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SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

OUSD(P&R), DoD, announces a 

proposed public information collection 

and seeks public comment on the 

provisions thereof. Comments are 

invited on: whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by January 16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Department of Defense, Office of 

the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense 

for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 

Transparency, Regulatory Directorate, 

4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, 

Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350– 

1700. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the Internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to: OEPM, Voluntary 

Education, Pentagon, Room 2E573 

Washington, DC 20301–1500, Jonathan 

Woods, (571) 372–5353. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Postsecondary Education 

Complaint Intake System; DD–2961; 

OMB Control Number 0704–0501. 

Needs and Uses: This collection is 

necessary to obtain, document, and 

respond to complaints, questions, and 

other issues concerning educational 

programs and services provided to 

military students, and their adult 

Family members. It allows DoD to 

monitor and track the types of 

complaint issues that are submitted, the 

complaint content, the educational 

institutions the complaints have been 

filed against, the type of education 

benefits being used, and the branch of 

the military Service. The information 

collected via the DoD Intake form is 

used to assist in further developing and 

shaping of relevant mitigating and 

preventative measures concerning 

abusive, deceptive, and fraudulent 

practices against Service members and 

Spouses who are pursuing higher 

education utilizing Tuition Assistance 

and My Career Advancement Account. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 37.5. 

Number of Respondents: 150. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 150. 

Average Burden Per Response: 15 

minutes. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Dated: November 7, 2023. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Alaska 

Native Education 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 fiscal year (FY) 2024 for 

the Alaska Native Education (ANE) 

program, Assistance Listing Number 

84.356A. This notice relates to the 

approved information collection under 

OMB control number 1894–0006. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: November 20, 

2023. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 13, 2024. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: April 15, 2024. 

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 December 7, 2022 

(87 FR 75045) and available at https:// 

www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2022/12/07/2022-26554/commoninstructions-for-applicants-todepartment-of-education-discretionarygrant-programs. Please note that these 

Common Instructions supersede the 

version published on December 27, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Almita Reed, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 

(202) 260–1979. Email:

OESE.ASKANEP@ed.gov.

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability and wish to 

access telecommunications relay 

services, please dial 7–1–1. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Purpose of Program: The purpose of

the ANE program is to support 

innovative projects that recognize and 

address the unique educational needs of 

Alaska Natives. These projects must 

include the activities authorized under 

section 6304(a)(2) of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (ESEA), and may include one 

or more of the activities authorized 

under section 6304(a)(3) of the ESEA, 

including, but not limited to, 

curriculum development, training and 

professional development, early 

childhood and parent outreach, and 

enrichment programs. 

Background: The ANE program serves 

the unique educational needs of Alaska 

Natives and recognizes the roles of 

Alaska Native languages and cultures in 

the educational success and long-term 

well-being of Alaska Native students. 

The Department encourages applicants 

to propose a broad array of activities to 

achieve these purposes, including 

activities that are consistent with the 

Administration’s policy focus areas, 

such as promoting equitable access to 

educational resources and 

opportunities. These activities may 

include supporting inclusive 

pedagogical practices in educator 

preparation and professional 

development programs and increasing 

the number and diversity of experienced 

effective educators, including those 

from the community they serve. 

As noted below, construction projects 

that will support the operation of an 

existing or proposed ANE program will 

be a permissible activity only if 

Congress specifically authorizes the use 

of FY 2024 funds for this purpose. 

However, we note that, in each of the 

last 20 fiscal years, Congress has 

authorized, through appropriations acts, 

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construction. If an applicant is 

interested in both proposing a 

construction project and a separate 

project, we encourage the applicant to 

submit separate applications for each 

project, in case Congress does not 

authorize construction through 

appropriations. If Congress does not 

authorize the use of FY 2024 funds for 

construction, we will notify applicants 

who applied for such purpose that we 

are unable to fund construction. 

Priority: This notice contains one 

absolute priority. 

Consistent with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(v), the absolute priority is 

from allowable activities specified in 

the statute (see section 6304(a)(2)(A) 

and (B) of the ESEA). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2024 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet the priority. In 

the project abstract, applicants must 

clearly identify the specific allowable 

activities the proposed project 

addresses. The applicant must address 

both parts of the priority. 

This priority is: 

Alaska Native Education Activities. 

Projects designed to— 

(a) Develop and implement plans,

methods, strategies, and activities to 

improve the educational outcomes of 

Alaska Natives; and 

(b) Collect data to assist in the

evaluation of the programs carried out 

under the ANE program. 

Note: The construction of facilities 

that will support the operation of an 

existing or proposed ANE program will 

be a permissible activity only if 

Congress specifically authorizes the use 

of FY 2024 funds for this purpose. If an 

applicant is interested in both proposing 

a construction project and a separate 

project, we encourage the applicant to 

submit separate applications for each 

project. If Congress does not authorize 

the use of FY 2024 funds for 

construction, we will notify applicants 

who applied for such purpose that we 

are unable to fund construction. 

Definitions: For FY 2024 and any 

subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, the 

following definitions apply. The 

definitions of ‘‘Alaska Native’’ and 

‘‘Alaska Native organization’’ are from 

section 6306 of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 

7546). The definitions of ‘‘demonstrates 

a rationale,’’ ‘‘logic model,’’ ‘‘project 

component,’’ and ‘‘relevant outcome’’ 

are from 34 CFR 77.1. The definition of 

‘‘Native’’ is from section 3(b) of the 

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 

U.S.C. 1602(b)). In addition, the 

definitions of ‘‘experience operating 

programs that fulfill the purposes of the 

ANE program,’’ ‘‘official charter or 

sanction,’’ and ‘‘predominately 

governed by Alaska Natives’’ are from 

the notice of final definitions and 

requirements for the Alaska Native 

Education Program, published in the 

Federal Register on June 4, 2019 (84 FR 

25682) (NFR). 

Alaska Native has the same meaning 

as the term Native has in section 3(b) of 

the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 

(43 U.S.C. 1602(b)) and includes the 

descendants of individuals so defined. 

Alaska Native organization (ANO) 

means an organization that has or 

commits to acquire expertise in the 

education of Alaska Natives and is— 

(a) An Indian Tribe, as defined in

section 4 of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education 

Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304), that is 

an Indian Tribe located in Alaska; 

(b) A Tribal organization, as defined

in section 4 of such Act (25 U.S.C. 

5304), that is a Tribal organization 

located in Alaska; or 

(c) An organization listed in clauses

(i) through (xii) of section 619(4)(B) of

the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

619(4)(B)(i) through (xii)), or the

successor of an entity so listed.

Demonstrates a rationale means a key 

project component included in the 

project’s logic model is informed by 

research or evaluation findings that 

suggest the project component is likely 

to improve relevant outcomes. 

Experience operating programs that 

fulfill the purposes of the ANE program 

means that, within the past four years, 

the entity has received and satisfactorily 

administered, in compliance with 

applicable terms and conditions, a grant 

under the ANE program or another 

Federal or non-Federal program that 

focused on meeting the unique 

education needs of Alaska Native 

children and families in Alaska. 

Logic model (also referred to as a 

theory of action) means a framework 

that identifies key project components 

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

‘‘ingredients’’ that are hypothesized to 

be critical to achieving the relevant 

outcomes) and describes the theoretical 

and operational relationships among the 

key project components and relevant 

outcomes. 

Native means a citizen of the United 

States who is a person of one-fourth 

degree or more Alaska Indian (including 

Tsimshian Indians not enrolled in the 

Metlaktla Indian Community) Eskimo, 

or Aleut blood, or combination thereof. 

The term includes any Native as so 

defined either or both of whose adoptive 

parents are not Natives. It also includes, 

in the absence of proof of a minimum 

blood quantum, any citizen of the 

United States who is regarded as an 

Alaska Native by the Native village or 

Native group of which he claims to be 

a member and whose father or mother 

is (or, if deceased, was) regarded as 

Native by any village or group. Any 

decision of the Secretary of the Interior 

regarding eligibility for enrollment shall 

be final. 

Official charter or sanction means a 

signed letter or written agreement from 

an Alaska Native Tribe or ANO that is 

dated within 120 days prior to the date 

of the submission of the application and 

expressly (1) authorizes the applicant to 

conduct activities authorized under the 

ANE program and (2) describes the 

nature of those activities. 

Predominately governed by Alaska 

Natives means that at least 80 percent of 

the entity’s governing board (i.e., the 

board elected or appointed to direct the 

policies of the organization) are Alaska 

Natives. 

Project component means an activity, 

strategy, intervention, process, product, 

practice, or policy included in a project. 

Evidence may pertain to an individual 

project component or to a combination 

of project components (e.g., training 

teachers on instructional practices for 

English learners and follow-on coaching 

for these teachers). 

Relevant outcome means the student 

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

project component is designed to 

improve, consistent with the specific 

goals of the program. 

Application Requirements: The 

following application requirements are 

from section 6304(a) of the ESEA and 

the NFR. In order to receive funding, an 

applicant must meet the following 

requirements: 

(a) The applicant must provide a

detailed description of the plans, 

methods, strategies, and activities it will 

develop and implement to improve the 

educational outcomes of Alaska Natives 

and how the applicant will develop and 

implement such plans, methods, 

strategies, and activities. (ESEA section 

6304(a)(2)) 

(b) The applicant must provide a

detailed description of the data it will 

collect to assist in the evaluation of the 

programs carried out under the ANE 

program, including data that address the 

performance measures in section VI.5 

(Performance Measures) of this notice; 

and how the applicant will collect such 

data. (ESEA section 6304(a)(2)) 

(c) Group Application Requirements:

An applicant that applies as part of a

partnership must meet this requirement, 


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in addition to the requirements in 

paragraphs (a) and (b) above. 

(1) An ANO that applies for a grant in 

partnership with a State educational 

agency (SEA) or local educational 

agency (LEA) must serve as the fiscal 

agent for the project. 

(2) Group applications under the ANE 

program must include a partnership 

agreement that includes a Memorandum 

of Understanding or a Memorandum of 

Agreement (MOU/MOA) between the 

members of the partnership identified 

and discussed in the grant application. 

Each MOU/MOA must— 

(i) Be signed by all partners and dated 

within 120 days prior to the date of the 

submission of the application; 

(ii) Clearly outline the work to be 

completed by each partner that will 

participate in the grant in order to 

accomplish the goals and objectives of 

the project; and 

(iii) Demonstrate an alignment among 

the activities, roles, and responsibilities 

described in the grant application for 

each of the partners in the partnership 

agreement. (NFR) 

(d) Applicants Establishing Eligibility 

through a Charter or Sanction from an 

Alaska Native Tribe or ANO: 

For an entity that does not meet the 

eligibility requirements for an ANO, 

established in section 6304(a)(1) and 

6306(2) of the ESEA and the definitions 

in this notice, and that seeks to establish 

eligibility through a charter or sanction 

provided by an Alaska Native Tribe or 

ANO as required under section 

6304(a)(1)(C)(ii) of the ESEA, the 

following documentation is required, in 

addition to the information in 

Application Requirements (a) through 

(c) above: 

(1) Written documentation 

demonstrating that the entity is 

physically located in the State of 

Alaska. 

(2) Written documentation 

demonstrating that the entity has 

experience operating programs that 

fulfill the purposes of the ANE program. 

(3) Written documentation 

demonstrating that the entity is 

predominately governed by Alaska 

Natives (as defined in this notice), 

including the total number, names, and 

Tribal affiliations of members of the 

governing board. 

(4) A copy of the official charter or 

sanction (as defined in this notice) 

provided to the entity by an Alaska 

Native Tribe or ANO. (NFR) 

Note: OESE invites an applicant to 

indicate whether it intends to 

consolidate its ANE grant funds into a 

current or future 477 plan in accordance 

with the provisions of Public Law 115– 

93 (see https://www.govinfo.gov/ 

content/pkg/PLAW-115publ93/pdf/ 

PLAW-115publ93.pdf), the Indian 

Employment, Training and Related 

Services Consolidation Act of 2017 (25 

U.S.C. 3401 et seq. see https://

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE2021-title25/pdf/USCODE-2021-title25- 

chap36-sec3401.pdf). Any request to 

consolidate ANE funds into a 477 plan 

must be made separately to the U.S. 

Department of Interior. For further 

information on the integration of grant 

funds under this and related programs, 

contact the Division of Workforce 

Development, Office of Indian Services, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. 

Department of the Interior at Office of 

Indian Services, Division of Workforce 

Development, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

1849 C Street NW, MS–3645–MIB, 

Washington, DC 20245, Telephone: 

(202) 219–3938. 

ANE grantees who are in their last 

year of ANE funding from a previous 

grant and have currently integrated that 

previous grant under an approved 477 

plan must apply for a new ANE grant 

under this competition by submitting an 

application that meets all of the 

requirements included in this notice. If 

such an applicant receives a new ANE 

grant under this competition and wants 

to consolidate the new ANE grant in a 

477 plan, it must submit a request to the 

U.S. Department of Interior to do so. 

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 (93 Pub. L. 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 

subcontracts in connection with the 

administration of the grant. 

(b) For purposes of this requirement, 

an Indian is a member of any federally 

recognized Indian Tribe. 

Program Authority: Title VI, part C of 

the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7541–7546). 

Note: Projects will be awarded and 

must be operated in a manner consistent 

with the nondiscrimination 

requirements contained in 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 NFR. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 

86 apply to institutions of higher 

education only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration requested $44,953,000 

for ANE for FY 2024, of which we 

intend to use an estimated $15,900,000 

for this competition. 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: 

$300,000–$1,500,000 for each 12-month 

budget period. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 11–53. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: 

(a) Alaska Native organizations with 

experience operating programs that 

fulfill the purposes of the ANE program; 

(b) Alaska Native organizations that 

do not have experience operating 

programs that fulfill the purposes of the 

ANE program, but are in partnership 

with— 

(i) An SEA or LEA; or 

(ii) An Alaska Native organization 

that operates a program that fulfills the 

purposes of the ANE program; or 

(c) An entity located in Alaska, and 

predominately governed by Alaska 

Natives, that does not meet the 

definition of an Alaska Native 

organization but— 

(i) Has experience operating programs 

that fulfill the purposes of the ANE 

program; and 

(ii) Is granted an official charter or 

sanction from at least one Alaska Native 

Tribe or Alaska Native organization to 

carry out programs that meet the 

purposes of the ANE program. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

b. Indirect Cost Rate Information: This 

program uses an unrestricted indirect 


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cost rate. For more information 

regarding indirect costs, or to obtain a 

negotiated indirect cost rate, please see 

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

intro.html. 

c. Administrative Cost Limitation: No 

more than 5 percent of funds awarded 

for a grant under this program may be 

used for administrative costs (ESEA 

section 6305). Note that, since fiscal 

year 2020, Congress has included 

language in appropriations acts to 

clarify that the statutory 5 percent limit 

does not include indirect costs. In the 

event such language is not included in 

the FY 2024 appropriations act, the 

Department will work with successful 

applicants to make budget adjustments 

to align with administrative cost 

restrictions, if necessary. 

For additional information please see 

the Funding Restrictions section of this 

notice. 

3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this 

competition may not award subgrants to 

entities to directly carry out project 

activities described in its application. 

4. Build America, Buy America Act: If 

Congress specifically authorizes the use 

of FY 2024 funds for the construction of 

facilities that will support the operation 

of an existing or proposed ANE 

program, this program is subject to the 

Build America, Buy America Act (Pub. 

L. 117–58) domestic sourcing 

requirements. Accordingly, under this 

program, grantees and their contractors 

may not use their grant funds for 

infrastructure projects or activities (e.g., 

construction, remodeling, and 

broadband infrastructure) unless— 

(a) All iron and steel used in the 

infrastructure project or activity are 

produced in the United States; 

(b) All manufactured products used in 

the infrastructure project or activity are 

produced in the United States; and 

(c) All construction materials are 

manufactured in the United States. 

Grantees may request waivers to these 

requirements by submitting a Build 

America, Buy America Act Waiver 

Request Form. For more information, 

including a link to the Waiver Request 

Form, see the Department’s Build 

America Buy America Waivers website 

at https://www2.ed.gov/policy/fund/ 

guid/buy-america/index.html. 

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 

December 7, 2022 (87 FR 75045) and 

available at https://www.federal

register.gov/documents/2022/12/07/ 

2022-26554/common-instructions-forapplicants-to-department-of-educationdiscretionary-grant-programs. Please 

note that these Common Instructions 

supersede the version published on 

December 27, 2021. 

2. Submission of Proprietary 

Information: Given the types of projects 

that may be proposed in applications for 

the ANE 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, 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 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

4. Funding Restrictions: No more than 

5 percent of FY 2024 funds awarded for 

a grant under this program may be used 

for administrative costs (ESEA section 

6305). 

Note: In general, for purposes of this 

competition, the 5 percent limit on 

administrative costs under ESEA section 

6305 includes direct and indirect 

administrative costs. As described in the 

Administrative Cost Limitation section 

of this notice, the Department 

anticipates that Congress will clarify, 

through the FY 2024 appropriations act, 

that this 5 percent limit does not 

include indirect costs, and, in the event 

such language is not included in the FY 

2024 appropriations act, will work with 

successful applicants to make budget 

adjustments to align with administrative 

cost restrictions, if necessary. 

We reference regulations outlining 

additional 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. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to the cover sheet; the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the bibliography, or the 

letters of support. However, the 

recommended page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210. The maximum score for all 

of the selection criteria is 100 points. 

The maximum score for each criterion is 

included in parentheses following the 

title of the specific selection criterion. 

Each criterion also includes the factors 

that reviewers will consider in 

determining the extent to which an 

applicant meets the criterion. 

The selection criteria are as follows: 

(a) Need for project (up to 10 points) 

The Secretary considers the need for 

the proposed project. In determining the 

need for the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the extent to which 

specific gaps or weaknesses in services, 

infrastructure, or opportunities have 

been identified and will be addressed by 

the proposed project, including the 

nature and magnitude of those gaps or 

weaknesses. 

(b) Quality of the project design (up to 

30 points) 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the design of the proposed project. In 

determining the quality of the design of 

the proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the extent to which the 

proposed project demonstrates a 

rationale (as defined in this notice). 

(c) Quality of project personnel (up to 

10 points) 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the personnel who will carry out the 

proposed project. In determining the 

quality of project personnel, the 


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Secretary considers the extent to which 

the applicant encourages applications 

for employment from persons who are 

members of groups that have 

traditionally been underrepresented 

based on race, color, national origin, 

gender, age, or disability (up to 5 

points). 

In addition, the Secretary considers 

the qualifications, including relevant 

training and experience, of key project 

personnel (up to 5 points). 

(d) Quality of the management plan 

(up to 30 points) 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the management plan for the proposed 

project. In determining the quality of the 

management plan for the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers the 

adequacy of the management plan to 

achieve the objectives of the proposed 

project on time and within budget, 

including clearly defined 

responsibilities, timelines, and 

milestones for accomplishing project 

tasks. 

(e) Quality of the project evaluation 

(up to 20 points) 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the evaluation to be conducted of the 

proposed project. In determining the 

quality of the evaluation, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(1) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation will provide valid and 

reliable performance data on relevant 

outcomes (up to 10 points). 

(2) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation include the use of 

objective performance measures that are 

clearly related to the intended outcomes 

of the project and will produce 

quantitative and qualitative data to the 

extent possible (up to 10 points). 

Note: The quality of the project 

evaluation selection criterion relates to 

performance measure (1) under the 

Performance Measures section of this 

notice. 

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, and 110.23). 

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 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your GAN. We may notify 

you informally, also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Open Licensing Requirements: 

Unless an exception applies, if you are 

awarded a grant under this competition, 

you will be required to openly license 

to the public grant deliverables created 

in whole, or in part, with Department 

grant funds. When the deliverable 

consists of modifications to pre-existing 

works, the license extends only to those 

modifications that can be separately 

identified and only to the extent that 

open licensing is permitted under the 

terms of any licenses or other legal 

restrictions on the use of pre-existing 

works. Additionally, a grantee or 

subgrantee that is awarded competitive 

grant funds must have a plan to 

disseminate these public grant 

deliverables. This dissemination plan 

can be developed and submitted after 

your application has been reviewed and 

selected for funding. For additional 

information on the open licensing 

requirements please refer to 2 CFR 

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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). 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 Department reporting under 

34 CFR 75.110, we have established four 

performance measures for the ANE 

program under the absolute priority: (1) 

the number of grantees who attain or 

exceed the targets for the outcome 

indicators for their projects that have 

been approved by the Secretary; (2) the 

percentage of Alaska Native children 

participating in early learning and 

preschool programs who consistently 

demonstrate school readiness in 

language and literacy as measured by 

the Revised Alaska Development 

Profile; (3) the percentage of Alaska 

Native students in schools served by the 

program who earn a high school 

diploma in four years; and (4) the 

number of Alaska Native programs that 

primarily focus on Alaska Native 

culture and language. 

For a grantee that includes 

construction in its project, if Congress 

authorizes such use and the Department 

funds such an application, the 

Department will use the following 

performance measures for the ANE 

program: (1) the number of grantees that 

attain or exceed the targets for the 

outcome indicators for their projects 

that have been approved by the 

Secretary; (2) the number and 

percentage of grantees that report 

annually that the overall condition of 

the building(s) on which their project 

focuses is adequate; and (3) the number 

and percentage of grantees that report 

their project is at each of the following 

levels of completion: (a) not started; (b) 

1–25 percent; (c) 26–50 percent; (d) 51– 

75 percent; (e) 76–99 percent; (f) 100 

percent complete. 

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, whether the grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

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. 

Adam Schott, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Programs, Delegated the Authority to Perform 

the Functions and Duties of the Assistant 

Secretary, Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25125 Filed 11–14–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2023–SCC–0192] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; Entry 

Evidence and Evaluation & Exit 

Evidence Forms 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OS), 

Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

new information collection request 

(ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

16, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: To access and review all the 

documents related to the information 

collection listed in this notice, please 

use http://www.regulations.gov by 

searching the Docket ID number ED– 

2023–SCC–0192. Comments submitted 

in response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http:// 

www.regulations.gov by selecting the 

Docket ID number or via postal mail, 

commercial delivery, or hand delivery. 

If the regulations.gov site is not 

available to the public for any reason, 

the Department will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please include the docket ID number 

and the title of the information 

collection request when requesting 

documents or submitting comments. 

Please note that comments submitted 

after the comment period will not be 

accepted. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Manager of the 

Strategic Collections and Clearance 

Governance and Strategy Division, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave. SW, LBJ, Room 6W203, 

Washington, DC 20202–8240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Cleveland 

Knight, 202–987–0064. 


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