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(formerly titled Survey of Placement 

Tests and Cut-Scores in Higher 

Education Institutions). 

Use: The congressionally authorized 

National Assessment of Educational 

Progress (NAEP) reports to the public on 

the achievement of students at grades 4, 

8, and 12 in core subjects. The National 

Assessment Governing Board oversees 

and sets policy for NAEP. NAEP and the 

Governing Board are authorized under 

the National Assessment of Educational 

Progress Authorization Act (Pub. L. 

107–279). 

Among the Board’s responsibilities is 

‘‘to improve the form, content, use, and 

reporting of [NAEP results].’’ Toward 

this end, the Governing Board plans to 

enable NAEP at the 12th grade to report 

on the academic preparedness of 12th 

grade students in reading and 

mathematics for entry level college 

credit coursework. 

The Governing Board has planned a 

program of research studies to support 

the validity of statements about 12th 

grade student preparedness that would 

be made in NAEP reports, beginning 

with the 2009 assessments in 12th grade 

reading and mathematics. Among the 

studies planned is a survey of 2-year 

and 4-year institutions of higher 

education about the tests and test scores 

used to place students into entry level 

college credit coursework leading to a 

degree and into non-credit remedial or 

developmental programs in reading 

and/or mathematics. The data resulting 

from this survey will be used to help 

develop valid statements that can be 

made about the preparedness of 12th 

grade students in NAEP reports. 

Frequency: One operational study: 

one time only; Affected Public: State, 

Local or Tribal Governments (2-year and 

4-year public higher education 

institutions); Private Sector For-Profit 

and Not-For-Profit Institutions (2-year 

and 4-year private higher education 

institutions); 

Number of Respondents: 1,700; Total 

Annual Responses: 1,700; Total Annual 

Hours: 975. 

To obtain copies of the proposed 

survey and/or supporting statement for 

the proposed paperwork collection 

referenced above, e-mail your request, 

including your address and phone 

number, to Ray.Fields@ed.gov or call 

202–357–0395. 

To be assured consideration, 

comments and recommendations for the 

proposed information collection must 

be received by the OMB desk officer at 

the address below, no later than 5 p.m. 

on February 14, 2011: OMB, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503, Fax Number: 

(202) 395–6974. 

Dated: January 10, 2011. 

Ray Fields, 

Authorized Agency Paperwork Contact, 

National Assessment Governing Board. 

[FR Doc. 2011–613 Filed 1–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; Business and 

International Education Program 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2011. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.153A. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: January 13, 

2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 2, 2011. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 2, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Business 

and International Education (BIE) 

Program provides grants to enhance 

international business education 

programs and to expand the capacity of 

the business community to engage in 

international economic activities. 

Priorities: Under this competition we 

are particularly interested in 

applications that address the following 

priorities. 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2011, 

these priorities are invitational 

priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), 

we do not give an application that meets 

these invitational priorities a 

competitive or absolute preference over 

other applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority I 

Applications from Minority Serving 

Institutions (MSIs) and community 

colleges (including those that are 

eligible to receive assistance under part 

A or B of Title III or under Title V of 

the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended). 

Invitational Priority II 

Applications that promote sustainable 

economic growth through export 

education and support high quality 

postsecondary programs of study that 

prepare students for success in the 

context of a global economy. 

Invitational Priority III 

Applications that focus on language 

instruction in any of the following 

seventy-eight (78) languages selected 

from the U.S. Department of Education’s 

list of Less Commonly Taught 

Languages (LCTLs): 

Akan (Twi-Fante), Albanian, 

Amharic, Arabic (all dialects), 

Armenian, Azeri (Azerbaijani), Balochi, 

Bamanakan (Bamana, Bambara, 

Mandikan, Mandingo, Maninka, Dyula), 

Belarusian, Bengali (Bangla), Berber (all 

languages), Bosnian, Bulgarian, 

Burmese, Cebuano (Visayan), Chechen, 

Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Gan), 

Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Min), 

Chinese (Wu), Croatian, Dari, Dinka, 

Georgian, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew 

(Modern), Hindi, Igbo, Indonesian, 

Japanese, Javanese, Kannada, Kashmiri, 

Kazakh, Khmer (Cambodian), Kirghiz, 

Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kurdish 

(Sorani), Lao, Malay (Bahasa Melayu or 

Malaysian), Malayalam, Marathi, 

Mongolian, Nepali, Oromo, Panjabi, 

Pashto, Persian (Farsi), Polish, 

Portuguese (all varieties), Quechua, 

Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sinhala 

(Sinhalese), Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, 

Tajik, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Tibetan, 

Tigrigna, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, 

Urdu, Uyghur/Uigur, Uzbek, 

Vietnamese, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, and 

Zulu. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1130–1130b. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 

84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The 

regulations in 34 CFR parts 655 and 661. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

Areas of National Need 

In accordance with section 601(c) of 

the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA), 20 U.S.C. 1121(c), the 

Secretary has consulted with and 

received recommendations regarding 

the national need for expertise in 

foreign languages and world regions 

from the head officials of a wide range 

of Federal agencies. These 

recommendations have been taken into 

account in developing the request for 

applications for funding during this 

grant cycle. A list of foreign languages 

and world regions identified as areas of 

national need may be found on the 

following Web sites: http://www.ed.gov/ 

about/offices/list/ope/policy.html, 

http://www.ed.gov/programs/iegpsbie/ 

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Also included on these Web sites are 

the specific recommendations the 

Secretary received from Federal 

agencies. 

Program Assurances: Each 

application must include an assurance 

that, where applicable, the activities 

funded by this grant will reflect diverse 

perspectives and a wide range of views 

on world regions and international 

affairs. (20 U.S.C. 1130a(c)). 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$108,360,000 for the Title VI 

International Education and Foreign 

Language Studies Programs (also 

referred to as the International Domestic 

Programs) for FY 2011, of which we 

intend to allocate $2,619,500 for new 

awards under the Business and 

International Education Program. The 

actual level of funding, if any, depends 

on final Congressional action. However, 

we are inviting applications to allow 

enough time to complete the grant 

process if Congress appropriates funds 

for this program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000– 

$95,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$84,000 per year. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $95,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Postsecondary Education 

may change the maximum amount 

through a notice published in the 

Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 31. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 24 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education that have entered into 

agreements with business enterprises, 

trade organizations, or associations that 

are engaged in international economic 

activity—or a combination or 

consortium of these enterprises, 

organizations, or associations—for the 

purposes of pursuing the activities 

authorized under this program. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: The 

matching requirement is described in 

section 613(d) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1130a(d)). The HEA provides that the 

applicant’s share of the total cost of 

carrying out a program supported by a 

grant under the Business and 

International Education Program must 

be no less than 50 percent of the total 

cost of the project in each fiscal year. 

The non-Federal share of the cost may 

be provided either in-kind or in cash. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Susanna Easton, International 

Education Programs Service, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 6093, Washington, DC 

20006–8521. FAX: (202) 502–7860. 

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: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ x 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, captions, and all text in 

charts, tables, figures, and graphs. These 

items may be single-spaced. Charts, 

tables, figures, and graphs in the 

application narrative 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. An application 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 Application for Federal Assistance 

face sheet (SF 424); the supplemental 

information form required by the 

Department of Education; Part II, the 

budget information summary form (ED 

Form 524); and Part IV, the assurances 

and certifications. The page limit also 

does not apply to a table of contents. 

However, the page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative section 

[Part III]. If you include any attachments 

or appendices not specifically 

requested, these items will be counted 

as part of the application narrative [Part 

III] for purposes of the page limit 

requirement. You must include your 

complete response to the selection 

criteria in the application narrative. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: January 13, 

2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 2, 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: May 2, 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. 

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 

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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 2–5 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 BIE 

Program, CFDA number 84.153A, must 

be submitted electronically using the 

Government-wide Grants.gov Apply site 

at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, 

you will be able to download a copy of 

the application package, complete it 

offline, and then upload and submit 

your application. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the BIE Program at 

http://www.Grants.gov. You must search 

for the downloadable application 

package for this program by the CFDA 

number. Do not include the CFDA 

number’s alpha suffix in your search 

(e.g., search for 84.153, not 84.153A). 

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 

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 

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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 prevent you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Susanna Easton, 

International Education Programs 

Service, U.S. Department of Education, 

1990 K Street, NW., room 6093, 

Washington, DC 20006–8521. FAX: 

(202) 502–7860. 

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 84.153A), 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 84.153A), 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 in 34 CFR 

661.31 and are as follows: (a) Need for 

the project (25 points); (b) plan of 

operation (20 points); (c) qualifications 

of the key personnel (10 points); (d) 

budget and cost effectiveness (15 

points); (e) evaluation plan (25 points); 

and (f) adequacy of resources (5 points). 

2. General: For FY 2011, applications 

are randomly divided into groupings. 

International business and outreach 

experts, organized into panels of three, 

will review each application. Each 

panel reviews, scores, and ranks its 

applications separately from the 

applications assigned to the other 

panels. However, ultimately, all 

applications, without being divided into 

groups, will be ranked from the highest 

to the lowest score for funding 

purposes. 

3. 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). 

4. 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 


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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. Grantees are 

required to use the electronic data 

instrument International Resource 

Information System (IRIS), to complete 

the final report. Electronically formatted 

instructional materials such as CDs, 

DVDs, videos, computer diskettes and 

books produced by the grantee as part 

of the grant approved activities are also 

acceptable as final reports. 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 

purpose of the BIE Program is to provide 

funds to institutions of higher education 

that enter into agreements with trade 

associations or businesses for one or 

both of the following purposes: to 

improve the academic teaching of the 

business curriculum at institutions of 

higher education and to conduct 

outreach activities that expand the 

capacity of the business community to 

engage in international economic 

activities. 

The Department will use the 

following BIE measures to evaluate its 

success in meeting this objective: 

Performance Measure 1: The number 

of outreach activities that are adopted or 

disseminated within a year, divided by 

the total number of BIE outreach 

activities conducted in the current 

reporting period. 

Performance Measure 2: Percentage of 

BIE projects judged to be successful by 

the program officer, based on a review 

of information provided in annual 

performance reports. 

Efficiency Measure: Cost per highquality, successfully completed project. 

The Department will use information 

provided by grantees in their 

performance reports submitted via IRIS 

as the source of data for these measures. 

Reporting screens for institutions can be 

viewed at: http://www.ieps-iris.org/iris/ 

pdfs/BIE.pdf. 

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: 

Susanna Easton, International Education 

Programs Service, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6093, Washington, DC 20006–8521 or by 

e-mail: susanna.easton@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the 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: January 10, 2011. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–653 Filed 1–12–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; International 

Research and Studies (IRS) Program; 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.017A–1 and 84.017A–3. 

Dates: Applications Available: 

January 13, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 1, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The IRS Program 

provides grants to eligible applicants to 

conduct research and studies to improve 

and strengthen instruction in modern 

foreign languages, area studies, and 

other international fields. 

Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(ii), these priorities are from 

the regulations for this program (34 CFR 

660.10 and 660.34). 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2011, these priorities are competitive 

preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 

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

five points to an application that meets 

one or more of these priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1— 

Instructional Materials Applications. 

The development of specialized 

instructional or assessment materials 

focused on any of the following seventyeight (78) languages selected from the 

U.S. Department of Education’s list of 

Less Commonly Taught Languages 

(LCTLs): 

Akan (Twi-Fante), Albanian, 

Amharic, Arabic (all dialects), 


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