Archived Information

**U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION**

# OFFICE OF INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT

# WASHINGTON, D.C. 20202

**FY 2004**

**APPLICATION FOR GRANTS**

**UNDER THE STATE CHARTER SCHOOL FACILITIES INCENTIVE GRANTS PROGRAM**

# CFDA Number: 84.282D

# FORM APPROVED

# OMB No. 1855-0012, EXP. DATE 2/28/2007

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**DATED MATERIAL - OPEN IMMEDIATELY**

**Closing Date: July 1, 2004**

**[Table of Contents]{.smallcaps}**

A.  Letter from the Deputy Under Secretary for Innovation and
    Improvement

**Section A.** Application Notice

**Section B.** Program Statute

**Section C.** Application Contents

-   Application Checklist

-   General Instructions

-   Forms that Must be Downloaded

-   Priorities and Project Selection Criteria

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-   Table 1- Per-Pupil Facilities Aid Paid by State

-   Table 2- Budget Form

-   Table 3- Grant Funds as a Percentage of the Cost of Per-Pupil
    Facilities Aid

-   Program-Specific Assurance

-   Guidance on Section 427 of GEPA

**Section D.** Estimated Public Reporting Burden

**Section E.** Other Important Information and Notices

-   Executive Order 12372

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-   State Single Points of Contact

-   Important Notice to Prospective Participants in U.S.

Department of Education Contract and Grants Programs

-   Application Transmittal Instructions

Note: Copies of standard forms are available at the U.S. Department of
Education's website at:
<http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html>

(LETTERHEAD)

Dear Colleague:

Thank you for your interest in the State charter school facilities
incentive grants program administered by the U.S. Department of
Education's Office of Innovation and Improvement. I am pleased to
announce that approximately \$18.7 million will be available this year
to support an estimated 5 projects under this program.

Currently, about 3,000 charter schools operate around the country. These
public schools provide parents and students with options that can lead
to better student achievement. However, many charter schools face
significant challenges when trying to obtain facilities; insufficient
revenue and lack of access to private funding for facilities top the
list. The purpose of the State charter school facilities incentive
grants program (authorized by Title V, Part B, Subpart 1 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the No
Child Left Behind Act) is to provide competitive incentive grants to
help States create new or enhance existing per-pupil facilities aid
programs.

Information to assist in preparing your application is found in the
Notice Inviting Applications (Section A) and in the Application Contents
section (Section C) of this application package.

Applications must be submitted electronically in accordance with the
section titled *Application and Submission Information* no later than
July 1, 2004, for consideration. An application that is not submitted by
the deadline will be returned to the applicant and will not be
considered.

We expect to make awards under this program approximately two months
after the application deadline.

For further information, please contact Valarie Perkins or Jim Houser at
(202) 260-1924 or e-mail [charter.facilities@ed.gov]{.underline}.

> Sincerely,
>
> Nina Shokraii Rees

**SECTION**

A

####### APPLICATION

**NOTICE**

4000-01-U

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Innovation and Improvement

Overview Information

State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants Program

Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2004.

[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number]{.underline}:
84.282D

[Dates]{.underline}:

Applications Available: March 12, 2004.

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 1, 2004.

Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 30, 2004.

[Eligible Applicants]{.underline}: States that have enacted a State law
authorizing per-pupil facilities aid for charter schools.

[Estimated Available Funds]{.underline}: \$18,700,000.

[Estimated Range of Awards]{.underline}: \$2,000,000 - \$10,000,000.

[Estimated Average Size of Awards]{.underline}: \$3,740,000.

[Estimated Number of Awards]{.underline}: 5.

[Note]{.underline}: Contingent upon the availability of funds, we may
make additional awards in future years from the rank-ordered list of
unfunded applications from this competition.

[Note]{.underline}: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.

[Project Period]{.underline}: The program duration may be for a period
of up to 5 years.

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

[Purpose of Program]{.underline}: This program will provide grants to
eligible States to help them establish or enhance, and administer,
per-pupil facilities aid programs for charter schools.

[Priorities]{.underline}

[Competitive Preference Priority]{.underline}: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(iv), the following priority is from sections 5202(e) and
5205(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as
amended. For this competition, this priority is a competitive preference
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award up to an additional 20
points to an application, depending on how well the application meets
this priority.

This priority is:

The Secretary gives priority to States to the extent that States meet
all four of the statutory criteria described in paragraphs (a) through
(d) of this section.

A State educational agency (SEA) that does not meet any one of the four
statutory criteria will not receive any priority points.

In order to receive preference, an applicant must identify the statutory
criteria that it meets and provide documentation supporting its claims.

[Statutory Criteria]{.underline}

\(a\) [Periodic Review and Evaluation]{.underline} (5 points, ESEA
paragraph 5202(e)(2)). The State provides for periodic review and
evaluation by the authorized public chartering agency of each charter
school at least once every 5 years unless required more frequently by
State law, to determine whether the charter school is meeting the terms
of the school's charter, and is meeting or exceeding the student's
academic performance requirements and goals for charter schools as
provided under State law or the school's charter.

\(b\) [Number of High-Quality Charter Schools]{.underline} (5 points,
ESEA subparagraph 5202(e)(3)(A)). The State has demonstrated progress in
increasing the number of high-quality charter schools that are held
accountable in the terms of the schools' charters for meeting clear and
measurable objectives for the educational progress of the students
attending the schools, in the period prior to the period for which an
SEA or eligible applicant applies for a grant under this competition.

\(c\) [One Authorized Public Chartering Agency Other than an LEA, or an
Appeals Process]{.underline} (5 points, ESEA subparagraph
5202(e)(3)(B)). The State \--

\(1\) Provides for one authorized public chartering agency that is not
an local educational agency (LEA), such as a State chartering board, for
each individual or entity seeking to operate a charter school pursuant
to State law; or

\(2\) In the case of a State in which LEAs are the only authorized
public chartering agencies, allows for an appeals process for the denial
of an application for a charter school.

\(d\) [High Degree of Autonomy]{.underline} (5 points, ESEA subparagraph
5202(e)(3)(C)). The State ensures that each charter school has a high
degree of autonomy over the charter school's budgets and expenditures.

[Invitational Priority]{.underline}: Under this competition we are
particularly interested in applications that address the following
priority. For 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:

[School choice]{.underline}. The Secretary invites applications that
propose to increase the capacity of charter schools to offer public
school choice in those communities with the greatest need for this
choice by addressing the following factors:

• The extent to which the applicant would target services to geographic
areas in which a large proportion or number of public schools have been
identified for improvement, corrective action, or restructuring under
title I of the ESEA, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
(NCLB);

• The extent to which the applicant would target services to geographic
areas in which a large proportion of students perform poorly on State
academic assessments; and

• The extent to which the applicant would target services to communities
with large proportions of low-income students.

[Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking]{.underline}: Under the Administrative
Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) the Department generally offers interested
parties the opportunity to comment on proposed selection criteria and
other non-statutory requirements. Section 437(d)(1) of the General
Education Provisions Act (GEPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1)), however, allows
the Secretary to exempt from rulemaking requirements rules governing the
first grant competition under a new or substantially revised program
authority. This is the first competition for this program. In order to
ensure timely grant awards in FY 2004, the Secretary has decided to
issue this application notice without first publishing the proposed
selection criteria and other non-statutory requirements. These selection
criteria and other non-statutory requirements, such as the clarification
under "Funding Clarifications and Restrictions" that the program funds
for this facilities program may be used for construction or the
acquisition of real property, will apply to this grant competition only.

[Program Authority]{.underline}: 20 U.S.C. 7221d(b).

[Applicable Regulations]{.underline}: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 76, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, and 99.

II\. Award Information

[Type of Award]{.underline}: Discretionary grants.

[Estimated Available Funds]{.underline}: \$18,700,000.

[Estimated Range of Awards]{.underline}: \$2,000,000 - \$10,000,000.

[Estimated Average Size of Awards]{.underline}: \$3,740,000.

[Estimated Number of Awards]{.underline}: 5.

[Note]{.underline}: Contingent upon the availability of funds, we may
make additional awards in future years from the rank-ordered list of
unfunded applications from this competition.

[Note]{.underline}: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.

[Project Period]{.underline}: The program duration may be for a period
of up to 5 years.

III\. Eligibility Information

1\. [Eligible Applicants]{.underline}: States that have enacted a State
law authorizing per-pupil facilities aid for charter schools.

2\. [Cost Sharing or Matching]{.underline}: Under section 5205(b)(2)(C)
of the ESEA, as amended by the NCLB, States, or parties that are closely
collaborating with them, are required to provide matching funds. The
minimum non-Federal share of the total cost of the project increases
each year of the grant, from 10 percent the first year to 80 percent in
the fifth year.

Applicants that are initially selected to receive grants will not
receive grant funds until they demonstrate, by July 15, 2004, that they
have funded the non-Federal share of the matching funds required under
this program. The Department reserves the right to revoke a grant award
if an initial recipient does not have the required non-Federal funding
by this date.

[Supplement-not-supplant provision]{.underline}. Grantees shall use
funds under this program to supplement, and not supplant, State and
local public funds spent on per-pupil facilities aid programs,
administration of these programs, and programs for charter schools in
total at the State and local levels.

3\. [Other]{.underline}: The charter schools that a grantee selects to
benefit from this program must meet the definition of a charter school,
as defined in the Charter Schools Program authorizing statute in section
5210(1) of the ESEA. The definitions of [charter school]{.underline} and
[authorized public chartering agency]{.underline} are in the application
package.

IV\. Application and Submission Information

1\. [Address to Request Application Package]{.underline}: Education
Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398.
Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free):
1-877-576-7734.

You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site:
www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail
address: <edpubs@inet.ed.gov>

If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this
competition as follows: CFDA number 84.282D.

Individuals with disabilities may 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 persons listed
elsewhere in this notice under [For Further Information
Contact]{.underline} (see VII. Agency Contacts).

2\. [Content and Form of Application Submission]{.underline}:
Requirements concerning the content of an application, together with the
forms you must submit, are in the application package for this program.

Page Limit: We have found that reviewers are able to conduct the
highest-quality review when applications are concise and easy to read.
Applicants are encouraged to limit their applications to no more than 30
double-spaced pages (not including the required forms and tables), to
use a 12-point or larger-size font with one-inch margins at the top,
bottom, and both sides, and to number pages consecutively. Furthermore,
applicants are strongly encouraged to include a table of contents that
specifies where each required part of the application is located.

3\. [Submission Dates and Times]{.underline}:

Applications Available: March 12, 2004.

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 1, 2004.

[Note]{.underline}: We are requiring that applications for grants under
this program be submitted electronically using the Electronic Grant
Application System (e-Application) available through the Department's
e-GRANTS system. For information about how to access the e--GRANTS
system or to request a waiver of the electronic submission requirement,
please refer to Section IV, [Other Submission Requirements]{.underline},
in this notice.

The application package for this program specifies the hours of
operation of the e-Application Web site. If you are requesting a waiver
of the electronic submission requirement, the dates and times for the
transmittal of applications by mail or by hand (including a courier
service or commercial carrier) are also in the application package.

We do not consider an application that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.

Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 30, 2004.

4\. [Intergovernmental Review]{.underline}: 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 Clarifications and Restrictions]{.underline}: Under 34 CFR
75.533, a grantee is prohibited from using grant funds for construction
or the acquisition of real property, unless specifically authorized by
statute or regulation. Consistent with the provisions of 34 CFR 75.533,
and based on the purpose of this facilities program, namely to provide
funding for charter school facilities, we interpret section 5205(b) of
the ESEA to permit the use of funds awarded under this competition for
construction and the acquisition of real property. Administrative costs
in excess of five percent are not allowable under the program statute.

Administration of a per-pupil facilities aid program includes providing
indirect costs, evaluation, technical assistance, dissemination,
personnel costs, and any other costs involved in administering the
State's per-pupil facilities aid program.

6\. [Other Submission Requirements]{.underline}: Instructions and
requirements for the transmittal of applications by mail or by hand
(including a courier service or commercial carrier) are in the
application package for this program.

Application Procedures: The Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA)
of 1998 (Pub. L. 105-277) and the Federal Financial Assistance
Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Pub. L. 106-107) encourage us to
undertake initiatives to improve our grant processes. Enhancing the
ability of individuals and entities to conduct business with us
electronically is a major part of our response to these Acts. Therefore,
we are taking steps to adopt the Internet as our chief means of
conducting transactions in order to improve services to our customers
and to simplify and expedite our business processes.

We are requiring that applications for grants under the State Charter
School Facilities Incentive Grants Program\--CFDA Number 84.282D be
submitted electronically using the Electronic Grant Application System
(e-Application) available through the Department's e-GRANTS system. The
e-GRANTS system is accessible through its portal page at:
http://e-grants.ed.gov

[Note]{.underline}: The e-Application for this program will be available
on March 12, 2004. Please be advised that applicants can begin work on
program narrative sections, using a word processing program such as MS
Word or WordPerfect, prior to the application availability date.
Applicants should be aware that, in e-Application, the program narrative
will be divided into sections with each selection criteria requiring a
separate file upload. All files should be saved in .DOC or .RTF format,
as the e-Application system only accepts those file types.

If you are unable to submit an application through the e-GRANTS system,
you may submit a written request for a waiver of the electronic
submission requirement. In your request, you should explain the reason
or reasons that prevent you from using the Internet to submit your
application. Address your request to: Jim Houser, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3C140, Washington, DC 20202.
Please submit your request no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date.

If, within two weeks of the application deadline date, you are unable to
submit an application electronically, you must submit a paper
application by the application deadline date in accordance with the
transmittal instructions in the application package. The paper
application must include a written request for a waiver documenting the
reasons that prevented you from using the Internet to submit your
application.

Pilot Project for Electronic Submission of Applications:

We are continuing to expand our pilot project for electronic submission
of applications to include additional formula grant programs and
additional discretionary grant competitions. The State Charter School
Facilities Incentive Grants Program\--CFDA Number 84.282D is one of the
programs included in the pilot project. If you are an applicant under
the State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants Program, you must
submit your application to us in electronic format or receive a waiver.

The pilot project involves the use of e-Application. If you use
e-Application, you will be entering data online while completing your
application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant
application to us. The data you enter online will be saved into a
database. We shall continue to evaluate the success of e-Application and
solicit suggestions for its improvement.

If you participate in e-Application, please note the following:

• When you enter the e-Application system, you will find information
about its hours of operation. We strongly recommend that you do not wait
until the application deadline date to initiate an e-Application
package.

• You will not receive additional point value because you submit a grant
application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you if you submit
an application in paper format.

• You must submit all documents electronically, including the
Application for Federal Education Assistance (ED 424); program-specific
tables, and all necessary assurances and certifications.

• Your e-Application must comply with any page limit requirements
described in this notice.

• After you electronically submit your application, you will receive an
automatic acknowledgement, which will include a PR/Award number (an
identifying number unique to your application).

• Within three working days after submitting your electronic
application, fax a signed copy of the Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 424) to the Application Control Center after following
these steps:

1\. Print ED 424 from e-Application.

2\. The institution's Authorizing Representative must sign this form.

3\. Place the PR/Award number in the upper right hand corner of the hard
copy signature page of the ED 424.

4\. Fax the signed ED 424 to the Application Control Center at (202)
260-1349.

• We may request that you give us original signatures on other forms at
a later date.

Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of System Unavailability: If
you are prevented from submitting your application on the application
deadline date because the e-Application system is unavailable, we will
grant you an extension of one business day in order to transmit your
application electronically, by mail, or by hand delivery. We will grant
this extension if\--

1\. You are a registered user of e-Application and you have initiated an
e-Application for this competition; and

2\. (a) The e-Application system is unavailable for 60 minutes or more
between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the application deadline date; or

\(b\) The e-Application system is unavailable for any period of time
during the last hour of operation (that is, for any period of time
between 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time) on the application
deadline date.

We must acknowledge and confirm these periods of unavailability before
granting you an extension. To request this extension or to confirm our
acknowledgement of any system unavailability, you may contact either (1)
the persons listed elsewhere in this notice under [For Further
Information Contact]{.underline} (see VII. Agency Contacts) or (2) the
e-GRANTS help desk at 1-888-336-8930.

You may access the electronic grant application for the State Charter
School Facilities Incentive Grants Program at: http://e-grants.ed.gov

V. Application Review Information

[Selection Criteria]{.underline}: The selection criteria for this
program are as follows:

\(a\) [Adequacy of facility funding]{.underline} (35 points).

\(i\) The extent to which the proposal provides adequate funding for
charter school facilities on a per-pupil basis.

\(ii\) The extent to which there is adequate funding, including funds
other than per-pupil facilities aid, for charter schools to meet their
facility needs.

\(b\) [Quality of plan]{.underline} (35 points).

\(i\) The likelihood that the proposed grant project will result in the
State either retaining a new per-pupil facilities aid program or
continuing to enhance such a program without the total amount of
assistance (State and Federal) declining over a five-year period.

\(ii\) The flexibility charter schools have in their use of facility
funds for the various authorized purposes.

\(iii\) The quality of the plan for identifying charter schools and
determining their eligibility to receive funds.

\(iv\) The formula's ability to target resources to charter schools with
the greatest need and the highest proportions of students in poverty.

\(v\) For projects that plan to reserve funds for evaluation, the
quality of the applicant's plan to use grant funds for this purpose.

\(vi\) For projects that plan to reserve funds for technical assistance,
dissemination, or personnel, the quality of the applicant's plan to use
grant funds for these purposes.

\(c\) [The grant project team]{.underline} (15 points).

\(i\) The qualifications, including relevant training and experience, of
the project manager and other members of the grant project team,
including employees not paid with grant funds, consultants, and
subcontractors.

\(ii\) The adequacy and appropriateness of the applicant's staffing plan
for the grant project.

\(d\) [The budget]{.underline} (15 points).

\(i\) The extent to which the requested grant amount and the project
costs are reasonable in relation to the objectives, design, and
potential significance of the proposed grant project.

\(ii\) The extent to which the costs are reasonable in relation to the
number of students served and to the anticipated results and benefits.

\(iii\) The extent to which the Federal share of the costs of the
project (which may not exceed the percentages allowed under section
5205(b)(2)(C) of the ESEA) falls below the maximums allowed,
particularly in the initial years of the program.

\(iv\) The need for per-pupil charter school facility funding in the
State.

VI\. [Award Administration Information]{.underline}

1\. [Award Notices]{.underline}: 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 also notify you informally.

If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding, we
notify you.

2\. [Administrative and National Policy Requirements]{.underline}: We
identify administrative and national policy requirements in the
application package and reference these and other requirements in the
[Applicable Regulations]{.underline} section of this notice.

We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of the
award in the [Applicable Regulations]{.underline} section of this notice
and include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.

3\. [Reporting]{.underline}: 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.

4\. [Performance Measures]{.underline}: The performance measure for this
program is growth in the number of States with per-pupil facilities aid
programs for charter schools. The Department may develop additional
measures at a later date that may require data collection from grantees.

VII\. Agency Contacts

[For Further Information Contact]{.underline}: Valarie Perkins or Jim
Houser, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room
3C140, Washington, DC 20202-6140. Telephone: (202) 260-1924 or by
e-mail: charter.facilities@ed.gov

If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.

Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact persons listed in this section.

VIII\. Other Information

[Electronic Access to This Document]{.underline}: You may view this
document, as well as all other documents of this Department published in
the [Federal Register]{.underline}, in text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the following site:
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]{.underline}: The official version of this document is the
document published in the [Federal Register]{.underline}. Free Internet
access to the official edition of the [Federal Register]{.underline} and
the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO access at:
www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html

Dated:

> \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
>
> Nina Shokraii Rees,
>
> [Deputy Under Secretary for Innovation and Improvement]{.underline}.

**SECTION**

**B**

**PROGRAM**

**STATUTE**

**[Program Statute]{.smallcaps}**

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| **Subpart 1 ---Charter School Programs**                              |
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| > Section 5205 (b) PER-PUPIL FACILITIES AID PROGRAMS-                 |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(1\) DEFINITION OF PER-PUPIL FACILITIES AID PROGRAM- In this       |
| > subsection, the term per-pupil facilities aid program\' means a     |
| > program in which a State makes payments, on a per-pupil basis, to   |
| > charter schools to provide the schools with financing ---           |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(A\) that is dedicated solely for funding charter school           |
| > facilities; or                                                      |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(B\) a portion of which is dedicated for funding charter school    |
| > facilities.                                                         |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(2\) GRANTS-                                                       |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(A\) IN GENERAL- From the amount made available to carry out this  |
| > subsection under paragraphs (2) and (3)(B) of section 5211(b) for   |
| > any fiscal year, the Secretary shall make grants, on a competitive  |
| > basis, to States to pay for the Federal share of the cost of        |
| > establishing or enhancing, and administering per-pupil facilities   |
| > aid programs.                                                       |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(B\) PERIOD- The Secretary shall award grants under this           |
| > subsection for periods of not more than 5 years.                    |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(C\) FEDERAL SHARE- The Federal share of the cost described in     |
| > subparagraph (A) for a per-pupil facilities aid program shall be    |
| > not more than ---                                                   |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(i\) 90 percent of the cost, for the first fiscal year for which   |
| > the program receives assistance under this subsection;              |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(ii\) 80 percent in the second such year;                          |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(iii\) 60 percent in the third such year;                          |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(iv\) 40 percent in the fourth such year; and                      |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(v\) 20 percent in the fifth such year.                            |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(3\) USE OF FUNDS-                                                 |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(A\) IN GENERAL- A State that receives a grant under this          |
| > subsection shall use the funds made available through the grant to  |
| > establish or enhance, and administer, a per-pupil facilities aid    |
| > program for charter schools in the State.                           |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(B\) EVALUATIONS; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; DISSEMINATION- From the    |
| > amount made available to a State through a grant under this         |
| > subsection for a fiscal year, the State may reserve not more than 5 |
| > percent to carry out evaluations, to provide technical assistance,  |
| > and to disseminate information.                                     |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(C\) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT- Funds made available under this     |
| > subsection shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, State and |
| > local public funds expended to provide per pupil facilities aid     |
| > programs, operations financing programs, or other programs, for     |
| > charter schools.                                                    |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(4\) REQUIREMENTS-                                                 |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(A\) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION- No State may be required to          |
| > participate in a program carried out under this subsection.         |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(B\) STATE LAW- To be eligible to receive a grant under this       |
| > subsection, a State shall establish or enhance, and administer, a   |
| > per-pupil facilities aid program for charter schools in the State,  |
| > that ---                                                            |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(i\) is specified in State law; and                                |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(ii\) provides annual financing, on a per-pupil basis, for charter |
| > school facilities.                                                  |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(5\) APPLICATIONS- To be eligible to receive a grant under this    |
| > subsection, a State shall submit an application to the Secretary at |
| > such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the   |
| > Secretary may require.                                              |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(6\) PRIORITIES- In making grants under this subsection, the       |
| > Secretary shall give priority to States that meet the criteria      |
| > described in paragraph (2), and subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of  |
| > paragraph (3), of section 5202(e).                                  |
| >                                                                     |
| > \(c\) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION- Nothing in this section shall be        |
| > construed to require charter schools to collect any data described  |
| > in subsection (a).                                                  |
|                                                                       |
| Subsection cross-referenced under Section 5205(B)(6)                  |
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Section 5202 (e) PRIORITY TREATMENT-

> \(1\) IN GENERAL- In awarding grants under this subpart for fiscal
> year 2002 or any succeeding fiscal year from any funds appropriated
> under section 5211 (other than funds reserved to carry out section
> 5205(b)), the Secretary shall give priority to States to the extent
> that the States meet the criteria described in paragraph (2) and one
> or more of the criteria described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of
> paragraph (3).
>
> \(2\) REVIEW AND EVALUATION PRIORITY CRITERIA- The criteria referred
> to in paragraph (1) are that the State provides for periodic review
> and evaluation by the authorized public chartering agency of each
> charter school, at least once every 5 years unless required more
> frequently by State law, to determine whether the charter school is
> meeting the terms of the school\'s charter, and is meeting or
> exceeding the student academic achievement requirements and goals for
> charter schools as set forth under State law or the school\'s charter.
>
> \(3\) PRIORITY CRITERIA- The criteria referred to in paragraph (1) are
> the following:
>
> \(A\) The State has demonstrated progress, in increasing the number of
> high-quality charter schools that are held accountable in the terms of
> the schools\' charters for meeting clear and measurable objectives for
> the educational progress of the students attending the schools, in the
> period prior to the period for which a State educational agency or
> eligible applicant applies for a grant under this subpart.
>
> \(B\) The State ---
>
> \(i\) provides for one authorized public chartering agency that is not
> a local educational agency, such as a State chartering board, for each
> individual or entity seeking to operate a charter school pursuant to
> such State law; or
>
> \(ii\) in the case of a State in which local educational agencies are
> the only authorized public chartering agencies, allows for an appeals
> process for the denial of an application for a charter school.
>
> \(C\) The State ensures that each charter school has a high degree of
> autonomy over the charter school\'s budgets and expenditures.

**SECTION**

C

APPLICATION CONTENTS

**[Application Checklist]{.smallcaps}**

As discussed on the following pages, a complete application must include
all of the documents listed below.

\[ \] Cover page (SF 424)

\[ \] Program narrative, including responses to the selection criteria

\[ \] Enabling Statutes and Other Relevant Legislation

\[ \] Table 1- Charter School Aid Paid by State

\[ \] Table 2- Budget Form

\[ \] Table 3- Grant Funds as a Percentage of the Cost of Per-Pupil
Facilities Aid

\[ \] Assurances and Certifications

\[ \] Program-specific assurance

\[ \] Assurances──Non-Construction Programs

> \[ \] Certifications Regarding Lobbying; Debarment; Suspension, and
>
> Other Responsibility Matters; Drug-Free Workplace Requirements

\[ \] Disclosure of Lobbying Activity

\[ \] Response to Section 427 of GEPA Guidance

Did You \--

\[ \] Provide one (1) original plus three (3) copies of the application
(for a total of **4** copies)?

\[ \] Include all required forms with original signatures and dates?

\[ \] Submit a copy of the application to the State Single Point of
Contact (if applicable)?

\[ \] Include **"Attention: CFDA 84.282D"** on the cover and envelope
containing your application package?

Forms that Must be Downloaded

You will need to download the following [required Federal
forms]{.underline}. The first four forms are available at
<http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html>.

-   **ED 424 Form** - Application Form for Federal Education Assistance

-   **ED 80-0013 Form** - Certifications Regarding Lobbying; Debarment,
    Suspension and Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Workplace
    Requirements

-   **ED 80-0014 Form** - Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension,
    Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion \-- Lower Tier Covered
    Transactions

-   **SF LLL Form** - Disclosure of Lobbying Activities

An additional required form is available at:
<http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/sf424d.pdf>.

-   **SF 424D** - Construction assurances

**[General Instructions]{.smallcaps}**

To compete for an award under this program, your completed application
must include the following five parts:

**Part I:** **Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424)**

This part of your application consists of the standard application face
page on which you provide basic identifying information about the
applicant and the application. Specific instructions for completing this
form are located on the back of the form.

**Additional clarifications for completing this form:**

-   All applicants should answer "no" to question \# 6.

    **Part II:** **Program Narrative Addressing the Project Selection
    Criteria and the Application Content Requirements**

This part of your application contains information responsive to the
Project Selection Criteria and the Application Content Requirements.
Make sure that your narrative addresses all of the elements. *We
strongly recommend that the information be organized around and appear
in the same sequence as the Project Selection Criteria.*

**Please also include the following applicable tables:**

-   Table 1- Charter School Aid Paid by State

-   Table 2- Budget Form

-   Table 3- Grant Funds as a Percentage of the Cost of Per-Pupil
    Facilities Aid

    Part III: Enabling statutes and other relevant legislation

    This part of you application includes the bill or enacted statute
    (please specify which one it is) that authorizes per-pupil
    facilities aid for charter schools. In the event it is a bill,
    please indicate which hurdles it has passed towards enactment (e.g.,
    passage by a specified legislative body) and which hurdles remain
    (e.g., passage by a specified legislative body and signature of a
    governor).

    In addition, provide any available statutes regarding the
    appropriation level for per-pupil facilities aid for charter schools
    since authorized activities are not always funded. In the event that
    funding has not already been enacted, please indicate which hurdles
    it has passed towards enactment and which hurdles remain.

    Part IV: Assurances and Certifications

Be certain to include all assurances and certifications, and sign each
form in the appropriate place. These include:

-   Program-specific assurance

-   Assurances── Construction Programs

-   Certifications Regarding Lobbying; Debarment; Suspension, and other
    Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements

-   Disclosure of Lobbying Activity

Part V: Response to Section 427 of GEPA Guidance

This part of the application includes a narrative that responds to the
Section 427 of GEPA notice that is included in the application package.

**[Priorities and]{.smallcaps}** **[Project Selection
Criteria]{.smallcaps}**

**The Challenge: Helping Charter Schools and Promoting School Choice**

Charter schools have difficulty obtaining adequate facilities for
various reasons. One major obstacle is that charter schools that are
freestanding local educational agencies (LEAs) generally lack the
authority to raise property taxes. This inability to raise taxes,
combined with the inherent risk that charter schools need to renew their
charters to remain open, makes it difficult for investors to risk
financing the purchase of school facilities. A 2003 General Accounting
Office (GAO) publication, *Charter Schools: New Charter Schools Across
the Country and in the District of Columbia Face Similar Start-Up
Challenges*, details their difficulties obtaining facilities. This study
indicates that because financing a facility is difficult for charter
schools, many of them rely on their per-pupil operating allocations to
pay for their facility costs. These allocations are generally designed
to be large enough to just cover operating expenses, not capital
expanses such as facilities. GAO notes that of the 40 States, District
of Columbia and Puerto Rico that all have charter schools, only 6 offer
per-pupil facilities aid. Perhaps as a result, over half of the nation's
charter schools are in these six States.

The State Charter School Facilities Incentive Grants program is intended
to encourage States to develop per-pupil facilities aid programs and
share in the costs associated with charter schools facilities funding.

Charter schools serve as a key to providing meaningful public school
choice. In addition, the number of charter schools that grantees will be
able to serve with these funds is limited. Consequently, proposals that
focus funds on areas that need school choice the most will score higher
than other proposals.

The Secretary will select for funding under the State Charter School
Facilities Incentive Grants program those applications that are deemed
of highest overall quality. Experts in charter schools and education
finance will review the applications and assign to each application up
to 120 points using the Project Selection Criteria and corresponding
weights described in this section and the Competitive Priorities. Each
criterion includes factors the reviewers will consider in determining
how well an application meets the criterion.

Reviewers will use their own professional judgment to assess the quality
of each application against these criteria. To be competitive,
applicants must address each of the selection criteria fully and
clearly. We recommend that applicants organize their application
narrative around the Competitive Priority and the Project Selection
Criteria.

The Invitational Priority is for applicants that propose a grant project
that increases the capacity of charter schools to offer school choice in
those communities with the greatest need for public school choice.

***The Invitational Priority related to the applicant increasing the
capacity of charter schools to offer school choice in those communities
with the greatest need for public school choice (no points):***

> This criterion focuses on the likelihood that the proposed project
> will increase the capacity of charter schools to provide public school
> choice in those geographic areas where school choice is needed most.
> Part of this need to provide public school choice is related to Title
> I of the Elementary and Secondary Act as amended by the No Child Left
> Behind (NCLB) Act. Under NCLB, school districts are required to
> provide public school choice to students in schools that have either
> (1) failed to make adequate yearly progress for two years, or (2) are
> considered to be persistently dangerous. Although NCLB became law in
> January 8, 2002, school districts are already indicating that they are
> having difficulty finding sufficient space in schools so that students
> can transfer to quality schools that provide a safe learning
> environment.
>
> Factors that will be considered in assessing the applicant's proposal
> to address school facility capacity issues related to increasing the
> capacity of charter schools to provide public school choice in those
> communities with the greatest need for such choice, including:

-   The extent to which the applicant would target services to
    geographic areas in which a large proportion or number of public
    schools have been identified for improvement, corrective action, or
    restructuring under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary
    Education Act as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act;

-   The extent to which the applicant would target services to
    geographic areas in which a large proportion of students perform
    poorly on State academic assessments; and

-   The extent to which the applicant would target services to
    communities with large proportions of low-income students.

***The competitive priority is for grant applicants with relatively
strong charter school programs.*** (20 points)

A State educational agency (SEA) that does not meet any one of the four
statutory criteria will not receive any priority points. In order to
receive preference, an applicant must identify the statutory criteria
that it meets and provide documentation supporting its claims.

Factors that will be considered in assessing the competitive priority
are:

-   [Periodic Review and Evaluation]{.underline} (5 points, ESEA
    paragraph 5202(e)(2)). The State provides for periodic review and
    evaluation by the authorized public chartering agency of each
    charter school at least once every 5 years unless required more
    frequently by State law, to determine whether the charter school is
    meeting the terms of the school's charter, and is meeting or
    exceeding the student's academic performance requirements and goals
    for charter schools as provided under State law or the school's
    charter.

-   [Number of High-Quality Charter Schools]{.underline} (5 points, ESEA
    subparagraph 5202(e)(3)(A)). The State has demonstrated progress in
    increasing the number of high-quality charter schools that are held
    accountable in the terms of the schools' charters for meeting clear
    and measurable objectives for the educational progress of the
    students attending the schools, in the period prior to the period
    for which an SEA or eligible applicant applies for a grant under
    this competition.

-   [One Authorized Public Chartering Agency Other than an LEA, or an
    Appeals Process]{.underline} (5 points, ESEA subparagraph
    5202(e)(3)(B)). The State \--

> \(1\) Provides for one authorized public chartering agency that is not
> an local educational agency (LEA), such as a State chartering board,
> for each individual or entity seeking to operate a charter school
> pursuant to State law; or
>
> \(2\) In the case of a State in which LEAs are the only authorized
> public chartering agencies, allows for an appeals process for the
> denial of an application for a charter school.

-   [High Degree of Autonomy]{.underline} (5 points, ESEA subparagraph
    5202(e)(3)(C)). The State ensures that each charter school has a
    high degree of autonomy over the charter school's budgets and
    expenditures.

**A. The selection criteria related to the applicant's capacity to carry
out the proposed grant project include:**

1\) Adequacy of facility funding (35 points)

> This criterion rewards applicants that provide sufficient funds to
> meet the facility needs of charter schools in the State. The second of
> the two factors under this criterion is broader than the first. For
> instance, it takes into account the participation of charter schools
> in State bonding programs and State efforts to enhance the credit of
> charter schools through guaranteeing debt for facilities. The
> materials that reviewers will take into account when rating against
> this selection criterion include:

-   Enabling statutes and other relevant legislation, such as
    appropriation legislation or tables.

-   State budget proposals and tables.

-   A description of how charter schools' costs in total (operating,
    capital, and interest costs) are financed in the State and the level
    of that funding.

-   A description of how public school facilities are financed within
    the State with a focus on a comparison between how facilities are
    financed for charter schools and regular public schools.

-   A description of what represents an adequate amount of facilities
    funding for charter schools in the State.

Factors that will be considered in assessing the adequacy of facility
funding include:

-   The extent to which the proposal provides adequate funding for
    charter school facilities on a per-pupil basis.

-   The extent to which there is adequate funding, including funds other
    than per-pupil facilities aid, for charter schools to meet their
    facility needs.

2\) Quality of plan (35 points)

> This criterion focuses on the quality of the State's plan for
> delivering per-pupil facilities aid to charter schools.
>
> The materials that reviewers will take into account when rating
> against this selection criterion include:

-   Enabling statutes and other relevant legislation, such as
    appropriation legislation or tables.

-   Table 1 -- Per-Pupil facilities Aid Paid by State.

-   Table 3 -- Grant Funds as a Percentage of the Cost of Per-Pupil
    Facilities Aid.

-   State budget proposals and tables.

-   A description of how charter schools' facility costs are financed in
    the State and the level of that funding, and how the distribution
    and level of funding would change under the plan.

-   A statement identifying the activities proposed to be undertaken
    with grant funds and the timeline for the activities, including the
    distribution of funds, and the procedures the applicant will use for
    documenting grant project procedures and results.

Factors that will be considered in assessing the quality of the plan
include:

-   The likelihood that the proposed grant project will result in the
    State either retaining a new per-pupil facilities aid program or
    continuing to enhance such a program without the total amount of
    assistance (State and Federal) declining over a five-year period;

-   The flexibility charter schools have in their use of facility funds
    for the various authorized purposes;

-   The quality of the plan for identifying charter schools and
    determining their eligibility to receive funds; and

-   The formula's ability to target resources to charter schools with
    the greatest need and the highest proportions of students in
    poverty.

-   For projects that plan to reserve funds for evaluation, the quality
    of the applicant's plan to use grant funds for this purpose.

-   For projects that plan to reserve funds for technical assistance,
    dissemination, or personnel, the quality of the applicant's plan to
    use grant funds for these purposes.

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3\) The grant project team (15 points).

> This criterion focuses on the relevant training and experience of key
> grant project personnel, consultants, and subcontractors. Successful
> applicants will plan to use the services of individuals with
> substantial experience and expertise in education finance, charter
> schools, and other appropriate areas.
>
> The materials that reviewers will take into account when rating
> against this selection criterion include:

-   A description of current job responsibilities, the educational
    background, and the experience and skills of each member of the
    grant project team as described in current resumes. The resumes
    should pay particular attention to experience in the fields of
    education finance and charter schools. Position qualification
    statements should be provided for any staff, including through
    contracts, the applicant plans to hire for the project.

-   A staffing plan for the project, including a description of the
    assignments by activity or service.

> Factors used to assess the grant project team include:

-   The qualifications, including relevant training and experience, of
    the project manager and other members of the grant project team,
    including employees not paid with grant funds, consultants, and
    subcontractors; and

-   The adequacy and appropriateness of the applicant's staffing plan
    for the grant project.

4\) The budget (15 points)

> This criterion focuses on the reasonableness of the budget.
>
> The materials reviewers will take into account when rating against
> this selection criterion include:

-   Table 2 \-- Budget form

-   Table 3 \-- Grant Funds as a Percentage of the Cost of Per-Pupil
    Facilities Aid

-   State budget proposals and tables.

-   A description of how charter schools' costs in total (operating,
    capital, and interest costs) are financed in the State and the level
    of that funding.

-   A description of how public school facilities are financed within
    the State with focus on a comparison between how facilities are
    financed for charter schools and regular public schools.

-   A description of the unmet need for charter school facility funding
    absent the assistance that would be provided under the proposal.

> Factors used to assess the budget include:

-   The extent to which the requested grant amount and the project costs
    are reasonable in relation to the objectives, design, and potential
    significance of the proposed grant project;

-   The extent to which the costs are reasonable in relation to the
    number of students served and to the anticipated results and
    benefits;

-   The extent to which the Federal share of the costs of the project
    (which may not exceed the percentages allowed under section
    5205(b)(2)(C) of the ESEA) falls below the maximums allowed,
    particularly in the initial years of the program; and

-   The need for per-pupil charter school facility funding in the State.

Table 1 -- Charter School Aid Paid by State

  ------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
  **Source**          **Fiscal   **Fiscal   **Fiscal   **Fiscal    **Fiscal   **Fiscal   **Fiscal   **Fiscal   **Fiscal
                      year       year       year       year        year       year       year       year       year
                      2001**     2002**     2003**     2004^1^**   2005**     2006**     2007**     2008**     2009**

  1\. Per-pupil                                                                                                
  funding for charter                                                                                          
  school facilities                                                                                            
  ^2^                                                                                                          

  2\. Other funding                                                                                            
  for charter schools                                                                                          
  ^3^                                                                                                          

  Total                                                                                                        
  ------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------

^1^ The State's fiscal year 2004 begins on \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and
ends on \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. If the State has not yet made a decision
about the level of funding for these activities in Fiscal Year 2004,
please indicate the status of funding for Fiscal Year 2004 in the State
for these activities. The purpose of this table is to determine total
amount of per-pupil facilities aid and assistance in general for charter
schools.

^2^ This funding includes funds that are distributed on a per-pupil
basis that are (1) dedicated solely for funding charter school
facilities and (2) the portion of funds that are dedicated for charter
school facilities that are part of a distribution of funds that may be
used for other purposes, such as operating expenses for charter schools
or facility funds for regular public schools.

^3^ These funds include operating funds for charter schools, per-pupil
allocations to charter schools that are not designated solely for
facilities, facilities funds that are not awarded to charter schools on
a per-pupil basis.

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## **Table 2 -Budget Form: Grant Funds Expenditures** {#table-2--budget-form-grant-funds-expenditures .unnumbered}

  ----------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
  **Budget          **Project   **Project   **Project   **Project   **Project   **Total**
  categories**      year 1**    year 2**    year 3**    year 4**    year 5**    

  A. Administrative                                                             
  funds (5%)                                                                    

  A.1. Indirect                                                                 
  costs                                                                         

  A.2. Evaluation                                                               

  A.3. Technical                                                                
  assistance                                                                    

  A.4.                                                                          
  Dissemination                                                                 

  A.5. Personnel                                                                
  costs not                                                                     
  associated with                                                               
  evaluation,                                                                   
  technical                                                                     
  assistance, or                                                                
  dissemination                                                                 

  A. Total                                                                      
  administrative                                                                
  costs                                                                         

  B. Per-pupil                                                                  
  facilities aid                                                                
  for charter                                                                   
  schools                                                                       

  Per-pupil funding                                                             
  for charter                                                                   
  school facilities                                                             

  C. Grand total --                                                             
  Federal grant                                                                 
  request                                                                       
  ----------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

[Instructions for Table 2 \-- Budget Form: Grant Funds
Expenditures]{.underline}

[A. Administrative funds:]{.underline}

> [A.1. Indirect costs:]{.underline} Many organizations have indirect
> cost rates established with the U.S. Department of Education which
> allow those organizations to spend a portion of their grant funds on a
> share of the total organization costs such as rent and utilities. For
> this grant you may choose to claim indirect costs, but the total
> amount may not exceed five percent. Also, if you choose to claim
> indirect costs, the sum of your indirect costs and your other
> administrative costs combined may not exceed five percent.

[A. Total administrative costs:]{.underline} The total for this line
should include the sum of lines A.1. through A.5. This line cannot
exceed five percent of the requested amount for the entire project
period.

[B. Per-pupil facilities aid for charter schools]{.underline}

This funding includes funds that are distributed on a per-pupil basis
that are (1) dedicated solely for funding charter school facilities and
(2) the portion of funds that are *dedicated for charter school
facilities* that are part of a distribution of funds that may be used
for other purposes, such as operating expenses for charter schools or
facility funds for regular public schools.

[C. Grand Total]{.underline}

The amount in the total column for this row should be the same as the
request on Form ED 424.

## **Table 3 - Grant Funds as a Percentage of the Cost of Per-Pupil Facilities Aid** {#table-3---grant-funds-as-a-percentage-of-the-cost-of-per-pupil-facilities-aid .unnumbered}

##  {#section-1 .unnumbered}

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##  {#section-27 .unnumbered}

##  {#section-28 .unnumbered}

##  {#section-29 .unnumbered}

##  {#section-30 .unnumbered}

##  {#section-31 .unnumbered}

##  {#section-32 .unnumbered}

##  **\*Project Year 1 is the same as State fiscal year 2004 unless the applicant [explicitly]{.underline} notes and explains which project year maps to which State fiscal year.** {#project-year-1-is-the-same-as-state-fiscal-year-2004-unless-the-applicant-explicitly-notes-and-explains-which-project-year-maps-to-which-state-fiscal-year. .unnumbered}

##  {#section-33 .unnumbered}

## Program-Specific Assurance {#program-specific-assurance .unnumbered}

######### 

######### 

######### 

######### 

######### I assure that my State intends to provide (either alone or with the assistance of other parties, such as foundations) annual funding, on a per-pupil basis, for charter school facilities. Furthermore, I am aware that the Federal share declines in accordance with the table below:

Matching Requirement for State charter school facilities incentive
grants program, by Grant Project Year

######### 

#########  Non-Federal share Federal share 

#########  (maximum)

######### 

######### Year 1 10% 90%

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######### Year 2 20% 80%

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######### Year 3 40% 60%

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######### Year 4 60% 40%

######### 

######### Year 5 80% 20%

######### 

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######### \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Signature Title

**[Guidance On Section 427 Of The General Education Provision
Act]{.smallcaps}**

> **Notice To All Applicants**

The purpose of this enclosure is to inform you about a provision in the
Department of Education\'s General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) --
Section 427 \-- that applies to applicants for new grant awards under
Department programs.

***To whom does this provision apply?***

Section 427 of GEPA affects applicants for new grant awards under this
program. All applicants for new awards must include information in their
applications to address this provision in order to receive funding under
this program.

***What does this provision require?***

Section 427 requires each applicant for funds (other than an individual
person) to include in its application a description of the steps the
applicant proposes to take to ensure equitable access to, and
participation in its Federally-assisted program for students, teachers,
and other program beneficiaries with special needs.

This provision allows applicants discretion in developing the required
description. The statute highlights six types of barriers that can
impede equitable access or participation: gender, race, national origin,
color, disability, or age. Based on local circumstances, you should
determine whether these or other barriers may prevent your students,
teachers, etc. from such access or participation in, the
Federally-funded project or activity. The description in your
application of steps to be taken to overcome these barriers need not be
lengthy; you may provide a clear and succinct description of how you
plan to address those barriers that are applicable to your
circumstances. In addition, the information may be provided in a single
narrative, or, if appropriate, may be discussed in connection with
related topics in the application.

Section 427 is not intended to duplicate the requirements of civil
rights statutes, but rather to ensure that, in designing their projects,
applicants for Federal funds address equity concerns that may affect the
ability of certain potential beneficiaries to fully participate in the
project and to achieve to high standards. Consistent with program
requirements and its approved application, an applicant may use the
Federal funds awarded to it to eliminate barriers it identifies.

***What are examples of how an applicant might satisfy the requirement
of this provision?***

The following examples may help illustrate how an applicant may comply
with Section 427.

\(1\) An applicant that proposes to carry out an adult literacy project
serving, among others, adults with limited English proficiency, might
describe in its application how it intends to distribute a brochure
about the proposed project to such potential participants in their
native language.

\(2\) An applicant that proposes to develop instructional materials for
classroom use might describe how it will make the materials available on
audio tape or in Braille for students who are blind.

\(3\) An applicant that proposes to carry out a model science program
for secondary students and is concerned that girls may be less likely
than boys to enroll in the course, might indicate how it intends to
conduct \"outreach\" efforts to girls, to encourage their enrollment.

We recognize that many applicants may already be implementing effective
steps to ensure equity of access and participation in their grant
programs, and we appreciate your cooperation in responding to the
requirements of this provision.

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| **Estimated Burden Statement for GEPA Requirements**                  |
|                                                                       |
| The time required to complete this information collection is          |
| estimated to vary from 1 to 3 hours per response, with an average of  |
| 1.5 hours, including the time to review instructions, search existing |
| data resources, gather and maintain the data needed, and complete and |
| review the information collection.                                    |
|                                                                       |
| If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time          |
| estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to:  |
| U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC 20202-4651.              |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

**OMB Control No. 1890-0007 (Exp. 9/30/04)**

**SECTION**

**D**

**ESTIMATED PUBLIC**

**REPORTING BURDEN**

[ESTIMATED PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN]{.smallcaps}

# Paperwork Burden Statement

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are
required to respond to a collection of information unless such
collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control
number for this information collection is 1855-0012. The time required
to complete this information collection is estimated to average 40 hours
per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing
data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the
information collection. **If you have any comments concerning the
accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form,
please write to:** U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
20202-4651. **If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of
your individual submission of this form, write directly to:** State
charter school facilities incentive grants program, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 3C140, Washington D.C.
20202-6140.

**SECTION**

**E**

**OTHER**

**IMPORTANT**

**INFORMATION**

**AND NOTICES**

[Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs]{.smallcaps}

This appendix applies to each program that is subject to the
requirements of Executive Order 12372 (Intergovernmental Review of
Federal Programs) and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.

The objective of the Executive order is to foster an intergovernmental
partnership and to strengthen federalism by relying on State and local
processes for State and local government coordination and review of
proposed Federal financial assistance.

Applicants must contact the appropriate State Single Point of Contact to
find out about, and to comply with, the State\'s process under Executive
Order 12372. Applicants proposing to perform activities in more than one
State should immediately contact the Single Point of Contact for each of
those States and follow the procedure established in each of those
States under the Executive order. A listing containing the Single Point
of Contact for each State is included in this appendix.

In States that have not established a process or chosen a program for
review, State, areawide, regional, and local entities may submit
comments directly to the Department.

Any State Process Recommendation and other comments submitted by a State
Single Point of Contact and any comments from State, areawide, regional,
and local entities must be mailed or hand-delivered by the date
indicated in the actual application notice to the following address: The
Secretary, EO 12372\--CFDA# \[commenter must insert number\--including
suffix letter, if any\], U.S. Department of Education, room
[7W301]{.underline}, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202.

Proof of mailing will be determined on the same basis as applications
(see 34 CFR 75.102). Recommendations or comments may be hand-delivered
until 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on the date indicated in the
actual application notice.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ABOVE ADDRESS IS NOT THE SAME ADDRESS AS THE ONE TO
WHICH THE APPLICANT SUBMITS ITS COMPLETED APPLICATION. [DO NOT SEND
APPLICATIONS TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS]{.underline}.

The list below, prepared by the U.S. Department of Education is an
unofficial version of the State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) List
published by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Department
has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information
contained in this unofficial version. It reflects those changes made by
OMB as of 08/15/01. The only official and up to date version of the
State Single Point of Contact (SPOC) List is posted on the Grants
Management section of the OMB web site:
<http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html>. You may review and/or
download the Adobe pdf (portable document format) version of this
document at the aforementioned site. Please include this statement in
any reproduction of this unofficial list.

You are strongly encouraged to access the Intergovernmental Review (SPOC
List) link to the Grants Management Information section of the OMB web
page regularly in the course of completing grant applications to be
submitted to your designated State Single Point of Contact (SPOC). If
you do not have access to the Internet, please use the list below to
contact the office or individual listed in order to confirm the State
Single Point of Contact (SPOC).

STATE SINGLE POINTS OF CONTACT (SPOCs)

It is estimated that in 2001, the Federal Government will outlay \$305.6
billion in grants to State and local governments. Executive Order 12372,
"Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs," was issued with the
desire to foster the intergovernmental partnership and strengthen
federalism by relying on State and local processes for the coordination
and review of proposed Federal financial assistance and direct Federal
development. The Order allows each State to designate an entity to
perform this function. Below is the official list of those entities. For
those States that have a home page for their designated entity, a direct
link has been provided on the official version
<http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html>**.**

States that are not listed on this page have chosen not to participate
in the intergovernmental review process, and therefore do not have a
SPOC. If you are located within one of these States, you may still send
application material directly to a Federal awarding agency.

Contact information for Federal agencies that award grants can be found
in [Appendix IV of the Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance]{.underline}.
\[http://www.cfda.gov/public/cat-app4-index.htm\]

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| # ARKANSAS                        | **CALIFORNIA**                    |
|                                   |                                   |
| #                                 | Grants Coordination               |
|                                   |                                   |
| Tracy L. Copeland                 | State Clearinghouse               |
|                                   |                                   |
| Manager, State Clearinghouse      | Office of Planning and Research   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Office of Intergovernmental       | P.O. Box 3044, Room 222           |
| Services                          |                                   |
|                                   | Sacramento, California 95812-3044 |
| Department of Finance and         |                                   |
| Administration                    | Telephone: (916) 445-0613         |
|                                   |                                   |
| 1515 W. 7^th^ Street, Room 412    | FAX: (916) 323-3018               |
|                                   |                                   |
| Little Rock, Arkansas 72203       | [stat                             |
|                                   | e.clearinghouse@opr.ca.gov](mailt |
| Telephone: (501) 682-1074         | o:State.clearinghouse@opr.ca.gov) |
|                                   |                                   |
| FAX: (501) 682-5206               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [tlcopeland@dfa.state.ar.us](m    |                                   |
| ailto:Tlcopeland@dfa.state.ar.us) |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **DELAWARE**                      | # DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA            |
|                                   |                                   |
| Charles H. Hopkins                | Luisa Montero-Diaz                |
|                                   |                                   |
| Executive Department              | Office of Partnerships and Grants |
|                                   | Development                       |
| Office of the Budget              |                                   |
|                                   | Executive Office of the Mayor     |
| 540 S. Dupont Highway , 3^rd^     |                                   |
| Floor                             | District of Columbia Government   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Dover, Delaware 19901             | 414 4^th^ Street, NW, Suite 530   |
|                                   | South                             |
| Telephone: (302) 739-3323         |                                   |
|                                   | Washington, DC 20001              |
| FAX: (302) 739-5661               |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (202) 727-8900         |
| [chopkins@state.de                |                                   |
| .us](mailto:Chopkins@state.de.us) | FAX: (202) 727-1652               |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | [opgd.eom@dc                      |
|                                   | .gov](mailto:Ogmd-ogmd@dcgov.org) |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **FLORIDA**                       | **GEORGIA**                       |
|                                   |                                   |
| Jasmin Raffington                 | Georgia State Clearinghouse       |
|                                   |                                   |
| Florida State Clearinghouse       | 270 Washington Street, SW         |
|                                   |                                   |
| Department of Community Affairs   | Atlanta, Georgia 30334            |
|                                   |                                   |
| 2555 Shumard Oak Blvd.            | Telephone: (404) 656-3855         |
|                                   |                                   |
| Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100   | FAX: (404) 656-7901               |
|                                   |                                   |
| Telephone: (850) 922-5438         | [gach@mail.opb.state.ga.us](      |
|                                   | mailto:Gach@mail.opb.state.ga.us) |
| FAX: (850) 414-0479               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [cle                              |                                   |
| aringhouse@dca.state.fl.us](mailt |                                   |
| o:Cherie.trainor@dca.state.fl.us) |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **ILLINOIS**                      | **IOWA**                          |
|                                   |                                   |
| Virginia Bova                     | Steven R. McCann                  |
|                                   |                                   |
| Department of Commerce and        | Division of Community and Rural   |
| Community Affairs                 | Development                       |
|                                   |                                   |
| James R. Thompson Center          | Iowa Department of Economic       |
|                                   | Development                       |
| 100 West Randolph, Suite 3-400    |                                   |
|                                   | 200 East Grand Avenue             |
| Chicago, Illinois 60601           |                                   |
|                                   | Des Moines, Iowa 50309            |
| Telephone: (312) 814-6028         |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (515) 242-4719         |
| FAX: (312) 814-8485               |                                   |
|                                   | FAX: (515) 242-4809               |
| <vbova@commerce.state.il.us>      |                                   |
|                                   | [st                               |
|                                   | eve.mccann@ided.state.ia.us](mail |
|                                   | to:Steve.mccann@ided.state.ia.us) |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **KENTUCKY**                      | # MAINE                           |
|                                   |                                   |
| Ron Cook                          | Joyce Benson                      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Department for Local Government   | State Planning Office             |
|                                   |                                   |
| 1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite  | 184 State Street                  |
| 340                               |                                   |
|                                   | 38 State House Station            |
| Frankfort, Kentucky 40601         |                                   |
|                                   | Augusta, Maine 04333              |
| Telephone: (502) 573-2382         |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (207) 287-3261         |
| FAX: (502) 573-2512               |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (207) 287-1461         |
| [                                 | (direct)                          |
| ron.cook@mail.state.ky.us](mailto |                                   |
| :Kgoldmkgosmith@mail.state.ky.us) | FAX: (207) 287-6489               |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | [joyce.benson@state.me.us]        |
|                                   | (mailto:Joyce.benson@state.me.us) |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| # MARYLAND                        | # MICHIGAN                        |
|                                   |                                   |
| Linda Janey                       | Richard Pfaff                     |
|                                   |                                   |
| Manager, Clearinghouse and Plan   | Southeast Michigan Council of     |
| Review Unit                       | Governments                       |
|                                   |                                   |
| Maryland Office of Planning       | 535 Griswold, Suite 300           |
|                                   |                                   |
| 301 West Preston Street -- Room   | Detroit, Michigan 48226           |
| 1104                              |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (313) 961-4266         |
| Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2305    |                                   |
|                                   | FAX: (313) 961-4869               |
| Telephone: (410) 767-4490         |                                   |
|                                   | <pfaff@semcog.org>                |
| FAX: (410) 767-4480               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| [linda@mail.op.state.md.us](ma    |                                   |
| ilto:linda_j@mail.op.state.md.us) |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **MISSISSIPPI**                   | **MISSOURI**                      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Cathy Mallette                    | Carol Meyer                       |
|                                   |                                   |
| Clearinghouse Officer             | Teresa Kirchhoff                  |
|                                   |                                   |
| Department of Finance and         | Federal Assistance Clearinghouse  |
| Administration                    |                                   |
|                                   | Office of Administration          |
| 1301 Woolfolk Building, Suite E   |                                   |
|                                   | P.O. Box 809                      |
| 501 North West Street             |                                   |
|                                   | Truman Building, Room 840         |
| Jackson, Mississippi 39201        |                                   |
|                                   | Jefferson City, Missouri 65102    |
| Telephone: (601) 359-6762         |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (573) 751-4834         |
| FAX: (601) 359-6758               |                                   |
|                                   | FAX: (573) 522-4395               |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | [meyerc@mail.oa.state.mo.us](m    |
|                                   | ailto:Meyerc@mail.oa.state.mo.us) |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | [                                 |
|                                   | kirchhofft@mail.oa.state.mo.us](m |
|                                   | ailto:pohll_@mail.oa.state.mo.us) |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| # NEVADA                          | # NEW HAMPSHIRE                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Heather Elliott                   | Jeffrey H. Taylor                 |
|                                   |                                   |
| Department of Administration      | Director                          |
|                                   |                                   |
| State Clearinghouse               | New Hampshire Office of State     |
|                                   | Planning                          |
| 209 E. Musser Street, Room 200    |                                   |
|                                   | Attn: Intergovernmental Review    |
| Carson City, Nevada 89701         | Process                           |
|                                   |                                   |
| Telephone: (775) 684-0209         | Mike Blake                        |
|                                   |                                   |
| FAX: (775) 684-0260               | 2½ Beacon Street                  |
|                                   |                                   |
| <Helliot@govmail.state.nv.us>     | Concord, New Hampshire 03301      |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (603) 271-2155         |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | FAX: (603) 271-1728               |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | <Jtaylor@osp.state.nh.us>         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| # NEW MEXICO                      | **NORTH CAROLINA**                |
|                                   |                                   |
| Ken Hughes                        | Jeanette Furney                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Local Government Division         | Department of Administration      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Room 201, Bataan Memorial         | 1302 Mail Service Center          |
| Building                          |                                   |
|                                   | Raleigh, North Carolina           |
| Santa Fe, New Mexico 87503\       | 27699-1302                        |
| Telephone: (505) 827-4370         |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (919) 807-2323         |
| FAX: (505) 827-4948               |                                   |
|                                   | FAX: (919) 733-9571               |
| [khughes@dfa.state.nm.us          |                                   |
| ](mailto:Khughes@dfa.state.nm.us) | [jeanette.furney@ncmail.net](m    |
|                                   | ailto:Jeanette.furney@ncmail.net) |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **NORTH DAKOTA**                  | # RHODE ISLAND                    |
|                                   |                                   |
| Jim Boyd                          | Kevin Nelson                      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Division of Community Services    | Department of Administration      |
|                                   |                                   |
| 600 East Boulevard Ave, Dept 105  | Statewide Planning Program        |
|                                   |                                   |
| Bismarck, North Dakota 58505-0170 | One Capitol Hill                  |
|                                   |                                   |
| Telephone: (701) 328-2094         | Providence Rhode Island           |
|                                   | 02908-5870                        |
| FAX: (701) 328-2308               |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (401) 222-2093         |
| [jboyd@state                      |                                   |
| .nd.us](mailto:Jboyd@state.nd.us) | FAX: (401) 222-2083               |
|                                   |                                   |
|                                   | <knelson@doa.state.ri.us>         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| # SOUTH CAROLINA                  | **TEXAS**                         |
|                                   |                                   |
| Omeagia Burgess                   | Denise S. Francis                 |
|                                   |                                   |
| Budget and Control Board          | Director, State Grants Team       |
|                                   |                                   |
| Office of State Budget            | Governor's Office of Budget and   |
|                                   | Planning                          |
| 1122 Ladies Street -- 12^th^      |                                   |
| Floor                             | P.O. Box 12428                    |
|                                   |                                   |
| Columbia, South Carolina 29201    | Austin, Texas 78711               |
|                                   |                                   |
| Telephone: (803) 734-0494         | Telephone: (512) 305-9415         |
|                                   |                                   |
| FAX: (803) 734-0645               | FAX: (512) 936-2681               |
|                                   |                                   |
| [aburgess@budget.state.sc.us](ma  | [                                 |
| ilto:Aburgess@budget.state.sc.us) | dfrancis@governor.state.tx.us](ma |
|                                   | ilto:tadams@governor.state.tx.us) |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| # UTAH                            | # WEST VIRGINIA                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Carolyn Wright                    | Fred Cutlip, Director             |
|                                   |                                   |
| Utah State Clearinghouse          | Community Development Division    |
|                                   |                                   |
| Governor's Office of Planning and | West Virginia Development Office  |
| Budget                            |                                   |
|                                   | Building #6, Room 553             |
| State Capitol, Room 114           |                                   |
|                                   | Charleston, West Virginia 25305   |
| Salt Lake City, Utah 84114        |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (304) 558-4010         |
| Telephone: (801) 538-1535         |                                   |
|                                   | FAX: (304) 558-3248               |
| FAX: (801) 538-1547               |                                   |
|                                   | <fcutlip@wvdo.org>                |
| <cwright@gov.state.ut.us>         |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| **WISCONSIN**                     | **AMERICAN SAMOA**                |
|                                   |                                   |
| Jeff Smith                        | # Pat M. Galea\'i Feder           |
|                                   | al Grants/Programs Coordinator Of |
| Section Chief, Federal/State      | fice of Federal Programs Office o |
| Relations                         | f the Governor/Department of Comm |
|                                   | erce American Samoa Government Pa |
| Wisconsin Department of           | go Pago, American Samoa 96799 Tel |
| Administration                    | ephone: (684) 633-5155 Fax: (684) |
|                                   |  633-4195 pmgaleai@samoatelco.com |
| 101 East Wilson Street -- 6^th^   |                                   |
| Floor                             |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| P.O. Box 7868                     |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Madison, Wisconsin 53707          |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Telephone: (608) 266-0267         |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| FAX: (608) 267-6931               |                                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| <jeffrey.smith@doa.state.wi.us>   |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| # GUAM                            | **PUERTO RICO**                   |
|                                   |                                   |
| Director                          | Jose Caballero / Mayra Silva      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Bureau of Budget and Management   | Puerto Rico Planning Board        |
| Research                          |                                   |
|                                   | Federal Proposals Review Office   |
| Office of the Governor            |                                   |
|                                   | Minillas Government Center        |
| P.O. Box 2950                     |                                   |
|                                   | P.O. Box 41119                    |
| Agana, Guam 96910                 |                                   |
|                                   | San Juan, Puerto Rico 00940-1119  |
| Telephone: 011-671-472-2285       |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (787) 723-6190         |
| FAX: 011-671-472-2825             |                                   |
|                                   | # FAX: (787) 722-6783             |
| <jer@ns.gov.gu>                   |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| # NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS        | **VIRGIN ISLANDS**                |
|                                   |                                   |
| Ms. Jacoba T. Seman               | Ira Mills                         |
|                                   |                                   |
| Federal Programs Coordinator      | Director, Office of Management &  |
|                                   | Budget                            |
| Office of Management and Budget   |                                   |
|                                   | \# 41 Norre Gade Emancipation     |
| Office of the Governor            | Garden Station, Second Floor      |
|                                   |                                   |
| Saipan, MP 96950                  | Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands      |
|                                   | 00802                             |
| Telephone: (670) 664-2289         |                                   |
|                                   | Telephone: (340) 774-0750         |
| FAX: (670) 664-2272               |                                   |
|                                   | FAX: (787) 776-0069               |
| [omb.jseman@saipan.com](          |                                   |
| mailto:omb.villagomez@saipan.com) | <Irmills@usvi.org>                |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

Changes to this list can be made only after OMB is notified by a State's
officially designated representative. E-mail messages can be sent to
<grants@omb.eop.gov>. If you prefer, you may send correspondence to the
following postal address:

Attn: Grants Management

Office of Management and Budget

New Executive Office Building, Suite 6025

725 17^th^ Street, NW

Washington, DC 20503

Please note: **Inquiries about obtaining a Federal grant should not be
sent to the OMB e-mail or postal address shown above. The best source
for this information is the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) \[http://www.cfda.gov/\].**

**IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION CONTRACT AND GRANT PROGRAMS**

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## **GRANTS** {#grants .unnumbered}

Applicants for grants from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) have to
compete for limited funds.

Deadlines assure all applicants that they will be treated fairly and
equally, without last minute haste.

For these reasons, ED must set strict deadlines for grant applications.
Prospective applicants can avoid disappointment if they understand that:

Failure to meet a deadline will mean that an applicant will be

Rejected without any consideration whatever.

The rules, including the deadline, for applying for each grant are
published, individually, in the Federal Register. A one-year
subscription to the Register may be obtained by sending \$340.00 to:
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C. 20402-9371. (Send check or money order only, no cash or
stamps.)

The instructions in the Federal Register must be followed exactly. Do
not accept any other advice you may receive. No ED employee is
authorized to extend any deadline published in the Register.

Questions regarding submission of applications may be addressed to:

U.S. Department of Education

Application Control Center

Washington, D.C. 20202-4725

# 

# CONTRACTS

Competitive procurement actions undertaken by the ED are governed by the
Federal Procurement Regulation and implementing ED Procurement
Regulation.

Generally, prospective competitive procurement actions are synopsized in
the Commerce Business Daily (CBD). Prospective offerors are therein
advised of the nature of the procurement and where to apply for copies
of the Request for Proposals (RFP).

Offerors are advised to be guided solely by the contents of the CBD
synopsis and the instructions contained in the RFP. Questions regarding
the submission of offers should be addressed to the Contracts Specialist
identified on the face page of the RFP.

Offers are judged in competition with others, and failure to conform
with any substantive requirements of the RFP will result in rejection of
the offer without any consideration whatever.

Do not accept any advice you receive that is contrary to instructions
contained in either the CBD synopsis or the RFP. No ED employee is
authorized to consider a proposal which is non-responsive to the RFP.

A subscription to the CBD is available for \$208.00 per year via second
class mailing or \$261.00 per year via first class mailing. Information
included in the Federal Acquisition Regulation is contained in Title 48,
Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1 (\$49.00). The foregoing
publication may be obtained by sending your check or money order only,
no cash or stamps, to:

Superintendent of Documents

U.S. Government Printing Office

Washington, D.C. 20402-9371

In an effort to be certain this important information is widely
disseminated, this notice is being included in all ED mail to the
public. You may therefore, receive more than one notice. If you do, we
apologize for any annoyance it may cause you.

ED FORM 5348, 8/92 REPLACES ED FORM 5348, 6/86 WHICH IS OBSOLETE

**[Application Transmittal Instructions]{.smallcaps}**

##### **ATTENTION ELECTRONIC APPLICANTS: Please note that you must follow the Application Procedures as described in the Federal Register notice announcing the grant competition. Some programs may require electronic submission of applications, and those programs will have specific requirements and waiver instructions in the Federal Register notice.** 

An original and two copies of an application for an award must be mailed
or hand-delivered by the application deadline date unless it is
submitted electronically.

### Applications Submitted Electronically

You must submit your grant application through the Internet using the
software provided on the e-Grants Web site
([http://e-grants.ed.gov](http://e-grants.ed.gov/)) by 4:30 p.m.
(Washington, DC time) on the application deadline date. The regular
hours of operation of the e-Grants website are 6:00 a.m. Monday until
7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 a.m. Thursday until midnight Saturday
(Washington, DC time). Please note that the system is unavailable on
Sundays, and after 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday for maintenance (Washington,
DC time). Any modifications to these hours are posted on the e-Grants
Web site.

If you submit your application through the Internet via the e-Grants Web
site, you will receive an automatic acknowledgment when we receive your
application.

Applications sent by mail must be addressed to:

> **U.S. Department of Education**
>
> **Application Control Center**
>
> **Attention: (CFDA 84.282D)**
>
> **Room 3671**
>
> **Regional Office Building 3**
>
> **400 Maryland Avenue, SW.**
>
> **Washington, D.C. 20202-4725**

Applicants 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 U.S. Secretary of
Education

If an application is sent through the U.S. Postal Service, the Secretary
does not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:

\(1\) A private metered postmark, or

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service

Applicants should note that 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.

If you send your application by mail or if you or your courier deliver
it by hand, the Application Control Center will mail a Grant Application
Receipt Acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive the notification of
application receipt within 15 days from the mailing of the application,
you should call the U.S. Department of Education Application Control
Center at (202) 708-9493.

You must indicate on the envelope and---if not provided by the
Department---in Item 4 of the Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 424 (exp. 11/30/2004)) the CFDA number -- and suffix
letter, if any -- of the competition under which you are submitting your
application.

If your application is late, we will notify you that we will not
consider the application.

### Applications Delivered by Hand/Courier Service

An application that is hand-delivered must be taken to:

> **U.S. Department of Education**
>
> **Application Control Center**
>
> **Attention: (CFDA 84.282D)**
>
> **Room 3671**
>
> **Regional Office Building 3**
>
> **7th & D Streets, SW.**
>
> **Washington, D.C. 20202-4725**

The Application Control Center accepts deliveries daily between 8:00
a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time), except Saturdays, Sundays
and Federal holidays.

The Center accepts application deliveries must use the D Street entrance
only. A person delivering an application must show identification to
enter the building.