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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards;
Statewide, Longitudinal Data Systems
Program
Institute of Education Sciences,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Overview Information: Statewide,
Longitudinal Data Systems Program.
Notice inviting applications for new
awards for fiscal year (FY) 2012.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.372A.
Request for Applications (RFA)
Available: September 15, 2011.
Application Package Available:
September 26, 2011.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: December 15, 2011.
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DATES:
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Statewide,
Longitudinal Data Systems program
awards grants to State educational
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agencies (SEAs) to design, develop, and
implement statewide, longitudinal data
systems to efficiently and accurately
manage, analyze, disaggregate, and use
individual student data. The
Department’s long-term goal in
operating the program is to help all
States create comprehensive P–20W
(early learning through workforce)
systems that foster the generation and
use of accurate and timely data, support
analysis and informed decision-making
at all levels of the education system,
increase the efficiency with which data
may be analyzed to support the
continuous improvement of education
services and outcomes, facilitate
research to improve student academic
achievement and close achievement
gaps, support education accountability
systems, and simplify the processes
used by SEAs to make education data
transparent through Federal and public
reporting.
Priorities
SEAs may apply for grants under one
of three priorities:
(1) To design, develop, and
implement statewide, longitudinal
kindergarten through grade 12 (K–12)
data systems;
(2) To develop and link early
childhood data to the State’s K–12 data
system; or
(3) To develop and link postsecondary
and/or workforce data to the State’s K–
12 data system.
Grants will not be made available to
support ongoing maintenance of data
systems.
An SEA may submit only one
application under this competition.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9607.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 97,
98, and 99. In addition, the regulations
in 34 CFR part 75 are applicable, except
for the provisions in 34 CFR 75.100,
75.101(b), 75.102, 75.103, 75.105,
75.109(a), 75.200, 75.201, 75.209,
75.210, 75.211, 75.217(a)–(c), 75.219,
75.220, 75.221, 75.222, and 75.230.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Cooperative
agreements.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration has requested
$100,000,000 for this program in FY
2012. Although Congress has not
enacted a final appropriation for FY
2012, the Institute of Education
Sciences (Institute or IES) is inviting
applications for this competition now so
that it may be prepared to make awards
following final action on the
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Department’s appropriations bill. The
actual award of grants will depend on
the availability of funds.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$1,000,000 to $5,000,000 for the entire
project period.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget
exceeding the following amounts for a
project period of 36 months:
For grants to design, develop, and
implement a K–12 statewide,
longitudinal data system (Priority 1),
$5,000,000.
For grants to develop and link early
childhood data to the State’s K–12 data
system (Priority 2) or to develop and
link postsecondary and/or workforce
data to the State’s K–12 data system
(Priority 3), $4,000,000.
The Director of the Institute may
change the maximum amount through a
notice published in the Federal
Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: The
number of awards made under this
competition will depend upon the
quality of the applications received and
the level of funding available.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Three years.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Eligible
applicants are limited to SEAs. An SEA
is the agency primarily responsible for
the State supervision of elementary
schools and secondary schools. See 20
U.S.C. 9601 (which incorporates by
reference the definition of SEA set out
in section 9101 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as
amended (ESEA), 20 U.S.C. 7801). The
SEAs of the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands,
American Samoa, Guam, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands are eligible.
SEAs that received SLDS grants in
June 2010 from funds appropriated
under the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) will
not be considered for 2012 SLDS grants
under this competition. Their ARRA
SLDS grants, awarded in FY 2010, will
still be underway when the 2012 grants
are awarded.
2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
competition does not require cost
sharing or matching.
b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: A
supplement-not-supplant requirement
applies to this program. Funds made
available under this grant program are to
supplement, and not supplant, other
State or local funds used for developing
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or improving State data systems. The
grants are expected to assist SEAs in
their efforts to design, develop, and
implement statewide, longitudinal data
systems, but not to supplant State and
local funds. That is, the Institute expects
grant funding to augment existing State
and local funds devoted to this effort.
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IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. RFA and Other Information:
Information regarding program and
application requirements for this
competition will be contained in the IES
RFA package, which will be available
on September 15, 2011, at the following
Web site: https://ies.ed.gov/funding/.
2. Application Package: The
application package with forms and
instructions for applying to this
competition will be available no later
than September 26, 2011, at https://
www.Grants.gov (see section IV. 5. Other
Submission Requirements of this
notice).
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain a copy of the application package
in an accessible format (e.g., braille,
large print, audiotape, or compact disc)
by contacting the program contact
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of
this notice.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Request for Applications (RFA)
Available: September 15, 2011.
Application Package Available:
September 26, 2011.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: December 15, 2011.
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov
Apply site (Grants.gov). For information
(including dates and times) about how
to submit your application
electronically, or in paper format by
mail or hand delivery if you qualify for
an exception to the electronic
submission requirement, please refer to
section IV. 5. Other Submission
Requirements of this notice.
We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.
Individuals with disabilities who
need an accommodation or auxiliary aid
in connection with the application
process should contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If
the Department provides an
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an
individual with a disability in
connection with the application
process, the individual’s application
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requirements and limitations in this
notice.
4. 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.
In addition, if you are submitting your
application via Grants.gov, you must (1)
Be designated by your organization as
an Authorized Organization
Representative (AOR); and (2) register
yourself with Grants.gov as an AOR.
Details on these steps are outlined at the
following Grants.gov Web page: https://
www.grants.gov/applicants/
get_registered.jsp.
5. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in
accordance with the instructions in this
section.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
Applications for grants under the
Statewide, Longitudinal Data Systems
competition, CFDA Number 84.372A,
must be submitted electronically using
the Grants.gov Apply site at https://
www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you
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will be able to download a copy of the
application package, complete it offline,
and then upload and submit your
application. You may not e-mail an
electronic copy of a grant application to
us.
We will reject your application if you
submit it in paper format unless, as
described elsewhere in this section, you
qualify for one of the exceptions to the
electronic submission requirement and
submit, no later than two weeks before
the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you
qualify for one of these exceptions.
Further information regarding
calculation of the date that is two weeks
before the application deadline date is
provided later in this section under
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant
application for the Statewide,
Longitudinal Data Systems competition
at https://www.Grants.gov. You must
search for the downloadable application
package for this competition by the
CFDA number. Do not include the
CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your
search (e.g., search for 84.372, not
84.372A).
Please note the following:
• When you enter the Grants.gov site,
you will find information about
submitting an application electronically
through the site, as well as the hours of
operation.
• Applications received by Grants.gov
are date and time stamped. Your
application must be fully uploaded and
submitted, and must be date and time
stamped by the Grants.gov system no
later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC
time, on the application deadline date.
Except as otherwise noted in this
section, we will not accept your
application if it is received—that is, date
and time stamped by the Grants.gov
system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington,
DC time, on the application deadline
date. We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements. When we retrieve your
application from Grants.gov, we will
notify you if we are rejecting your
application because it was date and time
stamped by the Grants.gov system after
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the application deadline date.
• The amount of time it can take to
upload an application will vary
depending on a variety of factors
including the size of the application and
the speed of your Internet connection.
Therefore, we strongly recommend that
you do not wait until the application
deadline date to begin the submission
process through Grants.gov.
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• You should review and follow the
Education Submission Procedures for
submitting an application through
Grants.gov that are included in the
application package for this competition
to ensure that you submit your
application in a timely manner to the
Grants.gov system. You can also find the
Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov under News
and Events on the Department’s G5
system home page at https://www.G5.gov.
• 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 upload any narrative
sections and all other attachments to
your application as files in a .PDF
(Portable Document) format only. If you
upload a file type other than a .PDF or
submit a password-protected file, we
will not review that material.
• Your electronic application must
comply with any page-limit
requirements described in this notice.
• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive from
Grants.gov an automatic notification of
receipt that contains a Grants.gov
tracking number. (This notification
indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not
receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your
application from Grants.gov and send a
second notification to you by e-mail.
This second notification indicates that
the Department has received your
application and has assigned your
application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to
your application).
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on forms at a later
date.
Application Deadline Date Extension
in Case of Technical Issues With the
Grants.gov System: If you are
experiencing problems submitting your
application through Grants.gov, please
contact the Grants.gov Support Desk,
toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must
obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case
Number and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from
electronically submitting your
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application on the application deadline
date because of technical problems with
the Grants.gov system, we will grant you
an extension until 4:30:00 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, the following
business day to enable you to transmit
your application electronically or by
hand delivery. You also may mail your
application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this
notice.
If you submit an application after
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the application deadline date, please
contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in
section VII of this notice and provide an
explanation of the technical problem
you experienced with Grants.gov, along
with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case
Number. We will accept your
application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the
Grants.gov system and that that problem
affected your ability to submit your
application by 4:30:00 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. The
Department will contact you after a
determination is made on whether your
application will be accepted.
Note: The extensions to which we refer in
this section apply only to the unavailability
of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov
system. We will not grant you an extension
if you failed to fully register to submit your
application to Grants.gov before the
application deadline date and time or if the
technical problem you experienced is
unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission
requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are
unable to submit an application through
the Grants.gov system because––
• You do not have access to the
Internet; or
• You do not have the capacity to
upload large documents to the
Grants.gov system;
and
• No later than two weeks before the
application deadline date (14 calendar
days or, if the fourteenth calendar day
before the application deadline date
falls on a Federal holiday, the next
business day following the Federal
holiday), you mail or fax a written
statement to the Department, explaining
which of the two grounds for an
exception prevent you from using the
Internet to submit your application.
If you mail your written statement to
the Department, it must be postmarked
no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date. If you fax
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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: Ellie McCutcheon, U.S.
Department of Education, 555 New
Jersey Avenue, NW., room 600e,
Washington, DC 20208–5530. FAX:
(202) 219–1466.
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:
By mail through the U.S. Postal
Service: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number: 84.372A), LBJ
Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–
4260.
You must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
postmark.
(2) A legible mail receipt with the
date of mailing stamped by the U.S.
Postal Service.
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or
receipt from a commercial carrier.
(4) Any other proof of mailing
acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Education.
If you mail your application through
the U.S. Postal Service, we do not
accept either of the following as proof
of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark.
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after
the application deadline date, we will
not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
relying on this method, you should check
with your local post office.
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
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address: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number: 84.372A), 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—if not provided by the
Department—in Item 11 of the SF 424
the CFDA number, including suffix
letter, if any, of the competition under
which you are submitting your
application; and
(2) The Application Control Center
will mail to you a notification of receipt
of your grant application. If you do not
receive this notification within 15
business days from the application
deadline date, you should call the U.S.
Department of Education Application
Control Center at (202) 245–6288.
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V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: Information
regarding selection criteria and review
procedures for this competition will be
provided in the RFA package.
2. Review and Selection Process: We
remind potential applicants that in
reviewing applications in any
discretionary grant competition, the
Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR
75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the
applicant in carrying out a previous
award, such as the applicant’s use of
funds, achievement of project
objectives, and compliance with grant
conditions. The Secretary may also
consider whether the applicant failed to
submit a timely performance report or
submitted a report of unacceptable
quality.
In addition, in making a competitive
grant award, the Secretary also requires
various assurances including those
applicable to Federal civil rights laws
that prohibit discrimination in programs
or activities receiving Federal financial
assistance from the Department of
Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4,
108.8, and 110.23).
3. Special Conditions: Under 34 CFR
74.14 and 80.12, the Secretary may
impose special conditions on a grant if
the applicant or grantee is not
financially stable; has a history of
unsatisfactory performance; has a
financial or other management system
that does not meet the standards in 34
CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has
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not fulfilled the conditions of a prior
grant; or is otherwise not responsible.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notification
(GAN). We may notify you informally,
also.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy
requirements in the application package
and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a
grant under this competition, you must
ensure that you have in place the
necessary processes and systems to
comply with the reporting requirements
in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive
funding under the competition. This
does not apply if you have an exception
under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
(b) At the end of your project period,
you must submit a final performance
report, including financial information,
as directed by the Secretary. If you
receive a multi-year award, you must
submit an annual performance report
that provides the most current
performance and financial expenditure
information as directed by the Secretary
under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary
may also require more frequent
performance reports under 34 CFR
75.720(c). For specific requirements on
reporting, please go to https://
www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: To evaluate
the overall success of this program, the
Institute will determine at the end of
each grant whether the SEA has in
operation a statewide, longitudinal data
system that meets the conditions of the
grant. Grantees will be expected to
report in annual and final reports on the
status of their development and
implementation of these systems.
5. Grant Administration: Applicants
should budget for a two-day meeting for
project directors to be held in
Washington, DC.
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VII. Agency Contact
Tate
Gould, U.S. Department of Education,
National Center for Education Statistics,
1990 K Street, NW., room 9023,
Washington, DC 20006–5651.
Telephone: (202) 219–7080 or by e-mail:
Tate.Gould@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the Federal
Relay Service, toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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 compact disc) on
request to the program contact person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in section VII of this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document:
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 via the Federal Digital System
at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this
site 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). To use PDF
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader,
which is available free at the site.
You may also access documents of the
Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
feature at: https://
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically,
through the advanced search feature at
this site, you can limit your search to
documents published by the
Department.
Dated: September 15, 2011.
John Q. Easton,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; Statewide, Longitudinal Data Systems
Program
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
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Overview Information: Statewide, Longitudinal Data Systems Program.
Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2012.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.372A.
DATES: Request for Applications (RFA) Available: September 15, 2011.
Application Package Available: September 26, 2011.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 15, 2011.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Statewide, Longitudinal Data Systems
program awards grants to State educational agencies (SEAs) to design,
develop, and implement statewide, longitudinal data systems to
efficiently and accurately manage, analyze, disaggregate, and use
individual student data. The Department's long-term goal in operating
the program is to help all States create comprehensive P-20W (early
learning through workforce) systems that foster the generation and use
of accurate and timely data, support analysis and informed decision-
making at all levels of the education system, increase the efficiency
with which data may be analyzed to support the continuous improvement
of education services and outcomes, facilitate research to improve
student academic achievement and close achievement gaps, support
education accountability systems, and simplify the processes used by
SEAs to make education data transparent through Federal and public
reporting.
Priorities
SEAs may apply for grants under one of three priorities:
(1) To design, develop, and implement statewide, longitudinal
kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) data systems;
(2) To develop and link early childhood data to the State's K-12
data system; or
(3) To develop and link postsecondary and/or workforce data to the
State's K-12 data system.
Grants will not be made available to support ongoing maintenance of
data systems.
An SEA may submit only one application under this competition.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9607.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 77, 80, 81, 82, 84,
85, 97, 98, and 99. In addition, the regulations in 34 CFR part 75 are
applicable, except for the provisions in 34 CFR 75.100, 75.101(b),
75.102, 75.103, 75.105, 75.109(a), 75.200, 75.201, 75.209, 75.210,
75.211, 75.217(a)-(c), 75.219, 75.220, 75.221, 75.222, and 75.230.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Cooperative agreements.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$100,000,000 for this program in FY 2012. Although Congress has not
enacted a final appropriation for FY 2012, the Institute of Education
Sciences (Institute or IES) is inviting applications for this
competition now so that it may be prepared to make awards following
final action on the Department's appropriations bill. The actual award
of grants will depend on the availability of funds.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $1,000,000 to $5,000,000 for the
entire project period.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget exceeding the following amounts for a project period of 36
months:
For grants to design, develop, and implement a K-12 statewide,
longitudinal data system (Priority 1), $5,000,000.
For grants to develop and link early childhood data to the State's
K-12 data system (Priority 2) or to develop and link postsecondary and/
or workforce data to the State's K-12 data system (Priority 3),
$4,000,000.
The Director of the Institute may change the maximum amount through
a notice published in the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: The number of awards made under this
competition will depend upon the quality of the applications received
and the level of funding available.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Three years.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants are limited to SEAs. An
SEA is the agency primarily responsible for the State supervision of
elementary schools and secondary schools. See 20 U.S.C. 9601 (which
incorporates by reference the definition of SEA set out in section 9101
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended
(ESEA), 20 U.S.C. 7801). The SEAs of the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands are eligible.
SEAs that received SLDS grants in June 2010 from funds appropriated
under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) will
not be considered for 2012 SLDS grants under this competition. Their
ARRA SLDS grants, awarded in FY 2010, will still be underway when the
2012 grants are awarded.
2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This competition does not require
cost sharing or matching.
b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: A supplement-not-supplant requirement
applies to this program. Funds made available under this grant program
are to supplement, and not supplant, other State or local funds used
for developing
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or improving State data systems. The grants are expected to assist SEAs
in their efforts to design, develop, and implement statewide,
longitudinal data systems, but not to supplant State and local funds.
That is, the Institute expects grant funding to augment existing State
and local funds devoted to this effort.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. RFA and Other Information: Information regarding program and
application requirements for this competition will be contained in the
IES RFA package, which will be available on September 15, 2011, at the
following Web site: https://ies.ed.gov/funding/.
2. Application Package: The application package with forms and
instructions for applying to this competition will be available no
later than September 26, 2011, at https://www.Grants.gov (see section
IV. 5. Other Submission Requirements of this notice).
Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application
package in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape,
or compact disc) by contacting the program contact person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this notice.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Request for Applications (RFA) Available: September 15, 2011.
Application Package Available: September 26, 2011.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 15, 2011.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically, or in paper format by mail or hand delivery
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, please refer to section IV. 5. Other Submission
Requirements of this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII
of this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the
application process, the individual's application remains subject to
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
4. 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.
In addition, if you are submitting your application via Grants.gov,
you must (1) Be designated by your organization as an Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR); and (2) register yourself with
Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these steps are outlined at the
following Grants.gov Web page: https://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp.
5. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically unless you qualify for an exception to this requirement
in accordance with the instructions in this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
Applications for grants under the Statewide, Longitudinal Data
Systems competition, CFDA Number 84.372A, must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site at https://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy
of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and
submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a
grant application to us.
We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant application for the Statewide,
Longitudinal Data Systems competition at https://www.Grants.gov. You
must search for the downloadable application package for this
competition by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha
suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.372, not 84.372A).
Please note the following:
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through the
site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are date and time
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and
must be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date.
Except as otherwise noted in this section, we will not accept your
application if it is received--that is, date and time stamped by the
Grants.gov system--after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. We do not consider an application that does
not comply with the deadline requirements. When we retrieve your
application from Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting
your application because it was date and time stamped by the Grants.gov
system after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date.
The amount of time it can take to upload an application
will vary depending on a variety of factors including the size of the
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline
date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov.
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You should review and follow the Education Submission
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are
included in the application package for this competition to ensure that
you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov
system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov under News and Events on the Department's G5
system home page at https://www.G5.gov.
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 upload any narrative sections and all other
attachments to your application as files in a .PDF (Portable Document)
format only. If you upload a file type other than a .PDF or submit a
password-protected file, we will not review that material.
Your electronic application must comply with any page-
limit requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates
receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send
a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification
indicates that the Department has received your application and has
assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specified
identifying number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues
With the Grants.gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov
Support Desk, toll free, at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline date because of technical
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension
until 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically or by hand
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC
time, on the application deadline date, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this
notice and provide an explanation of the technical problem you
experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk
Case Number. We will accept your application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that
problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30:00
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The
Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether
your application will be accepted.
Note: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply
only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the
Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed
to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before
the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem
you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov system;
and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application.
If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be
postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline
date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must
receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Ellie McCutcheon, U.S.
Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW., room 600e,
Washington, DC 20208-5530. FAX: (202) 219-1466.
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:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number:
84.372A), LBJ Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington,
DC 20202-4260.
You must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service.
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier.
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark.
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a
dated postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with
your local post office.
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
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address: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center,
Attention: (CFDA Number: 84.372A), 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--if not provided by the
Department--in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including suffix
letter, if any, of the competition under which you are submitting your
application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a notification
of receipt of your grant application. If you do not receive this
notification within 15 business days from the application deadline
date, you should call the U.S. Department of Education Application
Control Center at (202) 245-6288.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: Information regarding selection criteria and
review procedures for this competition will be provided in the RFA
package.
2. Review and Selection Process: We remind potential applicants
that in reviewing applications in any discretionary grant competition,
the Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 75.217(d)(3), the past
performance of the applicant in carrying out a previous award, such as
the applicant's use of funds, achievement of project objectives, and
compliance with grant conditions. The Secretary may also consider
whether the applicant failed to submit a timely performance report or
submitted a report of unacceptable quality.
In addition, in making a competitive grant award, the Secretary
also requires various assurances including those applicable to Federal
civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or
activities receiving Federal financial assistance from the Department
of Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
3. Special Conditions: Under 34 CFR 74.14 and 80.12, the Secretary
may impose special conditions on a grant if the applicant or grantee is
not financially stable; has a history of unsatisfactory performance;
has a financial or other management system that does not meet the
standards in 34 CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has not fulfilled
the conditions of a prior grant; or is otherwise not responsible.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may notify you informally, also.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a grant under this competition,
you must ensure that you have in place the necessary processes and
systems to comply with the reporting requirements in 2 CFR part 170
should you receive funding under the competition. This does not apply
if you have an exception under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
(b) At the end of your project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the most current performance and
financial expenditure information as directed by the Secretary under 34
CFR 75.118. The Secretary may also require more frequent performance
reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements on reporting,
please go to https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: To evaluate the overall success of this
program, the Institute will determine at the end of each grant whether
the SEA has in operation a statewide, longitudinal data system that
meets the conditions of the grant. Grantees will be expected to report
in annual and final reports on the status of their development and
implementation of these systems.
5. Grant Administration: Applicants should budget for a two-day
meeting for project directors to be held in Washington, DC.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tate Gould, U.S. Department of
Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 9023, Washington, DC 20006-5651. Telephone: (202) 219-7080 or
by e-mail: Tate.Gould@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the Federal Relay Service, 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 compact disc) on request to
the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
in section VII of this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document: 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 via the Federal Digital System
at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site 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). To
use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at
the site.
You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at: https://www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Dated: September 15, 2011.
John Q. Easton,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
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