Applications for New Awards; Digital Learning Infrastructure and IT Modernization Pilot, 64465-64469 [2022-23220]

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• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64465-64469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23220]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Applications for New Awards; Digital Learning Infrastructure and 
IT Modernization Pilot

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, 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) 2022 for the Digital 
Learning Infrastructure and IT Modernization Pilot, Assistance Listing 
Number 84.116L. This notice relates to the approved information 
collection under OMB control number 1894-0006.

DATES: Applications Available: October 25, 2022.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: November 25, 2022.

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 December 27, 2021 (86 FR 73264) and available at 
www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-27979. Please note that these Common 
Instructions supersede the version published on February 13, 2019, and, 
in part, describe the transition from the requirement to register in 
SAM.gov a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number to the 
implementation of the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). More information 
on the phaseout of DUNS numbers is available at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/docs/unique-entity-identifier-transition-fact-sheet.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pearson Owens, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2B109, Washington, DC 20202-
4260. Telephone: (202) 453-7997. Email: [email protected].
    If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and 
wish to access telecommunications relay services, please dial 7-1-1.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    Purpose of Program: The Digital Learning Infrastructure and IT 
Modernization Pilot provides grants to Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges or Universities (TCUs), and other 
eligible minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to support IT 
modernization, and to enable them to provide support and technical 
assistance to expand their digital learning infrastructure.
    Background: Digital infrastructure brings together and 
interconnects multiple resources, including physical, virtual, human, 
and social. Physical and virtual resources include technologies, such 
as computer, storage, network, application, and various platforms, to 
build the foundation for an institution of higher education's (IHE) 
digital operation. Human and social resources include the human 
knowledge and skills, professional development, and ongoing technical 
assistance needed to sustain an institution's digital operation. As 
such, digital learning infrastructure encompasses the key data systems, 
technologies, and human capital, needed to enable actions that allow 
for everywhere, all-the-time learning and ensure greater equity and 
accessibility to learning opportunities for students, staff, and 
faculty in person, at a distance, or a combination thereof. Over the 
last two years, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, IHEs pivoted to 
increase their online learning footprint, and both students and 
institutions have become more dependent on virtual

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learning and technologies that support hybrid learning environments.
    These changes in how institutions incorporate technologies in 
learning bring about challenges, such as the need for improved 
infrastructure that allows for adoption of reliable, high-speed devices 
and broadband (as defined in this notice) for multiple users and other 
technologies that allow for student engagement. Congress included $4 
million in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub. L. 117-103) 
to strengthen digital learning infrastructure at MSIs, HBCUs, and TCUs.
    Given the need of many HBCUs, TCUs, and other MSIs to improve upon 
their technologies and systems to continue to upgrade their 
opportunities for virtual learning, the grant program seeks 
applications from these institutions to enhance their digital learning 
infrastructure. In this competition we require applicants to develop or 
enhance and implement digital learning infrastructure plans that 
address the leadership, human capital, instruction, and IT strategies 
that will improve the institution's capacity to seamlessly expand 
learning and promote innovation that improves student outcomes. 
Additionally, we are requiring applicants to include dissemination 
plans of their digital learning infrastructure plans to other 
institutions.
    Priority: This notice contains one absolute priority.
    We are establishing this priority for the FY 2022 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) 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 to Develop or Improve the Institution's Digital Learning 
Infrastructure.
    Proposed projects that address all of the following areas:
    (a) Leadership: Describe how the institution will equitably and 
efficiently sustain progress toward digital learning and how 
institutional governance, resources, and collaboration with external 
partners will support and drive change to improve the learning 
environment for students, faculty, and staff.
    (b) Human Capacity: Describe the institution's plan to address the 
professional development needs of leadership, faculty, and staff, which 
will allow for active learning opportunities enabled through technology 
for students as they work toward a certificate or degree.
    (c) Approach to networks and infrastructure: Describe how the 
institution will strategically maximize resources to provide equitable 
access to and adoption of devices and broadband (as defined in this 
notice) and ensure adequate infrastructure for digital learning, 
including reliable, high-speed access. Applicants must describe how 
their projects will ensure greater equity and accessibility to learning 
opportunities for all students by providing support to ensure that the 
technology supports active teaching and learning practices.
    (d) Content, Instruction, and Assessment: Describe how vendors will 
be vetted and evaluated to ensure that their products and services can 
meet the institution's digital learning infrastructure needs and goals 
for high-quality, active teaching and learning. The plan must address 
how the institution will develop and implement standards for high-
quality digital learning in their courses and programs, provide 
coaching and professional development for faculty and leadership, and 
support students in the adoption and effective use of technology for 
learning.
    (e) Coordination and collaboration: Describe how the institution 
will take a systemic approach by collaborating with other IHEs and/or 
other public, private, and nonprofit entities toward a systemic 
approach to address the purchase of broadband internet access service 
and/or any eligible equipment, and the hiring and training of 
information technology personnel.
    Definitions: We are establishing definitions for ``adoption of 
devices and broadband,'' ``digital learning infrastructure,'' ``high 
speed access,'' ``Historically Black colleges and universities,'' 
``minority-serving institution,'' and ``Tribal College or University'' 
for the FY 2022 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) of GEPA. The 
remaining definitions are from 34 CFR part 77.1.
    Adoption of devices and broadband means the process by which an 
individual obtains daily access to the internet at a speed, quality, 
and capacity that qualifies as an advanced telecommunications 
capability with the digital skills that are necessary for the 
individual to participate in online learning, on a personal device, and 
on a secure and convenient network.
    Demonstrates a rationale means a key project component included in 
the project's logic model is informed by research or evaluation 
findings that suggest the project component is likely to improve 
relevant outcomes.
    Digital learning infrastructure means physical, virtual, human, and 
social assets related to the sustainable dissemination and adoption of 
digital technologies for learning. Physical and virtual assets include, 
but are not limited to, mobile and internet communications, spectrum, 
macro cell towers, data centers, fiber networks, and small cell 
networks, used both synchronously and asynchronously. Human and social 
assets include, but are not limited to, personnel recruitment, 
knowledge/needs assessments, resources, professional development, and 
technical assistance needed to sustain the dissemination and adoption 
of digital technologies for learning.
    High speed access means access that is not less than 100 megabits 
per second for downloads nor 20 megabits per second for uploads and 
latency that is sufficient to support real-time, interactive 
applications.
    Historically Black colleges and universities means colleges and 
universities that meet the criteria set out in 34 CFR 608.2.
    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.
    Note: In developing logic models, applicants may want to use 
resources such as the Regional Educational Laboratory Program's (REL 
Pacific) Education Logic Model Application, available at https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/pacific/elm.asp, to help design their 
logic models. Other sources include: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/pacific/pdf/REL_2014025.pdf, https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/pacific/pdf/REL_2014007.pdf, and https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/pdf/REL_2015057.pdf.
    Minority-serving institution means an institution that is eligible 
to receive assistance under sections 316 through 320 of part A of title 
III, under part B of title III, or under title V of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA).

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    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 teachers on instructional practices 
for English learners and follow-on coaching for these teachers).
    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.
    Tribal College or University has the meaning ascribed it in section 
316(b)(3) of the HEA.
    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, selection criteria, 
definitions, and other requirements. 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 20 U.S.C. 1138-1138d of the HEA, and 
therefore qualifies for this exemption. In order to ensure timely grant 
awards, the Secretary has decided to forgo public comment on the 
priority, definitions, and funding requirements under section 437(d)(1) 
of GEPA.
    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1138-1138d; the Explanatory Statement 
accompanying Division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 
(Pub. L. 117-103).

    Note:  Projects will be awarded and must be operated in a manner 
consistent with the nondiscrimination requirements contained in 
Federal civil rights laws.

    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 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.

II. Award Information

    Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
    Estimated Available Funds: $3,895,200.
    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: $750,000 to $973,800.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $861,900.
    Maximum Award: $973,800.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 4.

    Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice.

    Project Period: 36 months.

III. Eligibility Information

    1. Eligible Applicants: Minority-serving institutions (as defined 
in this notice) including HBCUs (as defined in this notice) and TCUs 
(as defined in this notice).

    Note:  The notice announcing the FY 2022 process for designation 
of eligible institutions and inviting applications for waiver of 
eligibility requirements was published in the Federal Register on 
December 16, 2021 (86 FR 71470). The eligibility designation process 
was reopened and published in the Federal Register on February 7, 
2022, and closed on February 18, 2022 (87 FR 6855). Only 
institutions that the Department determined to be eligible, or which 
were granted a waiver under the process described in that notice, 
may apply for a grant in this program.

    2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost 
sharing or matching.
    b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This competition involves supplement-
not-supplant funding requirements. This program uses the waiver 
authority of section 437(d)(1) of GEPA to establish this as a 
supplement-not-supplant program. Grant funds must be used so that they 
supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the funds that would 
otherwise be available for the activities to be carried out under the 
grant and in no case supplant those funds.
    c. Indirect Cost Rate Information: This program uses the waiver 
authority of section 437(d)(1) of GEPA to limit a grantee's indirect 
cost reimbursement to 8 percent of a modified total direct cost base. 
For more information regarding indirect costs, or to obtain a 
negotiated indirect cost rate, please see www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/intro.html.
    d. Administrative Cost Limitation: This program does not include 
any program-specific limitation on administrative expenses. All 
administrative expenses must be reasonable and necessary and conform to 
cost principles described in 2 CFR part 200 subpart E of the Uniform 
Guidance.
    3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this competition may not award 
subgrants to entities to directly carry out project activities 
described in its application.

IV. Application and Submission Information

    1. Application Submission Instructions: Applicants are required to 
follow the Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of 
Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal 
Register on December 27, 2021 (86 FR 73264) and available at 
www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-27979. Please note that these Common 
Instructions supersede the version published on February 13, 2019, and, 
in part, describe the transition from the requirement to register in 
SAM.gov a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number to the 
implementation of the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). More information 
on the phase-out of DUNS numbers is available at www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/docs/unique-entity-identifier-transition-fact-sheet.pdf.
    2. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is subject to 
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. However, 
under 34 CFR 79.8(a), we waive intergovernmental review in order to 
make awards in a timely manner.
    3. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding 
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
    4. 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 no more than 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. This does not apply to 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, and no 
smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
     Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier, 
Courier New, or Arial.
    The recommended page limit does not apply to the cover sheet; the 
budget section, including the narrative budget justification; the 
assurances and

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certifications; or the one-page abstract. However, the recommended page 
limit does apply to all of the application narrative.

    Note: The Budget Information-Non-Construction Programs Form (ED 
524) Sections A-C are not the same as the narrative response to the 
Budget section of the selection criteria.

V. Application Review Information

    1. Selection Criteria: The following selection criteria for this 
competition are from 34 CFR 75.210. Applicants should address each of 
the following selection criteria separately for each proposed activity. 
The selection criteria are worth a total of 100 points; the maximum 
score for each criterion is noted in parentheses.
    (a) Significance. (Maximum 15 points)
    The Secretary considers the significance of the proposed project. 
In determining the significance of the proposed project, the Secretary 
considers:
    (1) The significance of the problem or issue to be addressed by the 
proposed project. (5 points)
    (2) The potential contribution of the proposed project to increased 
knowledge or understanding of educational problems, issues, or 
effective strategies. (5 points)
    (3) The likelihood that the proposed project will result in system 
change or improvement. (5 points)
    (b) Quality of the project design. (Maximum 35 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:
    (1) The extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be 
achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and measurable. 
(15 points)
    (2) The extent to which the design of the proposed project is 
appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of the target 
population or other identified needs. (10 points)
    (3) The extent to which the proposed project demonstrates a 
rationale (as defined in this notice). (10 points)
    (c) Quality of project services. (Maximum 10 points)
    The Secretary considers the quality of the services to be provided 
by the proposed project.
    (1) In determining the quality of the services to be provided by 
the proposed project, the Secretary considers the quality and 
sufficiency of strategies for ensuring equal access and treatment for 
eligible project participants who are members of groups that have 
traditionally been underrepresented based on race, color, national 
origin, gender, age, or disability. (3 points)
    (2) In addition, the Secretary considers:
    (i) The extent to which the services to be provided by the proposed 
project are appropriate to the needs of the intended recipients or 
beneficiaries of those services. (3 points)
    (ii) The extent to which the services to be provided by the 
proposed project reflect up-to-date knowledge from research and 
effective practice. (4 points)
    (d) Quality of the management plan. (Maximum 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:
    (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. (5 points)
    (2) The adequacy of procedures for ensuring feedback and continuous 
improvement in the operation of the proposed project. (10 points)
    (3) The adequacy of mechanisms for ensuring high-quality products 
and services from the proposed project. (5 points)
    (e) Quality of the project evaluation. (Maximum 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:
    (1) The extent to which the methods of evaluation are thorough, 
feasible, and appropriate to the goals, objectives, and outcomes of the 
proposed project. (10 points)
    (2) 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. (10 points)
    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 
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).
    For this competition, a panel of external reviewers will read, 
prepare a written evaluation of, and score all eligible applications 
using the selection criteria provided in this notice. The individual 
scores of the reviewers will be added and the sum divided by the number 
of reviewers to determine the peer review score. The Department will 
prepare a rank order of applications based on the evaluation of their 
quality according to the selection criteria.
    In the event there are two or more applications with the same final 
score in the rank order listing, and there are insufficient funds to 
fully support each of these applications, the Department will apply the 
following procedure to determine which application or applications will 
receive an award:
    First Tiebreaker: The first tiebreaker will be the highest average 
score for the selection criterion ``Quality of Project Services.'' If a 
tie remains, a second tiebreaker will be utilized.
    Second Tiebreaker: The second tiebreaker will be the highest 
average score for the selection criterion ``Quality of the Project 
Design.'' If a tie remains, a third tiebreaker will be utilized.
    Third Tiebreaker: The third tiebreaker will be the institution with 
the highest percentage of degree/certificate-seeking students who are 
Pell grant recipients, according to the most recent collection from the 
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
    3. Risk Assessment and Specific Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 
200.206, before awarding grants under this competition the Department 
conducts a review of the risks posed by applicants. Under 2 CFR 
200.208, the Secretary may impose specific conditions and, under 2 CFR 
3474.10, 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

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threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 CFR 200.206(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.
    5. In General: In accordance with the Office of Management and 
Budget's guidance located at 2 CFR part 200, all applicable Federal 
laws, and relevant Executive guidance, the Department will review and 
consider applications for funding pursuant to this notice inviting 
applications in accordance with:
    (a) Selecting recipients most likely to be successful in delivering 
results based on the program objectives through an objective process of 
evaluating Federal award applications (2 CFR 200.205);
    (b) Prohibiting the purchase of certain telecommunication and video 
surveillance services or equipment in alignment with section 889 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act of 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) (2 CFR 
200.216);
    (c) Providing a preference, to the extent permitted by law, to 
maximize use of goods, products, and materials produced in the United 
States (2 CFR 200.322); and
    (d) Terminating agreements in whole or in part to the greatest 
extent authorized by law if an award no longer effectuates the program 
goals or agency priorities (2 CFR 200.340).

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.
    5. Performance Measures: Under 34 CFR 75.110, the Department will 
use the following performance measures to evaluate the success of the 
Digital Learning Infrastructure and IT Modernization Pilot Program:
    (a) The number of courses--added or enhanced--supported by this 
program that support digital learning.
    (b) The number and percentage of students enrolled in such courses 
disaggregated by race of students.
    (c) The percentage of grantees that attain or exceed the targets 
for the outcome indicators for their projects.
    (d) The percentage of grantees that report an increase in faculty, 
staff, and students engaged in digital learning efforts.
    (e) The number of capacity building activities offered by the 
institution (e.g., trainings, technical assistance) in areas related to 
the digital learning infrastructure plan.

VII. Other Information

    Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with disabilities 
can obtain this document and a copy of the application package in an 
accessible format. The Department will provide the requestor with an 
accessible format that may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or text 
format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 file, braille, large print, 
audiotape, or compact disc, or other accessible format.
    Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may 
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by the Department.

Nasser H. Paydar,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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