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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.194Q]

Bilingual Education: State Grant

Program; Notice Inviting Applications

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)

2001

Note to Applicants: This notice is a

complete application package. Together

with the statute authorizing the program

and the Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR),

this notice contains all of the

information, application forms, and

instructions needed to apply for an

award under this program. The statutory

authorization for this program, and the

application requirements that apply to

this competition, are contained in

section 7134 of the Elementary and

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as

amended by the Improving America’s

Schools Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103–382,

enacted October 20, 1994 (the Act) (20

U.S.C. 7454)).

Purpose of Program: This program

provides grants to State educational

agencies to: (1) Assist local educational

agencies in the State with program

design, capacity building, assessment of

student performance, and program

evaluation; and (2) collect data on the

State’s limited English proficient (LEP)

population and the educational

programs and services available to that

population. However, a State is exempt

from the requirement to collect data if

it did not, as of October 20, 1994, have

a system in place for collecting the data.

Eligible Applicants: State educational

agencies.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: May 30, 2001.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: July 30, 2001.

Available Funds: $6 million.

Estimated Number of Awards: 40.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: 12 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,

85, 86, and 99. (b) The regulations in 34

CFR part 299.

Description of Program

Funds under this program are to be

used to assist local educational agencies

in the State with program design,

capacity building, assessment of student

performance, and program evaluation.

In addition, grantees are required to

collect data on the State’s LEP

population and the educational

programs and services available to that

population unless a grantee’s State did

not, as of October 20, 1994, have a

system for collecting data in place.

However, a State that develops a system

for collecting data on the educational

programs and services available to all

LEP students in the State subsequent to

October 20, 1994 must meet this

requirement. A grantee may also use

funds provided under this program for

the training of State educational agency

personnel in educational issues

affecting LEP children and youth.

Selection Criteria

(a)(1) The Secretary uses the following

selection criteria under 34 CFR 75.209

and 34 CFR 75.210 and section 7134 of

the Act to evaluate applications for new

grants under this competition.

(2) The maximum score for all of

these criteria is 100 points.

(3) The maximum score for each

criterion is indicated in parentheses.

(b) The criteria—(1) Providing for the

education of children and youth with

limited English proficiency. (20 points)

The Secretary reviews each application

to determine how effectively the

applicant provides, through its own

programs and other Federal education

programs, for the education of limited

English proficient children and youth

within its State.

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7454(a))

(2) Need for the project. (15 points) (i)

The Secretary considers the need for the

proposed project.

(ii) In determining the need for the

proposed project, the Secretary

considers the magnitude of the need for

the services to be provided or the

activities to be carried out by the

proposed project.

(Authority: 34 CFR 75.210(a)(1) and (2)(ii))

(3) Quality of the project design. (25

points) (i) The Secretary considers the

quality of the design of the proposed

project.

(ii) In determining the quality of the

design of the proposed project, the

Secretary considers the following

factors:

(A) The extent to which the goals,

objectives, and outcomes to be achieved

by the proposed project are clearly

specified and measurable.

(B) The extent to which the proposed

project is designed to build capacity and

yield results that will extend beyond the

period of Federal financial assistance.

(C) The extent to which the proposed

project will be coordinated with similar

or related efforts, and with other

appropriate community, State, and

Federal resources.

(Authority: 34 CFR 75.210(c)(1)–(2)(i), (xii),

and (xvi))

(4) Quality of project services. (15

points) (i) The Secretary considers the

quality of the services to be provided by

the proposed project.

(ii) 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.

(iii) In addition, the Secretary

considers the following factors:

(A) 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.

(B) The extent to which entities that

are to be served by the proposed

technical assistance project demonstrate

support for the project.

(C) The extent to which the technical

assistance services to be provided by the

proposed project involve the use of

efficient strategies, including the use of

technology, as appropriate, and the

leveraging of non-project resources.

(Authority: 34 CFR 75.210(d)(1)–(3)(i),

(ii), and (x))

(5) Quality of project personnel. (10

points) (i) The Secretary considers the

quality of the personnel who will carry

out the proposed project.

(ii) In determining the quality of

project personnel, the Secretary

considers the extent to which the

applicant encourages applications for

employment from persons who are

members of groups that have

traditionally been underrepresented

based on race, color, national origin,

gender, age, or disability.

(iii) In addition, the Secretary

considers the following factors:

(A) The qualifications, including

relevant training and experience, of the

project director.

(B) The qualifications, including

relevant training and experience, of key

project personnel.

(Authority: 34 CFR 75.210(e) (1)–(3)(i)–(ii))

(6) Adequacy of resources: (5 points)

(i) The Secretary considers the adequacy

of resources for the proposed project.

(ii) In determining the adequacy of

resources for the proposed project, the

Secretary considers the following

factors:

(A) The adequacy of support,

including facilities, equipment,

supplies, and other resources, from the

applicant organization or the lead

applicant organization.

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(B) The extent to which the budget is

adequate to support the proposed

project.

(C) The extent to which the costs are

reasonable in relation to the objectives,

design, and potential significance of the

proposed project.

(Authority: 34 CFR 75.210(f) (1)–(2)(i), (iii)–

(iv))

(7) Quality of the project evaluation.

(10 points) (i) The Secretary considers

the quality of the evaluation to be

conducted of the proposed project.

(ii) In determining the quality of the

evaluation, the Secretary considers the

following factors:

(A) The extent to which the methods

of evaluation are thorough, feasible, and

appropriate to the goals, objectives, and

outcomes of the proposed project.

(B) The extent to which the methods

of evaluation are appropriate to the

context within which the project

operates.

(Authority: 34 CFR 75.210(h) (1)–(2)(i)–(ii))

Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs:

This program is subject to the

requirements of Executive Order 12372

(Intergovernmental Review of Federal

Programs) and the regulations in 34 CFR

part 79.

One of the objectives of the Executive

order is to foster an intergovernmental

partnership and to strengthen

federalism. The Executive order relies

on processes developed by State and

local governments for coordination and

review of proposed Federal financial

assistance.

If you are an applicant, you must

contact the appropriate State Single

Point of Contact (SPOC) to find out

about, and to comply with, the State’s

process under Executive Order 12372. If

you propose to perform activities in

more than one State, you should

immediately contact the SPOC for each

of those States and follow the procedure

established in each State under the

Executive order. If you want to know

the name and address of any SPOC, see

the latest official SPOC list on the Web

site of the Office of Management and

Budget at the following address: http:/

/www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants.

In States that have not established a

process or chosen a program for review,

State, areawide, regional, and local

entities may submit comments directly

to the Department.

Any State Process Recommendation

and other comments submitted by a

SPOC and any comments from State,

areawide, regional, and local entities

must be mailed or hand-delivered by the

date indicated in this application notice

to the following address: The Secretary,

E.O. 12372—CFDA# 84.194Q, U.S.

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Room 7E200, Washington,

DC 20202–0125.

We will determine proof of mailing

under 34 CFR 75.102 (Deadline date for

applications). Recommendations or

comments may be hand-delivered until

4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on the

date indicated in this notice.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ABOVE

ADDRESS IS NOT THE SAME

ADDRESS AS THE ONE TO WHICH AN

APPLICANT SUBMITS ITS

COMPLETED APPLICATION. DO NOT

SEND APPLICATIONS TO THE ABOVE

ADDRESS.

Instructions for Transmittal of

Applications

Note: Some of the procedures in these

instructions for transmitting applications

differ from those in the Education

Department General Administrative

Regulations (EDGAR) (34 CFR 75.102). Under

the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.

553) the Department generally offers

interested parties the opportunity to

comment on proposed regulations. However,

these amendments make procedural changes

only and do not establish new substantive

policy. Therefore, under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A),

the Secretary has determined that proposed

rulemaking is not required.

Pilot Project for Electronic Submission

of Applications

The U.S. Department of Education is

expanding its pilot project of electronic

submission of applications to include

certain formula grant programs, as well

as additional discretionary grant

competitions. The Bilingual Education

State Grant Program (CFDA No.

84.194Q) is one of the programs

included in the pilot project. If you are

an applicant under the Bilingual

Education State Grant Program, you may

submit your application to us in either

electronic or paper format.

The pilot project involves the use of

the Electronic Grant Application System

(e-APPLICATION, formerly e-GAPS)

portion of the Grant Administration and

Payment System (GAPS). We request

your participation in this pilot project.

We shall continue to evaluate its

success and solicit suggestions for

improvement.

If you participate in this eAPPLICATION pilot, please note the

following:

• Your participation is voluntary.

• You will not receive any additional

point value or penalty because you

submit a grant application in electronic

or paper format.

• You can submit all documents

electronically, including the

Application for Federal Education

Assistance (ED 424), Budget

Information—Non-Construction

Programs (ED 524), and all necessary

assurances and certifications.

• Fax a signed copy of the

Application for Federal Education

Assistance (ED 424) after following

these steps:

1. Print ED 424 from the eAPPLICATION system.

2. Make sure that the institution’s

Authorizing Representative signs this

form.

3. Before faxing this form, submit

your electronic application via the eAPPLICATION system. You will receive

an automatic acknowledgement, which

will include a PR/Award number (an

identifying number unique to your

application).

4. Place the PR/Award number in the

upper right hand corner of ED 424.

5. Fax ED 424 to the Application

Control Center within three working

days of submitting your electronic

application. We will indicate a fax

number in e-APPLICATION at the time

of your submission.

• We may request that you give us

original signatures on all other forms at

a later date.

You may access the electronic grant

application for the Bilingual Education

State Grant Program at: http://egrants.ed.gov.

We have included additional

information about the e-APPLICATION

pilot project (see Parity Guidelines

between Paper and Electronic

Applications) elsewhere in this notice.

If you want to apply for a grant and

be considered for funding, you must

meet the following deadline

requirements.

(A) If You Send Your Application by

Mail

You must mail the original and one

copy of the application on or before the

deadline date to: U.S. Department of

Education, Application Control

Center,Attention: CFDA No. 84.194Q,

Washington, DC 20202–4725.

You must show one of the following

as proof of mailing:

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

postmark.

(2) A legible mail receipt with the

date of mailing stamped by the U.S.

Postal Service.

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or

receipt from a commercial carrier.

(4) Any other proof of mailing

acceptable to the Secretary.

If you mail an application through the

U.S. Postal Service, we do not accept

either of the following as proof of

mailing:

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(1) A private metered postmark.

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by

the U.S. Postal Service.

(B) If You Deliver Your Application by

Hand

You or your courier must handdeliver the original and one copy of the

application by 4:30 p.m. (Washington,

DC time) on or before the deadline date

to: U.S. Department of Education,

Application Control Center, Attention:

CFDA No. 84.194Q, Room 3633,

Regional Office Building 3, 7th and D

Streets, SW., Washington, DC.

The Application Control Center

accepts application deliveries daily

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

(Washington, DC time), except

Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal

holidays. The Center accepts

application deliveries through the D

Street entrance only. A person

delivering an application must show

identification to enter the building.

(C) If You Submit Your Application

Electronically

You must submit your grant

application through the Internet using

the software provided on the e-Grants

Web site (http://e-grants.ed.gov) by 4:30

p.m. (Washington, DC time) on the

deadline date.

The regular hours of operation of the

e-Grants Web site are 6:00 a.m. until

12:00 midnight (Washington, DC time)

Monday—Friday and 6:00 a.m. until

7:00 p.m. Saturdays. The system is

unavailable on the second Saturday of

every month, Sundays, and Federal

holidays. Please note that on

Wednesdays the Web site is closed for

maintenance at 7:00 p.m. (Washington,

DC time).

Notes: (1) The U.S. Postal Service does not

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before

relying on this method, you should check

with your local post office.

(2) If you send your application by mail or

deliver it by hand or by a courier service, the

Application Control Center will mail a Grant

Application Receipt Acknowledgment to

you. If you do not receive the notification of

application receipt within 15 days from the

date of mailing the application, you should

call the U.S. Department of Education

Application Control Center at (202) 708–

9493.

(3) You must indicate on the envelope

and—if not provided by the Department—in

Item 4 of the Application for Federal

Education Assistance (ED 424; revised

November 12, 1999) the CFDA number—and

suffix letter, if any—of the competition under

which you are submitting your application.

(4) If you submit your application through

the Internet via the e-Grants Web site, you

will receive an automatic acknowledgment

when we receive your application.

Application Instructions and Forms:

The appendix to this application

notice contains the following forms,

instructions, assurances, certifications,

and notices:

a. Estimated Public Reporting Burden

Statement.

b. Application Instructions.

c. Checklist for Applicants.

d. Application for Federal Education

Assistance (ED 424) and Instructions.

e. Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524) and

Instructions.

f. Assurances—Non-Construction

Programs (Standard Form 424B) and

Instructions.

g. Certifications Regarding Lobbying;

Debarment, Suspension and Other

Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free

Workplace Requirements (ED 80–0013)

and Instructions.

h. Certification Regarding Debarment,

Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary

Exclusion—Lower Tier Covered

Transactions (ED 80–0014) and

Instructions.

i. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities

(Standard Form LLL) and Instructions.

j. Notice to All Applicants (regarding

compliance with section 427 of the

General Education Provisions Act

(GEPA) (OMB No. 1801–0004).

An applicant may submit information

on a photostatic copy of the application

forms, assurances, and certifications.

However, if an application is submitted

in conventional paper form, one copy of

the application forms, assurances, and

certifications must have an original

signature.

All applicants submitting their

applications in conventional paper form

must submit ONE original signed

application, including ink signatures on

all forms and assurances, and ONE copy

of the application. Please mark each

application as original or copy. No grant

may be awarded unless a complete

application has been received.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Harry Logel, U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,

Room 5086, Switzer Building,

Washington, DC 20202–6510.

Telephone: (202) 205–5530. E-mail:

Harry_Logel@ed.gov.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. (Washington,

DC time), Monday through Friday.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this notice in an alternative

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

audiotape, or computer diskette) on

request to the contact person listed

above. Please note, however, that the

Department is not able to reproduce in

an alternative format the standard forms

included in the notice.

Electronic Access to This Document

You may view this document, as well

as all other Department of Education

documents published in the Federal

Register, in text or Adobe Portable

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet

at the following site: http://

www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister.

To use PDF you must have Adobe

Acrobat Reader, which is available free

at the preceding site. If you have

questions about using PDF, call the U.S.

Government Printing Office (GPO), toll

free, at 1–888–293–6498 or in the

Washington, DC area at (202) 512–1530.

Note: The official version of this document

is the document published in the Federal

Register. Free Internet access to the official

edition of the Federal Register and the Code

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO

Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/

index.html.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7454.

Dated: April 19, 2001.

Arthur M. Love,

Acting Director, Office of Bilingual Education

and Minority Languages Affairs.

Appendix—Estimated Public Reporting

Burden Statement

According to the Paperwork Reduction Act

of 1995, no persons are required to respond

to a collection of information unless it

displays a valid OMB control number. The

valid OMB control number for this

information collection is OMB No. 1885–

0541 (Exp. 12/31/2001). The time required to

complete this information collection is

estimated to average 60 hours per response,

including the time to review instructions,

search existing data resources, gather the data

needed, and complete and review the

information collection. If you have any

comments concerning the accuracy of the

time estimate or suggestions for improving

this form, please write to: U. S. Department

of Education, Washington, DC 20202–4651.

If you have comments or concerns

regarding the status of your individual

submission of this form, write directly to:

Office of Bilingual Education and Minority

Languages Affairs,U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,Room

5086, Switzer Building, Washington, DC

20202–6510.

Application Instructions

Parity Guidelines between Paper and

Electronic Applications

The Department of Education is expanding

the pilot project, which began in FY 2000,

that allows applicants to use an Internetbased electronic system for submitting

applications. This competition is among

those that have an electronic submission

option available to all applicants. The

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GAPS (Electronic Grant Application Package

System), allows an applicant to submit a

grant application to us electronically, using

a current version of the applicant’s Internet

browser. To see e-APPLICATION visit the

following address: http://e-grants.ed.gov.

In an effort to ensure parity and a similar

look between applications transmitted

electronically and applications submitted in

conventional paper form, e-APPLICATION

has an impact on all applicants under this

competition.

Users of e-APPLICATION, a data driven

system, will be entering data on-line while

completing their applications. This will be

more interactive than just e-mailing a soft

copy of a grant application to us. If you

participate in this voluntary pilot project by

submitting an application electronically, the

data you enter on-line will go into a database

and ultimately will be accessible in

electronic form to our reviewers.

This pilot project is another step in the

Department’s transition to an electronic grant

award process. In addition to eAPPLICATION, the Department is

conducting a limited pilot of electronic peer

review (e-READER) and electronic annual

performance reporting (e-REPORTS).

To help ensure parity and a similar look

between electronic and paper copies of grant

applications, we are asking each applicant

that submits a paper application to adhere to

the following guidelines:

• Submit your application on 81⁄2′′ by 11′′

paper.

• Leave a 1-inch margin on all sides.

• Use consistent font throughout your

document. You may also use boldface type,

underlining, and italics. However, please do

not use colored text.

• Please use black and white, also, for

illustrations, including charts, tables, graphs,

and pictures.

• For the narrative component, your

application should consist of the number and

the heading of each selection criterion

followed by the narrative.

• Place a page number at the bottom right

of each page of the narrative component,

beginning with 1; and number your pages

consecutively throughout the narrative

component.

Abstract

The narrative component should be

preceded by a one-page abstract that includes

a short description of the LEP population in

the State, project objectives, and planned

project activities.

Selection Criteria

The narrative should address fully all

aspects of the selection criteria in the order

listed and should give detailed information

regarding each criterion. Do not simply

paraphrase the criteria.

GPRA Program Performance Indicators

The Government Performance and Results

Act (GPRA) of 1993 directs Federal agencies

to improve the effectiveness of their

programs by setting outcome-related goals for

programs and measuring program results

against those goals. One of the steps taken by

the U.S. Department of Education to

implement this Act is to ask its grantees to

report annually their progress toward

meeting the objectives of their projects in

relation to the GPRA program performance

indicators. Therefore applicants for new

grants should ensure that the project goals

and objectives they propose in the narrative

component of their applications include

outcome-oriented performance goals and

objectives that are measurable and reportable

in relation to the GPRA performance

indicators for the particular program under

which they are seeking Federal assistance.

Applicants under the Bilingual Education

State Grant Program should, in devising

project goals and objectives, take into

account the following GPRA performance

indicator for this program:

More specific reporting: All States will

increase their capacity to plan for and

provide technical assistance by reporting

more specifically on LEP programs designed

to meet the educational needs of LEP

students, their academic test performance,

and grade retention rates.

Table of Contents

The application should include a table of

contents listing the various parts of the

narrative in the order of the selection criteria.

The table should include the page numbers

where these parts are found.

Budget

A separate budget summary and cost

itemization must be provided on the Budget

Information Form (ED 524) and in the

itemized budget for the project year. Budget

line items should be directly related to the

activities that are proposed to achieve the

goals and objectives of the project.

Final Application Preparation

Use the Checklist for Applicants provided

below to verify that your application is

complete. If you submit your application in

conventional paper form, provide two copies

of the application, including one copy with

an original signature on each form that

requires the signature of the authorized

representative. Do not use elaborate bindings,

notebooks, or covers. If you mail your

application, the application must be

postmarked by the application deadline date.

Checklist for Applicants

Application Forms and Other Items

1. Application for Federal Education

Assistance Form (ED 424).

2. Budget Information Form (ED 524).

3. Itemized budget.

4. Assurances—Non-Construction

Programs Form (SF 424B).

5. Certifications Regarding Lobbying;

Debarment, Suspension and Other

Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free

Workplace Requirements Form (ED 80–0013).

6. Certification Regarding Debarment,

Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary

Exclusion—Lower Tier Covered Transactions

Form (ED 80–0014) (if applicable).

7. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities Form

(SF–LLL).

8. Notice to All Applicants (GEPA

requirement) (OMB No. 1801–0004).

9. One-page abstract.

10. Table of contents.

11. Application narrative.

Application Transmittal

1. By mail or hand delivery: one original

and one copy of the application to the U.S.

Department of Education Application Control

Center; or by electronic transmission:

software provided on the e-Grants Web site.

2. One copy to the appropriate State Single

Point of Contact (if applicable).

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