> **OMB Approval No: 1840-0561**
>
> **Expiration Date: 9/30/2008**
>
> **Talent Search (TS) and Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC)
> Programs**
>
> **Instructions for Completing the Annual Performance Report**

####### For Program Year 2006--07

> **1. WHAT IS THIS PACKAGE?**

This package contains the instructions needed to prepare the annual
performance report for the Talent Search and Educational Opportunity
Centers programs. The Department of Education uses the information
provided in the performance report to assess a grantee's progress in
meeting its approved goals and objectives and to determine a grantee's
prior experience points in accordance with the program regulations (34
CFR 643.22 -- Talent Search; and 34 CFR 644.22 -- Educational
Opportunity Centers). The Department also aggregates grantees\' data to
report on each program as a whole, in particular to respond to the
Government Performance and Results Act.

> **2. WHAT ARE THE LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY AUTHORITIES TO COLLECT
> THIS INFORMATION?**

-   Title IV, Section 402B and 402F, of the Higher Education Act of
    1965, as amended (Public Law 102-325);

-   Program regulations in 34 CFR Part 643 for Talent Search and 34 CFR
    Part 644 for Educational Opportunity Centers; and

-   Sections 75.590 and 75.720 of the Education Department General
    Administrative Regulations (EDGAR)

3.  **WHO MUST FILE THIS REPORT?**

All grantees funded under the Talent Search and Educational Opportunity
Centers programs must submit annual performance reports as a condition
of grant award.

> **4. WHAT PERIOD OF TIME IS COVERED IN THE REPORT?**

The report covers the 12-month budget period. This information can be
found in Block 6 of the Grant Award Notification.

5.  **WHAT INFORMATION MUST BE SUBMITTED?**

The report consists of five sections, though most grantees will complete
only four. For both programs, Section I requests basic identifying
information about the project, while Section II covers demographic
information and target schools. Sections III and IV reflect the new
standard objectives found on the Program Profile page of the 2006
application packages for Talent Search and EOC; these sections appear in
separate versions for the two programs so as to reflect their differing
sets of standard objectives. Section III requests the educational status
of different groups of participants at time of first service in the
budget period; these groups allow grantees to report on sets of
participants specified in the objectives. Section IV asks grantees to
report on the educational status of participants at the end of the
budget period and to show the extent to which the project succeeded in
meeting its objectives. Section V is designed to allow projects whose
2006--07 budget period was part of a grant that began prior to 2006, and
that informed the Department that they would use objectives developed
for 2002, to provide information on the 2002 objectives not covered
elsewhere in the report.

6.  **WHEN SHOULD THE REPORT BE FILED?**

The annual performance report should be submitted electronically via the
World Wide Web within 90 days after the end of each 12-month budget
period.

> **7. HOW MAY THE REPORT BE SUBMITTED?**
>
> The entire report should be submitted via the World Wide Web. In
> addition, a grantee must submit, via fax, a signed copy of Section I
> of the report form that certifies that the information submitted
> electronically is accurate, complete, and readily verifiable. The fax
> number is 540-301-0307.
>
> The Web application will be available as of November 1--30, 2007, via
> link to our contractor\'s Web site from the following Web addresses:
>
> [**http://www.ed.gov/programs/triotalent/report.html**](http://www.ed.gov/programs/triotalent/report.html)
> (for TS)
>
> [**http://www.ed.gov/programs/trioeoc/report.html**](http://www.ed.gov/programs/trioeoc/report.html)
> (for EOC)

The Web site contains the forms and instructions needed to prepare and
**submit online** the annual performance report for the Talent Search
(TS) and Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC) programs. The Web
application that TS and EOC grantees will use to submit the annual
performance report has the following features:

-   Instructions for using the Web site, an introduction to the data
    collection, and Online Help;

-   A Web form for completing all sections online;

-   Edit checks to help increase accuracy in reporting;

-   A print button to make a hard copy of the information entered;

-   A submit button to send the entire report to the Department of
    Education; and

-   An e-mail confirmation that the report has been submitted (if an
    e-mail address is provided when completing Section I).

> **8. WHO MAY BE CONTACTED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE
> SUBMISSION OF THE PERFORMANCE REPORT?**

Please contact your program specialist directly if you have questions
regarding the performance report requirements or if you need to revise
the performance report submission. A state listing of program
specialists' names, telephone numbers, and e-mail addresses is available
at the Web address provided above.

If you have technical problems accessing the Web site or using the Web
application, please contact the Help Desk by either telephone (703)
846-8248 or e-mail at TSWEB@cbmiweb.com.

### Talent Search (TS) and Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC) Programs

> **Specific Instructions for Completing the Performance Report**

**Section I *(for both TS and EOC)*: Project Identification,
Certification, and Warning**

##### A. Identification

1.  To begin completing this report online, from the Department's Web
    page you will need to click on <https://trio.ed.gov/tseoc>, a Web
    site hosted by our contractor to support submittal of annual
    performance reports.

2.  Once at the contractor\'s Web site (entitled \"Talent Search and EOC
    Online Annual Performance Report for Program Year 2006--07\"), you
    will need to register to receive a user ID and temporary password.
    Registration requires entry of the project director\'s first and
    last names and e-mail address and the project\'s PR award number
    (found in block 5 of the Grant Award Notification). If this
    information matches the data that the Department currently has on
    file, a user ID and temporary password will be sent to the e-mail
    address on file. If discrepancies exist, your program specialist and
    the Help Desk will be sent an e-mail message requesting verification
    of data on the project. Please allow 24 hours for this verification
    to occur. Once the Help Desk has received verification from the
    program specialist, the grantee will be notified that he or she can
    continue with registration.

3.  Once you have your user ID and temporary password, you may enter
    those on the site and click \"Log in.\" You will be guided to select
    a new password, then to log in again.

4.  You will be asked to confirm that the PR/Award number and associated
    grantee name are correct; you will then see the page for Section I.
    Your PR/Award number will be automatically inserted into line 1 of
    Section I of the report form.

5.  The name of the organization awarded the grant funds will be
    automatically inserted in line 2.

6\. The address of the grantee organization will be automatically
inserted in line 3. If changes are needed, please correct the data.

7\. The name of the project director will be automatically inserted in
line 4. If there has been a change in the project director, please
update this field.

8\. Provide the current telephone number, fax number, and electronic
mailing address for the project director in line 5.

9\. The budget period covered by this report will automatically be
inserted in line 6. These dates should correspond to the budget period
found in block 6 of the Grant Award Notification.

10\. The type of report being submitted will be inserted automatically
based on the project's PR/Award number in line 7. If you have both a
Talent Search and Educational Opportunity Centers project, you must
submit separate reports for each project.

11\. In line 8, provide the name, telephone number, and electronic
mailing address for the data entry person who has completed the online
form.

# B. Certification

The project director is the person responsible for administering the
project in accordance with the terms and conditions of the grant.

> The certifying official is the individual (or successor or designee)
> who signed the grant application on behalf of the institution or
> agency.

##### C. Warnings

> [Any person who knowingly makes a false statement or misrepresentation
> on this report is subject to penalties which may include fines,
> imprisonment, or both, under the United States Criminal Code and 20
> U.S.C. 1097]{.underline}. Further Federal funds or other benefits may
> be withheld under these programs unless this report is completed and
> filed as required by existing law (20 U.S.C. 1231a) and regulations
> (34 CFR 75.590 and 75.720).

**Section II: Demographic Profile of Project Participants and Listing of
Target Schools *(for both programs)***

######## Number of Participants Funded to Serve

The Department will pre-populate this field with the number of
participants the grant was funded to serve, based on information
provided in the project\'s approved application. Grantees will not be
able to make changes to this number on the form. If the pre-populated
number reflects a data entry error, the project must contact its
assigned program specialist to resolve the problem.

**A. Number of Participants Assisted**

In completing this section of the report, please keep in mind the
following definitions of a project participant provided in the program
regulations in 34 CFR 643.7 (Talent Search) and 34 CFR 644.7
(Educational Opportunity Centers).

> A **Talent Search** [participant]{.underline} means an individual who:
> (1) is determined to be eligible to participate in the project under
> section 643.3; and (2) receives project services designed for his or
> her age or grade.

An **Educational Opportunity Centers** [participant]{.underline} means
an individual who: (1) is determined to be eligible to participate in
the project under section 644.3; and (2) receives project services.

> [Only those individuals who meet the definitions of participants
> should be counted in this section of the report]{.underline}.
> Participants need not have been enrolled in the program at the
> beginning of the budget period to be counted. Report only on students
> served in 2006--07; do not provide information on students last served
> in 2005--06 or any earlier year.

For Talent Search and Educational Opportunity Centers projects that
serve participants for more than one year, provide separate counts of
the number of new and continuing participants in A1 and A2. Otherwise,
just provide the total number of participants in A3. A [new
participant]{.underline} is one served by the project for the first time
during this budget period. A [continuing participant]{.underline} is one
who was served by the project for the first time in another budget
period (this includes a budget period under a previous grant) and who
received project services during this budget period.

> A3 should be the total of A1 and A2, if applicable, and should be the
> number of participants served by the project during the budget period.

**B. Participant Distribution by Eligibility**

The statute and regulations governing the Talent Search and Educational
Opportunity Centers programs require that an individual, at the time of
initial selection for the project, must be a "low-income individual," a
"potential first generation college student," or be in need of project
services. (These terms are defined below.) At least two-thirds of
project participants each year must be both low-income and potential
first-generation college students; the remaining participants can be
either low-income individuals, potential first-generation college
students, or any individuals in need of services. Students may be
counted only once in this breakout. The total reported must agree with
the number in A3 above.

> [Low-income individual]{.underline} means an individual whose family's
> taxable income did not exceed 150 percent of the poverty level amount
> in the calendar year preceding the year in which the individual
> initially participated in the project. The poverty level amount is
> determined using criteria of poverty established by the Bureau of the
> Census of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
>
> [Potential first generation college student]{.underline} means (1) an
> individual neither of whose natural or adoptive parents received a
> baccalaureate degree; or (2) an individual who, prior to the age of
> 18, regularly resided with and received support from only one parent
> and whose supporting parent did not receive a baccalaureate degree; or
> (3) an individual who, prior to the age of 18, did not regularly
> reside with or receive support from a natural or adoptive parent.
>
> In the [Other]{.underline} category (B4), count those project
> participants who are neither low-income nor potential first-generation
> college students. The total should agree with the number in A3.

**C. Participant Distribution by Race and Ethnicity**

These data are not mandatory but are extremely helpful to the Department
in reporting on the ethnic characteristics of participants served by the
program. The total should agree with the number in A3.

> The race/ethnicity categories used in this section are consistent with
> the Department of Education's policy on the collection of racial and
> ethnic information. These categories are defined as follows:
> **American Indian or Alaska Native** - A person having origins in any
> of the original peoples of North America, and who maintains cultural
> identification through tribal affiliations or community recognition.
> **Asian** - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of
> the Far East, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. This area
> includes, for example, China, India, Japan, Korea, and the Philippine
> Islands. **Black or African American** - A person having origins in
> any of the black racial groups of Africa. **Hispanic or Latino** - A
> person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or
> other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. **White** - A
> person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North
> Africa, or the Middle East. **Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
> Islander** -- A person having origins in any of the original peoples
> of Hawaii or other Pacific islands such as Samoa and Guam. For those
> participants of a multi-racial background, include them in C7 for
> **More than one race reported**. Line C8, **Not reported,** is for
> those individuals who did not provide this information. The total
> should agree with the number in A3.

**D. Participant Distribution by Gender**

As noted above, though these data are not mandatory, they are helpful to
the Department in reporting on the gender representation of project
participants. The total should agree with the number in A3.

# 

# E. Participant Distribution by Age

The data requested here represent age ranges most consistent with age
groups targeted for services by the Talent Search and Educational
Opportunity Centers programs statute and regulations. Given the
different age limitations in the two programs as well as the permissible
exceptions provided by statute, this information aids the Department in
validating the numbers of middle school students, high school students,
youth, and adults served by each project. The total should agree with
the number in A3. The data reported here should reflect the age of
project participants at the **time of first service in the budget
period.**

**F. Veterans Served**

Provide the number of veterans served by the project. The definition of
a veteran is found in the Talent Search regulations in 34 CFR 643.7 and
in the Educational Opportunity Centers regulations in 34 CFR 644.7.

**G. Participants with Limited English Proficiency**

> Talent Search and Educational Opportunity Centers projects
> [may]{.underline} adapt project services to meet the needs of students
> with limited English proficiency. If applicable for your project,
> please provide the number of project participants with limited English
> proficiency.
>
> [Limited English proficiency]{.underline}, with reference to an
> individual, means a person whose native language is other than English
> and who has sufficient difficulty speaking, reading, writing, or
> understanding the English language to deny that individual the
> opportunity to learn successfully in classrooms in which English is
> the language of instruction.

######## H. Target Schools

> Talent Search grantees, and all EOC projects that serve target
> schools, should complete this portion of Section II. TRIO is
> requesting, for each secondary school served by the project during the
> budget period, the name of the school; its city, state, and zip code;
> and its identification number in the Common Core of Data (CCD) of the
> National Center for Education Statistics. The CCD contains valuable
> information on individual American schools, such as race and ethnicity
> and number of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For
> each school you list, please find its identification number in the CCD
> using the link available in the online version of the APR form. The
> online version of the form will be pre-populated for schools listed in
> your previous year\'s APR; please be sure to check all data for
> accuracy, including CCD ID numbers. Delete any schools that you no
> longer serve and add any new schools. (Grantees should discuss changes
> in target schools with their program specialist.)

######## Sections III and IV

Section III requests data on the educational status of participants at
the time of first service in the budget period; Section IV requests data
for the end of the budget period, and is organized by standard
objectives. Sections III and IV each exist in two versions, one for TS
and the other for EOC, so as to reflect the programs\' different
standard objectives. Some points about sections III and IV apply to both
programs:

\--Given the new objectives, section III contains some new categories of
participants (for example, in TS: participants not older than 18
enrolled in an alternative education program at an academic level
equivalent to that of a high school senior; in EOC: adult participants
without high school diploma or equivalency who are not enrolled in a
continuing education program).

\--Section IV is organized by standard objectives, which in the online
version of the APR will be pre-populated with grantees\' approved
percentages. Section IV does not request information on participants who
appeared in Section III but who are not included in the standard
objectives.

\--\"Fifth-year\" grantees: Because the programs\' enabling legislation
requires the Department to award five-year rather than four-year grants
to some applicants based on the results of the competition, some
grantees\' 2006--07 budget period was not the start of a new grant, but
rather the last (or even next to last) year of a grant begun in 2002 or
2003. While the Department has urged all grantees to adopt the standard
objectives for the 2006--07 budget period, some projects formally
notified TRIO that they would continue to use the objectives they
established at the beginning of their grants in 2002 or 2003. Prior
experience points for these grantees will be assessed on the basis of
the old objectives.

*Reporting*: So as to allow the Department to report aggregated data
gathered in a uniform manner for the TS and EOC programs, **all
grantees, including \"fifth-year\" projects using the old objectives,
must provide data on all categories of participants shown in the APR.**

*Data for old objectives*: Sections III and IV request sufficient data
to allow the Department to calculate the extent to which \"fifth-year\"
grantees achieved most of their old objectives. To assess the remaining
objectives, TRIO is requesting some additional information in Section V.
Only \"fifth-year\" TS and EOC projects using old objectives must
respond to Section V.

*Objectives in Section IV:* While the Department will pre-populate most
grantees\' objectives in Section IV, for \"fifth-year\" grantees using
old objectives TRIO will insert zeros to indicate \"not applicable.\"

######## Section III for Talent Search *only*

Section III requests data on the educational status of participants *at
time of first service in the budget period*. For example, if a
participant was a secondary school dropout when first served in October
2006, he or she should be counted in Section III as such, even if the
participant reenrolled over the course of the budget period.

At the end of Section III, the form indicates that certain categories of
participants are considered \"college-ready,\" an important distinction
given that three of the program\'s five standard objectives apply only
to \"college-ready\" participants. These participants are defined on the
Program Profile page of the 2006 application package as (1) high school
seniors, (2) persons enrolled in an alternative education program whose
academic level is equivalent to a high school senior, (3) high school
graduates, and (4) persons who have obtained a high school equivalency
certificate. Postsecondary dropouts and transfers are considered
\"college-ready\" because they would presumably fall into one of those
four categories. The TS \"college-ready\" categories in Section III are:

A3: high school seniors

A4: participants not older than 18 enrolled in an alternative education
program at an academic level equivalent to that of a high school senior

B1: adult without high school diploma or equivalency credentials who has
reentered school as a senior or enrolled in an alternative education
program at an academic level equivalent to that of a high school senior

B3: high school or high school equivalency graduate not already enrolled
in a postsecondary school

B4: postsecondary dropout

B5: potential postsecondary transfer (see definition below)

######## A. Educational Status of Secondary (Middle and High) School-Age Students

A1. Middle school \-- Report in this category the number of participants
in grades six, seven, and eight at the time of first service in the
budget period.

A2. High school non-senior \-- Report in this category the number of
participants in grades nine, ten, and eleven at the time of first
service in the budget period. Include twelfth graders in line A3.

Note: Some school districts include ninth grade as part of junior high
school. For consistent national data collection and reporting, however,
please use the definitions provided above.

A3. High school senior (12th grade only) \-- Report in this category the
number of participants who were high school seniors at the time of first
service in the budget period.

A4. Participant not older than 18 years enrolled in an alternative
education program at an academic level *equivalent* to that of a high
school senior \-- At the time of first service in the budget period,
projects are to determine whether or not their participants who are in
alternative education programs are at an academic level equivalent to
that of a high school senior. This determination should not be made on
the basis of the student\'s outcome over the course of the budget
period, but on the basis of his or her circumstances at the time of
first service in the period. If the determination is not obvious,
project staff members should consider

\--the grade at which the student left high school and other evidence of
his or her academic achievement

\--how the alternative education program describes itself

\--the level of the student\'s coursework in the alternative education
program\--is it comparable to senior level work?

\--if the alternative education program is organized around credits, the
number of credits the student has received and can be expected to
receive over the course of the budget period

\--whether it is reasonable to expect that the student will finish the
alternative education program by spring or summer with a diploma or
equivalency credentials, potentially ready to begin postsecondary
education in the fall.

For purposes of the annual performance report, alternative education
comprises a variety of programs, generally including those that are not
organized by grade or age of the student. GED programs and alternative
schools are some examples.

Projects must maintain documentation for the basis of their
determination of the status of each student.

A5. Other participants not older than 18 years \-- Include here
participants that do not belong in any of the first four categories in
III.A; examples include (but are not limited to) secondary school
dropouts and participants not older than 18 years enrolled in an
alternative education program at an academic level *below* that of a
high school senior.

A6. Unknown \-- Report here the number of secondary school-age
participants whose educational status at time of first service in the
budget period is either unknown or unconfirmed.

######## B. Educational Status of Project Participants Aged 19 or Older

B1. Adult without high school diploma or equivalency credentials (19 or
older) who has reentered school as a senior or enrolled in an
alternative education program at an academic level equivalent to that of
a high school senior \-- To determine whether a participant was, at the
time of first service in the budget period, enrolled in an alternative
education program at the level of a high school senior, please see
guidance in A4 above.

B2. Other adults without high school diploma or equivalency credentials
\-- Report here the number of participants 19 years or older without a
diploma or equivalency credentials who, at the time of first service in
the budget period, were not reenrolled in high school or in alternative
education at the level of a senior.

B3. High school (or GED) graduate not already enrolled in a
postsecondary school \-- Report in this category the number of
participants who, at the time of first service in the budget period, had
already obtained a high school diploma or high school equivalency
credentials, but who had not already enrolled in a program of
postsecondary education.

B4. Postsecondary dropout \-- Report in this category the number of
participants who, at the time of first service in the budget period, had
been enrolled in a program of postsecondary education but had halted
their studies prior to obtaining a certificate or degree.

B5. Potential postsecondary transfer \-- Report here the number of
participants who had already obtained a certificate or two-year degree
but who, at the time of first service in the budget period, demonstrated
an interest in further postsecondary study (e.g., second associate\'s
degree, transfer from two-year to four-year degree program).

B6. Other participants (19 years or older) \-- Include here participants
that do not belong to any of the first five categories in III.B.

B7. Unknown \-- Report here the number of participants aged 19 or older
whose educational status at time of first service is either unknown or
unconfirmed.

**Note**: The sum of Talent Search Section III, A7 and B8 should equal
the total number of participants reported in Section II, A3.

######## Section IV for Talent Search *only*

This section of the annual report is your opportunity to report on your
project's progress in meeting its approved objectives related to the
goals of the programs; these objectives respond to the prior experience
criteria contained in the program regulations (34 CFR 643.22). \"A\"
through \"E\" of Section IV are organized around the five standard
objectives used by grantees that began their new grant periods in
2006--07 and by those whose 2006--07 budget period was part of a grant
period that began prior to 2006 but who notified the Department that
they would be using the new standard objectives for the 2006--07 project
year. Section IV provides the wording of each of the objectives and
shows the percentages you entered on the Program Profile sheet submitted
with your approved FY 2006 grant application. Should you discover a data
entry error in these percentages, please contact your program
specialist.

\"Fifth-year\" grantees that notified the Department that they would use
approved objectives from the application package used in the 2002
competition will find that the standard objectives are pre-populated
with zeros to indicate \"not applicable.\" **These grantees must
nevertheless provide all data requested for this section.** Prior
experience points will be assessed on the basis of the grantees\'
objectives from the 2002 approved application.

**Note that each objective refers to a certain group of participants
that forms the denominator for the percentage of students who met the
objective.** For the first objective (secondary school promotion), for
example, the denominator is participants who were middle school and high
school non-senior students (Section III, A1 and A2) at the time of first
service in the budget period. **Consider only the students included in
the denominator in entering values for each objective in Section IV.**
Note that some individuals counted in Section III are not included in
any of the new standard objectives (for example, III.A5 and B6). Section
IV does not request information on these participants.

Please enter a positive numeric value in each field; for those not
applicable to your project, enter zero. If more than one response is
possible for a given participant, choose the most recent status.

######## A. Objective: Secondary School Promotion

######## 

######## The objective:\_\_\_% of non-senior secondary school participants served during each budget period will be promoted to the next grade level at the end of each academic school year.

######## 

######## For A, consider only those students in Section III, A1 and A2. Secondary school-age students who at the time of first service in the budget period were dropouts are not included in the objective and thus should not appear in IV.A.

A1. Promoted to next grade in middle or high school \-- Report the
number of participants who at time of first service in the budget period
were middle schoolers or non-senior high school students who were
promoted to the next grade level at the end of the 2006--07 academic
school year.

A2. Not promoted \-- Include middle or non-senior high school
participants who were retained in grade, who dropped out, or who for
some other reason were not promoted to the next grade in middle or high
school at the end of the 2006--07 academic school year.

A3. Other \-- Report here the number of middle and non-senior high
school participants whose known educational status at the end of the
budget period does not fall within IV.A1 or A2.

A4. Unknown \-- Report here the number of middle and non-senior high
school participants whose educational status at the end of the budget
period is either unknown or unconfirmed.

A5. Total \-- The total should equal the sum of Section III, A1 and A2.

######## B. Objective: Secondary School Graduation

The objective: \_\_\_% of high school seniors (and their equivalents in
alternative education programs) will graduate from secondary school or
receive a certificate of high school equivalency during each budget
period.

For B, consider only those students who at the time of first service in
the budget period were high school seniors or equivalents (both
secondary school-age and adults) in alternative education programs
(Section III, A3, A4, and B1).

B1. Received high school diploma \-- Report the number of such
participants who graduated from high school during the budget period.

B2. Received high school equivalency credentials \-- Report the number
of such participants (secondary school-age or adult) who during the
budget period obtained high school equivalency credentials.

B3. Did not graduate or receive equivalency credentials \-- Report the
number of such participants who neither graduated from high school nor
received equivalency credentials during the budget period.

B4. Other \-- Report here the number of such participants whose known
educational status at the end of the budget period does not fall within
the first three categories of IV.B.

B5. Unknown \-- Report here the number of such participants whose
educational status at the end of the budget period is either unknown or
unconfirmed.

B6. Total \-- The total should equal the sum of Section III, A3, A4, and
B1.

*Note:* Numbers reported for C, D, and E5 (below) cannot exceed the sum
of Section III, A3, A4, B1, B3, B4, and B5 (that is, \"college-ready\"
participants); E5 should equal that sum.

######## C. Objective: Student Financial Aid

The objective: \_\_\_% of \"college-ready\" project participants will
apply for financial aid during each budget period.

For C, consider only \"college-ready\" participants, i.e., those who at
the outset of the budget period were high school seniors (III.A3),
participants not older than 18 in an alternative education program at
the level of a senior (III.A4), adults without diploma or high school
equivalency credentials who have reenrolled in high school as seniors or
at the level of a senior in an alternative education program (III.B1),
high school or GED graduates not already enrolled in postsecondary
education (III.B3), postsecondary dropouts (III.B4), and potential
postsecondary transfers (III.B5). Provide the number of
\"college-ready\" participants who actually applied for student
financial aid during the budget period. Receiving services related to
financial aid from the project is insufficient grounds for including a
participant in Section IV, C; the individual must have actually applied
for the aid. Applications for financial aid include scholarship
applications, student loan applications, U.S. Department of Education
federal student financial aid forms, and state applications for
financial aid.

######## D. Objective: Postsecondary Education Admissions

The objective: \_\_\_% of \"college-ready\" project participants will
apply for postsecondary school admission during each budget period.

For D, also consider only \"college-ready\" participants (see Section
IV, C directly above). Provide the number of \"college-ready\"
participants who actually applied for admission to a program of
postsecondary education during the budget period. Do not include
applicants to programs in which students take postsecondary courses
while still in high school. Receiving assistance from the project in
applying for admissions is insufficient grounds for including a
participant in Section IV, D; the individual must have actually applied
for admission.

######## E. Objective: Enrollment in Postsecondary Education

The objective: \_\_\_% of \"college-ready\" participants will enroll in
a program of postsecondary education during each budget period (or
during the next fall term).

For E, again consider only \"college-ready\" participants (see Section
IV, C directly above). The Program Profile page from the 2006
competition defines an enrolled participant as one who has completed the
registration requirements (except for the payment of tuition and fees)
at the institution that he or she is attending. Grantees may consider a
participant who completed the registration requirements to be enrolled
even if the project is aware that the student did not subsequently
attend class.

E1. Enrolled in postsecondary education (first time enrollment or
reentry) \-- Report the number of \"college-ready\" students who
enrolled in a program of postsecondary education either for the first
time or as reentry students during the budget period or the fall 2007
term. If the project is aware that a student enrolled and then withdrew,
the student should still be counted as enrolled. Taking postsecondary
courses while still in high school does not constitute enrollment in a
program of postsecondary education.

E2. Not enrolled in postsecondary education \-- Report the number of
\"college-ready\" students who did not enroll in postsecondary education
during the budget period or the fall 2007 term.

E3. Other \-- Report here the number of \"college-ready\" participants
whose known educational status at the end of the budget period does not
fall within IV.E1 or 2.

E4. Unknown \-- Report the number of \"college-ready\" participants
whose postsecondary enrollment status at the end of the budget period
was either unknown or unconfirmed.

E5. Total \-- The total should equal the sum of III, A3, A4, B1, B3, B4,
and B5.

**F. Postsecondary Placements (Types of Institutions)**

For participants enrolled in a program of postsecondary education, as
reported in Section IV, E above, indicate the number of students by type
of postsecondary institution. The total (F8) should equal section IV,
E1. For definitions of the types of postsecondary institutions, please
see language concerning Title IV programs in section 101 of Title I of
the 1998 Amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (P.L. 105-244)
(<http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea98/sec101.html>).

Section V: To be completed only by those Talent Search projects whose
2006--07 budget period is part of a grant/project period that began
prior to 2002 and are using the approved objectives from the FY 2002
application.

\"College-ready\" participants \-- The 2002 objectives refer to
percentages of \"college-ready\" participants. \"College-ready\"
participants include high school seniors, high school graduates, and
recipients of high school equivalency credentials.

Postsecondary enrollment

A. \"College-ready\" participants enrolled in (or admitted to) a program
of postsecondary education (first-time enrollees only) during the budget
period or for the next fall term \-- Report the number of
\"college-ready\" participants who had never previously enrolled in
postsecondary education but who did so during the budget period or the
fall 2007 term. Taking postsecondary courses while still in high school
does not constitute enrollment in a program of postsecondary education.
The number entered for V.A cannot exceed the sum of Section III, A3 and
B3.

B. Number of participants re-enrolled in (or re-admitted to) a program
of postsecondary education during the budget period or for the next fall
term \-- Report here the number of participants who at time of first
service in the budget period were postsecondary dropouts or potential
postsecondary transfers who reentered postsecondary education during the
budget period or for the fall 2007 term. The number entered for V.B
cannot exceed the sum of Section III, B4 and B5.

######## C. Total \-- Cannot exceed the sum of Section III, A3 + B3 + B4 + B5. 

######## Section III for EOC *only*

Section III requests data on the educational status of participants *at
the time of first service in the budget period*. For example, if a
participant was a postsecondary school dropout when first served in
October 2006, he or she should be counted in Section III as such, even
if the participant reenrolled over the course of the budget period.

######## A. Educational Status of Project Participants Aged 19 or Older

A1. Adult without high school diploma or equivalency credentials (19
years or older) and not enrolled in a continuing education program \--
Report here the number of participants 19 or older who, at the time of
first service in the budget period, had neither a high school diploma
nor equivalency credentials, and who had not enrolled in a continuing
education program. For purposes of the annual performance report, a
**continuing education program** is one that allows students to prepare
themselves for postsecondary education via a diploma or
equivalent\--e.g., reenrollment in high school or enrollment in a GED
program. If a student goes from high school dropout status (or
equivalent) directly to postsecondary education without an intervening
program, for purposes of the annual performance report the postsecondary
education program counts as continuing education.

A2. Adult without high school diploma or equivalency credentials (19
years or older) enrolled in a continuing education program at an
academic level *equivalent* to a high school senior \-- Include here the
number of participants 19 or older who, at the time of first service in
the budget period, had neither a diploma nor equivalency credentials,
and who had enrolled in a continuing education program at the level of a
high school senior.

A3. High school graduates or high school equivalency graduates not
already enrolled in a postsecondary school \-- Report in this category
the number of participants who, at the time of first service in the
budget period, had already obtained a high school diploma or equivalency
credentials, but who had not already enrolled in a program of
postsecondary education.

A4. Postsecondary dropout \-- Report here the number of participants
who, at the time of first service in the budget period, had been
enrolled in a program of postsecondary education but had halted their
studies prior to obtaining a certificate or degree.

A5. Postsecondary student \-- Report in this category the number of
participants enrolled in programs of postsecondary education at the time
of first service in the budget period.

A6. Potential postsecondary transfer \-- Report here the number of
participants who had already obtained a certificate or two-year degree
but who, at the time of first service in the budget period, demonstrated
an interest in further postsecondary study (e.g., second associate\'s
degree, transfer from two-year to four-year degree program).

A7. Other participants aged 19 or older \-- Report in this category any
participants aged 19 or older who, at the time of first service in the
budget period, did not belong in any of the first six categories listed
in Section III, A.

A8. Unknown \-- Report here the number of participants aged 19 or older
whose educational status at the time of first service in the budget
period is either unknown or unconfirmed.

######## B. Educational Status of High School-Age Students 

B1. High school non-senior \-- Report in this category the number of
participants in grades nine, ten, and eleven at the time of first
service in the budget period. Include 12th-graders in line B2.

B2. High school senior (12th grade only) \-- Report here the number of
participants who were high school seniors at the time of first service
in the budget period.

B3. Secondary school dropout \-- Report in this category those
participants who, at the time of first service in the budget period, had
dropped out of or were officially dismissed from their secondary school
before receiving a high school diploma or completing a high school
equivalency program. Count in this category only those individuals *not*
older than 18. Do not include former dropouts who, at the time of first
service in the budget period, had reentered school or enrolled or
reenrolled in an alternative or continuing education program.

B4. Participant not older than 18 year enrolled in an alternative
education program at an academic level *equivalent* to that of a high
school senior \-- Please see instructions for Section III for Talent
Search, A4.

B5. Other participants not older than 18 years \-- Include here
participants who do not belong in any of the first four categories in
III.B, for example, a participant not older than 18 years enrolled at
the time of first service in the budget period in an alternative
education program *below* the level of a high school senior.

B6. Unknown \-- Report here the number of high school-age participants
whose educational status at the time of first service in the budget
period is either unknown or unconfirmed.

**Note:** The sum of EOC Section III, A9 and B7 should equal the total
number of participants reported in Section II, A3.

**Section IV for EOC *only***

This section of the annual report is your opportunity to report on your
project's progress in meeting its approved objectives related to the
goals of the programs; these objectives respond to the prior experience
criteria contained in the program regulations (34 CFR 644.22). \"A\"
through \"D\" of Section IV are organized around the four standard
objectives used by grantees that began their new grant periods in
2006--07 and by those whose 2006--07 budget period was part of a grant
period that began prior to 2006 but who notified the Department that
they would be using the new standard objectives for the 2006--07 project
year. Section IV provides the wording of each of the objectives and
shows the percentages you provided on the Program Profile sheet
submitted with your approved FY 2006 grant application. Should you
discover a data entry error in these percentages, please contact your
program specialist.

\"Fifth-year\" grantees that have notified the Department that they will
use approved objectives from the application package used in the 2002
competition will find that the standard objectives are pre-populated
with zeros to indicate \"not applicable.\" **These grantees must
nevertheless provide all data requested for this section**. Prior
experience points will be assessed on the basis of the grantees\'
objectives from the 2002 approved application.

**Note that each objective refers to a certain group of participants
that forms the denominator for the percentage of students who met the
objective**. For the second objective (application for student financial
aid), for example, the denominator is participants who at the time of
first service in the budget period were high school seniors or
equivalent in alternative education programs, high school graduates,
recipients of high school equivalency credentials, postsecondary
dropouts, or potential postsecondary transfers. **Consider only the
students included in the denominator in entering values for each
objective in Section IV.** Note that some individuals counted in Section
III are not included in any of the new standard objectives (for example,
III.A5 and B5). Section IV does not request information on these
participants.

Please enter a positive numeric value in each field; for those not
applicable to your project, enter zero. If more than one response is
possible for a given participant, choose the most recent status.

######## A. Objective: Enrollment in a Continuing Education Program

The objective: \_\_\_% of participants not already enrolled in a
continuing education program who have not obtained a high school diploma
or high school equivalency certificate will enroll in a continuing
education program during each budget period.

For A, consider only those participants who at the outset of the budget
period were without a high school diploma or equivalency credentials and
not enrolled in a continuing education program (III.A1 and B3). For a
definition of continuing education programs for purposes of the APR,
please see III.A1.

A1. Enrolled in a continuing education program \-- For those
participants who at the time of first service in the budget period
lacked a high school diploma or equivalency credentials and were not
enrolled in a continuing education program, report here the number who
enrolled in continuing education during the budget period.

A2. Not enrolled in a continuing education program \-- For those
participants who at the time of first service in the budget period
lacked a high school diploma or equivalency credentials and were not
enrolled in a continuing education program, report here the number who
remained not enrolled during the budget period.

A3. Other \-- For those participants who at the time of first service in
the budget period lacked a high school diploma or equivalency
credentials and were not enrolled in a continuing education program,
report here the number whose known educational status at the end of the
period does not fall within IV.A1 or A2.

A4. Unknown \-- For those participants who at the time of first service
in the budget period lacked a high school diploma or equivalency
credentials and were not enrolled in a continuing education program,
report here the number whose educational status at the end of the period
is either unknown or unconfirmed.

A5. Total \-- The total should equal III.A1 and B3.

*Note:* Numbers reported for B, C, and D5 (below) cannot exceed the sum
of Section III, A2, A3, A4, A6, B2, and B4; D5 should equal that sum.

**For objectives B, C, and D,** the denominator includes participants
who were not already enrolled in a postsecondary school and who were in
one of the following categories: high school seniors or equivalents in
alternative education programs (III.B2, B4, and A2); high school
graduates or recipients of equivalency credentials (III.A3);
postsecondary dropouts (III.A4); or potential postsecondary transfers
(III.A6). A participant is considered *enrolled* if he or she has
completed the registration process, except for payment of tuition and
fees.

######## B. Objective: Application for Student Financial Aid

The objective: \_\_\_% of participants not already enrolled in a
postsecondary school at time of first service in the budget period who
were high school seniors or equivalent in alternative education
programs, high school graduates, recipients of high school equivalency
credentials, postsecondary dropouts, or potential postsecondary
transfers will apply for financial aid during each budget period.

Of the participants in the denominator for objectives B, C, and D,
provide the number of those who actually applied for student financial
aid during the budget period. Receiving services related to financial
aid from the project is insufficient grounds for including a participant
in Section IV, B; the individual must have actually applied for the aid.
Applications for financial aid include scholarship applications, student
loan applications, U.S. Department of Education federal student
financial aid forms, and state applications for financial aid.

######## C. Objective: Application for Postsecondary Education Admissions

The objective: \_\_\_% of participants not already enrolled in a
postsecondary school at time of first service in the budget period who
were high school seniors or equivalent in alternative education
programs, high school graduates, recipients of high school equivalency
credentials, postsecondary dropouts, or potential postsecondary
transfers will apply for postsecondary school admission during each
budget period.

Of the participants in the denominator for objectives B, C, and D,
provide the number who, during the budget period, actually applied for
admission to postsecondary education. Do not include applicants to
programs in which students take postsecondary courses while still in
high school. Receiving assistance from the project in applying for
admission is insufficient grounds for including a participant in Section
IV, C; the individual must have actually applied for admission to a
postsecondary school.

######## D. Objective: Postsecondary Education Enrollment

The objective: \_\_\_% of participants not already enrolled in a
postsecondary school at time of first service in the budget period who
were high school seniors or equivalent in alternative education
programs, high school graduates, recipients of high school equivalency
credentials, postsecondary dropouts, or potential postsecondary
transfers will enroll in a program of postsecondary education during
each budget period (or during the next fall term).

For D, again consider only those participants included in the
denominator for objectives B, C, and D. A participant is considered
*enrolled* if he or she has completed the registration process, except
for payment of tuition and fees. Grantees may consider a participant who
completed the registration process to be enrolled, even if the project
is aware that the student did not subsequently attend class.

D1. Enrolled in postsecondary education (first time enrollment or
reentry) \-- Report the number of participants under consideration who
enrolled in postsecondary education either for the first time or as
reentry students during the budget period or the fall 2007 term. If the
project is aware that a participant enrolled and then withdrew, the
participant should still be counted as enrolled. Taking postsecondary
courses while still in high school does not constitute enrollment in a
program of postsecondary education.

D2. Not enrolled in postsecondary education \-- Report the number of
students under consideration who did not enroll in postsecondary
education during the budget period or the fall 2007 term.

D3. Other \-- Report here the number of participants under consideration
whose known educational status at the end of the budget period does not
fall within IV.D1 or D2.

D4. Unknown \-- Report here the number of participants under
consideration whose educational status at the end of the budget period
is either unknown or unconfirmed.

D5. Total \-- The total should equal the sum of III, A2, A3, A4, A6, B2,
and B4.

E. Postsecondary Placements (Types of Institutions)

For participants enrolled in a program of postsecondary education, as
reported in Section IV, D above, indicate the number of participants by
type of postsecondary institution. The total (E8) should equal section
IV, D1. For definitions of the types of postsecondary institutions,
please see language concerning Title IV programs in section 101 of Title
I of the 1998 Amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (P.L.
105-244)
([**http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea98/sec101.html**](http://www.ed.gov/policy/highered/leg/hea98/sec101.html)).

Section V: To be completed only by those EOC projects whose 2006--07
budget period is part of a grant/project period that began prior to 2006
and are using the approved objectives from the FY 2002 application.

**\"College-ready\" participants** \-- The 2002 objectives refer to
percentages of \"college-ready\" participants. A \"college-ready\"
participant is a person who has graduated from high school or a high
school equivalency program and who the grantee has determined possesses
the skills necessary to succeed in postsecondary education. EOC projects
that served secondary school students may also include high school
seniors as \"college-ready\" participants. Please report the number of
\"college-ready\" participants that the project served. The number
entered cannot exceed the sum of III.A3 and B2.

The numbers entered for A, B, and C1 below cannot exceed the number of
\"college-ready\" participants.

**A. Number of \"college-ready\" participants who applied for financial
aid** \-- Of the \"college-ready\" participants, provide the number who
actually applied for financial aid during the budget period. Receiving
services related to financial aid from the project is insufficient
grounds for including a participant in Section V, A; the individual must
have actually applied for the aid. Applications for financial aid
include scholarship applications, U.S. Department of Education federal
student financial aid forms, and state applications for financial aid.

**B. Number of \"college-ready\" participants who applied for admission
to postsecondary education** \-- Of the \"college-ready\" participants,
provide the number who actually applied for admission to a program of
postsecondary education during the budget period. Do not include
applicants to programs in which students take postsecondary courses
while still in high school. Receiving services from the project related
to applying for admissions is insufficient grounds for including a
participant in Section V, A; the individual must have actually applied
for admission.

######## C. Postsecondary enrollment

C1. \"College-ready\" participants enrolled in (or admitted to) a
program of postsecondary education (first-time enrollees only) during
the budget period or for the next fall term \-- Report the number of
\"college-ready\" participants who had never previously enrolled in
postsecondary education but who did so during the budget period or the
fall 2007 term. Taking postsecondary courses while still in high school
does not constitute enrollment in a program of postsecondary education.

C2. Number of participants re-enrolled in (or re-admitted to) a program
of postsecondary education during the budget period or for the next fall
term \-- Report here the number of participants who at time of first
service in the budget period were postsecondary dropouts or potential
postsecondary transfers who reentered postsecondary education during the
budget period or the fall 2007 term. The number entered for V.C2 cannot
exceed III.A4 and A6.

C3. Total \-- The number cannot exceed the number of \"college-ready\"
participants plus III.A4 and A6.