
Contractor Registry (CCR), the Government's primary registrant
database;
c. Provide your DUNS number and TIN on your application; and
d. Maintain an active CCR registration with current information
while your application is under review by the Department and, if you
are awarded a grant, during the project period.
You can obtain a DUNS number from Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number
can be created within one business day.
If you are a corporate entity, agency, institution, or
organization, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue Service.
If you are an individual, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal
Revenue Service or the Social Security Administration. If you need a
new TIN, please allow 2-5 weeks for your TIN to become active.
The CCR registration process may take five or more business days to
complete. If you are currently registered with the CCR, you may not
need to make any changes. However, please make certain that the TIN
associated with your DUNS number is correct. Also note that you will
need to update your CCR registration on an annual basis. This may take
three or more business days to complete.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$104,331,000 for this program for FY 2011. The actual level of funding,
if any, depends on final Congressional action. However, we are inviting
applications to allow enough time to complete the grant process if
Congress appropriates funds for this program.
Estimated Range of Awards: $4,000-$2,750,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $82,475.
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Estimated Number of Awards: 1,265.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice and funding levels may change based on final appropriations
for the program.
Project Period: 12 months.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,
84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
Performance Measures: The Secretary has established the following
key performance measures for assessing the effectiveness and efficiency
of the Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies
program: (1) The percentage of American Indian and Alaska Native
students in grades four and eight who score at or above the basic level
in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP);
(2) the percentage of American Indian and Alaska Native students in
grades four and eight who score at or above the basic level in
mathematics on the NAEP; (3) the percentage of American Indian and
Alaska Native students in grades three through eight meeting State
performance standards by scoring at the proficient or the advanced
levels in reading and mathematics on State assessments; (4) the
difference between the percentage of American Indian and Alaska Native
students in grades 3 through 8 at the proficient or advanced levels in
reading and mathematics on State assessments and the percentage of all
students scoring at those levels; (5) the percentage of American Indian
and Alaska Native students who graduate from high school; and (6) the
percentage of funds used by grantees prior to award close-out.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the EDFacts Partner Support
Center, telephone: 877-457-3336 (877-HLP-EDEN) or by e-mail at: eden_OIE@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
EDFacts Partner Support Center, toll free, at 1-888-403-3336 (888-403-
EDEN).
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) by contacting the EDFacts
Partner Support Center.
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/.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.
Dated: January 7, 2011.
Thelma Mel[eacute]ndez de Santa Ana,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
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