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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Revitalizing Base Closure 

Communities, Economic Development 

Conveyance Annual Financial 

Statement; OMB Control Number 0790– 

0004. 

Type of Request: Extension. 

Number of Respondents: 24. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 24. 

Average Burden per Response: 40 

hours. 

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Needs and Uses: The information 

collection requirement is necessary to 

verify that Local Redevelopment 

Authority (LRA) recipients of Economic 

Development Conveyances (EDCs) are in 

compliance with the requirement that 

the LRA reinvest proceeds from the use 

of EDC property for seven years. 

Respondents are LRAs that have 

executed EDC agreements with a 

Military Department that transferred 

property from a closed military 

installation. As provided by 32 CFR 

174.9, such agreements require that the 

LRA reinvest the proceeds from any 

sale, lease or equivalent use of EDC 

property (or any portion thereof) during 

at least the first seven years after the 

date of the initial transfer of the 

property to support the economic 

redevelopment of, or related to, the 

installation. The Secretary of Defense 

may recoup from the LRA such portion 

of these proceeds not used to support 

the economic redevelopment of, or 

related to, the installation. LRAs are 

subject to this same seven-year 

reinvestment requirement if their EDC 

agreement is modified to reduce the 

debt owed to the Federal Government. 

Military Departments monitor LRA 

compliance with this provision by 

requiring an annual financial statement 

certified by an independent Certified 

Public Accountant. No specific form is 

required. 

Affected Public: State and local 

governments. 

Frequency: Annually. 

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Obtain or Retain Benefits. 

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Seehra. 

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Dated: January 12, 2021. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00998 Filed 1–15–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Promise 

Neighborhoods (PN) Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

is issuing a notice inviting applications 

for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the PN 

Program, Assistance Listing Number 

84.215N. This notice relates to the 

approved information collection under 

OMB control number 1894–0006. 

DATES: Applications Available: January 

19, 2021. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

February 3, 2021. Date of Pre-Application Meetings: The 

Department will hold a pre-application 

meeting on January 29, 2021 via 

webinar for prospective applicants. 

Detailed information regarding preapplication webinar(s) will be provided 

on the PN website at https://

oese.ed.gov/offices/office-ofdiscretionary-grants-support-services/ 

school-choice-improvement-programs/ 

promise-neighborhoods-pn/. Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 5, 2021. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 4, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on February 13, 2019 

(84 FR 3768) and available at 

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019- 

02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adrienne Hawkins, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 4W220, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 453–5638. Email: 

Adrienne.Hawkins@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The PN program 

is authorized under the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (ESEA). The purpose of the PN 

program is to significantly improve the 

academic and developmental outcomes 

of children living in the most distressed 

communities of the United States, 

including ensuring school readiness, 

high school graduation, and access to a 

community-based continuum of highquality services. The program serves 

neighborhoods with high concentrations 

of low-income individuals; multiple 

signs of distress, which may include 

high rates of poverty, childhood obesity, 

academic failure, and juvenile 

delinquency, adjudication, or 

incarceration; and schools 

implementing comprehensive support 

and improvement activities or targeted 

support and improvement activities 

under section 1111(d) of the ESEA. All 

strategies in the continuum of solutions 

must be accessible to children with 

disabilities and English learners. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

three absolute priorities, four 

competitive preference priorities, and 

one invitational priority. 

Absolute Priorities 1 and 3 and 

Competitive Preference Priorities 1 and 

4 are from the notice of final priorities, 

requirements, definitions, and selection 

criteria for this program published 

elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 

Register (NFP). Absolute Priority 2 and 

Competitive Preference Priority 3 are 

from the notice of final priorities 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 9, 2020 (85 FR 13640) 

(Administrative Priorities). Competitive 

Preference Priority 2 is from the notice 

of final priority published in the 

Federal Register on November 27, 2019 

(84 FR 65300) (Opportunity Zones NFP). 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2021 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, 

these priorities are absolute priorities. 

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only applications that meet one or more 

of these priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1—Non-Rural and 

Non-Tribal Communities. 

To meet this priority, an applicant 

must propose to implement a PN 

strategy that serves one or more nonrural or non-Tribal communities. 

Absolute Priority 2—Rural 

Applicants. 

Under this priority, an applicant must 

demonstrate one or more of the 

following: 

(a) The applicant proposes to serve a 

local educational agency (LEA) that is 

eligible under the Small Rural School 

Achievement (SRSA) program or the 

Rural and Low-Income School (RLIS) 

program authorized under Title V, Part 

B of the ESEA. 

(b) The applicant proposes to serve a 

community that is served by one or 

more LEAs with a locale code of 32, 33, 

41, 42, or 43. 

(c) The applicant proposes a project in 

which a majority of the schools served 

have a locale code of 32, 33, 41, 42, or 

43. 

(d) The applicant is an institution of 

higher education (IHE) with a rural 

campus setting, or the applicant 

proposes to serve a campus with a rural 

setting. Rural settings include any of the 

following: Town-Fringe, Town-Distant, 

Town-Remote, Rural Fringe, RuralDistant, Rural-Remote, as defined by the 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(NCES) College Navigator search tool. 

Note: To determine whether a particular 

LEA is eligible for SRSA or RLIS, refer to the 

Department’s website at https://oese.ed.gov/ 

offices/office-of-formula-grants/rural-insularnative-achievement-programs/ruraleducation-achievement-program/. Applicants 

are encouraged to retrieve locale codes from 

the NCES School District search tool (https:// 

nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/), where LEAs 

can be looked up individually to retrieve 

locale codes, and Public School search tool 

(https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/), 

where individual schools can be looked up 

to retrieve locale codes. Applicants are 

encouraged to retrieve campus settings from 

the NCES College Navigator search tool 

(https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/) where 

IHEs can be looked up individually to 

determine the campus setting. 

Absolute Priority 3—Tribal 

Communities. 

To meet this priority, an applicant 

must propose to implement a PN 

strategy that serves one or more Indian 

Tribes (as defined in this notice). 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2021 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award up to 

an additional 10 points to an 

application, depending on how well the 

application meets one or more of these 

priorities; the total possible points for 

each priority are noted in parentheses. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1— 

Community-Level Opioid Abuse 

Prevention Efforts (0 to 3 points). 

To meet this priority, an applicant 

must: (1) Demonstrate how it will 

partner with an organization that 

conducts high-quality, community-level 

activities to prevent opioid abuse, such 

as an organization supported by an 

Office of National Drug Control Policy, 

Drug-Free Communities Support 

Program grant, in PN communities; (2) 

describe the partner organization’s 

record of success in approaching opioid 

abuse prevention at the community 

level; and (3) provide, in its application, 

a memorandum of understanding 

between it and the partner organization 

responsible for managing the effort. The 

memorandum of understanding must 

indicate a commitment on the part of 

the applicant to coordinate 

implementation and align resources to 

the greatest extent practicable. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2— 

Spurring Investment in Qualified 

Opportunity Zones (0 to 3 points). 

Under this priority, an applicant must 

demonstrate that the area in which the 

applicant proposes to provide services 

overlaps with a Qualified Opportunity 

Zone (QOZ), as designated by the 

Secretary of the Treasury under section 

1400Z–1 of the Internal Revenue Code. 

An applicant must— 

(1) Provide the census tract number of 

the QOZ(s) in which it proposes to 

provide services (1 point); and 

(2) Describe how the applicant will 

provide services in the QOZ(s) (Up to 2 

points). 

Competitive Preference Priority 3— 

Applications from New Potential 

Grantees (0 or 1 point). 

Under this priority, an applicant must 

demonstrate that it has never received a 

grant, including through membership in 

a group application submitted in 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.127–75.129, 

under the program from which it seeks 

funds. 

Note: For new potential grantees 

unfamiliar with grantmaking at the 

Department, please consult our funding 

basics resource at www2.ed.gov/documents/ 

funding-101/funding-101-basics.pdf or a 

more detailed resource at www2.ed.gov/ 

documents/funding-101/funding-101.pdf. 

Competitive Preference Priority 4— 

Evidence-Based Activities to Support 

Academic Achievement (0 to 3 points). 

Projects that propose to use evidencebased (as defined in 34 CFR 77.1(c)) 

activities, strategies, or interventions 

that support teaching practices that will 

lead to increasing student achievement 

(as defined in this notice), graduation 

rates, and career readiness. 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2021 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, this 

priority is an invitational priority. 

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

give an application that meets this 

invitational priority a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

This priority is: 

Community-Based Crime Reduction 

Efforts. 

To meet this priority, an applicant 

must: (1) Demonstrate how it will 

partner with an organization that 

conducts high-quality activities focused 

on the re-entry of formerly incarcerated 

individuals or on community-based 

crime reduction activities, such as an 

organization supported by a U.S. 

Department of Justice (DOJ) Innovations 

in Community-Based Crime Reduction 

Program grant, a grant authorized under 

the Second Chance Act, as reauthorized 

under the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter 

Society Transformed Safely 

Transitioning Every Person (FIRST 

STEP) Act, or DOJ Office of Justice 

Programs competitive grants related to 

juvenile justice and delinquency 

prevention; (2) describe the partner 

organization’s record of success with 

supporting the re-entry of formerly 

incarcerated individuals or communitybased crime reduction and how their 

efforts will be coordinated with the PN 

activities of this grant; and (3) provide, 

in its application, a memorandum of 

understanding between it and a partner 

organization managing the effort. The 

memorandum of understanding must 

indicate a commitment on the part of 

the applicant to coordinate 

implementation and align resources to 

the greatest extent practicable. 

Requirements: For FY 2021 and any 

subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, 

applicants must meet the following 

application and program requirements 

from section 4624 of the ESEA and the 

NFP. 

Application Requirements: 

(1) A plan to significantly improve the 

academic outcomes of children living in 

the geographically defined area 

(neighborhood) that is served by the 

eligible entity by providing pipeline 

services that address the needs of 

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identified by the needs analysis; and 

that is supported by effective practices. 

(2) A description of the neighborhood 

the eligible entity will serve. 

Note: Applicants may propose to serve 

multiple, non-contiguous geographically 

defined areas, that is to say geographic areas 

that are not adjacent to one another. In cases 

where target areas are non-contiguous, the 

applicant should explain its rationale for 

including non-contiguous areas. 

(3) An applicant must demonstrate 

that its proposed project— 

(a) Is representative of the geographic 

area proposed to be served (as defined 

in this notice); and 

(b) Would provide a majority of the 

solutions from the applicant’s proposed 

pipeline services in the geographic area 

proposed to be served. 

(4) An analysis of the needs and assets 

of the neighborhood, including: 

(a) The size and scope of the 

population affected; 

(b) A description of the process 

through which the needs analysis was 

produced, including a description of 

how parents, families, and community 

members were engaged in such analysis; 

(c) An analysis of community assets 

and collaborative efforts (including 

programs already provided from Federal 

and non-Federal sources) within, or 

accessible to, the neighborhood, 

including, at a minimum, early learning 

opportunities, family and student 

supports, local businesses, local 

educational agencies, and institutions of 

higher education; 

(d) The steps that the eligible entity is 

taking at the time of the application to 

address the needs identified in the 

needs analysis; and 

(e) Any barriers the eligible entity, 

public agencies, and other communitybased organizations have faced in 

meeting such needs. 

(5) A description of (i) all information 

the entity used to identify the pipeline 

services to be provided, which shall not 

include information that is more than 3 

years old; and (ii) how the eligible entity 

will collect data on children served by 

each pipeline service and increase the 

percentage of children served over time. 

(6) A description of how the pipeline 

services will facilitate the coordination 

of the following activities: 

(a) Providing early learning 

opportunities for children, including by: 

(i) Providing opportunities for 

families to acquire the skills to promote 

early learning and child development; 

and 

(ii) Ensuring appropriate diagnostic 

assessments and referrals for children 

with disabilities and children aged 3 

through 9 experiencing developmental 

delays, consistent with the Individuals 

with Disabilities Education Act (20 

U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), where applicable. 

(b) Supporting, enhancing, operating, 

or expanding rigorous, comprehensive, 

effective educational improvements, 

which may include high-quality 

academic programs, expanded learning 

time, and programs and activities to 

prepare students for postsecondary 

education admissions and success. 

(c) Supporting partnerships between 

schools and other community resources 

with an integrated focus on academics 

and other social, health, and familial 

supports. 

(d) Providing social, health, nutrition, 

and mental health services and 

supports, for children, family members, 

and community members, which may 

include services provided within the 

school building. 

(e) Supporting evidence-based 

programs that assist students through 

school transitions, which may include 

expanding access to postsecondary 

education courses and postsecondary 

education enrollment aid or guidance, 

and other supports for at-risk youth. 

(7) Each applicant must submit, as 

part of its application, a preliminary 

memorandum of understanding, signed 

by each organization or agency with 

which it would partner in implementing 

the proposed PN program. Within the 

preliminary memorandum of 

understanding, all applicants must 

detail each partner’s financial, 

programmatic, and long-term 

commitment with respect to the 

strategies described in the application. 

Under section 4624(c) of the ESEA, 

applicants that are non-profit entities 

must submit a preliminary 

memorandum of understanding signed 

by each partner entity or agency, which 

must include at least one of the 

following: A high-need LEA; an 

institution of higher education, as 

defined in section 102 of the HEA (20 

U.S.C. 1002); the office of a chief elected 

official of a unit of local government; or 

an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization as 

defined in section 4 of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education 

Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 

(8) A description of the process used 

to develop the application, including 

the involvement of family and 

community members. In addressing this 

paragraph, an applicant must provide a 

description of the process used to 

develop the application, which must 

include the involvement of an LEA(s) 

(including but not limited to the LEA’s 

or LEAs’ involvement in the creation 

and planning of the application and a 

signed Memorandum of Understanding) 

and at least one public elementary or 

secondary school that is located within 

the identified geographic area that the 

grant will serve. 

(9) A description of the strategies that 

will be used to provide pipeline services 

(including a description of which 

programs and services will be provided 

to children, family members, 

community members, and children 

within the neighborhood) to support the 

purpose of the Promise Neighborhoods 

program. 

(10) An explanation of the process the 

eligible entity will use to establish and 

maintain family and community 

engagement, including: 

(a) Involving representative 

participation by the members of such 

neighborhood in the planning and 

implementation of the activities of each 

grant awarded; 

(b) The provision of strategies and 

practices to assist family and 

community members in actively 

supporting student achievement and 

child development; 

(c) Providing services for students, 

families, and communities within the 

school building; and 

(d) Collaboration with institutions of 

higher education, workforce 

development centers, and employers to 

align expectations and programming 

with postsecondary education and 

workforce readiness. 

(e) In addressing this paragraph, an 

applicant must describe the process it 

will use to establish and maintain a 

family navigation system (as defined in 

this notice), including an explanation of 

the process the applicant will use to 

establish and maintain family and 

community engagement. 

(11) An explanation of how the 

eligible entity will continuously 

evaluate and improve the continuum of 

high-quality pipeline services to provide 

for continuous program improvement 

and potential expansion. 

(12) In addressing the application 

requirements in paragraphs (4), (5), and 

(6), an applicant must clearly 

demonstrate needs, including a 

segmentation analysis, gaps in services, 

and any available data from within the 

last 3 years to demonstrate needs. The 

applicant must also describe proposed 

activities that address these needs and 

the extent to which these activities are 

evidence-based. The applicant must also 

describe its, or its partner 

organization’s, if applicable, experience 

providing these activities, including any 

data demonstrating effectiveness. 

Program Requirements: 

(1) Each grantee under the PN 

competition must use the grant funds to 

implement the pipeline services and 

continuously evaluate the success of the 

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on data and outcomes. Section 4624(d) 

of the ESEA. 

(2) Grantees may use not less than 50 

percent of grant funds in year one, and 

not less than 25 percent of grant funds 

in year two for planning activities to 

develop and implement pipeline 

services. 

(3) Grantees that operate a school in 

a neighborhood served by a grant 

program must provide such school with 

the operational flexibility, including 

autonomy over staff, time, and budget, 

needed to effectively carry out the 

activities described in this notice. 

(4) Grantees cannot, in carrying out 

activities to improve early childhood 

education programs, use PN funds to 

carry out the following activities: (1) 

Assessments that provide rewards or 

sanctions for individual children or 

teachers. (2) A single assessment that is 

used as the primary or sole method for 

assessing program effectiveness. (3) 

Evaluation of children, other than for 

the purposes of improving instruction, 

classroom environment, professional 

development, or parent and family 

engagement, or program improvement. 

Definitions: The definitions for 

‘‘eligible entity’’ and ‘‘pipeline services’’ 

are from section 4622 of the ESEA. The 

definitions of ‘‘family navigation 

system,’’ ‘‘graduation rate,’’ ‘‘Indian 

Tribe,’’ ‘‘indicators of need,’’ ‘‘regular 

high-school diploma,’’ ‘‘representative 

of the geographic area to be served,’’ 

‘‘segmentation analysis,’’ ‘‘student 

achievement,’’ and ‘‘student mobility 

rate’’ are from the NFP. The remaining 

definitions are from 34 CFR 77.1. 

Demonstrates a rationale means a key 

project component included in the 

project’s logic model is informed by 

research or evaluation findings that 

suggest the project component is likely 

to improve relevant outcomes. 

Evidence-based means the proposed 

project component is supported by one 

or more of strong evidence, moderate 

evidence, promising evidence, or 

evidence that demonstrates a rationale. 

Experimental study means a study 

that is designed to compare outcomes 

between two groups of individuals 

(such as students) that are otherwise 

equivalent except for their assignment 

to either a treatment group receiving a 

project component or a control group 

that does not. Randomized controlled 

trials, regression discontinuity design 

studies, and single-case design studies 

are the specific types of experimental 

studies that, depending on their design 

and implementation (e.g., sample 

attrition in randomized controlled trials 

and regression discontinuity design 

studies), can meet What Works 

Clearinghouse (WWC) standards 

without reservations as described in the 

WWC Handbooks: 

(i) A randomized controlled trial 

employs random assignment of, for 

example, students, teachers, classrooms, 

or schools to receive the project 

component being evaluated (the 

treatment group) or not to receive the 

project component (the control group). 

(ii) A regression discontinuity design 

study assigns the project component 

being evaluated using a measured 

variable (e.g., assigning students reading 

below a cutoff score to tutoring or 

developmental education classes) and 

controls for that variable in the analysis 

of outcomes. 

(iii) A single-case design study uses 

observations of a single case (e.g., a 

student eligible for a behavioral 

intervention) over time in the absence 

and presence of a controlled treatment 

manipulation to determine whether the 

outcome is systematically related to the 

treatment. 

Family navigation system means a 

service delivery model that includes 

coordinators who teach, mentor, and 

collaborate with students and their 

families, as well as community 

members, to choose interventions, 

treatments, or solutions provided by the 

grantee and that best meet the needs of 

students and their families. Students 

and their families can select services 

and supports based on available services 

and individual needs, as well as 

advocate for additional services. 

Graduation rate means the four-year 

adjusted cohort graduation rate or 

extended-year adjusted cohort 

graduation rate as defined in section 

8101(25) and (23) of the ESEA. 

Indian Tribe means an Indian Tribe or 

Tribal organization as defined in section 

4 of the Indian Self-determination Act 

(25 U.S.C. 5304(e)). 

Indicators of need means currently 

available data that describe— 

(a) Education need, which means— 

(1) All or a portion of the 

neighborhood includes or is within the 

attendance zone of a low-performing 

school that is a high school, especially 

one in which the graduation rate (as 

defined in this notice) is less than 60 

percent or a school that can be 

characterized as low-performing based 

on another proxy indicator, such as 

students’ on-time progression from 

grade to grade; and 

(2) Other indicators, such as 

significant achievement gaps between 

subgroups of students (as identified in 

section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the ESEA), 

within a school or LEA, high teacher 

and principal turnover, or high student 

absenteeism; and 

(b) Family and community support 

need, which means— 

(1) Percentages of children with 

preventable chronic health conditions 

(e.g., asthma, poor nutrition, dental 

problems, obesity) or avoidable 

developmental delays; 

(2) Immunization rates; 

(3) Rates of crime, including violent 

crime; 

(4) Student mobility rates; 

(5) Teenage birth rates; 

(6) Percentage of children in single 

parent or no-parent families; 

(7) Rates of vacant or substandard 

homes, including distressed public and 

assisted housing; or 

(8) Percentage of the residents living 

at or below the Federal poverty 

threshold. 

Logic model (also referred to as a 

theory of action) means a framework 

that identifies key project components 

of the proposed project (i.e., the active 

‘‘ingredients’’ that are hypothesized to 

be critical to achieving the relevant 

outcomes) and describes the theoretical 

and operational relationships among the 

key project components and relevant 

outcomes. 

Moderate evidence means that there is 

evidence of effectiveness of a key 

project component in improving a 

relevant outcome for a sample that 

overlaps with the populations or 

settings proposed to receive that 

component, based on a relevant finding 

from one of the following: 

(i) A practice guide prepared by the 

WWC using version 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, or 4.1 

of the WWC Handbooks reporting a 

‘‘strong evidence base’’ or ‘‘moderate 

evidence base’’ for the corresponding 

practice guide recommendation; 

(ii) An intervention report prepared 

by the WWC using version 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, 

or 4.1 of the WWC Handbooks reporting 

a ‘‘positive effect’’ or ‘‘potentially 

positive effect’’ on a relevant outcome 

based on a ‘‘medium to large’’ extent of 

evidence, with no reporting of a 

‘‘negative effect’’ or ‘‘potentially 

negative effect’’ on a relevant outcome; 

or 

(iii) A single experimental study or 

quasi-experimental design study 

reviewed and reported by the WWC 

using version 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, or 4.1 of the 

WWC Handbooks, or otherwise assessed 

by the Department using version 4.1 of 

the WWC Handbooks, as appropriate, 

and that— 

(A) Meets WWC standards with or 

without reservations; 

(B) Includes at least one statistically 

significant and positive (i.e., favorable) 

effect on a relevant outcome; 

(C) Includes no overriding statistically 

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relevant outcomes reported in the study 

or in a corresponding WWC 

intervention report prepared under 

version 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, or 4.1 of the WWC 

Handbooks; and 

(D) Is based on a sample from more 

than one site (e.g., State, county, city, 

school district, or postsecondary 

campus) and includes at least 350 

students or other individuals across 

sites. Multiple studies of the same 

project component that each meet 

requirements in paragraphs (iii)(A), (B), 

and (C) of this definition may together 

satisfy this requirement. 

Pipeline services means a continuum 

of coordinated supports, services, and 

opportunities for children from birth 

through entry into and success in 

postsecondary education, and career 

attainment. Such services shall include, 

at a minimum, strategies to address 

through services or programs (including 

integrated student supports) the 

following: 

(a) High-quality early childhood 

education programs. 

(b) High-quality school and out-ofschool-time programs and strategies. 

(c) Support for a child’s transition to 

elementary school, from elementary 

school to middle school, from middle 

school to high school, and from high 

school into and through postsecondary 

education and into the workforce, 

including any comprehensive readiness 

assessment determined necessary. 

(d) Family and community 

engagement and supports, which may 

include engaging or supporting families 

at school or at home. 

(e) Activities that support 

postsecondary and work-force 

readiness, which may include job 

training, internship opportunities, and 

career counseling. 

(f) Community-based support for 

students who have attended the schools 

in the area served by the pipeline, or 

students who are members of the 

community, facilitating their continued 

connection to the community and 

success in postsecondary education and 

the workforce. 

(g) Social, health, nutrition, and 

mental health services and supports. 

(h) Juvenile crime prevention and 

rehabilitation programs. 

Promising evidence means that there 

is evidence of the effectiveness of a key 

project component in improving a 

relevant outcome, based on a relevant 

finding from one of the following: 

(i) A practice guide prepared by WWC 

reporting a ‘‘strong evidence base’’ or 

‘‘moderate evidence base’’ for the 

corresponding practice guide 

recommendation; 

(ii) An intervention report prepared 

by the WWC reporting a ‘‘positive 

effect’’ or ‘‘potentially positive effect’’ 

on a relevant outcome with no reporting 

of a ‘‘negative effect’’ or ‘‘potentially 

negative effect’’ on a relevant outcome; 

or 

(iii) A single study assessed by the 

Department, as appropriate, that— 

(A) Is an experimental study, a quasiexperimental design study, or a welldesigned and well-implemented 

correlational study with statistical 

controls for selection bias (e.g., a study 

using regression methods to account for 

differences between a treatment group 

and a comparison group); and 

(B) Includes at least one statistically 

significant and positive (i.e., favorable) 

effect on a relevant outcome. 

Quasi-experimental design study 

means a study using a design that 

attempts to approximate an 

experimental study by identifying a 

comparison group that is similar to the 

treatment group in important respects. 

This type of study, depending on design 

and implementation (e.g., establishment 

of baseline equivalence of the groups 

being compared), can meet WWC 

standards with reservations, but cannot 

meet WWC standards without 

reservations, as described in the WWC 

Handbooks. 

Regular high school diploma has the 

meaning set out in section 8101(43) of 

the ESEA. 

Relevant outcome means the student 

outcome(s) or other outcome(s) the key 

project component is designed to 

improve, consistent with the specific 

goals of the program. 

Representative of the geographic area 

proposed to be served means that 

residents of the geographic area 

proposed to be served have an active 

role in decision-making and that at least 

one-third of the applicant’s governing 

board or advisory board is made up of— 

(a) Residents who live in the 

geographic area proposed to be served, 

which may include residents who are 

representative of the ethnic and racial 

composition of the neighborhood’s 

residents and the languages they speak; 

(b) Residents of the city or county in 

which the neighborhood is located but 

who live outside the geographic area 

proposed to be served, and who earn 

less than 80 percent of the area’s median 

income as published by the U.S. 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development; 

(c) Public officials who serve the 

geographic area proposed to be served 

(although not more than one-half of the 

governing board or advisory board may 

be made up of public officials); or 

(d) Some combination of individuals 

from the three groups listed in 

paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this 

definition. 

Segmentation analysis means the 

process of grouping and analyzing data 

from children and families in the 

geographic area proposed to be served 

according to indicators of need or other 

relevant indicators to allow grantees to 

differentiate and more effectively target 

interventions based on the needs of 

different populations in the geographic 

area. 

Strong evidence means that there is 

evidence of the effectiveness of a key 

project component in improving a 

relevant outcome for a sample that 

overlaps with the populations and 

settings proposed to receive that 

component, based on a relevant finding 

from one of the following: 

(i) A practice guide prepared by the 

WWC using version 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, or 4.1 

of the WWC Handbooks reporting a 

‘‘strong evidence base’’ for the 

corresponding practice guide 

recommendation; 

(ii) An intervention report prepared 

by the WWC using version 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, 

or 4.1 of the WWC Handbooks reporting 

a ‘‘positive effect’’ on a relevant 

outcome based on a ‘‘medium to large’’ 

extent of evidence, with no reporting of 

a ‘‘negative effect’’ or ‘‘potentially 

negative effect’’ on a relevant outcome; 

or 

(iii) A single experimental study 

reviewed and reported by the WWC 

using version 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, or 4.1 of the 

WWC Handbooks, or otherwise assessed 

by the Department using version 4.1 of 

the WWC Handbooks, as appropriate, 

and that— 

(A) Meets WWC standards without 

reservations; 

(B) Includes at least one statistically 

significant and positive (i.e., favorable) 

effect on a relevant outcome; 

(C) Includes no overriding statistically 

significant and negative effects on 

relevant outcomes reported in the study 

or in a corresponding WWC 

intervention report prepared under 

version 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, or 4.1 of the WWC 

Handbooks; and 

(D) Is based on a sample from more 

than one site (e.g., State, county, city, 

school district, or postsecondary 

campus) and includes at least 350 

students or other individuals across 

sites. Multiple studies of the same 

project component that each meet 

requirements in paragraphs (iii)(A), (B), 

and (C) of this definition may together 

satisfy this requirement. 

Student achievement means— 

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(1) A student’s score on the State’s 

assessments under the ESEA; and 

(2) As appropriate, other measures of 

student learning, such as those 

described in paragraph (b) of this 

definition, provided they are rigorous 

and comparable across classrooms and 

programs; and 

(b) For non-tested grades and subjects, 

alternative measures of student learning 

and performance, such as student scores 

on pre-tests and end-of-course tests; 

student performance on English 

language proficiency assessments; and 

other measures of student achievement 

that are rigorous and comparable across 

classrooms. 

Student mobility rate is calculated by 

dividing the total number of new 

student entries and withdrawals at a 

school, from the day after the first 

official enrollment number is collected 

through the end of the academic year, 

by the first official enrollment number 

of the academic year. 

What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) 

Handbooks (WWC Handbooks) means 

the standards and procedures set forth 

in the WWC Standards Handbook, 

Versions 4.0 or 4.1, and WWC 

Procedures Handbook, Versions 4.0 or 

4.1, or in the WWC Procedures and 

Standards Handbook, Version 3.0 or 

Version 2.1 (all incorporated by 

reference, see § 77.2). Study findings 

eligible for review under WWC 

standards can meet WWC standards 

without reservations, meet WWC 

standards with reservations, or not meet 

WWC standards. WWC practice guides 

and intervention reports include 

findings from systematic reviews of 

evidence as described in the WWC 

Handbooks documentation. 

Authority: Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 

7273–7274. 

Note: Projects must be awarded and 

operated in a manner consistent with the 

nondiscrimination requirements contained in 

the U.S. Constitution and the Federal civil 

rights laws. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 

97, 98, and 99. (b) The Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) 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. (d) 

The NFP. (e) The notice of final 

priorities, requirements, definitions, and 

selection criteria published in the 

Federal Register on July 6, 2011 (76 FR 

39589) (2011 Promise Neighborhoods 

NFP). (f) The Administrative Priorities. 

(g) The Opportunity Zones NFP. 

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 grant. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$36,993,970. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards later in 

FY 2021 or in subsequent years from the 

list of unfunded applications from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$4,000,000 to $6,000,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$5,000,000. 

Maximum Award: We will not make 

an award exceeding $6,000,000 for a 

single budget period of 12 months. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 5–7. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

Under section 4623 of the ESEA, a 

grant awarded under this competition 

will be for a period of not more than five 

years, and may be extended for an 

additional period of not more than two 

years. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Under section 

4622 of the ESEA, an eligible entity 

must be one of the following: 

(a) An institution of higher education, 

as defined in section 102 of the HEA (20 

U.S.C. 1002); 

(b) An Indian Tribe or Tribal 

organization, as defined in section 4 of 

the Indian Self-Determination and 

Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

5304); or 

(c) One or more nonprofit entities 

working in formal partnership with not 

less than one of the following entities: 

(i) A high-need LEA. 

(ii) An institution of higher education, 

as defined in section 102 of the HEA (20 

U.S.C. 1002). 

(iii) The office of a chief elected 

official of a unit of local government. 

(iv) An Indian Tribe or Tribal 

organization, as defined under section 4 

of the Indian Self-Determination and 

Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

5304). 

Note: If you are a nonprofit organization, 

under 34 CFR 75.51, you may demonstrate 

your nonprofit status by providing: (1) Proof 

that the Internal Revenue Service currently 

recognizes the applicant as an organization to 

which contributions are tax deductible under 

section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

Code; (2) a statement from a State taxing 

body or the State attorney general certifying 

that the organization is a nonprofit 

organization operating within the State and 

that no part of its net earnings may lawfully 

benefit any private shareholder or individual; 

(3) a certified copy of the applicant’s 

certificate of incorporation or similar 

document if it clearly establishes the 

nonprofit status of the applicant; or (4) any 

item described above if that item applies to 

a State or national parent organization, 

together with a statement by the State or 

parent organization that the applicant is a 

local nonprofit affiliate. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: Under 

section 4623(d)(1)(A) of the ESEA, to be 

eligible for a grant under this 

competition, an applicant must 

demonstrate a commitment from one or 

more entities in the public or private 

sector, which may include Federal, 

State, and local public agencies, 

philanthropic organizations, and private 

sources, to provide matching funds. 

An applicant proposing a project that 

meets Absolute Priority 1—Non-rural 

and Non-Tribal Communities must 

obtain matching funds or in-kind 

donations equal to at least 100 percent 

of its grant award. 

Under section 4623(d)(1)(C) of the 

ESEA, an applicant proposing a project 

that meets Absolute Priority 2—Rural 

Applicants or Absolute Priority 3— 

Tribal Communities must obtain 

matching funds or in-kind donations 

equal to at least 50 percent of its grant 

award. 

Eligible sources of matching funds 

include sources of funds used to pay for 

solutions within the pipeline services, 

initiatives supported by the LEA, or 

public health services for children in 

the neighborhood. Under section 

4623(d)(1)(B) of the ESEA, at least 10 

percent of an applicant’s total match 

must be cash or in-kind contributions 

from the private sector, which may 

include philanthropic organizations or 

private sources. 

Applicants must demonstrate a 

commitment of matching funds in the 

application. Applicants must specify the 

source of the funds or contributions and 

in the case of a third-party in-kind 

contribution, a description of how the 

value was determined for the donated or 

contributed goods or service. Applicants 

must demonstrate the match 

commitment by including letters in 

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with original signatures from the 

executives of organizations or agencies 

providing the match. 

Under section 4623(d)(1)(C) of the 

ESEA, the Secretary may consider 

decreasing the matching requirement in 

the most exceptional circumstances, on 

a case-by-basis. 

An applicant that is unable to meet 

the matching requirement must include 

in its application a request to the 

Secretary to reduce the matching 

requirement, including the amount of 

the requested reduction, the total 

remaining match contribution, and a 

statement of the basis for the request. 

The Secretary will grant this request 

only if an applicant demonstrates a 

significant financial hardship. 

An applicant should review the 

Department’s cost-sharing and cost 

matching regulations, which include 

specific limitations, in 2 CFR 200.306 

and the cost principles regarding 

donations, capital assets, depreciations, 

and allowable costs, set out in subpart 

E of 2 CFR part 200. 

The Secretary does not, as a general 

matter, anticipate waiving the matching 

requirement. Furthermore, given the 

importance of matching funds to the 

long-term success of the project, eligible 

entities must identify appropriate 

matching funds in the proposed budget. 

b. Indirect Cost Rate Information: This 

program uses an unrestricted indirect 

cost rate. For more information 

regarding indirect costs, or to obtain a 

negotiated indirect cost rate, please see 

www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/ 

intro.html. 

c. Administrative Cost Limitation: 

This program does not include any 

program-specific limitation on 

administrative expenses. All 

administrative expenses must be 

reasonable and necessary and conform 

to Cost Principles described in 2 CFR 

part 200 subpart E of the Uniform 

Guidance. 

3. Subgrantees: The grantee may 

award subgrants to entities it has 

identified in an approved application or 

that it selects through a competition 

under procedures established by the 

grantee. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Application Submission 

Instructions: Applicants are required to 

follow the Common Instructions for 

Applicants to Department of Education 

Discretionary Grant Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768) and 

available at www.govinfo.gov/content/ 

pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf, 

which contain requirements and 

information on how to submit an 

application. 

2. Submission of Proprietary 

Information: Given the types of projects 

that may be proposed in applications for 

the PN competition, your application 

may include business information that 

you consider proprietary. In 34 CFR 

5.11 we define ‘‘business information’’ 

and describe the process we use in 

determining whether any of that 

information is proprietary and, thus, 

protected from disclosure under 

Exemption 4 of the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, as 

amended). Because we plan to make 

successful applications available to the 

public, you may wish to request 

confidentiality of business information. 

Consistent with Executive Order 

12600, please designate in your 

application any information that you 

feel is exempt from disclosure under 

Exemption 4. In the appropriate 

Appendix section of your application, 

under ‘‘Other Attachments Form,’’ 

please list the page number or numbers 

on which we can find this information. 

For additional information please see 34 

CFR 5.11(c). 

3. 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. 

4. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

additional regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

5. Recommended Page Limit: The 

application narrative is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. We recommend that you (1) 

limit the application narrative to no 

more than 50 pages and (2) use 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 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, 

• tables, figures, and graphs. 

• 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. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to the cover sheet; the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the bibliography, or the 

letters of support. However, the 

recommended page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative. 

6. Notice of Intent to Apply: The 

Department will be able to review grant 

applications more efficiently if we know 

the approximate number of applicants 

that intend to apply. Therefore, we 

strongly encourage each potential 

applicant to notify us of their intent to 

submit an application. To do so, please 

email the program contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT with the subject line ‘‘Intent to 

Apply,’’ and include the applicant’s 

name and a contact person’s name and 

email address. Applicants that do not 

submit a notice of intent to apply may 

still apply for funding; applicants that 

do submit a notice of intent to apply are 

not bound to apply or bound by the 

information provided. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria ‘‘Need for project’’ and ‘‘Project 

design’’ are from the NFP. The 

remaining selection criteria are from 34 

CFR 75.210 and the 2011 Promise 

Neighborhoods NFP. The maximum 

score for each criterion is indicated in 

parenthesis; the maximum score that an 

application may receive under the 

selection criteria, and the competitive 

preference priorities, is 110 points. 

The selection criteria are as follows: 

(a) Need for project (up to 20 points). 

In determining the need for the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(1) The magnitude or severity of the 

problems to be addressed by the 

proposed project as described by 

indicators of need and other relevant 

indicators identified in part by the 

needs assessment and segmentation 

analysis (up to 5 points); 

(2) The extent to which specific gaps 

or weaknesses in services, 

infrastructure, or opportunities have 

been identified and will be addressed by 

the proposed project, including— 

(i) The nature and magnitude of those 

gaps or weaknesses (up to 5 points); and 

(ii) A pipeline of solutions addressing 

the identified gaps and weaknesses, 

including solutions targeted to early 

childhood, K–12, family and 

community supports, and college and 

career (up to 10 points). 

(b) Quality of project services (up to 

30 points). 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the services to be provided by the 

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quality of the project services, the 

Secretary considers: 

(1) The quality and sufficiency of 

strategies for ensuring equal access and 

treatment for eligible project 

participants who are members of groups 

that have traditionally been 

underrepresented based on race, color, 

national origin, gender, age, or disability 

(34 CFR 75.210) (up to 10 points); and 

(2) The likelihood that the services to 

be provided by the proposed project 

will lead to improvement in the 

achievement of students as measured 

against rigorous academic standards (34 

CFR 75.210) (up to 20 points). 

(c) Quality of project design (up to 20 

points). 

In determining the quality of project 

design for the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the following 

factors: 

(1) The extent to which the applicant 

describes a plan to create a complete 

pipeline of services, without time and 

resource gaps, that is designed to 

prepare all children in the 

neighborhood to attain a high-quality 

education and successfully transition to 

college and a career (up to 5 points); 

(2) The extent to which the project 

will significantly increase the 

proportion of students in the 

neighborhood that are served by the 

complete continuum of high-quality 

services (up to 5 points); and 

(3) The extent to which the proposed 

family navigation system is high-quality 

and provides students and their families 

sufficient services and supports based 

on available services and individual 

needs (up to 10 points). 

(d) Quality of the management plan 

(up to 15 points). 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the management plan for the proposed 

project. In determining the quality of the 

management plan for the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers the 

following factors: 

(1) The adequacy of the management 

plan to achieve the objectives of the 

proposed project on time and within 

budget, including clearly defined 

responsibilities, timelines, and 

milestones for accomplishing project 

tasks (34 CFR 75.210) (up to 5 points); 

and 

(2) The experience, lessons learned, 

and proposal to build capacity of the 

applicant’s management team and 

project director in collecting, analyzing, 

and using data for decision-making, 

learning, continuous improvement, and 

accountability, including whether the 

applicant has a plan to build, adapt, or 

expand a longitudinal data system that 

integrates student-level data from 

multiple sources in order to measure 

progress while abiding by privacy laws 

and requirements (2011 Promise 

Neighborhoods NFP) (up to 10 points). 

(e) Adequacy of resources (up to 15 

points). 

The Secretary considers the adequacy 

of resources for the proposed project. In 

determining the adequacy of resources 

for the proposed project, the Secretary 

considers: 

(1) The extent to which the costs are 

reasonable in relation to the number of 

persons to be served and to the 

anticipated results and benefits (34 CFR 

75.210) (up to 5 points); 

(2) The extent to which the applicant 

demonstrates that it has the resources to 

operate the project beyond the length of 

the grant, including a multi-year 

financial and operating model and 

accompanying plan; the demonstrated 

commitment of any partners; evidence 

of broad support from stakeholders (e.g., 

State educational agencies, teachers’ 

unions) critical to the project’s long 

term success; or more than one of these 

types of evidence (34 CFR 75.210) (up 

to 5 points); and 

(3) The extent to which the applicant 

identifies existing neighborhood assets 

and programs supported by Federal, 

State, local, and private funds that will 

be used to implement a continuum of 

solutions (2011 Promise Neighborhoods 

NFP) (up to 5 points). 

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 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 (34 CFR 

100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

3. 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. 

4. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 

CFR 200.205(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 the System for 

Award Management. 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 reporting 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. 

5. In General: In accordance with the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

guidance located at 2 CFR part 200, all 

applicable Federal laws, and relevant 

Executive guidance, the Department of 

Education will review and consider 

applications for funding pursuant to this 

notice inviting applications in 

accordance with the following: 

• Selecting recipients most likely to 

be successful in delivering results based 

on the program objectives through an 

objective process of evaluating Federal 

award applications (2 CFR 200.205); 

• Prohibiting the purchase of certain 

telecommunication and video 

surveillance services or equipment in 

alignment with section 889 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act of 

2019 (Pub. L. 115–232) (2 CFR 200.216); 

• Promoting the freedom of speech 

and religious liberty in alignment with 

Promoting Free Speech and Religious 

Liberty (E.O. 13798) and Improving Free 

Inquiry, Transparency, and 

Accountability at Colleges and 

Universities (E.O. 13864) (34 CFR 

200.300, 200.303, 200.339, and 

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• Providing a preference, to the extent 

permitted by law, to maximize use of 

goods, products, and materials 

produced in the United States (2 CFR 

200.322); and 

• Terminating agreements in whole or 

in part to the greatest extent authorized 

by law if an award no longer effectuates 

the program goals or agency priorities (2 

CFR 200.340). 

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); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your 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. Open Licensing Requirements: 

Unless an exception applies, if you are 

awarded a grant under this competition, 

you will be required to openly license 

to the public grant deliverables created 

in whole, or in part, with Department 

grant funds. When the deliverable 

consists of modifications to pre-existing 

works, the license extends only to those 

modifications that can be separately 

identified and only to the extent that 

open licensing is permitted under the 

terms of any licenses or other legal 

restrictions on the use of pre-existing 

works. Additionally, a grantee or 

subgrantee that is awarded competitive 

grant funds must have a plan to 

disseminate these public grant 

deliverables. This dissemination plan 

can be developed and submitted after 

your application has been reviewed and 

selected for funding. For additional 

information on the open licensing 

requirements please refer to 2 CFR 

3474.20. 

4. 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 multiyear 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 www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

(c) Under 34 CFR 75.250(b), the 

Secretary may provide a grantee with 

additional funding for data collection 

analysis and reporting. In this case the 

Secretary establishes a data collection 

period. 

5. Performance Measures: The 

Secretary has established performance 

indicators (i.e., performance measures) 

for PN as required under section 4624(h) 

of the ESEA. Performance indicators 

established by the Secretary include 

improved academic and development 

outcomes for children, including 

indicators of school readiness, high 

school graduation, postsecondary 

education and career readiness, and 

other academic and developmental 

outcomes. These outcomes promote 

data-driven decision-making and access 

to a community-based continuum of 

high-quality services for children living 

in the most distressed communities of 

the United States, beginning at birth. All 

grantees will be required to submit data 

annually against these performance 

measures as part of their annual 

performance report. 

The Secretary establishes, in Table 1, 

the following performance indicators 

under section 4624(h) of the ESEA and 

34 CFR 75.110: 

TABLE 1—PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

Result Indicator Recommended source 

1. Children enter kindergarten ready to succeed in 

school.

1. Number and percentage of children in kindergarten who demonstrate at the 

beginning of the program or school year age-appropriate functioning across 

multiple domains of early learning as determined using developmentally appropriate early learning measures.

Administrative data from LEA. 

2. Students are proficient in 

core academic subjects.

2.1 Number and percentage of students at or above grade level according to 

State mathematics assessments in at least the grades required by the 

ESEA (3rd through 8th grades and once in high school).

2.2 Number and percentage of students at or above grade level according to 

State English language arts assessments in at least the grades required by 

the ESEA.

3. Students successfully 

transition from middle 

school grades to high 

school.

3.1 Attendance rate of students in 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th grade as defined by 

average daily attendance.

3.2 Chronic absenteeism rate of students in 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th grades.

4. Youth graduate from high 

school.

4. Four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate.

5. High school graduates obtain a postsecondary degree, certification or credential.5.1 Number and percentage of Promise Neighborhood students who enroll in 

a two-year or four-year college or university after graduation.

5.2 Number and percent of Promise Neighborhood students who graduate 

from a two-year or four-year college or university or vocational certification 

completion.

Third party data such as the National Student Clearinghouse. 

6. Students are healthy ........ 6. Number and percentage of children who consume five or more servings of 

fruits and vegetables daily.

Neighborhood survey, school climate survey or other reliable 

data source for population 

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TABLE 1—PROMISE NEIGHBORHOODS PERFORMANCE INDICATORS—Continued 

Result Indicator Recommended source 

7. Students feel safe at 

school and in their community.

7. Number and percentage of children who feel safe at school and traveling to 

and from school as measured by a school climate survey.

8. Students live in stable 

communities.

8. Student mobility rate (as defined in the notice).

9. Families and community 

members support learning 

in promise Neighborhood 

Schools.

9.1 Number and percentage of parents or family members that read to or encourage their children to read three or more times a week or reported their 

child read to themselves three or more times a week (birth–8th grade).

9.2 Number and percentage of parents/family members who report talking 

about the importance of college and career (9th–12th grade).

10. Students have access to 

21st century learning tools.

10. Number and percentage of students who have school and home access 

to broadband internet and a connected computing device.

Note: The indicators in Table 1 are 

not intended to limit an applicant from 

collecting and using data from 

additional Family and Community 

Support indicators proposed to the 

Department. Applicants are strongly 

encouraged, but not required, to propose 

additional performance indicators 

aligned to the specific pipeline services 

proposed in their application. 

Each eligible entity that receives a 

grant under this program is required to 

prepare and submit an annual report to 

the Secretary that must include the 

following: (1) Information about the 

number and percentage of children in 

the neighborhood who are served by the 

grant program, including a description 

of the number and percentage of 

children accessing each support service 

offered as part of the pipeline of 

services; and (2) information relating to 

the metrics established under the PN 

Performance Indicators. 

In addition, grantees are required to 

make these data publicly available, 

including through electronic means. To 

the extent practicable, and as required 

by law, such information must be 

provided in an accessible form and a 

language accessible to parents and 

families in the neighborhood served 

under the PN grant. In addition, data on 

academic indicators pertinent to the PN 

program will be, in most cases, part of 

statewide longitudinal data systems 

already. 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: Whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

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). 

Also, in making continuation awards 

for years four and five, the Department 

will consider whether the grantee is 

achieving the intended goals and 

outcomes of the grant and shows 

substantial improvement against 

baseline data on performance indicators 

and performance measures. 

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 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Frank T. Brogan, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–00907 Filed 1–15–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Native 

Hawaiian Career and Technical 

Education Program (NHCTEP) 

AGENCY: Office of Career, Technical, and 

Adult 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 the Native Hawaiian 

Career and Technical Education 

Program (NHCTEP), Assistance Listing 

number 84.259A. This notice relates to 

the approved information collection 

under OMB control number 1830–0564. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: January 19, 

2021. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

Applicants are strongly encouraged, but 

not required, to submit a notice of intent 

to apply by February 18, 2021. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: 

February 2, 2021. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 22, 2021. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 19, 2021. 

Pre-Application Webinar Information: 

The Department will hold a preapplication meeting via webinar for 

prospective applicants on February 2, 

2021. More information about the 

webinar can be found in the application 

package. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 


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