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established by the U.S. Census Bureau 

for determining poverty status. The 

poverty guidelines were published on 

February 1, 2019, in the Federal 

Register by the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services (84 FR 

1167), with an effective date of January 

11, 2019. 

Information about ‘‘metropolitan 

statistical areas’’ referenced in 34 CFR 

606.3(b)(4) and 607.3(b)(4) may be 

obtained at: www.census.gov/prod/ 

2010pubs/10smadb/appendixc.pdf and 

www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/ 

07ccdb/appd.pdf. 

Electronic Submission of Waiver 

Applications: 

If your institution does not appear in 

the eligibility system as one that is 

eligible for the program under which 

you plan to apply for a grant, you must 

apply for a waiver of the eligibility 

requirements. To request a waiver, you 

must upload a narrative at: https://

HEPIS.ED.gov. 

Exception to the Electronic 

Submission Requirement: We 

discourage paper applications, but if 

electronic submission is not possible 

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

internet), you must provide a written 

statement that you intend to submit a 

paper application. Send this written 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date (14 

calendar days or, if the 14th calendar 

day before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday). 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. Please send 

this statement to one of the persons 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section of this notice. 

If you submit a paper application, you 

must mail your application, on or before 

the application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Attention: Jason Cottrell, Ph.D., 400 

Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2B127, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. 

Before relying on this method, you 

should check with your local post 

office. 

We will not consider applications 

postmarked after the application 

deadline date. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 86, 97, 

98, and 99. (b) The Office of 

Management and Budget Guidelines to 

Agencies on Governmentwide 

Debarment and Suspension 

(Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 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 

regulations for certain title III programs 

in 34 CFR part 607, and for the HSI 

program in 34 CFR part 606. (e) The 

notice of final requirements for the 

PPOHA program published in the 

Federal Register on July 27, 2010 (75 FR 

44055). 

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 only. 

Note: There are no program-specific 

regulations for the Part A PBI, Part A 

NASNTI, and Part A AANAPISI 

programs or any of the title III, part F 

programs. Also, there have been 

amendments to the HEA since the 

Department last issued regulations for 

the programs established under titles III 

and V of the statute. Accordingly, we 

encourage each potential applicant to 

read the applicable sections of the HEA 

to fully understand the eligibility 

requirements for the program for which 

they are applying. 

II. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to one 

of the program contact persons 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. 

Tiwanda Burse, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management 

& Planning, Office of Postsecondary 

Education. Delegated authority to perform 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04447 Filed 3–3–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Indian 

Education Discretionary Grants 

Programs—Professional Development 

Grants Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2021 for Indian Education 

Discretionary Grants Programs— 

Professional Development Grants 

Program, Assistance Listing Number 

84.299B. This notice relates to the 

approved information collection under 

OMB control number 1810–0580. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: March 4, 

2021. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

March 19, 2021. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: 

Friday, February 26, 2021, and 

Thursday, March 4, 2021. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 3, 2021. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 2, 2021. 


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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- 

02-3/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Hernandez, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 3W113, Washington, DC 20202– 

6335. Telephone: (202) 205–1909. 

Email: angela.hernandez@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 purposes of 

the Indian Education Professional 

Development Grants program that are 

relevant to this competition are to 

increase the number of qualified Indian 

individuals in professions that serve 

Indians, and to provide training to 

qualified Indian individuals to become 

teachers and administrators. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

two absolute priorities and two 

competitive preference priorities. 

In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(ii), these priorities are from 

the regulations in 34 CFR part 263, as 

revised in the notice of final regulations 

for this program published in the 

Federal Register on July 10, 2020 (85 FR 

41372). Absolute Priorities 1 and 2 are 

from 34 CFR 263.6(b)(1) and (2). 

Competitive Preference Priorities 1 and 

2 are from 34 CFR 263.6(a)(1) and (2). 

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. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider 

only applications that meet one or both 

of these priorities. 

Note: The Department may create two 

funding slates—one for applicants that 

meet Absolute Priority 1 and one for 

applicants that meet Absolute Priority 2. 

As a result, the Department may fund 

applications out of the overall rank 

order, provided applications of 

sufficient quality are submitted, but the 

Department is not bound to do so. The 

Department anticipates awarding 

approximately half of available funds to 

applicants that meet Absolute Priority 1 

and approximately half to applicants 

that meet Absolute Priority 2, provided 

applications of sufficient quality are 

submitted, but the Department is not 

bound by these estimates. Applicants 

must clearly identify the specific 

absolute priority or priorities the 

proposed project addresses in the 

project abstract; an applicant that 

wishes to apply under both priorities 

should submit two separate 

applications. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1: Pre-Service 

Training for Teachers. 

Projects that— 

(a) Provide support and training to 

Indian individuals to complete a preservice education program before the 

end of the award period that enables the 

individuals to meet the requirements for 

full State certification or licensure as a 

teacher through— 

(1) Training that leads to a degree in 

education; 

(2) For States allowing a degree in a 

specific subject area, training that leads 

to a degree in the subject area; 

(3) Training in a current or new 

specialized teaching assignment that 

requires a degree and in which a 

documented teacher shortage exists; or 

(4) Training in the field of Native 

American language instruction; 

(b) Provide induction services, during 

the award period, to participants after 

graduation, certification, or licensure, 

for two years, while participants are 

completing their work-related payback 

in schools in local educational agencies 

(LEAs) that serve a high proportion of 

Indian students; and 

(c) Include goals for the— 

(1) Number of participants to be 

recruited each year; 

(2) Number of participants to continue 

in the project each year; 

(3) Number of participants to graduate 

each year; and 

(4) Number of participants to find 

qualifying employment within 12 

months of completion. 

Absolute Priority 2: Pre-service 

Administrator Training. 

Projects that— 

(a) Provide support and training to 

Indian individuals to complete a 

graduate degree in education 

administration that is provided before 

the end of the award period and that 

allows participants to meet the 

requirements for State certification or 

licensure as an education administrator; 

(b) Provide induction services, during 

the award period, to participants after 

graduation, certification, or licensure, 

for two years, while administrators are 

completing their work-related payback 

as administrators in LEAs that serve a 

high proportion of Indian students; and 

(c) Include goals for the— 

(1) Number of participants to be 

recruited each year; 

(2) Number of participants to continue 

in the project each year; 

(3) Number of participants to graduate 

each year; and 

(4) Number of participants to find 

qualifying employment within twelve 

months of completion. 

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 an 

additional five points to an application 

that meets Competitive Preference 

Priority 1 or an additional three points 

to an application that meets Competitive 

Preference Priority 2. Applicants are 

eligible for points under either 

Competitive Preference Priority 1 or 2, 

not both; thus, the maximum number of 

points is 5. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1: 

Tribal Applicants (Zero or five points). 

An application submitted by an 

Indian Tribe, Indian organization, or 

Tribal college or university (TCU) that is 

eligible to participate in the Professional 

Development program. A consortium 

application of eligible entities that 

meets the requirements of 34 CFR 

75.127 through 75.129 and includes an 

Indian Tribe, Indian organization, or 

TCU will be considered eligible to 

receive preference under this priority 

only if the lead applicant for the 

consortium is the Indian Tribe, Indian 

organization, or TCU. In order to be 

considered a consortium application, 

the application must include the 

consortium agreement, signed by all 

parties. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2: 

Consortium Applicants, Non-Tribal 

Lead (Zero or three points). 

A consortium application of eligible 

entities that— 

(a) Meets the requirements of 34 CFR 

75.127 through 75.129 and includes an 

Indian Tribe, Indian organization, or 

TCU; and 

(b) Is not eligible to receive a 

preference under Competitive 

Preference Priority 1. 

Application 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 requirements from 

34 CFR 263.5. 

Each applicant must: 

(a) Describe how it will— 

(1) Recruit qualified Indian 

individuals, such as students who may 


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not be of traditional college age, to 

become teachers, principals, or school 

leaders; 

(2) Use funds made available under 

the grant to support the recruitment, 

preparation, and professional 

development of Indian teachers or 

principals in LEAs that serve a high 

proportion of Indian students; and 

(3) Assist participants in meeting the 

payback requirements under § 263.9(b); 

(b) Submit one or more letters of 

support from LEAs that serve a high 

proportion of Indian students. Each 

letter must include— 

(1) A statement that the LEA agrees to 

consider program graduates for 

employment; 

(2) Evidence that the LEA meets the 

definition of ‘‘LEA that serves a high 

proportion of Indian students’’; and 

(3) The signature of an authorized 

representative of the LEA; 

(c) If applying as an Indian 

organization, demonstrate that the entity 

meets the definition of ‘‘Indian 

organization’’; 

(d) If it is an affected LEA that is 

subject to the requirements of section 

8538 of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(ESEA), consult with appropriate 

officials from Tribe(s) or Tribal 

organizations approved by the Tribes 

located in the area served by the LEA 

prior to its submission of an application, 

as required under ESEA section 8538; 

and 

(e) Comply with any other 

requirements in the application 

package. 

Statutory Hiring Preference: 

(a) Awards that are primarily for the 

benefit of Indians are subject to the 

provisions of section 7(b) of the Indian 

Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93–638). That 

section requires that, to the greatest 

extent feasible, a grantee— 

(1) Give to Indians preferences and 

opportunities for training and 

employment in connection with the 

administration of the grant; and 

(2) Give to Indian organizations and to 

Indian-owned economic enterprises, as 

defined in section 3 of the Indian 

Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 

1452(e)), preference in the award of 

contracts in connection with the 

administration of the grant. 

(b) For purposes of this section, an 

Indian is a member of any federally 

recognized Indian Tribe. 

Definitions: The following definitions 

are from the program regulations at 34 

CFR 263.3. 

BIE-funded school means a Bureau of 

Indian Education school, a contract or 

grant school, or a school for which 

assistance is provided under the 

Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988. 

Dependent allowance means costs for 

the care of minor children under the age 

of 18 who reside with the training 

participant and for whom the 

participant has responsibility. The term 

does not include financial obligations 

for payment of child support required of 

the participant. 

Full course load means the number of 

credit hours that the institution requires 

of a full-time student. 

Full-time student means a student 

who— 

(1) Is a candidate for a baccalaureate 

degree, graduate degree, or Native 

American language certificate, as 

appropriate for the project; 

(2) Carries a full course load; and 

(3) Is not employed for more than 20 

hours a week. 

Graduate degree means a postbaccalaureate degree awarded by an 

institution of higher education. 

Indian means an individual who is— 

(1) A member of an Indian Tribe or 

band, as membership is defined by the 

Indian Tribe or band, including any 

Tribe or band terminated since 1940, 

and any Tribe or band recognized by the 

State in which the Tribe or band resides; 

(2) A descendant of a parent or 

grandparent who meets the 

requirements of paragraph (1) of this 

definition; 

(3) Considered by the Secretary of the 

Interior to be an Indian for any purpose; 

(4) An Eskimo, Aleut, or other Alaska 

Native; or 

(5) A member of an organized Indian 

group that received a grant under the 

Indian Education Act of 1988 as it was 

in effect on October 19, 1994. 

Indian organization means an 

organization that— 

(1) Is legally established— 

(i) By Tribal or inter-Tribal charter or 

in accordance with State or Tribal law; 

and 

(ii) With appropriate constitution, bylaws, or articles of incorporation; 

(2) Includes in its purposes the 

promotion of the education of Indians; 

(3) Is controlled by a governing board, 

the majority of which is Indian; 

(4) If located on an Indian reservation, 

operates with the sanction or by charter 

of the governing body of that 

reservation; 

(5) Is neither an organization or 

subdivision of, nor under the direct 

control of, any institution of higher 

education or TCU; and 

(6) Is not an agency of State or local 

government. 

Induction services means services 

provided— 

(1)(i) By educators, local traditional 

leaders, or cultural experts; 

(ii) For the two years of qualifying 

employment; and 

(iii) In LEAs that serve a high 

proportion of Indian students; 

(2) To support and improve 

participants’ professional performance 

and promote their retention in the field 

of education and teaching, and that 

include, at a minimum, these activities: 

(i) High-quality mentoring, coaching, 

and consultation services for the 

participant to improve performance. 

(ii) Access to research materials and 

information on teaching and learning. 

(iii) Assisting new teachers with use 

of technology in the classroom and use 

of data, particularly student 

achievement data, for classroom 

instruction. 

(iv) Clear, timely, and useful feedback 

on performance, provided in 

coordination with the participant’s 

supervisor. 

(v) Periodic meetings or seminars for 

participants to enhance collaboration, 

feedback, and peer networking and 

support. 

In-service training means activities 

and opportunities designed to enhance 

the skills and abilities of individuals in 

their current areas of employment. 

Institution of higher education (IHE) 

has the meaning given that term in 

section 101(a) of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

Local educational agency (LEA) that 

serves a high proportion of Indian 

students means— 

(1) An LEA, including a BIE-funded 

school, that serves a high proportion of 

Indian students in the LEA as compared 

to other LEAs in the State; or 

(2) An LEA, including a BIE-funded 

school, that serves a high proportion of 

Indian students in the school in which 

the participant works compared to other 

LEAs in the State, even if the LEA as a 

whole in which the participant works 

does not have a high proportion of 

Indian students compared to other LEAs 

in the State. 

Native American means ‘‘Indian’’ as 

defined in section 6151(3) of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act, as amended, which includes Alaska 

Native and members of federallyrecognized or State-recognized Tribes; 

Native Hawaiian; and Native American 

Pacific Islander. 

Native American language means the 

historical, traditional languages spoken 

by Native Americans. 

Participant means an Indian 

individual who is being trained under 

the Professional Development program. 

Payback means work-related service 

or cash reimbursement to the 

Department of Education for the training 

received under the Professional 

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Pre-service training means training to 

Indian individuals to prepare them to 

meet the requirements for licensing or 

certification in a professional field 

requiring at least a baccalaureate degree, 

or licensing or certification in the field 

of Native American language 

instruction. 

Qualifying employment means 

employment in an LEA that serves a 

high proportion of Indian students. 

Secretary means the Secretary of the 

Department of Education or an official 

or employee of the Department acting 

for the Secretary under a delegation of 

authority. 

Stipend means that portion of an 

award that is used for room, board, and 

personal living expenses for full-time 

participants who are living at or near 

the institution providing the training. 

Tribal college or university (TCU) has 

the meaning given that term in section 

316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 

1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)). 

Tribal educational agency (TEA) 

means the agency, department, or 

instrumentality of an Indian Tribe that 

is primarily responsible for supporting 

Tribal students’ elementary and 

secondary education. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7442. 

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 in 34 CFR 

parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, 

and 99. (b) The Office of Management 

and Budget 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 regulations for this program in 34 

CFR part 263. 

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 IHEs only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$7,809,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$300,000–$400,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$350,000. 

Maximum Award: We will not make 

an award exceeding $400,000 for the 

first, second, or third 12-month budget 

period. The last two 12-month budget 

periods will be limited to induction 

services only, at a cost not to exceed 

$120,000 per year. We will not make an 

award exceeding $120,000 for the fourth 

or fifth 12-month budget period. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 22. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. We 

will award grants for an initial period of 

not more than three years and may 

renew such grants for an additional 

period of not more than two years if we 

find that the grantee is achieving the 

objectives of the grant. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: 

(a) An eligible applicant must be 

either— 

(1) An IHE or a TCU; 

(2) A State educational agency in 

consortium with an IHE or a TCU; 

(3) An LEA in consortium with an IHE 

or a TCU; 

(4) An Indian Tribe or Indian 

organization in consortium with an IHE 

or a TCU; or 

(5) A BIE-funded school in 

consortium with at least one IHE or TCU 

that meets the requirements in 

paragraph (b). 

(b) Eligibility of an applicant that is 

an IHE or a TCU, or an applicant 

requiring a consortium with an IHE or 

a TCU, requires that the IHE or TCU be 

accredited to provide the coursework 

and level of degree or Native American 

language certificate required by the 

project. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

b. Indirect Cost Rate Information: This 

program uses a training indirect cost 

rate. This limits indirect cost 

reimbursement to an entity’s actual 

indirect costs, as determined in its 

negotiated indirect cost rate agreement, 

or eight percent of a modified total 

direct cost base, whichever amount is 

less. For more information regarding 

training indirect cost rates, see 34 CFR 

75.562. 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. Note, however, that this 

training rate limitation does not apply to 

agencies of Indian Tribal governments. 

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. Other: Projects funded under this 

competition should budget for a twoday Project Directors’ meeting in 

Washington, DC during each year of the 

project period. This meeting may be 

held virtually if conditions warrant such 

format. 

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 Indian Education Professional 

Development Grants program, 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 by 

posting them on our website, you may 

wish to request confidentiality of 

business information. 

Consistent with Executive Order 

12600, please designate in your 

application any information that you 

believe 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 

competition 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 

competition. 

4. Funding Restrictions: The 

allowable costs below are from 34 CFR 

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A Professional Development program 

may include, as training costs, 

assistance to— 

(1) Fully finance a student’s 

educational expenses including tuition, 

books, and required fees; health 

insurance required by the IHE; stipend; 

dependent allowance; technology costs; 

program required travel; and 

instructional supplies; or 

(2) Supplement other financial aid, 

including Federal funding other than 

loans, for meeting a student’s 

educational expenses. 

The maximum stipend amount is 

$1,800 per month for full-time students; 

grantees may also provide participants 

with a $300 allowance per month per 

dependent during an academic term. 

The Department will reduce any 

stipends in excess of this amount. 

Stipends may be paid only to full-time 

students. 

Other costs that a Professional 

Development program may include, but 

that must not be included as training 

costs, include costs for— 

(1) Collaborating with prospective 

employers within the grantees’ local 

service area to create a pool of 

potentially available qualifying 

employment opportunities; 

(2) In-service training activities such 

as providing mentorships linking 

experienced teachers at job placement 

sites with program participants; 

(3) Assisting participants in 

identifying and securing qualifying 

employment opportunities in their 

fields of study following completion of 

the program; 

(4) Teacher mentoring programs, 

professional guidance, and instructional 

support provided by educators, local 

traditional leaders, or cultural experts, 

as appropriate for teachers for up to 

their first three years of employment as 

teachers; and 

(5) Programs designed to train 

traditional leaders and cultural experts 

to assist participants with relevant 

Native language and cultural mentoring, 

guidance, and support. 

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 30 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, the 

letter(s) of support, or the signed 

consortium agreement. However, the 

recommended page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative. 

An application will not be 

disqualified if it exceeds the 

recommended page limit. 

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 for ‘‘Need for project’’ and 

‘‘Quality of the management plan’’ are 

from 34 CFR 75.210. The remaining 

selection criteria are from 34 CFR 263.7. 

The maximum score for all of these 

criteria is 100 points. The maximum 

score for each criterion is indicated in 

parentheses. 

(a) Need for project (Maximum 5 

points). 

In determining the need for the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the extent to which the 

proposed project will prepare personnel 

in specific fields in which shortages 

have been demonstrated through a job 

market analysis. (34 CFR 263.7(a)(1)) 

(b) Significance (Maximum 6 points). 

In determining the significance of the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers: 

(1) (Up to 3 points) The potential of 

the proposed project to develop 

effective strategies for teaching Indian 

students and improving Indian student 

achievement, as demonstrated by a plan 

to share findings gained from the 

proposed project with parties who could 

benefit from such findings, such as 

other IHEs who are training teachers 

and administrators who will be serving 

Indian students. 

(2) (Up to 3 points) The likelihood 

that the proposed project will build 

local capacity to provide, improve, or 

expand services that address the 

specific needs of Indian students. (34 

CFR 263.7) 

(c) Quality of the project design 

(Maximum 26 points). The Secretary 

considers the following factors in 

determining the quality of the design of 

the proposed project: 

(1) (Up to 10 points) The extent to 

which the goals, objectives, and 

outcomes to be achieved by the 

proposed project are ambitious but also 

attainable and address— 

(i) The number of participants 

expected to be recruited in the project 

each year; 

(ii) The number of participants 

expected to continue in the project each 

year; 

(iii) The number of participants 

expected to graduate; and 

(iv) The number of participants 

expected to find qualifying employment 

within twelve months of completion. 

(2) (Up to 10 points) The extent to 

which the proposed project has a plan 

for recruiting and selecting participants, 

including students who may not be of 

traditional college age, that ensures that 

program participants are likely to 

complete the program. 

(3) (Up to 6 points) The extent to 

which the proposed project will 

incorporate the needs of potential 

employers, as identified by a job market 

analysis, by establishing partnerships 

and relationships with LEAs that serve 

a high proportion of Indian students and 

developing programs that meet their 

employment needs. (34 CFR 263.7) 

(d) Quality of project services 

(Maximum 32 points). The Secretary 

considers the following factors in 

determining the quality of project 

services: 

(1) (Up to 4 points) The likelihood 

that the proposed project will provide 

participants with learning experiences 

that develop needed skills for successful 

teaching and/or administration in LEAs 

that serve a high proportion of Indian 

students. 

(2) (Up to 7 points) The extent to 

which the proposed project prepares 

participants to adapt teaching and/or 


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administrative practices to meet the 

breadth of Indian student needs. 

(3) (Up to 7 points) The extent to 

which the applicant will provide job 

placement activities that reflect the 

findings of a job market analysis and 

needs of potential employers and that 

offer qualifying employment 

opportunities. 

(4) (Up to 7 points) The extent to 

which the applicant will offer induction 

services that reflect the latest research 

on effective delivery of such services. 

(5) (Up to 7 points) The extent to 

which the applicant will assist 

participants in meeting the service 

obligation requirements. (34 CFR 263.7) 

(e) Quality of project personnel. 

(Maximum 13 points). The Secretary 

considers the following factors when 

determining the quality of the personnel 

who will carry out the proposed project: 

(1) (Up to 5 points) The qualifications, 

including relevant training, experience, 

and cultural competence, of the project 

director and the amount of time this 

individual will spend directly involved 

in the project. 

(2) (Up to 8 points) The qualifications, 

including relevant training, experience, 

and cultural competence, of key project 

personnel and the amount of time to be 

spent on the project and direct 

interactions with participants. (34 CFR 

263.7) 

(f) Quality of the management plan. 

(Maximum 18 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: 

(1) (Up to 8 points) 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. 

(2) (Up to 4 points) The adequacy of 

procedures for ensuring feedback and 

continuous improvement in the 

operation of the proposed project. 

(3) (Up to 6 points) The extent to 

which the time commitments of the 

project director and principal 

investigator and other key project 

personnel are appropriate and adequate 

to meet the objectives of the proposed 

project. (34 CFR 75.210) 

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). 

The Department will screen 

applications that are submitted in 

accordance with the requirements in 

this notice, and determine which 

applications are eligible to be read based 

on whether they have met the eligibility 

and application requirements 

established by this notice. The 

Department will use reviewers with 

knowledge and expertise on issues 

related to educator training and 

improving outcomes for Native 

American youth to score the selection 

criteria. The Department will 

thoroughly screen all reviewers for 

conflicts of interest to ensure a fair and 

competitive review. 

Peer reviewers will read, prepare a 

written evaluation of, and score the 

assigned applications, based on the six 

selection criteria listed in the Selection 

Criteria section of this notice. 

In reviewing applications, the 

Department will assign points for 

Competitive Preference Priorities 1 and 

2 based on each application’s adherence 

to the requirements of each. 

Technical scoring. Reviewers will 

read, prepare a written evaluation, and 

assign a technical score to the 

applications assigned to their panel, 

using the selection criteria provided in 

this notice and the respective advisory 

scoring rubric in Appendix A. The 

Department will then prepare rank 

order(s) of applications based on their 

technical scores. 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this competition, the Department 

conducts a review of the risks posed by 

applicants. Under 2 CFR 200.208, the 

Secretary may impose specific 

conditions and, under 2 CFR 3474.10, 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 200.206(a)(2) we must make a 

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through 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 

will review and consider applications 

for funding pursuant to this notice 

inviting applications in accordance 

with: 

(a) 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); 

(b) 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); 

(c) 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 

(d) 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 

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(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: For the 

purposes of the Government 

Performance and Results Act of 1993 

(GPRA) and Department reporting under 

34 CFR 75.110, the Department has 

established the following performance 

measures: (1) The percentage of 

participants in administrator 

preparation projects who become 

principals, vice principals, or other 

school administrators in ‘‘LEAs that 

serve a high proportion of Indian 

students’’; (2) the percentage of 

participants in teacher preparation 

projects who become teachers in ‘‘LEAs 

that serve a high proportion of Indian 

students’’; (3) the percentage of program 

participants who meet State licensure 

requirements; (4) the percentage of 

program participants who complete 

their service requirement on schedule; 

(5) the cost per individual who 

successfully completes an administrator 

preparation program, takes a position in 

an ‘‘LEA that serves a high proportion 

of Indian students,’’ and completes the 

service requirement in such a district; 

and (6) the cost per individual who 

successfully completes a teacher 

preparation program, takes a position in 

an ‘‘LEA that serves a high proportion 

of Indian students,’’ and completes the 

service requirement in such a district. 

These measures constitute the 

Department’s indicators of success for 

this program. Consequently, we advise 

an applicant for a grant under this 

program to carefully consider these 

measures in conceptualizing the 

approach to, and evaluation for, its 

proposed project. Each grantee will be 

required to provide, in its annual 

performance and final reports, data 

about its progress in meeting these 

measures. 

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). 

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. 

Mark Washington, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of 

Elementary and Secondary Education. 

Appendix A—Selection Criteria Scoring 

Rubric 

Reviewers will assign points to an 

application for each selection sub-criterion. 

To help promote consistency across and 

within the panels that will review PD 

applications, the Department has created an 

advisory, non-binding scoring rubric for 

reviewers to aid them in scoring the selection 

criteria. The scoring rubric below shows the 

maximum number of points that may be 

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Selection criteria Sub-criterion 

points 

Criterion 

points 

(a) Need for project (34 CFR 263.7(a)(1)). In determining the need for the proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the extent to which the proposed project will prepare personnel in specific fields in which shortages have been demonstrated through a job market analysis ........................................................................... 5 

(b) Significance (34 CFR 263.7). In determining the significance of the proposed project, the Secretary considers: ................................................................................................................................................................... 6 

(1) The potential of the proposed project to develop effective strategies for teaching Indian students and 

improving Indian student achievement, as demonstrated by a plan to share findings gained from the 

proposed project with parties who could benefit from such findings, such as other IHEs who are training 

teachers and administrators who will be serving Indian students ................................................................ 3 

(2) The likelihood that the proposed project will build local capacity to provide, improve, or expand services that address the specific needs of Indian students .............................................................................. 3 

(c) Quality of the project design (34 CFR 263.7). The Secretary considers the following factors in determining 

the quality of the design of the proposed project: ............................................................................................... 26 

(1) (Up to 10 points) The extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be achieved by the proposed project are ambitious but also attainable and address— 

(i) The number of participants expected to be recruited in the project each year;.

(ii) The number of participants expected to continue in the project each year;.

(iii) The number of participants expected to graduate; and.

(iv) The number of participants expected to find qualifying employment within twelve months of completion. ................................................................................................................................................... 10 

(2) The extent to which the proposed project has a plan for recruiting and selecting participants, including 

students who may not be of traditional college age, that ensures that program participants are likely to 

complete the program ................................................................................................................................... 10 

(3) The extent to which the proposed project will incorporate the needs of potential employers, as identified by a job market analysis, by establishing partnerships and relationships with LEAs that serve a high 

proportion of Indian students and developing programs that meet their employment needs ..................... 6 

(d) Quality of project services (34 CFR 263.7). The Secretary considers the following factors in determining 

the quality of project services: ............................................................................................................................. 32 

(1) The likelihood that the proposed project will provide participants with learning experiences that develop 

needed skills for successful teaching and/or administration in LEAs that serve a high proportion of Indian students ................................................................................................................................................. 4 

(2) The extent to which the proposed project prepares participants to adapt teaching and/or administrative 

practices to meet the breadth of Indian student needs ................................................................................ 7 

(3) The extent to which the applicant will provide job placement activities that reflect the findings of a job 

market analysis and needs of potential employers and that offer qualifying employment opportunities .... 7 

(4) The extent to which the applicant will offer induction services that reflect the latest research on effective delivery of such services ........................................................................................................................ 7 

(5) The extent to which the applicant will assist participants in meeting the service obligation requirements 7 

(e) Quality of project personnel (34 CFR 263.7). The Secretary considers the following factors when determining the quality of the personnel who will carry out the proposed project: ..................................................... 13 

(1) The qualifications, including relevant training, experience, and cultural competence, of the project director and the amount of time this individual will spend directly involved in the project ............................. 5 

(2) (Up to 8 points) The qualifications, including relevant training, experience, and cultural competence, of 

key project personnel and the amount of time to be spent on the project and direct interactions with 

participants .................................................................................................................................................... 8 

(f) Quality of the management plan. (34 CFR 75.210). 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: ...................................................................................................................................... 18 

(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 .............................................................................................................. 8 

(2) The adequacy of procedures for ensuring feedback and continuous improvement in the operation of 

the proposed project ..................................................................................................................................... 4 

(3) The extent to which the time commitments of the project director and principal investigator and other 

key project personnel are appropriate and adequate to meet the objectives of the proposed project ....... 6 

While case-by-case determinations will be 

made, the reviewers will be asked to consider 

the general ranges below as a guide when 

awarding points. 

Maximum point value 

Quality of response 

Low Medium High 

3 ....................................................................................................................................... 0 1–2 3 

4 ....................................................................................................................................... 0–1 2–3 4 

5 ....................................................................................................................................... 0–1 2–3 4–5 

6 ....................................................................................................................................... 0–2 3–4 5–6 

7 ....................................................................................................................................... 0–2 3–5 6–7 

8 ....................................................................................................................................... 0–2 3–5 6–8 

10 ..................................................................................................................................... 0–3 4–7 8–10 


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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Reopening; Application Period for 

Certain Applicants Under the Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2021 Educational 

Opportunity Centers Program 

Competition 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) reopens the competition 

for FY 2021, for certain eligible 

applicants described elsewhere in this 

notice, under the Educational 

Opportunity Centers program, 

Assistance Listing Number 84.066A. 

The Department takes this action to 

allow more time for the preparation and 

submission of applications by eligible 

applicants affected by the severe winter 

weather in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and 

Texas, where the President has issued a 

disaster declaration. The reopening of 

the application deadline date for this 

competition is intended to help affected 

eligible applicants compete fairly with 

other eligible applicants under this 

competition. 

DATES: 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications for Applicants Meeting the 

Eligibility Criteria in this Notice: March 

15, 2021. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 25, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachael Wiley, Ed.D., U.S Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW, Room 2C146, Washington, DC 

20202–4260. Telephone: (202) 453– 

6078. Email: Rachael.Wiley@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: On 

January 13, 2021, we published the 

notice inviting applications (NIA) for 

new awards for the FY 2021 Educational 

Opportunity Centers competition in the 

Federal Register (86 FR 2658). Under 

the NIA, applications were due on 

March 1, 2021. 

We are reopening this competition for 

eligible applicants from affected areas in 

Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, for 

which the President has issued a 

disaster declaration, to allow those 

applicants more time to prepare and 

submit applications. For applicants that 

meet the eligibility criteria in this 

notice, we are reopening the 

competition until March 15, 2021. We 

are also extending the 

intergovernmental review deadline until 

May 25, 2021. 

Eligibility: The reopening of the 

competition in this notice applies to 

eligible applicants under the 

Educational Opportunity Centers 

program, Assistance Listing Number 

84.066A, that are located in an area for 

which the President has issued an 

emergency declaration (see 

www.fema.gov/disasters/), in Louisiana 

(FEMA Disaster designation 3556), 

Oklahoma (FEMA Disaster designation 

3555), and Texas (FEMA Disaster 

designation 3554). 

In accordance with the NIA, eligible 

applicants for this competition are 

institutions of higher education, public 

and private agencies or organizations, 

including community-based 

organizations with experience in serving 

disadvantaged youth, secondary 

schools, and combinations of such 

institutions, agencies, and 

organizations, for planning, developing, 

or carrying out one or more of the 

services identified under this program. 

Note: All information in the NIA for 

this competition remains the same, 

except for, with respect to eligible 

applicants, the deadline for the 

transmittal of applications and the 

deadline for intergovernmental review. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a– 

11 and 1070a–16. 

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. 

Tiwanda Burse, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management 

& Planning, Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Delegated authority to perform 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary 

Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Application for New Awards; Promise 

Neighborhoods Program; Corrections 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice; corrections. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

published a document in the Federal 

Register of January 19, 2021 regarding 

applications (NIA) for the fiscal year 

(FY) 2021 Promise Neighborhoods (PN) 

Program competition, Assistance Listing 

Number 84.215N. The Department is 

amending the PN NIA by removing one 

of the competitive preference priorities 

and extending the deadline for 

transmittal of applications to April 19, 

2021 and the deadline for 

intergovernmental review to June 21, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adrienne Hawkins, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 4W220, Washington, DC 20202– 

6135. 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: If an 

applicant has already submitted an 

application, program staff will send 

notification of the opportunity to 

resubmit the application at the extended 

date. Applicants that have already 

timely submitted applications under the 

FY 2021 PN NIA competition may 

resubmit applications, but are not 

required to do so. If a new application 

is not submitted, the Department will 

use the application that was submitted 

by the original deadline and will review 

the application without regard to any 

response to the competitive preference 

priority that we are removing. If a new 

application is submitted, the 

Department will consider the 


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