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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Educational Opportunity Centers 

(EOC) Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: Educational 

Opportunity Centers (EOC) Program; 

notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2011. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.066A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: April 6, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 23, 2011. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 20, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the EOC Program is to provide 

information regarding financial and 

academic assistance available for 

individuals who desire to pursue a 

program of postsecondary education; to 

provide assistance to these individuals 

in applying for admission to institutions 

at which a program of postsecondary 

education is offered, including 

assistance in preparing necessary 

applications for use by admissions and 

financial aid officers; and to improve 

the financial and economic literacy of 

participants. 

Priorities: This notice includes one 

competitive preference priority and two 

invitational priorities. The competitive 

preference priority is from the notice of 

final supplemental priorities and 

definitions for discretionary grant 

programs, published in the Federal 

Register on December 15, 2010 (75 FR 

78486). 

Competitive Preference 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 up to 

an additional two points to an 

application, depending on how well the 

application meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

Projects that are designed to address 

the needs of military-connected 

students (as defined in this notice). 

Note: For purposes of this notice, militaryconnected student means (a) a child 

participating in an early learning program, a 

student in preschool through grade 12, or a 

student enrolled in postsecondary education 

or training who has a parent or guardian on 

active duty in the uniformed services (as 

defined by 37 U.S.C. 101, in the Army, Navy, 

Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, 

National Guard, or the reserve component of 

any of the aforementioned services) or (b) a 

student who is a veteran of the uniformed 

services, who is on active duty, or who is the 

spouse of an active-duty service member. 

Invitational 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 invitational priorities. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), we do not 

give an application that meets one or 

more of these invitational priorities a 

competitive or absolute preference over 

other applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1: The Secretary 

encourages applicants to propose 

projects in which they would work with 

appropriate State agencies to use data 

from State longitudinal data systems or 

obtain data from reliable third-party 

sources when providing information on 

the implementation of their EOC 

projects and their participants’ 

outcomes. 

Invitational Priority 2: The Secretary 

encourages applicants to propose 

projects in which they would coordinate 

project services with school-level 

partners and other community resources 

in order to carry out projects that are 

cost-effective and best meet the needs of 

adult learners, including veterans. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a– 

11 and 20 U.S.C. 1070a–16. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75 (except for 75.215 

through 75.221), 77, 79, 80, 82, 84, 85, 

86, 97, 98 and 99. (b) The regulations for 

this program in 34 CFR part 644, as 

revised by the notice of final 

regulations, published in the Federal 

Register on October 26, 2010, 75 FR 

65712. (c) The notice of final 

supplemental priorities and definitions 

for discretionary grant programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 15, 2010 (75 FR 78486). 

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: The 

Administration has requested $853.1 

million for the Federal TRIO Programs 

for FY 2011, of which we intend to use 

an estimated $46,830,000 for the EOC 

Program competition. 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. 

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. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$230,000–$1,172,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$377,661. 

Maximum Award: 

• For an applicant who is not 

currently receiving an EOC Program 

grant and proposes to serve a minimum 

of 1,000 eligible participants at a cost 

that does not exceed $230 per 

participant, the maximum award 

amount is $230,000. 

• For an applicant who is currently 

receiving an EOC Program grant and 

proposes to serve a minimum of 1000 

eligible participants at a cost that does 

not exceed $300 per participant, the 

maximum award amount is the greater 

of: (a) $230,000 or (b) an amount equal 

to 103 percent of the applicant’s grant 

award amount for FY 2009 or FY 2010, 

whichever is greater. 

For example, an applicant who is 

eligible for a $300,300 grant (103 

percent of the applicant’s current 

funding level) and is applying for the 

full $300,300 must propose to serve at 

least 1001 participants. The applicant 

would be proposing to serve at least 

1001 participants at $300 per 

participant, which would equal 

$300,300 in grant funding. This 

applicant would meet the requirement 

to serve a minimum of 1000 participants 

and the requirement not to exceed $300 

per participant. 

Note: For an applicant who is currently 

receiving an EOC program grant that is 

serving more than 1000 participants, the 

applicant is encouraged to continue to serve 

its current number of participants. However, 

if the applicant proposes to reduce the 

number of participants to be served, the 

applicant must propose to serve at least 1000 

participants at a cost that does not exceed 

$300 per participant. 

For an applicant who is currently 

receiving an EOC program grant that is 

serving 1,000 participants, but at a cost 

per participant exceeding $300, the 

applicant must either: (1) Propose to 

continue to serve 1,000 participants, but 

at a reduced award amount that is based 

on a $300 cost per participant (i.e. 

$300,000); or (2) request an award 

amount equal to 103% of the applicant’s 

grant award amount for FY 2009 or 

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2010, whichever is greater, but increase 

the number of participants proposed to 

be served, such that the per participant 

cost does not exceed $300. 

The Department may choose to fund 

successful applicants who are currently 

receiving an EOC grant and serving 

more than 1000 participants at a level 

equal to the greater of the award amount 

for FY 2009 or FY 2010, instead of an 

amount equal to 103 percent of the 

greater of the award amount for FY 2009 

or FY 2010. However, in that situation, 

the Department will adjust the number 

of participants that the applicant will be 

required to serve accordingly. For 

example, an applicant that is eligible to 

receive a $480,000 grant would be 

required to serve at least 1,600 

participants. 

Pursuant to 34 CFR 644.32(b), we will 

reject any application that proposes a 

budget exceeding the maximum amount 

described in this section for a single 

budget period of 12 months. We will 

also reject any application that proposes 

a budget to serve less than 1000 

participants or proposes a budget that 

exceeds the maximum per participant 

cost of $300. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 124. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education; public and private 

agencies and organizations, including 

community-based organizations with 

experience in serving disadvantaged 

youth; combinations of these 

institutions, agencies, and 

organizations; and secondary schools. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

3. Other: An applicant may submit 

more than one application for an EOC 

grant as long as each application 

describes a project that serves a different 

target area (34 CFR 644.10(a)). The 

Secretary is not designating any 

additional populations for which an 

applicant may submit a separate 

application under this competition (34 

CFR 644.10(b)). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Rachael Couch, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 7000, Washington, DC 

20006–8510. Telephone: (202) 502–7600 

or by e-mail: TRIO@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the program 

contact person listed in this section. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

program. 

Page Limit: The total page limit for 

the project narrative portion of the 

application for the FY 2011 EOC 

competition is 50 pages, including any 

discussion of how the application meets 

one or both of the invitational priorities. 

However, any application addressing 

the competitive preference priority may 

include up to five additional pages in a 

separate section of the application 

submission to discuss how the 

application meets the competitive 

preference priority. The five additional 

pages cannot be used for or transferred 

to the project narrative. Partial pages 

will count as a full page toward the page 

limit. Please use the following standards 

for the application narrative: 

• 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 within 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. 

• Use a font that is 12 point or larger. 

• 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); Part II, the budget 

information summary form (ED Form 

524); the EOC Program Profile; the onepage Project Abstract narrative; and the 

assurances and certifications. The page 

limit also does not apply to a table of 

contents. If you include any attachments 

or appendices, these items will be 

counted as part of Part III, the 

application narrative, for purposes of 

the page-limit requirement. You must 

include your complete response to the 

selection criteria, which also includes 

the budget narrative, in Part III, the 

application narrative. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: April 6, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 23, 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: July 20, 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 specify 

unallowable costs in 34 CFR 644.31. We 

reference additional 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. 

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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.gov

RegistrationBrochure.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 EOC 

Program, CFDA number 84.066A, must 

be submitted electronically using the 

Governmentwide 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 EOC 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 84.066, not 84.066A). 

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 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 

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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: Geraldine Smith, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 7000, Washington, DC 

20006–8510. FAX: (202) 502–7857. 

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 three 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 84.066A) 

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 84.066A) 

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 competition are 

from 34 CFR 644.21 and are listed in the 

application package. 

Note: With the changes made to the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended, by the 

Higher Education Opportunity Act, the EOC 

Program objectives have been standardized. 

Please note that applicants are required to 

use these objectives to measure performance 

under the program. Specifically, under the 

‘‘Objectives’’ section of the selection criterion, 

34 CFR 644.21(b), which is worth eight 

points, applicants should address the 

standardized objectives related to secondary 

school diploma or equivalent, financial aid 

applications, college admission applications, 

and postsecondary enrollment. 

2. Review and Selection Process: A 

panel of non-Federal readers will review 

each application in accordance with the 

selection criteria and the competitive 

preference priority, pursuant to 34 CFR 

75.217. The individual scores of the 

readers will be added and the sum 

divided by the number of readers to 

determine the reader score received in 

the review process. In accordance with 

34 CFR 644.22, the Secretary will 

evaluate the prior experience of 

applicants that received an EOC 

Program project grant for project years 

2007–08, 2008–09 and 2009–10. Based 

on that evaluation, the Secretary may 

add prior experience points to the 

application’s averaged reader score to 

determine the total score for each 

application. The Secretary makes new 

grants in rank order on the basis of the 

total scores of the reader scores and 

prior experience points awarded to each 

application. Pursuant to 34 CFR 

644.20(c), if there are insufficient funds 

for all applications with the same total 

scores, the Secretary will choose among 

the tied applications so as to serve 

geographical areas that have been 

underserved by the EOC Program. The 

Secretary will not make a new grant to 

an applicant if the applicant’s prior 

project involved the fraudulent use of 

program funds. 

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 

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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: The success 

of the EOC Program will be measured by 

the EOC Program participants’ success 

in completing a secondary school 

diploma or its equivalent, completion of 

applications for student financial aid, 

submission of applications for 

postsecondary admission, and 

postsecondary enrollment. All EOC 

Program grantees will be required to 

submit an annual performance report. 

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 Contacts 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachael Couch or Geraldine Smith, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 7000, Washington, DC 

20006–8510. Telephone: (202) 502–7600 

or by e-mail: TRIO@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 one of the program contact 

persons 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 31, 2011. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8202 Filed 4–5–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Western Area Power 

Administration (Western), an agency of 

the Department of Energy (DOE), 

pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, intends to extend for three 

years without change, an information 

collection request with the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

Western’s current OMB control number 

1910–5136 for its Applicant Profile Data 

form (APD) expires on September 30, 

2011. Comments are invited on: 

(1) Whether the extended collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including the use of 

automated electronic, mechanical or 

other collection techniques or other 

forms of information technology. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before the end of the 

comment period that closes on June 6, 

2011. Western must receive comments 

by the end of the comment period to 

ensure consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to Mr. Ronald Klinefelter, 

Corporate Service Office, Western Area 

Power Administration, 12155 W. 

Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80228 

or by e-mail at 

PRAComments@wapa.gov. Please refer 

to ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act 

Information Collection’’ as the subject of 

your comments. 

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