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for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; ways 

to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and ways to minimize the 

burden of the information collection on 

respondents, including through the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by March 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by docket number and title, 

by any of the following methods: 

Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Department of Defense, Office of 

the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense 

for Privacy, Civil Liberties, and 

Transparency, Regulatory Directorate, 

4800 Mark Center Drive, Mailbox #24, 

Suite 08D09, Alexandria, VA 22350– 

1700. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, docket 

number and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on this 

proposed information collection or to 

obtain a copy of the proposal and 

associated collection instruments, 

please write to Boris Kun, OASD 

Readiness (Force Education & Training), 

4000 Defense Pentagon Room 1E537, 

Washington DC 20301–4000. Borris 

Kun, (619) 908–9581. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Climate Literacy Pulse Check; 

OMB Control Number: 0704–CLPC. 

Needs and Uses: Climate change is 

one of many threat multipliers to 

National Security, which adds 

complexity to the decisions made by the 

DoD. It is a priority of the DoD to ensure 

that support to the department’s 

missions takes climate considerations 

into account, especially how the adverse 

impacts of a changing climate can 

complicate and impede DoD missions. 

This pulse check is intended for DoD 

personnel who provide various aspects 

of support to the warfighter—whether in 

OSD, Defense Agencies, the Joint Staff, 

combatant commands, and the 

Services—to understand how climate 

change affects their work and what 

education, training, and resources they 

require to continue executing their 

mission in the context of a changing 

climate. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,417. 

Number of Respondents: 8,500. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 8,500. 

Average Burden per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Dated: January 10, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket ID: DoD–2023–OS–0072] 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Under Secretary of 

Defense for Personnel and Readiness 

(OUSD(P&R)), Department of Defense 

(DoD). 

ACTION: 30-Day information collection 

notice. 

SUMMARY: The DoD has submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for clearance the following 

proposal for collection of information 

under the provisions of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. 

DATES: Consideration will be given to all 

comments received by February 20, 

2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection should be sent 

within 30 days of publication of this 

notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain. Find this particular 

information collection by selecting 

‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open 

for Public Comments’’ or by using the 

search function. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lane Purvis, (571) 372–0460, whs.mcalex.esd.mbx.dd-dod-informationcollections@mail.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title; Associated Form; and OMB 

Number: Memorandum of Agreement 

Between Military Service and School 

District to Establish and Operate a 

Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 

Unit; DD Form 3202; OMB Control 

Number: 0704–JRPF. 

Type of request: New. 

Number of Respondents: 6,694. 

Responses per Respondent: 1. 

Annual Responses: 1. 

Average Burden per Response: 10 

minutes. 

Annual Burden Hours: 1,116. 

Needs and Uses: This information is 

needed to confirm that school districts 

understand and acknowledge their 

responsibilities in hosting a Junior 

Reserve Officers’ Training Corps 

(JROTC) program and understand DoD’s 

expectations for the performance of 

their duties and conduct in the 

execution thereof. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

You may also submit comments and 

recommendations, identified by Docket 

ID number and title, by the following 

method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, Docket 

ID number, and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DOD Clearance Officer: Mr. Lane 

Purvis. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection proposal should be sent to 

Mr. Purvis at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddod-information-collections@mail.mil. 

Dated: January 10, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

is issuing a notice inviting applications 


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for fiscal year (FY) 2024 for the 

Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad 

(GPA) Program, Assistance Listing 

Numbers 84.021A and 84.021B. This 

notice relates to the approved 

information collection under OMB 

control number 1840–0792. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: January 18, 

2024. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 18, 2024. 

Pre-Application Webinar Information: 

The Department will hold a preapplication webinar for prospective 

applicants. Detailed information 

regarding this webinar will be provided 

on the GPA website at www2.ed.gov/ 

programs/iegpsgpa/index.html. 

Additionally, for prospective applicants 

that have never received a grant from 

the Department and those that are 

interested in learning more about the 

process, please review the grant funding 

basics resource at www2.ed.gov/ 

documents/funding-101/funding-101- 

basics.pdf. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on December 7, 2022 

(87 FR 75045) and available at 

www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2022/12/07/2022-26554/commoninstructions-for-applicants-todepartment-of-education-discretionarygrant-programs. Please note that these 

Common Instructions supersede the 

version published on December 27, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cory 

Neal, U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 

20202. Telephone: (202) 704–3437. 

Email: GPA@ed.gov. 

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability and wish to 

access telecommunications relay 

services, please dial 7–1–1. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Fulbright-Hays GPA Program is to 

promote, improve, and develop the 

study of modern foreign languages and 

area studies in the United States. The 

program provides opportunities for 

faculty, teachers, and undergraduate 

and graduate students to conduct group 

projects overseas. Projects may include 

either (1) short-term seminars, 

curriculum development, or group 

research or study, or (2) long-term 

advanced intensive language programs. 

This competition invites applicants to 

submit an application to request support 

for either a Fulbright-Hays GPA shortterm project (GPA short-term project 

84.021A) or a Fulbright-Hays GPA longterm project (GPA long-term project 

84.021B). Applicants must clearly 

indicate on the SF 424, the Application 

for Federal Assistance cover sheet, 

whether they are applying for a GPA 

short-term project (84.021A) or a GPA 

long-term project (84.021B). Additional 

submission requirements are included 

in the application package. 

There are three types of GPA shortterm projects: (1) short-term seminar 

projects of 4 to 6 weeks in length 

designed by the applicant to help 

participants integrate international 

studies into the curriculum at an 

institution of higher education (IHE) or 

a school system when they return to the 

United States, by focusing on a 

particular aspect of area studies, such as 

the culture of an area or country of 

study (34 CFR 664.11); (2) curriculum 

development projects of 4 to 8 weeks in 

length that provide participants the 

opportunity to acquire resource 

materials for curriculum development 

in modern foreign language and area 

studies for use and dissemination in the 

United States (34 CFR 664.12); and (3) 

group research or study projects of 3 to 

12 months in duration designed to give 

participants the opportunity to 

undertake research or study in a foreign 

country (34 CFR 664.13). 

GPA long-term projects are advanced 

overseas intensive language programs 

designed by the applicant that may be 

carried out during a full year, an 

academic year, a semester, a trimester, 

a quarter, or a summer. GPA long-term 

projects provide participants an 

opportunity to use and strengthen their 

advanced language training while 

experiencing the culture in the foreign 

country. Participants should have 

successfully completed at least 2 

academic years of training in the 

language to be studied to be eligible to 

participate in a GPA intensive advanced 

language training program. In addition, 

the language to be studied must be 

indigenous to the host country and 

maximum use must be made of local 

institutions and personnel (34 CFR 

664.14). 

Priorities: This notice contains one 

absolute priority and five competitive 

preference priorities. In accordance with 

34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), the absolute 

priority is from the regulations for this 

program (34 CFR 664.32). Competitive 

Preference Priorities 1 and 2 are from 

the notice of final priorities and 

definitions published in the Federal 

Register on June 16, 2016 (81 FR 39196) 

(the 2016 NFP); Competitive Preference 

Priority 3 is from the regulations for this 

program (34 CFR 664.32); Competitive 

Preference Priority 4 is from the notice 

of final priorities published in the 

Federal Register on September 24, 2010 

(75 FR 59050) (the 2010 NFP); and 

Competitive Preference Priority 5 is 

from the regulations for this program (34 

CFR 664.32). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2024, and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: Specific Geographic 

Regions of the World. 

A group project that focuses on one or 

more of the following geographic 

regions of the world: Africa, East Asia, 

South Asia, Southeast Asia and the 

Pacific, the Western Hemisphere 

(Central and South America, Mexico, 

and the Caribbean), Eastern and Central 

Europe and Eurasia, and the Near East. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2024, there are five competitive 

preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(i), we award 3 additional 

points to an application that meets 

Competitive Preference Priority 1; 2 

additional points to an application that 

meets Competitive Preference Priority 2; 

2 additional points for short-term 

projects or 4 additional points for longterm projects to an application that 

meets Competitive Preference Priority 3; 

2 additional points to an application 

that meets Competitive Preference 

Priority 4; and 2 additional points to an 

application that meets Competitive 

Preference Priority 5. Applicants for 

GPA short-term projects may address 

Competitive Preference Priorities 1, 3, 4, 

and 5. Applicants for GPA long-term 

projects may address Competitive 

Preference Priorities 2 and 3. In the 

application narrative, an applicant must 

indicate the priority or priorities being 

addressed, provide a substantive 

description of how the proposed 

activities support the applicant’s 

selected priority or priorities, and 

provide documentation supporting such 

claims. 

These priorities are: Competitive 

Preference Priority 1—Applications for 

GPA Short-Term Projects from Selected 

Institutions and Organizations (3 

Points). 

Applications for GPA short-term 

projects from the following types of 

institutions and organizations: 

• Minority-Serving Institutions 

(MSIs) (as defined in this notice); 


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• Community colleges (as defined in 

this notice); 

• New applicants (as defined in this 

notice); or 

• State educational agencies (SEAs) 

(as defined in this notice). 

Competitive Preference Priority 2— 

Applications for GPA Long-Term 

Projects from MSIs (2 Points). 

Applications for GPA long-term 

advanced overseas intensive language 

training projects from MSIs. 

Competitive Preference Priority 3— 

Substantive Training and Thematic 

Focus on Less Commonly Taught 

Languages (2 Points for short-term 

projects or 4 Points for long-term 

projects). 

Applications that propose GPA shortterm projects (2 points) or GPA longterm projects (4 points) that provide 

substantive training and thematic focus 

on any modern foreign language except 

French, German, or Spanish. 

Competitive Preference Priority 4— 

Inclusion of K–12 Educators (2 Points). 

Applications that propose short-term 

projects abroad that develop and 

improve foreign language studies, area 

studies, or both at elementary and 

secondary schools by including K–12 

teachers or K–12 administrators as at 

least 50 percent of the project 

participants. 

Competitive Preference Priority 5— 

Thematic Focus on Academic Fields (2 

Points). 

Applications that propose short-term 

projects abroad in modern foreign 

languages and area studies with an 

academic focus on any of the following 

academic fields: science, technology, 

engineering, mathematics, computer 

science, education (comparative or 

international), international 

development, political science, public 

health, or economics. 

Definitions: The following definitions 

are from the 2016 NFP and apply to this 

competition. 

Community college means an 

institution that meets the definition in 

section 312(f) of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) (20 

U.S.C. 1058(f)); or an IHE (as defined in 

section 101 of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1001)) 

that awards degrees and certificates, 

more than 50 percent of which are not 

bachelor’s degrees (or an equivalent). 

Minority-serving institution (MSI) 

means an institution that is eligible to 

receive assistance under sections 316 

through 320 of part A of title III, under 

part B of title III, or under title V of the 

HEA. 

New applicant means any applicant 

that has not received a discretionary 

grant from the Department of Education 

under the Fulbright-Hays Act prior to 

the deadline date for applications under 

this program. 

State educational agency (SEA) means 

the State board of education or other 

agency or officer primarily responsible 

for the supervision of public elementary 

and secondary schools in a State. In the 

absence of this officer or agency, it is an 

officer or agency designated by the 

Governor or State law. 

Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 

2452(b)(6). 

Note: Projects will be awarded and 

must be operated in a manner consistent 

with the nondiscrimination 

requirements contained in Federal civil 

rights laws. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 75, 77, 81, 82, and 86. (b) The 

Office of Management and Budget 

Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted and amended as 

regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 

part 3485. (c) The Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as 

adopted and amended as regulations of 

the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) 

The regulations for this program in 34 

CFR part 664. (e) The 2010 NFP. (f) The 

2016 NFP. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 

86 apply to IHEs only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$10,311,000 for awards for the 

Fulbright-Hays Overseas program for FY 

2024, of which we intend to use an 

estimated $5,159,494 for this 

competition. The actual level of 

funding, if any, depends on final 

congressional action. However, we are 

inviting applications to allow enough 

time to complete the grant process if 

Congress appropriates funds for this 

program. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in 

future fiscal years from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$5,159,494. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

GPA short-term projects: $50,000– 

$180,000. 

GPA long-term projects: $50,000– 

$300,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

GPA short-term projects: $132,474. 

GPA long-term projects: $250,663. 

Maximum Award: We will not make 

a GPA short-term award exceeding 

$180,000 for a single project period of 

18 months. We will not make a GPA 

long-term project award exceeding 

$300,000 for a single budget period of 

24 months. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 30. 

GPA short-term projects: 20. 

GPA long-term projects: 10. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: 

GPA short-term projects: Up to 18 

months. 

GPA long-term projects: Up to 24 

months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: (1) IHEs, (2) 

SEAs, (3) private nonprofit educational 

organizations, and (4) consortia of these 

entities. 

Eligible Participants: Citizens, 

nationals, or permanent residents of the 

United States, who are (1) faculty 

members who teach modern foreign 

languages or area studies at an IHE, (2) 

teachers in elementary or secondary 

schools, (3) experienced education 

administrators responsible for planning, 

conducting, or supervising programs in 

modern foreign language or area studies 

at the elementary, secondary, or 

postsecondary levels, or (4) graduate 

students, or juniors or seniors in an IHE, 

who plan teaching careers in modern 

foreign languages or area studies. 

Note: If you are a nonprofit 

organization, under 34 CFR 75.51, you 

may demonstrate your nonprofit status 

by providing: (1) proof that the Internal 

Revenue Service currently recognizes 

the applicant as an organization to 

which contributions are tax deductible 

under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 

Revenue Code; (2) a statement from a 

State taxing body or the State attorney 

general certifying that the organization 

is a nonprofit organization operating 

within the State and that no part of its 

net earnings may lawfully benefit any 

private shareholder or individual; (3) a 

certified copy of the applicant’s 

certificate of incorporation or similar 

document if it clearly establishes the 

nonprofit status of the applicant; or (4) 

any item described above if that item 

applies to a State or national parent 

organization, together with a statement 

by the State or parent organization that 

the applicant is a local nonprofit 

affiliate. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this 

competition may not award subgrants to 


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entities to directly carry out project 

activities described in its application. 

4. Build America, Buy America Act: 

This program is not subject to the Build 

America, Buy America Act (Pub. L. 117– 

58) domestic sourcing requirements. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Application Submission 

Instructions: Applicants are required to 

follow the Common Instructions for 

Applicants to Department of Education 

Discretionary Grant Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 7, 2022 (87 FR 75045) and 

available at www.federalregister.gov/ 

documents/2022/12/07/2022-26554/ 

common-instructions-for-applicants-todepartment-of-education-discretionarygrant-programs, which contain 

requirements and information on how to 

submit an application. Please note that 

these Common Instructions supersede 

the version published on December 27, 

2021. 

2. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

3. Funding Restrictions: We specify 

unallowable costs in 34 CFR 664.33. We 

reference additional regulations 

outlining funding restrictions in the 

Applicable Regulations section of this 

notice. 

4. Recommended Page Limit: The 

application narrative is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. We recommend that you (1) 

limit the application narrative to no 

more than 40 pages and (2) use the 

following standards: 

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

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

and both sides. 

• Double-space (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. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to the cover sheet or budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurance and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the biography, or letters of 

support. However, the recommended 

page limit does apply to all of the 

application narrative. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from 34 CFR 

664.31 and are as follows: 

(a) Plan of operation. (20 points) 

(1) The Secretary reviews each 

application for information to determine 

the quality of the plan of operation for 

the project. 

(2) The Secretary looks for 

information that shows— 

(i) High quality in the design of the 

project; 

(ii) An effective plan of management 

that ensures proper and efficient 

administration of the project; 

(iii) A clear description of how the 

objectives of the project relate to the 

purpose of the program; 

(iv) The way the applicant plans to 

use its resources and personnel to 

achieve each objective; and 

(v) A clear description of how the 

applicant will ensure that project 

participants who are otherwise eligible 

to participate are selected without 

regard to race, color, national origin, 

gender, age, or handicapping condition. 

(b) Quality of key personnel. (10 

points) 

(1) The Secretary reviews each 

application for information to determine 

the quality of key personnel the 

applicant plans to use on the project. 

(2) The Secretary looks for 

information that shows— 

(i) The qualifications of the project 

director; 

(ii) The qualifications of each of the 

other key personnel to be used in the 

project; 

(iii) The time that each person 

referred to in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (ii) 

of this section will commit to the 

project; and 

(iv) The extent to which the applicant, 

as part of its nondiscriminatory 

employment practices, will ensure that 

its personnel are selected for 

employment without regard to race, 

color, national origin, gender, age, or 

handicapping condition. 

(3) To determine the qualifications of 

a person, the Secretary considers 

evidence of past experience and training 

in fields related to the objectives of the 

project as well as other information that 

the applicant provides. 

(c) Budget and cost effectiveness. (10 

points) 

(1) The Secretary reviews each 

application for information that shows 

that the project has an adequate budget 

and is cost effective. 

(2) The Secretary looks for 

information that shows— 

(i) The budget for the project is 

adequate to support the project 

activities; and 

(ii) Costs are reasonable in relation to 

the objectives of the project. 

(d) Evaluation plan. (20 points) 

(1) The Secretary reviews each 

application for information that shows 

the quality of the evaluation plan for the 

project. 

(2) The Secretary looks for 

information that shows that the methods 

of evaluation are appropriate for the 

project and, to the extent possible, are 

objective and produce data that are 

quantifiable. 

(e) Adequacy of resources. (5 points) 

(1) The Secretary reviews each 

application for information that shows 

that the applicant plans to devote 

adequate resources to the project. 

(2) The Secretary looks for 

information that shows that the 

facilities, equipment, and supplies that 

the applicant plans to use are adequate. 

(f) Specific program criteria. (35 

points) 

(1) In addition to the general selection 

criteria contained in this section, the 

Secretary reviews each application for 

information that shows that the project 

meets the specific program criteria. 

(2) The Secretary looks for 

information that shows— 

(i) The potential impact of the project 

on the development of the study of 

modern foreign languages and area 

studies in American education. (15 

points) 

(ii) The project’s relevance to the 

applicant’s educational goals and its 

relationship to its program development 

in modern foreign languages and area 

studies. (10 points) 

(iii) The extent to which direct 

experience abroad is necessary to 

achieve the project’s objectives and the 

effectiveness with which relevant host 

country resources will be utilized. (10 

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 requires 

various assurances, including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

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assistance from the Department (34 CFR 

100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

For FY 2024, proposed GPA shortterm projects will be reviewed by peer 

review panels with expertise in the 

world area that is the focus of the 

application. All proposed GPA longterm projects will be reviewed by one 

peer review panel. The International 

and Foreign Language Education office 

will prepare separate rank order slates 

for GPA short-term projects and GPA 

long-term projects recommended for 

new awards in FY 2024. Each slate will 

include the peer reviewers’ scores for all 

applications evaluated, from the highest 

score to the lowest score. In cases where 

several applications have the same final 

numerical score in the rank order 

listing, and there are insufficient funds 

to support all the applications, the 

scores under selection criterion (f)(2)(iii) 

will be used as a tiebreaker. If the scores 

remain tied, then the scores under 

selection criterion (f)(2)(i) will be used 

to break the tie. 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this competition the Department 

conducts a review of the risks posed by 

applicants. Under 2 CFR 200.208, the 

Secretary may impose specific 

conditions and, under 2 CFR 3474.10, in 

appropriate circumstances, high-risk 

conditions on a grant if the applicant or 

grantee is not financially stable; has a 

history of unsatisfactory performance; 

has a financial or other management 

system that does not meet the standards 

in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

4. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 

CFR 200.206(a)(2) we must make a 

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through the System for 

Award Management (SAM). You may 

review and comment on any 

information about yourself that a 

Federal agency previously entered and 

that is currently in FAPIIS. 

Please note that, if the total value of 

your currently active grants, cooperative 

agreements, and procurement contracts 

from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 200, appendix XII, require 

you to report certain integrity 

information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review the requirements in 2 CFR 

part 200, appendix XII, if this grant plus 

all the other Federal funds you receive 

exceed $10,000,000. 

5. In General: In accordance with 

Uniform Guidance located at 2 CFR part 

200, all applicable Federal laws, and 

relevant Executive guidance, the 

Department will review and consider 

applications for funding pursuant to this 

notice inviting applications in 

accordance with— 

(a) Selecting recipients most likely to 

be successful in delivering results based 

on the program objectives through an 

objective process of evaluating Federal 

award applications (2 CFR 200.205); 

(b) Prohibiting the purchase of certain 

telecommunication and video 

surveillance services or equipment in 

alignment with section 889 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act of 

2019 (Pub. L. 115–232) (2 CFR 200.216); 

(c) Providing a preference, to the 

extent permitted by law, to maximize 

use of goods, products, and materials 

produced in the United States (2 CFR 

200.322); and 

(d) Terminating agreements in whole 

or in part to the greatest extent 

authorized by law if an award no longer 

effectuates the program goals or agency 

priorities (2 CFR 200.340). 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your GAN. We may notify 

you informally, also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Open Licensing Requirements: 

Unless an exception applies, if you are 

awarded a grant under this competition, 

you will be required to openly license 

to the public grant deliverables created 

in whole, or in part, with Department 

grant funds. When the deliverable 

consists of modifications to pre-existing 

works, the license extends only to those 

modifications that can be separately 

identified and only to the extent that 

open licensing is permitted under the 

terms of any licenses or other legal 

restrictions on the use of pre-existing 

works. Additionally, a grantee or 

subgrantee that is awarded competitive 

grant funds must have a plan to 

disseminate these public grant 

deliverables. This dissemination plan 

can be developed and submitted after 

your application has been reviewed and 

selected for funding. For additional 

information on the open licensing 

requirements please refer to 2 CFR 

3474.20. 

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

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multiyear award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

5. Performance Measures: For the 

purposes of Department reporting under 

34 CFR 75.110, the following measure 

will be used by the Department to 

evaluate the success of the GPA shortterm program: the percentage of GPA 

short-term project participants who 

disseminated information about or 

materials from their group project 

abroad through more than one outreach 

activity within 6 months of returning to 

their home institution. The following 

measure will be used by the Department 

to evaluate the success of the GPA longterm program: the percentage of GPA 

long-term project participants who 

increased their reading, writing, and/or 

listening/speaking foreign language 

scores by one proficiency level. The 

efficiency of the GPA long-term program 

will be measured by considering the 

cost per GPA participant who increased 

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reading, writing, and/or listening/ 

speaking by at least one proficiency 

level. 

The information provided by grantees 

in their performance reports submitted 

via the International Resource 

Information System (IRIS) will be the 

source of data for this measure. 

Reporting screens for institutions can be 

viewed at: http://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/ 

gpa_director.pdf and http://iris.ed.gov/ 

iris/pdfs/gpa_participant.pdf. 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Nasser H. Paydar, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00151 Filed 1–17–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0013] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

National Assessment of Educational 

Progress (NAEP) 2024 Amendment #4 

AGENCY: National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

revision of a currently approved 

information collection request (ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

20, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be submitted within 30 days of 

publication of this notice. Click on this 

link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain to access the site. Find this 

information collection request (ICR) by 

selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ 

under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then 

check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public 

Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov 

provides two links to view documents 

related to this information collection 

request. Information collection forms 

and instructions may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Information 

Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting 

statements and other supporting 

documentation may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting 

Statement and Other Documents’’ link. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 

(202) 245–6347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department 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: National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP) 2024 Amendment #4. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0928. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 860,132. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 474,255. 

Abstract: The National Assessment of 

Educational Progress (NAEP), 

conducted by the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES), is a 

federally authorized survey of student 

achievement at grades 4, 8, and 12 in 

various subject areas, such as 

mathematics, reading, writing, science, 

U.S. history, civics, geography, 

economics, technology and engineering 

literacy (TEL), and the arts. The 

National Assessment of Educational 

Progress Authorization Act (Pub. L. 

107–279, title III, section 303) requires 

the assessment to collect data on 

specified student groups and 

characteristics, including information 

organized by race/ethnicity, gender, 

socio-economic status, disability, and 

limited English proficiency. It requires 

fair and accurate presentation of 

achievement data and permits the 

collection of background, noncognitive, 

or descriptive information that is related 

to academic achievement and aids in 

fair reporting of results. The intent of 

the law is to provide representative 

sample data on student achievement for 

the nation, the states, and 

subpopulations of students and to 

monitor progress over time. NAEP 

consists of two assessment programs: 

the NAEP long-term trend (LTT) 

assessment and the main NAEP 

assessment. The LTT assessments are 

given at the national level only and are 

administered to students at ages 9, 13, 

and 17 in a manner that is very different 

from that used for the main NAEP 

assessments. LTT reports mathematics 

and reading results that present trend 

data since the 1970s. In addition to the 

operational assessments, NAEP uses two 

other kinds of assessment activities: 

pilot assessments and special studies. 

Pilot assessments test items and 

procedures for future administrations of 

NAEP, while special studies (including 

the National Indian Education Study 

(NIES), the Middle School Transcript 

Study (MSTS), and the High School 

Transcript Study (HSTS)) are 

opportunities for NAEP to investigate 

particular aspects of the assessment 

without impacting the reporting of the 

NAEP results. 

The initial request for clearance of 

NAEP 2024 received OMB approval in 

April 2023 (OMB #1850–0928 v.28). 

Amendment #1 to the NAEP 2024 

clearance package received OMB 

approval in June 2023 (OMB #1850– 

0928 v.29), Amendment #2 was 

approved in August 2023, and 

Amendment #3 was approved in 

November 2023. Since November 2023, 

NCES made the decision to make 

adjustments to the school-based 

equipment survey and increased the 

estimated burden from 5 minutes to 10 


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