**OM B Approval No.:**  **1840 -**  **NEW Expiration Date:**  **[TBD] Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) Program**  **Annual Performance Report Program Year**  **201 2** 

**– 1**  **3 Authority: Public Law 10**  **2 -**  **325, as amended.** According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. Public reporting burden for this collection of information i s estimated to average 17 hours per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. The obligation to respond to th is collection is required to obtain or retain benefit (Title IV, Sections 402A(c)(2) and 402C of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended; the program regula tions in 34 CFR 645, and the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), i n 34 CFR 74.51, 75.720, and 75.732). Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20202
- 4536 or email ICDocketMgr@ed.gov and reference the OMB Control Number 1840
- 0762. Note: Please do not return the completed annual performance report to this address. **SECTION I , Part 1** 

**– PR** **OJECT IDENTIFICATION, CERTIFICATION, AND WARNING**  **A. Identif** 

**ication** (all fields with an asterisk [*] are mandatory): 1. PR/Award Number: [will be prepopulated] 2. Name of Grantee Institution/Agency: [will be prepopulated] 3. Address: Campus:

Street:* City:* State:* [dropdown box] Z ip:* 4. Name of Project Director: Prefix: [dropdown box allowing choice among Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., Sister, Father] First Name:* MI: Last Name:* 5. Telephone Number:* ext.: Fax Number: ext.: E
- mail Address:* 6. Report Period: [will be prepopulat ed] 7. Type of Project: [will be prepopulated]8. Data Entry Person: Prefix [dropdown box allowing choice among Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., Sister, Father] First Name:* MI: Last Name:* Telephone Number:* ext.: E
- mail address:* **B. Certification**  T he Project Director and Certifying Official are required to sign and date Section I , Part 1 of the 201 2

– 1 3 Annual Performance Report form to certify the accuracy and completeness of the information submitted electronically. After completing the entire rep ort online, you will be able to print a copy of Section I, Part 1, which will include signature lines for the project director and certifying official. Once the form has been signed, please scan it and, using the functionality on the APR site, upload it. If a grantee is unable to upload Section I, it may be faxed to 703
- 832
- 1360.  I have verified the information in this section.
**C. Warning**  Any person who knowingly makes a false statement or misrepresentation on this report is subject to penalties whic h may include fines, imprisonment, or both, under the United States Criminal Code and 20 U.S.C. 1097. Further federal funds or other benefits may be withheld under these programs unless this report is completed and filed as required by existing law (20 U. S.C. 1231a) and regulations (34 CFR 75.590 and 75.720)SECTION I , Part 2: **Competitive Preference Priorities**  **(If Applicable)**

The 2012 VUB grant competition established two competitive preference priorities concerning data
-based decision
- ma king and pro ductivity. Below, please i ndicate whether your project addressed the two competitive preference priorities. For each priority addresse d, please complete the text boxes with concise information about implementation. **Enabling More Data -**  **Based Decision -**  **Making -**  Projects that are designed to collect (or obtain), analyze, and use high
- quality and timely data, including data on program participant outcomes, in accordance with privacy requirements (as defined in this notice), in: (a) improving postsecondary student outcomes relating to enrollment, persistence, and completion and leading to career success, and (b) providing reliable and comprehensive information on the implementation of Department of Education programs, and participant outcomes in these programs, by using data from State longitudinal data systems or by obtaining data from reliable third
-party sources. 1A. Not applicable □ 1B. Yes □ If “Yes”, indicate below which data systems your project utilized. **State longitudinal data systems Third**  **- party data systems** **Improving Productivity -**  Projects that are designed to significantly increase efficiency in the use

of time, staff, money, or other resources while improving student learning or other educational outcomes (i.e., outcome per unit of resource). Such projects may include innovative and sustainable uses of technology, modification of school schedules and teacher compensation systems, use of open educational resources (as defined in the notice), or other strategies. 3A. Not applicable □ 3B. Yes □ If “Yes”, indicate below how your project achieved this productivity by increasing efficiency in the use of time, staff, money or other resources.
Resource/Measure used with increased efficiency Improved Outcome