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equipment; unclassified software 

delivery and support; spare parts, 

consumables and accessories, and 

repair and return support; 

modifications and maintenance 

support; unclassified publications 

and technical documentation; 

studies and surveys; U.S. 

Government and contractor 

engineering, technical, and logistics 

support services; and other related 

elements of logistics and program 

support. 

(iv) Military Department: Air Force 

(IT–D–AAG, IT–D–AAH) 

(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: None 

(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, 

Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None 

known at this time 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology 

Contained in the Defense Article or 

Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: 

See Attached Annex 

(viii) Date Report Delivered to 

Congress: February 15, 2024 

* as defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Italy—Small Diameter Bomb II 

The Government of Italy has 

requested to buy one hundred twentyfive (125) Guided Bomb Unit (GBU)-53/ 

B Small Diameter Bombs-Increment II 

(SDB–II) All-Up-Rounds (AURs); and 

eight (8) GBU–53/B SDB–II Captive 

Carry Reliability Tests (CCRTs) that will 

be added to a previously implemented 

case whose value was under the 

congressional notification threshold. 

The original FMS case, valued at $22.5 

million ($9.7 million in MDE), included 

twenty-four (24) GBU–53/B SDB–II 

AURs; and four (4) GBU–53/B SDB–II 

CCRTs. The Government of Italy has 

also requested a new FMS case that 

includes twenty-four (24) GBU–53/B 

SDB–II AURs; and two (2) GBU–53/B 

SDB–II CCRTs. This notification is for a 

combined total of one hundred seventythree (173) GBU–53/B SDB–II AURs; 

and fourteen (14) GBU–53/B SDB–II 

CCRTs. Also included are SDB–II 

Weapon Load Crew Trainers (WLCT) 

and Practical Explosive Ordnance 

Disposal Trainers (PEST); munitions 

support and support equipment; 

unclassified software delivery and 

support; spare parts, consumables and 

accessories, and repair and return 

support; modifications and maintenance 

support; unclassified publications and 

technical documentation; studies and 

surveys; U.S. Government and 

contractor engineering, technical, and 

logistics support services; and other 

related elements of logistics and 

program support. The estimated total 

cost is $150 million. 

This proposed sale will support the 

foreign policy goals and national 

security objectives of the United States 

by improving the security of a NATO 

Ally that is a force for political stability 

and economic progress in Europe. 

The proposed sale will improve Italy’s 

capability to meet current and future 

threats by improving the Italian Air 

Force and Navy’s F–35 weapons 

capabilities. It will also advance United 

States interoperability with NATO and 

the Italian Armed Forces. Italy already 

has the SDB–II in its inventory and will 

have no difficulty absorbing this 

equipment into its armed forces. 

The proposed sale of this equipment 

and support will not alter the basic 

military balance in the region. 

The principal contractor will be RTX 

Corporation, Arlington, VA. There are 

no known offset agreements proposed in 

connection with this potential sale. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will not require the assignment of any 

additional U.S. Government or 

contractor representatives to Italy. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 24–14 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act 

Annex 

Item No. vii 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology: 

1. The GBU–53/B Small Diameter 

Bomb—Increment II (SDB–II) is a 250- 

pound class precision-guided, 

semiautonomous, conventional, air-toground munition used to defeat moving 

targets from standoff range. The SDB–II 

has deployable wings and fins and uses 

Global Positioning System/Inertial 

Navigation System (GPS/INS) guidance, 

network-enabled datalink (Link-16 and 

ultra-high frequency (UHF)), and a 

multi-mode seeker (millimeter wave 

radar, imaging infrared, semi-active 

laser) to autonomously search, acquire, 

track, and defeat a variety of moving or 

stationary targets, at standoff range or 

close in, in a variety of attack modes, in 

clear or adverse weather. The SDB–II 

employs a multi-effects warhead (blast, 

fragmentation, and shaped-charge) for 

maximum lethality against armored and 

soft targets. The SDB–II weapon system 

consists of the tactical All-Up-Round 

(AUR) weapon, a 4-place common 

carriage system, and Mission Planning 

System Munitions Application Program 

(MAP). 

a. The SDB–II Captive Carry 

Reliability Test vehicles are an inert 

SDB–II configuration used for any 

purpose where an inert round without 

telemetry or termination capability 

would be useful, but primarily for 

reliability data collection during 

carriage. 

b. The SDB–II Weapon Load Crew 

Trainer (WLCT) is a mass mockup of the 

tactical AUR used for load crew and 

maintenance training. It does not 

contain energetics, a live fuze, any 

sensitive components, or hazardous 

material. It is not flight certified. 

c. The SDB–II Practical Explosive 

Ordnance Disposal Trainer (PEST) is an 

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) 

training unit with sections and internal 

subassemblies which are identical to, or 

correlate to, the external hardware, 

sections and internal subassemblies of 

the tactical AUR. The PEST does not 

contain energetics, a live fuze, any 

sensitive components, or hazardous 

material. It is not flight certified. 

2. The highest level of classification of 

defense articles, components, and 

services included in this potential sale 

is SECRET. 

3. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

the specific hardware and software 

elements, the information could be used 

to develop countermeasures that might 

reduce weapon system effectiveness or 

be used in the development of a system 

with similar or advanced capabilities. 

4. A determination has been made 

that Italy can provide substantially the 

same degree of protection for the 

sensitive technology being released as 

the U.S. Government. This sale is 

necessary in furtherance of the U.S. 

foreign policy and national security 

objectives outlined in the Policy 

Justification. 

5. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal have been 

authorized for release and export to 

Italy. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00142 Filed 1–7–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Native 

Hawaiian Career and Technical 

Education Program (NHCTEP) 

AGENCY: Office of Career, Technical, and 

Adult Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2025 for the Native Hawaiian 

Career and Technical Education 

Program (NHCTEP). 


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DATES: 

Applications Available: January 8, 

2025. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

Applicants are strongly encouraged, but 

not required, to submit a notice of intent 

to apply by February 7, 2025. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 7, 2025. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 9, 2025. 

Pre-Application Webinar Information: 

For information about a pre-application 

webinar or potential future webinars, 

visit the Perkins Collaborative Resource 

Network (PCRN) at http://cte.ed.gov/. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on December 7, 2022 

(87 FR 75045), and available at 

www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2022/12/07/2022-26554/commoninstructions-for-applicants-todepartment-of-education-discretionarygrant-programs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patti 

Beltram, Ed.D., U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 4A115, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 987–1370. Email: 

NHCTEP@ed.gov. 

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability and wish to 

access telecommunications relay 

services, please dial 7–1–1. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: NHCTEP 

provides grants to improve career and 

technical education (CTE) programs that 

are consistent with the purposes of the 

Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 

Education Act of 2006 (the Act or 

Perkins V), and that benefit Native 

Hawaiians. 

Assistance Listing Number: 84.259A. 

OMB Control Number: 1894–0006. 

Background: This notice invites 

applications for a NHCTEP competition 

that implements section 116 of the Act. 

Section 116(h) of the Act authorizes the 

Secretary of Education (Secretary) to 

award grants to, or enter into 

cooperative agreements or contracts 

with, community-based organizations 

primarily serving and representing 

Native Hawaiians to plan, conduct, and 

administer programs, or portions of 

programs, that are for the benefit of 

Native Hawaiians and authorized by 

and consistent with Perkins V. 

Priorities: This competition has one 

absolute priority. The absolute priority 

is from section 116 of the Act. 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2025, and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

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

applications that meet this priority. 

The priority is: 

Authorized Program. 

To meet this priority, applicants must 

propose and carry out a CTE program 

consistent with Perkins V. (20 U.S.C. 

2302(5)) 

Note: If an applicant with an open 

NHCTEP grant receives a grant under 

this competition, they must demonstrate 

that the activities and objectives of the 

grant will not duplicate or overlap with 

the expenses, activities, and objectives 

of other open grants with the same or 

similar activities and objectives. (2 CFR 

200.403 and 200.404) 

Requirements: 

This notice includes one application 

and two program requirements that are 

based on statutory requirements or the 

Notice of final requirements, 

definitions, and selection criteria 

(Notice of Final Requirements) 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 24, 2009 (74 FR 12341). The 

source is noted after each requirement. 

The application requirement is: 

Career and technical education 

agreement. Any applicant that is not 

proposing to provide career and 

technical education directly to Native 

Hawaiian students and proposes instead 

to pay one or more qualified educational 

entities to provide such career and 

technical education to Native Hawaiian 

students must include with its 

application a written career and 

technical education agreement between 

the applicant and the educational entity. 

The written agreement must describe 

the commitment between the applicant 

and the educational entity and must 

include, at a minimum, a statement of 

the responsibilities of the applicant and 

the entity. The agreement must be 

signed by the appropriate individuals 

on behalf of each party, such as the 

authorizing official or administrative 

head of the applicant Native Hawaiian 

community-based organization. (Notice 

of Final Requirements). 

The program requirements are: 

Requirement 1—Authorized Use of 

NHCTEP Funds: 

Section 116(c) of the Act requires that 

funds awarded under NHCTEP be used 

to carry out ‘‘career and technical 

education programs’’ (20 U.S.C. 2326(c), 

as the term ‘‘career and technical 

education’’ is defined by the Act as 

amended by the Strengthening Career 

and Technical Education for the 21st 

Century Act (20 U.S.C. 2302(5)). 

Grantees may use funds awarded under 

NHCTEP to— 

(1) Provide preparatory, refresher, and 

remedial education services that are 

designed to enable students to achieve 

success in career and technical 

education programs or programs of 

study. 

(2) Provide stipends to students who 

are enrolled in career and technical 

education programs and who have acute 

economic needs which cannot be met 

through work-study programs. Stipends 

shall not exceed reasonable amounts as 

prescribed by the Secretary. (Section 

116(c) of the Act) 

Requirement 2—Direct Assistance to 

Students: 

A grantee may provide direct 

assistance to students only if the 

following conditions are met: 

(1) The recipient of the direct 

assistance is an individual who is a 

member of a special population (as 

defined in section 3(29) of the Act) and 

who is participating in the grantee’s 

NHCTEP project. 

Note: As a result of the 

reauthorization of Perkins V, the 

definition for ‘‘special population’’ 

referenced above is now found at 

section 3(48) of the Act, and is provided 

in the definitions section of this notice. 

(2) The direct assistance is needed to 

address barriers to the individual’s 

successful participation in a NHCTEP 

project. 

(3) The direct assistance is part of a 

broader, more generally focused 

program or activity for addressing the 

needs of an individual who is a member 

of a special population. 

Note: Direct assistance to individuals 

who are members of special populations 

is not, by itself, a ‘‘program or activity 

for special populations.’’ 

(4) The grant funds used for direct 

assistance must be expended to 

supplement, and not supplant, 

assistance that is otherwise available 

from non-Federal sources. For example, 

generally, a community-based 

organization could not use NHCTEP 

funds to provide child care for single 

parents if non-Federal funds previously 

were made available for this purpose, or 

if non-Federal funds are used to provide 

child care services for single parents 

participating in non-CTE programs and 

these services otherwise (in the absence 

of NHCTEP funds) would have been 

available to CTE students. 

(5) In determining how much of the 

NHCTEP grant funds it will use for 

direct assistance to an eligible student, 

a grantee— 


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1Section 116(c)(2) of the Act provides that, 

notwithstanding the exclusion of remedial courses 

from the Act’s definition of CTE, funds made 

available under NHCTEP ‘‘may be used to provide 

preparatory, refresher, and remedial education 

services that are designed to enable students to 

achieve success in career and technical education 

programs or programs of study.’’ 

(i) May only provide assistance to the 

extent that it is needed to address 

barriers to the individual’s successful 

participation in CTE; and 

(ii) Considers whether the specific 

services to be provided are a reasonable 

and necessary cost of providing CTE 

programs for special populations. 

However, the Secretary does not 

envision a circumstance in which it 

would be a reasonable and necessary 

expenditure of NHCTEP project funds 

for a grantee to utilize a majority of a 

project’s budget to pay direct assistance 

to students, in lieu of providing the 

students served by the project with CTE. 

(Notice of Final Requirements). 

Definitions: These definitions are 

from the Act or the Notice of Final 

Requirements. The source of each 

definition is noted after the definition. 

Acute economic need means an 

income that is at or below the national 

poverty level according to the latest 

available data from the U.S. Department 

of Commerce or the U.S. Department of 

Health and Human Services Poverty 

Guidelines. (Notice of Final 

Requirements). 

Career and technical education (CTE) 

means organized educational activities 

that— 

(a) Offer a sequence of courses that— 

(1) Provides individuals with rigorous 

academic content and relevant technical 

knowledge and skills needed to prepare 

for further education and careers in 

current or emerging professions, which 

may include high-skill, high-wage, or 

in-demand industry sectors or 

occupations, which shall be, at the 

secondary level, aligned with the 

challenging State academic standards 

adopted by a State under section 

1111(b)(1) of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1964, as 

amended (ESEA); 

(2) Provides technical skill 

proficiency or a recognized 

postsecondary credential, which may 

include an industry-recognized 

credential, a certificate, or an associate 

degree; and 

(3) May include prerequisite courses 

(other than a remedial course) 1 that 

meet the requirements of this paragraph 

(a); 

(b) Include competency-based, workbased, or other applied learning that 

supports the development of academic 

knowledge, higher-order reasoning and 

problem-solving skills, work attitudes, 

employability skills, technical skills, 

and occupation-specific skills, and 

knowledge of all aspects of an industry, 

including entrepreneurship, of an 

individual; 

(c) To the extent practicable, 

coordinate between secondary and 

postsecondary education programs 

through programs of study, which may 

include coordination through 

articulation agreements, early college 

high school programs, dual or 

concurrent enrollment program 

opportunities, or other credit transfer 

agreements that provide postsecondary 

credit or advanced standing; and 

(d) May include career exploration at 

the high school level or as early as the 

middle grades (as such term is defined 

in section 8101 of the ESEA). (20 U.S.C. 

2302(5)). 

CTE concentrator means— 

(a) At the secondary school level, a 

student served by an eligible recipient 

who has completed at least 2 courses in 

a single career and technical education 

program or program of study; and 

(b) At the postsecondary level, a 

student enrolled in an eligible recipient 

who has— 

(1) Earned at least 12 credits within a 

career and technical education program 

or program of study; or 

(2) Completed such a program if the 

program encompasses fewer than 12 

credits or the equivalent in total. (20 

U.S.C. 2302(12)) 

Direct assistance to students means 

tuition, dependent care, transportation, 

books, and supplies that are necessary 

for a student to participate in a project 

funded under this program. (Notice of 

Final Requirements). 

In-demand industry sector or 

occupation means— 

(a) An industry sector that has a 

substantial current or potential impact 

(including through jobs that lead to 

economic self-sufficiency and 

opportunities for advancement) on the 

State, regional, or local economy, as 

appropriate, and that contributes to the 

growth or stability of other supporting 

businesses, or the growth of other 

industry sectors; or 

(b) An occupation that currently has 

or is projected to have a number of 

positions (including positions that lead 

to economic self-sufficiency and 

opportunities for advancement) in an 

industry sector so as to have a 

significant impact on the State, regional, 

or local economy, as appropriate. (20 

U.S.C. 2302(26); 29 U.S.C. 3102). 

Institution of higher education 

means— 

(a) An educational institution in any 

State that— 

(1) Admits as regular students only 

persons having a certificate of 

graduation from a school providing 

secondary education, or the recognized 

equivalent of such a certificate or 

persons who meet the requirements of 

section 1091(d) of this title; 

(2) Is legally authorized within such 

State to provide a program of education 

beyond secondary education; 

(3) Provides an educational program 

for which the institution awards a 

bachelor’s degree or provides not less 

than a 2-year program that is acceptable 

for full credit toward such a degree, or 

awards a degree that is acceptable for 

admission to a graduate or professional 

degree program, subject to review and 

approval by the Secretary; 

(4) Is a public or other nonprofit 

institution; and 

(5) Is accredited by a nationally 

recognized accrediting agency or 

association or, if not so accredited, is an 

institution that has been granted preaccreditation status by such an agency 

or association that has been recognized 

by the Secretary of Education for the 

granting of pre-accreditation status, and 

the Secretary has determined that there 

is satisfactory assurance that the 

institution will meet the accreditation 

standards of such an agency or 

association within a reasonable time. 

(b) The term ‘‘institution of higher 

education’’ also includes— 

(1) Any school that provides not less 

than a 1-year program of training to 

prepare students for gainful 

employment in a recognized occupation 

and that meets the provisions of 

paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of 

paragraph (a); and 

(2) A public or nonprofit private 

educational institution in any State that, 

in lieu of the requirement in paragraph 

(a)(1) of this definition, admits as 

regular students individuals— 

(A) who are beyond the age of 

compulsory school attendance in the 

State in which the institution is located; 

or, 

(B) who will be dually or concurrently 

enrolled in the institution and a 

secondary school. (20 U.S.C. 2302(30); 

20 U.S.C. 1001(a) and (b)). 

Native Hawaiian means any 

individual any of whose ancestors were 

natives, prior to 1778, of the area which 

now comprises the State of Hawaii. (20 

U.S.C. 2326(a)(3)). 

Professional development means 

activities that— 

(a) are an integral part of eligible 

agency, eligible recipient, institution, or 

school strategies for providing educators 

(including teachers, principals, other 

school leaders, administrators, 

specialized instructional support 


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personnel, career guidance and 

academic counselors, and 

paraprofessionals) with the knowledge 

and skills necessary to enable students 

to succeed in career and technical 

education, to meet challenging State 

academic standards under section 

1111(b)(1) of ESEA, or to achieve 

academic skills at the postsecondary 

level; and 

(b) Are sustained (not stand-alone, 1- 

day, or short-term workshops), 

intensive, collaborative, job-embedded, 

data-driven, and classroom-focused, to 

the extent practicable evidence-based, 

and may include activities that— 

(1) Improve and increase educators’— 

(A) Knowledge of the academic and 

technical subjects; 

(B) Understanding of how students 

learn; and 

(C) Ability to analyze student work 

and achievement from multiple sources, 

including how to adjust instructional 

strategies, assessments, and materials 

based on such analysis; 

(2) Are an integral part of eligible 

recipients’ improvement plans; 

(3) Allow personalized plans for each 

educator to address the educator’s 

specific needs identified in observation 

or other feedback; 

(4) Support the recruitment, hiring, 

and training of effective educators, 

including educators who became 

certified through State and local 

alternative routes to certification; 

(5) Advance educator understanding 

of— 

(A) Effective instructional strategies 

that are evidence-based; and 

(B) Strategies for improving student 

academic and technical achievement or 

substantially increasing the knowledge 

and teaching skills of educators; 

(6) Are developed with extensive 

participation of educators, parents, 

students, and representatives of Indian 

Tribes (as applicable), of schools and 

institutions served under the Act; 

(7) Are designed to give educators of 

students who are English learners in 

career and technical education programs 

or programs of study the knowledge and 

skills to provide instruction and 

appropriate language and academic 

support services to those students, 

including the appropriate use of 

curricula and assessments; 

(8) As a whole, are regularly evaluated 

for their impact on increased educator 

effectiveness and improved student 

academic and technical achievement, 

with the findings of the evaluations 

used to improve the quality of 

professional development; 

(9) Are designed to give educators of 

individuals with disabilities in career 

and technical education programs or 

programs of study the knowledge and 

skills to provide instruction and 

academic support services to those 

individuals, including positive 

behavioral interventions and supports, 

multi-tier system of supports, and use of 

accommodations; 

(10) Include instruction in the use of 

data and assessments to inform and 

instruct classroom practice; 

(11) Include instruction in ways that 

educators may work more effectively 

with parents and families; 

(12) Provide follow-up training to 

educators who have 

participated in activities described in 

this definition that are designed to 

ensure that the knowledge and skills 

learned by the educators are 

implemented in the classroom; 

(13) Promote the integration of 

academic knowledge and skills and 

relevant technical knowledge and skills, 

including programming jointly 

delivered to academic and career and 

technical education teachers; or 

(14) Increase the ability of educators 

providing career and technical 

education instruction to stay current 

with industry standards. (20 U.S.C. 

2302(40)). 

Program of study means a 

coordinated, nonduplicative sequence 

of academic and technical content at the 

secondary and postsecondary level 

that— 

(A) Incorporates challenging State 

academic standards, including those 

adopted by a State under section 

1111(b)(1) of ESEA; 

(B) Addresses both academic and 

technical knowledge and skills, 

including employability skills; 

(C) Is aligned with the needs of 

industries in the economy of the State, 

region, Tribal community, or local area; 

(D) Progresses in specificity 

(beginning with all aspects of an 

industry or career cluster and leading to 

more occupation-specific instruction); 

(E) Has multiple entry and exit points 

that incorporate credentialing; and 

(F) Culminates in the attainment of a 

recognized postsecondary credential. 

(20 U.S.C. 2302(41)). 

Recognized postsecondary credential 

means a credential consisting of an 

industry-recognized certificate or 

certification, a certificate of completion 

of an apprenticeship, a license 

recognized by the State involved or 

Federal Government, or an associate or 

baccalaureate degree. (20 U.S.C. 

2302(43); 29 U.S.C. 3102(52)). 

Secondary school means a nonprofit 

institutional day or residential school, 

including a public secondary charter 

school, that provides secondary 

education, as determined under State 

law, except that the term does not 

include any education beyond grade 12. 

(20 U.S.C. 2302(44); 20 U.S.C. 7801(45)). 

Special populations means— 

(a) Individuals with disabilities; 

(b) Individuals from economically 

disadvantaged families, including lowincome youth and adults; 

(c) Individuals preparing for nontraditional fields; (d) Single parents, 

including single pregnant women; 

(e) Out-of-workforce individuals; 

(f) English learners; 

(g) Homeless individuals described in 

section 725 of the McKinney-Vento 

Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 

11434a); 

(h) Youth who are in, or have aged out 

of, the foster care system; and 

(i) Youth with a parent who— 

(i) Is a member of the armed forces (as 

such term is defined in section 101(a)(4) 

of title 10, United States Code); and 

(ii) Is on active duty (as such term is 

defined in section 101(d)(1) of such 

title). (20 U.S.C. 2302(48)). 

Support services means services 

related to curriculum modification, 

equipment modification, classroom 

modification, supportive personnel 

(including paraprofessionals and 

specialized instructional support 

personnel), and instructional aids and 

devices. (20 U.S.C. 2302(50)). 

Work-based learning means sustained 

interactions with industry or 

community professionals in real 

workplace settings, to the extent 

practicable, or simulated environments 

at an educational institution that foster 

in-depth, firsthand engagement with the 

tasks required of a given career field, 

that are aligned to curriculum and 

instruction. (20 U.S.C. 2302(55)). 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2326(h). 

Note: Projects will be awarded and 

must be operated in a manner consistent 

with the nondiscrimination 

requirements contained in Federal civil 

rights laws. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

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

97, 98, and 99. (b) The Office of 

Management and Budget (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 Guidance in 

2 CFR part 200, as adopted and 

amended as regulations of the 

Department in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) 

Notice of Final Requirements. 

Note: As of October 1, 2024, grant 

applicants must follow the provisions 

stated in the updated OMB Uniform 


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Guidance (89 FR 30046, April 22, 2024) 

when preparing an application. For 

more information about these 

regulations please visit: www.cfo.gov/ 

resources-coffa/uniform-guidance/. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Department estimates $3,800,000 will be 

available for awards made in FY 2025. 

Note: Contingent upon the availability 

of funds and the quality of applications, 

the Department anticipates making 

awards for the first 12-month budget 

period using FY 2024 appropriations 

available in FY 2025 and FY 2025 

appropriations, if any, that become 

available in FY 2026. The Department 

may make partial awards using FY 2024 

appropriations available in FY 2025 and 

award the remaining funds using FY 

2025 appropriations available in FY 

2026 when they become available. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $150,000 

to $650,000 for each 12-month budget 

period (i.e., a total of approximately 

$750,000 to $3,250,000 for a full 60- 

month project period). 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$500,000 for each 12-month budget 

period. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 6–8. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: The following 

entities are eligible to apply under this 

competition: 

(a) Community-based organizations 

primarily serving and representing 

Native Hawaiians. 

(b) Any community-based 

organization may apply individually or 

as part of a consortium with one or more 

one or more eligible community-based 

organizations. (Eligible applicants 

seeking to apply for funds as a 

consortium must meet the requirements 

in 34 CFR 75.127–75.129, which apply 

to group applications.) 

Note: If you are a nonprofit 

organization, under 34 CFR 75.51, you 

may demonstrate your nonprofit status 

by providing: (1) proof that the Internal 

Revenue Service currently recognizes 

the applicant as an organization to 

which contributions are tax deductible 

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

Revenue Code; (2) a statement from a 

State taxing body or the State attorney 

general certifying that the organization 

is a nonprofit organization operating 

within the State and that no part of its 

net earnings may lawfully benefit any 

private shareholder or individual; (3) a 

certified copy of the applicant’s 

certificate of incorporation or similar 

document if it clearly establishes the 

nonprofit status of the applicant; or (4) 

any item described above if that item 

applies to a State or national parent 

organization, together with a statement 

by the State or parent organization that 

the applicant is a local nonprofit 

affiliate. 

Note: A faith-based organization is 

eligible to apply for and receive a grant 

under this program on the same basis as 

any other private organization, 

consistent with Appendix A to 34 CFR 

part 75. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This 

competition involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements. In 

accordance with section 211(a) of the 

Act (20 U.S.C. 2391(a)), funds under this 

program may not be used to supplant 

non-Federal funds used to carry out CTE 

activities. Further, the prohibition 

against supplanting also means that 

grantees will be required to use their 

negotiated restricted indirect cost rates 

under this program. (34 CFR 75.563) 

We caution applicants not to plan to 

use funds under NHCTEP to replace 

otherwise available non-Federal funding 

for direct assistance to students and 

family assistance programs. For 

example, NHCTEP funds must not be 

used to supplant non-Federal funds 

with Federal funds in order to pay the 

costs of students’ tuition, dependent 

care, transportation, books, supplies, 

and other costs associated with 

participation in a CTE program. 

Funds under NHCTEP should not be 

used to replace Federal student 

financial aid. The Act does not 

authorize the Secretary to fund projects 

that serve primarily as entities through 

which students may apply for and 

receive tuition and other financial 

assistance. 

c. Indirect Cost Rate Information: This 

program uses a restricted indirect cost 

rate. For more information regarding 

indirect costs, or to obtain a negotiated 

indirect cost rate, please see 

www.ed.gov/about/ed-offices/ 

ofo#Indirect-Cost-Division. 

d. Administrative Cost Limitation: 

This program does not include any 

program-specific limitation on 

administrative expenses. All 

administrative expenses must be 

reasonable and necessary and conform 

to Cost Principles described in 2 CFR 

part 200 subpart E of the Uniform 

Guidance. 

e. Limitation on Services: Section 215 

of the Act (20 U.S.C. 2395) forbids the 

use of Perkins funds for the education 

of students prior to the middle grades. 

The term middle grades refers to grades 

5 through 8, as defined in section 8101 

of ESEA. 

3. Subgrantees: Under 34 CFR 75.708 

(b) and (c), a grantee under this 

competition may award subgrants—to 

directly carry out project activities 

described in its application—to the 

following types of entities: institutions 

of higher education, nonprofit 

organizations, local educational 

agencies. The grantee may only award 

subgrants to entities it has identified in 

an approved application, including any 

amendments to an approved 

application. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Application Submission 

Instructions: Applicants are required to 

follow the Common Instructions for 

Applicants to Department of Education 

Discretionary Grant Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 7, 2022 (87 FR 75045) and 

available at www.federalregister.gov/ 

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

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

requirements and information on how to 

submit an application. 

2. Submission of Proprietary 

Information: Given the types of projects 

that may be proposed in applications for 

NHCTEP, your application may include 

business information that you consider 

proprietary. In 34 CFR 5.11 we define 

‘‘business information’’ and describe the 

process we use in determining whether 

any of that information is proprietary 

and, thus, protected from disclosure 

under Exemption 4 of the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, as 

amended). 

Because we plan to make successful 

applications available to the public on 

the Department’s website, you may wish 

to request confidentiality of business 

information. 

Consistent with Executive Order 

12600 (Predisclosure Notification 

Procedures for Confidential Commercial 

Information), please designate in your 

application any information that you 

believe is exempt from disclosure under 

Exemption 4. In the appropriate 

Appendix section of your application, 

under ‘‘Other Attachments Form,’’ 

please list the page number or numbers 

on which we can find this information. 

For additional information please see 34 

CFR 5.11(c). 


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3. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition 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 

competition. 

4. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

5. Recommended Page Limit: The 

application narrative is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. We recommend that you (1) 

limit the application narrative to 35 

pages and (2) use the following 

standards: 

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

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

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger, and no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to the cover sheet; the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the bibliography, or the 

letters of support. However, the 

recommended page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative. 

6. Notice of Intent to Apply: The 

Department will be able to review grant 

applications more efficiently if we know 

the approximate number of applicants 

that intend to apply. Therefore, we 

strongly encourage each potential 

applicant to notify us of their intent to 

submit an application. To do so, please 

email the program contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT with the subject line ‘‘Intent to 

Apply,’’ and include the applicant’s 

name and a contact person’s name and 

email address. Applicants that do not 

submit a notice of intent to apply may 

still apply for funding; applicants that 

do submit a notice of intent to apply are 

not bound to apply or bound by the 

information provided. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from the 

Notice of Final Requirements or 34 CFR 

75.210. The source is noted after each 

criterion. 

The maximum score for each criterion 

is indicated in parentheses. 

(a) Quality of the project design (Up 

to 26 points). In determining the quality 

of the design of the proposed project, we 

consider the following factors: 

(1) The extent to which the proposed 

project proposes specific, measurable 

targets, connected to strategies, 

activities, resources, outputs, and 

outcomes, and uses reliable 

administrative data to measure progress 

and inform continuous improvement. 

(34 CFR 75.210(c)(2)(v)). (Up to 16 

points). 

(2) The extent to which the design of 

the proposed project is appropriate to 

and will successfully address the needs 

of the target population or other 

identified needs (as evidenced by such 

data as local labor market demand, 

occupational trends, and surveys). 

(Notice of Final Requirements). (Up to 

10 points). 

(b) Quality of the project services (Up 

to 30 points). In determining the quality 

of the services to be provided by the 

proposed project, we consider the 

following factors: 

(1) The quality and sufficiency of 

strategies for ensuring equitable and 

adequate access and participation for 

project participants who experience 

barriers based on one or more of the 

following: economic disadvantage; 

gender; race; ethnicity; color; disability; 

age; language; living in a rural location; 

experiencing homelessness or housing 

insecurity; involvement with the justice 

system; pregnancy, parenting, or 

caregiver status. This determination 

includes the steps developed and 

described in the form Equity For 

Students, Teachers, And Other Program 

Beneficiaries (OMB Control No. 1894– 

0005) (section 427 of the General 

Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 

1228a)). (34 CFR 75.210(d)(2)). (Up to 12 

points). 

(2) The extent to which the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

will create and offer activities that focus 

on enabling participants to obtain the 

skills necessary to gain employment in 

high-skill, high-wage, and high-demand 

occupations in emerging fields or in a 

specific career field (Notice of Final 

Requirements). (Up to 10 points). 

(3) The extent to which the training or 

professional development services to be 

provided by the proposed project are of 

sufficient quality, intensity, and 

duration to build recipient and project 

capacity in ways that lead to 

improvements in practice among the 

recipients of those services. (34 CFR 

75.210(d)(3)(v)). (Up to 8 points). 

(c) Adequacy of resources (Up to 22 

points). In determining the adequacy of 

resources for the proposed project, we 

consider the following factors: 

(1) The extent to which the budget is 

adequate to support the proposed 

project and the costs are reasonable in 

relation to the objectives, design, and 

potential significance of the proposed 

project. (34 CFR 75.210(f)(2)(iii)). (Up to 

8 points). 

(2) The adequacy of support, 

including facilities, equipment, 

supplies, and other resources, from the 

applicant organization(s) and the 

entities to be served, including the 

evidence and relevance of commitments 

(e.g., articulation agreements, 

memoranda of understanding, letters of 

support, or commitments to employ 

project participants) of the applicant, 

local employers, or entities to be served 

by the project. (Notice of Final 

Requirements). (Up to 7 points). 

(3) The extent to which the costs are 

reasonable in relation to the number of 

persons to be served, the depth and 

intensity of services, and the anticipated 

results and benefits. (34 CFR 

75.210(f)(2)(iv)). (Up to 7 points). 

(d) Quality of the management plan 

(Up to 22 points). In determining the 

quality of the management plan for the 

proposed project, we consider the 

following factors: 

(1) The feasibility of the management 

plan to achieve project objectives and 

goals on time and within budget, 

including clearly defined 

responsibilities, timelines, and 

milestones for accomplishing project 

tasks. (34 CFR 75.210(g)(2)(i)). (Up to 10 

points). 

(2) The extent to which the time 

commitments of the project director and 

other key project personnel, including 

instructors, are appropriate and 

adequate to meet the objectives of the 

proposed project. (Notice of Final 

Requirements). (Up to 5 points). 

(3) The extent to which the proposed 

project team maximizes diverse 

perspectives, for example by reflecting 

the lived experiences of project 

participants, or relevant experience 

working with the target population. (34 

CFR 75.210(e)(3)(iv)). (Up to 7 points). 

3. 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 

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submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary requires 

various assurances including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department (34 CFR 

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

4. Risk Assessment and Special 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this competition, the Department 

conducts a review of the risks posed by 

applicants. Under 2 CFR 200.208, the 

Secretary may impose special 

conditions and, under 2 CFR 3474.10, in 

appropriate circumstances, high-risk 

conditions on a grant if the applicant or 

grantee is not financially stable; has a 

history of unsatisfactory performance; 

has a financial or other management 

system that does not meet the standards 

in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

5. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 

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

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through the System for 

Award Management (SAM). You may 

review and comment on any 

information about yourself that a 

Federal agency previously entered and 

that is currently in FAPIIS. 

Please note that, if the total value of 

your currently active grants, cooperative 

agreements, and procurement contracts 

from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII, 

require you to report certain integrity 

information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review the requirements in 2 CFR 

part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant 

plus all the other Federal funds you 

receive exceed $10,000,000. 

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 also 

notify you informally. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

4. 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. 

5. Open Licensing Requirement: 

Unless an exception applies, if you are 

awarded a grant under this competition, 

you will be required to openly license 

to the public grant deliverables created 

in whole, or in part, with Department 

grant funds. When the deliverable 

consists of modifications to pre-existing 

works, the license extends only to those 

modifications that can be separately 

identified and only to the extent that 

open licensing is permitted under the 

terms of any licenses or other legal 

restrictions on the use of pre-existing 

works. Additionally, a grantee or 

subgrantee that is awarded competitive 

grant funds must have a plan to 

disseminate these public grant 

deliverables. The dissemination plan 

can be developed and submitted after 

your application has been reviewed and 

selected for funding. For additional 

information on the open licensing 

requirements please refer to 2 CFR 

3474.20. 

6. 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. See the 

standards in 2 CFR 170.105 to 

determine whether you are covered by 

2 CFR part 170. 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multiyear award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

(c) Under 34 CFR 75.250(b), the 

Secretary may provide a grantee with 

additional funding for data collection 

analysis and reporting. In this case the 

Secretary establishes a data collection 

period. 

7. Performance Measures: The 

Department has established the 

following performance measures for 

purposes of Department reporting under 

34 CFR 75.110, which it will use to 

evaluate the overall performance of the 

grantee’s project, as well as NHCTEP as 

a whole: 

(a) At the secondary level: An 

increase in— 

(1) The percentage of CTE 

concentrators who graduate high school, 

as measured by— 

(A) The four-year adjusted cohort 

graduation rate (defined in section 8101 

of ESEA); and 

(B) At the grantee’s discretion, the 

extended-year adjusted cohort 

graduation rate (defined in section 8101 

of ESEA); 

(2) The percentage of CTE 

concentrators graduating from high 

school having attained postsecondary 

credits in the relevant CTE program 

earned through a dual or concurrent 

enrollment program or another credit 

transfer agreement; 

(3) The percentage of CTE 

concentrators graduating from high 

school having participated in workbased learning; 

(4) The percentage of CTE 

concentrators graduating from high 

school having attained a recognized 

postsecondary credential; and 

(5) The percentage of CTE 

concentrators who, after exiting from 

secondary education, are in 

postsecondary education or advanced 

training, military service, or a service 

program, or are employed. 

(b) At the postsecondary level: An 

increase in— 

(1) The percentage of CTE 

concentrators who remain enrolled in 

postsecondary education, are in 

advanced training, military service, or a 

service program, or are employed; and 

(2) The percentage of CTE 

concentrators who receive a recognized 

postsecondary credential. 

Project-Specific Performance 

Measures: 

In addition to the performance 

measures noted above, applicants may 

propose project-specific performance 

measures and performance targets 

consistent with the objectives of the 

proposed project. Examples of such 

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could include student recruitment, 

student participation in work-based 

learning at the postsecondary level, and 

teacher and faculty participation in 

professional development. 

Note: All grantees will be expected to 

submit a semi-annual and an annual 

performance report addressing these 

performance measures, to the extent that 

these performance measures apply to 

each grantee’s NHCTEP project. 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, whether the grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the performance targets in the grantee’s 

approved application. 

In making a continuation award, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

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

braille, large print, audiotape, compact 

disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

Department documents published in the 

Federal Register, in text or Portable 

Document Format (PDF). To use PDF 

you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, 

which is available free at the site. 

You may also access Department 

documents 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. 

Luke Rhine, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Career, 

Technical, and Adult Education. 

[FR Doc. 2025–00209 Filed 1–7–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research 

Abroad (FRA) Fellowship Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications (NIA) for fiscal year (FY) 

2025 for the Fulbright-Hays Faculty 

Research Abroad (FRA) Fellowship 

Program. 

DATES: Applications Available: January 

8, 2024. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 10, 2025. 

Preapplication Webinar and 

Applicant Resources: The Department 

will hold a preapplication meeting via 

webinar for prospective applicants. 

Detailed information regarding this 

webinar will be provided on the 

Fulbright-Hays FRA website at https://

www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/ 

grants-higher-education/ifle/fulbrighthays-faculty-research-abroad-fraprogram#How-To-Apply. For additional 

information about the Department’s 

discretionary grant process, please 

review the overview and resources at 

www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/about/ 

grantmaking/index.html. The resources 

will be especially helpful for 

individuals who are exploring the 

Department’s funding opportunities for 

the first time. 

Note: For new potential grantees 

unfamiliar with grantmaking at the 

Department, please consult our ‘‘Getting 

Started with Discretionary Grant 

Applications’’ web page at https://

www.ed.gov/grants-and-programs/ 

apply-grant/education-grantsapplication-management-closeout. 

ADDRESSES: The addresses pertinent to 

this competition—including the 

addresses for obtaining and submitting 

an application—can be found under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Marrion, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 5C110, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 987–01083. Email: 

FRA@ed.gov. If you are deaf, hard of 

hearing, or have a speech disability and 

wish to access telecommunications 

relay services, please dial 7–1–1. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The FulbrightHays FRA Fellowship Program provides 

grants to colleges and universities to 

fund fellowships for faculty members 

seeking to improve their area studies 

and foreign language skills by 

conducting research abroad. The 

program is designed to contribute to the 

development and improvement of the 

study of modern foreign languages and 

area studies in the United States. 

Assistance Listing Number: 84.019A. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0005. 

Priorities: This notice contains one 

absolute priority and three competitive 

preference priorities. In accordance with 

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

priority and Competitive Preference 

Priorities 1 and 2 are from the 

regulations for this program (34 CFR 

663.21(d)). Competitive Preference 

Priority 3 is from the Secretary’s Notice 

of Final Supplemental Priorities and 

Definitions for Discretionary Grant 

Programs, published in the Federal 

Register on December 10, 2021 (86 FR 

70612) (Supplemental Priorities). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2025, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

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

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Specific Geographic Regions of the 

World. 

A research project that focuses on one 

or more of the following geographic 

areas: Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia 

and the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the 

Near East, Central and Eastern Europe 

and Eurasia, and the Western 

Hemisphere (excluding the United 

States and its territories). 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2025, the following priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award an 

additional 1 point to an application that 

meets Competitive Preference Priority 1; 

an additional 2 points to an application 

that meets Competitive Preference 

Priority 2; and an additional 3 points to 

an application that meets Competitive 

Preference Priority 3, for a maximum of 

6 additional points. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1— 

Focus on Less Commonly Taught 

Languages (1 point). 

A research project that focuses on any 

modern foreign language except French, 

German, or Spanish. 


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