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of Education to make awards to U.S. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Vocational and Adult 

Education (OVAE); Overview 

Information; Tribally Controlled 

Postsecondary Career and Technical 

Institutions Program (TCPCTIP); Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.245. 

DATES: Applications Available: May 15, 

2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 14, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: A tribally 

controlled postsecondary career and 

technical institution that does not 

receive Federal support under the 

Tribally Controlled College or 

University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), or the Navajo 

Community College Act (25 U.S.C. 640a 

et seq.). 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$7,366,000 for the first 12 months of this 

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. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$3,000,000 to $4,000,000 for the first 12 

months. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$3,683,000 for a single budget period of 

12 months. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 2. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: Section 117 of 

the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 

Education Act of 2006 (Act or Perkins 

IV), authorizes the Secretary to make 

grants to tribally controlled 

postsecondary career and technical 

institutions that do not receive Federal 

support under the Tribally Controlled 

College or University Assistance Act of 

1978 or the Navajo Community College 

Act to provide basic support for the 

education and training of Indian 

students in career and technical 

education programs. 

Statutory Changes Affecting TCPCTIP: 

For the convenience of applicants, we 

describe in this section 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 TCPCTIP. 

(a) Purpose. In the Act, Congress has 

expanded and added elements to the 

law’s statement of purpose, most 

significantly by stating that, among 

other statutory purposes, programs 

supported under the Act should build 

on the efforts of States and localities to 

develop challenging academic and 

technical standards and should assist 

students in meeting such standards, 

including student academic 

achievement standards, especially in 

preparation for high-skill, high-wage, or 

high-demand occupations in emerging 

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

2301(1)) Congress also added to the 

statement of purpose a requirement that 

programs provide technical assistance 

that promotes leadership, initial 

preparation, and professional 

development at the State and local 

levels, and improves the quality of 

career and technical education teachers, 

faculty, administrators, and counselors. 

(20 U.S.C. 2301(5)) Additionally, the 

Act’s statement of purpose was 

amended to support partnerships among 

secondary schools, postsecondary 

institutions, baccalaureate degreegranting institutions, area career and 

technical education schools, local 

workforce investment boards, business 

and industry, and intermediaries, and to 

provide career and technical education 

students with opportunities throughout 

their lifetimes to develop, in 

conjunction with other education and 

training programs, the knowledge and 

skills needed to keep the United States 

competitive. (20 U.S.C. 2301(6) and (7)) 

(b) Definitions. Congress replaced the 

term ‘‘vocational and technical 

education’’ with the term ‘‘career and 

technical education’’ throughout the 

Act. The term career and technical 

education is defined in section 3(5) of 

the Act and, for the convenience of 

potential applicants, is reiterated in the 

Definitions section of this notice. (20 

U.S.C. 2302(5)(A)) 

(c) Annual needs estimates, facilities 

reports, and long-term facilities study. 

Congress eliminated the requirements 

that the Department prepare annual 

institutional needs estimates, facilities 

reports, and long-term facilities studies. 

(d) Indian student count. As 

described in detail elsewhere in this 

notice, the Act made changes to the 

statutory definition of the term ‘‘Indian 

student count.’’ These changes mean 

that the Department will require 

somewhat different certified data from 

grantees for grant calculations in years 

when the amounts appropriated for 

TCPCTIP are insufficient to pay the total 

allowable costs proposed by grantees. 

(e) Requirement for Complaint 

Resolution Procedure. The Act requires 

the Department to establish, after 

consultation with tribally controlled 

postsecondary career and technical 

institutions, a complaint resolution 

procedure for grant determinations and 

calculations. The Department developed 

what it believes is a fair, effective, and 

efficient complaint resolution procedure 

that will provide program grantees with 

a process for resolving complaints 

regarding grant determinations and 

grant amount calculations without 

resulting in inordinate delays in the 

grant award process. To effectuate the 

consultation process, the Department 

requested input from the two current 

TCPCTIP grantees on the procedure, 

placed the Department’s proposed 

procedure on the Department’s Web 

site, and made it available to the 

American Indian Higher Education 

Consortium (AIHEC). The Department 

appreciated the input it received during 

the consultation process and carefully 

considered the suggestions provided in 

finalizing its complaint resolution 

procedure. 


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(f) Complaint Resolution Procedure. 

(1) Under the complaint resolution 

procedure established by the 

Department pursuant to section 117(g) 

of the Act, a tribally controlled 

postsecondary career and technical 

institution may file a complaint with the 

Assistant Secretary for Vocational and 

Adult Education (Assistant Secretary) 

seeking an administrative review of a 

grant determination or calculation made 

under section 117 of the Act regarding 

any prospective grant award to that 

institution, including for: 

(i) A determination regarding the 

institution’s eligibility to apply for a 

grant under section 117 of the Act. 

(ii) A determination arising from the 

Indian student count information and 

data that the institution has provided to 

OVAE. 

(iii) A determination of the 

allowability of proposed project 

spending that the institution has 

identified in its application, including 

its proposed budget. 

(iv) The calculation of the 

institution’s grant amount. 

(2) A section 117(g) complaint 

requesting administrative review must—

(i) Be submitted in writing and mailed 

to the Assistant Secretary for Vocational 

and Adult Education, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., room PCP–11138, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–7241, 

within ten days of the applicant being 

notified by OVAE of the decision in 

question; 

(ii) Include a clear and concise 

statement of the factual and legal basis 

upon which the complaint is based as 

well as any calculations supporting the 

complaint, any supporting 

documentation or evidence, and a 

statement of the relief sought, arising 

from the complaint; and 

(iii) Be signed by the tribally 

controlled postsecondary career and 

technical institution’s authorized 

official. 

(3) During the administrative review 

of any section 117(g) complaint, OVAE 

may request additional information 

from the institution that has submitted 

the complaint or conduct other 

proceedings, as appropriate, for a fair 

and complete review of the complaint. 

(4) The Assistant Secretary will send 

the complainant a letter of final 

determination that will include the legal 

and factual grounds for the Assistant 

Secretary’s determination. 

Program Requirements, Application 

Requirements, Evaluation 

Requirements, and Definitions 

Program Requirements: 

(a) Program Expenditures. TCPCTIP 

grants fund programs for Indian 

students and the institutional support 

costs of the TCPCTIP grant, including 

the specific types of costs described in 

section 117(e) of the Act, which 

include—

(1) The maintenance and operation of 

the program, including development 

costs, costs of basic and special 

instruction (including special programs 

for individuals with disabilities and 

academic instruction), materials, 

student costs, administrative expenses, 

boarding costs, transportation, student 

services, daycare and family support 

programs for students and their families 

(including contributions to the costs of 

education for dependents), and student 

stipends; 

(2) Capital expenditures, including 

operations and maintenance, and minor 

improvements and repair, and physical 

plant maintenance costs, for the conduct 

of programs funded under this section; 

(3) Costs associated with repair, 

upkeep, replacement, and upgrading of 

instructional equipment; and 

(4) Institutional support of career and 

technical education. 

(b) Allowable Expenses. 

(1) Under TCPCTIP, allowable costs 

include costs for basic support of a 

grantee’s career and technical education 

programs. Costs that are not specifically 

authorized by section 117 of the Act or 

clearly associated with career and 

technical education programs for Indian 

students, such as an institution’s general 

administrative costs, will not be 

considered allowable direct costs under 

this program. 

(2) TCPCTIP funds may be used for 

capital expenditures, including 

operations and maintenance, minor 

improvements and repair, and physical 

plant maintenance costs, only when 

incurred for the conduct of programs 

funded under section 117 of the Act. 

(3) Stipends may be paid to enable 

students to participate in a TCPCTIP 

career and technical education program. 

(i) To be eligible for a stipend, a 

student must—

(A) Be enrolled in a career and 

technical education project funded 

under this program; 

(B) Be in regular attendance in a 

TCPCTIP project and meet the training 

institution’s attendance requirement; 

(C) Maintain satisfactory progress in 

his or her program of study according to 

the training institution’s published 

standards for satisfactory progress; and 

(D) Have an acute economic need that 

prevents participation in a project 

funded under this program without a 

stipend and that cannot be met through 

a work-study 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 

TCPCTIP project. 

(iv) To calculate the amount of a 

student 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 

TCPCTIP, 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 TCPCTIP 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, 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. 

(c) Annual and Final Progress 

Reports. In addition to the reports 

required under the Reporting section of 

this notice, grantees must provide the 

Department with annual and final 

progress reports showing the findings of 

an independent evaluator’s review of 

their CTE programs’ effectiveness. 

(d) Attendance Costs Are Not Income. 

(1) Under TCPCTIP, the portion of any 

student financial assistance received 

under the Act that is made available for 

attendance costs described in paragraph 

(2) of this section may not be considered 

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eligibility for assistance under any other 

program funded in whole or in part with 

Federal funds. 

(2) For purposes of this section, 

attendance costs are—

(i) Tuition and fees normally assessed 

a student carrying the same academic 

workload as determined by the 

institution, and including costs for 

rentals or purchases of any equipment, 

materials, or supplies required of all 

students in the same course of study; 

and 

(ii) An allowance for books, supplies, 

transportation, dependent care, and 

miscellaneous personal expenses for a 

student attending an institution on at 

least a half-time basis, as determined by 

the institution. (20 U.S.C. 2415) 

(e) Eligibility for Assistance under 

TCPCTIP May Not Preclude Assistance 

under Other Programs. Except as 

specifically provided in the Act, 

eligibility for assistance under this 

program does not preclude any tribally 

controlled postsecondary career and 

technical institution from receiving 

Federal financial assistance under any 

program authorized under the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, or under any 

other applicable program for the benefit 

of institutions of higher education or 

career and technical education. (20 

U.S.C. 2327(f)(1)) 

Application Requirements: 

To receive a TCPCTIP grant, an 

applicant must include in its 

application: 

(a) Documentation showing that the 

applicant is eligible according to each of 

the requirements in the Eligible 

Applicants section of this notice, 

including meeting the definition of the 

terms ‘‘tribally controlled postsecondary 

career and technical institution’’ and 

‘‘institution of higher education’’ (e.g., 

proof of the institution’s accreditation 

status) and certification that the 

institution does not receive Federal 

support under the Tribally Controlled 

College or University Assistance Act of 

the 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) or the 

Navajo Community College Act (25 

U.S.C. 640a et seq.). 

(b) Descriptions of the programs of 

study, including academic courses, to be 

supported under the proposed TCPCTIP 

project. Projects funded under this 

competition must propose organized 

educational activities that meet the 

definition of career and technical 

education, as that term is defined in 

section 3(5) of the Act (and as reiterated 

in the Definitions section of this notice). 

(c) The estimated number of students 

to be served by the proposed five-year 

project in each course of study. 

(d) Goals and objectives for the 

proposed project, including how the 

attainment of the goals and objectives 

would further any tribal economic 

development plans. 

(e) Long-range and short-range needs 

to be addressed by the project, including 

the institution’s plans for the placement 

of students (e.g., placement into 

additional training or education, 

military service, or employment). 

(f) A detailed budget identifying the 

costs to be paid with funds under this 

program for the first year of the five-year 

project period, and resources available 

from other Federal, State, and local 

sources, including any student financial 

aid that will be used to achieve the goals 

and objectives of the proposed project. 

Evaluation Requirements: 

To ensure the high quality of 

TCPCTIP projects and the achievement 

of the goals and purposes of section 117 

of the Act, each grantee must budget for 

and conduct an ongoing evaluation of 

its TCPCTIP project’s effectiveness. 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—

(1) The performance measures for 

TCPCTIP that are identified in the 

Performance Measures section of this 

notice; 

(2) Qualitative and quantitative data 

with respect to—

(i) 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; 

(ii) Student progress in achieving 

technical skill proficiencies necessary to 

obtain employment in the field for 

which the student has been prepared; 

(iii) 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 improving 

programs of study and disseminating 

information about high-quality 

programs of study; 

(iv) The number and percentage of 

students who obtained industryrecognized credentials, certificates, or 

degrees; and 

(v) The outcomes of students’

technical assessments, by type and 

scores. 

(c) Measure the effectiveness of the 

project, through 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 

development and use of guides or 

manuals that provide step-by-step 

directions for practitioners to follow 

when initiating similar career and 

technical education efforts; and 

(e) Measure the long-term impact of 

the project by, for example, examining 

follow-up data on students’

employment, sustained employment, 

promotions, further higher education or 

training, or the impact the project had 

on tribal economic development or 

career and technical education 

activities. 

Definitions: 

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 skill 

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)) 

Indian means a person who is a 

member of an Indian tribe, as defined in 

section 2 of the Tribally Controlled 

College or University Assistance Act of 

1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801). 

Indian student count means a number 

equal to the total number of Indian 

students enrolled in each tribally 

controlled postsecondary career and 

technical institution, as determined in 

accordance with the following: 

(a) Enrollment. For each academic 

year, the Indian student count must be 

determined on the basis of the 

enrollments of Indian students as in 

effect at the conclusion of—

(1) In the case of the fall term, the 

third week of the fall term; and 

(2) In the case of the spring term, the 

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(b) Calculation. For each academic 

year, the Indian student count for a 

tribally controlled postsecondary career 

and technical institution must be the 

quotient obtained by dividing the sum 

of the credit hours of all Indian students 

enrolled in the tribally controlled 

postsecondary career and technical 

institution by 12. 

(c) Summer Term. Any credit earned 

in a class offered during a summer term 

must be counted in the determination of 

the Indian student count for the 

succeeding fall term. 

(d) Students Without Secondary 

School Degrees. 

(1) A credit earned at a tribally 

controlled postsecondary career and 

technical institution by any Indian 

student who has not obtained a 

secondary school degree (or the 

recognized equivalent of such a degree) 

must be counted toward the 

determination of the Indian student 

count if the institution at which the 

student is enrolled has established 

criteria for the admission of the student 

on the basis of the ability of the student 

to benefit from the education or training 

of the institution. 

(2) The institution must be presumed 

to have established the criteria 

described in paragraph (d)(1) of this 

definition if the admission procedures 

for the institution include counseling or 

testing that measures the aptitude of a 

student to complete successfully a 

course in which the student is enrolled. 

(3) No credit earned by an Indian 

student for the purpose of obtaining a 

secondary school degree (or the 

recognized equivalent of such a degree) 

may be counted toward the 

determination of the Indian student 

count. 

(4) Any credit earned by an Indian 

student in a continuing education 

program of a tribally controlled 

postsecondary career and technical 

institution must be included in the 

determination of the sum of all credit 

hours of the student if the credit is 

converted to a credit-hour basis in 

accordance with the system of the 

institution for providing credit for 

participation in the program. (20 U.S.C. 

2327(h)(2)) 

Indian tribe means any Indian tribe, 

band, nation, or other organized group 

or community, including any Alaskan 

Native village or regional or village 

corporation as defined in or established 

pursuant to the Alaskan 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. 

2327(h)(1); 25 U.S.C. 1801(a)(2)) 

Institution of higher education, as 

defined in section 3(18) of the Act and 

in section 101 of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, 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 two-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 Education for the 

granting of pre-accreditation 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 one-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)) 

Non-traditional fields means 

occupations or fields of work, including 

careers in computer science, technology, 

and other current and emerging highskill occupations, for which individuals 

from one gender comprise less than 25 

percent of the individuals employed in 

each such occupation or field of work. 

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

Stipend means a subsistence 

allowance for a student that is necessary 

for the student to participate in a project 

funded under this program. 

Tribally Controlled Postsecondary 

Career and Technical Institution means 

an institution of higher education (as 

defined in section 101 of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, except that 

subsection (a)(2) of such section shall 

not be applicable and the reference to 

Secretary in subsection (a)(5) of such 

section shall be deemed to refer to the 

Secretary of the Interior) that—

(a) Is formally controlled, or has been 

formally sanctioned or chartered, by the 

governing body of an Indian tribe or 

tribes; 

(b) Offers a technical degree or 

certificate granting program; 

(c) Is governed by a board of directors 

or trustees, a majority of whom are 

Indians; 

(d) Demonstrates adherence to stated 

goals, a philosophy, or a plan of 

operation, that fosters individual Indian 

economic and self-sufficiency 

opportunity, including programs that 

are appropriate to stated tribal goals of 

developing individual 

entrepreneurships and self-sustaining 

economic infrastructures on 

reservations; 

(e) Has been in operation for at least 

three years; 

(f) Holds accreditation with or is a 

candidate for accreditation by a 

nationally recognized accrediting 

authority for postsecondary career and 

technical education; and 

(g) Enrolls the full-time equivalent of 

not less than 100 students, of whom a 

majority are Indians. (20 U.S.C. 

2302(34)) 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: 

Under the Administrative Procedures 

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. Section 437(d)(1) 

of the General Education Provisions Act 

(20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1)), however, 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 the Act and, 

therefore, qualifies for this exemption. 

In order to ensure timely grant awards, 

the Secretary has decided to forgo 

public comment on certain nonstatutory requirements, definitions, and 

selection criteria in this notice. These 

requirements and selection criteria will 

apply to the FY 2007 grant 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 117 (20 U.S.C. 2327). 

Applicable Regulations: The 

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Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 81, 82, 84, 85, 

86, 97, 98, and 99. 

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: 

$7,366,000 for the first 12 months of this 

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. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$3,000,000 to $4,000,000 for the first 12 

months. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$3,683,000 for a single budget period of 

12 months. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 2. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Any tribally 

controlled postsecondary career and 

technical institution that meets the 

definition in section 3(34) of the Act is 

eligible to apply for a grant under this 

program if it is not receiving Federal 

support under the Tribally Controlled 

College or University Assistance Act of 

1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), or the 

Navajo Community College Act (25 

U.S.C. 640a et seq.). 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This 

program involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements. (20 

U.S.C. 2391(a)) 

3. Other—Indirect Costs: Institutions 

receiving grants under this program will 

not be required to use a restricted 

indirect cost rate. (20 U.S.C. 2327(c)(3)) 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Lois Davis, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 11063, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–7241. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7784. FAX: (202 

245–7170) or e-mail: Lois.Davis@ed.gov 

You also may 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 a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the program 

contact person listed in this section. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

program. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: May 15, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 14, 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 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program 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. 

TCPCTIP, CFDA Number 84.245, 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 TCPCTIP at http:// 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this program by the CFDA number. 

Do not include the CFDA number’s 

alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search 

for 84.245, not 84.245A). 

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 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this program 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 

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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 and certifications. 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 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 84.245A), 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 84.245A), 

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: 

(CFDA Number 84.245A), 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 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 

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The maximum score for each criterion 

and for each factor is indicated in 

parentheses. The total maximum score 

for these selection criteria is 105 points. 

(a) Quality of the project design. (30 

points) In determining the quality of the 

design of the proposed project, we 

consider the following factors: 

(i) The extent to which the goals, 

objectives, and outcomes to be achieved 

by the proposed project are clearly 

specified and measurable (for example, 

we look for clear descriptions of 

proposed student career and technical 

education activities; recruitment and 

retention strategies; expected 

enrollments, completions, and student 

placements in jobs, military specialties, 

and continuing education/training 

opportunities; the number of project 

staff to be trained; and identification of 

requirements for each program of study 

to be provided under the project, 

including related training areas and a 

description of performance outcomes). 

(5 points) 

(ii) The extent to which the proposed 

project will establish linkages with 

other appropriate agencies (e.g., Indian 

Health Services, Tribal Planning Offices, 

the Department of Interior’s Bureau of 

Indian Affairs and Office of Indian 

Education, the Department of Labor) 

and organizations providing services to 

the target population. (5 points) 

(iii) The extent to which the proposed 

project will strengthen the rigor of the 

institution’s career and technical 

education programs of study by offering 

programs with challenging academic 

content and technical skill proficiency, 

including by administering technical 

assessments that are aligned with 

industry-recognized standards, and 

awarding industry-recognized 

credentials, certificates, or degrees. (5 

points) 

(iv) The extent to which the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

will prepare students to gain 

employment in high-skill, high-wage, 

and high-demand occupations or in 

non-traditional fields. (5 points) 

(v) The extent to which the services 

to be provided will improve student 

achievement, as measured against 

rigorous academic and career and 

technical standards, and will promote 

student retention in the grantee 

institution or transfer to a baccalaureate 

degree program. (5 points) 

(vi) The extent to which the proposed 

project will provide opportunities for 

high-quality professional development 

that—

(A) Will improve instructional 

personnel’s knowledge and skills so that 

they can help students attain 

challenging and rigorous academic 

content and career and technical skill 

proficiencies; 

(B) Will advance instructional 

personnel’s understanding of effective 

instructional strategies that are 

supported by scientifically-based 

research; and 

(C) Are sustained, intensive, and 

classroom-focused. (5 points) 

(b) Quality of the management plan. 

(15 points) In determining the quality of 

the management plan for the proposed 

project, we consider the following 

factors: 

(i) The adequacy of the management 

plan to achieve the goals and 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, including 

instructional staff, are appropriate and 

adequate to meet the objectives of the 

proposed project. (5 points) 

(iii) The adequacy of procedures for 

student recruitment and retention. (5 

points) 

(c) 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 race, color, 

national origin, gender, age, or 

disability. (5 points) 

(ii) The qualifications, including 

relevant training, expertise, and 

experience, of the project director, other 

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) 

(d) 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 from the 

applicant organization(s), including 

facilities, equipment, supplies, and 

other resources. (5 points) 

(ii) The extent to which the budget is 

adequate and the costs are reasonable in 

relation to the number of persons to be 

served and the anticipated results and 

benefits of the proposed project. (5 

points) 

(iii) The relevance and demonstrated 

commitment of the applicant, local 

employers, or tribal entities to be served 

by the project (as evidenced by, for 

example, memoranda of understanding, 

letters of support, commitments to 

employ project participants). (5 points) 

(iv) The potential for continued 

support of the project after Federal 

funding ends. (5 points) 

(e) 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. (5 points) 

(iii) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation will provide performance 

feedback and continuous improvement 

toward achieving intended outcomes. (5 

points) 

(iv) The extent to which the proposed 

evaluation will be conducted by an 

external evaluator with appropriate 

background and technical expertise to 

carry out the evaluation. (5 points) 

(v) 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) 

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 

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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 directed by 

the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

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

appforms/appforms.html. We strongly 

encourage grantees to submit their 

reports through e-Reports, the 

Department’s electronic performance 

reporting initiative. 

4. Performance Measures: Under 

GPRA, Federal departments and 

agencies must clearly describe the goals 

and objectives of programs, identify 

resources and actions needed to 

accomplish goals and objectives, 

develop a means of measuring progress 

made, and regularly report on 

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 

GPRA performance measures for 

evaluating the overall effectiveness of 

TCPCTIP projects: 

(a) The percentage of students 

mastering academic knowledge and 

skills that meet challenging Statedefined or program-defined academic 

standards, as measured by the 

percentage of career and technical 

education students who receive degrees, 

certificates, or credentials. 

(b) The percentage of students who 

meet State-established or programestablished industry-validated career 

and technical skills standards. 

(c) The percentage of programs 

offering skill competencies, related 

assessments, and industry-recognized 

skills certificates in postsecondary 

programs. 

(d) The percentage of students who 

are retained in, and complete 

postsecondary career and technical 

education programs. 

(e) The percentage of student placed 

in jobs, military service, or higher-level 

continuing education programs upon 

graduation or completion of the 

postsecondary career and technical 

education programs. Accordingly, each 

TCPCTIP grantee must assess progress 

on the above performance measures in 

evaluating the success of its project, and 

provide, in its annual performance and 

final reports, data about its progress on 

these measures. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: Lois 

Davis, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 

11063, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–7241. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7784 or e-mail: 

Lois.Davis@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 document in an alternative 

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

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed in this section. 

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: May 10, 2007. 

Troy R. Justesen, 

Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult 

Education. 

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Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission (EAC). 

ACTION: Notice of virtual public forum 

for EAC Standards Board. 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, May 17, 2007, 

7 a.m. EDT through Tuesday, May 22, 7 

a.m. EDT. 

PLACE: EAC Standards Board virtual 

meeting room at http://www.eac.gov. 

Once at the main page mf EAC’s Web 

site, viewers should click the link to the 

Standards Board Virtual Meeting Room. 

The virtual meeting room will open on 

Thursday, May 17, 2007, at 7 a.m. EDT 

and will close on Tuesday, May 22, at 

7 a.m. EDT. The site will be available 24 

hours per day during that 5-day period. 

PURPOSE: The EAC Standards Board will 

review and provide comment on a draft 

EAC report that was developed by 

Design for Democracy. The draft report 

contains best practices suggestions on 

the design of voter information, optical 

scan ballots and direct recording 

electronic (DRE) ballots based on 

legislative guidelines, information 

design principles and user centered 

research. 

The EAC Standards Board virtual 

meeting room was established to enable 

the Standards Board to review and 

discuss draft documents in a public 

forum when it is not feasible for an inperson board meeting. The May 17–22, 

2007 forum is the first use of this virtual 

meeting room and as such is a test of the 

concept. The Standards Board will not 

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resolutions during this 5-day forum. 

Members will post comments about the 

draft best practices suggestions for the 

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Statement of Exceptional 

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This notice of a special forum will not 

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days prior to the dates that the forum 

will be open. Late notice was 

unavoidable due to the short timeline 

between when EAC will receive the 

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final approval of June 14, 2007. The 

timetable for the noticed forum was 

expedited to allow EAC sufficient time 

to receive, review and consider 

comments from members of the 

Standards Board, EAC Board of 

Advisors and the public prior to 

preparation of the report. 

This activity is open to the public. 

The public may view the proceedings of 

this special forum by visiting the EAC 

Standards Board virtual meeting room at 

www.eac.gov at any time between 

Thursday, May 17, 2007, 7 a.m. EDT 

and Tuesday, May 22, 2007, 7 a.m. EDT. 

The public also may view the draft 

report of suggested best practices for 

voter information and ballot designs, 

which will be posted on EAC’s Web site 

beginning May 17, 2007. The public 

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