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respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Assurance of 

Compliance—Civil Rights Certificate. 

OMB Control Number: 1870–0503. 

Type of Review: An extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, and Tribal Governments; Private 

Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 25. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 8. 

Abstract: The Office for Civil Rights 

(OCR) has enforcement responsibilities 

under several civil rights laws, 

including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act 

of 1964, Title IX of the Education 

Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age 

Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Boy 

Scouts of America Equal Access Act. To 

meet these responsibilities, OCR collects 

assurances of compliance from 

applicants for Federal financial 

assistance from, and applicants for 

funds made available through, the 

Department of Education, as required by 

regulations. These entities include, for 

example, State educational agencies, 

local education agencies, and 

postsecondary educational institutions. 

If a recipient violates one or more of 

these civil rights laws, OCR and the 

Department of Justice can use the signed 

assurances of compliance in an 

enforcement proceeding. 

Dated: July 7, 2021. 

Juliana Pearson, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division 

Office of Chief Data Officer Office of Planning, 

Evaluation and Policy Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14742 Filed 7–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Innovative Approaches to Literacy 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary 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) 2021 for the Innovative 

Approaches to Literacy (IAL) Program, 

Assistance Listing Number 84.215G. 

This notice relates to the approved 

information collection under OMB 

control number 1894–0006. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: July 12, 2021. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

July 22, 2021. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: August 11, 2021. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: September 10, 2021. 

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 February 13, 2019 

(84 FR 3768) and available at 

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019- 

02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Simon Earle, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 3E254, Washington, DC 20202– 

6450. Telephone: (202) 453–7923. 

Email: Simon.Earle@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

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

8339. 

Pre-Application Webinar Information: 

The Department will hold a preapplication meeting via webinar for 

prospective applicants. For information 

about the pre-application webinar, visit 

the IAL website at: https://oese.ed.gov/ 

offices/office-of-discretionary-grantssupport-services/well-roundededucation-programs/innovativeapproaches-to-literacy/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The IAL program 

supports high-quality programs 

designed to develop and improve 

literacy skills for children and students 

from birth through 12th grade in highneed local educational agencies (LEAs) 

and schools. The Department intends to 

promote innovative literacy programs 

that support the development of literacy 

skills in low-income communities, 

including programs that (1) develop and 

enhance effective school library 

programs, which may include providing 

professional development for school 

librarians, books, and up-to-date 

materials to high-need schools; (2) 

provide early literacy services, 

including pediatric literacy programs 

through which, during well-child visits, 

medical providers trained in researchbased methods of early language and 

literacy promotion provide 

developmentally appropriate books and 

recommendations to parents to 

encourage them to read aloud to their 

children starting in infancy; and (3) 

provide high-quality books on a regular 

basis to children and adolescents from 

low-income communities to increase 

reading motivation, performance, and 

frequency. 

The Explanatory Statement for 

Division H of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. 116– 

260) (2021 Appropriations Explanatory 

Statement) includes language directing 

the Department to reserve no less than 

50 percent of funds under the IAL 

program for grants to develop and 

enhance effective school library 

programs, which may include providing 

professional development to school 

librarians and books and up-to-date 

materials to high-need schools (166 

Cong. Rec. H8634, 2020). While report 

language does not create a legal 

requirement to reserve the specified 

amount of funding for school library 

programs, the number of high-quality 

applications related to school library 

programs received under IAL 

competitions generally has allowed the 

Department to meet this report language 

directive. 

Priorities: This notice contains two 

absolute priorities and three competitive 

preference priorities. Absolute Priorities 

1 and 2 were established in the notice 

of final priorities and requirement for 

IAL (NFP), published elsewhere in this 

issue of the Federal Register. 

Competitive Preference Priority 1 is 

from the Administrative Priorities for 

Discretionary Grant Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 9, 2020 (85 FR 13640) 

(Administrative Priorities). Competitive 

Preference Priorities 2 and 3 are from 

the NFP. 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2021 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, 

these priorities are absolute priorities. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider 

only applications that meet at least one 

of these absolute priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1—Projects, Carried 

Out in Coordination With School 

Libraries, for Book Distribution, 

Childhood Literacy Activities, or Both. 

Projects that propose to coordinate 

with school libraries to carry out grant 

activities, such as book distributions, 

childhood literacy activities, or both, for 

the proposed project. 

Absolute Priority 2—Projects, Carried 

Out in Coordination With School 

Libraries, That Provide a Learning 

Environment That Is Racially, 

Ethnically, Culturally, Disability Status 


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and Linguistically Responsive and 

Inclusive, Supportive, and Identity-Safe. 

Projects coordinated with school 

libraries and designed to be responsive 

to racial, ethnic, cultural, disability, and 

linguistic differences in a manner that 

creates inclusive, supportive, and 

identity-safe learning environments. 

In its application, the applicant 

must— 

(a) Describe the types of racially, 

ethnically, culturally, disability status, 

and linguistically responsive program 

design elements that the applicant 

proposes to include in its project; 

(b) Explain how its program design 

will create inclusive, supportive, and 

identity-safe environments; and 

(c) Describe how its project will be 

carried out in coordination with school 

libraries. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2021 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

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

an additional 13 points to an 

application, depending on how well the 

application meets one or more of these 

priorities. For Competitive Preference 

Priority 1, we award an additional five 

points to an application that meets the 

priority. For Competitive Preference 

Priority 2, we award an additional five 

points to an application that meets the 

priority. For Competitive Preference 

Priority 3, we award up to an additional 

three points, depending on which 

priority subpart (a, b, or c) the applicant 

meets. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1— 

Rural Applicants. (0 or 5 points) 

Under this priority, an applicant must 

demonstrate the applicant proposes to 

serve a community that is served by one 

or more LEAs with a locale code of 32, 

33, 41, 42, or 43. 

Note: To determine whether a particular 

LEA is eligible for the Small, Rural School 

Achievement program (SRSA) or Rural and 

Low-Income School program (RLIS), refer to 

the Department’s website at https://

oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formula-grants/ 

rural-insular-native-achievement-programs/ 

rural-education-achievement-program/. 

Applicants are encouraged to retrieve locale 

codes from the National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES) School District search tool 

(https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/), 

where LEAs can be looked up individually to 

retrieve locale codes and Public School 

search tool (https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/ 

schoolsearch/), where individual schools can 

be looked up to retrieve locale codes. 

Applicants are encouraged to retrieve 

campus settings from the NCES College 

Navigator search tool (https://nces.ed.gov/ 

collegenavigator/) where IHEs can be looked 

up individually to determine the campus 

setting. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2— 

Supporting Students in Urban Areas. (0 

or 5 points) 

Projects that are designed to serve one 

or more urban LEAs. In its application, 

an applicant must demonstrate one of 

the following: 

(a) The applicant is an eligible LEA or 

consortium of eligible LEAs with a 

locale code of 11, 12, or 13. 

(b) The applicant is a national 

nonprofit that proposes to serve schools 

within eligible LEAs all of which have 

a locale code of 11, 12, or 13. 

Note: Applicants are encouraged to retrieve 

locale codes from the NCES School District 

search tool (https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/ 

districtsearch/), searching by LEA. 

Competitive Preference Priority 3— 

Supporting Students From Low-Income 

Families. (up to 3 points) 

Projects that serve LEAs serving 

students from low-income families. In 

its application, an applicant must 

demonstrate, based on Small Area 

Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) 

data from the U.S. Census Bureau or, for 

an LEA for which SAIPE data are not 

available, the same State-derived 

equivalent of SAIPE data that the State 

uses to make allocations under part A of 

title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(ESEA), one of the following: 

(a) At least 30 percent of the students 

enrolled in each of the LEAs to be 

served by the proposed project are from 

families with an income below the 

poverty line. (1 point) 

(b) At least 40 percent of the students 

enrolled in each of the LEAs to be 

served by the proposed project are from 

families with an income below the 

poverty line. (2 points) 

(c) At least 50 percent of the students 

enrolled in each of the LEAs to be 

served by the proposed project are from 

families with an income below the 

poverty line. (3 points) 

Definitions: The definitions of 

‘‘demonstrates a rationale,’’ ‘‘logic 

model,’’ ‘‘project component,’’ and 

‘‘relevant outcome’’ are from 34 CFR 

77.1. The definition of ‘‘eligible national 

nonprofit organization’’ is from section 

2226(b)(2) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 

6646(b)(2)). The definition of ‘‘local 

educational agency’’ is from section 

8101(30) (20 U.S.C. 7801(30)) of the 

ESEA. 

Demonstrates a rationale means a key 

project component included in the 

project’s logic model is informed by 

research or evaluation findings that 

suggest the project component is likely 

to improve relevant outcomes. 

Eligible national nonprofit 

organization (NNP) means an 

organization of national scope that— 

(a) Is supported by staff, which may 

include volunteers, or affiliates at the 

State and local levels; and 

(b) Demonstrates effectiveness or 

high-quality plans for addressing 

childhood literacy activities for the 

population targeted by the grant. 

Note: A local affiliate of an NNP 

organization does not meet the definition of 

NNP organization. Only a national agency, 

organization, or institution is eligible to 

apply as an NNP organization. 

Local educational agency means: 

(a) In general—The term local 

educational agency means a public 

board of education or other public 

authority legally constituted within a 

State for either administrative control or 

direction of, or to perform a service 

function for, public elementary schools 

or secondary schools in a city, county, 

township, school district, or other 

political subdivision of a State, or of or 

for a combination of school districts or 

counties that is recognized in a State as 

an administrative agency for its public 

elementary schools or secondary 

schools. 

(b) Administrative Control and 

Direction—The term includes any other 

public institution or agency having 

administrative control and direction of 

a public elementary school or secondary 

school. 

(c) Bureau of Indian Education 

Schools—The term includes an 

elementary school or secondary school 

funded by the Bureau of Indian 

Education but only to the extent that 

including the school makes the school 

eligible for programs for which specific 

eligibility is not provided to the school 

in another provision of law and the 

school does not have a student 

population that is smaller than the 

student population of the local 

educational agency receiving assistance 

under this Act with the smallest student 

population, except that the school shall 

not be subject to the jurisdiction of any 

State educational agency other than the 

Bureau of Indian Education. 

(d) Educational Service Agencies— 

The term includes educational service 

agencies and consortia of those 

agencies. 

(e) State Educational Agency—The 

term includes the State educational 

agency in a State in which the State 

educational agency is the sole 

educational agency for all public 

schools. 

Logic model (also referred to as a 

theory of action) means a framework 

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of the proposed project (i.e., the active 

‘‘ingredients’’ that are hypothesized to 

be critical to achieving the relevant 

outcomes) and describes the theoretical 

and operational relationships among the 

key project components and relevant 

outcomes. 

Project component means an activity, 

strategy, intervention, process, product, 

practice, or policy included in a project. 

Evidence may pertain to an individual 

project component or to a combination 

of project components (e.g., training 

teachers on instructional practices for 

English learners and follow-on coaching 

for these teachers). 

Relevant outcome means the student 

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

project component is designed to 

improve, consistent with the specific 

goals of the program. 

Program Authority: Section 2226 of 

the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 6646). 

Note: Projects will be awarded and must be 

operated in a manner consistent with the 

nondiscrimination requirements contained in 

the Federal civil rights laws. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, 

and 99. (b) The Office of Management 

and Budget Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted and amended as 

regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 

part 3485. (c) The Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as 

adopted and amended as regulations of 

the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) 

The regulations in 34 CFR part 299. (e) 

The NFP. (f) The Administrative 

Priorities. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian Tribes. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$25,000,000. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 

2022 from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $175,000 

to $750,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$500,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 40–60. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: To be 

considered for an award under this 

competition, an applicant must be one 

or more of the following: 

(1) An LEA in which 20 percent or 

more of the students served by the LEA 

are from families with an income below 

the poverty line (as defined in section 

8101(41) of the ESEA). 

(2) A consortium of such LEAs 

described in paragraph (1) above. 

(3) The Bureau of Indian Education. 

(4) An eligible national nonprofit 

organization (as defined in section 

2226(b)(2) of the ESEA) that serves 

children and students within the 

attendance boundaries of one or more 

eligible LEAs. 

Note: Under the definition of ‘‘poverty 

line’’ in section 8101(41) of the ESEA, the 

determination of the percentage of students 

served by an LEA from families with an 

income below the poverty line is based on 

the U.S. Census Bureau’s SAIPE data. 

An entity that meets the definition of 

an LEA in section 8101(30) of the ESEA 

and that serves multiple LEAs, such as 

a county office of education, an 

education service agency, or regional 

service education agency, must provide 

the most recent SAIPE data for each of 

the individual LEAs it serves. To 

determine whether the entity meets the 

poverty threshold, the Department will 

derive the entity’s poverty rate by 

aggregating the number of students from 

families below the poverty line (as 

provided in SAIPE data) in each of the 

LEAs the entity serves and dividing it 

by the total number of students (as 

provided in SAIPE data) in all of the 

LEAs the entity serves. 

An LEA for which SAIPE data are not 

available, such as a non-geographic 

charter school, must provide a 

determination by the State educational 

agency (SEA) that 20 percent or more of 

the students aged 5–17 in the LEA are 

from families with incomes below the 

poverty line based on the same Statederived poverty data the SEA used to 

determine the LEA’s allocation under 

part A of title I of the ESEA. 

Note: If you are a nonprofit organization, 

under 34 CFR 75.51, you may demonstrate 

your nonprofit status by providing: (1) Proof 

that the Internal Revenue Service currently 

recognizes the applicant as an organization to 

which contributions are tax deductible under 

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

Code; (2) a statement from a State taxing 

body or the State attorney general certifying 

that the organization is a nonprofit 

organization operating within the State and 

that no part of its net earnings may lawfully 

benefit any private shareholder or individual; 

(3) a certified copy of the applicant’s 

certificate of incorporation or similar 

document if it clearly establishes the 

nonprofit status of the applicant; or (4) any 

item described above if that item applies to 

a State or national parent organization, 

together with a statement by the State or 

parent organization that the applicant is a 

local nonprofit affiliate. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This 

competition involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements. Section 

2301 of the ESEA provides that funds 

made available under this program must 

be used to supplement, and not 

supplant, non-Federal funds that would 

otherwise be used for IAL program 

activities by grantees. 20 U.S.C. 1221e– 

3, 3474, and 6511(a); 34 CFR 76.564 

through 76.569. 

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 

www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/ 

intro.html. 

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. 

3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this 

competition may not award subgrants to 

entities to directly carry out project 

activities described in its application. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Application Submission 

Instructions: Applicants are required to 

follow the Common Instructions for 

Applicants to Department of Education 

Discretionary Grant Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768) and 

available at www.govinfo.gov/content/ 

pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf, 

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 

the IAL program, 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 

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

amended). 

Because we plan to make successful 

applications available to the public, you 

may wish to request confidentiality of 

business information. 

Consistent with Executive Order 

12600, 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). 

3. 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 

competition. Please note that, under 34 

CFR 79.8(a), we have shortened the 

standard 60-day intergovernmental 

review period in order to make awards 

by the end of FY 2021. 

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 no 

more than 25 pages and (2) use the 

following standards: 

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

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

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to the cover sheet; the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances and 

certifications; the one-page abstract, 

resumes, bibliography, logic model, or 

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 competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 and are as follows: 

(a) Significance (up to 20 points). 

The Secretary considers the 

significance of the proposed project. In 

determining the significance of the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(1) The significance of the problem or 

issue to be addressed by the proposed 

project. 

(2) The extent to which the proposed 

project is likely to build local capacity 

to provide, improve, or expand services 

that address the needs of the target 

population. 

(3) The importance or magnitude of 

the results or outcomes likely to be 

attained by the proposed project, 

especially improvements in teaching 

and student achievement. 

(b) Quality of the project design (up to 

20 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: 

(1) The extent to which the goals, 

objectives, and outcomes to be achieved 

by the proposed project are clearly 

specified and measurable. 

(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. 

(3) The extent to which the proposed 

project represents an exceptional 

approach for meeting statutory purposes 

and requirements. 

(4) The extent to which the proposed 

project demonstrates a rationale (as 

defined in this notice). 

(c) Quality of project services (up to 

25 points). 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the services to be provided by the 

proposed project. In determining the 

quality of the services to be provided by 

the proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the quality and sufficiency of 

strategies for ensuring equal access and 

treatment for eligible project 

participants who are members of groups 

that have traditionally been 

underrepresented based on race, color, 

national origin, gender, age, or 

disability. 

In addition, the Secretary considers 

the following factors: 

(1) The extent to which the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

are appropriate to the needs of the 

intended recipients or beneficiaries of 

those services. 

(2) The likely impact of the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

on the intended recipients of those 

services. 

(3) The extent to which the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

are focused on those with greatest 

needs. 

(d) Quality of the management plan 

(up to 25 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: 

(1) 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. 

(2) The adequacy of procedures for 

ensuring feedback and continuous 

improvement in the operation of the 

proposed project. 

(3) The extent to which the time 

commitments of the project director and 

principal investigator and other key 

project personnel are appropriate and 

adequate to meet the objectives of the 

proposed project. 

(e) Quality of project evaluation (up to 

10 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: 

(1) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation are appropriate to the 

context within which the project 

operates. 

(2) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation provide for examining the 

effectiveness of project implementation 

strategies. 

2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

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applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary requires 

various assurances, including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department (34 CFR 

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

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this program the Department conducts a 

review of the risks posed by applicants. 

Under 2 CFR 200.208, the Secretary may 

impose specific conditions and, under 2 

CFR 3474.10, in appropriate 

circumstances, high-risk conditions on a 

grant if the applicant or grantee is not 

financially stable; has a history of 

unsatisfactory performance; has a 

financial or other management system 

that does not meet the standards in 2 

CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

4. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 

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

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through the System for 

Award Management. You may review 

and comment on any information about 

yourself that a Federal agency 

previously entered and that is currently 

in FAPIIS. 

Please note that, if the total value of 

your currently active grants, cooperative 

agreements, and procurement contracts 

from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII, 

require you to report certain integrity 

information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review the requirements in 2 CFR 

part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant 

plus all the other Federal funds you 

receive exceed $10,000,000. 

5. In General: In accordance with the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

guidance located at 2 CFR part 200, all 

applicable Federal laws, and relevant 

Executive guidance, the Department 

will review and consider applications 

for funding pursuant to this notice 

inviting applications in accordance 

with— 

(a) Selecting recipients most likely to 

be successful in delivering results based 

on the program objectives through an 

objective process of evaluating Federal 

award applications (2 CFR 200.205); 

(b) Prohibiting the purchase of certain 

telecommunication and video 

surveillance services or equipment in 

alignment with section 889 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act of 

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

(c) Providing a preference, to the 

extent permitted by law, to maximize 

use of goods, products, and materials 

produced in the United States (2 CFR 

200.322); and 

(d) Terminating agreements in whole 

or in part to the greatest extent 

authorized by law if an award no longer 

effectuates the program goals or agency 

priorities (2 CFR 200.340). 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your GAN. We may notify 

you informally, also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Open Licensing Requirements: 

Unless an exception applies, if you are 

awarded a grant under this competition, 

you will be required to openly license 

to the public grant deliverables created 

in whole, or in part, with Department 

grant funds. When the deliverable 

consists of modifications to pre-existing 

works, the license extends only to those 

modifications that can be separately 

identified and only to the extent that 

open licensing is permitted under the 

terms of any licenses or other legal 

restrictions on the use of pre-existing 

works. Additionally, a grantee or 

subgrantee that is awarded competitive 

grant funds must have a plan to 

disseminate these public grant 

deliverables. This dissemination plan 

can be developed and submitted after 

your application has been reviewed and 

selected for funding. For additional 

information on the open licensing 

requirements please refer to 2 CFR 

3474.20. 

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

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multiyear award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

5. Performance Measures: For 

purposes of the Government 

Performance and Results Act of 1993 

and for Department reporting under 34 

CFR 75.110, the Department has 

established the following performance 

measures for the IAL program: (1) The 

percentage of fourth graders 

participating in the project who 

demonstrated individual student growth 

(i.e., an improvement in their 

achievement) over the past year on State 

reading or language arts assessments 

under section 1111(b)(2) of the ESEA; 

(2) the percentage of eighth graders 

participating in the project who 

demonstrated individual student growth 

(i.e., an improvement in their 

achievement) over the past year on State 

reading or language arts assessments 

under section 1111(b)(2) of the ESEA; 

(3) the percentage of schools 

participating in the project whose bookto-student ratios increase from the 

previous year; and (4) the percentage of 

participating children who receive at 

least one free, grade- and languageappropriate book of their own. 

All grantees will be expected to 

submit an annual performance report 

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performance measures to the extent that 

they apply to the grantee’s 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 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

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Specifically, through the advanced 

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Ian Rosenblum, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Programs Delegated the Authority to Perform 

the Functions and Duties of the Assistant 

Secretary, Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–14763 Filed 7–9–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1933–007; 

ER10–2615–014; ER11–2335–016; 

ER18–920–007. 

Applicants: Marco DM Holdings, 

L.L.C., Plum Point Energy Associates, 

LLC, Plum Point Services Company, 

LLC, RockGen Energy LLC. 

Description: Triennial Market Power 

Analysis for Central Region of RockGen 

Energy, LLC, et al. 

Filed Date: 6/30/21. 

Accession Number: 20210630–5369. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/30/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–2405–010. 

Applicants: High Prairie Wind Farm 

II, LLC. 

Description: Triennial Market Power 

Analysis for Central Region and Notice 

of Non-Material Change in Status of 

High Prairie Wind Farm II, LLC. 

Filed Date: 6/30/21. 

Accession Number: 20210630–5362. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/30/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–2718–038; 

ER10–2719–039. 

Applicants: Cogen Technologies 

Linden Venture, L.P., East Coast Power 

Linden Holding, L.L.C. 

Description: Notice of Non-Material 

Change in Status of Cogen Technologies 

Linden Venture, L.P., et al. 

Filed Date: 6/30/21. 

Accession Number: 20210630–5368. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–46–016; 

ER11–47–013; ER12–1400–008; ER12– 

1540–011; ER12–1541–011; ER12–1542– 

011; ER12–1544–011; ER12–2343–011; 

ER13–1896–017; ER14–594–015; ER14– 

868–002; ER16–323–010; ER17–1930– 

005; ER17–1931–005; ER17–1932–005; 

ER21–136–002. 

Applicants: AEP Energy Partners, Inc., 

Appalachian Power Company, Flat 

Ridge 2 Wind Energy LLC, Indiana 

Michigan Power Company, Kentucky 

Power Company, Kingsport Power 

Company, Wheeling Power Company, 

AEP Energy, Inc., AEP Generation 

Resources Inc., Ohio Power Company, 

AEP Retail Energy Partners, Ohio Valley 

Electric Corporation, Public Service 

Company of Oklahoma, AEP Texas Inc., 

Southwestern Electric Power Company, 

Flat Ridge 3 Wind Energy, LLC. 

Description: Triennial Market Power 

Analysis for Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 

Region of AEP Energy Partners, Inc., et 

al. 

Filed Date: 6/30/21. 

Accession Number: 20210630–5365. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/30/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER16–1990–003; 

ER20–1996–002; ER21–1187–001; 

ER21–1188–001; ER21–1217–001; 

ER21–1218–001; ER21–1370–002. 

Applicants: Assembly Solar I, LLC, 

Assembly Solar II, LLC, Dressor Plains 

Solar, LLC, Iris Solar, LLC, North Star 

Solar PV LLC, Prairie State Solar, LLC, 

St. James Solar, LLC. 

Description: Triennial Market Power 

Analysis for Central Region of North 

Star Solar PV LLC, et al. 

Filed Date: 6/30/21. 

Accession Number: 20210630–5359. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/30/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER19–2434–001; 

ER19–2534–001. 

Applicants: Citizens Energy 

Corporation, Citizens Imperial Solar 

LLC. 

Description: Notice of Non-Material 

Change in Status of Citizens Imperial 

Solar LLC, et al. 

Filed Date: 6/30/21. 

Accession Number: 20210630–5367. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER20–67–002; 

ER20–113–002; ER20–116–002. 

Applicants: Evergy Metro, Inc., Evergy 

Missouri West, Inc., Evergy Kansas 

Central, Inc. 

Description: Triennial Market Power 

Analysis for Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 

Region of Evergy Kansas Central, Inc., et 

al. 

Filed Date: 6/30/21. 

Accession Number: 20210630–5363. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/30/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER20–681–003. 

Applicants: Tri-State Generation and 

Transmission Association, Inc. 

Description: Triennial Market Power 

Analysis for Southwest Power Pool, Inc. 

Region of Tri-State Generation and 

Transmission Association, Inc. 

Filed Date: 6/30/21. 

Accession Number: 20210630–5360. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/30/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER20–2429–001. 

Applicants: Central Maine Power 

Company, ISO New England Inc. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Central Maine Power; Order No. 864 


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