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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Teachers
for a Competitive Tomorrow: Programs for Baccalaureate Degrees in
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or Critical Foreign
Languages, With Concurrent Teacher Certification; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.381A.
DATES: Applications Available: June 6, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 21, 2008.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 17, 2008.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to develop and
implement programs to provide integrated courses of study that lead to
a baccalaureate degree in science, technology, engineering,
mathematics, or a critical foreign language with concurrent teacher
certification.
Priorities: This notice contains one absolute priority and two
invitational priorities. In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv),
the absolute priority is from section 6113(c) of the America COMPETES
Act, 20 U.S.C 9813(c).
Absolute Priority: We are establishing this priority for the FY
2008 grant competition and any subsequent year in which we make awards
from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition. 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 whose primary focus is on placing participants in high-
need local educational agencies (LEAs). The definition of high-need LEA
can be found in the America COMPETES Act, title VI, section 6112(3),
and is described below.
Invitational Priority: Under this competition we are particularly
interested in applications that address the following priority.
For FY 2008 and any subsequent year in which we make awards from
the list of unfunded applicants from this competition, this priority is
an invitational priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), we do not give an
application that meets this invitational priority a competitive or
absolute preference over other applications.
This priority is:
Projects that propose to design specialized undergraduate programs
specifically tailored to assist native speakers of critical foreign
languages in becoming certified teachers OR programs that offer
research-based teacher preparation programs suited to the particular
needs of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics students.
Definition: For purposes of this competition and any subsequent
year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from
this competition, critical foreign languages are defined as Arabic,
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Hindi, Urdu, Persian, and Turkish.
Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) the Department
generally offers interested parties the opportunity to comment on
proposed definitions. Section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, however, allows the
Secretary to exempt from rulemaking requirements, definitions 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. 9811, et seq. and therefore qualifies for this
exemption. In order to ensure timely grant awards, the Secretary has
decided to forego public comment on the definition of critical foreign
languages under section 437(d)(1) of GEPA. This definition will apply
to the FY 2008 grant competition and any subsequent year in which we
make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9811, et seq.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
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: $900,000.
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Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of
applications, we may make additional awards in FY 2009 from the list of
unfunded applicants from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000-$250,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $225,000.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget exceeding $250,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education may change the maximum
amount through a notice published in the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 4.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: An institution of higher education on
behalf of a department of science, technology, engineering,
mathematics, or a critical foreign language, or on behalf of a
department or school with a competency-based degree program (in
science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or a critical foreign
language) that includes teacher certification.
Eligible applicants must enter into a partnership that shall
include:
i. An eligible applicant;
ii. (a) A department within the eligible applicant that provides a
program of study in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or a
critical foreign language; and (b) A school, department, or program of
education within the eligible applicant, or a two-year institution of
higher education that has a teacher preparation offering or a dual
enrollment program with the eligible applicant; or
iii. A department or school within the eligible applicant with a
competency-based degree program (in science, technology, engineering,
mathematics, or a critical foreign language) that includes teacher
certification; and
iv. Not less than one high-need LEA and a public school or a
consortium of public schools served by the agency.
A partnership may include a nonprofit organization that has a
demonstrated record of providing expertise or support to meet the
purposes of this initiative.
2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: Under 20 U.S.C. 9815(b), each grant
recipient must provide, from non-Federal sources, an amount equal to 50
percent of the amount of the grant to carry out the activities
supported by the grant.
b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: Under 20 U.S.C. 9815(c), grant funds
provided under this program must be used to supplement, and not
supplant, other Federal or State funds.
3. Other: Definition of ``high-need LEA'' and other eligibility
information. An eligible applicant must propose a project performed by
a partnership that includes one or more ``high-need LEAs.'' As defined
in section 6112(3) of the America COMPETES Act, the term ``high-need
LEA'' is an LEA--
(A)(1) That serves not fewer than 10,000 children from low-income
families, or (2) for which not less than 20 percent of the children
served by the LEA are from low-income families, or (3) with a total of
less than 600 students in average daily attendance at the schools that
are served by the agency and all of whose schools are designated with a
school locale code of 41, 42, or 43, as determined by the Secretary;
and
(B)(1) for which there is a high percentage of teachers providing
instruction in academic subject areas or grade levels for which the
teachers are not highly qualified; or (2) for which there is a high
teacher turnover rate or a high percentage of teachers with emergency,
provisional, or temporary certification or licensure.
So that the Department may be able to confirm the eligibility of
the LEAs participating in the project, applicants are expected to
include information in their applications that demonstrates that each
participating LEA in the partnership is a high-need LEA, as defined in
20 U.S.C. 9812(3). Generally, this information should be based on the
most recent available data on the number of children from low-income
families that the LEA serves. Under components (A)(1) and (A)(2) of the
statutory definition of high-need LEA, an LEA must show that it serves
not fewer than 10,000 children from low-income families or that not
less than 20 percent of the children served by the agency are children
from low-income families. Under 20 U.S.C. 9812(1), the term ``children
from low-income families'' means children described in section
1124(c)(1)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
(ESEA), 20 U.S.C. 6333(c)(1)(A). The eligibility of an LEA as a ``high-
need LEA'' under component (A)(1) or (A)(2) will be determined on the
basis of the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data. U.S. Census Bureau
data are available for all school districts with geographic boundaries
that existed when the U.S. Census Bureau collected its information. The
link to the census data is: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/district.html.
The Department also makes these data available at its
Web site at: http://www.ed.gov/programs/lsl/eligibility.html.
Some LEAs, such as newly formed school districts or charter schools
in States that accord them LEA status, are not included in Census
Bureau poverty data. Eligibility of these particular LEAs will be
determined on a case-by-case basis after review of information in the
application that addresses, as well as possible, the number or
percentage of children from low-income families these LEAs serve.
The school locale codes referenced in component (A)(3) of the
definition of ``high-need LEA'' are part of a classification system
designed to describe a geographic area in which a school is located.
Locale codes 41, 42, and 43 relate to rural areas. General information
regarding the locale classification system and information regarding
the locale codes for specific LEAs is available on the National Center
for Education Statistics (NCES) Web site at:
http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/rural--locales.asp.
With regard to component (B)(1) of the definition of ``high-need
LEA,'' for purposes of this program, an LEA has ``a high percentage of
teachers providing instruction in the academic subject areas or grade
levels for which the teachers are not highly qualified'' if the
percentage of its classes taught by teachers who are not highly
qualified exceeds the percentage for the State. The Department expects
that LEAs that rely on component (B)(1) of the definition will
demonstrate their eligibility with information regarding the percentage
of teachers providing instruction in the academic subject areas or
grade levels for which the teachers are not highly qualified in the LEA
and the State.
For component (B)(2) of the definition of ``high-need LEA,'' the
data that LEAs likely will find most readily available on the
percentage of teachers with emergency, provisional, or temporary
certification or licensing are the data they provide to their States
for inclusion in the reports on the quality of teacher preparation that
the States provide to the Department in October of each year as
required by Section 207 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended
(HEA). In these reports, States provide the percentage of teachers in
their LEAs teaching on waivers of State certification, both on a
statewide basis and in high-poverty LEAs. The ``provisional'' HEA Title
II accountability data for the national percentage of teachers on
waivers to full State certification is 1.5 percent for the 2006-2007
reporting year.
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Because the Department is in the process of certifying all data
received in the October 2007 State HEA Section 207 reports, the data in
these reports, including the national average of teachers on waivers of
State certification, are still provisional. However, to provide
adequate time for the preparation and review of project applications
and award of new grants, the Department will use the 1.5 percent
national average for the purpose of this competition. Accordingly, an
LEA will be considered to have met component (B)(2) of the definition
if the data that it provided to the State for the purpose of the
State's October 2007 HEA Section 207 report demonstrate that at least
1.5 percent of its teachers were on waivers of State certification
requirements.
Consistent with the methodology the Department uses in the
Transition to Teaching Program, in which participating LEAs were
required to be ``high-need LEAs'' (as defined in Section 2102(3) of the
ESEA), the Department will determine that an LEA with over 1.5 percent
of its teachers having emergency, provisional, or temporary
certification or licensing (i.e., teachers on waivers), as reflected in
data the State uses to compile its October 2007 State report, has a
``high percentage'' of its teachers in this category. We expect that an
LEA that chooses not to rely on the data provided to the State for
purposes of October 2007 reporting required by Section 207 of the HEA
will provide other evidence that demonstrates that it meets the
eligibility requirement under component (B)(2) of the statutory
definition of ``high-need LEA.'' Moreover, should an LEA with a
percentage of teachers on waivers of less than 1.5 percent believe it,
too, has a ``high percentage'' of its teachers with emergency,
provisional, or temporary certification or licensing, the Department
will determine whether that LEA meets element (B)(2) of the definition
of high-need LEA on a case-by-case basis.
Under element (B)(2), an LEA may also demonstrate that it is
``high-need'' by demonstrating that it has a high teacher turnover
rate. For this program, we adopt the standard used in the Teacher
Quality Enhancement Grants Program, under which the Department
considers ``high teacher turnover'' to be an attrition rate among
classroom teachers of 15 percent or more over the last three school
years. See 34 CFR 611.1 (definition of ``high-need local educational
agency''). This standard is consistent with Department data that
indicates that 16 percent of teachers teaching during the 2003-04
school year did not return to teach in the same school the following
school year. See Marvel, J., Lyter, D.M., Peltola, P., Strizek, G.A.,
and Morton, B.A. (2006). Teacher Attrition and Mobility: Results from
the 2004-05 Teacher Follow-up Survey (NCES 2007-307). U.S. Department
of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. Washington, DC:
U.S. Government Printing Office.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an
application package via the Internet by downloading the package at
http://www.Grants.gov.
You also may obtain a copy of the application package at the
following address: Brenda Shade, Teachers for a Competitive Tomorrow
Program--Baccalaureate Degrees, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K
Street, NW., room 7090, Washington, DC 20006-8513. Telephone: (202)
502-7773 or by e-mail: Brenda.Shade@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 program.
Page Limit: The application narrative is where you, the applicant,
address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your
application. You must limit the application narrative to the equivalent
of no more than 50 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 and Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.
The page limit does not apply to the cover sheet; the budget
section, including the narrative budget justification; the assurances
and certifications, or the one-page abstract.
We will reject your application if you exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: June 6, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 21, 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.
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: September 17, 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 program.
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 Teachers for a Competitive
Tomorrow: Programs for Baccalaureate Degrees in Science, Technology,
Engineering, Mathematics, or Critical Foreign Languages, with
Concurrent Teacher
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Certification Competition, CFDA Number 84.381A must be submitted
electronically using the Government-wide 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 Teachers
for a Competitive Tomorrow: Programs for Baccalaureate Degrees in
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or Critical Foreign
Languages, with Concurrent Teacher Certification 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 84.381, not
84.381A).
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 accept your application if
it is received--that is date and time stamped by the Grants.gov
system--after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. We do not consider an application that does not comply
with the deadline requirements. When we retrieve your application from
Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting your application
because it was date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system after
4:30 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 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,
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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: Brenda Shade, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 7090, Washington, DC
20006-8526. FAX: (202) 502-7699.
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 84.381A), 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
84.381A), 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 84.381A), 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: The selection criteria for this program are
from section 6113 of the America COMPETES Act, 20 U.S.C. 9813 and from
EDGAR and are listed in the application package.
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 specified by the Secretary in
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 review section 6113(e) of the America COMPETES Act, 20 U.S.C.
9813(e), and go to http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: The objective of Teachers for a
Competitive Tomorrow: Programs for Baccalaureate Degrees in Science,
Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or Critical Foreign Languages,
with Concurrent Teacher Certification, is to train program participants
as highly qualified teachers in these subject areas and to place them
in high-need LEAs. Under the Government Performance and Results Act
(GPRA), the following measures will be used by the Department in
assessing the performance of the program:
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(1) The percentage of program participants who earn a Bachelor's
degree and certification or licensure in a science, technology,
engineering, mathematics, or critical foreign language area.
(2) The percentage of program participants who become a teacher of
record in a science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or critical
foreign language area in a high-need school.
(3) The percentage of program participants who remain teaching in
the science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or critical foreign
language area in a high-need school for two or more years.
(4) The cost per program participant who remains in teaching in the
science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or critical foreign
language area in a high-need school for two or more years.
If funded, you will be asked to collect and report data on these
measures in your project's annual performance report (EDGAR, 34 CFR
75.590). Applicants are also advised to consider these measures in
conceptualizing the design, implementation, and evaluation of their
proposed projects because of their importance in the application review
process. Collection of data on these measures should be a part of the
evaluation plan, along with measures of progress on goals and
objectives that are specific to your project.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Brenda Shade, Teachers for a
Competitive Tomorrow Baccalaureate Program, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 7090, Washington, DC 20006-8526.
Telephone: (202) 502-7773.
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:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.
Dated: May 30, 2008.
Diane Auer Jones,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. E8-12511 Filed 6-3-08; 8:45 am]
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