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college, continue their postsecondary 

education. 

Applicants must propose annual 

targets for these measures in their 

applications. The national target for 

GPRA 1 for FY 2011 is that 86 percent 

of CAMP participants will complete the 

first academic year of their 

postsecondary program. The national 

target for GPRA 2 for 2011 is that 85 

percent of CAMP participants after 

completing the first academic year of 

college, continue their postsecondary 

education. The national targets for 

subsequent years may be adjusted based 

on additional baseline data. The panel 

readers will score related selection 

criteria on the basis of how well an 

applicant addresses these GPRA 

measures. Therefore, applicants will 

want to consider how they will make 

demonstration of a sound capacity to 

provide reliable data on GPRA 

measures, including the project’s annual 

performance targets for addressing the 

GPRA performance measures, as is 

required by the OMB approved annual 

performance report that is included in 

the application package. All grantees 

will be required to submit, as part of 

their annual performance report, 

information with respect to these 

performance measures. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award, the Secretary may 

consider, under 34 CFR 75.253, the 

extent to which a grantee has made 

‘‘substantial progress toward meeting the 

objectives in its approved application.’’ 

This consideration includes the review 

of a grantee’s progress in meeting the 

targets and projected outcomes in its 

approved application, and whether the 

grantee has expended funds in a manner 

that is consistent with its approved 

application and budget. In making a 

continuation grant, the Secretary also 

considers whether the grantee is 

operating in compliance with the 

assurances in its approved application, 

including those applicable to Federal 

civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David De Soto, U.S. Department of 

Education, Office of Migrant Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 

3E344, Washington, DC 20202–6135. 

Telephone Number: (202) 260–8103, or 

by e-mail: david.de.soto@ed.gov, or Tara 

Ramsey, U.S. Department of Education, 

Office of Migrant Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E342, 

Washington, DC 20202–6135. 

Telephone Number: (202) 260–2063, or 

by e-mail: tara.ramsey@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

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

877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

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

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: November 23, 2010. 

Thelma Mele ́ndez de Santa Ana, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29987 Filed 11–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education; Overview Information; High 

School Equivalency Program (HEP); 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.141A. 

DATES: Applications Available: 

November 29, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: January 19, 2011. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: March 21, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

HEP is to help migrant and seasonal 

farmworkers and members of their 

immediate family obtain a general 

education diploma (GED) that meets the 

guidelines for high school equivalency 

established by the State in which the 

HEP project is conducted, and to help 

them gain employment or be placed in 

an institution of higher education (IHE) 

or other postsecondary education or 

training. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

four priorities. In accordance with 34 

CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), the competitive 

preference priority for being a ‘‘novice 

applicant’’ is from the Education 

Department General Administrative 

Regulations (EDGAR) (34 CFR 75.225). 

In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), the competitive 

preference priority for ‘‘prior experience 

of service delivery’’ is from section 

418A(e) of the Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended by section 408(3) of 

the Higher Education Opportunity Act 

(20 U.S.C. 1070d–2(e)). The third 

priority is an invitational priority for 

applications that promote science, 

technology, engineering and 

mathematics (STEM) education. The 

fourth priority is an invitational priority 

for applications that propose to engage 

faith-based and community 

organizations in the delivery of services 

under this program. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2011 these priorities are competitive 

preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(i) we award: (1) An 

additional five points to an application 

that meets the ‘‘novice applicant’’ 

competitive preference priority; and (2) 

up to a maximum of 15 additional 

points to an application, depending on 

how well the applicant meets the ‘‘prior 

experience of service delivery’’ 

competitive preference priority. 

These priorities are: 

Novice Applicant 

The applicant must be a ‘‘novice 

applicant,’’ as defined in 34 CFR 

75.225(a). A novice applicant is defined 

as one who has: (i) Never received a 

grant or a subgrant under the HEP 

program; (ii) never been a member of a 

group application, submitted in 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.127–75.129, 

that received a grant under the HEP 

program; and (iii) not had an active 

discretionary grant from the Federal 

government in the five (5) years before 

the deadline date of receiving 

applications. 

Prior Experience of Service Delivery 

For applicants with an expiring HEP 

project, the Secretary will consider the 

applicant’s prior experience in 

implementing its expiring HEP project, 

based on information contained in 

documents previously provided to the 

Department, such as annual 

performance reports, project evaluation 

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reports, site visit reports, and the 

previously approved HEP application. 

Under this competition, we also are 

particularly interested in applications 

that address the following priorities. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2011, 

these priorities are invitational 

priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we 

do not give an application that meets 

these invitational priorities a 

competitive or absolute preference over 

other applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1—Science, 

Technology, Engineering and 

Mathematics (STEM) Education 

Projects that are designed to address 

one or more of the following priority 

areas: 

(a) Providing students with increased 

access to rigorous and engaging 

coursework in STEM. 

(b) Increasing the opportunities for 

high-quality preparation of, or 

professional development for, teachers 

or other educators of STEM subjects. 

Note: Applicants could consider activities 

to better prepare program participants to 

transition into postsecondary education, such 

as preparing students to successfully pass the 

sections of college entrance examinations in 

STEM-related subjects, or activities such as 

counseling and tutoring services that are 

designed to motivate participants to pursue 

postsecondary education in STEM-related 

fields. Similarly, for demonstrating 

professional development, applicants could 

propose how they intend to increase the 

opportunities for high-quality professional 

development in the area of mathematics 

instruction and related GED instruction 

among their project instructors. 

Opportunities for increasing professional 

development of GED instructors of STEMrelated subjects could include, for example, 

these instructors’ participation in training on 

intensive science teaching techniques 

presented by a professionally credentialed 

expert in science education. 

Invitational Priority 2—Faith-Based and 

Community Organizations 

Applications that propose to engage 

faith-based and community 

organizations in the delivery of services 

under this program. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070d–2. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Education Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 

CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 86, 

97, and 99. (b) The regulations in 34 

CFR part 206. (c) The definitions in 34 

CFR 200.81. (d) The regulations in 20 

CFR 669.110 and 669.320. Note: The 

regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to 

IHEs only. 

Note: The Department published final 

regulations updating the program regulations 

in accordance with the changes enacted by 

the HEOA in the Federal Register on October 

26, 2010 (75 FR 65711). These revised 

regulations will be effective on December 27, 

2010. The application package identifies any 

provisions in part 206 that have been 

superseded by enactment of the HEOA. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$4,629,000 for new awards for this 

program for FY 2011. The actual level 

of funding, if any, depends on final 

congressional action. However, we are 

inviting applications to allow enough 

time to complete the grant process if 

Congress appropriates funds for this 

program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$180,000–$475,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$432,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a HEP award 

exceeding $475,000 for any of the five 

single budget periods of 12 months. The 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education may change the 

maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Minimum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a HEP award 

that is less than $180,000 for any of the 

five single budget periods of 12 months. 

The Assistant Secretary for Elementary 

and Secondary Education may change 

the minimum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 11. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs or private 

non-profit organizations (including 

faith-based organizations) that plan their 

projects in cooperation with an IHE and 

propose to operate some aspects of the 

project with the facilities of the IHE. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. However, consistent with 34 

CFR 75.700, which requires an 

applicant to comply with its approved 

application, an applicant that proposes 

non-Federal matching funds and is 

awarded a grant must provide those 

funds for each year that the funds are 

proposed. 

3. Annual Meeting Attendance: 

Projects funded under this competition 

are encouraged to budget for a two-day 

Annual Meeting for HEP Directors in the 

Washington, DC area during each year 

of the project period. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: David De Soto, U.S. 

Department of Education, Office of 

Migrant Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 3E344, Washington, 

DC 20202–6135. Telephone: (202) 260– 

8103 or by e-mail: 

david.de.soto@ed.gov. 

The application package content also 

can be viewed electronically at the 

following address: http://www.ed.gov/ 

programs/hep/applicant.html. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the program 

contact person listed in this section. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

competition. Page Limit: The 

application narrative is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. Panel readers will award 

points only for an applicant’s response 

to a given selection criterion that is 

contained within the section of the 

application designated to address that 

particular selection criterion. Readers 

will not review, or award points for 

responses to a given selection criterion 

that is located in any other section of 

the application or the appendices. You 

must limit the application narrative to 

no more than 25 pages, using 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. However, you 

may single space all text in charts, 

tables, figures, and graphs. Charts, 

tables, figures, and graphs presented in 

the application narrative count toward 

the page limit. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch) throughout the 

entire application package. 

• Appendices must be limited to 20 

pages and must include the following: 

Resumes and job descriptions of key 

personnel. Job descriptions must 

include duties and minimum 

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qualifications. Items in the appendices 

will only be used by the program office 

for the purpose of approving any future 

personnel changes. 

The 25-page limit for the project 

narrative does not apply to the cover 

sheet; the budget section, including the 

narrative budget justification; the 

assurances and certifications; or the 

one-page abstract. However, the page 

limit does apply to all of the application 

narrative section. 

Our reviewers will not read any pages 

of your application that exceed the page 

limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: November 29, 

2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: January 19, 2011. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, please refer to 

section IV. 7. Other Submission 

Requirements of this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: March 21, 2011. 

4. 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. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and Central Contractor 

Registry: To do business with the 

Department of Education, you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR), the Government’s 

primary registrant database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your application; and 

d. Maintain an active CCR registration 

with current information while your 

application is under review by the 

Department and, if you are awarded a 

grant, during the project period. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 

can be created within one business day. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow 2–5 weeks for your TIN to 

become active. 

The CCR registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete. 

If you are currently registered with the 

CCR, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your CCR 

registration on an annual basis. This 

may take three or more business days to 

complete. 

In addition, if you are submitting your 

application via Grants.gov, you must (1) 

be designated by your organization as an 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR); and (2) register yourself with 

Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these 

steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3- 

Step Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

High School Equivalency Program, 

CFDA number 84.141A, must be 

submitted electronically using the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 

at http://www.Grants.gov. Through this 

site, you will be able to download a 

copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for HEP at http:// 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this competition by the CFDA 

number. Do not include the CFDA 

number’s alpha suffix in your search 

(e.g., search for 84.141, not 84.141A). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. When we retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov, we will 

notify you if we are rejecting your 

application because it was date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this competition 

to ensure that you submit your 

application in a timely manner to the 

Grants.gov system. You can also find the 

Education Submission Procedures 

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pertaining to Grants.gov under News 

and Events on the Department’s G5 

system home page at http://www.G5.gov. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: the Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

• You must attach any narrative 

sections of your application as files in 

a .PDF (Portable Document) format only. 

If you upload a file type other than .PDF 

or submit a password-protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. The 

Department will contact you after a 

determination is made on whether your 

application will be accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevent you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: David De Soto, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 3E344, LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–6135. FAX: 

(202) 205–0089. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

CFDA Number 84.141A, LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

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

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

CFDA Number 84.141A, 550 12th Street, 

SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 

a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and 

Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department— 

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(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

notification within 15 business days from the 

application deadline date, you should call 

the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are listed in 

the application package. 

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, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary also requires 

various assurances including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department of 

Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 

108.8, and 110.23). 

3. Special Conditions: Under 34 CFR 

74.14 and 80.12, the Secretary may 

impose special conditions on a grant if 

the applicant or grantee is not 

financially stable; has a history of 

unsatisfactory performance; has a 

financial or other management system 

that does not meet the standards in 34 

CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has 

not fulfilled the conditions of a prior 

grant; or is otherwise not responsible. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

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

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multi-year award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to http:// 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department 

developed the following performance 

measures to evaluate the overall 

effectiveness of HEP: (1) The percentage 

of HEP program exiters receiving a 

General Education Diploma (GED) 

(GPRA 1), and (2) the percentage of HEP 

GED recipients who enter postsecondary 

education or training programs, 

upgraded employment, or the military 

(GPRA 2). 

Applicants must propose annual 

targets for these measures in their 

applications. The national target for 

GPRA 1 for FY 2011 is that 69 percent 

of HEP program exiters will receive a 

GED credential. The national target for 

GPRA 2 for FY 2011 is that 80 percent 

of HEP GED recipients will enter 

postsecondary education or training 

programs, upgraded employment, or the 

military. The national targets for 

subsequent years may be adjusted based 

on additional baseline data. The panel 

readers will score related selection 

criteria for applicants, in part, on the 

basis of how well an applicant 

addresses these GPRA measures. 

Therefore, applicants should consider 

how they will demonstrate their 

capacity to provide reliable data on 

these measures, including the project’s 

annual performance targets for the 

GPRA measures, as required by the 

OMB approved annual performance 

report that is included in the 

application package. All grantees will be 

required to submit, as part of their 

annual performance report, information 

with respect to these GPRA measures. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award, the Secretary may 

consider, under 34 CFR 75.253, the 

extent to which a grantee has made 

‘‘substantial progress toward meeting the 

objectives in its approved application.’’ 

This consideration includes the review 

of a grantee’s progress in meeting the 

targets and projected outcomes in its 

approved application, and whether the 

grantee has expended funds in a manner 

that is consistent with its approved 

application and budget. In making a 

continuation grant, the Secretary also 

considers whether the grantee is 

operating in compliance with the 

assurances in its approved application, 

including those applicable to Federal 

civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David De Soto, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3E344, LBJ, Washington, DC 

20202–6135. Telephone: (202) 260–8103 

or by e-mail: david.de.soto@ed.gov, or 

Tara Ramsey, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3E342, LBJ, Washington, DC 

20202–6135. Telephone: (202) 260–2063 

or by e-mail: tara.ramsey@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

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

877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

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

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

persons listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

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Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 228 / Monday, November 29, 2010 / Notices 73059 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: November 23, 2010. 

Thelma Mele ́ndez de Santa Ana, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29993 Filed 11–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Discretionary Grant Programs 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice announcing additional 

requirement for applicants and grantees. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

announces an additional requirement 

affecting applicants and grantees. We 

are taking this action to conform our 

requirements with final guidance issued 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) on September 14, 2010 

(Financial Assistance Use of Universal 

Identifier and Central Contractor 

Registration). The new guidance affects 

an applicant’s or grantee’s registration of 

its Dun and Bradstreet Data Universal 

Numbering System (DUNS) Number and 

its Taxpayer Identification Number 

(TIN) with the Central Contractor 

Registration (CCR) database. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg 

Vick, U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, 

DC 20202–0170. Telephone: (202) 245– 

6147 or by e-mail: gregory.vick@ed.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In each 

notice inviting applications for grant 

awards, we include requirements 

governing an applicant’s DUNS Number 

and TIN and specify that to do business 

with the Department, an applicant must 

register those numbers with the CCR, 

the Government’s primary registrant 

database. 

In its final guidance issued under 2 

CFR Part 25 and published in the 

Federal Register on September 14, 2010 

(75 FR 55671), OMB added a 

requirement that an entity doing 

business with the Department must 

maintain an active CCR registration with 

current information while its 

application is under review and, if it is 

awarded a grant, during the project 

period. 

The final guidance took effect on 

October 1, 2010, which made it 

applicable to every grant competition 

with an application deadline date on or 

after October 1, 2010. However, on or 

before the effective date, we had 

published a number of notices inviting 

applications that had application 

deadline dates on or after October 1, 

2010, but that did not include the new 

requirement with regard to maintaining 

an active CCR registration. 

This notice serves to inform 

applicants and potential applicants 

under those affected competitions that 

the new requirement applies to them, 

and each such potential applicant must, 

therefore, maintain an active CCR 

registration during the time its 

application is under review and, if 

funded, during the project period. 

However, this requirement does not 

affect the submission of their 

applications and does not require any 

applicant to amend, withdraw, or 

resubmit its application. 

The affected competitions and the 

publication date in the Federal Register 

of each notice inviting applications are 

shown below in order of Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 

Number. Questions about the 

applicability of this notice to any 

application submitted under these 

programs should be directed to the 

program contact identified for each 

program. 

CFDA No. 84.019A—Office of 

Postsecondary Education; Overview 

Information; Fulbright-Hays Faculty 

Research Abroad Fellowship Program; 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. 

Published October 1, 2010 (75 FR 

60740). Program contact: Cynthia 

Dudzinski, 202–502–7589. 

CFDA No. 84.021A—Office of 

Postsecondary Education; Overview 

Information; Fulbright-Hays Group 

Projects Abroad Program; Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. Published 

September 24, 2010 (75 FR 59051). 

Program contact: Michelle Guilfoil, 

202–502–7625. 

CFDA No. 84.022A—Office of 

Postsecondary Education; Overview 

Information; Fulbright-Hays Doctoral 

Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) 

Fellowship Program; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2011. Published September 

17, 2010 (75 FR 57000). Program 

contact: Amy Wilson, 202–502–7689. 

CFDA No. 84.327J—Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services; 

Overview Information; Technology and 

Media Services for Individuals with 

Disabilities—Video Description 

Research and Development Center; 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. 

Published August 12, 2010 (75 FR 

48957). Program contact: Jo Ann 

McCann, 202–245–7434. 

CFDA No. 84.327W—Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services; 

Overview Information; Technology and 

Media Services for Individuals with 

Disabilities—The Accessible 

Instructional Materials (AIM) Personnel 

Development Center; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2011. Published September 

28, 2010 (75 FR 59699). Program 

contact: Glinda Hill, 202–245–7376. 

CFDA No. 84.330B—Office of 

Elementary and Secondary Education; 

Overview Information; Advanced 

Placement (AP) Test Fee Program; 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. 

Published September 1, 2010 (75 FR 

53681). Program contact: Francisco 

Ramirez, 202–260–1541. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: November 23, 2010. 

Thomas P. Skelly, 

Delegated Authority to Perform the Functions 

of the Chief Financial Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–29990 Filed 11–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Record of Decision and Floodplain 

Statement of Findings for the 

Cushman Hydroelectric Project, Mason 

County, Washington, Environmental 

Impact Statement (DOE/EIS–0456) 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Record of Decision (ROD) and 

Floodplain Statement of Findings. 

SUMMARY: DOE announces its decision 

to provide approximately $4.6 million 

appropriated under the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Public 

Law 111–5 (Recovery Act), to the City 

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