Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 26, 2018 / Notices 29769 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: International Early 

Learning Study (IELS) 2018 Main Study. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0936. 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 8,091. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 4,461. 

Abstract: The International Early 

Learning Study (IELS), scheduled to be 

conducted in 2018, is a new study 

sponsored by the Organization for 

Economic Cooperation and 

Development (OECD), an 

intergovernmental organization of 

industrialized countries. In the United 

States, the IELS is conducted by the 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(NCES). The IELS focuses on young 

children and their cognitive and noncognitive skills and competencies as 

they transition to primary school. The 

IELS is designed to examine: Children’s 

early learning and development in a 

broad range of domains, including 

social and cognitive skills; the 

relationship between children’s early 

learning and children’s participation in 

early childhood education and care 

(ECEC); the role of contextual factors, 

including children’s individual 

characteristics and their home 

backgrounds and experiences, in 

promoting young children’s growth and 

development; and how early learning 

varies across and within countries prior 

to beginning, or in the early stages of 

primary school. In 2018, in the 

participating countries, including the 

United States, the IELS will assess 

nationally-representative samples of 5- 

year-old children enrolled in public and 

private schools that offer kindergarten 

in the United States through direct and 

indirect measures, and will collect 

contextual data about their home 

learning environments, ECEC histories, 

and demographic characteristics. The 

IELS will measure young children’s 

knowledge, skills, and competencies in 

both cognitive and non-cognitive 

domains, including language and 

literacy, mathematics and numeracy, 

executive function/self-regulation, and 

social emotional skills. This assessment 

will take place as children are 

transitioning to primary school and will 

provide data on how U.S. children 

entering kindergarten compare with 

their international peers on skills 

deemed important for later success. To 

prepare for the main study, which will 

be conducted from October to December 

2018, the IELS countries conducted a 

field test in the fall of 2017 to evaluate 

newly developed assessment 

instruments and questionnaires and also 

to test the study operations, and main 

study respondent recruitment began in 

September 2017. The request to conduct 

the 2017 IELS field test data collection 

and the IELS 2018 main study 

recruitment was approved in September 

2017 (OMB #1850–0936 v.3–4). This 

request is to conduct the IELS 2018 

main study. 

Dated: June 21, 2018. 

Kate Mullan, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Office of the Chief Privacy 

Officer, Office of Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13709 Filed 6–25–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Special 

Programs for Indian Children— 

Demonstration Grants 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

is issuing a notice inviting applications 

for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2018 

for the Indian Education Discretionary 

Grants Programs—Demonstration Grants 

for Indian Children program, Catalog of 

Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 

number 84.299A. 

DATES: Applications Available: June 26, 

2018. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

July 11, 2018. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: August 10, 2018. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: September 10, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on February 12, 2018 

(83 FR 6003) and available at 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/ 

pdf/2018-02558.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara 

Ramsey, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 

3W203, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 260–3774. Email: 

NYCP.OIE@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Demonstration Grants for Indian 

Children program is to provide financial 

assistance to projects that develop, test, 

and demonstrate the effectiveness of 

services and programs to improve the 

educational opportunities and 

achievement of Indian students in 

preschool, elementary, and secondary 

schools. 

Background: For FY 2018, the 

Department will continue to use the 

priority for Native Youth Community 

Projects (NYCP) first used in FY 2015 to 

support community-led, comprehensive 

projects to help American Indian/Alaska 

Native (AI/AN) children become 

college- and career-ready. NYCP 

funding is one of many efforts across the 

Federal government to coordinate, 

measure progress, and make 

investments in Native youth programs. 

These efforts aim to address educational 

and other outcomes for Native youth not 

currently being met. These grants are 

designed to help communities improve 

educational outcomes, specifically 

college- and career-readiness, through 

strategies tailored to address the specific 

challenges and build upon the specific 

opportunities and culture within a 

community. Such strategies can include 

supplemental academic programs or 

courses, social-emotional services, 

cultural education, and other support 

services for AI/AN students and 

families. 

Recognizing the importance of Tribes 

to the education of Native youth, NYCP 


sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
29770 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 26, 2018 / Notices 

projects are based on a partnership that 

includes at least one Tribe and one 

school district or Department of the 

Interior Bureau of Indian Education 

(BIE)-funded school. We expect that this 

partnership will facilitate capacity 

building within the community, 

generating positive results and practices 

for student college-and-career readiness 

beyond the period of Federal financial 

assistance. The requirement of a written 

partnership agreement helps to ensure 

that all relevant partners needed to 

achieve the project goals are included 

from the outset. Grantees’ project 

evaluations should help inform future 

practices that effectively improve 

outcomes for AI/AN youth. 

Because educational choice is a 

promising option to expand access to 

high-quality education and improve 

college- and career-readiness for Native 

youth, this competition also includes 

the Secretary’s Final Supplemental 

Priority 1 to empower families and 

individuals to choose a high-quality 

education. For this competition, the 

Department is particularly interested in 

community-led approaches to 

educational choice, such as the 

expansion of existing charter schools, 

the use of supplemental Education 

Scholarship Accounts, and course 

choice. 

Priorities: This competition contains 

one absolute priority and four 

competitive preference priorities. In 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), 

the absolute priority is from 34 CFR 

263.21(c)(1) and 263.20. In accordance 

with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), 

competitive preference priority one is 

from 34 CFR 263.21(c)(5), competitive 

preference priority two is from 34 CFR 

263.21(b), and paragraph (b) of 

competitive preference priority three is 

from 34 CFR 263.21(c)(2). Paragraph (a) 

of competitive preference priority three 

(relating to Promise Zones) is from the 

notice of final priority published in the 

Federal Register on March 27, 2014 (79 

FR 17035). Competitive preference 

priority four is from the Secretary’s 

Final Supplemental Priorities and 

Definitions for Discretionary Grant 

Programs (Supplemental Priorities), 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 2, 2018 (83 FR 9096). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2018 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Native Youth Community Projects. 

A native youth community project 

is— 

(1) Focused on a defined local 

geographic area; 

(2) Centered on the goal of ensuring 

that Indian students are prepared for 

college and careers; 

(3) Informed by evidence, which 

could be either a needs assessment 

conducted within the last three years or 

other data analysis, on— 

(i) The greatest barriers, both in and 

out of school, to the readiness of local 

Indian students for college and careers; 

(ii) Opportunities in the local 

community to support Indian students; 

and 

(iii) Existing local policies, programs, 

practices, service providers, and 

funding sources; 

(4) Focused on one or more barriers or 

opportunities with a community-based 

strategy or strategies and measurable 

objectives; 

(5) Designed and implemented 

through a partnership of various 

entities, which— 

(i) Must include— 

(A) One or more Tribes or their Tribal 

education agencies; and 

(B) One or more BIE-funded schools, 

one or more local educational agencies 

(LEAs), or both; and 

(ii) May include other optional 

entities, including community-based 

organizations, national nonprofit 

organizations, and Alaska regional 

corporations; and 

(6) Led by an entity that— 

(i) Is eligible for a grant under the 

Demonstration Grants for Indian 

Children program; and 

(ii) Demonstrates, or partners with an 

entity that demonstrates, the capacity to 

improve outcomes that are relevant to 

the project focus through experience 

with programs funded through other 

sources. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2018 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to 

an additional 13 points to an 

application, depending on how well the 

application meets one or more of these 

priorities; the total possible points for 

each priority are noted in parentheses. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority One 

(zero or two points). 

Projects that include an LEA that is 

eligible under the Small Rural School 

Achievement (SRSA) or Rural and LowIncome School (RLIS) program, or a BIEfunded school that is located in an area 

designated by the U.S. Census Bureau 

with a locale code of 42 or 43. 

Competitive Preference Priority Two 

(zero or three points). 

Although all NYCP grantees are 

required to have an eligible Indian Tribe 

or its Tribal education agency (TEA) as 

a partner, we award three points to an 

application in which the lead partner is 

an eligible Indian Tribe or its TEA, an 

Indian organization (as defined in this 

notice), or a Tribal college or university 

(as defined in section 316(b) of the 

Higher Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (HEA)). 

Competitive Preference Priority Three 

(zero or three points). 

Applications that meet one of the 

following criteria— 

(a) Designed to serve a local 

community within a federally 

designated Promise Zone; or 

(b) Submitted by a partnership or 

consortium in which the lead applicant 

or one of its partners has received a 

grant in the last four years under one or 

more of the following grant programs: 

(1) State Tribal Education Partnership 

(section 6132 of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (ESEA)). 

(2) Alaska Native Education Program 

(ESEA sections 6301–6306). 

(3) Promise Neighborhoods (ESEA 

sections 4623–4624). 

Note: As a participant in the Promise Zone 

Initiative, the Department is cooperating with 

the Department of Housing and Urban 

Development (HUD), the Department of 

Agriculture (USDA), and nine other Federal 

agencies to support comprehensive 

revitalization efforts in 22 high-poverty 

urban, rural, and Tribal communities across 

the country. Each application for NYCP 

funds that is accompanied by a Certification 

of Consistency with Promise Zone Goals and 

Implementation (HUD Form 50153) signed by 

an authorized representative of the lead 

organization of a Promise Zone designated by 

HUD or USDA will receive two points, under 

competitive preference priority 3(a). An 

application for NYCP grant funds that is not 

accompanied by a signed certification (HUD 

Form 50153) will not receive points under 

competitive preference priority 3(a), but may 

still be eligible to receive points under 

competitive preference priority 3(b) if it 

received one of the grants listed. To view the 

list of designated Promise Zones and lead 

organizations please go to https://

www.hudexchange.info/programs/promisezones/promise-zones-overview/. The 

certification form is available at: 

www.hudexchange.info/resource/4396/ 

promise-zones-certification-form-andguidance/. 

Note: An application will not receive 

points for both (a) and (b) under competitive 

preference priority 3. 

Competitive Preference Priority 

Four—Empowering Families and 

Individuals to Choose a High-Quality 

Education that Meets their Unique 

Needs (zero to 5 points). 


sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 26, 2018 / Notices 29771 

Projects that are designed to address 

increasing access to educational choice 

(as defined in this notice) for students 

who are Indians, as defined in section 

6151 of the ESEA. 

Definitions: The following definitions 

apply to this competition. The 

definition of ‘‘educational choice’’ is 

from the Supplemental Priorities, the 

definition of ‘‘evidence-based’’ is from 

section 8101(21) of the ESEA, and the 

definition of ‘‘Indian organization’’ is 

from 34 CFR 263.20. 

Educational choice means the 

opportunity for a child or student (or a 

family member on their behalf) to create 

a high-quality personalized path for 

learning that is consistent with 

applicable Federal, State, and local 

laws; is in an educational setting that 

best meets the child’s or student’s 

needs; and, where possible, incorporates 

evidence-based activities, strategies, or 

interventions. Opportunities made 

available to a student through a grant 

program are those that supplement what 

is provided by a child’s or student’s 

geographically assigned school or the 

institution in which he or she is 

currently enrolled and may include: 

(1) Public educational programs or 

courses including those offered by 

traditional public schools, public 

charter schools, public magnet schools, 

public online education providers, or 

other public education providers; or 

(2) Private or home-based educational 

programs or courses including those 

offered by private schools, private 

online providers, private tutoring 

providers, community or faith-based 

organizations, or other private education 

providers. 

Evidence-based, when used with 

respect to a State, LEA, or school 

activity, means an activity, strategy, or 

intervention that— 

(1) Demonstrates a statistically 

significant effect on improving student 

outcomes or other relevant outcomes 

based on— 

(a) Strong evidence from at least 1 

well-designed and well-implemented 

experimental study; 

(b) Moderate evidence from at least 1 

well-designed and well-implemented 

quasi-experimental study; or 

(c) Promising evidence from at least 1 

well-designed and well-implemented 

correlational study with statistical 

controls for selection bias; or 

(2)(a) Demonstrates a rationale based 

on high-quality research findings or 

positive evaluation that such activity, 

strategy, or intervention is likely to 

improve student outcomes or other 

relevant outcomes; and 

(b) Includes ongoing efforts to 

examine the effects of such activity, 

strategy, or intervention. 

Indian organization means an 

organization that— 

(1) Is legally established— 

(a) By Tribal or inter-Tribal charter or 

in accordance with State or Tribal law; 

and 

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

(2) Includes in its purposes the 

promotion of the education of Indians; 

(3) Is controlled by a governing board, 

the majority of which is Indian; 

(4) If located on an Indian reservation, 

operates with the sanction or by charter 

of the governing body of that 

reservation; 

(5) Is neither an organization or 

subdivision of, nor under the direct 

control of, any institution of higher 

education; and 

(6) Is not an agency of State or local 

government. 

Application Requirements: The 

following requirements apply to all 

applications submitted under this 

competition and are from section 6121 

of the ESEA and 34 CFR 263.20, 263.21, 

and 263.22. An applicant must include 

in its application: 

(a) A description of the defined 

geographic area to be served by the 

project. 

(b) Evidence, based on either a needs 

assessment conducted within the last 

three years or other data analysis, of— 

(1) The greatest barriers, both in and 

out of school, to the readiness of local 

Indian students for college and careers; 

(2) Opportunities in the local 

community to support Indian students; 

and 

(3) Existing local policies, programs, 

practices, service providers, and 

funding sources. 

(c) A project design and management 

plan that— 

(1) Addresses one or more barriers or 

opportunities towards the goal of 

ensuring that Indian students are 

prepared for college and careers, as 

identified in the local needs assessment 

or other data analysis; and 

(2) Uses a community-based strategy 

(or strategies), and measureable 

objectives for that strategy (or strategies) 

that can be used to measure progress 

toward the goal. 

(d) A copy of an agreement signed by 

the required partners in the proposed 

project, identifying the responsibilities 

of each partner in the proposed project. 

Signatories to the agreement must 

include at least one Tribe or its TEA and 

at least one LEA or BIE-funded school, 

as described in the absolute priority 

above. Letters of support do not meet 

the requirement for a signed partnership 

agreement. 

(e) Evidence that the applicant or one 

of its partners has demonstrated the 

capacity to improve outcomes that are 

relevant to the project focus through 

experience with programs funded 

through other sources. 

(f) A description of how Indian Tribes 

and parents and family of Indian 

children have been, and will be, 

involved in developing and 

implementing the proposed activities. 

(g) Information demonstrating that the 

proposed project is an evidence-based 

program, where applicable, which may 

include an existing evidence-based 

program that has been modified to be 

culturally appropriate for Indian 

students. Applicants that believe the 

evidence-based requirement is not 

applicable to their project must give an 

explanation in the application of why it 

is not applicable. 

(h) A description of how the applicant 

will continue the proposed activities 

once the grant period is over. 

(i) For projects that plan to use the 

grant funding for early childhood or 

kindergarten programs, evidence that 

the program is effective in preparing 

young children to make sufficient 

academic growth by the end of grade 3. 

Note: Applications that do not include the 

required documents to demonstrate 

eligibility or other program requirements will 

likely be rejected or deemed ineligible for 

review. 

Statutory Hiring Preference: 

(a) Awards that are primarily for the 

benefit of Indians are subject to the 

provisions of section 7(b) of the Indian 

Self-Determination and Education 

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

section requires that, to the greatest 

extent feasible, a grantee— 

(1) Give to Indians preferences and 

opportunities for training and 

employment in connection with the 

administration of the grant; and 

(2) Give to Indian organizations and to 

Indian-owned economic enterprises, as 

defined in section 3 of the Indian 

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

1452(e)), preference in the award of 

contracts in connection with the 

administration of the grant. 

(b) For purposes of this section, an 

Indian is a member of any federally 

recognized Indian Tribe. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7441. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

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

and 99. (b) The Office of Management 

and Budget Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 


sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
29772 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 26, 2018 / Notices 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted and amended as 

regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 

part 3485. (c) The Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as 

adopted and amended in 2 CFR part 

3474. (d) The regulations for this 

program in 34 CFR part 263. (e) The 

notice of final priority published in the 

Federal Register on March 27, 2014 (79 

FR 17035). (f) The Supplemental 

Priorities. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian Tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$25,600,000. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in 

subsequent years from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$500,000–1,000,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$750,000 per year. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 26–40. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. 

Grants are for an initial period of three 

years, with the possibility of renewal for 

an additional year if the Secretary 

determines that the grantee has made 

substantial progress. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Eligible 

applicants for this program are State 

educational agencies; LEAs, including 

charter schools that are considered 

LEAs under State law; Indian Tribes; 

Indian organizations; BIE-funded 

schools; Tribal colleges and universities 

(as defined in section 316(b) of the HEA, 

20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)); or a consortium of 

any of these entities. 

The absolute priority for NYCP 

requires that an applicant be a member 

of a partnership that includes at least 

one Tribe or its TEA and at least one 

LEA or BIE-funded school. We will 

reject applications that do not include at 

least these two types of partners. 

Note: Including as a partner an Indian 

organization or Tribal college or university 

does not satisfy the requirement, under the 

absolute priority, of including the Tribe itself 

as one of the partners. A Tribe may designate 

another entity to apply on its behalf only if 

the entity submits as part of its application 

a Tribal resolution authorizing the 

designation for the purpose of applying for 

and administering this Demonstration grant. 

Applicants applying as an Indian 

organization must demonstrate that the 

entity meets the definition of ‘‘Indian 

organization.’’ 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this 

competition may not award subgrants to 

entities to directly carry out project 

activities described in its application. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Application Submission 

Instructions: For information on how to 

submit an application please refer to our 

Common Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on February 12, 2018 

(83 FR 6003) and available at 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/ 

pdf/2018-02558.pdf. 

2. Submission of Proprietary 

Information: Given the types of projects 

that may be proposed in applications for 

the Demonstration Grants for Indian 

Children program, an application may 

include business information that the 

applicant considers proprietary. In 34 

CFR 5.11 we define ‘‘business 

information’’ and describe the process 

we use in determining whether any of 

that information is proprietary and, 

thus, protected from disclosure under 

Exemption 4 of the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, as 

amended). 

Because we plan to make successful 

applications available to the public, you 

may wish to request confidentiality of 

business information. 

Consistent with Executive Order 

12600, please designate in your 

application any information that you 

believe is exempt from disclosure under 

Exemption 4. In the appropriate 

Appendix section of your application, 

under ‘‘Other Attachment Form,’’ please 

list the page number or numbers on 

which we can find this information. For 

additional information please see 34 

CFR 5.11(c). 

3. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition is subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

competition. Please note that, under 34 

CFR 79.8(a), we have shortened the 

standard 60-day intergovernmental 

review period in order to make awards 

by the end of FY 2018. 

4. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

5. Recommended Page Limit: The 

application narrative is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. We recommend that you (1) 

limit the application narrative to no 

more than 30 pages and (2) use the 

following standards: 

• A page is 8.5′′ x 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is 12 point or larger 

but no smaller than 10 pitch (characters 

per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to the cover sheet; the budget 

section, including the budget narrative 

justification; the consortium agreement 

or partnership agreement; the 

assurances and certifications; or the 

abstract, the resumes, the bibliography, 

or other required attachments. 

6. Notice of Intent to Apply: The 

Department will be able to review grant 

applications more efficiently if we know 

the approximate number of applicants 

that intend to apply. Therefore, we 

strongly encourage each potential 

applicant to notify us of their intent to 

submit an application for funding. To 

do so, please email NYCP.OIE@ed.gov 

with the subject line ‘‘Intent to Apply,’’ 

and include the following information: 

(a) Applicant’s name, mailing address, 

and phone number; 

(b) Contact person’s name and email 

address; 

(c) The defined local geographic area 

to be served by the project; 

(d) Name(s) of partnering LEA(s) or 

BIE-funded school(s); 

(e) Name(s) of partnering Tribe(s) or 

TEA(s); and 

(f) If appropriate, names of other 

partnering organizations. 

Applicants that do not submit a notice 

of intent to apply may still apply for 

funding; applicants that do submit a 

notice of intent to apply are not bound 

to apply or bound by the information 

provided. 


sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 26, 2018 / Notices 29773 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 and 34 CFR part 263. We 

will award up to 100 points to an 

application under the selection criteria; 

the total possible points for each 

selection criterion are noted in 

parentheses. 

a. Need for project (Maximum 15 

points). The Secretary considers the 

need for the proposed project. In 

determining the need for the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers the 

extent to which the project is informed 

by evidence, which could be either a 

needs assessment conducted within the 

last three years or other data analysis 

documenting the following: 

(i) The greatest barriers both in and 

out of school to the readiness of local 

Indian students for college and careers; 

(ii) Opportunities in the local 

community to support Indian students; 

and 

(iii) Existing local policies, programs, 

practices, service providers, and 

funding sources. 

b. Quality of the project design 

(Maximum 30 points). The Secretary 

considers the quality of the design of the 

proposed project. In determining the 

quality of the design of the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers the 

following factors: 

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

which the project is focused on a 

defined local geographic area. 

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

which the proposed project is evidencebased, where applicable, which may 

include an existing evidence-based 

program that has been modified to be 

culturally appropriate for Indian 

students. 

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

which the goals, objectives, and 

outcomes to be achieved by the 

proposed project are clearly specified 

and measurable. 

(iv) (Up to 8 points) 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. 

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

which the services to be provided by the 

proposed project involve the 

collaboration of appropriate partners for 

maximizing the effectiveness of project 

services. 

c. Quality of project personnel 

(Maximum 10 points). The Secretary 

considers the quality of the personnel 

who will carry out the proposed project. 

In determining the quality of project 

personnel, the Secretary considers the 

extent to which the applicant 

encourages applications for employment 

from persons who are members of 

groups that have traditionally been 

underrepresented based on race, color, 

national origin, gender, age, or 

disability. In addition, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

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

which the applicant, or one of its 

partners, demonstrates capacity to 

improve outcomes that are relevant to 

the project focus through experience 

with programs funded through other 

sources. 

(ii) (Up to 2 points) The 

qualifications, including relevant 

training and experience, of key project 

personnel. 

(iii) (Up to 2 points) The 

qualifications, including relevant 

training and experience, of the project 

director or principal investigator. 

Note: Please note that section 7(b) of the 

Indian Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act requires that to the greatest 

extent feasible, a grantee must give to Indians 

preference and opportunities in connection 

with the administration of the grant, and give 

Indian organizations and Indian-owned 

economic enterprises, as defined in section 3 

of the Indian Financing Act of 1974 (25 

U.S.C. 1452(e)), preference in the award of 

contracts in connection with the 

administration of the grant. 

d. Adequacy of resources (Maximum 

10 points). The Secretary considers the 

adequacy of resources for the proposed 

project. In determining the adequacy of 

resources for the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the following 

factors: 

(i) (Up to 5 points) The relevance and 

demonstrated commitment of each 

partner in the proposed project to the 

implementation and success of the 

project. 

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

which the costs are reasonable in 

relation to the number of persons to be 

served and to the anticipated results and 

benefits. 

e. Quality of the management plan 

(Maximum 25 points). The Secretary 

considers the quality of the management 

plan for the proposed project. In 

determining the quality of the 

management plan for the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers the 

following factors: 

(i) (Up to 15 points) The adequacy of 

the management plan to achieve the 

objectives of the proposed project on 

time and within budget, including 

clearly defined responsibilities, 

timelines, and milestones for 

accomplishing project tasks. 

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

which Indian Tribes and parents and 

families of Indian children have been, 

and will be, involved in developing and 

implementing the proposed activities. 

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

which the proposed project is designed 

to build capacity and yield results that 

will extend beyond the period of 

Federal financial assistance. 

f. Quality of the project evaluation 

(Maximum 10 points). The Secretary 

considers the quality of the evaluation 

to be conducted of the proposed project. 

In determining the quality of the 

evaluation, the Secretary considers the 

following factors: 

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

which the methods of evaluation will 

provide performance feedback and 

permit periodic assessment of progress 

toward achieving intended outcomes. 

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

which the evaluation will provide 

guidance about effective strategies 

suitable for replication or testing in 

other settings. 

2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary also requires 

various assurances including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department of 

Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 

108.8, and 110.23). 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.205, before awarding grants under 

this program the Department conducts a 

review of the risks posed by applicants. 

Under 2 CFR 3474.10, the Secretary may 

impose specific conditions and, in 

appropriate circumstances, high-risk 

conditions on a grant if the applicant or 

grantee is not financially stable; has a 

history of unsatisfactory performance; 

has a financial or other management 

system that does not meet the standards 

in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

4. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 


sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
29774 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 123 / Tuesday, June 26, 2018 / Notices 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $150,000), under 2 

CFR 200.205(a)(2) we must make a 

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through the System for 

Award Management. You may review 

and comment on any information about 

yourself that a Federal agency 

previously entered and that is currently 

in FAPIIS. 

Please note that, if the total value of 

your currently active grants, cooperative 

agreements, and procurement contracts 

from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII, 

require you to report certain integrity 

information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review the requirements in 2 CFR 

part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant 

plus all the other Federal funds you 

receive exceed $10,000,000. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your GAN. We may notify 

you informally, also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Open Licensing Requirements: 

Unless an exception applies, if you are 

awarded a grant under this competition, 

you will be required to openly license 

to the public grant deliverables created 

in whole, or in part, with Department 

grant funds. When the deliverable 

consists of modifications to pre-existing 

works, the license extends only to those 

modifications that can be separately 

identified and only to the extent that 

open licensing is permitted under the 

terms of any licenses or other legal 

restrictions on the use of pre-existing 

works. Additionally, a grantee or 

subgrantee that is awarded competitive 

grant funds must have a plan to 

disseminate these public grant 

deliverables. This dissemination plan 

can be developed and submitted after 

your application has been reviewed and 

selected for funding. For additional 

information on the open licensing 

requirements please refer to 2 CFR 

3474.20. 

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

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multiyear award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

(c) Under 34 CFR 75.250(b), the 

Secretary may provide a grantee with 

additional funding for data collection 

analysis and reporting. In this case the 

Secretary establishes a data collection 

period. 

5. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993, the Department has 

developed the following performance 

measures for measuring the overall 

effectiveness of the Demonstration 

Grants for Indian Children program: 

(1) The percentage of the annual 

measurable objectives, as described in 

the application, that are met by grantees; 

and 

(2) The percentage of grantees that 

report a significant increase in 

community collaborative efforts that 

promote college and career readiness of 

Indian children. 

These measures constitute the 

Department’s indicators of success for 

this program. Consequently, we advise 

an applicant for a grant under this 

program to give careful consideration to 

these measures in developing the 

proposed project and identifying the 

method of evaluation. Each grantee will 

be required to provide, in its annual 

performance and final reports, data 

about its progress in meeting these 

measures. 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: Whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, the performance targets in 

the grantee’s approved application. 

In making a continuation award, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

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

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations via the 

Federal Digital System at: www.gpo.gov/ 

fdsys. At this site you can view this 

document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: June 21, 2018. 

Jason Botel, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary 

Delegated the Authority to Perform the 

Functions and Duties of Assistant Secretary 

for Elementary and Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13728 Filed 6–25–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 


sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES