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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards;
Assistance for Arts Education—
Assistance for Arts Education
Development and Dissemination
Office of Innovation and
Improvement, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Education
(Department) is issuing a notice inviting
applications for fiscal year (FY) 2018 for
the Assistance for Arts Education
(AAE)—Assistance for Arts Education
Development and Dissemination
(AAEDD) Program, Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number
84.351D.
SUMMARY:
DATES:
Applications Available: May 1, 2018.
Date of Informational Webinar: For
information about the pre-application
webinar, visit the AAE website at:
https://innovation.ed.gov/what-we-do/
arts/arts-in-education-modeldevelopment-and-dissemination-grantsprogram/.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:
May 16, 2018.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 2, 2018.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: August 29, 2018.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for
obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common
Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary
Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Register on February 12, 2018
(83 FR 6003) and available at
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/
pdf/2018-02558.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bonnie Carter, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 4W223, Washington, DC 20202–
5960. Telephone: (202) 401–3579.
Email: Bonnie.Carter@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
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Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The AAEDD
program, which is part of the AAE
program, is authorized under title IV,
part F, subpart 4 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as
amended by the Every Student Succeeds
Act (ESSA).1 In general, the purpose of
the AAE program is to promote arts
education for students, including
disadvantaged students and students
who are children with disabilities. The
AAEDD program specifically supports
the development and dissemination of
accessible instructional materials and
arts-based educational programming,
including online resources, in multiple
arts disciplines that effectively (1)
increase access to standards-based arts
education; (2) integrate standards-based
arts education into other subjects; and
(3) improve students’ academic
performance, including their knowledge
and skills in creating, performing, and
responding to the arts.
Background: The arts are included in
the list of subjects in the statutory
definition of a ‘‘well-rounded
education,’’ the purpose of which is
‘‘providing all students access to an
enriched curriculum and educational
experience’’ (ESEA section 8101(52)).
The AAEDD program builds on its
predecessor, the Arts in Education
Model Development and Dissemination
(AEMDD) program, to include a focus
on the development and dissemination
of arts-based educational programming,
including online resources, in all arts
disciplines, such as music, dance,
theater, and visual arts, including folk
arts.
Certain activities that were supported
under the AEMDD program may also be
supported under the new AAEDD
program, including but not limited to
professional development for teachers
and administrators, arts-based
programming such as classroom support
through the use of teaching artists, art
specialists, and art therapists, and the
development and dissemination of
curricula, lesson plans, and software
programs, such as mobile apps.
Priority: This notice includes one
absolute priority. We are establishing
this priority for the FY 2018 grant
competition and any subsequent year in
which we make awards from the list of
unfunded applications from this
1 Unless otherwise indicated, all references to the
ESEA are to the ESEA, as amended by the ESSA.
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competition, in accordance with section
437(d)(1) of the General Education
Provisions Act (GEPA), 20 U.S.C.
1232(d)(1).
Absolute Priority: This priority is an
absolute priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Projects that develop, disseminate,
and integrate high-quality, effective artsbased instructional materials and
educational programming, including
online resources, in multiple arts
disciplines that (1) increase access to
standards-based arts education; (2)
integrate standards-based arts education
into other subjects as part of a wellrounded education; and (3) improve
students’ academic performance,
including their knowledge and skills in
creating, performing, and responding to
the arts.
Application Requirement: Applicants
are required to provide, in the
application, data from the most recent
U.S. Census as evidence that the local
educational agencies (LEAs) meet the
statutory requirement that 20 percent or
more of the students served by the LEA
(or for each LEA within a consortium of
LEAs) are from families with an income
below the Federal poverty line.
Definitions: We are establishing the
definitions of ‘‘arts’’ and ‘‘integrate’’ for
the FY 2018 grant competition and any
subsequent year in which we make
awards from the list of unfunded
applications from this competition, in
accordance with section 437(d)(1)
GEPA. The definitions of ‘‘child with a
disability,’’ ‘‘local educational agency,’’
and ‘‘State educational agency’’ are from
section 8101 of the ESEA (20 U.S.C.
7801). The definitions of ‘‘demonstrates
a rationale,’’ ‘‘experimental study,’’
‘‘logic model,’’ ‘‘project component,’’
‘‘promising evidence,’’ ‘‘quasiexperimental design study,’’ ‘‘relevant
outcome,’’ and ‘‘What Works
Clearinghouse Handbook (WWC
Handbook)’’ are from 34 CFR 77.1(c).
Arts includes music, dance, theater,
media arts, and visual arts, including
folk arts.
Child with a disability means—
(a) A child (i) with intellectual
disabilities, hearing impairments
(including deafness), speech or language
impairments, visual impairments
(including blindness), serious emotional
disturbance (referred to as ‘‘emotional
disturbance’’), orthopedic impairments,
autism, traumatic brain injury, other
health impairments, or specific learning
disabilities; and (ii) who, by reason
thereof, needs special education and
related services.
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(b) For a child aged 3 through 9 (or
any subset of that age range, including
ages 3 through 5), this term may, at the
discretion of the State and the LEA,
include a child (i) experiencing
developmental delays, as defined by the
State and as measured by appropriate
diagnostic instruments and procedures,
in one or more of the following areas:
Physical development; cognitive
development; communication
development; social or emotional
development; or adaptive development;
and (ii) who, by reason thereof, needs
special education and related services.
Demonstrates a rationale means a key
project component (as defined in this
notice) included in the project’s logic
model (as defined in this notice) is
informed by research or evaluation
findings that suggest the project
component is likely to improve relevant
outcomes (as defined in this notice).
Experimental study means a study
that is designed to compare outcomes
between two groups of individuals
(such as students) that are otherwise
equivalent except for their assignment
to either a treatment group receiving a
project component or a control group
that does not. Randomized controlled
trials, regression discontinuity design
studies, and single-case design studies
are the specific types of experimental
studies that, depending on their design
and implementation (e.g., sample
attrition in randomized controlled trials
and regression discontinuity design
studies), can meet What Works
Clearinghouse (WWC) standards
without reservations as described in the
WWC Handbook (as defined in this
notice):
(i) A randomized controlled trial
employs random assignment of, for
example, students, teachers, classrooms,
or schools to receive the project
component being evaluated (the
treatment group) or not to receive the
project component (the control group).
(ii) A regression discontinuity design
study assigns the project component
being evaluated using a measured
variable (e.g., assigning students reading
below a cutoff score to tutoring or
developmental education classes) and
controls for that variable in the analysis
of outcomes.
(iii) A single-case design study uses
observations of a single case (e.g., a
student eligible for a behavioral
intervention) over time in the absence
and presence of a controlled treatment
manipulation to determine whether the
outcome is systematically related to the
treatment.
Integrate means to strengthen (1) the
use of high-quality arts instruction in
other academic/content areas; and (2)
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the place of the arts as a part of a wellrounded education.
Local educational agency (LEA)
means:
(a) In General. A public board of
education or other public authority
legally constituted within a State for
either administrative control or
direction of, or to perform a service
function for, public elementary schools
or secondary schools in a city, county,
township, school district, or other
political subdivision of a State, or of or
for a combination of school districts or
counties that is recognized in a State as
an administrative agency for its public
elementary schools or secondary
schools.
(b) Administrative Control and
Direction. The term includes any other
public institution or agency having
administrative control and direction of
a public elementary school or secondary
school.
(c) Bureau of Indian Education
Schools. The term includes an
elementary school or secondary school
funded by the Bureau of Indian
Education but only to the extent that
including the school makes the school
eligible for programs for which specific
eligibility is not provided to the school
in another provision of law and the
school does not have a student
population that is smaller than the
student population of the local
educational agency receiving assistance
under the ESEA with the smallest
student population, except that the
school shall not be subject to the
jurisdiction of any State educational
agency (as defined in this notice) other
than the Bureau of Indian Education.
(d) Educational Service Agencies. The
term includes educational service
agencies and consortia of those
agencies.
(e) State Educational Agency. The
term includes the State Educational
Agency in a State in which the State
Educational Agency is the sole
educational agency for all public
schools.
Logic model (also referred to as a
theory of action) means a framework
that identifies key project components
of the proposed project (i.e., the active
‘‘ingredients’’ that are hypothesized to
be critical to achieving the relevant
outcomes) and describes the theoretical
and operational relationships among the
key project components and relevant
outcomes.
Project component means an activity,
strategy, intervention, process, product,
practice, or policy included in a project.
Evidence may pertain to an individual
project component or to a combination
of project components (e.g., training
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teachers on instructional practices for
English learners and follow-on coaching
for these teachers).
Promising evidence means that there
is evidence of the effectiveness of a key
project component in improving a
relevant outcome, based on a relevant
finding from one of the following:
(i) A practice guide prepared by WWC
reporting a ‘‘strong evidence base’’ or
‘‘moderate evidence base’’ for the
corresponding practice guide
recommendation;
(ii) An intervention report prepared
by the WWC reporting a ‘‘positive
effect’’ or ‘‘potentially positive effect’’
on a relevant outcome with no reporting
of a ‘‘negative effect’’ or ‘‘potentially
negative effect’’ on a relevant outcome;
or
(iii) A single study assessed by the
Department, as appropriate, that—
(A) Is an experimental study (as
defined in this notice), a quasiexperimental design study (as defined
in this notice), or a well-designed and
well-implemented correlational study
with statistical controls for selection
bias (e.g., a study using regression
methods to account for differences
between a treatment group and a
comparison group); and
(B) Includes at least one statistically
significant and positive (i.e., favorable)
effect on a relevant outcome.
Quasi-experimental design study
means a study using a design that
attempts to approximate an
experimental study by identifying a
comparison group that is similar to the
treatment group in important respects.
This type of study, depending on design
and implementation (e.g., establishment
of baseline equivalence of the groups
being compared), can meet WWC
standards with reservations, but cannot
meet WWC standards without
reservations, as described in the WWC
Handbook.
Relevant outcome means the student
outcome(s) or other outcome(s) the key
project component is designed to
improve, consistent with the specific
goals of the program.
State educational agency (SEA)
means the agency primarily responsible
for the State supervision of public
elementary schools and secondary
schools.
What Works Clearinghouse Handbook
(WWC Handbook) means the standards
and procedures set forth in the WWC
Procedures and Standards Handbook,
Version 3.0 or Version 2.1 (incorporated
by reference, see 34 CFR 77.2). Study
findings eligible for review under WWC
standards can meet WWC standards
without reservations, meet WWC
standards with reservations, or not meet
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WWC standards. WWC practice guides
and intervention reports include
findings from systematic reviews of
evidence as described in the Handbook
documentation.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking:
Under the Administrative Procedure Act
(5 U.S.C. 553) the Department generally
offers interested parties the opportunity
to comment on proposed priorities,
application requirements, and
definitions. Section 437(d)(1) of GEPA,
however, allows the Secretary to exempt
from rulemaking requirements
regulations governing the first grant
competition under a new or
substantially revised program authority.
This is the first grant competition for
this program under section 4642 of the
ESSA (20 U.S.C. 7292) and therefore
qualifies for this exemption. In order to
ensure timely grant awards, the
Secretary has decided to forgo public
comment on the priority, application
requirements, and definitions, under
section 437(d)(1) of GEPA. This priority
and these application requirements and
definitions will apply to the FY 2018
grant competition and any subsequent
year in which we make awards from the
list of unfunded applications from this
competition.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7291–
7292.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR
parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98,
and 99. (b) The Office of Management
and Budget Guidelines to Agencies on
Governmentwide Debarment and
Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR
part 180, as adopted and amended as
regulations of the Department in 2 CFR
part 3485. (c) The Uniform
Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as
adopted and amended as regulations of
the Department in 2 CFR part 3474.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to institutions of higher education
only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$14,000,000.
Contingent upon the availability of
funds and the quality of applications,
we may make additional awards in
subsequent years from the list of
unfunded applications from this
competition.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$525,000–$625,000 per project year.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$575,000 per project year.
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Estimated Number of Awards: 20–25.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 48 months,
depending on the availability of funds.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: (1) An LEA or
consortium of LEAs in which 20 percent
or more of the students served by the
LEA or LEAs within the consortium are
from families with an income below the
Federal poverty line 2 (including a
public charter school that meets the
definition of LEA in section 8101(30) of
the ESEA) (eligible LEA), and that may
work in partnership with one or more of
the following:
(a) An SEA;
(b) An institution of higher education;
(c) The Bureau of Indian Education; or
(d) A museum or cultural institution,
or another private agency, institution,
organization.
(2) An SEA; an institution of higher
education; a museum or cultural
institution; Bureau of Indian Education;
or private agency, institution, or
organization, that must partner with an
eligible LEA, and that may partner with
another eligible entity.
2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not require cost sharing or
matching.
b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This
program involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements. In
accordance with section 4624(b) of the
ESEA, funds made available under this
subpart must be used to supplement,
and not supplant, non-Federal funds
that would otherwise be used for
activities authorized under this subpart.
3. Coordination Requirement: In
accordance with section 4642(b) of the
ESEA, grantees are required to
coordinate, to the extent practicable,
each project or program carried out with
such assistance with appropriate
activities of public or private cultural
agencies, institutions, and
organizations, including museums, arts
education associations, libraries, and
theaters, and to use such assistance only
to supplement, and not to supplant, any
other assistance or funds made available
from non-Federal sources for the
activities assisted under this program.
2 An LEA must show that at least 20 percent of
students served by the LEA are from families with
an income below the poverty line, based on the
most recent LEA poverty estimates provided by the
U.S. Census Bureau. The Census LEA poverty
estimates are available at: www.census.gov/did/
www/saipe/data/.
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IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Application Submission
Instructions: For information on how to
submit an application please refer to our
Common Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary
Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Register on February 12, 2018
(83 FR 6003) and available at
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/
pdf/2018-02558.pdf.
2. Submission of Proprietary
Information: Given the types of projects
that may be proposed in applications for
the AAEDD program, your application
may include business information that
you consider proprietary. In 34 CFR
5.11 we define ‘‘business information’’
and describe the process we use in
determining whether any of that
information is proprietary and, thus,
protected from disclosure under
Exemption 4 of the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, as
amended).
Because we plan to make successful
applications available to the public, you
may wish to request confidentiality of
business information.
Consistent with Executive Order
12600, please designate in your
application any information that you
believe is exempt from disclosure under
Exemption 4. In the appropriate
Appendix section of your application,
under ‘‘Other Attachments Form,’’
please list the page number or numbers
on which we can find this information.
For additional information please see 34
CFR 5.11(c).
3. Intergovernmental Review: This
competition is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs under Executive Order 12372
is in the application package for this
competition.
4. Funding Restrictions: We reference
regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
5. Recommended Page Limit: The
application narrative is where you, the
applicant, address the selection criteria
that reviewers use to evaluate your
application. We recommend that you (1)
limit the application narrative to 50
pages and (2) use the following
standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side
only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom,
and both sides.
• Double space (no more than three
lines per vertical inch) all text in the
application narrative, including titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
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references, and captions, as well as all
text in charts, tables, figures, and
graphs.
• Use a font that is either 12 point or
larger or no smaller than 10 pitch
(characters per inch).
• Use one of the following fonts:
Times New Roman, Courier, Courier
New, or Arial.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this competition are from 34
CFR 75.210. An applicant may earn up
to a total of 100 points based on the
selection criteria. The maximum score
for each criterion is indicated in
parentheses. The criteria are as follows:
A. Significance (25 points). The
Secretary considers the significance of
the proposed project. In determining the
significance of the proposed project, the
Secretary considers the following
factors:
(1) The significance of the problem or
issue to be addressed by the proposed
project.
(2) The extent to which the results of
the proposed project are to be
disseminated in ways that will enable
others to use the information or
strategies.
(3) The importance or magnitude of
the results or outcomes likely to be
attained by the proposed project,
especially improvements in teaching
and student achievement.
B. Quality of the Project Design (25
points). The Secretary considers the
quality of the design of the proposed
project. In determining the quality of the
design of the proposed project, the
Secretary considers the following
factors:
(1) The extent to which the proposed
project is part of a comprehensive effort
to improve teaching and learning and
support rigorous academic standards for
students.
(2) The extent to which the proposed
project demonstrates a rationale (as
defined in 34 CFR 77.1(c)).
(3) The extent to which the design for
implementing and evaluating the
proposed project will result in
information to guide possible
replication of project activities or
strategies, including information about
the effectiveness of the approach or
strategies employed by the project.
(4) The extent to which the proposed
project is designed to build capacity and
yield results that will extend beyond the
period of Federal financial assistance.
C. Quality of Project Personnel (10
points). The Secretary considers the
quality of the personnel who will carry
out the proposed project. In determining
the quality of project personnel, the
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Secretary considers the extent to which
the applicant encourages applications
for employment from persons who are
members of groups that have
traditionally been underrepresented
based on race, color, national origin,
gender, age, or disability. In addition,
the Secretary considers the following
factors:
(1) The qualifications, including
relevant training and experience, of key
project personnel.
(2) The qualifications, including
relevant training and experience, of
project consultants or subcontractors.
D. Quality of the Management Plan
(20 points). The Secretary considers the
quality of the management plan for the
proposed project. In determining the
quality of the management plan for the
proposed project, the Secretary
considers the following factors:
(1) The adequacy of the management
plan to achieve the objectives of the
proposed project on time and within
budget, including clearly defined
responsibilities, timelines, and
milestones for accomplishing project
tasks.
(2) The adequacy of mechanisms for
ensuring high-quality products and
services from the proposed project.
(3) The extent to which the time
commitments of the project director and
principal investigator and other key
project personnel are appropriate and
adequate to meet the objectives of the
proposed project.
E. Quality of the Project Evaluation
(20 points). The Secretary considers the
quality of the evaluation to be
conducted of the proposed project. In
determining the quality of the
evaluation, the Secretary considers the
following factors:
(1) The extent to which the methods
of evaluation include the use of
objective performance measures that are
clearly related to the intended outcomes
of the project and will produce
quantitative and qualitative data to the
extent possible.
(2) The extent to which the methods
of evaluation will provide performance
feedback and permit periodic
assessment of progress toward achieving
intended outcomes.
(3) The extent to which the methods
of evaluation will, if well implemented,
produce promising evidence (as defined
in 34 CFR 77.1(c)) about the project’s
effectiveness.
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
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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 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 (34 CFR
100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
3. Risk Assessment and Specific
Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR
200.205, before awarding grants under
this competition the Department
conducts a review of the risks posed by
applicants. Under 2 CFR 3474.10, the
Secretary may impose specific
conditions and, in appropriate
circumstances, high-risk 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 2
CFR part 200, subpart D; has not
fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant;
or is otherwise not responsible.
4. Integrity and Performance System:
If you are selected under this
competition to receive an award that
over the course of the project period
may exceed the simplified acquisition
threshold (currently $150,000), under 2
CFR 200.205(a)(2), we must make a
judgment about your integrity, business
ethics, and record of performance under
Federal awards—that is, the risk posed
by you as an applicant—before we make
an award. In doing so, we must consider
any information about you that is in the
integrity and performance system
(currently referred to as the Federal
Awardee Performance and Integrity
Information System (FAPIIS)),
accessible through the System for
Award Management. You may review
and comment on any information about
yourself that a Federal agency
previously entered and that is currently
in FAPIIS.
Please note that, if the total value of
your currently active grants, cooperative
agreements, and procurement contracts
from the Federal Government exceeds
$10,000,000, the reporting requirements
in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII,
require you to report certain integrity
information to FAPIIS semiannually.
Please review the requirements in 2 CFR
part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant
plus all the other Federal funds you
receive exceed $10,000,000.
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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); or we may send you an email
containing a link to access an electronic
version of your 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. Open Licensing Requirements:
Unless an exception applies, if you are
awarded a grant under this competition,
you will be required to openly license
to the public grant deliverables created
in whole, or in part, with Department
grant funds. When the deliverable
consists of modifications to pre-existing
works, the license extends only to those
modifications that can be separately
identified and only to the extent that
open licensing is permitted under the
terms of any licenses or other legal
restrictions on the use of pre-existing
works. Additionally, a grantee or
subgrantee that is awarded competitive
grant funds must have a plan to
disseminate these public grant
deliverables. This dissemination plan
can be developed and submitted after
your application has been reviewed and
selected for funding. For additional
information on the open licensing
requirements please refer to 2 CFR
3474.20.
4. 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 multiyear award, you must
submit an annual performance report
that provides the most current
performance and financial expenditure
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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 www.ed.gov/
fund/grant/apply/appforms/
appforms.html.
(c) Under 34 CFR 75.250(b), the
Secretary may provide a grantee with
additional funding for data collection
analysis and reporting. In this case the
Secretary establishes a data collection
period.
5. Performance Measures: We have
established the following performance
measures for the AAEDD program: (1)
The percentage of students participating
in arts model projects funded through
the AAEDD program who demonstrate
proficiency in mathematics compared to
those in control or comparison groups;
(2) the percentage of students
participating in arts model projects who
demonstrate proficiency in reading
compared to those in control or
comparison groups; and (3) the number
of accessible, arts-based instructional
materials that are developed. Grantees
will report annually on each measure.
6. Continuation Awards: In making a
continuation award under 34 CFR
75.253, the Secretary considers, among
other things: Whether a grantee has
made substantial progress in achieving
the goals and objectives of the project;
whether the grantee has expended funds
in a manner that is consistent with its
approved application and budget; and,
if the Secretary has established
performance measurement
requirements, the performance targets in
the grantee’s approved application.
In making a continuation award, the
Secretary also considers whether the
grantee is operating in compliance with
the assurances in its approved
application, including those applicable
to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit
discrimination in programs or activities
receiving Federal financial assistance
from the Department (34 CFR 100.4,
104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
VII. 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.
Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is
the document published in the Federal
Register. You may access the official
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Margo Anderson,
Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary for
Innovation and Improvement.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL–9977–35—Region 3]
Clean Air Act Operating Permit
Program; Petition To Object to Title V
Permit for Wheelabrator Frackville
Energy; Pennsylvania
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final action.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the Clean Air Act
(CAA), the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Administrator signed an
Order, dated April 6, 2018, denying a
petition to object to a title V operating
permit, issued by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection
(PADEP) to the Wheelabrator Frackville
Energy facility in Schuylkill County,
Pennsylvania. The Order responds to a
December 4, 2017 petition. The petition
was submitted by the Environmental
Integrity Project (EIP) and the Sierra
Club (Petitioners). This Order
constitutes final action on that petition
requesting that the Administrator object
to the issuance of the proposed CAA
title V permit.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the final Order,
the petition, and all pertinent
information relating thereto are on file
at the following location: EPA, Region
III, Air Protection Division (APD), 1650
Arch St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
19103. EPA requests that, if at all
possible, you contact the individual
listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section to view copies of the
final Order, petition, and other
supporting information. You may view
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from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., excluding Federal
holidays. If you wish to examine these
documents, you should make an
appointment at least 24 hours before the
visiting day. The final Order is also
available electronically at the following
website: https://www.epa.gov/title-voperating-permits/title-v-petitiondatabase.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Talley, Air Protection Division,
EPA Region III, telephone (215) 814–
2117, or by email at talley.david@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CAA
affords EPA a 45-day period to review
and object to, as appropriate, operating
permits proposed by state permitting
authorities. Section 505(b)(2) of the
CAA authorizes any person to petition
the EPA Administrator within 60 days
after the expiration of this review period
to object to a state operating permit if
EPA has not done so. Petitions must be
based only on objections raised with
reasonable specificity during the public
comment period, unless the petitioner
demonstrates that it was impracticable
to raise these issues during the comment
period or that the grounds for objection
or other issue arose after the comment
period.
The December 4, 2017 petition
requested that the Administrator object
to the proposed title V operating permit
issued by PADEP (Permit No. 54–00005)
on the grounds that the proposed permit
did not contain adequate monitoring
and testing requirements to demonstrate
compliance with the particulate matter
(PM) emission limits contained in the
permit. The Order denies the
Petitioners’ claims, finding that the
Petitioners failed to demonstrate that
the Permit’s monitoring requirements
for PM emissions are not adequate to
assure compliance with the applicable
PM emission limit, and explains the
rationale behind EPA’s decision.
Dated: April 19, 2018.
Cosmo Servidio,
Regional Administrator, Region III.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2017–0751; FRL–9976–82]
Interim Registration Review Decisions
and Case Closures for Several
Pesticides; Notice of Availability
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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availability of EPA’s interim registration
review decision for the following
chemicals: BT corn coleopteran PIP, BT
corn lepidopteran PIP, clodinafoppropargyl, cyprodinil, diethylene glycol
monomethyl ether (DGME),
dimethomorph, fomesafen, metalaxyl/
mefenoxam, methoxyfenozide, mineral
acids, nitrapyrin, noviflumuron,
pendimethalin, potassium hypochlorite,
sodium hypochlorite and calcium
hypochlorite, and verbenone. It also
announces the case closures for boll
weevil attractant (Case 6044 and Docket
ID Number: EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0335)
and octanoate esters (Case 6027 and
Docket ID Number: EPA–HQ–OPP–
2017–0087), because the last U.S.
registrations for these pesticides have
been canceled.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
This action is directed to the public
in general, and may be of interest to a
wide range of stakeholders including
environmental, human health, farm
worker, and agricultural advocates; the
chemical industry; pesticide users; and
members of the public interested in the
sale, distribution, or use of pesticides.
Since others also may be interested, the
Agency has not attempted to describe all
the specific entities that may be affected
by this action. If you have any questions
regarding the applicability of this action
to a particular entity, consult the
pesticide specific contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
For pesticide specific information,
contact: The Chemical Review Manager
for the pesticide of interest identified in
the Table in Unit IV.
For general information on the
registration review program, contact:
Dana Friedman, Pesticide Re-Evaluation
Division (7508P), Office of Pesticide
Programs, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW,
Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone
number: (703) 347–8827; email address:
friedman.dana@epa.gov.
II. Background
Registration review is EPA’s periodic
review of pesticide registrations to
ensure that each pesticide continues to
satisfy the statutory standard for
registration, that is, the pesticide can
perform its intended function without
unreasonable adverse effects on human
health or the environment. As part of
the registration review process, the
Agency has completed interim decisions
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; Assistance for Arts Education--
Assistance for Arts Education Development and Dissemination
AGENCY: Office of Innovation and Improvement, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice
inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2018 for the Assistance for
Arts Education (AAE)--Assistance for Arts Education Development and
Dissemination (AAEDD) Program, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) number 84.351D.
DATES:
Applications Available: May 1, 2018.
Date of Informational Webinar: For information about the pre-
application webinar, visit the AAE website at: https://innovation.ed.gov/what-we-do/arts/arts-in-education-model-development-and-dissemination-grants-program/.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: May 16, 2018.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 2, 2018.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 29, 2018.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Register on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6003) and available at
www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/pdf/2018-02558.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonnie Carter, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 4W223, Washington, DC 20202-
5960. Telephone: (202) 401-3579. Email: [email protected].
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The AAEDD program, which is part of the AAE
program, is authorized under title IV, part F, subpart 4 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every
Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).\1\ In general, the purpose of the AAE
program is to promote arts education for students, including
disadvantaged students and students who are children with disabilities.
The AAEDD program specifically supports the development and
dissemination of accessible instructional materials and arts-based
educational programming, including online resources, in multiple arts
disciplines that effectively (1) increase access to standards-based
arts education; (2) integrate standards-based arts education into other
subjects; and (3) improve students' academic performance, including
their knowledge and skills in creating, performing, and responding to
the arts.
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Background: The arts are included in the list of subjects in the
statutory definition of a ``well-rounded education,'' the purpose of
which is ``providing all students access to an enriched curriculum and
educational experience'' (ESEA section 8101(52)). The AAEDD program
builds on its predecessor, the Arts in Education Model Development and
Dissemination (AEMDD) program, to include a focus on the development
and dissemination of arts-based educational programming, including
online resources, in all arts disciplines, such as music, dance,
theater, and visual arts, including folk arts.
Certain activities that were supported under the AEMDD program may
also be supported under the new AAEDD program, including but not
limited to professional development for teachers and administrators,
arts-based programming such as classroom support through the use of
teaching artists, art specialists, and art therapists, and the
development and dissemination of curricula, lesson plans, and software
programs, such as mobile apps.
Priority: This notice includes one absolute priority. We are
establishing this priority for the FY 2018 grant competition and any
subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded
applications from this
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competition, in accordance with section 437(d)(1) of the General
Education Provisions Act (GEPA), 20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1).
Absolute Priority: This priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Projects that develop, disseminate, and integrate high-quality,
effective arts-based instructional materials and educational
programming, including online resources, in multiple arts disciplines
that (1) increase access to standards-based arts education; (2)
integrate standards-based arts education into other subjects as part of
a well-rounded education; and (3) improve students' academic
performance, including their knowledge and skills in creating,
performing, and responding to the arts.
Application Requirement: Applicants are required to provide, in the
application, data from the most recent U.S. Census as evidence that the
local educational agencies (LEAs) meet the statutory requirement that
20 percent or more of the students served by the LEA (or for each LEA
within a consortium of LEAs) are from families with an income below the
Federal poverty line.
Definitions: We are establishing the definitions of ``arts'' and
``integrate'' for the FY 2018 grant competition and any subsequent year
in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from
this competition, in accordance with section 437(d)(1) GEPA. The
definitions of ``child with a disability,'' ``local educational
agency,'' and ``State educational agency'' are from section 8101 of the
ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7801). The definitions of ``demonstrates a rationale,''
``experimental study,'' ``logic model,'' ``project component,''
``promising evidence,'' ``quasi-experimental design study,'' ``relevant
outcome,'' and ``What Works Clearinghouse Handbook (WWC Handbook)'' are
from 34 CFR 77.1(c).
Arts includes music, dance, theater, media arts, and visual arts,
including folk arts.
Child with a disability means--
(a) A child (i) with intellectual disabilities, hearing impairments
(including deafness), speech or language impairments, visual
impairments (including blindness), serious emotional disturbance
(referred to as ``emotional disturbance''), orthopedic impairments,
autism, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, or specific
learning disabilities; and (ii) who, by reason thereof, needs special
education and related services.
(b) For a child aged 3 through 9 (or any subset of that age range,
including ages 3 through 5), this term may, at the discretion of the
State and the LEA, include a child (i) experiencing developmental
delays, as defined by the State and as measured by appropriate
diagnostic instruments and procedures, in one or more of the following
areas: Physical development; cognitive development; communication
development; social or emotional development; or adaptive development;
and (ii) who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related
services.
Demonstrates a rationale means a key project component (as defined
in this notice) included in the project's logic model (as defined in
this notice) is informed by research or evaluation findings that
suggest the project component is likely to improve relevant outcomes
(as defined in this notice).
Experimental study means a study that is designed to compare
outcomes between two groups of individuals (such as students) that are
otherwise equivalent except for their assignment to either a treatment
group receiving a project component or a control group that does not.
Randomized controlled trials, regression discontinuity design studies,
and single-case design studies are the specific types of experimental
studies that, depending on their design and implementation (e.g.,
sample attrition in randomized controlled trials and regression
discontinuity design studies), can meet What Works Clearinghouse (WWC)
standards without reservations as described in the WWC Handbook (as
defined in this notice):
(i) A randomized controlled trial employs random assignment of, for
example, students, teachers, classrooms, or schools to receive the
project component being evaluated (the treatment group) or not to
receive the project component (the control group).
(ii) A regression discontinuity design study assigns the project
component being evaluated using a measured variable (e.g., assigning
students reading below a cutoff score to tutoring or developmental
education classes) and controls for that variable in the analysis of
outcomes.
(iii) A single-case design study uses observations of a single case
(e.g., a student eligible for a behavioral intervention) over time in
the absence and presence of a controlled treatment manipulation to
determine whether the outcome is systematically related to the
treatment.
Integrate means to strengthen (1) the use of high-quality arts
instruction in other academic/content areas; and (2) the place of the
arts as a part of a well-rounded education.
Local educational agency (LEA) means:
(a) In General. A public board of education or other public
authority legally constituted within a State for either administrative
control or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public
elementary schools or secondary schools in a city, county, township,
school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or of or
for a combination of school districts or counties that is recognized in
a State as an administrative agency for its public elementary schools
or secondary schools.
(b) Administrative Control and Direction. The term includes any
other public institution or agency having administrative control and
direction of a public elementary school or secondary school.
(c) Bureau of Indian Education Schools. The term includes an
elementary school or secondary school funded by the Bureau of Indian
Education but only to the extent that including the school makes the
school eligible for programs for which specific eligibility is not
provided to the school in another provision of law and the school does
not have a student population that is smaller than the student
population of the local educational agency receiving assistance under
the ESEA with the smallest student population, except that the school
shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of any State educational
agency (as defined in this notice) other than the Bureau of Indian
Education.
(d) Educational Service Agencies. The term includes educational
service agencies and consortia of those agencies.
(e) State Educational Agency. The term includes the State
Educational Agency in a State in which the State Educational Agency is
the sole educational agency for all public schools.
Logic model (also referred to as a theory of action) means a
framework that identifies key project components of the proposed
project (i.e., the active ``ingredients'' that are hypothesized to be
critical to achieving the relevant outcomes) and describes the
theoretical and operational relationships among the key project
components and relevant outcomes.
Project component means an activity, strategy, intervention,
process, product, practice, or policy included in a project. Evidence
may pertain to an individual project component or to a combination of
project components (e.g., training
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teachers on instructional practices for English learners and follow-on
coaching for these teachers).
Promising evidence means that there is evidence of the
effectiveness of a key project component in improving a relevant
outcome, based on a relevant finding from one of the following:
(i) A practice guide prepared by WWC reporting a ``strong evidence
base'' or ``moderate evidence base'' for the corresponding practice
guide recommendation;
(ii) An intervention report prepared by the WWC reporting a
``positive effect'' or ``potentially positive effect'' on a relevant
outcome with no reporting of a ``negative effect'' or ``potentially
negative effect'' on a relevant outcome; or
(iii) A single study assessed by the Department, as appropriate,
that--
(A) Is an experimental study (as defined in this notice), a quasi-
experimental design study (as defined in this notice), or a well-
designed and well-implemented correlational study with statistical
controls for selection bias (e.g., a study using regression methods to
account for differences between a treatment group and a comparison
group); and
(B) Includes at least one statistically significant and positive
(i.e., favorable) effect on a relevant outcome.
Quasi-experimental design study means a study using a design that
attempts to approximate an experimental study by identifying a
comparison group that is similar to the treatment group in important
respects. This type of study, depending on design and implementation
(e.g., establishment of baseline equivalence of the groups being
compared), can meet WWC standards with reservations, but cannot meet
WWC standards without reservations, as described in the WWC Handbook.
Relevant outcome means the student outcome(s) or other outcome(s)
the key project component is designed to improve, consistent with the
specific goals of the program.
State educational agency (SEA) means the agency primarily
responsible for the State supervision of public elementary schools and
secondary schools.
What Works Clearinghouse Handbook (WWC Handbook) means the
standards and procedures set forth in the WWC Procedures and Standards
Handbook, Version 3.0 or Version 2.1 (incorporated by reference, see 34
CFR 77.2). Study findings eligible for review under WWC standards can
meet WWC standards without reservations, meet WWC standards with
reservations, or not meet WWC standards. WWC practice guides and
intervention reports include findings from systematic reviews of
evidence as described in the Handbook documentation.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: Under the Administrative Procedure
Act (5 U.S.C. 553) the Department generally offers interested parties
the opportunity to comment on proposed priorities, application
requirements, and definitions. Section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, however,
allows the Secretary to exempt from rulemaking requirements regulations
governing the first grant competition under a new or substantially
revised program authority. This is the first grant competition for this
program under section 4642 of the ESSA (20 U.S.C. 7292) and therefore
qualifies for this exemption. In order to ensure timely grant awards,
the Secretary has decided to forgo public comment on the priority,
application requirements, and definitions, under section 437(d)(1) of
GEPA. This priority and these application requirements and definitions
will apply to the FY 2018 grant competition and any subsequent year in
which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this
competition.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7291-7292.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86,
97, 98, and 99. (b) The Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to
Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in
2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department
in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part
200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR
part 3474.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $14,000,000.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of
applications, we may make additional awards in subsequent years from
the list of unfunded applications from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $525,000-$625,000 per project year.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $575,000 per project year.
Estimated Number of Awards: 20-25.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 48 months, depending on the availability of
funds.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: (1) An LEA or consortium of LEAs in which
20 percent or more of the students served by the LEA or LEAs within the
consortium are from families with an income below the Federal poverty
line \2\ (including a public charter school that meets the definition
of LEA in section 8101(30) of the ESEA) (eligible LEA), and that may
work in partnership with one or more of the following:
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\2\ An LEA must show that at least 20 percent of students served
by the LEA are from families with an income below the poverty line,
based on the most recent LEA poverty estimates provided by the U.S.
Census Bureau. The Census LEA poverty estimates are available at:
www.census.gov/did/www/saipe/data/.
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(a) An SEA;
(b) An institution of higher education;
(c) The Bureau of Indian Education; or
(d) A museum or cultural institution, or another private agency,
institution, organization.
(2) An SEA; an institution of higher education; a museum or
cultural institution; Bureau of Indian Education; or private agency,
institution, or organization, that must partner with an eligible LEA,
and that may partner with another eligible entity.
2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This program involves supplement-not-
supplant funding requirements. In accordance with section 4624(b) of
the ESEA, funds made available under this subpart must be used to
supplement, and not supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be
used for activities authorized under this subpart.
3. Coordination Requirement: In accordance with section 4642(b) of
the ESEA, grantees are required to coordinate, to the extent
practicable, each project or program carried out with such assistance
with appropriate activities of public or private cultural agencies,
institutions, and organizations, including museums, arts education
associations, libraries, and theaters, and to use such assistance only
to supplement, and not to supplant, any other assistance or funds made
available from non-Federal sources for the activities assisted under
this program.
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IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Application Submission Instructions: For information on how to
submit an application please refer to our Common Instructions for
Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs,
published in the Federal Register on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6003) and
available at www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/pdf/2018-02558.pdf.
2. Submission of Proprietary Information: Given the types of
projects that may be proposed in applications for the AAEDD program,
your application may include business information that you consider
proprietary. In 34 CFR 5.11 we define ``business information'' and
describe the process we use in determining whether any of that
information is proprietary and, thus, protected from disclosure under
Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, as
amended).
Because we plan to make successful applications available to the
public, you may wish to request confidentiality of business
information.
Consistent with Executive Order 12600, please designate in your
application any information that you believe is exempt from disclosure
under Exemption 4. In the appropriate Appendix section of your
application, under ``Other Attachments Form,'' please list the page
number or numbers on which we can find this information. For additional
information please see 34 CFR 5.11(c).
3. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under
Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for this
competition.
4. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
5. Recommended Page Limit: The application narrative is where you,
the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use to
evaluate your application. We recommend that you (1) limit the
application narrative to 50 pages and (2) use the following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1''
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller
than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this competition
are from 34 CFR 75.210. An applicant may earn up to a total of 100
points based on the selection criteria. The maximum score for each
criterion is indicated in parentheses. The criteria are as follows:
A. Significance (25 points). The Secretary considers the
significance of the proposed project. In determining the significance
of the proposed project, the Secretary considers the following factors:
(1) The significance of the problem or issue to be addressed by the
proposed project.
(2) The extent to which the results of the proposed project are to
be disseminated in ways that will enable others to use the information
or strategies.
(3) The importance or magnitude of the results or outcomes likely
to be attained by the proposed project, especially improvements in
teaching and student achievement.
B. Quality of the Project Design (25 points). The Secretary
considers the quality of the design of the proposed project. In
determining the quality of the design of the proposed project, the
Secretary considers the following factors:
(1) The extent to which the proposed project is part of a
comprehensive effort to improve teaching and learning and support
rigorous academic standards for students.
(2) The extent to which the proposed project demonstrates a
rationale (as defined in 34 CFR 77.1(c)).
(3) The extent to which the design for implementing and evaluating
the proposed project will result in information to guide possible
replication of project activities or strategies, including information
about the effectiveness of the approach or strategies employed by the
project.
(4) The extent to which the proposed project is designed to build
capacity and yield results that will extend beyond the period of
Federal financial assistance.
C. Quality of Project Personnel (10 points). The Secretary
considers the quality of the personnel who will carry out the proposed
project. In determining the quality of project personnel, the Secretary
considers the extent to which the applicant encourages applications for
employment from persons who are members of groups that have
traditionally been underrepresented based on race, color, national
origin, gender, age, or disability. In addition, the Secretary
considers the following factors:
(1) The qualifications, including relevant training and experience,
of key project personnel.
(2) The qualifications, including relevant training and experience,
of project consultants or subcontractors.
D. Quality of the Management Plan (20 points). The Secretary
considers the quality of the management plan for the proposed project.
In determining the quality of the management plan for the proposed
project, the Secretary considers the following factors:
(1) The adequacy of the management plan to achieve the objectives
of the proposed project on time and within budget, including clearly
defined responsibilities, timelines, and milestones for accomplishing
project tasks.
(2) The adequacy of mechanisms for ensuring high-quality products
and services from the proposed project.
(3) The extent to which the time commitments of the project
director and principal investigator and other key project personnel are
appropriate and adequate to meet the objectives of the proposed
project.
E. Quality of the Project Evaluation (20 points). The Secretary
considers the quality of the evaluation to be conducted of the proposed
project. In determining the quality of the evaluation, the Secretary
considers the following factors:
(1) The extent to which the methods of evaluation include the use
of objective performance measures that are clearly related to the
intended outcomes of the project and will produce quantitative and
qualitative data to the extent possible.
(2) The extent to which the methods of evaluation will provide
performance feedback and permit periodic assessment of progress toward
achieving intended outcomes.
(3) The extent to which the methods of evaluation will, if well
implemented, produce promising evidence (as defined in 34 CFR 77.1(c))
about the project's effectiveness.
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
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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
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
(34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
3. Risk Assessment and Specific Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR
200.205, before awarding grants under this competition the Department
conducts a review of the risks posed by applicants. Under 2 CFR
3474.10, the Secretary may impose specific conditions and, in
appropriate circumstances, high-risk 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 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not
fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; or is otherwise not
responsible.
4. Integrity and Performance System: If you are selected under this
competition to receive an award that over the course of the project
period may exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (currently
$150,000), under 2 CFR 200.205(a)(2), we must make a judgment about
your integrity, business ethics, and record of performance under
Federal awards--that is, the risk posed by you as an applicant--before
we make an award. In doing so, we must consider any information about
you that is in the integrity and performance system (currently referred
to as the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System
(FAPIIS)), accessible through the System for Award Management. You may
review and comment on any information about yourself that a Federal
agency previously entered and that is currently in FAPIIS.
Please note that, if the total value of your currently active
grants, cooperative agreements, and procurement contracts from the
Federal Government exceeds $10,000,000, the reporting requirements in 2
CFR part 200, Appendix XII, require you to report certain integrity
information to FAPIIS semiannually. Please review the requirements in 2
CFR part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant plus all the other Federal
funds you receive exceed $10,000,000.
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); or we may send you an email containing a link to
access an electronic version of your 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. Open Licensing Requirements: Unless an exception applies, if you
are awarded a grant under this competition, you will be required to
openly license to the public grant deliverables created in whole, or in
part, with Department grant funds. When the deliverable consists of
modifications to pre-existing works, the license extends only to those
modifications that can be separately identified and only to the extent
that open licensing is permitted under the terms of any licenses or
other legal restrictions on the use of pre-existing works.
Additionally, a grantee or subgrantee that is awarded competitive grant
funds must have a plan to disseminate these public grant deliverables.
This dissemination plan can be developed and submitted after your
application has been reviewed and selected for funding. For additional
information on the open licensing requirements please refer to 2 CFR
3474.20.
4. 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 multiyear 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 www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
(c) Under 34 CFR 75.250(b), the Secretary may provide a grantee
with additional funding for data collection analysis and reporting. In
this case the Secretary establishes a data collection period.
5. Performance Measures: We have established the following
performance measures for the AAEDD program: (1) The percentage of
students participating in arts model projects funded through the AAEDD
program who demonstrate proficiency in mathematics compared to those in
control or comparison groups; (2) the percentage of students
participating in arts model projects who demonstrate proficiency in
reading compared to those in control or comparison groups; and (3) the
number of accessible, arts-based instructional materials that are
developed. Grantees will report annually on each measure.
6. Continuation Awards: In making a continuation award under 34 CFR
75.253, the Secretary considers, among other things: Whether a grantee
has made substantial progress in achieving the goals and objectives of
the project; whether the grantee has expended funds in a manner that is
consistent with its approved application and budget; and, if the
Secretary has established performance measurement requirements, the
performance targets in the grantee's approved application.
In making a continuation award, the Secretary also considers
whether the grantee is operating in compliance with the assurances in
its approved application, including those applicable to Federal civil
rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities
receiving Federal financial assistance from the Department (34 CFR
100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
VII. 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.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of
Federal Regulations via the
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Federal Digital System at: 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 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:
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Margo Anderson,
Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement.
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