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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.215W]

Dropout Prevention Demonstration

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 these grants

and the Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR),

this notice contains all of the

information, application forms, and

instructions needed to apply for a grant

under this competition. These grants are

funded under Title X, Part A of the

Elementary and Secondary Education

Act of 1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 8001

et seq.).

Purpose of Program: To strengthen

and expand dropout prevention

demonstration projects that combine, in

a coherent fashion, strategies that have

been demonstrated to be effective in (1)

assisting students at risk of dropping out

to remain in and graduate from high

school, and (2) raising standards and

expectations for these students.

Eligible Applicants: State educational

agencies (SEAs) and local educational

agencies (LEAs).

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: July 23, 2001.

E-Mail Notification of Intent To Apply

for Funding: The Department will be

able to develop a more efficient process

for reviewing grant applications if it has

a better understanding of the number of

entities that intend to apply for funding

under this competition. Therefore, the

Secretary strongly encourages each

potential applicant to send the

Department a short e-mail indicating its

intent to submit an application for

funding. The e-mail should only note

the applicant’s intent to submit the

application, and should not include

information regarding the proposed

application. The Secretary requests that

this e-mail notification be sent no later

than June 21, 2001. The e-mail

notification should be sent to

dropoutprevention@ed.gov. Applicants

that fail to provide this e-mail

notification may still apply for funding.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: September 19, 2001.

Estimated Available Funds:

$5,000,000.

Estimated Range of Awards:

$200,000–$500,000.

Maximum Award Amount: The total

amount of funding that an SEA or LEA

may receive under this competition is

$500,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 10 to

15.

Project Period: 12 months.

Page Limits: Applicants are strongly

encouraged to limit the application

narrative to the equivalent of not more

than 30 double-spaced pages.

Information concerning the standards

for page size and text is found in the

Instructions for the Application

Narrative in the Appendix to this notice.

Applicable Regulations: The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85,

86, 97, 98, and 99.

Supplementary Information:

Many of our communities,

particularly those with substantial

numbers of Hispanic, Native American,

and African American students, are

plagued by large numbers of students

dropping out of high school. Although

there is no one reason why students

drop out, there are two strong predictors

that can help educators identify the

students most at risk of dropping out:

poor academic performance and

poverty. According to the National

Center for Education Statistics’ (NCES)

annual dropout report, the single

strongest school-related dropout

predictor is poor academic performance;

students who are performing below

grade level or who repeat one or more

grades are much more likely to drop out

than are other students. Additionally,

studies show that children from families

living in poverty are much more likely

to drop out of school than are children

from families that are not living in

poverty.

Students are more likely to drop out

of school during critical transition

points, particularly as they are

transitioning from middle to high

school. The beginning of high school

can be a challenging time for students,

especially for those who are performing

below grade level. High school puts

greater academic demands on students

and can make school extremely difficult

for students that are already

academically behind. Therefore,

students at risk of dropping out should

be identified as early as possible to

ensure a greater chance of high school

completion. Studies show that intensive

dropout prevention strategies targeted at

the middle school level with continued

support throughout the high school

years can be particularly effective in

preventing students from dropping out

of high school.

The dropout problem is a complex

issue that must be addressed through an

array of strategies that are both targeted

and demonstrated to be effective. States

and districts should seek to understand

why students decide to leave school and

what happens to them after they drop

out. The Dropout Prevention

Demonstration Program will help

communities to build upon, strengthen,

or replicate prevention strategies, and to

combine them in a comprehensive

program that will address the needs of

the targeted population.

Description of Program

The Dropout Prevention

Demonstration Program is funded under

Section 10101 of Title X of the

Elementary and Secondary Education

Act. The goal of the program is to

strengthen and expand projects that

utilize strategies demonstrated to be

effective for ensuring that students atrisk of dropping out remain in and

graduate from high school. The

strategies should be combined in a

coherent plan so that the needs of the

targeted population are effectively

addressed. Such strategies should

include, but are not limited to:

(1) Accelerated learning strategies for

improved academic performance;

(2) Systematic monitoring of

attendance;

(3) Family outreach;

(4) Counseling services;

(5) Career and higher education

awareness and preparation;

(6) Social support services;

(7) Small schools;

(8) Linkages between feeder

elementary, middle, and high schools

that serve the same children;

(9) Involvement of business and

community groups;

(10) Coordination of project activities

with those supported by other Federal,

State, and local programs; and

(11) On-going evaluation, data

collection, and dropout tracking as a

means to increase the quality of services

offered to students.

Reporting Requirements and Expected

Outcomes

Successful applicants will be required

to submit a final performance report and

a copy of the project’s final evaluation

no more than 60 days after the end of

the project period. The final evaluation

should include baseline data that

provides an overview of the dropout

conditions that existed at the district

prior to the implementation of the

project, including specific data on the

student population served by the

project. It should also describe the

quality and nature of the project’s

implementation, especially as it relates

to improving the conditions for dropout

prevention within a district and any

available outcome data (including

achievement data and progress on other

school-related indicators).

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Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking

In accordance with the

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.

553), it is the practice of the Secretary

to offer interested parties the

opportunity to comment on proposed

rules. Ordinarily, this practice would

have applied to the priorities in this

notice. Section 437(d)(1) of the General

Education Provisions Act (GEPA),

however, exempts rules that apply to

the first competition under a new or

substantially revised program from this

requirement. This competition is the

first held under this program. To ensure

timely awards, in accordance with

section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, the Secretary

has decided to forego public comments

with respect to the absolute priorities in

this notice. These priorities will apply

to the FY 2001 grant competition only.

Absolute Priorities

The following absolute priorities

apply to all applicants seeking funding

under this competition. An applicant

must meet these priorities in order to be

eligible for funding.

(1) Dropout rate priority

(a) If an SEA is the applicant, the SEA

must propose to assist one or more

LEAs, each of which must have a high

school dropout rate of at least 10

percent.

(b) If an LEA is the applicant, the LEA

must have a high school dropout rate of

at least 10 percent.

(c) If an LEA applies in consortium

with other LEAs, each LEA must have

a high school dropout rate of at least 10

percent.

(d) If an applicant LEA does not serve

high school students, the high school

dropout rate of the LEA in which a

plurality of the applicant’s students

attend high school must be at least 10

percent.

(e) The high school dropout rate(s) of

the LEA(s) must be included as part of

the application.

(2) Schools and services priority

(a) The applicant must identify the

specific school(s) that will participate in

the project and include an assurance

from officials at those schools indicating

a commitment to participate in the

project.

(b) Project services must focus on

assisting children in grades 6 through 9.

(3) Collaboration priority

Each applicant must propose to work

in collaboration with entities such as

institutions of higher education or other

public and private agencies,

organizations, or institutions.

Definitions: The following definitions

apply for the purposes of this program—

A ‘‘high school dropout’’ means a

student in grade 9–12 who—

(i) Was enrolled in the district at some

time during the 1999–2000 school year;

(ii) Was not enrolled at the beginning

of the 2000–2001 school year;

(iii) Has not graduated or completed

a program of studies by the maximum

age established by a State;

(iv) Has not transferred to another

public school district or to a nonpublic

school or to a State-approved

educational program; and

(v) Has not left school because of

death, illness, or a school-approved

absence.

‘‘High school dropout rate’’ means the

number of high school dropouts (as

defined above) divided by the total

number of students enrolled in grades

9–12 at the beginning of the 1999–2000

school year.

Selection Criteria

The maximum score for the selection

criteria is 100 points. The maximum

score for each criterion is indicated in

parenthesis. Within each criterion, the

Secretary evaluates each factor equally.

In all instances where the word

‘‘project’’ appears in the selection

criteria, reference should be made to the

Dropout Prevention Demonstration

Program.

The Secretary will use the following

selection criteria and factors in

evaluating applications for grants:

(a) Need for project. (10 points) In

determining the need for the proposed

project, the Secretary considers the

following factors:

(1) The magnitude or severity of the

problem to be addressed by the

proposed project.

(2) The magnitude of the need for the

services to be provided or the activities

to be carried out by the proposed

project.

(b) Significance. (20 points) In

determining the significance of the

proposed project, the Secretary

considers the following factors:

(1) The potential contribution of the

proposed project to increase knowledge

or understanding of educational

problems, issues, or effective strategies

related to dropout prevention.

(2) The potential replicability of the

proposed project or strategies,

including, as appropriate, the potential

for implementation in a variety of

settings.

(c) Quality of design. (40 points) In

determining the quality of the project

design, 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 applicant

proposes to strengthen and expand a

dropout prevention project that utilizes

strategies that have been demonstrated

to be effective in addressing the needs

of the target population.

(3) The extent to which the proposed

dropout prevention strategies will be

combined in a coherent fashion and

coordinated with other services and

programs that are provided to the target

population.

(4) The likelihood that the services to

be provided by the proposed project

will improve the academic achievement

of the targeted population and lead to

decreased dropout rates for these

students.

(d) Adequacy of resources. (10 points)

In determining the adequacy of

resources for the proposed project, the

Secretary considers the following

factors:

(1) The extent to which project funds

will be coordinated with State, local,

and other Federal funds as appropriate,

such as Title I, Comprehensive School

Reform Demonstration Program, GEAR

UP, Smaller Learning Communities, and

21st Century Community Learning

Center funds.

(2) The extent to which the costs are

reasonable in relation to the objectives,

design, and the number of students to be

served.

(e) Quality of the project evaluation.

(20 points) In determining the quality of

the evaluation to be conducted of the

proposed project, the Secretary

considers the following factors:

(1) The extent to which the methods

of evaluation are thorough, feasible, and

appropriate to the goals, objectives, and

outcomes of the proposed project.

(2) The extent to which the methods

of evaluation include the use of

objective performance measures that are

clearly related to the intended outcomes

of the project and will produce

quantitative and qualitative data to the

extent possible.

(3) The extent to which the evaluation

will provide guidance about effective

strategies suitable for replication in

other settings.

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.

The objective of the Executive order is

to foster an intergovernmental

partnership and to strengthen

federalism by relying on State and local

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processes for State and local

government coordination and review of

proposed Federal financial assistance.

Applicants must contact the

appropriate State Single Point of

Contact to find out about, and to comply

with, the State’s process under

Executive order 12372.

If you want to know the name and

address of any State Single Point of

Contact (SPOC) you may view the latest

SPOC list on the OMB Web site 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

State Single Point of Contact and any

comments from State, areawide,

regional, and local entities must be

mailed or hand-delivered by the date

indicated in this notice to the following

address: The Secretary, E.O. 12372–

CFDA #84.215W, U.S. Department of

Education, Room 7E200, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–

0125.

Proof of mailing will be determined

on the same basis as applications (see 34

CFR 75.102). Recommendations or

comments may be hand-delivered until

4:30 p.m. (EST) on the date indicated in

this notice.

Please note that the above address is

not the same address as the one to

which the applicant submits its

completed application. Do not send

applications to the above address.

Instructions for Transmittal of

Applications

(A) If You Submit Your Application

Electronically: The U.S. Department of

Education is expanding its pilot project

of electronic submission of applications

to include certain formula and

discretionary grant programs. The

Dropout Prevention Demonstration

Program (CFDA #84.215W) is one of the

programs included in the pilot project.

If you are an applicant under the

Dropout Prevention Demonstration

Program, you may submit your

application to us in either electronic or

paper format.

If you chose to submit your

application electronically, you must

submit it through the Internet using the

software provided on the e-Grants Web

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

(EST) on the deadline date.

The regular hours of operation of the

e-Grants Web site are 6 a.m. until 12

midnight (EST) on Monday, Tuesday,

Thursday, and Friday, and 6 a.m. until

7 p.m. on Wednesday and Saturday. The

system is unavailable on the second

Saturday of every month, Sundays, and

Federal holidays.

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 Assistance (ED

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

necessary assurances and certifications.

• Fax a signed copy of the

Application for Federal Assistance (ED

424) after following these steps:

1. Print ED 424 from the eAPPLICATION system.

2. Make sure that your agency’s

Authorized 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 Dropout Prevention

Demonstration Program at: http://egrants.ed.gov.

We have included below additional

information about the e-APPLICATION

pilot project (see Parity Guidelines

between Paper and Electronic

Applications below).

(B) If You Send Your Application by

Mail: You must mail the original and

two copies of the application on or

before the deadline date to: U.S.

Department of Education, Application

Control Center, Attention: CFDA

#84.215W, 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:

(1) A private metered postmark.

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by

the U.S. Postal Service.

(C) If You Deliver Your Application by

Hand: You or your courier must hand

deliver the original and two copies of

the application by 4:30 p.m. (EST) on or

before the deadline date to: U.S.

Department of Education, Application

Control Center, Attention: CFDA

#84.215W, Room 3633, Regional Office

Building 3, 7th and D Streets, SW.,

Washington, DC 20202.

The Application Control Center

accepts application deliveries daily

between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (EST),

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.

Notes for all Applicants Regarding

Transmittal of Applications

(1) If you submit your application by

mail, note that 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) If you send your application by

mail or deliver it by hand or by a courier

service, you must indicate on the

envelope and—if not provided by the

Department—in Item 3 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

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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.

Parity Guidelines Between Paper and

Electronic Applications

Users of e-APPLICATION, a data

driven system, will be entering data online 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 e-APPLICATION, the

Department is conducting a limited

pilot of electronic peer review (eREADER) and electronic annual

performance reporting (e-REPORTS).

To help ensure parity 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 text of each selection

criterion followed by the narrative. The

text of the selection criterion, if

included, does not count against any

page limitation.

• Place a page number at the bottom

right of each page beginning with 1; and

number your pages consecutively

throughout your document.

Application Instructions and Forms

The appendix to this notice contains

all required forms and instructions,

including instructions for preparing the

application narrative, a statement

regarding estimated public reporting

burden, a notice to applicants regarding

compliance with section 427 of the

General Education Provisions Act

(GEPA), various assurances and

certifications, a list of relevant

definitions from the authorizing statute

and EDGAR, and a checklist for

applicants.

In applying for an award under this

competition, you must organize your

application in the following order and

include the following four parts. The

parts and additional materials are as

follows:

Part I: Application for Federal

Assistance (ED 424, Exp. 06/30/2001)

and instructions.

Part II: Budget Information-NonConstruction Programs (ED Form No.

524) and instructions.

Part III: Application Narrative.

Part IV: Assurances and Certifications:

a. Assurances—Non-Construction

Programs (Standard Form 424B).

b. Certifications Regarding Lobbying;

Debarment, Suspension, and Other

Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free

Workplace Requirements (ED 80–0013)

and instructions.

c. Certifications regarding Debarment,

Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary

Exclusion—Lower Tier Covered

Transactions (ED 80–0014, 9/90) and

instructions.

Note: ED Form 80–0014 is intended for the

use of grantees and should not be transmitted

to the Department.

d. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities

(Standard Form LLL) (if applicable) and

instructions.

An applicant may submit information

on photostatic copies of the application,

budget forms, assurances, and

certifications as printed in this notice in

the Federal Register. For applicants that

do not submit electronically, the

application form, assurances, and

certifications must each have an original

signature. These applicants are required

to submit ONE original signed

application, including ink signatures on

all forms and assurances, and TWO

copies of the application, one bound

and one unbound copy suitable for

photocopying. Please mark each

application as ‘‘original’’ or ‘‘copy.’’ To

aid with the review of applications, the

Department encourages applicants to

submit two additional paper copies of

the application. The Department will

not penalize applicants who do not

provide additional copies. No grant may

be awarded unless a completed

application form, including the signed

assurances and certifications, has been

received. (For applicants that submit

electronically, see separate instructions

under ‘‘Instructions For Transmittal of

Applications’’ above).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christine Jackson, Dropout Prevention

Demonstration Program, Academic

Improvement and Demonstration

Programs, Office of Elementary and

Secondary Education, U.S. Department

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,

SW., Room 2W104, FOB–6, Washington,

DC 20202–6254. Telephone: (202) 260–

2516. e-mail: christine.jackson@ed.gov.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–888–877–

8339.

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 in

the preceding paragraph. 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: www.ed.gov/

legislation/FedRegister.

To use PDF you must have the Adobe

Acrobat Reader, which is available free

at the previous sites. If you have

questions about using the PDF, call the

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)

at (202) 512–1530 or (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. 8001 et seq.

Dated: May 16, 2001.

Thomas M. Corwin,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Elementary and Secondary Education.

APPENDIX

Instructions for the Application Narrative

The narrative is the section of the

application where the selection criteria used

by reviewers in evaluating the application are

addressed. The narrative must encompass

each function or activity for which funds are

being requested. Before preparing the

application narrative, an applicant should

read carefully the description of the program

and the selection criteria the Secretary uses

to evaluate applications.

Applicants should note that there is a 30-

page suggested page limit for the application

narrative. The following standards apply: (1)

A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ × 11′′ (one side only) with

one-inch margins (top, bottom, and sides). (2)

All text in the application narrative must be

double-spaced (no more than three lines per

vertical inch). If using a proportional

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computer font, use no smaller than a 12-point

font, and an average character density no

greater than 18 characters per inch. If using

a nonproportional font or a typewriter, do not

use more than 12 characters to the inch.

The suggested page limit does not apply to

the cover sheet, the one-page abstract, budget

section, appendices, and forms and

assurances. However, all of the application

narrative must be included in the narrative

section.

1. Begin with a one-page Abstract

summarizing the proposed Dropout

Prevention Demonstration project, including

a short description of the population to be

served by the project.

2. Include a table of contents listing the

parts of the narrative in the order of the

selection criteria and the page numbers

where the parts of the narrative are found. Be

sure to number the pages.

3. Describe how the applicant meets the

absolute priorities.

4. Describe fully the proposed project in

light of the selection criteria in the order in

which the criteria are listed in the

application package. Do not simply

paraphrase the criteria.

5. Provide the following in response to the

attached GEPA Sec. 427 ‘‘Notice to all

Applicants’’: (1) a reference to the portion of

the application in which information appears

as to how the applicant is addressing steps

to promote equitable access and

participation, or (2) a separate statement that

contains that information.

6. When applying for funds as a

consortium, individual eligible applicants

must enter into an agreement signed by all

members. The consortium’s agreement must

detail the activities each member of the

consortium plans to perform, and must bind

each member to every statement and

assurance made in the consortium’s

application. The designated applicant must

submit the consortium’s agreement with its

application.

7. Applicants may include supporting

documentation as appendices to the

narrative. This material should be concise

and pertinent to the competition. Note that

the Secretary considers only information

contained in the application in ranking

applications for funding consideration.

Letters of support sent separately from the

formal application package are not

considered in the review by the technical

review panels. (34 CFR 75.217)

8. Attach copies of all required assurances

and forms.

Estimated Public Reporting Burden

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 1810–0637.

(Expiration Date: 5/31/2004). The time

required to complete this information

collection is estimated to average 30 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:

Christine Jackson, Dropout Prevention

Demonstration Program, U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,

Room 2W104, FOB–6, Washington, DC

20202–6254.

If you have comments or concerns

regarding the status of your individual

submission of this form, write directly to:

Christine Jackson, Dropout Prevention

Demonstration Program, U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,

Room 2W104, FOB–6, Washington, DC

20202–6254.

Checklist for Applicants

The following forms and other items must

be included in the application in the order

listed below:

1. Application for Federal Assistance (ED

424).

2. Budget Information—Non-Construction

Programs ED Form No. 524) and budget

narrative.

3. Application Narrative, including

information that addresses section 427 of the

General Education Provisions Act (see the

section ‘‘NOTICE TO ALL APPLICANTS’’),

and relevant appendices.

4. Applicable LEA high school dropout

rates.

5. List of participating school(s) and

assurances from appropriate school officials.

6. List of entity or entities with which the

applicant will collaborate.

7. LEA consortium agreement, if

applicable.

8. Assurances—Non-Construction

Programs (SF 424B).

9. Certifications Regarding Lobbying;

Debarment, Suspension, and Other

Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free

Workplace Requirements (ED 80–0013).

10. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities

(Standard Form LLL).

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