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1Available at: https://www.fws.gov/alaska/pages/ 

endangered-species-program/consultationendangered-species. 

p.m., and on March 11, 2020, from 9 

a.m. to 12 p.m., Alaska Daylight Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Krieger, 907–586–7650. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Alaska Groundfish and Halibut Seabird 

Working Group formed as a result of the 

2015 biological opinion on effects of the 

Fishery Management Plans for the Gulf 

of Alaska and Bering Sea/Aleutian 

Islands groundfish fisheries on shorttailed albatross.1 The working group is 

tasked with reviewing information for 

mitigating effects of the groundfish and 

halibut fisheries on short-tailed 

albatross and other seabirds. The 

workgroup will hold a virtual meeting 

March 10 and 11, 2021. Meeting topics 

include seabird/fisheries interactions 

(vessel collisions), development of an 

Alaska coordinated strategic plan for 

reporting and monitoring fisheries 

interactions with birds listed under the 

Endangered Species Act, and update on 

whether or not the short-tailed albatross 

is actually two distinct species. For 

participation information and meeting 

agenda, please contact Joseph Krieger 

(joseph.krieger@noaa.gov). 

NMFS will keep the North Pacific 

Fisheries Management Council 

(Council) apprised of the working 

group’s activities and any resulting 

recommendations for methods to reduce 

seabird bycatch. Any changes to seabird 

avoidance regulations are expected to 

follow the standard Council process. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Joseph Krieger, 

907–586–7650, at least 5 working days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: February 17, 2021. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2021–OS–0005] 

Manual for Courts-Martial; Proposed 

Amendments 

AGENCY: Joint Service Committee on 

Military Justice (JSC), DoD. 

ACTION: Annual review of the Manual 

for Courts-Martial, United States. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities 

found in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice, the 

JSC is conducting its annual review of 

the Manual for Courts-Martial (MCM), 

United States. The JSC invites members 

of the public to suggest changes to the 

MCM. Please provide supporting 

rationale for any proposed changes. 

DATES: Proposed changes must be 

received no later than April 23, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: DoD cannot receive written 

comments at this time due to the 

COVID–19 pandemic. Comments should 

be sent electronically to the docket 

listed above. 

Instructions: Comments must be 

submitted by one of the above methods 

to ensure they are received, 

documented, and considered by the JSC. 

All submissions received must include 

the agency name and docket number for 

this Federal Register document. The 

general policy for comments and other 

submissions from members of the public 

is to make these submissions available 

for public viewing on the internet at 

http://www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Major Joy E. Hewitt, USAF, Executive 

Secretary, JSC, via phone at 240–612– 

4820 or email at joy.hewitt.1@us.af.mil. 

The JSC public website is located at 

http://jsc.defense.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to Executive Order 12473, ‘‘Manual for 

Courts-Martial, United States, 1984,’’ 

and Department of Defense Instruction 

5500.17, ‘‘Role and Responsibilities of 

the Joint Service Committee on Military 

Justice (JSC) (available at https://

www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/ 

Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/550017_

5C.PDF?ver=2018-02-21-074422-370),’’ 

the JSC is conducting its annual review 

of the MCM, United States. 

The committee invites members of the 

public to suggest changes to the MCM. 

Please provide supporting rationale for 

any proposed changes. 

Dated: February 16, 2021. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03454 Filed 2–19–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

[Docket ID: USN–2021–HQ–0002] 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records 

AGENCY: United States Marine Corps 

(USMC), Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy 

is establishing a new System of Records 

entitled the Command Individual Risk 

and Resiliency System (CIRRAS) 

application. The CIRRAS application 

will be used by the USMC to enable 

Commanding Officers and Senior 

Enlisted Advisors to make informed and 

timely decisions on Force Preservation 

Risk Assessments, to optimize 

individual/unit readiness, and to 

facilitate enterprise-wide risk 

management. Individual data will assist 

commanders by quickly identifying 

those Marines or Service Members 

requiring immediate command 

attention. Trend analysis will assist 

USMC commanders to implement 

mitigation strategies to improve overall 

individual/unit readiness. These records 

will also be used as a management tool 

for statistical analysis, tracking, 

reporting, evaluating program 

effectiveness, and conducting research. 

DATES: This new system of records is 

effective upon publication; however, 

comments on the Routine Uses will be 

accepted on or before March 24, 2021. 

The Routine Uses are effective at the 

close of the comment period. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

* Federal Rulemaking Portal: https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the instructions for submitting 

comments. 

* Mail: DoD cannot receive written 

comments at this time due to the 

COVID–19 pandemic. Comments should 

be sent electronically to the docket 

listed above. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

docket number for this Federal Register 

document. The general policy for 

comments and other submissions from 

members of the public is to make these 


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submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at https://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sally A. Hughes, FOIA/PA Program 

Manager (ARSF), Headquarters, U.S. 

Marine Corps, 3000 Marine Corps 

Pentagon, Washington, DC 20350–3000, 

telephone (703) 614–4008. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

‘‘Marine Corps Risk and Resiliency 

Records’’ system of records is being 

established by the USMC to support 

Force Preservation Risk Assessments. 

The Marine Corps force preservation 

process is the formalized method used 

by commanders to identify individual 

Marine risk factors and to apply holistic 

risk management measures to improve 

individual and unit readiness. Every 

day, this process assists leaders across 

the Corps to identify those in need. 

However, gaps in knowledge have 

historically limited the effectiveness of 

the effort. To improve the process, the 

USMC is developing the CIRRAS 

application, which compiles individual 

force preservation data input by small 

unit leaders, medical officers, and other 

support staff. By presenting timely, 

prioritized, actionable information to 

those who can help Marines, and by 

protecting unauthorized disclosure 

through strict access limits and 

cybersecurity, leaders will be better 

equipped to reduce destructive 

behaviors in their units. 

Force Preservation Risk Assessments 

are based on the identification and 

tracking of individual Service Member 

behaviors associated with increased risk 

or resiliency as defined by the 

Commandant’s ‘‘Six Fs,’’ as defined in 

Marine Corps Order 1500.61, 28 July 

2017. The Six Fs are Fidelity, Fighter, 

Fitness, Family, Finances and Future. 

Force Preservation Risk Assessments 

include critical stressors that are 

environmental factors or experiences 

that can overtax a Service Member’s 

coping resources. The intensity or 

accumulation of multiple stressors is 

linked to a greater likelihood of harmful 

reactions including death by suicide. 

The CIRRAS application is a networked, 

web-based application that captures 

risk, resiliency and critical stressor 

factors for all United States Marines and 

United States Armed Forces Service 

Members assigned to the USMC to 

provide Force Preservation information 

to the unit commander. The CIRRAS 

will directly support Commanders/ 

Officers in Charge and Senior Enlisted 

Advisors by providing a tool to enable 

proactive identification and assessment 

of individual Marines’ or Service 

Members’ risk, resiliency, and critical 

stressor factors. Also, the system will 

allow the transfer of the same factors 

between commands in order to optimize 

individual/unit readiness and facilitate 

enterprise-wide risk management of 

individual Marines’ risk status. The 

CIRRAS will be used by Regimental/ 

Group Commanders through immediate 

supervisors (Platoon Commander/ 

Officers in Charge) of all United States 

Marines and United States Armed 

Forces Service Members assigned to the 

USMC in accordance with Marine Corps 

Order 5100.29B, Marine Corps Safety 

Program; MCO 1500.60, Force 

Preservation Council (FPC) Program; 

and other Force Preservation Directives. 

The DoD notices for systems of 

records subject to the Privacy Act of 

1974, as amended, have been published 

in the Federal Register and are available 

from the address in FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT or at the Defense 

Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 

Transparency Division website at 

https://dpcld.defense.gov. 

In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552a(r) 

and Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) Circular No. A–108, the DoD has 

provided a report of this system of 

records to the OMB and to Congress. 

Dated: February 10, 2021. 

Kayyonne T. Marston, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

SYSTEM NAME AND NUMBER: 

Marine Corps Risk and Resiliency 

Records, M05230–1. 

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: 

Unclassified. 

SYSTEM LOCATION: 

Command Individual Risk and 

Resiliency Assessment System 

(CIRRAS) application, AWS GovCloud 

(US-East), NIWC Atlantic, Charleston, 

Component Enterprise Data Center 

(CEDC), P.O. Box 190022, Bldg. 3148, 

North Charleston, SC 29419–9022. 

SYSTEM MANAGER(S): 

CIRRAS System Manager, 

Headquarters Marine Corps, Manpower 

& Reserve Affairs (M&RA), Marine & 

Family Programs (MF) Division, 3280 

Russell Rd., Quantico, VA 22134–5143, 

4th Deck, CIRRAS.Support@usmc.mil, 

703–432–9294. 

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: 

10 U.S.C. 5013, Secretary of the Navy; 

10 U.S.C. 5041, Headquarters, Marine 

Corps; Department of Defense (DoD) 

Instruction 6490.08, Command 

Notification Requirements to Dispel 

Stigma in Providing Mental Health Care 

to Service Members; DoD 6025.18–R, 

DoD Health Information Privacy 

Regulation; Marine Corps Order (MCO) 

1500.60, Force Preservation Council 

(FPC) Program; MCO 3500.27C, Risk 

Management; MCO 1752.5C, Sexual 

Assault Prevention & Response; MCO 

5300.17A, Substance Abuse Program; 

MCO 5100.29B, Marine Corps Safety 

Program; MCO 5100.19F, Marine Corps 

Traffic Safety Program. 

PURPOSE(S) OF THE SYSTEM: 

To capture risk, resiliency, and 

critical stressor factors for all United 

States Marines or United States Armed 

Forces Service Members assigned to a 

United States Marine Corps (USMC) 

unit, and to provide Force Preservation 

information to the USMC Unit 

Commander; to transfer the same 

between commands, in order to 

optimize individual/unit readiness and 

facilitate enterprise-wide risk 

management of individual Marines; to 

help prevent adverse outcomes 

including the loss of life; to quickly 

identify those Marines or Service 

Members requiring immediate 

command attention; and to provide 

trend analysis to assist in implementing 

mitigation strategies to improve 

individual/unit readiness. 

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM: 

Active duty and Reserve USMC 

military personnel, and any other 

United States Armed Forces Service 

Members assigned to the USMC. 

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: 

Biographic information to include: 

Full legal name, DoD ID number/ 

Electronic Data Interchange Personal 

Identifier (EDIPI), citizenship/legal 

status, race/ethnicity, date and place of 

birth, gender/gender identification, 

home/mailing address, and phone 

numbers; marital status and divorce 

date (if any), alleged infidelity, and 

geographic separation from significant 

other; name, number of dependents, 

expecting parent, foster parenting, 

pending adoption, acting caregiver, 

family care plan, and housing 

information; date of entry, age, position/ 

title, rank/grade, duty status, 

deployments, service member photo, 

Military Occupational Specialty (MOS), 

awards, End of Active Service (EAS), 

Pay Entry Base Date (PEBD), General 

Technical Score (GT) score, time in 

service, waivers, performance summary, 

monitored command code, future 

monitored command code, Reporting 

Unit Code (RUC), work email, 


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deployment history, discipline, NonJudicial Punishment (NJP), loss of rank, 

loss of pay, security clearance 

revocation or suspension, law 

enforcement events identified on 

military blotter, under investigation by 

military or civilian commands/agencies, 

arrested within the last twelve months, 

and restraining order; Command 

Stressors information to include: 

Combat exposure, responsible for killing 

or injury in combat, and combat action 

ribbons; driver’s license, restricted 

license, and base driving privileges; 

clubs and spiritual affiliations; fitness 

test scores and health promotion 

courses. 

General Education Development 

(GED), vocational training, college level, 

degrees, and certifications, military 

career qualifications, military career 

progression, and military career 

administration status; factors affecting 

personal finance status, wage 

garnishments, past-due bills, 

bankruptcy collection agency action, 

and gambling debt or issues; Force 

Preservation Risk and Resiliency Level; 

Individual Service Member Risk, 

Resiliency and Critical Stressor life 

events to include: High-risk hobbies, 

exposure to suicide, non-suicidal selfinjury, witness/victim exposure to crime 

or violence, hazing, sexual harassment, 

sexual assault, violence, child abuse, 

domestic abuse, neglect, behavioral and 

mental health information, traumatic 

brain injury, accidental death, alleged 

offender of crime or violence; 

Comments by commanders and 

command leadership Force Preservation 

Council members; alcohol/drug 

treatment, inpatient/outpatient, 

inpatient location, alcohol screening 

and use/misuse, drug screening and 

use/misuse, drug or alcohol related 

incident(s), history of substance abuse, 

duty-limiting diagnosis, under care for 

chronic treatment, prescription drugs 

(duty restricting), history of substance 

abuse, pending medical board decision, 

psychotropic or narcotic drugs 

prescribed, hospitalization, and critical 

illness/injury. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Records and information stored in 

this system of records are obtained from: 

Service Individuals, Service Member’s 

first-line leader, command staff, 

commanding officer, small unit leaders, 

medical officers, other support staff, and 

their assigned Force Preservation 

Council Members as well as 

authoritative data from Marine Corps 

Total Force System (MCTFS). Future 

iterations of the system may also 

include information from Department of 

Defense Tricare Pharmacy Tracking, 

Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting 

System, Marine Corps Recruiting 

Information Support System, Armed 

Forces Health Longitudinal Technology 

Application/GENESIS, and Manpower 

and Reserve Affairs Marine and Family 

Programs. 

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: 

In addition to those disclosures 

generally permitted under 5 U.S.C. 

552a(b) of the Privacy Act of 1974, as 

amended, the records contained herein 

may specifically be disclosed outside 

the DoD as a routine use pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows: 

a. To contractors, grantees, experts, 

consultants, students, and others 

performing or working on a contract, 

service, grant, cooperative agreement, or 

other assignment for the federal 

government when necessary to 

accomplish an agency function related 

to this system of records. 

b. To the appropriate Federal, State, 

local, territorial, tribal, foreign, or 

international law enforcement authority 

or other appropriate entity where a 

record, either alone or in conjunction 

with other information, indicates a 

violation or potential violation of law, 

whether criminal, civil, or regulatory in 

nature. 

c. To any component of the 

Department of Justice for the purpose of 

representing the DoD, or its 

components, officers, employees, or 

members in pending or potential 

litigation to which the record is 

pertinent. 

d. In an appropriate proceeding before 

a court, grand jury, or administrative or 

adjudicative body or official, when the 

DoD or other Agency representing the 

DoD determines that the records are 

relevant and necessary to the 

proceeding; or in an appropriate 

proceeding before an administrative or 

adjudicative body when the adjudicator 

determines the records to be relevant to 

the proceeding. 

e. To the National Archives and 

Records Administration for the purpose 

of records management inspections 

conducted under the authority of 44 

U.S.C. 2904 and 2906. 

f. To a Member of Congress or staff 

acting upon the Member’s behalf when 

the Member or staff requests the 

information on behalf of, and at the 

request of, the individual who is the 

subject of the record. 

g. To appropriate agencies, entities, 

and persons when (1) the DoD suspects 

or confirms a breach of the system of 

records; (2) the DoD determines as a 

result of the suspected or confirmed 

breach there is a risk of harm to 

individuals, the DoD (including its 

information systems, programs, and 

operations), the Federal Government, or 

national security; and (3) the disclosure 

made to such agencies, entities, and 

persons is reasonably necessary to assist 

in connection with the DoD’s efforts to 

respond to the suspected or confirmed 

breach or to prevent, minimize, or 

remedy such harm. 

h. To another Federal agency or 

Federal entity, when the DoD 

determines that information from this 

system of records is reasonably 

necessary to assist the recipient agency 

or entity in (1) responding to a 

suspected or confirmed breach or (2) 

preventing, minimizing, or remedying 

the risk of harm to individuals, the 

recipient agency or entity (including its 

information systems, programs and 

operations), the Federal Government, or 

national security, resulting from a 

suspected or confirmed breach. 

i. To such recipients and under such 

circumstances and procedures as are 

mandated by Federal statute or treaty. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORAGE OF

RECORDS: 

Records in this system are stored in 

electronic format in accordance with the 

safeguards mentioned below. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETRIEVAL OF

RECORDS: 

Records may be retrieved by name or 

EDIPI/DoD ID number. 

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR RETENTION AND

DISPOSAL OF RECORDS: 

Records are permanent and 

maintained by USMC for 25 years, then 

transferred to the National Archives and 

Records Administration. 

ADMINISTRATIVE, PHYSICAL, AND TECHNICAL

SAFEGUARDS: 

Access is limited to authorized 

personnel with a need to know to 

perform their official assigned 

responsibilities. Users are granted only 

those privileges that are necessary for 

their job requirements. Access is 

controlled through use of Common 

Access Cards, DoD Public Key 

Infrastructure certificates, user 

identification and passwords, firewall, 

and role-based access controls. 

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) 

and Health Insurance Portability and 

Accountability Act (HIPAA) training is 

required for all users. Physical access to 

AWS data centers is logged and 

monitored. The physical access points 

to server rooms are monitored using 

Closed Circuit Television Camera 

(CCTV). Physical access is controlled at 

building ingress points by professional 


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security staff utilizing surveillance, 

detection systems, and other electronic 

means. Authorized staff utilize multifactor authentication mechanisms to 

access and exit data centers and server 

rooms. Entrances to server rooms are 

secured with devices that sound alarms 

to initiate an incident response if the 

door is forced or held open. Electronic 

intrusion detection systems are installed 

within the data layer to monitor, detect, 

and automatically alert appropriate 

personnel of security incidents. Data at 

Rest Encryption and Risk Management 

Framework security controls, which 

include security controls for the PII and 

Protected Health Information (PHI) 

overlays, are utilized. 

RECORDS ACCESS PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking access to 

information about themselves contained 

in this system of records should address 

written requests to the commanding 

officer where assigned or to the system 

manager at Headquarters Marine Corps, 

Manpower & Reserve Affairs (M&RA), 

Marine & Family Programs (MF) 

Division, 3280 Russell Rd., Quantico, 

VA 22134–5143, 4th Deck. Signed, 

written requests should include the 

individual’s full name, EDIPI/DoD ID 

number, telephone number, street 

address, email address, and name and 

number of this System of Records 

Notice (SORN). In addition, the 

requestor must provide either a 

notarized statement or a declaration 

made in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 

1746, in the appropriate format: 

If executed outside the United States: 

‘‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state) 

under penalty of perjury under the laws 

of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed 

on (date). (Signature).’’ 

If executed within the United States, 

its territories, possessions, or 

commonwealths: ‘‘I declare (or certify, 

verify, or state) under penalty of perjury 

that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on (date). (Signature).’’ 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The DoD rules for accessing records, 

contesting contents, and appealing 

initial agency determinations are 

contained in 32 CFR part 310, or may 

be obtained from the system manager. 

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES: 

Individuals seeking to determine if 

information about themselves is 

contained in this system should address 

written requests to the commanding 

officer where assigned or to the system 

manager at Headquarters Marine Corps, 

Manpower & Reserve Affairs (M&RA), 

Marine & Family Programs (MF) 

Division, 3280 Russell Rd., Quantico, 

VA 22134–5143, 4th Deck. Signed 

written requests should include the 

individual’s full name, telephone 

number, street address, email address, 

and name and number of this SORN. In 

addition, the requestor must provide 

either a notarized statement or a 

declaration made in accordance with 28 

U.S.C. 1746, using the following format: 

If executed outside the United States: 

‘‘I declare (or certify, verify, or state) 

under penalty of perjury under the laws 

of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed 

on (date). (Signature).’’ 

If executed within the United States, 

its territories, possessions, or 

commonwealths: ‘‘I declare (or certify, 

verify, or state) under penalty of perjury 

that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Executed on (date). (Signature).’’ 

EXEMPTIONS PROMULGATED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

HISTORY: 

None. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; National 

Professional Development Program 

AGENCY: Office of English Language 

Acquisition, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for 

the National Professional Development 

(NPD) program, Assistance Listing 

Number 84.365Z. This notice relates to 

the approved information collection 

under OMB control number 1894–0006. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: February 22, 

2021. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

March 15, 2021. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 23, 2021 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 22, 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: 

Francisco J. Lo ́pez, Jr., U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW, room 4w245, Washington, DC 

20202. Telephone: (202) 401–1433. 

Email: NPD2021@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 NPD 

program, authorized by sections 

3111(c)(1)(C) and 3131 of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), awards 

grants on a competitive basis, for a 

period of not more than five years, to 

institutions of higher education (IHEs) 

or public or private entities with 

relevant experience and capacity, in 

consortia with State educational 

agencies (SEAs) or local educational 

agencies (LEAs). The purpose of these 

grants is to provide professional 

development activities that will 

improve classroom instruction for 

English learners (ELs) and assist 

educational personnel working with 

such children to meet high professional 

standards, including standards for 

certification and licensure as teachers 

who work in language instruction 

educational programs or serve ELs. 

Grants awarded under this program 

may be used— 

(1) For effective pre-service or inservice professional development 

programs that will improve the 

qualifications and skills of educational 

personnel involved in the education of 

ELs, including personnel who are not 

certified or licensed and educational 

paraprofessionals, and for other 

activities to increase teacher and school 

leader effectiveness in meeting the 

needs of ELs; 

(2) For the development of program 

curricula appropriate to the needs of the 

consortia participants involved; 

(3) To support strategies that 

strengthen and increase parent, family, 

and community member engagement in 

the education of ELs; 

(4) To develop, share, and 

disseminate effective practices in the 

instruction of ELs and in increasing the 

academic achievement of ELs, including 

the use of technology-based programs; 

(5) In conjunction with other Federal 

need-based student financial assistance 

programs, for financial assistance, 

including costs related to tuition, fees, 

and books for enrolling in courses 

required to complete the degree 

involved, to meet certification or 


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