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1Pilar, W.D. (2018, November 15). Degree 

attainment for Native American adults. Degree 

Attainment for Native American Adults. https://

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%20attainment%20for%20Native%20Hawaiians

%20is%20significantly%20higher,points%20higher

%20than%20degree%20attainment

%20for%20Native%20Alaskans. 

2Teranishi, R.T., Le, A., Gutierrez, R.A.E., 

Venturanza, R., Hafoka, ‘Inoke, Gogue, D.T.-L., & 

Uluave, L. (2019). APIA scholars—Asian Pacific 

Islander American scholars: APIA scholars. Native 

Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in Higher 

Education: A Call to Action. https://

apiascholars.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ 

NHPI_Report.pdf. 

3Pilar, W.D. (2018, November 15). Degree 

attainment for Native American adults. Degree 

Attainment for Native American Adults. https://

edtrust.org/resource/degree-attainment-for-nativeamerican-adults/#:∼:text=Degree

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%20than%20degree%20attainment

%20for%20Native%20Alaskans. 

4Teranishi, R.T., Le, A., Gutierrez, R.A.E., 

Venturanza, R., Hafoka, ‘Inoke, Gogue, D.T.-L., & 

Uluave, L. (2019). APIA scholars—Asian Pacific 

Islander American scholars: APIA scholars. Native 

Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in Higher 

Education: A Call to Action. https://

apiascholars.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/ 

NHPI_Report.pdf. 

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‘‘Coordination and Control of Personnel 

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[FR Doc. 2024–03978 Filed 2–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Alaska 

Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving 

Institutions Program, Part A 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2024 for the Alaska Native and 

Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions 

(ANNH) Program, Part A, Assistance 

Listing Numbers 84.031N (Alaska 

Native) and 84.031W (Native Hawaiian). 

This notice relates to the approved 

information collection under OMB 

control number 1840–0810. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: February 27, 

2024. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 29, 2024. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 26, 2024. 

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/d/2022–26554. 

Please note that these Common 

Instructions supersede the version 

published on December 27, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robyn Wood, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

5th Floor, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

Telephone: (202) 987–1577. Email: 

Robyn.Wood@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 ANNH

Program provides grants to eligible 

institutions of higher education (IHEs) 

to enable them to improve and expand 

their capacity to serve Alaska Native 

and Native Hawaiian students. 

Institutions may use these grants to 

plan, develop, or implement activities 

that strengthen the institution. 

Background: The Alaska Native and 

Native Hawaiian populations 

experience disparities in college access 

and completion. A 2018 report found 

that degree attainment for Alaska Native 

adults at the associate’s degree level and 

higher was 11 percent, compared to over 

43 percent for White adults in Alaska.1

In three-year American Community 

Survey data (2011–2013), the bachelor’s 

degree attainment rate for Native 

Hawaiians was 20.5 percent, and the 

national bachelor’s degree attainment 

rate was 29.1 percent.2 The degree 

attainment gap between Native 

Hawaiians and White adults was 21 

percentage points, according to a 2018 

report.3 In addition, according to U.S. 

Census Bureau data, 53% of Native 

Hawaiians had not enrolled in any 

postsecondary education, as compared 

to 54.9% of the total U.S. population 

who had attended college.4 To increase 

access to, and success in, postsecondary 

education by Alaska Native and Native 

Hawaiian students, the Department, 

through the FY 2024 ANNH competitive 

preference priorities, encourages 


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5Committee on Indian Affairs. (2018, August 22). 

Examining Efforts to Maintain and Revitalize Native 

Language for Future Generations. https://

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG115shrg32539/html/CHRG-115shrg32539.htm. 

6Newland, B. (2022, May). Federal Indian 

Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report. 

https://www.bia.gov/sites/default/files/dup/inlinefiles/bsi_investigative_report_may_2022_508.pdf. 

7Suave, M. (2021, May 26). Examining the 

COVID–19 response in Native Communities. 

Testimony from Michelle Sauve on Examining the 

COVID–19 Response in Native Communities: Native 

Languages One Year Later before Senate Committee 

on Indian Affairs. https://www.hhs.gov/about/ 

agencies/asl/testimony/2021/05/26/examining-thecovid-19-response-in-native-communities.html. 

8Carli, L. (2023, August 12). Maui wildfire one of 

deadliest in U.S. history. Nfpa.org. https://

www.nfpa.org/news-blogs-and-articles/blogs/2023/ 

09/19/maui-wildfire-one-of-deadliest-in-ushistory?l=41. 

9UHERO Forecast for the State of Hawai1i: 

Wildfires deliver heavy blow to Maui economy— 

UHERO (hawaii.edu). 

projects that are designed to reduce 

these disparities by addressing students’ 

social, emotional, and academic needs, 

as well as projects designed to increase 

access and success in postsecondary 

education. 

Through the first invitational priority 

in this competition, the Department 

seeks to encourage Alaska Native and 

Native Hawaiian-serving institutions to 

support Native language revitalization 

and preservation. There are more than 

200 Tribal communities without living 

speakers of their native language.5 Prior 

to the Native American Languages Act 

of 1990, Native languages were 

excluded from classrooms, and the 

Federal Indian boarding school system 

‘‘discouraged and prevented’’ the use of 

Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian 

languages.6 Furthermore, the COVID–19 

pandemic had a devastating impact on 

Native language communities, 

especially among the elderly 

population, who are often fluent Native 

language speakers.7

Through the second invitational 

priority, the Department encourages 

projects to support Native Hawaiianserving institutions impacted by the 

wildfires that occurred in August 2023 

on the island of Maui. According to the 

National Fire Protection Association, 

the 2023 Maui wildfire ranked among 

the top 10 deadliest wildfires on record 

since 1871.8 The disaster has had a 

devastating impact on the State’s 

economy.9

Priorities: This notice contains two 

competitive preference priorities and 

two invitational priorities. The 

competitive preference priorities are 

from the Secretary’s Supplemental 

Priorities and Definitions for 

Discretionary Grants Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 10, 2021 (86 FR 70612) 

(Supplemental Priorities). 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2024 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

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

an additional 4 to 8 points to an 

application for each priority, depending 

on how well the application meets the 

priorities. Applicants may respond to 

one or both priorities, for a total of up 

to 12 additional points. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1: 

Meeting Student Social, Emotional, and 

Academic Needs (up to 4 points). 

Projects that are designed to improve 

students’ social, emotional, academic, 

and career development, with a focus on 

underserved students, by creating a 

positive, inclusive, and identity-safe 

climate at IHEs through one or both of 

the following activities: 

(a) Fostering a sense of belonging and 

inclusion for underserved students. (up 

to 2 points) 

(b) Implementing evidence-based 

practices for advancing student success 

for underserved students. (up to 2 

points) 

Competitive Preference Priority 2: 

Increasing Postsecondary Education 

Access, Affordability, Completion, and 

Post-Enrollment Success (up to 8 

points). 

Projects that are designed to increase 

postsecondary education access, 

affordability, completion, and success 

for underserved students by addressing 

one or more of the following priority 

areas: 

(a) Increasing the number and 

proportion of underserved students who 

enroll in and complete postsecondary 

education programs, which may include 

strategies related to college preparation, 

awareness, application, selection, 

advising, counseling, and enrollment. 

(up to 2 points) 

(b) Supporting the development and 

implementation of student success 

programs that integrate multiple 

comprehensive and evidence-based 

services or initiatives, such as academic 

advising, structured/guided pathways, 

career services, credit-bearing academic 

undergraduate courses focused on 

career, and programs to meet basic 

needs, such as housing, childcare and 

transportation, student financial aid, 

and access to technological devices. (up 

to 2 points) 

Note: Under 34 CFR 607.10(c)(13), 

grantees may not use funds awarded 

under this program to pay directly for 

childcare and transportation expenses. 

Grantees also may not use funds 

awarded under this program for student 

financial aid. 

(c) Supporting the development and 

implementation of high-quality and 

accessible learning opportunities, 

including learning opportunities that 

are accelerated or hybrid online; creditbearing; work-based; and flexible for 

working students. (up to 2 points) 

(d) Providing secondary school 

students with access to career 

exploration and advising opportunities 

to help students make informed 

decisions about their postsecondary 

enrollment decisions and to place them 

on a career path. (up to 2 points) 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2024 

and any subsequent year in which we 

make awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, 

these priorities are invitational 

priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), 

we do not give an application that meets 

these invitational priorities a 

competitive or absolute preference over 

other applicants. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1. 

Projects that support activities to 

strengthen and institutionalize Native 

language preservation and 

revitalization. 

Invitational Priority 2. 

In the case of Native Hawaiian-serving 

institutions, projects that address the 

challenges related to the national 

wildfire emergency. 

Note: Applicants must include in the 

one-page abstract submitted with the 

application a statement indicating 

whether they are addressing 

Competitive Preference Priority 1, 

Competitive Preference Priority 2, 

Invitational Priority 1, Invitational 

Priority 2, any combination of these 

priorities, or all of these priorities. If the 

applicant has addressed the priorities, 

this information also must be listed on 

the ANNH Program Profile form in the 

application booklet. 

Definitions: The definitions below 

apply to this competition and are from 

20 U.S.C. 1059d, 20 U.S.C. 7517, 20 

U.S.C. 7546, 43 U.S.C. 1602, 34 CFR 

77.1, and the Final Priorities and 

Definitions—Secretary’s Supplemental 

Priorities and Definitions for 

Discretionary Grants Programs (86 FR 

70612). 

Alaska Native has the same meaning 

as the term ‘‘Native’’ has in section 

1602(b) of title 43 and includes the 

descendants of individuals so defined. 

(20 U.S.C. 7546) 

Alaska Native-serving institution 

means an institution of higher education 

that— 


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(1) Is an eligible institution under

section 1058(b) of title 20; and 

(2) At the time of application, has an

enrollment of undergraduate students 

that is at least 20 percent Alaska Native 

students. (20 U.S.C. 1059d) 

Demonstrates a rationale means a key 

project component included in the 

project’s logic model is informed by 

research or evaluation findings that 

suggest the project component is likely 

to improve relevant outcomes. (34 CFR 

77.1) 

Evidence Based means the proposed 

project component is supported by one 

or more of strong evidence, moderate 

evidence, promising evidence, or 

evidence that demonstrates a rationale. 

Fiscal year means the Federal fiscal 

year—a period beginning on October 1 

and ending on the following September 

30. (34 CFR 77.1)

Grantee means the legal entity to

which a grant is awarded and that is 

accountable to the Federal Government 

for the use of the funds provided. The 

grantee is the entire legal entity even if 

only a particular component of the 

entity is designated in the grant award 

notice (GAN). For example, a GAN may 

name as the grantee one school or 

campus of a university. In this case, the 

granting agency usually intends, or 

actually intends, that the named 

component assume primary or sole 

responsibility for administering the 

grant-assisted project or program. 

Nevertheless, the naming of a 

component of a legal entity as the 

grantee in a grant award document shall 

not be construed as relieving the whole 

legal entity from accountability to the 

Federal Government for the use of the 

funds provided. (This definition is not 

intended to affect the eligibility 

provision of grant programs in which 

eligibility is limited to organizations 

that may be only components of a legal 

entity.) The term ‘‘grantee’’ does not 

include any secondary recipients, such 

as subgrantees and contractors, that may 

receive funds from a grantee pursuant to 

a subgrant or contract. (34 CFR 77.1) 

Logic model (also referred to as theory 

of action) means a framework that 

identifies key project components of the 

proposed project (i.e., the active 

‘‘ingredients’’ that are hypothesized to 

be critical to achieving the relevant 

outcomes) and describes the theoretical 

and operational relationships among the 

key project components and relevant 

outcomes. (34 CFR 77.1) 

Note: In developing logic models, 

applicants may want to use resources 

such as the Regional Educational 

Laboratory Program’s (REL Pacific) 

Education Logic Model Application 

User Guide, available at https://

ies.ed.gov/ncee/rel/regions/pacific/pdf/

ELMUserGuideJune2014.pdf. Other 

sources include: Logic Models: At tool 

for effective program planning, 

collaboration and monitoring (https://

ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/pacific/ 

pdf/REL_2014025.pdf), and Logic 

models: A tool for designing and 

monitoring program evaluations 

(https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/ 

pacific/pdf/REL_2014007.pdf), and 

Logic models for program design, 

implementation, and evaluation: 

Workshop toolkit (https://ies.ed.gov/ 

ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/pdf/REL_

2015057.pdf). 

Military- or veteran-connected student 

means one or more of the following: 

(1) A child participating in an early

learning program, a student enrolled in 

preschool through grade 12, or a student 

enrolled in career and technical 

education or postsecondary education 

who has a parent or guardian who is a 

member of the uniformed services (as 

defined by 37 U.S.C. 101), in the Army, 

Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast 

Guard, Space Force, National Guard, 

Reserves, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, or Public 

Health Service or is a veteran of the 

uniformed services with an honorable 

discharge (as defined by 38 U.S.C. 

3311). 

(2) A student who is a member of the

uniformed services, a veteran of the 

uniformed services, or the spouse of a 

service member or veteran. 

(3) A child participating in an early

learning program, a student enrolled in 

preschool through grade 12, or a student 

enrolled in career and technical 

education or postsecondary education 

who has a parent or guardian who is a 

veteran of the uniformed services (as 

defined by 37 U.S.C. 101). (86 FR 70612) 

Native means a citizen of the United 

States who is a person of one-fourth 

degree or more Alaska Indian (including 

Tsimshian Indians not enrolled in the 

Metlaktla Indian Community) Eskimo, 

or Aleut blood, or combination thereof. 

The term includes any Native as so 

defined either or both of whose adoptive 

parents are not Natives. It also includes, 

in the absence of proof of a minimum 

blood quantum, any citizen of the 

United States who is regarded as an 

Alaska Native by the Native village or 

Native group of which he claims to be 

a member and whose father or mother 

is (or, if deceased, was) regarded as 

Native by any village or group. Any 

decision of the Secretary regarding 

eligibility for enrollment shall be final. 

(43 U.S.C. 1602b) 

Native Hawaiian means any 

individual who is— 

(1) A citizen of the United States; and

(2) A descendant of the aboriginal

people who, prior to 1778, occupied and 

exercised sovereignty in the area that 

now comprises the State of Hawaii, as 

evidenced by— 

(i) Genealogical records;

(ii) Kupuna (elders) or Kamaaina

(long-term community residents) 

verification; or 

(iii) Certified birth records. (20 U.S.C.

7517) 

Native Hawaiian-serving institution 

means an institution of higher education 

which— 

(1) Is an eligible institution under

section 1058(b) of title 20; and 

(2) At the time of application, has an

enrollment of undergraduate students 

that is at least 10 percent Native 

Hawaiian students. (20 U.S.C. 1059d) 

Project component means an activity, 

strategy, intervention, process, product, 

practice, or policy included in a project. 

Evidence may pertain to an individual 

project component or to a combination 

of project components (e.g., training 

teachers on instructional practices for 

English learners and follow-on coaching 

for these teachers). (34 CFR part 77) 

Relevant outcome means the student 

outcome(s) or other outcome(s) the key 

project component is designed to 

improve, consistent with the specific 

goals of the program. (34 CFR part 77) 

Underserved student means a student 

in one or more of the following 

subgroups: 

(1) A student who is living in poverty

or is served by schools with high 

concentrations of students living in 

poverty. 

(2) A child or student with a

disability. 

(3) A lesbian, gay, bisexual,

transgender, queer or questioning, or 

intersex (LGBTQI+) student. 

(4) A pregnant, parenting, or

caregiving student, 

(5) A student impacted by the justice

system, including a formerly 

incarcerated student. 

(6) A student who is the first in their

family to attend postsecondary 

education. 

(7) A student who is working full-time

while enrolled in postsecondary 

education. 

(8) A student enrolling in or seeking

to enroll in postsecondary education for 

the first time at the age of 20 or older. 

(9) A student who is enrolled in or is

seeking to enroll in postsecondary 

education who is eligible for a Pell 

Grant. 

(10) A military- or veteran- connected

student. 

(86 FR 70612) 

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Note: In 2008, the HEA was amended 

by the Higher Education Opportunity 

Act of 2008 (HEOA), Pub. L. 110–315. 

Please note that the regulations for 

ANNH in 34 CFR part 607 have not been 

updated to reflect these statutory 

changes. The statute supersedes all 

other regulations. 

Note: Projects will be awarded and 

must be operated in a manner consistent 

with the nondiscrimination 

requirements contained in the Federal 

civil rights laws. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

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

99. (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 607. (e) The Supplemental 

Priorities. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Five-year Individual Development 

Grants and Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grants will be awarded in 

FY 2024. 

Note: A cooperative arrangement is an 

arrangement to carry out allowable grant 

activities between an institution eligible 

to receive a grant under this part and 

one or more other eligible or ineligible 

IHEs, under which the resources of the 

cooperating institutions are combined 

and shared to better achieve the 

purposes of this part and avoid costly 

duplication of effort. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$25,044,000 for ANNH in FY 2024, of 

which we intend to use an estimated 

$17,299,105 for new awards. 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 

subsequent years from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition. 

Individual Development Grants: 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$850,000–$900,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$875,000 per year. 

Maximum Award: We will not make 

an award exceeding $900,000 for a 

single budget period of 12 months. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 6. 

Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grants: 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$950,000–$1,000,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$975,000 per year. 

Maximum Award: We will not make 

an award exceeding $1,000,000 for a 

single budget period of 12 months. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 12. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1.a. Eligible Applicants: This program 

is authorized by title III, part A, of the 

HEA. At the time of submission of their 

applications, applicants must certify 

that an Alaska Native-serving institution 

has an enrollment of undergraduate 

students that are at least 20 percent 

Alaska Native students or that a Native 

Hawaiian-serving institution has an 

enrollment of undergraduate students 

that is at least 10 percent Native 

Hawaiian students. An assurance form, 

which is included in the application 

materials for this competition, must be 

signed by an official for the applicant 

and submitted with this application. 

To qualify as an eligible institution 

under the ANNH Program, an 

institution also must— 

(i) 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; 

(ii) Be legally authorized by the State 

in which it is located to be a junior or 

community college or to provide an 

educational program for which it 

awards a bachelor’s degree; 

(iii) Demonstrate that it (1) has an 

enrollment of needy students as 

described in 34 CFR 607.3; and (2) has 

low average education and general 

expenditures per full-time equivalent 

(FTE) undergraduate student as 

described in 34 CFR 607.4. 

b. Relationship between the Title III, 

Part A Programs and the Developing 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) 

Program: 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 program. 

20 U.S.C. 1101d. The title III, part A 

programs are the Strengthening 

Institutions Program, the ANNH 

program, the Tribally Controlled 

Colleges and Universities Program, the 

Asian American and Native American 

Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions 

Program, the Predominantly Black 

Institutions Program, and the Native 

American-Serving Nontribal Institutions 

Program. Furthermore, a current title III, 

Part A or title V program grantee may 

not give up its grant to receive a grant 

under ANNH, as described in 34 CFR 

607.2(g)(1). 

An eligible IHE that is not a current 

grantee under the above-cited programs 

may apply for a FY 2024 grant under all 

title III, part A 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, as described in 

34 CFR 607.2(g)(1). 

c. Individual Development and 

Cooperative Arrangement Grants: An 

eligible IHE that submits applications 

for an Individual Development Grant 

and a Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grant in this competition 

may be awarded both in the same fiscal 

year. However, we will not award a 

second Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grant to an otherwise 

eligible IHE as the lead institution for an 

award year for which the IHE already 

has a Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grant as the lead 

institution under the ANNH Program. A 

grantee with an Individual Development 

Grant or a Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grant may be a partner in 

one or more Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grants. The lead 

institution in a Cooperative 

Arrangement Development Grant must 

be an eligible institution. Partners are 

not required to be eligible institutions. 

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 must 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)). 

c. Administrative Cost Limitation: 

This program does not include any 

program-specific limitation on 

administrative expenses. All 

administrative expenses must be 

reasonable and necessary and conform 

to Cost Principles described in 2 CFR 

part 200 subpart E of the Uniform 

Guidance. 

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. 

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/d/ 

2022-26554, 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 subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

3. Funding Restrictions: We specify 

unallowable costs in 34 CFR 607.10(c). 

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 55 pages for Individual 

Development Grants and to no more 

than 75 pages for Cooperative 

Arrangement Development Grants and 

(2) use the following standards below. If 

you are addressing one or more 

priorities, we recommend that you limit 

your response to no more than an 

additional 20 pages total, 5 additional 

pages for Competitive Preference 

Priority 1, 5 additional pages for 

Competitive Preference Priority 2, 5 

additional pages for Invitational Priority 

1, and 5 additional pages for Invitational 

Priority 2. Please include a separate 

heading when responding to one or 

more competitive or invitational 

priorities. 

• 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 and no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to the cover sheet; the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract 

and the bibliography. However, the 

recommended page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative. 

Note: The Budget Information NonConstruction Programs form (ED 524) 

sections A–C are not the same as the 

narrative response to the Budget section 

of the selection criteria. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The following 

selection criteria for this competition 

are from 34 CFR 607.22(a) through (g) 

and 34 CFR 75.210. Applicants should 

address each of the following selection 

criteria separately for each proposed 

activity. The selection criteria are worth 

a total of 100 points. The maximum 

score for each criterion is noted in 

parentheses. An applicant that also 

chooses to address the competitive 

preference priorities can earn up to 112 

total points. 

(a) Quality of the applicant’s 

comprehensive development plan. (up 

to 20 points) 

The extent to which— 

(1) The strengths, weaknesses, and 

significant problems of the institution’s 

academic programs, institutional 

management, and fiscal stability are 

clearly and comprehensively analyzed 

and result from a process that involved 

major constituencies of the institution. 

(5 points) 

(2) The goals for the institution’s 

academic programs, institutional 

management, and fiscal stability are 

realistic and based on comprehensive 

analysis. (5 points) 

(3) The objectives stated in the plan 

are measurable, related to institutional 

goals, and, if achieved, will contribute 

to the growth and self-sufficiency of the 

institution. (5 points) 

(4) The plan clearly and 

comprehensively describes the methods 

and resources the institution will use to 

institutionalize practice and 

improvements developed under the 

proposed project, including, in 

particular, how operational costs for 

personnel, maintenance, and upgrades 

of equipment will be paid with 

institutional resources. (5 points) 

(b) Quality of activity objectives. (up 

to 15 points) 

The extent to which the objectives for 

each activity are— 

(1) Realistic and defined in terms of 

measurable results. (8 points) 

(2) Directly related to the problems to 

be solved and to the goals of the 

comprehensive development plan. (7 

points) 

(c) Quality of the project design. (up 

to 12 points) 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the design of the proposed project. In 

determining the quality of the design of 

the proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the extent to which the 

proposed project demonstrates a 

rationale. 

(d) Quality of implementation 

strategy. (up to 16 points) 

The extent to which— 

(1) The implementation strategy for 

each activity is comprehensive. (6 

points) 

(2) The rationale for the 

implementation strategy for each 

activity is clearly described and is 

supported by the results of relevant 

studies or projects. (6 points) 

(3) The timetable for each activity is 

realistic and likely to be attained. (4 

points) 

(e) Quality of key personnel. (up to 8 

points) 

The extent to which— 

(1) The past experience and training 

of key professional personnel are 

directly related to the stated activity 

objectives. (4 points) 

(2) The time commitment of key 

personnel is realistic. (4 points) 

(f) Quality of project management 

plan. (up to 10 points) 

The extent to which— 

(1) Procedures for managing the 

project are likely to ensure efficient and 

effective project implementation. (5 

points) 

(2) The project coordinator and 

activity directors have sufficient 

authority to conduct the project 

effectively, including access to the 

president or chief executive officer. (5 

points) 

(g) Quality of evaluation plan. (up to 

12 points) 

The extent to which— 

(1) The data elements and the data 

collection procedures are clearly 

described and appropriate to measure 

the attainment of activity objectives and 

to measure the success of the project in 

achieving the goals of the 

comprehensive development plan. (6 

points) 

(2) The data analysis procedures are 

clearly described and are likely to 

produce formative and summative 

results on attaining activity objectives 

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on achieving the goals of the 

comprehensive development plan. (6 

points) 

(h) Budget. (up to 7 points) 

The extent to which the proposed 

costs are necessary and reasonable in 

relation to the project’s objectives and 

scope. 

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 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department (34 CFR 

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

A panel of three non-Federal 

reviewers will review and score each 

application in accordance with the 

selection criteria and the competitive 

preference priorities. A rank order 

funding slate will be made from this 

review. Awards will be made in rank 

order according to the average score 

received from the peer review. 

In tie-breaking situations for 

development grants, under 34 CFR 

607.23(b), we must award additional 

points in the following three areas. We 

award one additional point to an 

application from an IHE that has an 

endowment fund of which the current 

market value, per full-time equivalent 

enrolled student, is less than the average 

current market value of the endowment 

funds, per FTE enrolled student, at 

comparable type institutions that offer 

similar instruction. We award one 

additional point to an application from 

an IHE that has expenditures for library 

materials per FTE enrolled student that 

are less than the average expenditure for 

library materials per FTE enrolled 

student at similar type institutions. We 

also add one additional point to an 

application from an IHE that proposes 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 2021–2022 data. 

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

be given to applicants that have the 

lowest endowment values per FTE 

enrolled student. 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this program 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. 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 the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

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 


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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: The 

Secretary has established the following 

key performance measures for the 

purpose of Department reporting under 

34 CFR 75.110. 

(a) The percentage change, over the 5- 

year period, of the number of full-time 

degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled 

at Alaska Native and Native HawaiianServing Institutions (Note: This is a 

long-term measure, which will be used 

to periodically gauge performance); 

(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 who graduate 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 who graduate within 3 years 

of enrollment. 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, whether the grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the performance targets in the grantee’s 

approved application. 

In making a continuation award, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: 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 

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. 2024–03946 Filed 2–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[GDO Docket No. EA–145–G] 

Application for Renewal of 

Authorization To Export Electric 

Energy; Powerex Corp 

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Powerex Corp. (the Applicant 

or Powerex) has applied for renewed 

authorization to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Mexico 

pursuant to the Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before March 28, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, 

motions to intervene, or requests for 

more information should be addressed 

by electronic mail to 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina Gomer, (240) 474–2403, 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Department of Energy 

(DOE) regulates electricity exports from 

the United States to foreign countries in 

accordance with section 202(e) of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)) and regulations thereunder (10 

CFR 205.300 et seq.). Sections 301(b) 

and 402(f) of the DOE Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b) and 7172(f)) 

transferred this regulatory authority, 

previously exercised by the nowdefunct Federal Power Commission, to 

DOE. 

Section 202(e) of the FPA provides 

that an entity which seeks to export 

electricity must obtain an order from 

DOE authorizing that export. (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)). On April 10, 2023, the 

authority to issue such orders was 

delegated to the DOE’s Grid Deployment 

Office (GDO) by Delegation Order No. 

S1–DEL–S3–2023 and Redelegation 

Order No. S3–DEL–GD1–2023. 

On May 30, 1997, DOE issued Order 

No. EA–145 authorizing Powerex to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Mexico as a power marketer. 

Such authority was renewed in 1999 

(Order No. EA–145–A), 2001 (Order No. 

EA–145–B), 2004 (Order No. EA–145– 


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