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to this competition. Specifically, the 

priority in that notice, entitled ‘‘Parent 

Training and Information Centers,’’ 

identifies the requirements for 

applications submitted in response to 

this notice, including the eligible 

entities, the States from which we are 

accepting applications, and the 

instructions for submitting applications. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carmen Sanchez, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 4057, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2600. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6595. 

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. 

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) by 

contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD or a TTY, call 

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Dated: March 18, 2015. 

Sue Swenson, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06744 Filed 3–24–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; ReadyTo-Learn Television 

AGENCY: Office of Innovation and 

Improvement, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: 

Ready-to-Learn Television. 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.295A. 

DATES: Applications Available: March 

25, 2015. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

April 9, 2015. 

Date of Pre-Application Webinar: An 

informational Webinar will be 

announced on the Ready-to-Learn 

Television Web site at http://

www2.ed.gov/programs/rtltv/

index.html. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 26, 2015. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 23, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Ready-toLearn Television Program (Ready-toLearn) is designed to: (1) Facilitate 

school readiness and academic 

achievement by supporting the 

development and national distribution 

of educational television and interactive 

media programming for preschool and 

elementary school children and their 

parents; (2) develop and disseminate 

educational outreach materials and 

programs that are designed to deepen 

and extend the effectiveness of the 

educational television and interactive 

media and (3) build social and virtual 

communities of parents, educators, and 

children devoted to using the media 

materials. 

Background: 

Ready-to-Learn aims to take advantage 

of common mass media consumer 

technologies in order to reach children 

in low-income homes who may be 

lacking in educationally-rich learning 

opportunities and make it easier for 

parents, caregivers, and early learning 

providers to find trustworthy materials 

that they can use with the children in 

their care. 

Ready-to-Learn accomplishes this by 

using Federal dollars to stimulate the 

creation of educational media content 

that meets the highest standards of 

educational quality, while aiming to be 

just as entertaining as the best 

commercially produced media 

programs. Ready-to-Learn is not meant 

to be a mere subsidy to enable media 

producers to create educational content 

that would not otherwise be 

commercially feasible for them to 

produce. Rather, Ready-to-Learn seeks 

to bring educators and media producers 

together in cooperative working 

relationships that would not otherwise 

be possible, while also using the Federal 

investment to leverage additional 

contributions in funding, talent, and 

resources. 

To succeed, media producers 

generally must depart from their typical 

ways of working and embrace the 

contributions of educators and other 

education experts. Experts in subject 

matter and pedagogy, instructional 

designers, formative researchers, and 

other educators will work side by side 

and on equal footing with creative and 

media production experts in areas such 

as storytelling and interactive gameplay 

in order to merge their contributions 

into a unified and integrated effort. 

As in the 2010 competition, in which 

Ready-to-Learn supported the 

development of educational 

‘‘transmedia,’’ we are again looking to 

create new, interrelated combinations of 

television and interactive media in 

which characters, narrative story lines, 

and problem-solving are used to connect 

the various media products. In order to 

make this work, producers may need to 

plan how their different products will 

work together to execute a cohesive 

strategy, and then build a production 

model accordingly. Furthermore, 

producers may need to think carefully 

about how the eventual distribution of 

the products will be sequenced and 

organized to ensure that users will 

experience them in a manner that 

reflects this cohesiveness. 

Striking the right balance between 

innovation and access is key. 

Technologies are constantly changing, 

and with them come new opportunities 

for improving young children’s learning. 

Ready-to-Learn seeks to take advantage 

of the best educational uses of each 

medium and explore how best to 

combine both emerging and older media 

platforms to reach young children and 

their caregivers. With emerging 

technologies, it is important, however, 

to keep in mind what is available to 

low-income users in their homes or 

communities and what is accessible to 

a wide range of users, particularly those 

with disabilities. 

Although the television programming 

created under Ready-to-Learn has 

generally been made accessible to users 

who have hearing or vision loss through 

captioning and video description, some 

of the transmedia created to accompany 

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accessibility features for users with 

disabilities. Products produced by 

projects funded through this 

competition must be accessible both for 

purposes of complying with Section 504 

of the Rehabilitation Act and to ensure 

that the needs of all users, including 

those with disabilities, are addressed. In 

meeting the requirement to reach the 

‘‘widest possible audience’’ set out in 

section 2431(a)(1)(D) of the Elementary 

and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

(ESEA), applicants are expected to 

include the accommodations needed to 

provide accessibility to individuals with 

disabilities. 

Furthermore, distribution has been an 

issue. In the past, the Department has 

generally assumed that if Ready-toLearn grantees created high-quality 

products, national distribution deals 

would follow—usually through the 

existing infrastructure of the public 

television system. But the range of 

media available to producers has 

expanded beyond broadcast or cable 

television and Web sites to include 

national video streaming companies, 

applications for tablets and 

smartphones, game platforms, social 

media, and other technologies. 

Contemporary users also desire the 

ability to move freely between these 

platforms. 

Therefore, in this competition we are 

encouraging applicants to consider and 

plan for distribution much earlier in the 

life of their proposed projects, and to 

directly partner with those broadcasters, 

streamers, game companies, publishers, 

or others that will be integral to ensure 

that the media is accessible to all users 

and will reflect both the creative and 

educational vision that went into its 

design. 

Historically, Ready-to-Learn has also 

required grantees to develop and 

implement outreach programs in 

culturally diverse local communities. 

This year, we continue this focus by 

encouraging applicants to partner with 

both local and national organizations 

that promote wider use of the 

educational media materials in homes, 

daycare facilities, museums and 

libraries, and a variety of other informal 

learning and school-based settings. We 

therefore encourage the creation of 

supplemental materials for teachers, 

parents, and caregivers to use in these 

settings. We also encourage the 

development of both local and virtual 

user communities to share information, 

model effective practices, and promote 

dissemination. 

Throughout this process, conducting 

research is essential in at least two 

ways: First, when formative research is 

conducted in coordination with the 

production teams, it can help to ensure 

that learners are responding 

appropriately to design elements such 

as user interfaces, visual cues, 

programmed feedback, and more. 

Second, research can be used to 

determine the effectiveness of the media 

products in helping young children 

learn or improve their school readiness. 

Because of the importance of research to 

the success of projects, Ready-to-Learn 

encourages applicants to enlist 

independent researchers to conduct one 

or more rigorous effectiveness studies 

that will meet the What Works 

Clearinghouse Evidence Standards (as 

defined in this notice). Such studies 

should examine the effectiveness of the 

proposed combination of television and 

other interactive media to improve 

science or literacy learning outcomes 

and to improve school readiness, when 

used by children in the proposed home 

or informal learning. Studies should 

also compare the learning and school 

readiness outcomes of children using 

products supported by Ready-to-Learn 

to the outcomes of children using other 

similar educational media or nonmedia-based learning materials. 

Statutory Requirements: 

As set forth in section 2431 of the 

ESEA, to be eligible to receive a 

cooperative agreement under Ready-toLearn, an applicant must propose to: 

(1) Develop, produce, and distribute 

educational and instructional video 

programming for preschool and 

elementary school children and their 

parents in order to facilitate student 

academic achievement; 

(2) Facilitate the development, 

directly or through contracts with 

producers of children and family 

educational television programming, of 

educational programming for preschool 

and elementary school children, and the 

accompanying support materials and 

services that promote the effective use 

of such programming; 

(3) Facilitate the development of 

programming and digital content 

containing Ready-to-Learn-based 

children’s programming and resources 

for parents and caregivers that is 

specially designed for nationwide 

distribution over public television 

stations’ digital broadcasting channels 

and the Internet; 

(4) Contract with entities (such as 

public telecommunications entities) so 

that programs developed under this 

program are disseminated and 

distributed to the widest possible 

audience appropriate to be served by the 

programming, and through the use of 

the most appropriate distribution 

technologies; and 

(5) Develop and disseminate 

education and training materials, 

including interactive programs and 

programs adaptable to distance learning 

technologies, that are designed— 

(i) To promote school readiness; and 

(ii) To promote the effective use of 

materials developed under paragraphs 

(2) and (3) among parents, teachers, 

Head Start providers, Even Start 

providers, providers of family literacy 

services, child care providers, early 

childhood development personnel, 

elementary school teachers, public 

libraries, and after-school program 

personnel caring for preschool and 

elementary school children. 

Note: As set forth in section 2431(d) of the 

ESEA, a recipient of a Ready-to-Learn 

Television cooperative agreement is 

authorized to use up to five percent of the 

amount received for the normal and 

customary expenses of administering the 

grant. 

Priorities: Under this competition, we 

are particularly interested in 

applications that address one or both of 

the following priorities. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2015 

and any subsequent year in which we 

make awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants 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 

applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1. 

The Secretary invites applications 

from eligible public telecommunications 

entities that have a demonstrated track 

record in high-quality educational 

television production for preschool or 

elementary school-aged children and 

demonstrated success in improving 

reading, math, or science skills for 

children ages two through eight. These 

entities are invited to collaborate, as 

needed, with early learning educators; 

professional media producers; national 

broadcasters, streaming companies, or 

other mass media distributors; learning 

game companies; formative researchers; 

and other relevant organizations to 

produce and nationally distribute highquality, age-appropriate educational 

television and digital media content that 

focuses on science (including scientific 

thinking and skill development) or 

literacy. The media should target 

children ages two through eight (or 

subsets), particularly those from lowincome families, for use in the home or 

in informal learning settings for the 

purposes of improving learning 

outcomes or school readiness. 

Applicants are encouraged to use both 


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television and a variety of accessible 

digital media to explore new 

combinations of narrative storytelling 

and interactive learning, and whenever 

possible, to make these media available 

to consumers at no cost. 

Invitational Priority 2. 

The Secretary invites applications 

from eligible public telecommunications 

entities that have a demonstrated track 

record in high-quality educational 

television production for preschool or 

elementary school aged children and 

demonstrated success in improving 

reading, math, or science skills for 

children ages two through eight. These 

entities are invited to create and 

nationally distribute new combinations 

of educational television and accessible 

interactive media for young children, 

ages two through eight (or subsets), 

particularly those from low-income 

families, that use analytics and 

embedded assessments, consistent with 

applicable privacy requirements, in 

order to (a) create personalized learning 

experiences that adapt as users 

progressively demonstrate competency 

or (b) provide useful and meaningful 

learning data to parents, caregivers, or 

educators. 

Note: The media produced using Ready-toLearn funds must comply with 16 CFR 312, 

the Children’s Online Privacy Protection 

Rule, which protects children under the age 

of 13 from unfair or deceptive use of personal 

information. This rule can be found at: 

www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/textidx?SID=4939e77c77

a1a1a08c1cbf905fc4b409

&node=16%3A1.0.1.3.36&rgn=div5. 

Definitions: The following definitions 

apply to this competition. The 

definitions of ‘‘logic model,’’ ‘‘strong 

theory,’’ and ‘‘What Works 

Clearinghouse Evidence Standards’’ are 

from 34 CFR 77.1(c). The definition of 

‘‘public telecommunications entity’’ is 

from 20 U.S.C. 7801(35), which 

references 47 U.S.C. 397. 

Logic model (also referred to as theory 

of action) means a well-specified 

conceptual framework that identifies 

key components of the proposed 

process, product, strategy, or practice 

(i.e., the active ‘‘ingredients’’ that are 

hypothesized to be critical to achieving 

the relevant outcomes) and describes 

the relationships among the key 

components and outcomes, theoretically 

and operationally. 

Note: In developing logic models, 

applicants may want to use resources such as 

the Pacific Education Laboratory’s Education 

Logic Model Application 

(www.relpacific.mcrel.org/PERR.html or 

http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED544779.pdf) 

to help design their logic models. 

Public telecommunications entity 

means any enterprise which (a) is a 

public broadcast station or a 

noncommercial telecommunications 

entity; and (b) disseminates public 

telecommunications services to the 

public. 

Strong theory means a rationale for 

the proposed process, product, strategy, 

or practice that includes a logic model. 

What Works Clearinghouse Evidence 

Standards means the standards set forth 

in the What Works Clearinghouse 

Procedures and Standards Handbook 

(Version 3.0, March 2014), which can be 

found at the following link: http://

ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/

DocumentSum.aspx?sid=19. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6775. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 

97, 98, and 99. (b) The OMB 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 in 2 CFR part 3474. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

agreements. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$25,621,000 for FY 2015. 

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: 

$4,000,000–$12,000,000 for the first 

year of the project. Funding for the 

second, third, fourth, and fifth years is 

subject to availability of funds and the 

approval of continuation awards (see 34 

CFR 75.253). 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$8,000,000 for the first year of the 

project; $40,000,000 over five years. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 3. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: To receive a 

cooperative agreement under this 

competition, an entity must be a public 

telecommunications entity (as defined 

in this notice) that is able to 

demonstrate: 

(A) A capacity to develop and 

nationally distribute educational and 

instructional television programming of 

high quality that is accessible by a large 

majority of disadvantaged preschool and 

elementary school children; 

(B) A capacity to contract with the 

producers of children’s television 

programming for the purpose of 

developing educational television 

programming of high quality; 

(C) A capacity, consistent with the 

entity’s mission and nonprofit nature, to 

negotiate such contracts in a manner 

that returns to the entity an appropriate 

share of any ancillary income from sales 

of any program-related products; and 

(D) A capacity to localize 

programming and materials to meet 

specific State and local needs and to 

provide educational outreach at the 

local level. 

Note: If more than one public 

telecommunications entity wishes to form a 

consortium and jointly submit a single 

application, they must follow the procedures 

for group applications described in 34 CFR 

75.127 through 75.129 of EDGAR. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet, from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs), or from the program office. 

To obtain a copy via the Internet, use 

the following address: www.ed.gov/

fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html. 

To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, 

fax, or call the following: ED Pubs, U.S. 

Department of Education, P.O. Box 

22207, Alexandria, VA 22304. 

Telephone, toll free: 1–877–433–7827. 

FAX: (703) 605–6794. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) or a text telephone (TTY), call, 

toll free: 1–877–576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: www.EDPubs.gov or at its 

email address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this program as 

follows: CFDA number 84.295A. 

To obtain a copy from the program 

office, contact: Brian Lekander, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., Room 4C133, Washington, 


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DC 20202–9830. Telephone: (202) 205– 

5633 or by email: readytolearn@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or compact disc) 

by contacting the program contact 

person listed in this section. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

program. 

Notice of Intent to Apply: April 9, 

2015. 

We will be able to develop a more 

efficient process for reviewing grant 

applications if we have a better 

understanding of the number of public 

telecommunications entities that intend 

to apply for funding under this program. 

Therefore, we strongly encourage each 

potential applicant to notify the 

Department by sending a short email 

message indicating the applicant’s 

intent to submit an application for 

funding. The email should indicate the 

invitational priority or priorities to be 

addressed and the subject matter focus 

(e.g., science or literacy) of the 

application. The email should be 

addressed to readytolearn@ed.gov. 

Applicants may also fill out a brief letter 

of intent to apply form on the Ready-toLearn Web site. Applicants that do not 

provide this email notification or fill out 

the form may still apply for funding. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

is where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria that reviewers use to 

evaluation your application. Applicants 

are strongly encouraged to limit the 

application narrative (Part III) to the 

equivalent of no more than 50 pages. 

Applicants are also strongly encouraged 

not to include lengthy appendices that 

contain information that they were 

unable to include within the page limits 

for the narrative. Applicants should 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. 

• 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 page limit for the application 

does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; 

Part II, the budget section, including the 

narrative budget justification; Part IV, 

the assurances and certifications; or the 

one-page abstract, the resumes, the 

bibliography, or the letters of support of 

the application. However, the page limit 

does apply to all of the application 

narrative section of the application. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 25, 

2015. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to 

Submit an Application: April 9, 2015. 

Date of Pre-Application Webinar: The 

Department intends to hold a Webinar 

designed to provide technical assistance 

to those interested in applying for a 

Ready-to-Learn grant. Detailed 

information regarding this meeting will 

be provided on the Ready-to-Learn Web 

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

rtltv/index.html. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 26, 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. Application and Submission 

Information. 7. Other Submission 

Requirements of this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 26, 2015. 

4. 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. 

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 2–5 weeks for your TIN to 

become active. 

The SAM registration process can take 

approximately seven business days, but 

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, 


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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 

program 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 

Ready-to-Learn Television Program, 

CFDA Number 84.295A, 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 Ready-to-Learn 

program at www.Grants.gov. You must 

search for the downloadable application 

package for this competition by the 

CFDA number. Do not include the 

CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your 

search (e.g., search for 84.295, not 

84.295A). 

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 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 

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

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

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

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. The 

Department will contact you after a 

determination is made on whether your 

application will be accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

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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 prevents 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: Brian Lekander, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., Room 4C133, Washington, 

DC 20202. FAX: (202) 205–5631. 

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 84.295A), 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 84.295A), 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 11 of the SF 424 

the CFDA number, including suffix 

letter, if any, of the competition under 

which you are submitting your 

application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center 

will mail to you a notification of receipt 

of your grant application. If you do not 

receive this grant notification within 15 

business days from the application 

deadline date, you should call the U.S. 

Department of Education Application 

Control Center at (202) 245–6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for the Ready-to-Learn 

competition are from the EDGAR 

general selection criteria in 34 CFR 

75.210 and are listed below. 

The points assigned to each criterion 

are indicated in the parentheses next to 

the criterion. An applicant may earn up 

to a total of 100 points based on its 

responses to the selection criteria. 

Note: An applicant must provide in the 

project narrative section of its application 

information about how its proposed project 

addresses the selection criteria. In 

responding to the selection criteria, 

applicants should keep in mind that peer 

reviewers may consider only the information 

provided in the written application when 

scoring and commenting on the application. 

A. Significance (10 points) 

The Secretary considers the 

significance of the proposed project. In 

determining the significance of the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(i) The extent to which the proposed 

project will provide services or 

otherwise address the needs of students 

at risk of educational failure. 

(ii) The extent to which the proposed 

project involves the development or 

demonstration of promising new 

strategies that build on, or are 

alternatives to, existing strategies. 

B. Quality of the Project Design (25 

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 following factors: 

(i) The extent to which the proposed 

project represents an exceptional 

approach for meeting statutory purposes 

and requirements. 

(ii) The extent to which the proposed 

project is supported by strong theory (as 

defined in this notice). 

(iii) The extent to which the goals, 

objectives, and outcomes to be achieved 

by the proposed project are clearly 

specified and measurable. 

(iv) The extent to which the proposed 

development efforts include adequate 

quality controls and, as appropriate, 

repeated testing of products. 

Note: In responding to the Quality of the 

Project Design selection criterion, an 

applicant should include a detailed 

description of its proposal to develop media 

and conduct outreach, as described in section 

2431 of the ESEA. 

C. Strategy to Scale (25 points) 

The Secretary considers the 

applicant’s strategy to scale the 

proposed project. In determining the 

applicant’s capacity to scale the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(i) The applicant’s capacity (e.g., in 

terms of qualified personnel, financial 

resources, or management capacity) to 

further develop and bring to scale the 

proposed process, product, strategy, or 

practice, or to work with others to 

ensure that the proposed process, 

product, strategy, or practice can be 

further developed and brought to scale, 

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(ii) The likely utility of the products 

(such as information, materials, 

processes, or techniques) that will result 

from the proposed project, including the 

potential for their being used effectively 

in a variety of other settings. 

D. Quality of the Management Plan 

(20 Points) 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the management plan for the proposed 

project. In determining the quality of the 

management plan for the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers the 

following factors: 

(i) The adequacy of the management 

plan to achieve the objectives of the 

proposed project on time and within 

budget, including clearly defined 

responsibilities, timelines, and 

milestones for accomplishing project 

tasks. 

(ii) The qualifications, including 

relevant training and experience, of key 

project personnel. 

(iii) The relevance and demonstrated 

commitment of each partner in the 

proposed project to the implementation 

and success of the project. 

E. Quality of the Project Evaluation 

(20 points) 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the evaluation to be conducted of the 

proposed project. In determining the 

quality of the evaluation, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(i) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation include the use of 

objective performance measures that are 

clearly related to the intended outcomes 

of the project and will produce 

quantitative and qualitative data to the 

extent possible. 

(ii) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation will provide timely 

guidance for quality assurance. 

(iii) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation will, if well-implemented, 

produce evidence about the project’s 

effectiveness that would meet the What 

Works Clearinghouse Evidence 

Standards (as defined in this notice) 

with reservations. 

Note: We encourage applicants to review 

the following technical assistance resources 

on evaluation: (1) WWC Procedures and 

Standards Handbook: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/

wwc/references/idocviewer/doc.aspx?

docid=19&tocid=1; and (2) IES/NCEE 

Technical Methods papers: http://ies.ed.gov/ 

ncee/tech_methods/. In addition, we invite 

applicants to view two optional Webinar 

recordings that was hosted by the Institute of 

Education Sciences. The first Webinar 

discussed strategies for designing and 

executing well-designed quasi-experimental 

design studies. Applicants interested in 

viewing this Webinar may find more 

information at the following Web site: http:// 

ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/news.aspx?sid=23. We 

also encourage applicants to review a second 

Webinar recorded by the IES that focused on 

more rigorous evaluation designs. This 

Webinar discusses strategies for designing 

and executing studies that meet WWC 

standards without reservations. Applicants 

interested in reviewing this Webinar may 

find more information at the following Web 

site: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/

News.aspx?sid=18. 

2. Review and Selection Process: Before 

making awards, we will screen applications 

submitted in accordance with the 

requirements in this notice to determine 

whether applications have met eligibility and 

other requirements. This screening process 

may occur at various stages of the process; 

applicants that are determined to be 

ineligible will not receive a grant, regardless 

of peer reviewer scores or comments. 

We will use independent peer 

reviewers with varied backgrounds and 

professions, such as experts in science 

or literacy education, early learning, 

media production and distribution, 

educational game development, 

educational technology, communitybased outreach, or educational research 

and evaluation. All reviewers will be 

thoroughly screened for conflicts of 

interest to ensure a fair and competitive 

review process. Peer reviewers will 

read, prepare a written evaluation, and 

score the assigned applications, using 

the selection criteria provided in this 

notice. 

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. 

Finally, 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). 

3. 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 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

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

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multi-year award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/

fund/grant/apply/appforms/

appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Department has established four 

performance measures for the Ready-toLearn program. These measures 

constitute the Department’s indicators 

of success for the program. 

Consequently, we advise an applicant 

for a grant under this program to give 

careful consideration to these measures 

in conceptualizing the approach and 

evaluation for its proposed project. Each 

grantee will be required to provide, in 

its annual performance reports and in 

its final report, data about its progress 

in meeting these measures. 

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(GPRA) performance measures for the 

Ready-to-Learn program: 

• The percentage of summative 

experimental or quasi-experimental 

research studies that demonstrate 

positive and statistically significant 

gains in science or literacy skills when 

Ready-to-Learn transmedia properties 

are compared to similar non-Ready-toLearn-funded digital properties or to 

other more traditional educational 

materials. 

• The number of children who 

annually use Ready-to-Learn produced 

educational media products, 

disaggregated by individual product, as 

determined by appropriate industry 

standard metrics or, when available, by 

tracking tools. 

• The percentage of educational 

‘‘transmedia products,’’ along with 

necessary supporting materials, that are 

deemed to be of high quality in 

promoting learning of science or literacy 

by an independent panel of expert 

reviewers. 

Note: The Department will convene expert 

panels annually to review grantee-produced 

products. Applicants should include in their 

budgets funds for two individuals each year 

to spend two days in Washington, DC to 

attend these panel meetings and to 

demonstrate the identified products to 

reviewers. 

The fourth performance measure for 

Ready-to-Learn is a program efficiency 

measure: 

• Dollars leveraged from non-Federal 

sources per Federal dollar dedicated to 

core non-outreach and non-research 

program activities. 

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 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, 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: 

Brian Lekander, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 4C133, Washington, DC 20202– 

5930. Telephone: (202) 205–5633 or by 

email: readytolearn@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the 

FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

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

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

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

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: March 20, 2015. 

Nadya Chinoy Dabby, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Hanford 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Hanford. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: 

Wednesday, April 8, 2015—12:00 p.m.– 

8:00 p.m. 

Thursday, April 9, 2015—8:30 a.m.–3:00 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Red Lion Hanford House, 

802 George Washington Way, Richland, 

WA 99352. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristen Skopeck, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy Richland 

Operations Office, 825 Jadwin Avenue, 

P.O. Box 550, A7–75, Richland, WA 

99352; Phone: (509) 376–5803; or Email: 

kristen.skopeck@rl.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• Central Plateau Inner Area Cleanup 

Guidelines 

• Hanford Advisory Board Committee 

Reports 

• Tri-Party Agreement Agencies’ 

Updates 

• Board Business 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The EM SSAB, 

Hanford, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Kristen 

Skopeck at least seven days in advance 

of the meeting at the phone number 

listed above. Written statements may be 

filed with the Board either before or 

after the meeting. Individuals who wish 

to make oral statements pertaining to 

agenda items should contact Kristen 

Skopeck at the address or telephone 

number listed above. Requests must be 

received five days prior to the meeting 

and reasonable provision will be made 

to include the presentation in the 

agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal 

Officer is empowered to conduct the 

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 

the orderly conduct of business. 

Individuals wishing to make public 

comments will be provided a maximum 

of five minutes to present their 

comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Kristen Skopeck’s 

office at the address or phone number 

listed above. Minutes will also be 

available at the following Web site: 

http://www.hanford.gov/page.cfm/hab. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on March 18, 

2015. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06815 Filed 3–24–15; 8:45 am] 

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