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if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, the performance targets in 

the grantee’s approved application. 

In making a continuation award, 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. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

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Frank T. Brogan, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00378 Filed 1–11–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Office of 

Indian Education Formula Grants to 

Local Educational Agencies 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2021 for Office of Indian 

Education (OIE) Formula Grants to 

Local Educational Agencies, Assistance 

Listing Number 84.060A. This notice 

relates to the approved information 

collection under OMB control number 

1810–0021. 

DATES: Part I of Electronic Application 

System for Indian Education (EASIE) 

Applications Available: February 8, 

2021. 

Deadline for Transmittal of EASIE 

Part I: March 11, 2021. 

Part II of EASIE Applications 

Available: April 5, 2021. 

Deadline for Transmittal of EASIE 

Part II: May 14, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about the Formula Grants 

program, contact Dr. Crystal C. Moore, 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW, MS 6335, 

Washington, DC 20202–6335. 

Telephone: (202) 215–3964. Email: 

crystal.moore@ed.gov. For technical 

questions about the EASIE application 

and uploading documentation, contact 

the Partner Support Center (PSC). 

Telephone: 877–457–3336. Email: 

OIE.EASIE@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), contact the Federal 

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

877–0996 or by email at: federalrelay@

sprint.com. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

Note: Applicants must meet the 

deadlines for both EASIE Part I and Part 

II to be eligible to receive a grant. 

Failure to submit the required 

supplemental documentation, described 

under Content and Form of Application 

Submission in section IV of this notice, 

by the EASIE Part I or II deadline will 

result in an incomplete application that 

will not be considered for funding. OIE 

recommends uploading the 

documentation at least two days prior to 

each deadline date to ensure that any 

potential submission issues are resolved 

prior to the deadlines. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Office of 

Indian Education Formula Grants to 

Local Educational Agencies (Formula 

Grants) program provides grants to 

support local educational agencies 

(LEAs), Indian Tribes and organizations, 

and other eligible entities in developing 

and implementing elementary and 

secondary school programs that serve 

Indian students. These funds must be 

used to support comprehensive 

programs that are designed to meet the 

unique cultural, language, and 

educational needs of American Indian 

and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students and 

ensure that all students meet 

challenging State academic standards. 

The information gathered from the 

project’s final annual performance 

report (APR) will be utilized to 

complete OIE’s required annual 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA) report. Specifically, that 

report covers the Secretary’s established 

key performance measures for assessing 

the effectiveness and efficiency of the 

Formula Grants program as detailed in 

this notice. 

Integration of Services Authorized 

As authorized under section 6116 of 

the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(ESEA), the Secretary will, upon receipt 

of an acceptable plan for the integration 

of education and related services, and in 

cooperation with other relevant Federal 

agencies, authorize the entity receiving 

the funds under this program to 

consolidate all Federal funds that are to 

be used exclusively for Indian students. 

Instructions for submitting an 

integration of education and related 

services plan are included in EASIE, 

which is described under Application 

and Submission Information in section 

IV of this notice. 

Note: Under the Formula Grants 

program, all applicants are required to 

develop proposed projects in open 

consultation, including through public 

hearings held to provide a full 

opportunity to understand the program 

and to offer recommendations regarding 

the program (section 6114(c)(3)(C) of the 

ESEA), with parents of Indian children 

and teachers of Indian children, 

representatives of Indian Tribes on 

Indian lands located within 50 miles of 

any school that the LEA will serve if 

such Tribes have any children in such 

school, Indian organizations (IOs), and, 

if appropriate, Indian students from 

secondary schools. LEA applicants are 

required to develop proposed projects 

with the participation and written 

approval of an Indian Parent Committee 

whose membership includes parents 

and family members of Indian children 

in the LEA’s schools; representatives of 

Indian Tribes on Indian lands located 

within 50 miles of any school that the 

LEA will serve if such Tribes have any 

children in such school; teachers in the 

schools; and, if appropriate, Indian 

students attending secondary schools of 

the LEA (ESEA section 6114(c)(4)). The 

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members must be parents and family 

members of Indian children (section 

6114(c)(4) of the ESEA). 

Definitions: The following definition 

is from ESEA section 6112(d)(3): 

Indian community-based organization 

(ICBO) means any organization that (1) 

is composed primarily of Indian 

parents, family members and 

community members, Tribal 

government educational officials, and 

Tribal members, from a specific 

community; (2) assists in the social, 

cultural, and educational development 

of Indians in such community; (3) meets 

the unique cultural, language, and 

academic needs of Indian students; and 

(4) demonstrates organizational and 

administrative capacity to manage the 

grant. 

Statutory Hiring Preference: 

(a) Awards that are primarily for the 

benefit of Indians are subject to the 

provisions of section 7(b) of the Indian 

Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5307(b)). That 

section requires that, to the greatest 

extent feasible, a grantee— 

(1) Give to Indians preferences and 

opportunities for training and 

employment in connection with the 

administration of the grant; and 

(2) Give to IOs and to Indian-owned 

economic enterprises, as defined in 

section 3 of the Indian Financing Act of 

1974 (25 U.S.C. 1452(e)), preference in 

the award of contracts in connection 

with the administration of the grant. 

(b) For purposes of this section, an 

Indian is a member of any federally 

recognized Indian Tribe (25 U.S.C. 

1452(b)). 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7421, et 

seq. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 75, 77, 81, 82, 84, 97, 98, and 99. 

(b) The Office of Management and 

Budget Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Non-procurement) in 2 

CFR part 180, as adopted and amended 

as regulations of the Department in 2 

CFR part 3485. (c) The Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as 

adopted and amended as regulations of 

the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Formula grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$105,381,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $4,000 to 

$2,772,768. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$81,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 1,300. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: 12 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: The following 

entities are eligible under this program: 

Certain LEAs, as prescribed by ESEA 

section 6112(b), including charter 

schools authorized as LEAs under State 

law; certain schools funded by the 

Bureau of Indian Education of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior (BIE), as 

prescribed by ESEA section 6113(d); 

Indian Tribes and IOs under certain 

conditions, as prescribed by ESEA 

section 6112(c); and ICBOs, as 

prescribed by ESEA section 6112(d). 

Consortia of two or more eligible 

entities are also eligible under certain 

circumstances, as prescribed by ESEA 

section 6112(a)(4). 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: ESEA 

Section 6114(c)(1) requires a grantee to 

use these grant funds only to 

supplement the funds that, in the 

absence of these Federal funds, such 

agency would make available for 

services described in this application, 

and not to supplant such funds. 

c. Indirect Cost Rate Information: This 

program uses a restricted indirect cost 

rate. For more information regarding 

restricted indirect costs, or to obtain a 

negotiated restricted indirect cost rate, 

please see: www2.ed.gov/about/offices/ 

list/ocfo/restrate.html. 

d. Administrative Cost Limitation: We 

note that, under ESEA section 6115(d) 

and per the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021, no more than 

five percent of the funds awarded for a 

grant may be used for direct 

administrative costs. This five percent 

limit does not include indirect costs. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. How to Request an Application 

Package: You can obtain an entityspecific link for the electronic 

application for grants under this 

program by contacting the PSC listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or compact disc) 

by contacting the PSC listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: (a) Requirements 

concerning the content of an 

application, together with the forms you 

must submit and technical assistance 

resources, are located on the EASIE 

Communities of Practice website at 

https://easie.grads360.org/. 

Note: To address the current needs of 

OIE’s formula award applicants, EASIE 

will move to the OMB MAX Survey 

Portal. OIE and PSC will create 

dedicated technical assistance 

documentation to support applicants 

and grantees with accessing, navigating, 

entering data, and submitting their 

responses in the new system. Prior to 

the opening of EASIE Part I, this 

documentation will be announced and 

posted on the EASIE Communities of 

Practice website at: https://

easie.grads360.org/. 

User accounts will be replaced with 

an entity-specific link (also known as a 

token) to access the new EASIE 

application in the OMB MAX Survey 

Portal. Only individuals that are 

registered as the current Point of 

Contact or Superintendent/Authorized 

Representative will receive the entityspecific link to access the application 

for EASIE Part I and II. The 

Superintendent/Authorized 

Representative can continue to delegate 

the responsibility of completing the 

EASIE application in the new OMB 

MAX Survey to other entity contacts by 

sharing their entity-specific link 

internally. The Superintendent/ 

Authorized Representative is ultimately 

responsible for the review and 

certification the application. Please 

contact the PSC with any questions 

related to this change. 

(b) Supplementary Documentation: 

The EASIE application requires 

submission of the following 

supplementary documentation in 

electronic Portable Document Format 

(PDF): 

(i) In EASIE Part I, applicants that are 

Tribes, IOs, or ICBOs must submit the 

appropriate ‘‘Applying in Lieu of the 

LEA’’ agreement form with their 

application to verify their eligibility no 

later than March 11, 2021 (which is the 

closing date of EASIE Part I). Each 

separate eligibility document is 

identified by applicant-type as either: 

Tribe Applying in Lieu of an LEA 

Agreement; IO Agreement; or ICBO 

Agreement. These are available on the 

Getting Started page in the EASIE Portal 

as downloadable documents. The 

details of the verification process, which 

are necessary to meet the statutory 

eligibility requirements for Tribes, IOs, 

and ICBOs, are in the application 

package. 

(ii) In EASIE Part I, an applicant that 

is the lead applicant for a consortium 

must use the consortium agreement 

form that is available on the Getting 


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Started page in the EASIE Portal as a 

downloadable document and upload it 

to EASIE no later than March 11, 2021, 

the EASIE Part I closing date. 

(iii) In EASIE Part II, for an applicant 

that is an LEA or a consortium of LEAs, 

the EASIE application requires the 

electronic PDF submission of the Indian 

Parent Committee Approval form no 

later than the deadline for transmittal of 

EASIE Part II, which is May 14, 2021. 

Applicants are encouraged to begin 

planning parent committee meetings 

early to ensure parent committee 

requirements are met before EASIE Part 

II closes. The form is available on the 

EASIE Communities of Practice website 

at https://easie.grads360.org/. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Part I of the Formula Grant EASIE 

Applications Available: February 8, 

2021. 

Deadline for Transmittal of EASIE 

Part I: March 11, 2021, 11:59 p.m., 

Eastern Time. 

Part II of the Formula Grant EASIE 

Applications Available: April 5, 2021. 

Deadline for Transmittal of EASIE 

Part II: May 14, 2021, 11:59 p.m., 

Eastern Time. 

Submit applications for grants under 

this program electronically using EASIE 

located in the OIE-provided portal. For 

information (including dates and times) 

about how to submit your application, 

please refer to Other Submission 

Requirements in section IV of this 

notice. 

OIE will only consider an application 

that is compliant with 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. 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. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

5. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and System for Award 

Management: To do business with the 

Department, 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 System for Award 

Management (SAM), the Government’s 

primary registrant database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your SAM application; and 

d. Maintain an active SAM 

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 at the following 

website: http://fedgov.dnb.com/ 

webform. A DUNS number can be 

created within one to two business days. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow two to five weeks for your 

TIN to become active. 

The SAM registration process can take 

approximately seven business days, but 

may take upwards of several weeks, 

depending on the completeness and 

accuracy of the data you enter into the 

SAM database. Thus, if you think you 

might want to apply for Federal 

financial assistance under a program 

administered by the Department, please 

allow sufficient time to obtain and 

register your DUNS number and TIN. 

We strongly recommend that you 

register early. 

If you are currently registered with 

SAM, 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 registration 

annually. This may take three or more 

business days. 

Information about SAM is available at 

www.SAM.gov. To further assist you 

with obtaining and registering your 

DUNS number and TIN in SAM or 

updating your existing SAM account, 

we have prepared a SAM.gov Tip Sheet, 

which you can find at: www2.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/sam-faqs.html. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Electronic Application System for 

Indian Education (EASIE): EASIE is an 

electronic application found in the 

EASIE OMB MAX Survey Portal via an 

entity-specific link. It is divided into 

two parts—EASIE Part I and EASIE Part 

II. 

EASIE Part I, student count, provides 

the appropriate data-entry screens to 

submit verified, aggregated, Indian 

student count totals based on either the 

Indian School Equalization Program 

(ISEP) count or the Indian Student 

Eligibility Certification Form (ED 506 

Form). All applicants must submit a 

current Indian student count for FY 

2021. Applicants must use the ED 506 

Form to document eligible Indian 

students; however, BIE schools may use 

either the ISEP count or the ED 506 

Form count to verify their Indian 

student counts. Applicants must protect 

the privacy of all individual data 

collected and only report aggregated 

data to the Secretary. 

Applicants that verify their Indian 

student count with the ED 506 Form 

must document their Indian student 

counts by completing the following: (1) 

Each year, the applicant must verify 

there is a valid ED 506 Form for each 

Indian child included in the count; (2) 

all ED 506 Forms included in the count 

must be completed, signed, and dated 

by the parent, and be on file; (3) the 

applicant must maintain a copy of the 

student enrollment roster(s) covering 

the same period of time indicated in the 

application as the count period; and (4) 

each Indian child included in the count 

must be listed on the LEA’s enrollment 

roster(s) for at least one day during the 

count period. 

BIE schools that enter an ISEP count 

to verify their Indian student count 

must use the most current Indian 

student count certified by the BIE. 

Once an Indian child is determined to 

be eligible to be counted for such grant 

award, the applicant must maintain a 

record of such determination and must 

not require a new or duplicate 

determination or form to be made for 

such child for a subsequent application 

for a grant under this program. 

Applicants must indicate the time 

span for the project objectives and 

corresponding activities and services for 

AI/AN students. Applicants can choose 

to set objectives that remain the same 

for up to four years to facilitate data 

collection and enhance long-term 

planning. 

In EASIE Part II, all applicants are 

required to— 

(1) Select the type of program being 

submitted as either regular formula 

grant program, formula grant project 

consolidated with a title I schoolwide 

program, or integration of services 

under ESEA section 6116; 

(2) Select the grade levels offered by 

the LEA or BIE school; 

(3) Identify, from a list of possible 

Department grant programs (e.g., ESEA 

title I), the programs in the LEA that are 

currently coordinated with a title VI 

project, or with which the school 

district plans to coordinate during the 

project year, in accordance with ESEA 

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comprehensive program for AI/AN 

students with those grant programs; 

(4) Describe the professional 

development opportunities that will be 

provided as part of a comprehensive 

program to ensure that teachers and 

other school professionals who are new 

to the Indian community are prepared to 

work with Indian children, and that all 

teachers who will be involved in 

programs assisted by this grant have 

been properly trained to carry out such 

programs, as required by ESEA section 

6114(b)(5); 

(5) Provide information on how the 

State assessment data of all Indian 

students (not just those served) are used 

and how such information will be 

disseminated to the Indian community, 

Indian Parent Committee, and Indian 

Tribes whose children are served by the 

LEA. Also describe how assessment data 

from the previous school year (SY) were 

used, as required by ESEA section 

6114(b)(6); 

(6) Indicate when the public hearing 

was held for SY 2021, as required by 

ESEA section 6114(c)(3)(C); 

(7) For an applicant that is an LEA, 

BIE school, or a consortium of LEAs or 

BIE schools, describe the process the 

applicant used to meaningfully 

collaborate with Indian Tribes located 

in the community in a timely, active, 

and ongoing manner in the development 

of the comprehensive program and the 

actions taken as a result of such 

collaboration (ESEA section 6114(b)(7)); 

(8) Identify specific project objectives 

that will further the goal of providing 

culturally responsive education for AI/ 

AN students to meet their academic 

needs and help them meet State 

achievement standards (ESEA section 

6115(b)), and identify the data sources 

that will be used to measure progress 

toward meeting project objectives; 

(9) For an LEA that selects a 

schoolwide application, identify how 

the use of such funds in a schoolwide 

program will produce benefits to Indian 

students that would not be achieved if 

the funds were not used in a schoolwide 

program (ESEA section 6115(c)(3)); 

(10) Submit a program budget and 

justification based on the estimated 

grant amount that the EASIE system 

calculates from the Indian student count 

submitted in EASIE Part I. After the 

initial grant amounts are determined, 

additional funds may become available 

due to such circumstances as 

withdrawn applications or reduction in 

another applicant’s student count. An 

applicant whose award amount 

increases or decreases more than $5,000 

must submit a revised budget prior to 

receiving its grant award but will not 

need to re-certify its application. If an 

applicant’s award amount increases or 

decreases by less than $5,000, a budget 

update is not required. For an applicant 

that receives an increased award 

amount following submission of its 

original budget, the applicant must 

allocate the increased amount only to 

previously approved budget categories; 

(11) As required by section 427 of the 

General Education Provisions Act 

(GEPA), describe the steps the applicant 

proposes to take to ensure equitable 

access to, and participation in, the 

project or activity to be conducted with 

such assistance, by addressing the 

special needs of students, teachers, and 

other program beneficiaries in order to 

overcome barriers to equitable 

participation, including barriers based 

on gender, race, color, national origin, 

disability, and age; and 

(12) If needed, provide additional 

comments to assist OIE in the review of 

the application. 

Registration for Formula Grant EASIE: 

Current, former, and new applicants 

interested in submitting a Formula 

Grant EASIE application must register 

for Formula Grant EASIE. Prior to the 

opening of EASIE Part I, PSC will send 

a broadcast to prior year grantees and 

new prospective applicants that have 

contacted PSC and registered for EASIE. 

All recipients who receive PSC’s 

broadcast will be asked to complete 

their intent to apply for the upcoming 

application period in the EASIE Portal. 

All prospective applicants will be 

provided the opportunity to confirm if 

any updates to their registration 

information are necessary, and/or if they 

would like to completely decline 

registration. Entities that do not have an 

active registration or are new applicants 

should contact the PSC listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT to 

register any time before the EASIE Part 

I application deadline date. Registration 

does not serve as the entity’s grant 

application. For assistance registering, 

contact the PSC listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Certification for Formula Grant 

EASIE: The applicant’s authorized 

representative, who must be a senior 

level official (Superintendent, Tribal 

Chief, or similar) of the entity and 

legally authorized by the applicant 

organization to approve the application, 

must certify EASIE Part I and Part II by 

the deadline date. Each applicant 

should identify at least three system 

users, one for each of the following: 

Project director, authorized 

representative, and another party (such 

as a Budget Director) designated to 

answer questions in the event the 

project director is unavailable. The 

certification process ensures that the 

information in the application is true, 

reliable, and valid. An applicant that 

provides a false statement in the 

application is subject to penalties under 

the False Claims Act, 18 U.S.C. 1001. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

We discourage paper applications, but 

if electronic submission is not possible 

(e.g., you do not have access to the 

internet), you must provide a written 

statement that you intend to submit a 

paper application. Send this written 

statement no later than Monday, January 

11, 2021. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date of EASIE Part 

I. 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 of 

EASIE Part I. If you email the written 

statement, it must be sent no later than 

two weeks before the application 

deadline date to the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Dr. Crystal C. Moore, U.S. 

Department of Education, Office of 

Indian Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW, MS 6335 Washington, DC 

20202–6335. FAX: (202) 205–0606. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

You must mail the original and two 

copies of your application, on or before 

the application deadline dates for both 

EASIE Part I and Part II, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, Office of 

Indian Education, Attention: Assistance 

Listing Number 84.060A, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW, MS 6335, Washington, DC 

20202–6335. 

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. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. 


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Before relying on this method, you 

should check with your local post 

office. 

We will not consider applications 

postmarked after the application 

deadline date for EASIE Part I or Part II. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you are submitting a paper 

application, 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 dates for both 

EASIE Part I and Part II, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, Office of 

Indian Education, Attention: Assistance 

Listing Number 84.060A 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW, MS 6335Washington, DC 

20202–6335. 

The program office accepts hand 

deliveries daily between 8:00 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m., Eastern 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 Assistance Listing Number, 

including suffix letter, of this program— 

84.060A; and 

(2) The program office will mail 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 contact the program office at 

(202) 453–7042. 

V. Grant Administration Information 

1. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.205, before awarding grants under 

this program the Department conducts a 

review of the risks posed by applicants. 

Under 2 CFR 3474.10, the Secretary may 

impose specific conditions and, in 

appropriate circumstances, high-risk 

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 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

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 a grant in the 

Applicable Regulations section of this 

notice. 

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

grant under this program, 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. This does not apply if you have 

an exception under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) You must submit an annual 

performance report (APR) using EASIE 

via the OMB MAX Survey Portal entityspecific link, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary, within 90 days after the close 

of the grant year. You will be able to 

access the APR via the EASIE portal link 

provided to registered entities prior to 

the system being open to users. Grantees 

will receive an email from the PSC 

identifying the date that the APR will be 

available to grantees and the deadline 

for its transmission. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Secretary has established the following 

key performance measures for assessing 

the effectiveness and efficiency of the 

Formula Grants program: (1) The 

percentage of AI/AN students in grades 

four and eight who score at or above the 

basic level in reading on the National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP); (2) the percentage of AI/AN 

students in grades four and eight who 

score at or above the basic level in 

mathematics on the NAEP; (3) the 

percentage of AI/AN students in grades 

three through eight meeting State 

achievement standards by scoring at or 

above the proficient level in reading and 

mathematics on State assessments; (4) 

the difference between the percentage of 

AI/AN students in grades three through 

eight at or above the proficient level in 

reading and mathematics on State 

assessments and the percentage of all 

students scoring at those levels; (5) the 

percentage of AI/AN students who 

graduate from high school as measured 

by the four-year adjusted cohort 

graduation rate; (6) the percentage of 

grantees providing culturally responsive 

activities; and (7) the percentage of 

funds used by grantees prior to award 

close-out. 

Note: In any year in which NAEP or 

State assessment data are systematically 

unavailable, reporting of such data will 

not be required and will not be used for 

purposes of performance measures. 

5. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you receive an award under this grant 

program that over the course of the 

project period may exceed the 

simplified acquisition threshold 

(currently $250,000), under 2 CFR 

200.206(a)(2) we must make a judgment 

about your integrity, business ethics, 

and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through SAM. You may 

review and comment on any 

information about yourself that a 

Federal agency previously entered and 

that is currently in FAPIIS. 

Please note that, if the total value of 

your currently active grants, cooperative 

agreements, and procurement contracts 

from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the requirements in 2 CFR 

part 200, Appendix XII, require you to 

report certain integrity information to 

FAPIIS semiannually. Please review the 

requirements in 2 CFR part 200, 

Appendix XII, if this grant plus all the 

other Federal funds you receive exceed 

$10,000,000. 

VI. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or compact disc) by 

contacting the PSC listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. On 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

published in the Federal Register. You 

may access the official edition of the 

Federal Register and the Code of 

Federal Regulations at www.govinfo.gov. 

At this site you can view this document, 

as well as other documents of this 

Department published in the Federal 

Register, in text or PDF. To use PDF, 

you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, 

which is available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Frank T. Brogan, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

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