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number of newly developed or modified 

interventions with evidence of promise 

for improving student education 

outcomes, and the number of Institutesupported interventions with evidence 

of efficacy in improving student 

outcomes including student academic 

outcomes and social and behavioral 

competencies. Student academic 

outcomes include learning and 

achievement in core academic content 

areas (reading, writing, math, and 

science) and outcomes that reflect 

students’ successful progression through 

the education system (e.g., course and 

grade completion; high school 

graduation and dropout; postsecondary 

enrollment, progress, and completion). 

Social and behavioral competencies 

include social skills, attitudes, and 

behaviors that may be important to 

student’s academic and post-academic 

success. 

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 meeting 

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 

met the performance targets in the 

grantee’s approved application. In 

making a continuation grant, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Agency Contacts 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Allen Ruby, U.S. Department of 

Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue 

NW., Room 610e, Washington, DC 

20208, or by email: Allen.Ruby@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the RFA in an accessible 

format (e.g., braille, large print, 

audiotape, or compact disc) on request 

to the appropriate program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: March 9, 2015. 

Sue Betka, 

Acting Director, Institute of Education 

Sciences. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05693 Filed 3–11–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems 

Program 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information 

Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems 

Program. 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.372A. 

Dates: 

Request for Applications Available: 

March 12, 2015. 

Application Package Available: 

March 19, 2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of Letters of 

Intent: April 13, 2015. 

Dates of Informational Meetings: The 

Institute of Education Sciences (IES) 

intends to hold webinars designed to 

provide technical assistance to 

interested applicants. Detailed 

information regarding these webinars 

will be provided on IES’ Web site at 

http://ies.ed.gov/funding. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 10, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Statewide 

Longitudinal Data Systems Program 

awards grants to State educational 

agencies (SEAs) to design, develop, and 

implement Statewide longitudinal data 

systems to efficiently and accurately 

manage, analyze, disaggregate, and use 

individual student data. The 

Department’s long-term goal in 

operating the program is to help all 

States create comprehensive P–20W 

(early learning through workforce) 

systems that foster the generation and 

use of accurate and timely data, support 

analysis and informed decision-making 

at all levels of the education system, 

increase the efficiency with which data 

may be analyzed to support the 

continuous improvement of education 

services and outcomes, facilitate 

research to improve student academic 

achievement and close achievement 

gaps, support education accountability 

systems, and simplify the processes 

used by SEAs to make education data 

transparent through Federal and public 

reporting. 

Priorities: Over the past decade, States 

have made a great deal of progress in 

developing Statewide longitudinal data 

systems, most of them with the 

assistance of SLDS Program funds. This 

competition will focus on enhancing 

States’ capacity to use those systems to 

identify problems and drive 

improvement efforts. States may apply 

for funds to address up to two of the 

priority data use cases described in this 

section. SEAs may apply for grants 

selecting up to two of the following data 

use priorities: 

(1) Financial Equity and Return on 

Investment; 

(2) Educator Talent Management; 

(3) Early Learning; 

(4) College and Career; 

(5) Evaluation and Research; or 

(6) Instructional Support. 

Grants will not be made available to 

support ongoing maintenance of data 

systems. Use of data supported by these 

grants must be in accordance with the 

Family Educational Rights and Privacy 

Act, as well as any other applicable 

Federal and State laws or regulations 

concerning the confidentiality of 

individual records. 

An SEA may submit only one 

application under this competition. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9607. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 77, 82, 84, 97, 98, and 99. 

(b) The OMB Guidelines to Agencies on 

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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 in 2 CFR part 

3474. In addition, the regulations in 34 

CFR part 75 are applicable, except for 

the provisions in 34 CFR 75.100, 

75.101(b), 75.102, 75.103, 75.105, 

75.109(a), 75.200, 75.201, 75.209, 

75.210, 75.211, 75.217(a)–(c), 75.219, 

75.220, 75.221, 75.222, and 75.230. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

agreements. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$27,000,000. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 

2016 from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$1,000,000 to $7,000,000 for the entire 

project period. The size of the 

individual grants will depend on the 

scope of the projects proposed. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $7,000,000 (up to $3,500,000 

per priority) for the entire project period 

of 48 months. 

The Director of IES may change the 

maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: The 

number of awards made under this 

competition will depend upon the 

quality of the applications received and 

the level of funding requested. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Eligible 

applicants are limited to SEAs. An SEA 

is the agency primarily responsible for 

the State supervision of elementary 

schools and secondary schools. See 20 

U.S.C. 9601 (which incorporates by 

reference the definition of SEA set out 

in section 9101 of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (ESEA), 20 U.S.C. 7801). The 

SEAs of the 50 States, the District of 

Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 

Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 

American Samoa, Guam, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands are eligible. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: The 

Educational Technical Assistance Act of 

2002 requires that funds made available 

under this grant program be used to 

supplement, and not supplant, other 

State or local funds used for developing 

or using State data systems. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Request for Applications: 

Information regarding program and 

application requirements for this 

competition will be contained in the 

Request for Applications, which will be 

available on March 12, 2015, at the 

following Web site: http://ies.ed.gov/

funding/. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the Request for 

Applications and the application 

package in an accessible format (e.g., 

braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disk) by contacting he person 

listed under For Further Information 

Contact in section VII of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application are in the 

Request for Applications. The forms that 

must be submitted are in the application 

package for this competition. 

Letter of Intent to Apply: April 13, 

2015. 

We ask potential applicants to submit 

a letter of intent, indicating the Priority 

or Priorities under which the State 

intends to apply for funding. We use the 

information in the letters of intent to 

identify the expertise needed for the 

scientific review panels and to secure a 

sufficient number of reviewers. For this 

reason, letters of intent are optional but 

strongly encouraged. We request that 

letters of intent be submitted using the 

link at: https://iesreview.ed.gov/. 

Eligible entities that do not provide 

this notification may still apply for 

funding. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Request for Applications Available: 

March 12, 2015. 

Application Package Available: 

March 19, 2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of Letters of 

Intent to Apply: April 13, 2015. 

Dates of Informational Meetings: We 

intend to hold webinars designed to 

provide technical assistance to 

interested applicants. Detailed 

information regarding these meetings 

will be provided on the IES Web site at 

http://ies.ed.gov/funding. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 10, 2015. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, please refer to 

section IV. 7. Other Submission 

Requirements of this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under For Further Information Contact 

in section VII of this notice. If the 

Department provides an accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability in connection with the 

application process, the individual’s 

application remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in CFR 

part 79. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and System for Award 

Management: To do business with the 

Department of Education, you must—- 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the System for Award 

Management (SAM) (formerly the 

Central Contractor Registry (CCR)), the 

Government’s primary registrant 

database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your application; and 

d. Maintain an active SAM 

registration with current information 

while your application is under review 

by the Department and, if you are 

awarded a grant, during the project 

period. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 

can be created within one to two 

business days. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow two to five weeks for your 

TIN to become active. 

The SAM registration process can take 

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may take upwards of several weeks, 

depending on the completeness and 

accuracy of the data entered into the 

SAM database by an entity. Thus, if you 

think you might want to apply for 

Federal financial assistance under a 

program administered by the 

Department, please allow sufficient time 

to obtain and register your DUNS 

number and TIN. We strongly 

recommend that you register early. 

Note: Once your SAM registration is active, 

you will need to allow 24 to 48 hours for the 

information to be available in Grants.gov and 

before you can submit an application through 

Grants.gov. 

If you are currently registered with 

SAM, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your registration 

annually. This may take three or more 

business days. 

Information about SAM is available at 

www.SAM.gov. To further assist you 

with obtaining and registering your 

DUNS number and TIN in SAM or 

updating your existing SAM account, 

we have prepared a SAM.gov Tip Sheet, 

which you can find at: http://

www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/samfaqs.html. 

In addition, if you are submitting your 

application via Grants.gov, you must (1) 

be designated by your organization as an 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR); and (2) register yourself with 

Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these 

steps are outlined at the following 

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

web/grants/register.html. 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems 

competition, CFDA number 84.372A, 

must be submitted electronically using 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site at www.Grants.gov. Through this 

site, you will be able to download a 

copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not 

email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Statewide 

Longitudinal Data Systems competition 

at www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this competition by the CFDA 

number. Do not include the CFDA 

number’s alpha suffix in your search 

(e.g., search for 84.372, not 84.372A). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. When we retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov, we will 

notify you if we are rejecting your 

application because it was date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system after 

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

the application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this competition 

to ensure that you submit your 

application in a timely manner to the 

Grants.gov system. You can also find the 

Education Submission Procedures 

pertaining to Grants.gov under News 

and Events on the Department’s G5 

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

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: the Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

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

necessary assurances and certifications. 

• You must upload any narrative 

sections and all other attachments to 

your application as files in a PDF 

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

interactive or fillable PDF file. If you 

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

password-protected file, we will not 

review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by email. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

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instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 

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

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. The 

Department will contact you after a 

determination is made on whether your 

application will be accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevent you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Ellie Pelaez, U.S. 

Department of Education, 555 New 

Jersey Avenue NW., Room 600e, 

Washington, DC 20208–5530. FAX: 

(202) 219–1466. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.372A), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.372A), 550 12th 

Street SW., Room 7039, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 10 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

notification within 15 business days from the 

application deadline date, you should call 

the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: Information 

regarding selection criteria and review 

procedures for this competition will be 

provided in the Request for 

Applications. 

2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary also requires 

various assurances including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department of 

Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 

108.8, and 110.23). 

4. Special Conditions: Under 2 CFR 

3474.10, the Secretary may impose 

special conditions and, 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. 

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 

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1See § 5.14 of the final rule, which may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_06/ 

18cfr5_06.html. 

2These persons must not be otherwise involved 

with the proceeding. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

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

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multi-year award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/

fund/grant/apply/appforms/

appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: To evaluate 

the overall success of this program, the 

Department has established three 

performance measures that assess 

progress toward our strategic goal of 

ensuring that data are available to 

inform educational decisions by 

supporting States’ development and 

implementation of Statewide 

longitudinal data systems. The 

Department measures: (1) The number 

of States that link K–12 data with early 

childhood data; (2) the number of States 

that link K–12 data with postsecondary 

data; and (3) the number of States that 

link K–12 and postsecondary data with 

workforce data. In addition, grantees 

will be expected to report in their 

annual and final performance reports on 

their progress in achieving the project 

objectives proposed in their grant 

applications and on the status of their 

development and implementation of a 

Statewide longitudinal data system. 

5. 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 meeting 

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, the performance targets in 

the grantee’s approved application. In 

making a continuation grant, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy Sharkey, U.S. Department of 

Education, National Center for 

Education Statistics, 1990 K Street NW., 

Room 9101, Washington, DC 20006– 

5651. Telephone: (202) 502–7494 or by 

email: Nancy.Sharkey@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or compact disc) 

by contacting the program contact 

person listed in this section. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

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

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

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other documents of this Department 

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have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

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You may also access documents of the 

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Dated: March 9, 2015. 

Sue Betka, 

Acting Director, Institute of Education 

Sciences. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05682 Filed 3–11–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD04–4–002] 

Panel Member List for Hydropower 

Licensing Study Dispute Resolution; 

Notice Requesting Applications for 

Panel Member List for Hydropower 

Licensing Study Dispute Resolution 

This notice requests applications from 

those interested in being listed as 

potential panel members to assist in the 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) study 

dispute resolution process for the 

integrated licensing process of 

hydropower projects. 

Background 

The Commission’s integrated 

licensing process (ILP) regulations 

pertaining to hydroelectric licensing 

under the Federal Power Act encourages 

informal resolution of study 

disagreements. In cases where this is not 

successful, a formal study dispute 

resolution process is available for state 

and federal agencies or Indian tribes 

with mandatory conditioning 

authority.1

The ILP provides that the disputed 

study must be submitted to a dispute 

resolution panel consisting of a person 

from Commission staff, a person from 

the agency or Indian tribe referring the 

dispute to the Commission, and a third 

person selected by the other two 

panelists from a pre-established list of 

persons with expertise in the disputed 

resource area.2 The third panel member 

(TPM) will serve without compensation, 

except for certain allowable travel 

expenses to be borne by the 

Commission. 

The role of the panel members is to 

make a finding, with respect to each 

disputed study request, on the extent to 

which each study criteria set forth in the 


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