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[Federal Register: February 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 32)]
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Part IV
Department of Education
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Office of Innovation and Improvement; Overview Information; Full-
Service Community Schools Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008; Notice
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Innovation and Improvement; Overview Information; Full-
Service Community Schools Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.215J.
DATES: Applications Available: February 15, 2008.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: March 17, 2008.
Date of Pre-Application Meeting: March 12, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 15, 2008.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 16, 2008.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Fund for Improvement of Education (FIE),
which is authorized by section 5411 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), supports nationally
significant programs to improve the quality of elementary and secondary
education at the State and local levels and help all children meet
challenging academic content and achievement standards. The Full-
Service Community Schools (FSCS) program, which is authorized by FIE,
encourages coordination of educational, developmental, family, health,
and other services through partnerships between (1) public elementary
and secondary schools and (2) community-based organizations and public
or private entities. This collaboration will provide comprehensive
educational, social, and health services for students, families, and
communities.
Priority: We are establishing this priority for the FY 2008 grant
competition only 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:
Full-Service Community Schools.
Background: In order for children to be ready and able to learn,
they need intellectual, social, physical, and psychological/emotional
supports. The National Research Council has cited the presence of these
supports as important predictors of future adult success.\1\
Comprehensive evaluations of full-service community schools
commissioned by the Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation in 2005, indicated
that students' needs are better met when the adults responsible for
providing services to students come together to deliver those services
in a well-coordinated and collaborative manner.
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\1\ Eccles, J.S., and J. Gootman 2002 Programs to Promote Youth
Development. Washington, DC: Board on Children, Youth, and Families,
Institute of Medicine, National Research Council.
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Full-service community schools provide comprehensive academic,
social, mental, physical, and vocational programs and services to meet
individual, family, and community needs. This priority will support
projects that propose to establish, through collaborative efforts among
State and local agencies, community service organizations, and parents,
full-service community schools offering a range of student services.
Priority: To meet this priority, applicants must propose a project
based on scientifically based research--as defined in section 9101(3)
of the ESEA--that establishes or expands an FSCS. An FSCS is a public
elementary or secondary school that coordinates with community-based
organizations and public or private entities to provide students, their
families, and the community with access to comprehensive services.
These services may include:
1. Early childhood education;
2. Remedial education and academic enrichment activities;
3. Programs that promote parental involvement and family literacy
activities;
4. Mentoring and other youth development programs;
5. Parenting education and parent leadership;
6. Community service and service learning opportunities;
7. Programs that provide assistance to students who have been
truant, suspended, or expelled;
8. Job training and career counseling services;
9. Nutrition services;
10. Primary health and dental care;
11. Mental health counseling services; and
12. Adult education, including instruction of adults in English as
a second language.
Each applicant must propose to provide at least three of the
services listed at each participating full-service elementary or
secondary school.
Because interagency collaborative efforts are highly complex
undertakings and, as such, require extensive planning and communication
among partners and key stakeholders, applicants receiving funding under
this priority may devote funds received during the first year of the
project period to comprehensive program planning. If a grantee uses the
first year's funding for planning, funding received during the
remainder of the project period must be devoted to program
implementation.
Application Requirements: In order to receive funding, an
application must include the following:
1. A list of partner entities that will assist the eligible entity
in coordinating or providing services.
2. A memorandum of understanding between the applicant and all
partner entities describing the role the partner entities will assume.
3. A description of the capacity of the applicant to provide and
coordinate qualified services at an FSCS.
4. A comprehensive plan that includes descriptions of the students,
families, and school community to be served, including information
about the demographic characteristics and needs of the students,
families, and community residents, the estimated number of individuals
to be served, and the frequency of services to be provided.
5. A list and description of the qualified services to be provided
or coordinated by the eligible entity and its partner entities.
Applications that do not meet these requirements will not be read
and will not be considered for funding.
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 eligibility requirements,
priorities, application requirements, and selection criteria. 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 the No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001 and, therefore, qualifies for this exemption.
In order to ensure timely grant awards, the Secretary has decided to
forgo public comment on the eligibility requirements, priority,
application requirements, and selection criteria under section
437(d)(1) of GEPA. The eligibility requirements, priority, application
requirements, and selection criteria will apply to the FY 2008 grant
competition only.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7243-7243b.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
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Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
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: $4,912,650.
Estimated Range of Awards: $75,000-$500,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $415,000.
Maximum Award: The maximum award amount is $500,000 per year. We
may choose not to further consider or review applications with budget
requests for any 12-month budget period that exceeds this amount, if we
conclude, during our initial review of the application, that the
proposed goals and objectives cannot be obtained with the specified
maximum amount.
Estimated Number of Awards: 8-12.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants under this competition
are consortia consisting of a local educational agency and one or more
community-based organizations, non-profit organizations, or other
public or private entities. Consortia must comply with the provisions
governing group applications in 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129 of EDGAR.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Joan Scott-Ambrosio,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4W225,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202-5970. Telephone: (202) 260-2715 or by e-mail:
joan.scott-ambrosio@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact
person listed in this section.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this competition.
Notice of Intent to Apply: The Department will be able to develop a
more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if it has a
better understanding of the number of entities that intend to apply for
funding under this competition. Therefore, the Secretary strongly
encourages each potential applicant to notify the Department by sending
a short e-mail message indicating the applicant's intent to submit an
application for funding. The e-mail need not include information
regarding the content of the proposed application, only the applicant's
intent to submit it. This e-mail notification should be sent to
FSCS@ed.gov. Applicants that fail to provide this e-mail notification
may still apply for funding.
Page Limit: The application narrative (Part III of the application)
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that
reviewers use to evaluate your application.
You should limit the application narrative [Part III] to the
equivalent of no more than 35 pages, using 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. An application submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II,
the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part
IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the
resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of support. However, the page
limit does apply to all of the application narrative section [Part
III].
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: February 15, 2008. Deadline for Notice of
Intent to Apply: March 17, 2008. Date of Pre-Application Meeting: The
Department will hold a pre-application meeting for prospective
applicants on March 12, 2008, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the U.S.
Department of Education, Barnard Auditorium, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC. Interested parties are invited to participate in this
meeting to discuss the purpose of the FSCS program, absolute priority,
selection criteria, application content, submission requirements, and
reporting requirements. Interested parties may participate in this
meeting either by conference call or in person. This site is accessible
by Metro on the Blue, Orange, Green, and Yellow lines at the Seventh
Street and Maryland Avenue exit of the L'Enfant Plaza station. After
the meeting, FSCS staff also will be available from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30
p.m. on that same day to provide information and technical assistance
through individual consultation.
Individuals interested in attending this meeting are encouraged to
pre-register by e-mailing their name, organization, and contact
information with the subject heading PRE-APPLICATION MEETING to
FSCS@ed.gov. There is no registration fee for attending this meeting.
For further information contact Jill Staton, U.S. Department of
Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, room 4W215, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 401-2492
or by e-mail: FSCS@ed.gov.
Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities at the Pre-Application
Meeting
The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. If
you will need an auxiliary aid or service to participate in the meeting
(e.g., interpreting service, assistive listening device, or materials
in an alternate format), notify the contact person listed in this
notice at least two weeks before the scheduled meeting date. Although
we will attempt to meet a request we receive after that date, we may
not be able to make available the requested auxiliary aid or service
because of insufficient time to arrange it.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 15, 2008.
Applications for grants under this program must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically, or in paper format by mail or hand delivery
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, please refer to section IV. 6. Other Submission
Requirements in this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
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Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII
in this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the
application process, the individual's application remains subject to
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 16, 2008.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for this competition.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section in this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this program must be submitted
electronically unless you qualify for an exception to this requirement
in accordance with the instructions in this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
Applications for grants under the FSCS program, CFDA Number
84.215J, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide
Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you
will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it
offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-
mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant application for the FSCS
program at http://www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable
application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include
the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.215,
not 84.215J).
Please note the following:
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through the
site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are date and time
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted and must
be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as
otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your application
if it is date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. When we
retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are
rejecting your application because it was date and time stamped by the
Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
The amount of time it can take to upload an application
will vary depending on a variety of factors, including the size of the
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline
date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov.
You should review and follow the Education Submission
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are
included in the application package for this program to ensure that you
submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov system.
You can also find the Education Submission Procedures pertaining to
Grants.gov at
http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see
http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp).
These steps include (1)
registering your organization, a multi-part process that includes
registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR); (2)
registering yourself as an Authorized Organization Representative
(AOR); and (3) getting authorized as an AOR by your organization.
Details on these steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see
http://www.grants.gov/section910/Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf).
You also must provide on your
application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please
note that the registration process may take five or more business days
to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to
allow you to submit successfully an application via Grants.gov. In
addition you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual
basis. This may take three or more business days to complete.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your
application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
all information you typically provide on the following forms:
Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of
Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and
certifications. Please note that two of these forms--the SF 424 and the
Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424--have
replaced the ED 424 (Application for Federal Education Assistance).
You must attach any narrative sections of your application
as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable
Document) format. If you upload a file type other than the three file
types specified in this paragraph or submit a password-protected file,
we will not review that material.
Your electronic application must comply with any page-
limit requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates
receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send
a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification
indicates that the Department has received your application and has
assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specified
identifying number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues
with the Grants.gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov
Support Desk, toll free, at 1-800-518-4726. You must
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obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of
it.
If you are prevented from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline date because of technical
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension
until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically or by hand
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date, please contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice and
provide an explanation of the technical problem you experienced with
Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number. We will
accept your application if we can confirm that a technical problem
occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that problem affected your
ability to submit your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date. The Department will contact you after
a determination is made on whether your application will be accepted.
Note: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply
only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the
Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed
to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before
the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem
you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov system; and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application.
If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be
postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline
date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must
receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Joan Scott-Ambrosio,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4W225,
Washington, DC 20202-5970. FAX: (202) 205-5630.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail
the original and two copies of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable
following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.215J), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.215J), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506.
Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service.
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier.
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark.
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper
application to the Department by hand. You must deliver the original
and two copies of your application by hand, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.215J), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays,
Sundays, and Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you
mail or hand deliver your application to the Department--
(1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by
the Department--in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including
suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are
submitting your application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a
notification of receipt of your grant application. If you do not
receive this notification within 15 business days from the
application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288.
V. Application Review Information.
Selection Criteria: We are establishing the following selection
criteria for the FY 2008 grant competition only in accordance with
section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, 20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1). The maximum score for
all the selection criteria is 100 points. The maximum score for each
criterion is indicated in parentheses with the criterion.
The criteria are as follows:
1. Quality of the project design (up to 35 points).
(a) The Secretary considers the quality of the design of the
proposed project.
(b) In determining the quality of the design of the proposed
project, the Secretary considers the extent to which the proposed
project consists of a comprehensive plan that includes a description
of--
(i) The project objectives, which must be based on scientifically
based research;
(ii) The students, families, and school community to be served,
including information about the demographic characteristics and needs
of the students, families, and community residents and the estimated
number of individuals to be served; and
(iii) The qualified services (as specified in the Priority section
of this notice) to be provided or coordinated by
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the applicant and its partner entities, how those services will meet
the needs of students and their families, and the frequency with which
those services will be provided to students and their families.
2. Adequacy of resources (up to 15 points).
(a) The Secretary considers the adequacy of resources for the
proposed project.
(b) In determining the adequacy of resources for the proposed
project, the Secretary considers the following factors:
(i) The adequacy of support, including facilities, equipment,
supplies, and other resources to be provided by the applicant and
consortium partners.
(ii) The relevance and demonstrated commitment of each partner in
the proposed project to the implementation and success of the project.
(iii) The extent to which costs are reasonable in relation to the
number of persons to be served and services to be provided.
3. Quality of the management plan (up to 25 points).
(a) The Secretary considers the quality of the management plan for
the proposed project.
(b) In determining the quality of the management plan for the
proposed project, the Secretary considers the following factors:
(i) The extent to which the proposed project consists of a
comprehensive plan that includes a description of planning,
coordination, management, and oversight of the qualified services (as
specified in the Priority section of this notice) to be provided at
each school to be served, including the role of the school principal,
the FSCS coordinator, partner entities, parents, and members of the
community.
(ii) The extent to which the time commitments of the project
director and other key project personnel are appropriate and adequate
to meet the objectives of the proposed project.
4. Quality of the project evaluation (up to 25 points).
(a) The Secretary considers the quality of the evaluation to be
conducted of the proposed project.
(b) In determining the quality of the evaluation, the Secretary
considers the extent to which the proposed evaluation--
(i) Sets out methods of evaluation that 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;
(ii) Will provide timely and valid information on the management,
implementation, or efficiency of the project; and
(iii) Will provide guidance on or strategies for replicating or
testing the project intervention in multiple settings.
Note: A strong evaluation plan should be included in the
application narrative and should be used, as appropriate, to shape
the development of the project from the beginning of the project
period. The plan should include benchmarks to monitor progress
toward specific project objectives and also outcome measures to
assess the impact on teaching and learning or other important
outcomes for project participants. More specifically, the plan
should identify the individual or organization that has agreed to
serve as evaluator for the project and describe the qualifications
of that evaluator. The plan should describe the evaluation design,
indicating: (1) What types of data will be collected; (2) when
various types of data will be collected; (3) what methods will be
used; (4) what instruments will be developed and when; (5) how the
data will be analyzed; (6) when reports of results and outcomes will
be available; and (7) how the applicant will use the information
collected through the evaluation to monitor progress of the funded
project and to provide accountability information both about success
at the initial site and about effective strategies for replication
in other settings. Applicants are encouraged to devote an
appropriate level of resources to project evaluation.
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 Notice
(GAN). We may notify you informally, also.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section in this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section in this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual 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
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: The Secretary has established one
performance indicator for this program: the percentage of families
targeted for services who receive services during each year of the
project period. All grantees will be required to submit an annual
performance report documenting their contribution in assisting the
Department in measuring the performance of the program against this
indicator, as well as performance on project-specific indicators.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Staton, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4W215, Washington, DC 20202-
5970. Telephone: (202) 401-2492 or by e-mail: FSCS@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
VIII. Other Information
Alternative Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an alternative format
(e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document: You can view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at:
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Dated: February 12, 2008.
Morgan S. Brown,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement.
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