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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 submit your application in 

paper format by hand delivery, you (or 

a courier service) 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 84.326B), 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 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: 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424) the CFDA number—and 

suffix letter, if any—of the competition under 

which you are submitting your application. 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail a grant application receipt 

acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive 

the grant application receipt 

acknowledgment 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 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 and are listed in the 

application package. 

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 also notify you 

informally. 

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: 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 specified by 

the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has 

developed measures that will yield 

information on various aspects of the 

Technical Assistance and Dissemination 

to Improve Services and Results for 

Children with Disabilities program. 

These measures focus on: the extent to 

which projects provide high quality 

products and services, the relevance of 

project products and services to 

educational and early intervention 

policy and practice, and the use of 

products and services to improve 

educational and early intervention 

policy and practice. 

Grantees will be required to provide 

information related to these measures. 

Grantees also will be required to 

report information on their projects’

performance in annual reports to the 

Department (34 CFR 75.590). 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: Dr. 

Beth Caron, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 4066, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2550. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7293. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request by contacting the following 

office: The Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245–

7363. 

VIII. Other Information 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may 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. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

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: March 19, 2007. 

John H. Hager, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E7–5377 Filed 3–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Vocational and Adult 

Education; Overview Information; 

Native American Career and Technical 

Education Program (NACTEP); Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.101. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: March 23, 

2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 7, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: (a) The following 

entities are eligible for an award under 

NACTEP: 

(i) A federally recognized Indian tribe. 

(ii) A tribal organization. 

(iii) An Alaska Native entity. 

(iv) A Bureau-funded school, except 

for a Bureau-funded school proposing to 

use its award to support secondary 

school career and technical education 

programs. 

(b) Any tribe, tribal organization, 

Alaska Native entity, or eligible Bureaufunded school may apply individually 

or as part of a consortium with one or 

more eligible tribes, tribal organizations, 

Alaska Native entities, or eligible 

Bureau-funded schools. (Eligible 

applicants seeking to apply for funds as 

a consortium must meet the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.127–75.129, 

which apply to group applications.) 

Note: An applicant must include 

documentation in its application showing 

that it and, if appropriate, consortium 

members are eligible according to the 

requirements in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the 

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Note: In accordance with the definition of 

the term ‘‘tribal organization’’ in the Indian 

Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

Act (ISDEA) (25 U.S.C. 450b(l)), any tribal 

organization proposing to provide NACTEP 

services for the benefit of more than one 

Indian tribe must first obtain the approval of 

each Indian tribe it proposes to serve and 

must submit documentation of such approval 

with its application. Documentation of tribal 

approval is a prerequisite to the awarding of 

a NACTEP grant to any tribal organization 

proposing to serve more than one Indian 

tribe. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$14,632,000 for the first 12 months of 

the project period. Funding for years 

two through five is subject to the 

availability of funds and to a grantee 

meeting the requirements of 34 CFR 

75.253. FY 2006 funds will be used for 

new awards under this competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $300,000 

to $600,000 for the first 12 months. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$400,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 36. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Native 

American Career and Technical 

Education Program (NACTEP), formerly 

known as the Native American 

Vocational and Technical Education 

Program (NAVTEP), provides grants to 

improve career and technical education 

programs that are consistent with the 

purposes of the Carl D. Perkins Career 

and Technical Education Act of 2006 

(the Act) and that benefit Native 

Americans and Alaska Natives. 

Background Information 

This notice invites applications for a 

NACTEP competition that implements 

section 116 of the Act, enacted August 

12, 2006. As was previously the case 

with NAVTEP, section 116 of the Act 

continues to authorize the Secretary to 

award grants, cooperative agreements, 

or enter into contracts with Indian 

tribes, tribal organizations, and Alaska 

Native entities to operate career and 

technical education projects that 

improve career and technical education 

for Native American and Alaska Native 

students. 

Under section 116 of the Act, Bureaufunded schools proposing to fund 

secondary programs are not eligible to 

receive an award directly from the 

Secretary. However, an Indian tribe, 

tribal organization, Alaska Native entity, 

or Bureau-funded school may use its 

award to assist a secondary school 

operated or supported by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior to carry out 

career and technical education 

programs. A Bureau-funded school that 

is not proposing a secondary program is 

eligible for assistance under NACTEP. 

For the convenience of applicants, we 

describe in this notice the major 

statutory changes made to the Carl D. 

Perkins Vocational and Technical 

Education Act of 1998 (Perkins III), 

which was amended by the Act, that 

affect NACTEP. 

Statutory Changes Affecting NACTEP 

(a) Purpose. In the Act, Congress has 

expanded and added elements to the 

statement of purpose, most significantly 

by stating that, among other statutory 

purposes, programs should build on the 

efforts of States and localities to develop 

challenging academic and technical 

standards and to assist students in 

meeting such standards, including in 

preparation for high-skill, high-wage, or 

high-demand occupations in emerging 

or established professions. (20 U.S.C. 

2301(1)) Congress has also added to the 

statement of purpose the requirement 

that programs provide technical 

assistance that promotes leadership, 

initial preparation, professional 

development and improves the quality 

of, career and technical education 

teachers, faculty, administrators, and 

counselors. (20 U.S.C. 2301(5)) 

Additionally, the Act’s purpose section 

has been amended to include 

supporting partnerships among 

secondary schools, postsecondary 

institutions, baccalaureate degreegranting institutions, area career and 

technical education schools, local 

workforce investment boards, business 

and industry, and intermediaries, as 

well as providing in conjunction with 

other education and training programs, 

individuals with opportunities 

throughout their lives to develop the 

knowledge and skills needed to keep the 

United States competitive. (20 U.S.C. 

2301(6) and (7)) 

(b) Definitions. In the Act, Congress 

has amended the definitions of certain 

terms that affect NACTEP. Most 

significantly, the term ‘‘career and 

technical education’’ has replaced the 

term ‘‘vocational and technical 

education’’ throughout the Act. Thus, in 

this notice we use the term ‘‘career and 

technical education.’’ Moreover, under 

the new definition of career and 

technical education, the sequence of 

courses provided as part of a career and 

technical education program must 

provide students with coherent and 

rigorous content aligned with 

challenging academic standards and 

relevant technical knowledge and skills 

needed to prepare for further education 

and careers in current or emerging 

professions. (20 U.S.C. 2302(5)(A)(i)) 

(c) Special Populations. Paragraph (F) 

of the definition of ‘‘Special 

Populations’’ in section 3(29) of the Act 

uses the phrase ‘‘individuals with 

limited English proficiency’’ instead of 

the phrase ‘‘individuals with other 

barriers to educational achievement, 

including individuals with limited 

English proficiency’’ that was used in 

Perkins III. (20 U.S.C. 2302(29)(F)) 

Although the Act no longer includes, 

within the definition of ‘‘special 

populations,’’ the phrase ‘‘individuals 

with other barriers to educational 

achievement,’’ under section 324 of the 

Act NACTEP students with other 

barriers to educational achievement may 

receive assistance such as tuition and 

fees, dependent care, transportation, 

books, and supplies, that are necessary 

for a student to participate in a project 

funded under this program. (20 U.S.C. 

2414(b)) 

Note: Refer to the Direct assistance to 

students and Student stipends sections of 

this notice for guidance on providing 

financial assistance for tuition, dependent 

care, transportation, books, supplies, and 

stipends. 

Authorized Programs, Services and 

Activities 

(a) Authorized programs. Section 

116(e) of the Act requires the Secretary 

to ensure that activities funded under 

NACTEP ‘‘will improve career and 

technical education programs.’’ (20 

U.S.C. 2326(e)) This requirement, first 

introduced in NAVTEP, continues to 

align NACTEP with other programs 

authorized under the Act that require 

recipients of funds under the Act to 

develop challenging academic standards 

and improve career and technical 

education. 

Under this competition the Secretary 

awards grants to carry out projects 

that—

(i) Propose organized educational 

activities offering a sequence of courses 

that (1) provides individuals with 

coherent and rigorous content aligned 

with challenging academic standards 

and relevant technical knowledge and 

skills needed to prepare for further 

education and careers in current or 

emerging professions; (2) provides 

technical skill proficiency, an industryrecognized credential, a certificate, or an 

associate degree; and (3) includes 

competency-based applied learning that 

contributes to the academic knowledge, 

higher-order reasoning and problemsolving skills, work attitudes, general 

employability skills, technical skills, 

and occupation-specific skills, and 

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including entrepreneurship, of an 

individual. Projects may include 

prerequisite courses (other than 

remedial courses) that meet the 

definitional requirements of section 3(5) 

of the Act. (20 U.S.C. 2302(5)) In 

addition, at the secondary level, 

coherent and rigorous academic 

curriculum must be aligned with 

challenging academic content standards 

and student academic achievement 

standards in reading/language arts and 

mathematics that the State in which the 

applicant is located has established 

under the No Child Left Behind Act of 

2001 (NCLB). (20 U.S.C. 6301) Contacts 

for State NCLB programs may be found 

on the Internet at: http://www.ed.gov/ 

about/contacts/State/index.html. 

(ii) Develop new programs, services, 

or activities or improve or expand 

existing programs, services, or activities 

that are consistent with the purposes of 

the Act. In other words, the Department 

will support ‘‘expansions’’ or 

‘‘improvements’’ that include, but are 

not limited to, the expansion of effective 

programs or practices; upgrading of 

activities, equipment, or materials; 

increasing staff capacity; adoption of 

new technology; modification of 

curriculum; or implementation of new 

policies to improve program 

effectiveness and outcomes. 

(iii) Fund a career and technical 

education program, service, or activity 

that—

(1) Is a new program, service, or 

activity that was not provided by the 

applicant during the instructional term 

(a defined period, such as a semester, 

trimester, or quarter, within the 

academic year) that preceded the 

request for funding under NACTEP; 

(2) Will improve or expand an 

existing career and technical education 

program; or 

(3) Inherently improves career and 

technical education. 

Note: A program, service, or activity 

‘‘inherently improves career and technical 

education’’ if it—

(i) Develops new career and technical 

education programs of study that will be 

approved by the appropriate accreditation 

agency; 

(ii) Strengthens the rigor of the academic 

and career and technical components of 

funded programs; 

(iii) Uses curriculum that is aligned with 

industry-recognized standards and will result 

in students attaining industry-recognized 

credentials, certificates, or degrees; 

(iv) Integrates academics (other than 

remedial courses) with career and technical 

education programs through a coherent 

sequence of courses to ensure learning in the 

core academic and career and technical 

subjects; 

(v) Links career and technical education at 

the secondary level with career and technical 

education at the postsecondary level and 

facilitates students’ pursuit of a baccalaureate 

degree; 

(vi) Expands the scope, depth, and 

relevance of curriculum, especially content 

that provides students with a comprehensive 

understanding of all aspects of an industry 

and a variety of hands-on, job-specific 

experiences; and 

(vii) Offers—

(1) Work-related experience, internships, 

cooperative education, school-based 

enterprises, entrepreneurship, community 

service learning, and job shadowing that are 

related to career and technical education 

programs; 

(2) Coaching/mentoring, support services, 

and extra help for students after school, on 

the weekends, and/or during the summers so 

they can meet higher standards; 

(3) Career guidance and academic 

counseling for students participating in 

career and technical education programs; 

(4) Placement services for students who 

have successfully completed career and 

technical education programs and attained a 

technical skill proficiency that is aligned 

with industry-recognized standards; 

(5) Professional development programs for 

teachers, counselors, and administrators; and 

(6) Strong partnerships among grantees and 

local educational agencies, postsecondary 

institutions, community leaders, adult 

education providers, and, as appropriate, 

other entities, such as employers, labor 

organizations, parents, and local 

partnerships, to enable students to achieve 

State academic standards and career and 

technical skills; 

(7) The use of student assessment and 

evaluation data to improve continually 

instruction and staff development with the 

goal of increasing student achievement in 

career and technical education programs; or 

(8) Research, development, demonstration, 

dissemination, evaluation and assessment, 

capacity building, and technical assistance, 

related to career and technical education 

programs. 

(b) Assistance to Bureau-funded 

secondary schools. An Indian tribe, a 

tribal organization, or an Alaska Native 

entity, that receives funds through a 

NACTEP grant or contract may use the 

funds to provide assistance to a 

secondary school operated or supported 

by the U.S. Department of the Interior to 

enable such school to carry out career 

and technical education programs. 

(c) Student stipends. A portion of an 

award under this program may be used 

to provide stipends to a student to help 

meet the costs of participation in a 

NACTEP project. 

(i) To be eligible for a stipend a 

student must—

(1) Be enrolled in a career and 

technical education project funded 

under this program; 

(2) Be in regular attendance in a 

NACTEP project and meet the training 

institution’s attendance requirement; 

(3) Maintain satisfactory progress in 

his or her program of study according to 

the training institution’s published 

standards for satisfactory progress; and 

(4) Have an acute economic need 

that—

(A) Prevents participation in a project 

funded under this program without a 

stipend; and 

(B) Cannot be met through a workstudy program. 

(ii) The amount of a stipend is the 

greater of either the minimum hourly 

wage prescribed by State or local law or 

the minimum hourly wage established 

under the Fair Labor Standards Act. 

(iii) A grantee may only award a 

stipend if the stipend combined with 

other resources the student receives 

does not exceed the student’s financial 

need. A student’s financial need is the 

difference between the student’s cost of 

attendance and the financial aid or other 

resources available to defray the 

student’s cost of participating in a 

NACTEP project. 

(iv) To calculate the amount of a 

student’s stipend, a grantee would 

multiply the number of hours a student 

actually attends career and technical 

education instruction by the amount of 

the minimum hourly wage that is 

prescribed by State or local law, or by 

the minimum hourly wage that is 

established under the Fair Labor 

Standards Act. 

Example: If a grantee uses the Fair 

Labor Standards Act minimum hourly 

wage of $5.15 and a student attends 

classes for 20 hours a week, the 

student’s stipend would be $103 for the 

week during which the student attends 

classes ($5.15 × 20 = 103). 

Note: Grantees must maintain records that 

fully support their decisions to award 

stipends and the amounts that are paid, such 

as proof of a student’s enrollment in a 

NACTEP project, stipend applications, 

timesheets showing the number of 

attendance hours confirmed in writing by an 

instructor, student financial status 

information, and evidence that a student 

would not be able to participate in the 

NACTEP project without a stipend. (20 

U.S.C. 1232f; 34 CFR 75.700–75.702; 75.730; 

and 75.731) 

(v) An eligible student may receive a 

stipend when taking a course for the 

first time. However, generally a stipend 

may not be provided to a student who 

has already taken, completed, and had 

the opportunity to benefit from a course 

and is merely repeating the course. 

(vi) An applicant must include in its 

application the procedure it intends to 

use to determine student eligibility for 

stipends and stipend amounts, and its 

oversight procedures for the awarding 

and payment of stipends. 

(d) Direct assistance to students. A 

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a student if the following conditions are 

met: 

(i) The recipient of the direct 

assistance is an individual who is a 

member of a special population and 

who is participating in a NACTEP 

project. 

(ii) The direct assistance is needed to 

address barriers to the individual’s 

successful participation in a NACTEP 

project. 

(iii) The direct assistance is part of a 

broader, more generally focused 

program or activity to address the needs 

of an individual who is a member of a 

special population. 

Note: Direct assistance to individuals who 

are members of special populations is not, by 

itself, a ‘‘program or activity for special 

populations.’’

(iv) The grant funds used for direct 

assistance must be expended to 

supplement, and not supplant, 

assistance that is otherwise available 

from non-Federal sources. For example, 

generally, a postsecondary educational 

institution could not use NACTEP funds 

to provide child care for single parents 

if non-Federal funds previously were 

made available for this purpose, or if 

non-Federal funds are used to provide 

child care services for single parents 

participating in non-career and 

technical education programs and these 

services otherwise would have been 

available to career and technical 

education students in the absence of 

NACTEP funds. 

(v) In determining how much of the 

NACTEP grant funds it will use for 

direct assistance to an eligible student, 

a grantee must consider whether the 

specific services to be provided are a 

reasonable and necessary cost of 

providing career and technical 

education programs for special 

populations. However, the Secretary 

does not envision a circumstance in 

which it would be a reasonable and 

necessary expenditure of NACTEP 

project funds for a grantee to utilize a 

majority of a project’s budget to pay 

direct assistance to students, in lieu of 

providing the students served by the 

project with career and technical 

education. 

Additional Program Requirements 

(a) Appeal process. Any applicant 

denied funding under this NACTEP 

competition may request a hearing to 

review the Secretary’s decision not to 

make the award. The Secretary will 

implement the appeal process in 

accordance with the procedures set 

forth in 34 CFR 401.23. In accordance 

with those procedures, any applicant 

denied funding will have 30 calendar 

days to make a written request to the 

Secretary for a hearing to review the 

Secretary’s decision. 

(b) Career and technical education 

agreement. Any applicant that is not 

proposing to provide career and 

technical education directly to its 

students and proposes instead to use 

NACTEP funds to pay one or more 

qualified educational entities to provide 

education to its students must include 

with its application a written career and 

technical education agreement between 

the applicant and that entity. The 

written agreement must describe the 

commitment between the applicant and 

the educational entity and must include, 

at a minimum, a statement of the 

responsibilities of the applicant and the 

entity. The agreement must be signed by 

the appropriate individuals on behalf of 

each party, such as the authorizing 

official or president of a tribe or tribal 

organization, a college president, or a 

college dean. 

(c) Limitation on services. Section 315 

of the Act prohibits the use of funds 

received under the Act to provide career 

and technical education programs to 

students prior to the seventh grade. 

(d) Supplement-Not-Supplant. In 

accordance with section 311(a) of the 

Act, funds under this program may not 

be used to supplant non-Federal funds 

used to carry out career and technical 

education activities and tech-prep 

activities. Further, the prohibition 

against supplanting also means that 

grantees are required to use their 

negotiated restricted indirect cost rates 

under this program. (34 CFR 75.563) 

The Secretary cautions applicants not 

to plan to use funds under NACTEP to 

replace otherwise available non-Federal 

funding for ‘‘direct assistance to 

students’’ and family assistance 

programs. For example, NACTEP funds 

must not be used to supplant tribal and 

other non-Federal funds with Federal 

funds in order to pay the costs of 

students’ tuition, dependent care, 

transportation, books, supplies, and 

other costs associated with participation 

in a career and technical education 

program. 

Further, the Secretary is concerned 

that funds under NACTEP may be used 

to replace Federal student financial aid. 

The Secretary wishes to highlight that 

the Act does not authorize the Secretary 

to fund projects that serve primarily as 

entities through which students may 

apply for and receive tuition and other 

financial assistance. 

Evaluation Requirements 

To ensure the high quality of NACTEP 

projects and the achievement of the 

goals and purposes of section 116(e) of 

the Act, each grantee must budget for 

and conduct an ongoing evaluation of 

the effectiveness of its program. An 

independent evaluator must conduct the 

evaluation. The evaluation must—

(a) Be appropriate for the project and 

be both formative and summative in 

nature; 

(b) Include—

(i) The performance measures for 

NACTEP that are identified in the 

Performance Measures section of this 

notice; 

(ii) Qualitative and quantitative data 

with respect to—

(1) Academic and career and technical 

competencies demonstrated by the 

participants and the number and kinds 

of academic and work credentials 

acquired by individuals, including 

participation in programs providing 

skill proficiency assessments, industry 

certifications, or training at the associate 

degree level that is articulated with an 

advanced degree option; 

(2) Enrollment, completion, and 

placement of participants by gender for 

each occupation for which training was 

provided; 

(3) Job or work skill attainment or 

enhancement, including participation in 

apprenticeship and work-based learning 

programs, and student progress in 

achieving technical skill proficiencies 

necessary to obtain employment in the 

field for which the student has been 

prepared, including attainment or 

enhancement of technical skills in the 

industry the student is preparing to 

enter; 

(4) Activities during the formative 

stages of the project to help guide and 

improve the project, as well as a 

summative evaluation that includes 

recommendations for disseminating 

information on project activities and 

results; 

(5) The number and percentage of 

students that obtained industryrecognized credentials, certificates, or 

degrees; 

(6) The outcomes of students’

technical assessments, by type and 

scores, if available; and 

(7) The rates of attainment of a 

proficiency credential or certificate, in 

conjunction with a secondary school 

diploma; 

(c) Measure the effectiveness of the 

project, including a comparison 

between the intended and observed 

results, and a demonstration of a clear 

link between the observed results and 

the specific treatment given to project 

participants; 

(d) Measure the extent to which 

information about or resulting from the 

project was disseminated at other sites, 

such as through the grantee’s 


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development and use of guides or 

manuals that provide step-by-step 

directions for practitioners to follow 

when initiating similar efforts; and 

(e) Measure the long-term impact of 

the project, e.g., follow-up data on 

students’ employment, sustained 

employment, promotions, and further/ 

continuing education or training, or the 

impact the project had on tribal 

economic development or career and 

technical education activities offered by 

tribes. 

Integration of Services 

(a) A tribe, tribal organization, or 

Alaska Native entity receiving financial 

assistance under this program may 

integrate those funds with assistance 

received from related programs in 

accordance with the provisions of 

Public Law 102–477, the Indian 

Employment, Training and Related 

Services Demonstration Act of 1992 (25 

U.S.C. 3401 et seq.). 

(b) A tribe, tribal organization, or 

Alaska Native entity wishing to 

integrate funds must have a plan that 

meets the requirements of the Indian 

Employment, Training and Related 

Services Demonstration Act and is 

acceptable to the Secretary of the 

Interior and the Secretary of Education. 

For further information on the 

integration of grant funds under this and 

related programs contact Lynn Forcia, 

Chief, Division of Workforce 

Development, Office of Indian Energy 

and Economic Development, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, 1951 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Mailstop 20 

SIB, Washington, DC 20245. Telephone: 

(202) 219–5270. E-mail address: 

ieed@bia.edu. Fax: (202) 208–6991. 

Indian Self-Determination Contracts 

Section 116(b)(2) of the Act provides 

that grants or contracts awarded under 

section 116 of the Act are subject to the 

terms and conditions of section 102 of 

the ISDEA (25 U.S.C. 450f) and must be 

conducted in accordance with the 

provisions of sections 4, 5, and 6 of the 

Act of April 16, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 455–

457), that are relevant to the programs 

administered under section 116(b) of the 

Act. Section 102 of the ISDEA 

authorizes Indian tribes to request selfdetermination contracts. Accordingly, 

an Indian tribe or tribal organization 

that has applied to the Secretary for 

financial assistance under NACTEP and 

has been notified of its selection to be 

a recipient of financial assistance may 

submit a request to operate its NACTEP 

project through a section 102 Indian 

self-determination contract. 

In accordance with section 102(a) of 

the ISDEA, any Indian tribe or tribal 

organization requesting to operate its 

project under an Indian selfdetermination contract must do so by 

tribal resolution. After successful 

applicants are selected under this 

NACTEP competition, the Secretary will 

review any requests to operate a project 

under an Indian self-determination 

contract pursuant to the ISDEA. If a 

request for an Indian self-determination 

contract is approved, the Indian tribe or 

tribal organization submitting the 

request will be required, to the extent 

possible, to operate its project in 

accordance with the ISDEA, the Act, 

and the non-statutory program 

requirements established in this notice. 

As with grants under NACTEP, selfdetermination contracts under NACTEP 

are limited to a 60-month project period 

and are subject to the availability of 

funds. The career and technical 

education programs, services, and 

activities provided through an Indian 

self-determination contract would have 

to be essentially the same as were 

proposed in the initial application and 

approved by the Department. Any 

Indian tribe or tribal organization that is 

selected to receive funding under this 

competition, but whose request for an 

Indian self-determination contract is 

denied, may appeal the denial to the 

Secretary. If you have questions about 

ISDEA self-determination contracts, 

please contact the persons listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice. 

Definitions 

Act of April 16, 1934 means the 

Federal law commonly known as the 

‘‘Johnson-O’Malley Act’’ that authorizes 

the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 

contracts for the education of Indians 

and other purposes. (25 U.S.C. 455–457) 

Acute economic need means an 

income that is at or below the national 

poverty level according to the latest 

available data from the U.S. Department 

of Commerce or the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services Poverty 

Guidelines. 

Alaska Native or 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 Metlakta 

Indian Community) Eskimo, or Aleut 

blood, or a combination thereof. The 

term includes—

(a) Any Native, as so defined, either 

or both of whose adoptive parents are 

not Natives; and 

(b) 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 or she 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 will 

be final. (20 U.S.C. 2326(a)(1); 43 U.S.C. 

1602(b)) 

Alaska Native entity means an entity 

such as an Alaska Native village, group, 

or regional or village corporation. 

Alaska Native group means any tribe, 

band, clan, village, community, or 

village association of Natives in Alaska 

composed of less than twenty-five 

Natives, who comprise a majority of the 

residents of the locality. (43 U.S.C. 

1602(d)) 

Alaska Native village means any tribe, 

band, clan, group, village, community, 

or association in Alaska—

(a) Listed in sections 1610 and 1615 

of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

Act; or 

(b) That meets the requirements of 

chapter 33 of the Alaska Native Claims 

Settlement Act; and 

(c) That the Secretary of the Interior 

determines was, on the 1970 census 

enumeration date (as shown by the 

census or other evidence satisfactory to 

the Secretary of the Interior, who shall 

make findings of fact in each instance), 

composed of twenty-five or more 

Natives. (43 U.S.C. 1602(c)) 

Alaska regional corporation means an 

Alaska Native regional corporation 

established under the laws of the State 

of Alaska in accordance with the 

provisions of chapter 33 of the Alaska 

Native Claims Settlement Act. (43 

U.S.C. 1602(g)) 

Alaska village corporation means an 

Alaska Native Village Corporation 

organized under the laws of the State of 

Alaska as a business for profit or 

nonprofit corporation to hold, invest, 

manage and/or distribute lands, 

property, funds, and other rights and 

assets for and on behalf of an Alaska 

Native village in accordance with the 

terms of chapter 33 of the Alaska Native 

Claims Settlement Act. (43 U.S.C. 

1602(j)) 

Bureau means the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior. (25 U.S.C. 2021(2)) 

Bureau-funded school means—

(a) A Bureau-operated elementary or 

secondary day or boarding school or 

Bureau-operated dormitory for students 

attending a school other than a Bureau 

school. (25 U.S.C. 2021(3) and (4)); 

(b) An elementary school, secondary 

school, or dormitory, that receives 

financial assistance for its operation 

under a contract, grant, or agreement 

with the Bureau under section 102, 

103(a), or 208 of ISDEA (25 U.S.C. 450f, 

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Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 

U.S.C. 2504 et seq.). (25 U.S.C. 2021(3) 

and (5)); or 

(c) A school for which assistance is 

provided under the Tribally Controlled 

Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et 

seq.). (25 U.S.C. 2021) 

Career and technical education means 

organized educational activities that—

(a) Offer a sequence of courses that—

(1) Provides individuals with 

coherent and rigorous content aligned 

with challenging academic standards 

and relevant technical knowledge and 

skills needed to prepare for further 

education and careers in current or 

emerging professions; 

(2) Provides technical skills 

proficiency, an industry-recognized 

credential, a certificate, or an associate 

degree; and 

(3) May include prerequisite courses 

(other than remedial courses) that meet 

the requirements of this definition; and 

(b) Include competency-based applied 

learning that contributes to the 

academic knowledge, higher-order 

reasoning and problem-solving skills, 

work attitudes, general employability 

skills, technical skills, and occupationspecific skills, and knowledge of all 

aspects of an industry, including 

entrepreneurship, of the individual. (20 

U.S.C. 2302(5)) 

Coherent sequence of courses means a 

series of courses in which career and 

academic education is integrated, and 

that directly relates to, and leads to, 

both academic and occupational 

competencies. The term includes 

competency-based education and 

academic education, and adult training 

or retraining, including sequential units 

encompassed within a single adult 

retraining course, that otherwise meet 

the requirements of this definition. 

Direct assistance to students means 

tuition, dependent care, transportation, 

books, and supplies that are necessary 

for a student to participate in a project 

funded under this program. 

Indian means a person who is a 

member of an Indian tribe. (20 U.S.C. 

2326(a)(3); 25 U.S.C. 450b(d)) 

Indian tribe means any Indian tribe, 

band, nation, or other organized group 

or community, including any Alaska 

Native village or regional or village 

corporation as defined in or established 

pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 

Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), 

that is recognized as eligible for the 

special programs and services provided 

by the United States to Indians because 

of their status as Indians. (20 U.S.C. 

2326(a)(3); 25 U.S.C. 450b(e)) 

Institution of higher education 

means—

(a) An educational institution in any 

State that—

(1) Admits as regular students only 

persons having a certificate of 

graduation from a school providing 

secondary education, or the recognized 

equivalent of such a certificate; 

(2) Is legally authorized within such 

State to provide a program of education 

beyond secondary education; 

(3) Provides an educational program 

for which the institution awards a 

bachelor’s degree or provides not less 

than a 2-year program that is acceptable 

for full credit toward such a degree; 

(4) Is a public or other nonprofit 

institution; and 

(5) Is accredited by a nationally 

recognized accrediting agency or 

association or, if not so accredited, is an 

institution that has been granted 

preaccreditation status by such an 

agency or association that has been 

recognized by the Secretary of the 

Education for the granting of 

preaccreditation status, and the 

Secretary of Education has determined 

that there is satisfactory assurance that 

the institution will meet the 

accreditation standards of such an 

agency or association within a 

reasonable time. 

(b) The term also includes—

(1) Any school that provides not less 

than a 1-year program of training to 

prepare students for gainful 

employment in a recognized occupation 

and that meets the provisions of 

paragraphs (a)(1), (2), (4) and (5) of this 

definition. 

(2) A public or nonprofit private 

educational institution in any State that, 

in lieu of the requirement in paragraph 

(a)(1) of this definition, admits as 

regular students persons who are 

beyond the age of compulsory school 

attendance in the State in which the 

institution is located. (20 U.S.C. 1001 

and 2302(18)) 

Special populations means—

(a) Individuals with disabilities; 

(b) Individuals from economically 

disadvantaged families, including foster 

children; 

(c) Individuals preparing for 

nontraditional training fields; 

(d) Single parents, including single 

pregnant women; 

(e) Displaced homemakers; and 

(f) Individuals with limited English 

proficiency. (20 U.S.C. 2302(29)) 

Stipend means a subsistence 

allowance for a student that is necessary 

for the student to participate in a project 

funded under this program. 

Support services means services 

related to curriculum modification, 

equipment modification, classroom 

modification, supportive personnel, and 

instructional aids and devices. (20 

U.S.C. 2302(31)) 

Tribal organization means the 

recognized governing body of any 

Indian tribe; any legally established 

organization of Indians that is 

controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by 

such governing body or that is 

democratically elected by the adult 

members of the Indian community to be 

served by the organization and that 

includes the maximum participation of 

Indians in all phases of its activities, 

provided that, in any case where a 

contract is let or grant made to an 

organization to perform services 

benefiting more than one Indian tribe, 

the approval of each such Indian tribe 

shall be a prerequisite to the letting or 

making of such contract or grant. (20 

U.S.C. 2326(a)(3); 25 U.S.C. 450b(l)) 

Tribally Controlled College or 

University means an institution of 

higher education that is formally 

controlled, or has been formally 

sanctioned or chartered, by the 

governing body of an Indian tribe or 

tribes, except that no more than one 

such institution will be recognized with 

respect to any such tribe. (20 U.S.C. 

2302(33) and 25 U.S.C. 1801(a)(4)) 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: 

Under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(5 U.S.C. 553), the Department generally 

offers interested parties the opportunity 

to comment on proposed non-statutory 

requirements, definitions, and selection 

criteria. However, section 437(d)(1) of 

the General Education Provisions Act 

(GEPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1)), allows 

the Secretary to exempt from 

rulemaking requirements, non-statutory 

requirements, definitions, and selection 

criteria governing the first grant 

competition under a new or 

substantially revised program authority. 

This is the first grant competition for 

this program under section 116 of the 

Act and, therefore, qualifies for this 

exemption. In order to ensure timely 

grant awards, the Secretary has decided 

to forgo public comment on the nonstatutory requirements, definitions, and 

selection criteria under the authority of 

section 437(d)(1) of GEPA. These nonstatutory requirements, definitions, and 

selection criteria will apply to the FY 

2006 competition only. 

Program Authority: The Carl D. 

Perkins Career and Technical Education 

Act of 2006 (Pub. L. 109–270, 20 U.S.C. 

2301, et seq.), in particular, section 116. 

(20 U.S.C. 2326(a)–(g)). 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

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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: 

$14,632,000 for the first 12 months of 

the project period. Funding for years 

two through five is subject to the 

availability of funds and to a grantee 

meeting the requirements of 34 CFR 

75.253. Fiscal Year 2006 funds will be 

used for new awards under this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $300,000 

to $600,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$400,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 36. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this Notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: (a) The 

following entities are eligible for an 

award under NACTEP: 

(i) A federally recognized Indian tribe. 

(ii) A tribal organization. 

(iii) An Alaska Native entity. 

(iv) A Bureau-funded school, except 

for a Bureau-funded school proposing to 

use its award to support secondary 

school career and technical education 

programs. 

(b) Any tribe, tribal organization, 

Alaska Native entity, or eligible Bureaufunded school may apply individually 

or as part of a consortium with one or 

more eligible tribes, tribal organizations, 

Alaska Native entities, or eligible 

Bureau-funded schools. (Eligible 

applicants seeking to apply for funds as 

a consortium must meet the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.127–75.129, 

which apply to group applications.) 

Note: An applicant must include 

documentation in its application showing 

that it and, if appropriate, consortium 

members are eligible according to the 

requirements in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the 

Eligible Applicants section of this notice. 

Note: In accordance with the definition of 

the term ‘‘tribal organization’’ in ISDEA (25 

U.S.C. 450b(l)), any tribal organization 

proposing to provide NACTEP services for 

the benefit of more than one Indian tribe 

must first obtain the approval of each Indian 

tribe it proposes to serve and must submit 

documentation of such approval with its 

application. Documentation of tribal 

approval is a prerequisite to the awarding of 

a NACTEP grant to any tribal organization 

proposing to serve more than one Indian 

tribe. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not involve cost sharing 

or matching requirements, but does 

involve supplement-not-supplant 

funding provisions. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package: Linda Mayo or Gwen 

Washington, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 11075, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–7241. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7792 or (202) 

245–7790. Fax: (202) 245–7170. E-Mail: 

ashi.mayo@ed.gov or 

gwen.washington@ed.gov. You may also 

obtain an application package via the 

Internet from the following address: 

http://www.ed.gov/GrantApps/. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this notice in an alternate format 

(e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or 

computer diskette) by contacting the 

program contact persons listed in this 

section. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: 

Requirements concerning the content 

of the application, together with the 

forms you must submit, are in the 

application package and notice for this 

competition. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 23, 

2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 7, 2007. 

Applications for grants under this 

program may be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper 

format by mail or hand delivery. For 

information (including dates and times) 

about how to submit your application 

electronically, or by mail or hand 

delivery, please refer to section IV. 6. 

Other Submission Requirements in 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. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding restriction 

in the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements 

Applications for grants under this 

competition may be submitted 

electronically or in paper format by mail 

or hand delivery. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

To comply with the President’s 

Management Agenda, we are 

participating as a partner in the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. 

NACTEP, CFDA Number 84.101, is 

included in this project. We request 

your participation in Grants.gov. 

If you choose to submit your 

application electronically, you must use 

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. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the NACTEP 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 84.101, not 84.101A). 

Please note the following: 

• Your participation in Grants.gov is 

voluntary. 

• 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 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not consider your 

application if it is date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system later 

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

the application deadline date. 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 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 

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• 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 

pertaining to Grants.gov at 

http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) Registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D–U–N–S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you submit your 

application in paper format. 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, you must submit all 

documents electronically, including all 

information you typically provide on 

the following forms: Application for 

Federal Assistance (SF 424), the 

Department of Education Supplemental 

Information for SF 424, Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524), and all necessary 

assurances, certifications, and approvals 

from tribal entities. Please note that two 

of these forms—the SF 424 and the 

Department of Education Supplemental 

Information for SF 424—have replaced 

the ED 424 (Application for Federal 

Education Assistance). 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, you must attach any 

narrative sections of your application as 

files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich 

text), or .PDF (Portable Document) 

format. If you upload a file type other 

than the three file types specified in this 

paragraph or submit a passwordprotected 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 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 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 

p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed elsewhere in 

this notice under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT 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 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. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you submit your application in 

paper format by mail (through the U.S. 

Postal Service or a commercial carrier), 

you must mail the original and two 

copies of your application, on or before 

the application deadline date, to the 

Department at the applicable following 

address: 

By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, 

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.101), 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260 or 

By mail through a commercial carrier: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Stop 

4260, Attention: (CFDA Number 

84.101), 7100 Old Landover Road, 

Landover, MD 20785–1506. 

Regardless of which address you use, 

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 submit your application in 

paper format by hand delivery, you (or 

a courier service) 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: 

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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 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—

(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 program are as follows. 

The maximum score for each criterion is 

indicated in parentheses. 

(a) Need for project. (5 points) In 

determining the need for the proposed 

project, we consider the extent of the 

need for the services to be provided or 

the activities to be carried out by the 

proposed project, as evidenced by data 

such as local labor market demand or 

occupational trends, or from surveys, 

recommendations from accrediting 

agencies, or tribal economic 

development plans. 

(b) Significance. (15 points) In 

determining the significance of the 

proposed project, we consider the 

following factors: 

(i) The potential contribution of the 

proposed project toward increasing the 

understanding of educational needs, 

issues, or strategies for providing career 

and technical education to American 

Indians and Alaska Natives. (5 points) 

(ii) The likelihood that the proposed 

project will result in system change or 

improvement in the applicant’s 

educational program as evidenced by 

the types of training and activities 

identified in the project application. (5 

points) 

(iii) The extent to which the proposed 

project is likely to build local capacity 

to provide, improve, or expand services 

that address the career and technical 

needs of the target population. (5 points) 

(c) Quality of the project design. (25 

points) In determining the quality of the 

design of the proposed project, we 

consider the following factors: 

(i) The extent to which goals, 

objectives, and outcomes are clearly 

specified and measurable (e.g., 

identification of the requirements for 

each course of study to be provided 

under the project, the technical skill 

proficiencies to be taught and industryrecognized standards or competency 

assessments to be used, including 

related training areas and a description 

of the industry certifications, 

credentials, certificates, or degrees that 

students may earn; expected 

enrollments, completions, and student 

placements in jobs, military specialties, 

and continuing education/training 

opportunities in each career training 

area; the number of teachers, 

counselors, and administrators to be 

trained). (10 points) 

(ii) The extent to which the design of 

the proposed project is appropriate to, 

and will successfully address, the needs 

of the target population or other 

identified needs, as evidenced by the 

applicant’s description of programs and 

activities that align with the target 

population’s needs. (5 points) 

(iii) The extent to which the design 

for implementing and evaluating the 

proposed project plans for and is likely 

to result in the development of 

information to guide possible 

dissemination of information on project 

practices, activities or strategies, 

including information about the 

effectiveness of the approach or 

strategies employed by the project, 

planned dissemination activities, the 

kind of practices, activities, or strategies 

to be disseminated, the target audience 

for the dissemination of such practices, 

activities, or strategies, and the 

proposed uses for such disseminated 

practices, activities, or strategies. (5 

points) 

(iv) The extent to which the proposed 

project will establish linkages with or 

will be coordinated with similar or 

related efforts, and with community, 

State, or Federal resources, as 

appropriate. (5 points) 

(d) Quality of project services. (20 

points) In determining the quality of the 

services to be provided by the proposed 

project, we consider the following 

factors: 

(i) The extent to which the training or 

professional development services to be 

provided by the proposed project are of 

sufficient quality, intensity, and 

duration to lead to improvements in 

practice among the project staff and 

instructors, including the extent to 

which the proposed training and 

professional development plans address 

ways in which learning gaps will be 

addressed and how continuous review 

of performance will be conducted to 

identify training needs. (5 points) 

(ii) The extent to which the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

will create opportunities for students to 

receive an industry-recognized 

credential; become employed in highskill, high-wage, and high-demand 

occupations; or both. (5 points) 

(iii) The extent to which the services 

proposed in the project will create 

opportunities to acquire technical skill 

proficiencies, industry certifications, or 

the skills identified by State or industryrecognized career and technical 

education programs or professions. In 

describing the services, there must be a 

clear link between the services and the 

skill proficiencies, industry 

certifications, credentials, certificates, or 

degrees that students may earn. (10 

points) 

(e) Quality of project personnel. (15 

points) In determining the quality of 

project personnel, we consider the 

following factors: 

(i) The extent to which the applicant 

encourages applications for employment 

from persons who are members of 

groups that have traditionally been 

underrepresented based on color, 

national origin, gender, age, or 

disability. (5 points) 

(ii) The qualifications, including 

relevant training, expertise, and 

experience, of the project director, key 

personnel, and project consultants. (5 

points) 

(iii) The extent to which the project 

will use instructors who are certified to 

teach in the field in which they will 

provide instruction. (5 points) 

(f) Adequacy of resources. (20 points) 

In determining the adequacy of 

resources for the proposed project, we 

consider the following factors: 

(i) The adequacy of support, including 

facilities, equipment, supplies, and 

other resources, from the applicant 

organization(s) and the tribal entity or 

entities to be served. (5 points) 

(ii) The extent to which the budget is 

adequate and costs are reasonable in 

relation to the objectives of the 

proposed project. (5 points) 

(iii) The relevance and demonstrated 

commitment (e.g., through written 

career and technical education 

agreements, memoranda of 

understanding, letters of support and 

commitment, or commitments to 

employ project participants, as 

appropriate) of the applicant, members 

of the consortium, local employers, or 

tribal entities to be served by the 

project. (5 points) 

(iv) The potential for continued 

support of the project after Federal 

funding ends. (5 points) 

(g) Quality of the management plan. 

(15 points) In determining the quality of 

the management plan for the proposed 


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project, we consider the following 

factors: 

(i) 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 the 

milestones and performance standards 

for accomplishing project tasks. (5 

points) 

(ii) The extent to which the time 

commitments of the project director and 

other key project personnel are 

appropriate and adequate to meet the 

objectives of the proposed project. (5 

points) 

(iii) The adequacy of mechanisms for 

ensuring high-quality products and 

services from the proposed project. (5 

points) 

(h) Quality of the project evaluation. 

(25 points) In determining the quality of 

the evaluation, we consider the 

following factors: 

(i) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation proposed by the grantee 

are thorough, feasible, and appropriate 

to the goals, objectives, and outcomes of 

the proposed project. (5 points) 

(ii) 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 the Government 

Performance and Results Act of 1993 

(GPRA) performance measures 

discussed elsewhere in this notice, and 

will produce quantitative and 

qualitative data, to the extent possible. 

(5 points) 

(iii) The extent to which the methods 

of the evaluation include processes that 

consider the validity and integrity of 

data collection and analysis; 

accessibility of appropriate and timely 

data; accurate descriptions of 

performance; collection processes that 

yield unbiased, unprejudiced, and 

impartial data results; and the extent to 

which representation of the data clearly 

communicates an accurate picture of 

performance. (5 points) 

(iv) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation will provide performance 

feedback and continuous improvement 

toward achieving intended outcomes. (5 

points) 

(v) The quality of the evaluation to be 

conducted by an external evaluator with 

the necessary background and technical 

expertise to carry out the evaluation. (5 

points) 

2. Review and Selection Process: In 

addition to the points to be awarded to 

applicants based on the selection 

criteria, under section 116(e) of the Act 

the Secretary awards—

(a) Up to 10 points to applications 

that propose exemplary approaches that 

involve, coordinate with, or encourage 

tribal economic development plans; and 

(b) Five points to applications from 

tribally controlled colleges or 

universities that—

(i) Are accredited or are candidates for 

accreditation by a nationally recognized 

accreditation organization as an 

institution of postsecondary career and 

technical education; or 

(ii) Operate career and technical 

education programs that are accredited 

or are candidates for accreditation by a 

nationally recognized accreditation 

organization and issue certificates for 

completion of career and technical 

education programs. (20 U.S.C. 2326(e)) 

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 also notify you 

informally. 

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: At the end of a 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 specified by 

the Secretary in 34 CFR 74.51, 75.118 

and 80.40. 

4. Performance Measures: Under 

GPRA, Federal departments and 

agencies must clearly describe the goals 

and objectives of their programs, 

identify resources and actions needed to 

accomplish these goals and objectives, 

develop a means of measuring progress 

made, and regularly report on their 

achievement. One important source of 

program information on successes and 

lessons learned is the project evaluation 

conducted under individual grants. The 

Department has developed the following 

core factors and measures for evaluating 

the overall effectiveness of NACTEP 

projects: 

(a) At the secondary level: An 

increase in the percentage of career and 

technical education students who—

(i) Attain academic proficiency, as 

demonstrated by meeting academic 

content standards and student academic 

achievement standards that meet 

challenging State defined academic 

standards for reading/language arts and 

mathematics; 

(ii) Attain career and technical skill 

proficiencies, including student 

achievement on technical assessments 

that are aligned with industryrecognized standards; 

(iii) Attain a secondary school 

diploma; 

(iv) If a credential, certificate, or 

degree is offered by the State in which 

the project operates, in conjunction with 

a secondary school diploma, attain a 

proficiency credential, certificate, or 

degree in conjunction with a secondary 

school diploma; and 

(v) Are placed in—

(1) Postsecondary education or 

advanced training; 

(2) Military service; or 

(3) Employment. 

(b) At the postsecondary level: An 

increase in the percentage of career and 

technical education students who—

(i) Attain challenging career and 

technical skill proficiencies, including 

student achievement on technical 

assessments that are aligned with 

industry-recognized standards; 

(ii) Attain an industry-recognized 

credential, a certificate, or a degree; 

(iii) Are retained in postsecondary 

education or transfer to a baccalaureate 

degree program; 

(iv) Are placed in—

(1) Military service; or 

(2) Apprenticeship programs; and 

(v) Are placed or have been retained 

in employment, including in high-skill, 

high-wage, or high-demand occupations 

or professions. 

(c) At the adult education level: An 

increase in the percentage of 

participating adult career and technical 

education students who—

(i) Enroll in a postsecondary 

education or training program; 

(ii) Attain career and technical 

education skill proficiencies aligned 

with industry-recognized standards; 

(iii) Receive industry-recognized 

credentials or certificates; and 

(iv) Are placed in a job, upgraded in 

a job, or retain employment. 

Note: All grantees will be expected to 

submit an annual performance report 

addressing these performance measures, to 

the extent feasible and to the extent that they 

apply to each grantee’s NACTEP project. 


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VII. Agency Contacts 

For Further Information Contact: 

Linda Mayo or Gwen Washington, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 11075, Potomac 

Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–

7241. Telephone: (202) 245–7792 or 

(202) 245–7790, respectively, or by 

e-mail: linda.mayo@ed.gov, 

gwen.washington@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this notice in an alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the program contact persons 

listed in this section. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

all other documents of the 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. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

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: March 19, 2007. 

Troy R. Justesen, 

Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult 

Education. 

[FR Doc. E7–5372 Filed 3–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP07–349–000] 

Columbia Gas Transmission 

Corporation; Notice of Proposed 

Changes in FERC Gas Tariff 

March 19, 2007. 

Take notice that on March 14, 2007, 

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation 

(Columbia) tendered for filing as part of 

its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised 

Volume No. 1, Sixteenth Revised Sheet 

No. 500B, to be effective April 2, 2007. 

Columbia also tendered for filing the 

following non-conforming Service 

Agreement for consideration and 

approval: 

FTS Service Agreement No. 92368, Between 

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation 

and Fortuna Energy, Inc. Dated: March 6, 

2007. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Protests will be considered by 

the Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed in accordance 

with the provisions of Section 154.210 

of the Commission’s regulations (18 CFR 

154.210). Anyone filing an intervention 

or protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. Anyone 

filing an intervention or protest on or 

before the intervention or protest date 

need not serve motions to intervene or 

protests on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–5324 Filed 3–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP07–350–000] 

Columbia Gas Transmission 

Corporation; Notice of Filing 

March 19, 2007. 

Take notice that on March 14, 2007 

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation 

(Columbia) tendered for filing as part of 

its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised 

Volume No. 1, Seventeenth Revised 

Sheet No. 500B, with an effective date 

of April 2, 2007. 

Columbia also tendered for filing the 

following non-conforming Service 

Agreement for consideration and 

approval: 

SST Service Agreement No. 92527, Between 

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation 

and Stand Energy Corporation. Dated: 

March 2, 2007. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Protests will be considered by 

the Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed in accordance 

with the provisions of Section 154.210 

of the Commission’s regulations (18 CFR 

154.210). Anyone filing an intervention 

or protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. Anyone 

filing an intervention or protest on or 

before the intervention or protest date 

need not serve motions to intervene or 

protests on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 


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