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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 

75.210 and are listed in the application 

package. 

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, achievement of project 

objectives, 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). 

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: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the following two 

performance measures will be used by 

the Department in assessing the success 

of the Program for North American 

Mobility in Higher Education: 

(1) The extent to which funded 

projects are being replicated (i.e., 

adopted or adapted by others). 

(2) The manner in which projects are 

being institutionalized and continued 

after funding. 

If funded, you will be asked to collect 

and report data from your project on 

steps taken toward achieving the 

outcomes evaluated by these 

performance measures (i.e., 

institutionalization and replication). 

Consequently, applicants are advised to 

include these two outcomes in 

conceptualizing the design, 

implementation, and evaluation of their 

proposed projects. Institutionalization 

and replication are important outcomes 

that ensure the ultimate success of 

international consortia funded through 

this program. 

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: 

Amy Wilson, International and Foreign 

Language Education Programs, U.S. 

Department of Education, Program for 

North American Mobility in Higher 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 

6082, Washington, DC 20006–8544. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7689. 

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 via the 

Federal Digital System at: http:// 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys. 

Dated: March 22, 2011. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7128 Filed 3–24–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM 

and Articulation Programs 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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Overview Information 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM and 

Articulation Programs 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards using fiscal year (FY) 2010 

funds. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.031C. 

DATES: Applications Available: March 

25, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 29, 2011. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 28, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Programs: The HispanicServing Institutions STEM and 

Articulation programs authorized under 

section 371 of the Higher Education Act 

of 1965, as amended (HEA) provide 

grants to assist Hispanic-Serving 

institutions (HSIs) to develop and carry 

out activities to improve and expand 

their capacity to serve Hispanic and 

other low-income students. 

Note 1: The Hispanic-Serving Institutions 

STEM and Articulation programs in this 

notice are authorized under section 371 of 

part F of title III of the HEA. This section 

appropriates $100,000,000 annually for 

Hispanic-serving institutions (HSI), as 

defined in section 502 of the HEA, for 

activities described in section 503 of part A 

of title V of the HEA, with a priority given 

to applications that propose to increase the 

number of Hispanic and other low income 

students attaining degrees in the fields of 

science, technology, engineering, or 

mathematics and to develop model transfer 

and articulation agreements between 2-year 

Hispanic-serving institutions and 4-year 

institutions in such fields. 

Although the Hispanic-Serving Institutions 

STEM and Articulation programs authorized 

under section 371 of the HEA are not part of 

the Developing HSIs program authorized by 

title V of the HEA, the eligibility and activity 

provisions under the Developing HSIs 

program apply to the Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions STEM and Articulation programs 

pursuant to section 371(a)(2) and (b)(2)(B) of 

the HEA. In light of the overlap of the 

statutory provisions in these two programs, 

the Secretary has determined that it is 

appropriate to use certain requirements 

contained in the Developing HSIs program 

regulations (see 34 CFR part 606) for use for 

the first grant competition for the HispanicServing Institutions STEM and Articulation 

programs competition. Specifically, the 

Secretary has decided to base the 

requirements for this competition on the 

following Developing HSIs regulations: 

Enrollment of needy students provisions in 

34 CFR 606.3 and the low education and 

general expenditures provisions in 34 CFR 

606.4 as part of the eligibility criteria; 

unallowable activities in 34 CFR 606.10(c); 

and the tie-breaker provisions in 34 CFR 

606.23(b). 

Note 2: The eligibility criteria for this 

competition, including the enrollment of 

needy students and expenditure provisions, 

are set forth in section III. 1. Eligible 

Applicants of this notice. The unallowable 

activities provisions are set forth in section 

IV. 5. Funding Restrictions of this notice, and 

the tie-breaker provisions are set forth in 

section V. 2. Tie-breaker for Development 

Grants of this notice. 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: 

Under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(5 U.S.C. 553) the Department generally 

offers interested parties the opportunity 

to comment on proposed program 

requirements. Section 437(d)(1) of the 

General Education Provisions Act 

(GEPA), however, allows the Secretary 

to exempt from rulemaking 

requirements, regulations governing the 

first grant competition under a new or 

substantially revised program authority. 

The Health Care and Education 

Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111– 

152) (Reconciliation Act) provided new 

authority to implement the HispanicServing Institutions STEM and 

Articulation programs authorized under 

section 371 of the HEA. This is the first 

grant competition for the programs since 

the enactment of the Reconciliation Act; 

therefore, this competition qualifies for 

the exemption. 

Under section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, in 

order to ensure timely grant awards, the 

Secretary has decided to forego public 

comment on the following requirements 

for this competition: the enrollment of 

needy students provision based on 34 

CFR 606.3 and the low education and 

general expenditures provision based on 

34 CFR 607.4 as part of the eligibility 

criteria, the unallowable activities 

provisions based on 34 CFR 606.10(c), 

and the tie-breaker provisions based on 

34 CFR 606.23(b). 

Priorities: This notice contains two 

absolute priorities and one competitive 

preference priority. In accordance with 

34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv), the two 

absolute priorities are from section 

371(b)(2)(B) of the HEA, 20 U.S.C. 

1067q(b)(2)(B). The competitive 

preference priority is selected from the 

final supplemental priorities and 

definitions for discretionary grant 

programs notice published in the 

Federal Register on December 15, 2010 

(75 FR 78486). 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2011 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, these 

priorities are absolute priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet these priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1 

To meet this priority, an applicant 

must submit in accordance with section 

371(b)(2)(B)(i) of the HEA, an 

application for an Individual 

Development or Cooperative 

Arrangement Development Grant that 

proposes to increase the number of 

Hispanic and other low income students 

attaining degrees in the fields of science, 

technology, engineering, or 

mathematics. 

Absolute Priority 2 

To meet this priority, an applicant 

must submit, in accordance with section 

371(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the HEA, an 

application for an Individual 

Development or Cooperative 

Arrangement Development Grant that 

proposes to develop model transfer and 

articulation agreements between twoyear HSIs and four-year institutions in 

such fields. Competitive Preference 

Priority: For FY 2011 and any 

subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is a competitive preference 

priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) 

we award an additional five points to an 

application that meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

Enabling More Data-Based DecisionMaking. Projects that are designed to 

collect (or obtain), analyze, and use 

high-quality and timely data, including 

data on program participant outcomes, 

in accordance with privacy 

requirements, in the following priority 

area: 

Improving postsecondary student 

outcomes relating to enrollment, 

persistence, and completion and leading 

to career success. 

Note: For purposes of this competitive 

preference priority, the term 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: 20 U.S.C. 

1067q(b)(2)(B); Section 2103 of the Health 

Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 

2010 (Pub. L. 111–152). 

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 

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1For purposes of making the determination 

described in paragraph (e) of the Eligibility Criteria 

for this competition, IHEs must report their 

undergraduate Hispanic FTE percent based on the 

student enrollment count closest to, but not after, 

September 30, 2009. 

In addition, for purposes of establishing 

eligibility for this competition, the Notice Inviting 

Applications for Designation as Eligible Institutions 

for FY 2010 was published in the Federal Register 

on December 7, 2009 (74 FR 64059), and the 

deadline for application was January 6, 2010. The 

Notice Inviting Applications for Designation as 

Eligible Institutions for FY 2010 was reopened on 

August 13, 2010 (75 FR 49484), and the deadline 

for applications was September 13, 2010. Only 

institutions that submitted the required application 

and received designation through one of these 

processes are eligible to submit applications for this 

competition. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except Federally 

recognized Indian Tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$99,900,000. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 

2012 from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition. 

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 Range of Awards: 

$700,000–1,200,000. 

Estimate Average Size of Awards: 

Individual Development Grant: 

$775,000. Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grant: $1,100,000. 

Maximum Awards: Individual 

Development Grant: $870,000. 

Cooperative Arrangement Development 

Grant: $1,200,000. We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding these maximum amounts 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: 

Individual Development Grants: 46. 

Cooperative Arrangement Development 

Grants: 58. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs that 

qualify as eligible HSIs are eligible to 

apply for new Individual Development 

Grants and Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grants under the 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM and 

Articulation Programs. To be an eligible 

HSI, an IHE must— 

(a) Have an enrollment of needy 

students, as defined in section 502(b) of 

the HEA (section 502(a)(2)(A)(i) of the 

HEA; 20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(2)(A)(i)); 

(b) Have, except as provided in 

section 522(b) of the HEA, average 

educational and general expenditures 

that are low, per full-time equivalent 

(FTE) undergraduate student, in 

comparison with the average 

educational and general expenditures 

per FTE undergraduate student of 

institutions that offer similar instruction 

(section 502(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the HEA; 20 

U.S.C. 1101a(a)(2)(A)(ii)); 

Note: To demonstrate an enrollment of 

needy students and low average educational 

and general expenditures per FTE 

undergraduate student, an IHE must be 

designated as an ‘‘eligible institution’’ in 

accordance with 34 CFR 606.3 through 606.5 

and the notice inviting applications for 

designation as an eligible institution for the 

fiscal year for which the grant competition is 

being conducted. 

(c) Be accredited by a nationally 

recognized accrediting agency or 

association that the Secretary has 

determined to be a reliable authority as 

to the quality of education or training 

offered, or making reasonable progress 

toward accreditation, according to such 

an agency or association (section 

502(a)(2)(A)(iv) of the HEA; 20 U.S.C. 

1101a(a)(2)(A)(iv)); 

(d) Be legally authorized to provide, 

and provide within the State, an 

educational program for which the 

institution awards a bachelor’s degree 

(section 502(a)(2)(A)(iii) of the HEA; 20 

U.S.C. 1101a(a)(2)(A)(iii)); and 

(e) Have an enrollment of 

undergraduate FTE students that is at 

least 25 percent Hispanic students at the 

end of the award year immediately 

preceding the date of application 

(section 502(a)(5)(B) of the HEA; 20 

U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5)(B)). 

Note 1: Funds for the Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions STEM and Articulation Programs 

will be awarded each fiscal year; thus, for 

this program, the ‘‘end of the award year 

immediately preceding the date of 

application’’ refers to the end of the fiscal 

year prior to the application due date. The 

end of the fiscal year occurs on September 30 

for any given year. 

Note 2: In considering applications for 

grants under this program, the Department 

will compare the data and documentation the 

institution relied on in its application with 

data reported to the Department’s Integrated 

Postsecondary Education Data System 

(IPEDS), the IHE’s State-reported enrollment 

data, and the institutional annual report. If 

different percentages or data are reported in 

these various sources, the institution must, as 

part of the 25 percent assurance verification, 

explain the reason for the differences. If the 

IPEDS data show that less than 25 percent of 

the institution’s undergraduate FTE students 

are Hispanic, the burden is on the institution 

to show that the IPEDS data are inaccurate. 

If the IPEDS data indicate that the institution 

has an undergraduate FTE less than 25 

percent, and the institution fails to 

demonstrate that the IPEDS data are 

inaccurate, the institution will be considered 

ineligible.1

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: There are 

no cost sharing or matching 

requirements unless the grantee uses a 

portion of its grant for establishing or 

improving an endowment fund. If a 

grantee uses a portion of its grant for 

endowment fund purposes, it must 

match those grant funds with nonFederal funds. (20 U.S.C. 1101b(c)(2)). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package: Carolyn Proctor, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 6060, Washington, DC 

20006–8513. Telephone: (202) 502–7567 

or by e-mail: Carolyn.Proctor@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 these 

programs. 

Page Limits: The application narrative 

(Part III of the application) is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate 

your application. We have established 

mandatory page limits for both the 

Individual Development Grant and the 

Cooperative Arrangement Development 

Grant applications. You must limit the 

application narrative (Part III) to no 

more than 50 pages for the Individual 

Development Grant application and no 

more than 70 pages for the Cooperative 

Arrangement Development Grant 

application, using the following 

standards: 

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

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

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

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application narrative, except titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as 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). 

• 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. 

• If you do not use all of the 

allowable space on a page, it will be 

counted as a full page in determining 

compliance with the page limit. 

The page limit does not apply to 

Part I, the Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424); the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information 

form (SF 424); Part II, Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524); Part IV, the 

assurances and certifications; or the 

one-page abstract, or the program 

activity budget detail form and 

supporting narrative. However, the page 

limit does apply to all of the application 

narrative section (Part III), including the 

narrative on budget that responds to the 

selection criteria. If you include any 

attachments or appendices not 

specifically requested in the application 

package, these items will be counted as 

part of your 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. 

Note: The narrative response to the budget 

selection criteria is not the same as the 

activity detail budget form and supporting 

narrative. The supporting narrative for the 

detail budget form explains the requested 

budget items line by line. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the applicable page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 25, 

2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 29, 2011. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition 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 28, 2011. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: These 

programs are 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 these 

programs. 

5. Funding Restrictions: A grantee 

may not carry out the following 

activities or pay the following costs 

under a HSI STEM and Articulation 

Programs Development Grant: 

(1) Activities that are not included in 

the grantee’s approved application. 

(2) Activities that are inconsistent 

with any State plan for higher education 

that is applicable to the institution, 

including, but not limited to, a State 

plan for desegregation of higher 

education. 

(3) Activities or services that relate to 

sectarian instruction or religious 

worship. 

(4) Activities provided by a school or 

department of divinity. For the purpose 

of this provision, a ‘‘school or 

department of divinity’’ means an 

institution, or a department of an 

institution, whose program is 

specifically for the education of 

students to prepare them to become 

ministers of religion or to enter into 

some other religious vocation or to 

prepare them to teach theological 

subjects. 

(5) Developing or improving nondegree or non-credit courses other than 

basic skills development courses. 

(6) Developing or improving 

community-based or community 

services programs, unless the program 

provides academic-related experiences 

or academic credit toward a degree for 

degree students, or, unless it is a 

program or services to encourage 

elementary and secondary school 

students to develop the academic skills 

and the interest to pursue postsecondary 

education. 

(7) Purchase of standard office 

equipment, such as furniture, file 

cabinets, bookcases, typewriters, or 

word processors. 

(8) Payment of any portion of the 

salary of a president, vice president, or 

equivalent officer who has college-wide 

administrative authority and 

responsibility at an institution to fill a 

position under the grant such as project 

coordinator or activity director. 

(9) Costs of organized fund-raising, 

including financial campaigns, 

endowment drives, solicitation of gifts 

and bequests, and similar expenses 

incurred solely to raise capital or obtain 

contributions. 

(10) Costs of student recruitment such 

as advertisements, literature, and 

college fairs. 

(11) Services to high school students, 

unless they are services to encourage 

such students to develop the skills and 

the interest to pursue postsecondary 

education. 

(12) Instruction in the institution’s 

standard courses as indicated in the 

institution’s catalog. 

(13) Costs for health and fitness 

programs, transportation, and day care 

services. 

(14) Student activities such as 

entertainment, cultural, or social 

enrichment programs, publications, 

social clubs, or associations. 

(15) Activities that are operational in 

nature rather than developmental in 

nature. 

We reference other 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 

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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 

competition 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 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM and 

Articulation Programs, CFDA number 

84.031C, 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 Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions STEM and Articulation 

Programs at http://www.Grants.gov. You 

must search for the downloadable 

application package for this competition 

by the CFDA number. Do not include 

the CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your 

search (e.g., search for 84.031 not 

84.031C). 

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 competition 

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 upload any narrative 

sections and all other attachments to 

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 

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., 

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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: Carolyn Proctor, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 6048, Washington, DC 

20006–8516. 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 84.031C), 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 84.031C), 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 these programs 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 

(10 points); 

Quality of the management plan 

(15 points); and 

Quality of project evaluation (15 

points). 

Additional information regarding 

these criteria is listed 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 achievement of project 

objectives, 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). 

Additional factors we consider in 

selecting an application for an award are 

as follows: 

(A) Documentation of at least 25 

Percent Hispanic Undergraduate FTE 

Students. An applicant must provide, as 

an attachment to the application, the 

documentation the institution relied 

upon in determining that at least 25 

percent of the institution’s 

undergraduate FTE students are 

Hispanic. 

Note: The 25 percent requirement applies 

only to undergraduate Hispanic students and 

is calculated based upon FTE students. 

Instructions for formatting and submitting 

the verification documentation to Grants.gov 

are in the application package for this 

competition. 

(B) Tie-breaker for development 

grants (based on 34 CFR 606.23). To 

resolve ties in the reader scores of 

applications for development grants, the 

Department will award one additional 

point to an application from an IHE that 

has an endowment fund for which the 

market value per FTE student is less 

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market value of the endowment funds 

per FTE student at similar type IHEs. In 

addition, to resolve ties in the reader 

scores of applications for HSI STEM and 

Articulation Programs development 

grants, the Department will award one 

additional point to an application from 

an IHE that has expenditures for library 

materials per FTE student that are less 

than the comparable average 

expenditures for library materials per 

FTE student at similar type IHEs. 

We also will add one additional point 

to an application from an IHE that 

proposes to carry out one or more of the 

following activities— 

1. Faculty development; 

2. Funds and administrative 

management; 

3. Development and improvement of 

academic programs; 

4. Acquisition of equipment for use in 

strengthening management and 

academic programs; 

5. Joint use of facilities; and 

6. Student services. 

For the purpose of these funding 

considerations, we will use the most 

recent complete data available (e.g., for 

FY 2010, we will use 2008–2009 data). 

If a tie remains after applying the tiebreaker mechanism above, priority will 

be given in the case of applicants for: 

(a) Individual development grants, to 

applicants that addressed the statutory 

priority found in section 521(d) of the 

HEA; and b. Cooperative arrangement 

grants, to applicants in accordance with 

section 524(b) of the HEA, if the 

Secretary determines that the 

cooperative arrangement is 

geographically and economically sound 

or will benefit the applicant institution. 

If a tie still remains after applying the 

additional point(s) and the relevant 

statutory priority, we will determine the 

ranking of applicants based on the 

lowest endowment values per FTE 

enrolled student. 

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 in this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section in 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: (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 HispanicServing Institutions STEM and 

Articulation Programs: 

(1) The percentage change, over the 

five-year grant period, of the number of 

full-time degree-seeking undergraduates 

enrolled at HSIs. 

(2) The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students who were in their first year of 

postsecondary enrollment in the 

previous year and are enrolled in the 

current year at the same institution. 

(3) The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students enrolled at four-year HSIs 

graduating within six years of 

enrollment. 

(4) The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students enrolled at two-year HSIs 

graduating within three years of 

enrollment. 

(5) Federal cost for undergraduate and 

graduate degrees at institutions in the 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM and 

Articulation Programs. 

5. Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM 

and Articulation Programs Special 

Analyses: The Hispanic- Serving 

Institutions STEM and Articulation 

Programs include two absolute priorities 

and one competitive preference priority 

listed under Priorities in section I of this 

notice. 

To assess the impact of the adoption 

of these priorities on program outcomes, 

the Department will collect data through 

the annual performance report and 

conduct special analyses to determine 

the changes that occur during the course 

of the grant period in: 

(1) The percentage of graduates 

receiving STEM related degrees from 

grantee institutions; and 

(2) The number of students 

transferring from two-year grantee 

institutions to four-year institutions; 

and 

(3) The use of student data on 

enrollment, persistence, and completion 

by grantee institutions that select the 

Competitive Preference Priority in 

conducting project activities. Such data 

may include data from State 

longitudinal data systems or other 

reliable third-party resources. 

6. 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: 

Carolyn Proctor, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6048, Washington, DC 20006–8513. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7567 or by e-mail: 

Carolyn.Proctor@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

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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 in 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF), on the Internet at the 

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

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

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 via the 

Federal Digital System at: http:// 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys. 

Dated: March 22, 2011. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7127 Filed 3–24–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Charter Schools Program (CSP) Grants 

for Replication and Expansion of HighQuality Charter Schools 

AGENCY: Office of Innovation and 

Improvement, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed priorities, 

requirements, definitions, and selection 

criteria. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.282M. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Deputy 

Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement proposes priorities, 

requirements, definitions, and selection 

criteria under the CSP–Replication and 

Expansion of High-Quality Charter 

Schools grant competition. The 

Assistant Deputy Secretary may use 

these priorities, requirements, 

definitions, and selection criteria for 

competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2011 

and later years. The Assistant Deputy 

Secretary intends to use these priorities, 

requirements, definitions, and selection 

criteria to award grants to eligible 

applicants to enable them to replicate or 

substantially expand high-quality 

charter schools with demonstrated 

records of success, including success in 

increasing student academic 

achievement. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before April 25, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

this notice to Erin Pfeltz, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 4W255, 

Washington, DC 20202–5970. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by e-mail, use the following address: 

erin.pfeltz@ed.gov. You must include 

the phrase ‘‘CSP Grants for Replication 

and Expansion of High-Quality Charter 

Schools—Comments on FY 2011 

Proposed Priorities’’ in the subject line 

of your electronic message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin 

Pfeltz. (202) 205–3525 or by e-mail: 

erin.pfeltz@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Invitation to Comment: We invite you 

to submit comments regarding this 

notice. To ensure that your comments 

have maximum effect in developing the 

notice of final priorities, requirements, 

definitions, and selection criteria, we 

urge you to identify clearly the specific 

proposed priority, requirement, 

definition, or selection criterion that 

each comment addresses. 

We invite you to assist us in 

complying with the specific 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

and its overall requirement of reducing 

regulatory burden that might result from 

these proposed priorities, requirements, 

definitions, and selection criteria. Please 

let us know of any further opportunities 

we should take to reduce potential costs 

or increase potential benefits while 

preserving the effective and efficient 

administration of the program. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all public comments 

about this notice in room 4W255, 400 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 

4 p.m., Washington, DC time, Monday 

through Friday of each week except 

Federal holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request, we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the CSP is to increase national 

understanding of the charter school 

model and to expand the number of 

high-quality charter schools available to 

students across the Nation by providing 

financial assistance for the planning, 

program design, initial implementation, 

or expansion of charter schools; and to 

evaluate the effects of charter schools, 

including their effects on students, 

student academic achievement, staff, 

and parents. 

The purpose of the CSP–Replication 

and Expansion of High-Quality Charter 

Schools grant competition (CFDA 

84.282M) is to award grants to eligible 

entities for the replication and 

expansion of successful charter school 

models. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7221–7221j; 

Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010, 

Division D, Title III, Public Law 111–117. 

Note: The Department anticipates that an 

authority similar to that in the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2010, Division D, Title 

III, Public Law 111–117 will be included in 

the legislation that sets forth the 

Department’s fiscal year 2011 appropriations. 

Proposed Priorities 

The Assistant Deputy Secretary for 

Innovation and Improvement proposes 

the following four priorities for this 

program. We may apply one or more of 

these priorities in any year in which this 

program is in effect. 

Proposed Priority 1—Experience 

Operating or Managing High-Quality 

Charter Schools 

Background 

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2010, Division D, Title III, Public Law 

111–117 called for the Department to 

make awards to eligible entities for the 

replication and expansion of 

‘‘successful’’ charter school models in 

fiscal year (FY) 2010. For FY 2011, the 

Department anticipates that its 

appropriations statute will include 

similar language. Accordingly, because 

the focus of this program is specifically 

on the replication and expansion of 

‘‘successful’’ charter school models, the 

Department believes that it is important 

that applicants have experience 

operating or managing multiple highquality charter schools. Examples of 

successful applications under this 

program for FY 2010 can be found at 

http://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/ 

education-secretary-arne-duncanannounces-twelve-grants-50-millioncharter-schoo. The abstracts describing 

these projects are available at http:// 

www2.ed.gov/programs/charter-rehqcs/ 

index.html. 


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