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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Submission for OMB Review; 

Institute of Education Sciences; Study 

of Promising Features of Teacher 

Preparation Programs; Phase 1— 

Recruitment 

SUMMARY: This Information Collection 

Request (ICR) seeks clearance to select 

teacher preparation programs, and 

recruit districts and schools, collect 

student rosters, and administer a 

baseline student achievement test for an 

experimental study of the effect on 

student learning of teachers who have 

experienced certain types of clinical 

practice features within universitybased preparation programs. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before April 30, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments 

regarding burden and/or the collection 

activity requirements should be 

electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or mailed to U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 

20202–4537. 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 04792. 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that 

Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information 

and Records Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

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. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Study of Promising 

Features of Teacher Preparation 

Programs; Phase 1—Recruitment. 

OMB Control Number: Pending. 

Type of Review: New. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 3,295. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 3,084. 

Abstract: The objective of this study is 

to use causal methods to examine the 

effectiveness of certain university-based 

clinical practice features for novice 

teachers. Teachers who have 

experienced certain types of clinical 

practice features and who have 

completed those features are 

hypothesized to produce higher average 

student test scores than teachers who 

have not done so. Using a randomized 

controlled trial, students will be 

randomly assigned to a pair of teachers 

in the same school and grade level, one 

of whom will have experienced the type 

of clinical practice of interest 

(‘‘treatment’’) while the other will not 

have experienced the feature 

(‘‘control’’). Average test scores of the 

two groups will then be compared. 

The Phase I—Recruitment ICR entails 

the identification of recently-hired 

teacher pairs who meet the study’s 

eligibility requirements. The study will 

use a multi-step process to identify 

these teachers, including identifying 

feasible states for the study, selecting 

the specific features related to clinical 

practice (i.e., the ‘‘program’’), 

identifying university-based teacher 

preparation programs that require such 

clinical practice, identifying feasible 

districts and schools for the study, and 

finally, confirming eligibility of 

potential teachers for the study. The 

Phase I—Recruitment ICR requests 

approval to collect information from 

preparation programs about their 

requirements, focusing on aspects of 

clinical practice specifically, and to 

collect preliminary information from 

teachers about their training to 

determine their eligibility for the study. 

This package also provides an overview 

of the study, including its design and 

data collection procedures. 

Dated: March 27, 2012. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Alaska 

Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving 

Institutions (ANNH) Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

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ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: Alaska NativeServing and Native Hawaiian-Serving 

Institutions (ANNH) Program. 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2012. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.031W and 84.031N. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: March 30, 

2012. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 30, 2012. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 28, 2012. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The ANNH 

program authorized under section 317 

of the HEA provides grants to eligible 

institutions of higher education (IHEs) 

to enable them to improve and expand 

their capacity to serve Alaska Natives 

and Native Hawaiians. 

Priorities: This notice contains three 

competitive preference priorities from 

the Department’s 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 Priorities: For 

FY 2012, and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from the 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

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

three points for each competitive 

preference priority for an additional 

nine points total to an application, 

depending on how well the application 

meets all competitive preference 

priorities. Applicants must address all 

competitive preference priorities in 

order to receive any additional points. 

Applicants who do not address all three 

competitive preference priorities will 

not receive any additional points. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1— 

Increasing Postsecondary Success. 

Projects that are designed to address 

the following priority area: Increasing 

the number and proportion of high-need 

students (as defined in this notice) who 

persist in and complete college or other 

postsecondary education and training. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2— 

Enabling More Data-Based DecisionMaking. 

Projects that are designed to collect 

(or obtain), analyze, and use highquality and timely data, including data 

on program participant outcomes, in 

accordance with privacy requirements 

(as defined in this notice), in the 

following priority area: Improving 

postsecondary student outcomes 

relating to enrollment, persistence, and 

completion and leading to career 

success. 

Competitive Preference Priority 3— 

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 this notice), or other strategies. 

Note: The types of projects identified in 

Competitive Preference Priority 3 are 

suggestions for ways to improve productivity. 

The Department recognizes that some of 

these examples, such as modification of 

teacher compensation systems, may not be 

relevant to this program. Accordingly, 

applicants should consider responding to 

this competitive preference priority in a way 

that improves productivity in a relevant 

higher education context. 

Definitions: The following definitions 

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), and apply to the priorities in 

this notice: 

High-need children and high-need 

students means children and students at 

risk of educational failure, such as 

children and students who are living in 

poverty, who are English learners, who 

are far below grade level or who are not 

on track to becoming college- or careerready by graduation, who have left 

school or college before receiving, 

respectively, a regular high school 

diploma or a college degree or 

certificate, who are at risk of not 

graduating with a diploma on time, who 

are homeless, who are in foster care, 

who are pregnant or parenting 

teenagers, who have been incarcerated, 

who are new immigrants, who are 

migrant, or who have disabilities. 

Open educational resources (OER) 

means teaching, learning, and research 

resources that reside in the public 

domain or have been released under an 

intellectual property license that 

permits their free use or repurposing by 

others. 

Privacy requirements means the 

requirements of the Family Educational 

Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 

U.S.C. 1232g, and its implementing 

regulations in 34 CFR part 99, the 

Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, as well as all 

applicable Federal, State, and local 

requirements regarding privacy. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057–1059d 

and 1067q. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 

and 86. (b) The regulations for this 

program in 34 CFR part 607. (c) 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 eligibility criteria for this 

competition, including the enrollment of 

needy students and expenditure provisions, 

are set forth in section III. 1. Eligible 

Applicants of this notice. The tie-breaker 

provisions are set in section V. 3. Tie-breaker 

for Grants of this notice. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Individual 

Development Grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$17,360,518 in funding under Title III, 

Part F, section 371 of HEA. 

Estimated Range of Awards: Up to 

$2,000,000. 

Average Size of Awards: $826,691. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 21. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 24 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: An IHE that 

qualifies as an eligible institution under 

the ANNH programs may apply for 

grants under this notice. At the time of 

application, an Alaska Native-Serving 

Institution must have an enrollment of 

undergraduate students that is at least 

20 percent Alaska Native. 34 CFR 

607.2(e). At the time of application, a 

Native Hawaiian-Serving Institution 

must have an enrollment of 

undergraduate students that is at least 

10 percent Native Hawaiian. This 

program is authorized by Title III, Part 

A of the HEA. To qualify as an eligible 

institution (see section 312(b) of the 

HEA), an institution must, among other 

requirements— 

(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by 

a nationally recognized accrediting 

agency or association that the Secretary 

has determined to be a reliable authority 

as to the quality of education or training 

offered; 

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(2) Be legally authorized by the State 

in which it is located to be a junior 

college or to provide an educational 

program for which it awards a 

bachelor’s degree; 

(3) Be designated as an ‘‘eligible 

institution’’ by demonstrating that it: (A) 

Has an enrollment of needy students as 

described in 34 CFR 607.3; and (B) has 

low average educational and general 

expenditures per full-time equivalent 

(FTE) undergraduate student, as 

described in 34 CFR 607.4. 

Note: For purposes of establishing 

eligibility for this competition, the Notice 

Inviting Applications for Designation as 

Eligible Institutions for FY 2012 was 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 15, 2011 (76 FR 77982) and the 

deadline for submission of the designation of 

eligibility application was February 10, 2012. 

Awards under this competition are available 

only to institutions that established eligibility 

through an Application for Designation as 

Eligible Institutions for FY 2012. 

Relationship Between the Title III, 

Part A and Part F Programs and the 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) 

Program 

Note 1: A grantee under the HSI Program, 

which is authorized under Title V of the 

HEA, may not receive a grant under any 

HEA, Title III, Part A or Part F program, 

including the Alaska Native-Serving and 

Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions 

Programs (ANNH). Further, a current HSI 

Program grantee may not give up its HSI 

grant in order to receive a grant under any 

Title III, Part A or Part F program. 

Note 2: An eligible HSI that does not fall 

within the limitation described in Note 1 

(i.e., is not a current grantee under the HSI 

Program) may apply for a FY 2012 grant 

under all Title III, Part A and Part F programs 

for which it is eligible, as well as receive 

consideration for a grant under the HSI 

Program. However, a successful applicant 

may receive only one grant. 

2.a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This 

program involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements. Grant 

funds shall be used so that they 

supplement and, to the extent practical, 

increase the funds that would otherwise 

be available for the activities to be 

carried out under the grant and in no 

case supplant those funds (34 CFR 

607.30 (b)). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

via the Internet using the following 

address: http://Grants.gov. If you do not 

have access to the Internet, please 

contact Kelley Harris, U.S. Department 

of Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 

6033, Washington, DC 20006–8513. 

Telephone: (202) 219–7083; or, by 

email: Kelley.Harris@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. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or compact disc) 

by contacting the program contact 

person listed in this section. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

program. 

Page Limits: The application narrative 

(Part III of the application) is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria and the competitive priorities 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. We have established 

mandatory page limits for the Individual 

Development Grant applications. You 

must limit the application narrative 

(Part III) to no more than 55 pages for 

the Individual Development Grant 

application. 

Note: Please include a separate heading 

when responding to the competitive 

priorities. If you are not addressing the 

competitive priorities, you must limit your 

application narrative to no more than 50 

pages for the Individual Development Grant. 

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

only, with 1’’ margins at the top, 

bottom, and both sides. Page numbers 

and an identifier may be outside the 1′′ 

margin. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, except titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, captions and all text in 

charts, tables, figures, and graphs. 

Charts, tables, figures, and graphs in the 

application narrative may be single 

spaced and will count toward the page 

limit. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger, and no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An applications 

submitted in any other font (including 

Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will 

not be accepted. 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the Application for Federal Assistance 

(SF–424); the Supplemental Information 

for SF–424 Form required by the 

Department of Education; Part II, the 

Budget section, Budget Information 

Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), 

including the narrative budget 

justification; Part IV, the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page program 

abstract, the resumes, the bibliography, 

or the letters of support. However, the 

page limit does apply to all of the 

application narrative section (Part III), 

including the budget narrative of the 

selection criteria and the competitive 

priorities. If you include any 

attachments or appendices not 

specifically requested in the application 

package, these items will be counted as 

part of your application narrative (Part 

III) for the purpose of the page limit 

requirement. You must include your 

complete response to the selection 

criteria in the application narrative. 

Note: The narrative response to the budget 

selection criteria is not the same as the 

activity detail budget form and supporting 

narrative. The supporting narrative for the 

activity detail budget form lists the requested 

budget line items line by line. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 30, 

2012. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 30, 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. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 28, 2012. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

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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 these 

programs. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We specify 

limitations on allowable costs in 34 CFR 

607.30. We reference additional 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

Applicability of Executive Order 

13202. Applicants that apply for 

construction funds under the Title III, 

Part A programs, must comply with 

Executive Order 13202 signed by former 

President George W. Bush on February 

17, 2001, and amended on April 6, 

2001. This Executive Order provides 

that recipients of Federal construction 

funds may not ‘‘require or prohibit 

bidders, offerors, contractors, or 

subcontractors to enter into or adhere to 

agreements with one or more labor 

organizations, on the same or other 

construction project(s)’’ or ‘‘otherwise 

discriminate against bidders, offerors, 

contractors, or subcontractors for 

becoming or refusing to become or 

remain signatories or otherwise adhere 

to agreements with one or more labor 

organizations, on the same or other 

construction project(s).’’ However, the 

Executive Order does not prohibit 

contractors or subcontractors from 

voluntarily entering into these 

agreements. Projects funded under these 

programs that include construction 

activity will be provided a copy of this 

Executive Order and will be asked to 

certify that they will adhere to it. 

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 two to five 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 the ANNH 

programs 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 

Alaska Native-Serving Institutions 

Program (CFDA number 84.031N) and 

the Native Hawaiian-Serving 

Institutions Program (CFDA number 

84.031W) must be submitted 

electronically using 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 this competition at 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this program by the CFDA number. 

Do not include the CFDA number’s 

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

for 84.031, not 84.031N). 

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. 

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• 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 

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: Kelley Harris, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street 

NW., Room 6033, Washington, DC 

20006–8513. FAX: (202) 502–7861. 

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 84.031N or 84.031W), 

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 84.031N or 84.031W), 

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 4:30:00 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 these programs are in 34 CFR 

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607.22(a)–(g). Applicants must address 

each of the following selection criteria 

(separately for each proposed activity). 

The total weight of the selection criteria 

is 100 points; the maximum score for 

each criterion is noted in parentheses. 

(a) Quality of the Applicant’s 

Comprehensive Development Plan 

(Maximum 25 Points). 

(b) Quality of Activity Objectives 

(Maximum 15 Points). 

(c) Quality of Implementation Strategy 

(Maximum 20 Points). 

(d) Quality of Key Personnel 

(Maximum 7 Points). 

(e) Quality of Project Management 

Plan (Maximum 10 Points). 

(f) Quality of Evaluation Plan 

(Maximum 15 Points). 

(g) Budget (Maximum 8 Points). 

2. Review and Selection Process: 

Awards will be made in rank order 

according to the average score received 

from a panel of three readers. 

Tie-Breaker for Development Grants. 

In tie-breaking situations for 

development grants, 34 CFR 607.23(b) 

requires that additional points be 

awarded to any applicants that: (1) Have 

an endowment fund of which the 

current market value, per full-time 

equivalent (FTE) enrolled student, is 

less than the average current market 

value of the endowment funds, per FTE 

enrolled student at comparable 

institutions that offer similar 

instruction; (2) have expenditures for 

library materials per FTE enrolled 

student that are less than the average 

expenditures per FTE enrolled student 

at comparable institutions that offer 

similar instruction; or (3) that propose 

to carry out one or more of the following 

activities— 

(1) Faculty development; 

(2) Funds and administrative 

management; 

(3) Development and improvement of 

academic programs; 

(4) Acquisition of equipment for use 

in strengthening management and 

academic programs; 

(5) Joint use of facilities; and 

(6) Student services. 

For the purpose of these funding 

considerations, we use 2009–2010 data. 

If a tie remains after applying the tiebreaker mechanism above, priority will 

be given in the case of applicants for: (a) 

Individual development grants to 

applicants that have the lowest 

endowment values per FTE student; and 

(b) cooperative arrangement 

development grants to applicants in 

accordance with section 394(b) of the 

HEA, if the Secretary determines that 

the cooperative arrangement is 

geographically and economically sound 

or will benefit the applicant institution. 

3. Special Conditions: Under 34 CFR 

74.14, 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 (34 CFR 

607.24); 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 also notify you 

informally. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section in 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 

in 34 CFR 75.118 and 34 CFR 607.31. 

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: The 

Secretary has established the following 

key performance measures for assessing 

the effectiveness of the Strengthening 

Alaska Native and Native HawaiianServing Institutions Programs: 

a. The percentage change, over the 

five-year period, of the number of fulltime degree-seeking undergraduates 

enrolled at Alaska Native and Native 

Hawaiian-Serving Institutions. Note that 

this is a long-term measure, which will 

be used to periodically gauge 

performance, beginning in FY 2009. 

b. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students at 4-year Alaska Native and 

Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions 

who were in their first year of 

postsecondary enrollment in the 

previous year and are enrolled in the 

current year at the same Alaska Native 

and Native Hawaiian-Serving 

Institution; 

c. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students at 2-year Alaska Native and 

Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions 

who were in their first year of 

postsecondary enrollment in the 

previous year and are enrolled in the 

current year at the same Alaska Native 

and Native Hawaiian-Serving 

Institution; 

d. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students enrolled at 4-year Alaska 

Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving 

Institutions graduating within 6 years of 

enrollment; and 

e. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree seeking undergraduate 

students enrolled at 2-year Alaska 

Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving 

Institutions graduating within 3 years of 

enrollment. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award, the Secretary may 

consider, under 34 CFR 607.31, the 

extent to which a grantee has made 

‘‘substantial progress toward achieving 

the objectives set forth in its grant 

application, including, if applicable, the 

institution’s success in 

institutionalizing practices and 

improvements developed under the 

grant.’’ 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 Contacts 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelley Harris, U.S. Department of 

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Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 

6033, Washington, DC 20006–8513. 

Telephone: (202) 219–7083; or, by 

email: Kelley.Harris@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD or a TTY, 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 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF, you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this 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. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

David Bergeron, Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for Policy, Planning, and 

Innovation to perform the functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Postsecondary Education. 

Dated: March 26, 2012. 

David Bergeron, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, 

Planning, and Innovation, delegated the 

authority to perform the functions and duties 

of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Advisory Committee on 

Institutional Quality and Integrity 

(NACIQI) 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, 

Office of Postsecondary Education, 

National Advisory Committee on 

Institutional Quality and Integrity. 

ACTION: Announcement of an open 

meeting of the National Advisory 

Committee on Institutional Quality and 

Integrity (NACIQI) and information 

pertaining to members of the public 

submitting third-party written and oral 

comments. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of 

Education, Office of Postsecondary 

Education, 1990 K Street NW., Room 

8072, Washington, DC 20006. 

NACIQI’S Statutory Authority and 

Function: The NACIQI is established 

under Section 114 of the HEA of 1965, 

as amended, 20 U.S.C. 1011c. The 

NACIQI advises the Secretary of 

Education about: 

• The establishment and enforcement 

of the criteria for recognition of 

accrediting agencies or associations 

under Subpart 2, Part H, Title IV, of the 

HEA, as amended. 

• The recognition of specific 

accrediting agencies or associations or a 

specific State approval agency. 

• The preparation and publication of 

the list of nationally recognized 

accrediting agencies and associations 

• The eligibility and certification 

process for institutions of higher 

education under Title IV, of the HEA, 

together with recommendations for 

improvement in such process. 

• The relationship between (1) 

accreditation of institutions of higher 

education and the certification and 

eligibility of such institutions, and (2) 

State licensing responsibilities with 

respect to such institutions. 

• Any other advisory function 

relating to accreditation and 

institutional eligibility that the 

Secretary may prescribe. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

agenda for the June 25–26, 2012, 

meeting of the National Advisory 

Committee on Institutional Quality and 

Integrity (NACIQI); and provides 

information to members of the public on 

submitting written comments and on 

requesting to make oral comments at the 

meeting. The notice of this meeting is 

required under Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) and Section 114(d)(1)(B) of the 

Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as 

amended. 

Meeting Date and Place: The NACIQI 

meeting will be held on June 25–26, 

2012, from approximately 8:30 a.m. to 

approximately 5:30 p.m. at the Westin 

Alexandria, 400 Courthouse Square, 

Alexandria, VA 22314. 

Meeting Agenda: Below is a list of 

agencies, including their current and 

requested scopes of recognition, 

scheduled for review during the June 

25–26, 2012, meeting: 

Petitions for Renewal of Recognition 

Accrediting Agencies 

1. The Association for Biblical Higher 

Education (ABHE), Commission on 

Accreditation (Current Scope: The 

accreditation and preaccreditation 

(‘‘Candidate for Accreditation’’) of Bible 

colleges and institutes in the United 

States offering undergraduate programs 

through both campus-based instruction 

and distance education.) Requested 

Scope: The preaccreditation and 

accreditation of institutions of biblical 

higher education in the United States 

offering undergraduate and graduate 

programs (including master’s, first 

professional, and doctoral degrees) 

through campus-based instruction and 

distance education; and the 

accreditation of undergraduate and 

graduate programs of biblical and 

ministerial education offered in 

nationally or regionally accredited 

institutions whose overall mission and 

curricula are compatible with ABHE’s 

purpose and membership standards, via 

campus-based and distance education. 

2. Accreditation Commission for 

Midwifery Education (Current Scope: 

The accreditation and pre-accreditation 

of basic certificate, basic graduate nursemidwifery, direct entry midwifery, and 

pre-certification nurse-midwifery 

education programs. The accreditation 

and pre-accreditation of freestanding 

institutions of midwifery education that 

may offer other related health care 

programs to include nurse practitioner 

programs, and including those 

institutions and programs that offer 

distance education.) Requested Scope: 

The accreditation and pre-accreditation 

of basic certificate, basic graduate nursemidwifery, direct entry midwifery, and 

pre-certification nurse-midwifery 

education programs. 

3. Accreditation Council for Pharmacy 

Education (Current Scope: The 

accreditation and preaccreditation of 

professional degree programs in 

pharmacy leading to the degree of 

Doctor of Pharmacy.) 

4. Association for Clinical Pastoral 

Education, Inc., Accreditation 

Commission (Current Scope: The 

accreditation of both clinical pastoral 

education (CPE) centers and CPE and 

Supervisory CPE programs located 

within the United States and territories.) 

5. American Dental Association, 

Commission on Dental Accreditation 

(Current Scope: The accreditation of 

predoctoral dental education programs 

(leading to the D.D.S. or D.M.D. degree), 

advanced dental education programs, 

and allied dental education programs 

that are fully operational or have 

attained ‘‘Initial Accreditation’’ status, 

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