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information collection. 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. 

Dated: March 13, 2012. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Privacy, Information and Records 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: New. 

Title of Collection: Talent Search 

Annual Performance Report. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–NEW. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 461. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 7,376. 

Abstract: Talent Search grantees must 

submit the report annually. The report 

provides the U.S. Department of 

Education with information needed to 

evaluate a grantee’s performance and 

compliance with program requirements 

and to award prior experience points in 

accordance with the program 

regulations. The data collected is also 

aggregated to provide national 

information on project participants and 

program outcomes. 

Copies of the proposed information 

collection request may be accessed from 

http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 04825. 

When you access the information 

collection, click on ‘‘Download 

Attachments’’ to view. Written requests 

for information should be addressed to 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Requests 

may also be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection and 

OMB Control Number when making 

your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6458 Filed 3–15–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Application for New Awards; Alaska 

Native Education Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: Alaska Native 

Education. 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2012. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.356A. 

DATES: Applications Available: March 

16, 2012. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 15, 2012. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Alaska Native Education (ANE) 

program is to support innovative 

projects that enhance the educational 

services provided to Alaska Native 

children and adults. These projects may 

include the activities authorized under 

section 7304(a)(2) and (a)(3) of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA). 

Note: Congress has expressly authorized 

the use of FY 2012 program funds for 

construction of facilities that support the 

operation of Alaska Native education 

programs. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

four competitive preference priorities. 

In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), competitive preference 

priority one is from section 7304(c) of 

the ESEA, as amended (20 U.S.C. 

7544(c)). Competitive preference 

priorities two and three are from the 

notice of final supplemental priorities 

and definitions for discretionary grant 

programs, published in the Federal 

Register on December 15, 2010 (75 FR 

78486), and corrected on May 12, 2011 

(76 FR 27637). Competitive preference 

priority four is from 34 CFR 75.225. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2012 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award an 

additional two points to an application 

that meets priorities one through three 

(for a maximum of six points); and an 

additional five points to an application 

that meets priority four. Therefore, 

eleven is the maximum number of 

competitive preference points that an 

application can receive under this 

competition. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1— 

Alaska Native Regional Nonprofit 

Organizations (2 Points) 

Applicants that are Alaska Native 

regional nonprofit organizations or 

consortia that include at least one 

Alaska Native regional nonprofit 

organization. 

Note: In order to receive a competitive 

preference under this priority, the applicant 

must provide documentation supporting its 

claim that it meets this priority. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2— 

Improving the Effectiveness and 

Distribution of Effective Teachers or 

Principals (2 Points) 

Projects that are designed to address 

increasing the number or percentage of 

teachers or principals who are effective 

or reducing the number or percentage of 

teachers or principals who are 

ineffective, particularly in high-poverty 

schools (as defined in this notice), 

including through such activities as 

improving the preparation, recruitment, 

development, and evaluation of teachers 

and principals; implementing 

performance-based certification and 

retention systems; and reforming 

compensation and advancement 

systems. 

For the purposes of this priority, 

teacher and principal effectiveness 

should be measured using— 

(1) Teacher or principal evaluation 

data, in States or local educational 

agencies that have in place a highquality teacher or principal evaluation 

system that takes into account student 

growth (as defined in this notice) in 

significant part and uses multiple 

measures, that, in the case of teachers, 

may include observations for 

determining teacher effectiveness (such 

as systems that meet the criteria for 

evaluation systems under the Race to 

the Top program as described in 

criterion (D)(2)(ii) of the Race to the Top 

notice inviting applications (74 FR 

59803)); or 

(2) Data that include, in significant 

part, student achievement (as defined in 

this notice) or student growth (as 

defined in this notice) data and may 

include multiple measures in States or 

local educational agencies that do not 

have the teacher or principal evaluation 

systems described in paragraph (1). 

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Competitive Preference Priority 3— 

Turning Around Persistently LowestAchieving Schools (2 Points) 

Projects that are designed to address 

one or more of the following priority 

areas: 

(a) Improving student achievement (as 

defined in this notice) in persistently 

lowest-achieving schools (as defined in 

this notice). 

(b) Increasing graduation rates (as 

defined in this notice) and college 

enrollment rates for students in 

persistently lowest-achieving schools 

(as defined in this notice). 

(c) Providing services to students 

enrolled in persistently lowestachieving schools (as defined in this 

notice). 

Note: For the purposes of this priority, the 

Department considers schools that are 

identified as Tier I or Tier II schools under 

the School Improvement Grants Program (see 

75 FR 66363) as part of a State’s approved FY 

2009 or FY 2010 applications to be 

persistently lowest-achieving schools. A list 

of these Tier I and Tier II schools can be 

found on the Department’s Web site at 

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/sif/index.html. 

Competitive Preference Priority 4— 

Novice Applicants (5 Points) 

Applicants must be novice applicants 

as defined in 34 CFR 75.225(a). In 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.225, the 

Secretary will award competitive 

preference priority points to applicants 

who have never received a grant or 

subgrant under the Alaska Native 

Education program; have never been a 

member of a group application, 

submitted in accordance with 34 CFR 

75.127–75.129, that received a grant 

under the Alaska Native Education 

program; and have not had an active 

discretionary grant from the Federal 

Government in the five years before the 

deadline date for applications under the 

Alaska Native Education program. For 

purposes of this competitive preference 

priority, a grant is active until the end 

of the grant’s project or funding period, 

including any extensions of those 

periods that extend the grantee’s 

authority to obligate funds. 

Definitions: These definitions are 

from section 7306 of the ESEA (20 

U.S.C. 7546) and the notice of final 

supplemental priorities and definitions 

for discretionary grant programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 15, 2010 (75 FR 78486), and 

corrected on May 12, 2011 (76 FR 

27637). For purposes of this 

competition, the following definitions 

apply: 

Alaska Native has the same meaning 

as the term ‘‘Native’’ has in section 

1602(b) of Title 43 [section 3(b) of the 

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act]. 

Alaska Native Organization means a 

federally recognized tribe, consortium of 

tribes, regional nonprofit Native 

association, and another organization 

that has or commits to acquire expertise 

in the education of Alaska Natives; and 

has Alaska Natives in substantive and 

policymaking positions within the 

organization. 

Graduation rate means a four-year 

adjusted cohort graduation rate 

consistent with 34 CFR 200.19(b)(1) and 

may also include an extended-year 

adjusted cohort graduation rate 

consistent with 34 CFR 200.19(b)(1)(v) if 

the State in which the proposed project 

is implemented has been approved by 

the Secretary to use such a rate under 

Title I of the ESEA. 

High-poverty school means a school 

in which at least 50 percent of students 

are eligible for free or reduced-price 

lunches under the Richard B. Russell 

National School Lunch Act or in which 

at least 50 percent of students are from 

low-income families as determined 

using one of the criteria specified under 

section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended. For middle and high schools, 

eligibility may be calculated on the 

basis of comparable data from feeder 

schools. Eligibility as a high-poverty 

school under this definition is 

determined on the basis of the most 

currently available data. 

Persistently lowest-achieving schools 

means, as determined by the State: (i) 

Any Title I school in improvement, 

corrective action, or restructuring that 

(a) is among the lowest-achieving five 

percent of Title I schools in 

improvement, corrective action, or 

restructuring or the lowest-achieving 

five Title I schools in improvement, 

corrective action, or restructuring in the 

State, whichever number of schools is 

greater; or (b) is a high school that has 

had a graduation rate as defined in 34 

CFR 200.19(b) that is less than 60 

percent over a number of years; and (ii) 

any secondary school that is eligible for, 

but does not receive, Title I funds that: 

(a) is among the lowest-achieving five 

percent of secondary schools or the 

lowest-achieving five secondary schools 

in the State that are eligible for, but do 

not receive, Title I funds, whichever 

number of schools is greater; or (b) is a 

high school that has had a graduation 

rate as defined in 34 CFR 200.19(b) that 

is less than 60 percent over a number of 

years. 

To identify the persistently lowestachieving schools, a State must take into 

account both: (i) The academic 

achievement of the ‘‘all students’’ group 

in a school in terms of proficiency on 

the State’s assessments under section 

1111(b)(3) of the ESEA in reading/ 

language arts and mathematics 

combined; and (ii) the school’s lack of 

progress on those assessments over a 

number of years in the ‘‘all students’’ 

group. 

Student achievement means— 

(a) For tested grades and subjects: (1) 

A student’s score on the State’s 

assessments under the ESEA; and, as 

appropriate, (2) other measures of 

student learning, such as those 

described in paragraph (b) of this 

definition, provided they are rigorous 

and comparable across schools. 

(b) For non-tested grades and subjects: 

alternative measures of student learning 

and performance, such as student scores 

on pre-tests and end-of-course tests; 

student performance on English 

language proficiency assessments; and 

other measures of student achievement 

that are rigorous and comparable across 

schools. 

Student growth means the change in 

student achievement (as defined in this 

notice) for an individual student 

between two or more points in time. A 

State may also include other measures 

that are rigorous and comparable across 

classrooms. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7544. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

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

85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The notice of 

final supplemental priorities and 

definitions for discretionary grant 

programs, published in the Federal 

Register on December 15, 2010 (75 FR 

78486) and corrected on May 12, 2011 

(76 FR 27637). 

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: 

$22,051,000. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 

2013 from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $300,000 

to $700,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$500,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 44. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

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III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: (a) Alaska 

Native organizations; (b) educational 

entities with experience in developing 

or operating Alaska Native programs or 

programs of instruction conducted in 

Alaska Native languages; (c) cultural 

and community-based organizations 

with experience in developing or 

operating programs to benefit Alaska 

Natives; and (d) consortia of 

organizations and entities described in 

this paragraph. 

Note: A State educational agency (SEA) or 

local educational agency (LEA), including a 

charter school that is considered an LEA 

under State law, may apply for an award 

under this program only as part of a 

consortium involving an Alaska Native 

organization. The consortium may include 

other eligible applicants. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet or from the 

program office. To obtain a copy via the 

Internet, use the following address: 

http://www2.ed.gov/programs/ 

alaskanative/index.html. To obtain a 

copy from the program office, contact: 

Almita Reed, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

room 3E335, Washington, DC 20202– 

6200. Telephone: (202) 260–1979 or by 

email: Almita.Reed@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or compact disk) 

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 

competition. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

is where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria that reviewers use to 

evaluate your application. You must 

limit the application narrative to no 

more than 25 pages, using the following 

standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ × 11′′, on one side 

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

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

The page limit does not apply to the 

cover sheet; the budget section, 

including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the bibliography, or the 

letters of support. However, the page 

limit does apply to all of the application 

narrative section. 

Our reviewers will not read any pages 

of your application that exceed the page 

limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 16, 

2012. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 15, 2012. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, please refer to 

section IV. 7. Other Submission 

Requirements of 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 in section VII of this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

5. Funding Restrictions: Under section 

7304(b) of the ESEA, as amended (20 

U.S.C. 7544(b)), not more than five 

percent of the funds provided to a 

grantee under this competition for any 

fiscal year may be used for 

administrative purposes. 

We reference additional regulations 

outlining funding restrictions in the 

Applicable Regulations section of this 

notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and Central Contractor 

Registry: To do business with the 

Department of Education, you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR), the Government’s 

primary registrant database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your application; and 

d. Maintain an active CCR registration 

with current information while your 

application is under review by the 

Department and, if you are awarded a 

grant, during the project period. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 

can be created within one business day. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow 2–5 weeks for your TIN to 

become active. 

The CCR registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete. 

If you are currently registered with the 

CCR, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your CCR 

registration on an annual basis. This 

may take three or more business days to 

complete. 

In addition, if you are submitting your 

application via Grants.gov, you must (1) 

be designated by your organization as an 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR); and (2) register yourself with 

Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these 

steps are outlined at the following 

Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/ 

applicants/get_registered.jsp. 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

ANE program, CFDA number 84.356A, 

must be submitted electronically using 

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the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site at 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. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the ANE program at 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this competition by the CFDA 

number. Do not include the CFDA 

number’s alpha suffix in your search 

(e.g., search for 84.356, not 84.356A). 

Please note the following: 

• 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 accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 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 competition 

to ensure that you submit your 

application in a timely manner to the 

Grants.gov system. You can also find the 

Education Submission Procedures 

pertaining to Grants.gov under News 

and Events on the Department’s G5 

system home page at http://www.G5.gov. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: the Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

• You must upload any narrative 

sections and all other attachments to 

your application as files in a .PDF 

(Portable Document) read-only, nonmodifiable format. Do not upload an 

interactive or fillable .PDF file. If you 

upload a file type other than a readonly, non-modifiable .PDF or submit a 

password-protected 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 email. 

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, 

toll free, 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 4:30:00 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 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice 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 4:30:00 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. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevent you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

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no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Almita Reed, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., room 3E335, Washington, 

DC 20202–6200. Fax: (202) 260–8969. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, 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 84.356A), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

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 qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You 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 84.356A), 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 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210. The maximum score for all 

criteria is 100 points. The maximum 

possible score for each criterion is 

indicated in parentheses. The selection 

criteria for this competition are as 

follows: 

(a) Need for project (25 points). The 

Secretary considers the need for the 

proposed project. In determining the 

need for the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the magnitude of 

the need for the services to be provided 

or the activities to be carried out by the 

proposed project. 

(b) Quality of the project design (30 

points). The Secretary considers the 

quality of the design of the proposed 

project. In determining the quality of the 

design of the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the extent to which 

the design of the proposed project is 

appropriate to, and will successfully 

address, the needs of the target 

population or other identified needs. 

(c) Quality of the management plan 

(20 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) The adequacy of the management 

plan to achieve the objectives of the 

proposed project on time and within 

budget, including clearly defined 

responsibilities, timeliness, and 

milestones for accomplishing project 

tasks (10 points). 

(ii) The adequacy of procedures for 

ensuring feedback and continuous 

improvement in the operation of the 

proposed project (10 points). 

(d) Adequacy of resources (15 points). 

The Secretary considers the adequacy of 

the resources for the proposed project. 

In determining the adequacy of 

resources for the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the following 

factors: 

(i) 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 (5 

points). 

(ii) The relevance and demonstrated 

commitment of each partner in the 

proposed project to the implementation 

and success of the project (5 points). 

(iii) The extent to which the budget is 

adequate to support the proposed 

project (5 points). 

(e) Quality of project evaluation (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) The extent to which methods of 

evaluation 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 the 

objective performance measures that are 

clearly related to the intended outcomes 

of the project and will produce 

quantitative and qualitative data the 

extent possible (5 points). 

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). 

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3. Special Conditions: Under 34 CFR 

74.14 and 80.12, the Secretary may 

impose special 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 34 

CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has 

not fulfilled the conditions of a prior 

grant; or is otherwise not responsible. 

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 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. 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 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 

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. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has 

developed the following performance 

measures for measuring the overall 

effectiveness of the ANE program: (1) 

The percentage of Alaska Native 

students in schools served by the 

program who meet or exceed 

proficiency standards in reading, 

mathematics, and science on the Alaska 

State assessments; (2) the percentage of 

Alaska Native children participating in 

early learning and preschool programs 

who consistently demonstrate school 

readiness in language and literacy as 

measured by the Revised Alaska 

Development Profile; and (3) the 

percentage of Alaska Native students in 

schools served by the program who 

graduate from high school with a high 

school diploma in four years. 

All grantees will be expected to 

submit an annual performance report 

that includes data addressing these 

performance measures, to the extent that 

they apply to the grantee’s project. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award, the Secretary may 

consider, under 34 CFR 75.253, the 

extent to which a grantee has made 

‘‘substantial progress toward meeting 

the objectives in its approved 

application.’’ This consideration 

includes the review of a grantee’s 

progress in meeting the targets and 

projected outcomes in its approved 

application, and whether the grantee 

has expended funds in a manner that is 

consistent with its approved application 

and budget. In making a continuation 

grant, 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. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Almita Reed, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

room 3E335, Washington, DC 20202– 

6200. Telephone: (202) 260–1979 or by 

email: Almita.Reed@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. 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 in section VII of this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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 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 the 

text or Adobe 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: March 13, 2012. 

Michael Yudin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Appliance Standards and Rulemaking 

Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC): 

Correction 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Establishment of the 

Appliance Standards and Rulemaking 

Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC) 

and Solicitation of Nominations for 

Membership; Correction. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) published in the Federal Register 

on March 8, 2012, a notice of 

Establishment of the Appliance 

Standards and Rulemaking Federal 

Advisory Committee (ASRAC) and 

Solicitation of Nominations for 

Membership. The notice contained 

incorrect language. As a result, the 

language is being corrected in this 

notice. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register of March 8, 

2012, in FR DOC. 2012–5661, on pages 

14008–14009, please make the following 

corrections: 

In the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

heading, page 14009, second column, 

first paragraph, seventh line, please 

remove the language, ‘‘minorities, 

women’’, and add in its place ‘‘the 

needs of women and men of all racial 

and ethnic groups’’. 

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