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[FR Doc. 2011–3966 Filed 2–22–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Predominantly Black Institutions 

Competitive Grant Program; Office of 

Postsecondary Education; Overview 

Information; Predominantly Black 

Institutions Competitive Grant 

Program; Notice Inviting Applications 

for New Awards Using Fiscal Year (FY) 

2010 Funds 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.382A. 

Dates: Applications Available: 

February 23, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 25, 2011. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 23, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Predominantly Black Institutions 

(PBI) Program is to strengthen PBIs to 

carry out programs in the following 

areas: science, technology, engineering, 

or mathematics (STEM); health 

education; internationalization or 

globalization; teacher preparation; or 

improving educational outcomes of 

African-American males. 

Priorities: These priorities are from 

the notice of final supplemental 

priorities and definitions for 

discretionary grant programs, published 

in the Federal Register on December 15, 

2010 (75 FR 78486). 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2011, these priorities are competitive 

preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(i), we award an additional 

two and a half points to an application 

that meets one of the priorities, or an 

additional five points to an application 

that meets both of these priorities. 

These priorities are: 

1. Increasing Postsecondary Success 

Increasing the number and proportion 

of high-need students (as defined in this 

notice) who persist in and complete 

college or other postsecondary 

education and training; and 

2. Enabling More Data-Based DecisionMaking 

Projects that are designed to collect 

(or obtain), analyze, and use highquality and timely data, including data 

on program participant outcomes, in 

accordance with privacy requirements 

(as defined in this notice), in the 

following priority area: 

Improving postsecondary student 

outcomes relating to enrollment, 

persistence, and completion and leading 

to career success. 

Definitions: These definitions are 

from the notice of final supplemental 

priorities and definitions for 

discretionary grant programs, published 

in the Federal Register on December 15, 

2010 (75 FR 78486). 

High-need children and high-need 

students means children and students at 

risk of educational failure, such as 

children and students who are living in 

poverty, who are English learners, who 

are far below grade level or who are not 

on track to becoming college- or careerready by graduation, who have left 

school or college before receiving, 

respectively, a regular high school 

diploma or a college degree or 

certificate, who are at risk of not 

graduating with a diploma on time, who 

are homeless, who are in foster care, 

who are pregnant or parenting 

teenagers, who have been incarcerated, 

who are new immigrants, who are 

migrant, or who have disabilities. 

Privacy requirements means the 

requirements of the Family Educational 

Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 

U.S.C. 1232g, and its implementing 

regulations in 34 CFR part 99, the 

Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, as well as all 

applicable Federal, State and local 

requirements regarding privacy. 

Program Authority: Title III, part F, 

section 371 of the Higher Education Act 

of 1965, as amended (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 

1067q). 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 

86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The notice of final 

supplemental priorities and definitions 

for discretionary grant programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 15, 2010 (75 FR 78486). 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$15,000,000. 

Note: Funds appropriated for this program 

for FY 2010 remain available for obligation 

in FY 2011 pursuant to 20 U.S.C. 

1067q(b)(1)(B)). 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$600,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 25. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: To be eligible 

to apply, an institution of higher 

education (IHE) must have submitted 

the ‘‘Application for Designation as an 

Eligible Institution’’ and must have 

received FY 2010 designation as an 

eligible institution for programs under 

title III and title V of the HEA. The 

original deadline for applying for 

designation as an eligible institution 

was January 6, 2010. (74 FR 64059– 

64062). However, the FY 2010 eligibility 

process was reopened with an 

application deadline of September 13, 

2010 for PBIs (and certain other 

institutions) to allow maximum 

participation of potentially eligible 

applicants (74 FR 49484). The 

regulations explaining the standards for 

designation can be found in 34 CFR 

607.2 through 607.5. In addition, an 

applicant must— 

(a) Have an enrollment of needy 

students, as defined by section 371(c)(3) 

of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1067q(c)(3)). The 

term enrollment of needy students 

means the enrollment at the eligible IHE 

with respect to which not less than 50 

percent of the undergraduate students 

enrolled in an academic program 

leading to a degree— 

(i) In the second fiscal year preceding 

the fiscal year for which the 

determination is made, were Federal 

Pell Grant recipients for such year; 

(ii) Come from families that receive 

benefits under a means-tested Federal 

benefit program (as defined in section 

371(c)(5) of the HEA, 20 U.S.C. 

1067q(c)(5)); 

(iii) Attended a public or nonprofit 

private secondary school that— 

(A) Is in the school district of a local 

educational agency that was eligible for 

assistance under part A of title I of the 

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Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) (20 

U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), for any year during 

which the student attended such 

secondary school; and 

(B) For the purpose of this paragraph 

and for that year, was determined by the 

Secretary (pursuant to regulations and 

after consultation with the State 

educational agency of the State in which 

the school is located) to be a school in 

which the enrollment of children 

counted under a measure of poverty 

described in section 1113(a)(5) of the 

ESEA (20 U.S.C. 6313(a)(5)) exceeds 30 

percent of the total enrollment of such 

school; or 

(iv) Are first-generation college 

students, as that term is defined in 

section 402A(h) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1070a–11(h)), and a majority of such 

first-generation college students are lowincome individuals, as that term is 

defined in section 402A(h) of the HEA 

(20 U.S.C. 1070a–11(h)); 

(b) Have an average educational and 

general expenditure that is low, per fulltime equivalent undergraduate student 

in comparison with the average 

educational and general expenditure per 

full-time equivalent undergraduate 

student of IHEs that offer similar 

instruction. The Secretary may waive 

this requirement, in accordance with 

section 392(b) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1068a(b)), in the same manner as the 

Secretary applies the waiver 

requirements to grant applicants under 

section 312(b)(1)(B) of the HEA (20 

U.S.C. 1058(b)(1)(B)); 

(c) Have an enrollment of 

undergraduate students— 

(i) That is at least 40 percent Black 

American students; 

(ii) That is at least 1,000 

undergraduate students; 

(iii) Of which not less than 50 percent 

of the undergraduate students enrolled 

at the institution are low-income 

individuals, as that term is defined in 

section 402A(h) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1070a–11(h)), or first generation college 

students, as that term is defined in 

section 402A(h) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1070a–11(h)); and 

(iv) Of which not less than 50 percent 

of the undergraduate students are 

enrolled in an educational program 

leading to a bachelor’s or associate’s 

degree that the institution is licensed to 

award by the State in which the 

institution is located; 

(d) Is legally authorized to provide, 

and provides, within the State an 

educational program for which the IHE 

awards a bachelor’s degree or, in the 

case of a junior or community college, 

an associate’s degree; 

(e) Is accredited by a nationally 

recognized accrediting agency or 

association determined by the Secretary 

to be a reliable authority as to the 

quality of training offered, or is, 

according to such an agency or 

association, making reasonable progress 

toward accreditation; and 

(f) Is not receiving assistance under 

part B of title III or part A of Title V of 

the HEA or an annual authorization of 

appropriations under the Act of March 

2, 1867 (20 U.S.C. 123). 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Bernadette D. Miles, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20006. 

Telephone: 202–502–7616, or by e-mail: 

Bernadette.Miles@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the program 

contact person listed in this section. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

program. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

is where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria that reviewers use to 

evaluate your application. You must 

limit the application narrative [Part III] 

to no more than 40 pages, using the 

following standards. For purposes of 

determining compliance with the page 

limit, each page on which there are 

words will be counted as one full page 

except as specifically discussed below. 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ × 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. Page numbers and an 

identifier may be outside of the 1′′ 

margin. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, except titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions. Charts, tables, 

figures, and graphs in the application 

narrative may be singled spaced and 

will count toward the page limit. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger, or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). However, you may 

use a 10 point font in charts, tables, 

figures, and graphs. 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. Applications submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the cover sheet SF 424; Part II, the 

budget section, including the narrative 

budget justification; Part IV, the 

assurances and certifications; or the 

one-page abstract. The page limit also 

does not apply to a table of contents. If 

you include any attachments or 

appendices not specifically requested, 

these items will be counted as part of 

the program narrative (Part III) for 

purposes of the page limit requirement. 

You must include your complete 

response to the selection criteria in the 

program narrative. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: February 23, 

2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 25, 2011. 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, please refer to 

section IV.7. Other Submission 

Requirements of this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under For Further Information Contact 

in section VII of this notice. If the 

Department provides an accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability in connection with the 

application process, the individual’s 

application remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 23, 2011. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

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5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and Central Contractor 

Registry: To do business with the 

Department of Education, you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR), the Government’s 

primary registrant database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your application; and 

d. Maintain an active CCR registration 

with current information while your 

application is under review by the 

Department and, if you are awarded a 

grant, during the project period. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 

can be created within one business day. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow two to five weeks for your 

TIN to become active. 

The CCR registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete. 

If you are currently registered with the 

CCR, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your CCR 

registration on an annual basis. This 

may take three or more business days to 

complete. 

In addition, if you are submitting your 

application via Grants.gov, you must (1) 

be designated by your organization as an 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR); and (2) register yourself with 

Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these 

steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3– 

Step Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

Predominantly Black Institutions 

Program, CFDA Number 84.382A, must 

be submitted electronically using the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 

at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this 

site, you will be able to download a 

copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Predominantly Black 

Institutions Program at 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this program by the CFDA number. 

Do not include the CFDA number’s 

alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search 

for 84.382, not 84.382A). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. When we retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov, we will 

notify you if we are rejecting your 

application because it was date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this program to 

ensure that you submit your application 

in a timely manner to the Grants.gov 

system. You can also find the Education 

Submission Procedures pertaining to 

Grants.gov under News and Events on 

the Department’s G5 system home page 

at http://www.G5.gov. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: the Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

• You must attach any narrative 

sections of your application as files in 

a .PDF (Portable Document) format only. 

If you upload a file type other than a 

.PDF or submit a password-protected 

file, we will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

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date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under For 

Further Information Contact in section 

VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. The 

Department will contact you after a 

determination is made on whether your 

application will be accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because–– 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevents you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Bernadette D. Miles, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20006. FAX: 202– 

502–7861. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.382A), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.382A), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center accepts 

hand deliveries daily between 8:00 a.m. 

and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, 

except Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal 

holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

notification within 15 business days from the 

application deadline date, you should call 

the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from 34 CFR 

75.209(a) and 75.210, and are as 

follows— 

Need for the project (20 points); 

Quality of the project design (15 

points); 

Quality of project services (15 points); 

Quality of project personnel (10 

points); 

Adequacy of resources (5 points); 

Quality of the management plan (20 

points); 

Quality of project evaluation (15 

points). 

Additional information regarding these 

criteria is in the application package for 

this competition. 

2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary also requires 

various assurances including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department of 

Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 

108.8, and 110.23). 

An additional factor we consider in 

selecting an application for an award is 

that applicants must provide, as an 

attachment to the application, the 

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documentation the institution relied 

upon to determine that at least 40 

percent of the institution’s 

undergraduate enrollment are Black 

American students. 

Note: The 40 percent requirement applies 

only to undergraduate Black American 

students and is calculated based upon 

unduplicated undergraduate enrollment. 

Instructions for formatting and submitting 

the verification documentation to eApplication are in the application package 

for this competition. 

3. Special Conditions: Under 34 CFR 

74.14 and 80.12, the Secretary may 

impose special conditions on a grant if 

the applicant or grantee is not 

financially stable; has a history of 

unsatisfactory performance; has a 

financial or other management system 

that does not meet the standards in 34 

CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has 

not fulfilled the conditions of a prior 

grant; or is otherwise not responsible. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multi-year award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to http:// 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Secretary has established the following 

key performance measures for assessing 

the effectiveness of the PBI Program: 

a. The percentage change of the 

number of full-time degree-granting 

undergraduate students enrolled at PBIs. 

b. The percentage of first-time, fulltime, degree-seeking undergraduate 

students at four-year PBIs who were in 

their first year of postsecondary 

enrollment in the previous year and are 

enrolled in the current year at the same 

four-year PBI. 

c. The percentage of first-time, fulltime, degree-seeking undergraduate 

students at two-year PBIs who were in 

their first year of postsecondary 

enrollment in the previous year and are 

enrolled in the current year at the same 

two-year PBI. 

d. The percentage of first-time, fulltime, degree-seeking undergraduate 

students enrolled at four-year PBIs who 

graduate within six years of enrollment. 

e. The percentage of first-time, fulltime, degree-seeking undergraduate 

students enrolled at two-year PBIs who 

graduate within three years of 

enrollment. 

f. Efficiency measure: Federal cost per 

undergraduate degree at PBIs. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award, the Secretary may 

consider, under 34 CFR 75.253, the 

extent to which a grantee has made 

‘‘substantial progress toward meeting the 

objectives in its approved application.’’ 

This consideration includes the review 

of a grantee’s progress in meeting the 

targets and projected outcomes in its 

approved application, and whether the 

grantee has expended funds in a manner 

that is consistent with its approved 

application and budget. In making a 

continuation grant, the Secretary also 

considers whether the grantee is 

operating in compliance with the 

assurances in its approved application, 

including those applicable to Federal 

civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bernadette D. Miles, Institutional 

Services, U.S. Department of Education, 

1990 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20006. Telephone: 202–502–7616, or by 

e-mail: Bernadette.Miles@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF), on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: February 17, 2010. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

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