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1 Davis, G.M., Hanzsek-Brill, M.B., Petzold, M.C., 

and Robinson, D.H., ‘‘Students’ Sense of Belonging: 

The Development of a Predictive Retention Model.’’ 

Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and 

Learning, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 117–27 (Feb. 2019). 

2Museus, S.D., Ravello, J.N., ‘‘Characteristics of 

Academic Advising That Contribute to Racial and 

Ethnic Minority Student Success at Predominantly 

White Institutions.’’ NACADA Journal, vol. 41, no. 

1, pp. 13–25 (2021). https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ 

EJ1300278.pdf. 

3 ‘‘Indicators of Higher Education Equity in the 

United States: 2016 Historical Trend Report,’’ The 

Pell Institute and PennAHEAD (Jan. 2016). https:// 

firstgen.naspa.org/report/indicators-of-highereducation-equity-in-the-united-states-2016- 

historical-trend-report. 

previously approved evaluation system 

for the TPSID programs. The NCC will 

enhance the collection and analyses of 

longitudinal follow-up data from the 

new 22 TPSID model programs via an 

already developed and previously OMB 

approved evaluation system for the 

TPSID programs. The revised data 

collection system is part of an 

evaluation effort. The system will 

collect program data at the institutions 

from TPSID program staff via an online, 

secure data management system. 

Dated: May 5, 2022. 

Kun Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2022–09986 Filed 5–9–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Native 

American-Serving Nontribal 

Institutions Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

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) 2022 for the Native AmericanServing Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI) 

Program, Assistance Listing Number 

84.031X. This notice relates to the 

approved information collection under 

OMB control number 1840–0816. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: May 10, 2022. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: July 11, 2022. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: September 7, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on December 27, 2021 

(86 FR 73264) and available at 

www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-27979. 

Please note that these Common 

Instructions supersede the version 

published on February 13, 2019, and, in 

part, describe the transition from the 

requirement to register in SAM.gov a 

Data Universal Numbering System 

(DUNS) number to the implementation 

of the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). 

More information on the phase-out of 

DUNS numbers is available at https://

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

docs/unique-entity-identifier-transitionfact-sheet.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Don 

Crews, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 

2B110, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

Telephone: (202) 453–7920. Email: 

Don.Crews@ed.gov. 

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability and wish to 

access telecommunications relay 

services, please dial 7–1–1. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The NASNTI 

Program provides grants to eligible 

institutions of higher education (IHEs) 

to enable them to improve and expand 

their capacity to serve Native Americans 

and low-income individuals. 

Institutions may use the grants to plan, 

develop, undertake, and carry out 

activities to improve and expand their 

capacity to serve Native American and 

low-income students. 

Background: Students’ sense of 

belonging impacts postsecondary 

retention.1 Creating that sense of 

belonging begins with ensuring the 

institution’s ability to serve students 

well. Research shows that implementing 

intrusive advising practices 2 and other 

proactive strategies to directly support 

underserved students can lead to 

successful outcomes. Such proactive 

practices may be increasingly important 

as institutions reengage postsecondary 

students following enrollment decreases 

due to COVID–19. 

Proactive practices alone may not be 

sufficient to retain students who suffer 

from financial hardship, however. Data 

have shown that higher education 

opportunity and outcomes are highly 

inequitable across family income 

groups.3 Therefore, implementing or 

expanding supports that provide 

students with financial literacy, paid 

internship placement, and other 

services that help to alleviate financial 

stressors further support student 

retention. 

Through this grant program, the 

Department encourages Native 

American-serving nontribal institutions 

to develop, create, or enhance programs 

that foster students’ sense of belonging 

and to implement services that will help 

students complete their degree 

programs. Through the competitive 

preference priorities for this grant 

competition, the Department invites 

applicants to submit proposals to 

provide high-quality learning, improve 

student engagement, and reduce the cost 

of obtaining a college degree for Native 

American and low-income students. 

Although the most effective strategy to 

reduce the cost of attending college may 

vary across IHEs, we encourage 

applicants to consider strategies that 

reduce a student’s need to incur debt to 

earn a degree, for example, by reducing 

the time to degree completion. 

Priorities: This notice contains two 

competitive preference priorities. The 

priorities are from the Secretary’s 

Supplemental Priorities and Definitions 

for Discretionary Grants Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 10, 2021 (86 FR 70612) 

(Supplemental Priorities). 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2022 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 5 points to an application 

for each priority, depending on how 

well the application meets the priorities. 

Applicants may respond to one or both 

priorities, for a total of up to 10 

additional points. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1: 

Meeting Student Social, Emotional, and 

Academic Needs (up to 5 points). 

Projects that are designed to improve 

students’ social, emotional, academic, 

and career development, with a focus on 

underserved students (as defined in this 

notice), by creating a positive, inclusive, 

and identity-safe climate at IHEs 

through one or more of the following 

activities: 

(a) Fostering a sense of belonging and 

inclusion for underserved students. 

(b) Implementing evidence-based 

practices for advancing student success 

for underserved students. 

(c) Providing evidence-based 

professional development opportunities 

designed to build asset-based mindsets 

for faculty and staff on campus and that 

are inclusive with regard to race, 

ethnicity, culture, language, and 

disability status. 


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4The NASNTI Program serves Native American 

and low-income students. For the subgroup of 

‘‘underserved students’’ described in paragraph (b) 

of this definition, for the purpose of this program, 

we refer to those students who are Native 

American, as defined in 20 U.S.C. 1059f. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2: 

Increasing Postsecondary Education 

Access, Affordability, Completion, and 

Post-Enrollment Success (up to 5 

points). 

Projects that are designed to increase 

postsecondary access, affordability, 

completion, and success for 

underserved students by addressing one 

or more of the following priority areas: 

(a) Increasing postsecondary 

education access and reducing the cost 

of college by creating clearer pathways 

for students between institutions and 

making transfer of course credits more 

seamless and transparent. 

(b) Increasing the number and 

proportion of underserved students who 

enroll in and complete postsecondary 

education programs, which may include 

strategies related to college preparation, 

awareness, application, selection, 

advising, counseling, and enrollment. 

(c) Reducing the net price or debt-toearnings ratio for underserved students 

who enroll in or complete college, other 

postsecondary education, or career and 

technical education programs. 

(d) Supporting the development and 

implementation of student success 

programs that integrate multiple 

comprehensive and evidence-based 

services or initiatives, such as academic 

advising, structured/guided pathways, 

career services, credit-bearing academic 

undergraduate courses focused on 

career, and programs to meet basic 

needs, such as housing, childcare and 

transportation, student financial aid, 

and access to technological devices. 

Note: Applicants must include in the 

one-page abstract submitted with the 

application a statement indicating that 

they are addressing one or both 

competitive preference priorities. If the 

applicant has addressed one or both 

competitive preference priorities, this 

information also must be listed on the 

NASNTI Program Profile form in the 

application booklet. 

Definitions: The definitions below are 

from 34 CFR 77.1, 20 U.S.C. 1059f, and 

the Supplemental Priorities. 

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. 

Department means the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

Fiscal Year means the Federal fiscal 

year—a period beginning on October 1 

and ending on the following September 

30. 

Grantee means the legal entity to 

which a grant is awarded and that is 

accountable to the Federal Government 

for the use of the funds provided. The 

grantee is the entire legal entity even if 

only a particular component of the 

entity is designated in the grant award 

notice (GAN). For example, a GAN may 

name as the grantee one school or 

campus of a university. In this case, the 

granting agency usually intends, or 

actually intends, that the named 

component assume primary or sole 

responsibility for administering the 

grant-assisted project or program. 

Nevertheless, the naming of a 

component of a legal entity as the 

grantee in a grant award document shall 

not be construed as relieving the whole 

legal entity from accountability to the 

Federal Government for the use of the 

funds provided. (This definition is not 

intended to affect the eligibility 

provision of grant programs in which 

eligibility is limited to organizations 

that may be only components of a legal 

entity.) The term ‘‘grantee’’ does not 

include any secondary recipients, such 

as subgrantees and contractors, that may 

receive funds from a grantee pursuant to 

a subgrant or contract. 

Logic model (also referred to as a 

theory of action) means a framework 

that identifies key project components 

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. 

Note: In developing logic models, 

applicants may want to use resources 

such as the Regional Educational 

Laboratory Program’s (REL Pacific) 

Education Logic Model Application, 

available at https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/ 

edlabs/regions/pacific/elm.asp. Other 

sources include: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/ 

edlabs/regions/pacific/pdf/REL_

2014025.pdf, https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/ 

edlabs/regions/pacific/pdf/REL_

2014007.pdf, and https://ies.ed.gov/ 

ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/pdf/REL_

2015057.pdf. 

Native American means an individual 

who is of a tribe, people, or culture that 

is indigenous to the United States. 

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. 

Underserved student means a student 

in postsecondary education or career 

and technical education, and adult 

learners, as appropriate, in one or both 

of the following subgroups: 

(a) A student who is living in poverty. 

(b) A student who is a member of a 

federally recognized Indian Tribe.4

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1059f 

(title III, part A of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (HEA)). 

Note: In 2008, the HEA was amended 

by the Higher Education Opportunity 

Act of 2008 (HEOA), Public Law 110– 

315. Please note that the regulations in 

34 CFR part 607 have not been updated 

to reflect these statutory changes. 

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, 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 for this program in 34 

CFR part 607. (e) The Supplemental 

Priorities. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Five-year Individual Development 

Grants and Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grants will be awarded in 

FY 2022. 

Note: A cooperative arrangement is an 

arrangement to carry out allowable grant 

activities between an institution eligible 

to receive a grant under this part and 

another eligible or ineligible IHE, under 

which the resources of the cooperating 

institutions are combined and shared to 

better achieve the purposes of this part 

and avoid costly duplication of effort. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$3,200,000. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in 

subsequent years from the list of 


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unfunded applications from this 

competition. 

Individual Development Grants: 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$250,000–$350,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$300,000 per year. 

Maximum Award: We will not make 

an award exceeding $350,000 for a 

single budget period of 12 months. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 6. 

Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grants: 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$400,000–$550,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$475,000 per year. 

Maximum Award: We will not make 

an award exceeding $550,000 for a 

single budget period of 12 months. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 2. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: This program is 

authorized by title III, part A, of the 

HEA. At the time of submission of their 

applications, applicants must certify 

their total undergraduate headcount 

enrollment and that not less than 10 

percent of the IHE’s enrollment is 

Native American. An official for the 

applicant must execute and submit an 

assurance form, which is included in 

the application materials for this 

competition. 

To qualify as an eligible institution 

under the NASNTI Program, an 

institution must— 

(i) Be accredited or preaccredited by 

a nationally recognized accrediting 

agency or association that the Secretary 

has determined to be a reliable authority 

as to the quality of education or training 

offered; 

(ii) Be legally authorized by the State 

in which it is located to be a junior or 

community college or to provide an 

educational program for which it 

awards a bachelor’s degree; 

(iii) Be designated as an ‘‘eligible 

institution,’’ by demonstrating that it: 

(1) Has an enrollment of needy students 

as described in 34 CFR 607.3; and (2) 

has low average education and general 

expenditures per full-time equivalent 

(FTE) undergraduate student as 

described in 34 CFR 607.4. 

Note: The notice announcing the FY 

2022 process for designation of eligible 

institutions, and inviting applications 

for waiver of eligibility requirements, 

was published in the Federal Register 

on December 16, 2021 (86 FR 71470). 

The Department reopened the process 

for applications in a notice published in 

the Federal Register on February 7, 

2022 (87 FR 6855). Only institutions 

that the Department determines are 

eligible, or which are granted a waiver 

under the process described in that 

notice, may apply for a grant in this 

program. 

An eligible IHE that submits 

applications for an Individual 

Development Grant and a Cooperative 

Arrangement Development Grant in this 

competition may be awarded both in the 

same fiscal year. A grantee with an 

Individual Development Grant or a 

Cooperative Arrangement Development 

Grant may be a partner in one or more 

Cooperative Arrangement Development 

Grants. The lead institution in a 

Cooperative Arrangement Development 

Grant must be an eligible institution. 

Partners are not required to be eligible 

institutions. Tribally Controlled 

Colleges and Universities, as authorized 

by title III of the HEA, may participate 

in more than one Cooperative 

Arrangement Development Grant as a 

partner. 

Relationship Between the Title III, Part 

A Programs and the Developing 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (DHSI) 

Program 

A grantee under the DHSI program, 

which is authorized under title V of the 

HEA, may not receive a grant under any 

HEA, title III, part A program. The title 

III, part A programs are: Strengthening 

Institutions Program; the Tribally 

Controlled Colleges and Universities 

Program; the Alaska Native and Native 

Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program; 

the Asian American and Native 

American Pacific Islander-Serving 

Institutions Program; and the NASNTI 

Program. Furthermore, a current DHSI 

program grantee may not give up its HSI 

grant to receive a grant under any title 

III, part A program as described in 34 

CFR 607.2(g)(1). 

An eligible HSI that is not a current 

grantee under the DHSI program may 

apply for a FY 2022 grant under all title 

III, part A programs for which it is 

eligible, as well as receive consideration 

for a grant under the DHSI program. 

However, a successful applicant may 

receive only one grant as described in 

34 CFR 607.2(g)(1). 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching unless the grantee 

uses a portion of its grant for 

establishing or improving an 

endowment fund. If a grantee uses a 

portion of its grant for endowment fund 

purposes, it must match those grant 

funds with non-Federal funds (20 U.S.C. 

1057(d)(1)–(2)). 

b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This 

program involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements. Grant 

funds must be used so that they 

supplement and, to the extent practical, 

increase the funds that would otherwise 

be available for the activities to be 

carried out under the grant and in no 

case supplant those funds (34 CFR 

607.30(b)). 

c. Indirect Cost Rate Information: A 

grantee may not use an indirect cost rate 

to determine allowable cost under its 

grant (34 CFR 607.30(c)). 

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 

December 27, 2021 (86 FR 73264) and 

available at www.federalregister.gov/d/ 

2021-27979, which contain 

requirements and information on how to 

submit an application. Please note that 

these Common Instructions supersede 

the version published on February 13, 

2019, and, in part, describe the 

transition from the requirement to 

register in SAM.gov a DUNS number to 

the implementation of the UEI. More 

information on the phase-out of DUNS 

numbers is available at https://

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

docs/unique-entity-identifier-transitionfact-sheet.pdf. 

2. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

3. Funding Restrictions: We specify 

unallowable costs in 34 CFR 607.10(c). 

We reference additional regulations 

outlining funding restrictions in the 

Applicable Regulations section of this 

notice. 

4. 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) 


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limit the application narrative to no 

more than 55 pages for Individual 

Development Grants and no more than 

75 pages for Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grants and (2) use the 

standards below. If you are addressing 

one or both competitive preference 

priorities, we recommend that you limit 

your response to no more than an 

additional 10 pages total, four 

additional pages for Competitive 

Preference Priority 1 and six additional 

pages for Competitive Preference 

Priority 2. Please include a separate 

heading when responding to one or both 

competitive preference priorities. 

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

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

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger, and no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to the cover sheet; the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract 

and the bibliography. However, the 

recommended page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative. 

Note: The Budget Information-NonConstruction Programs Form (ED 524) 

Sections A–C are not the same as the 

narrative response to the Budget section 

of the selection criteria. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The following 

selection criteria for this competition 

are from 34 CFR 75.210. Applicants 

should address each of the following 

selection criteria separately for each 

proposed activity. The selection criteria 

are worth a total of 100 points; the 

maximum score for each criterion is 

noted in parentheses. 

(a) Need for project. (Up to 15 points) 

The Secretary considers the need for the 

proposed project. In determining the 

need for the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers: 

(1) The magnitude of the need for the 

services to be provided or the activities 

to be carried out by the proposed 

project. (5 points) 

(2) The extent to which the proposed 

project will focus on serving or 

otherwise addressing the needs of 

disadvantaged individuals. (5 points) 

(3) The extent to which specific gaps 

or weaknesses in services, 

infrastructure, or opportunities have 

been identified and will be addressed by 

the proposed project, including the 

nature and magnitude of those gaps or 

weaknesses. (5 points) 

(b) Quality of the project design. (Up 

to 25 points) The Secretary considers 

the quality of the design of the proposed 

project. In determining the quality of the 

design of the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers: 

(1) The extent to which the goals, 

objectives, and outcomes to be achieved 

by the proposed project are clearly 

specified and measurable. (10 points) 

(2) The extent to which the design of 

the proposed project is appropriate to, 

and will successfully address, the needs 

of the target population or other 

identified needs. (5 points) 

(3) The extent to which the proposed 

project demonstrates a rationale (as 

defined in this notice). (10 points) 

(c) Quality of project services. (Up to 

10 points) The Secretary considers the 

quality of the services to be provided by 

the proposed project. 

(1) 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. (4 points) 

(2) In addition, the Secretary 

considers: 

(i) 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. (4 points) 

(ii) The extent to which the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

reflect up-to-date knowledge from 

research and effective practice. (2 

points) 

(d) Quality of project personnel. (Up 

to 20 points) The Secretary considers 

the quality of the personnel who will 

carry out the proposed project. 

(1) 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. (9 points) 

(2) In addition, the Secretary 

considers: 

(i) The qualifications, including 

relevant training and experience, of the 

project director or principal 

investigator. (3 points) 

(ii) The qualifications, including 

relevant training and experience, of key 

project personnel. (8 points) 

(e) Adequacy of resources. (Up to 5 

points) The Secretary considers the 

adequacy of resources for the proposed 

project. In determining the adequacy of 

resources for the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers: 

(1) The extent to which the budget is 

adequate to support the proposed 

project. (3 points) 

(2) The extent to which the costs are 

reasonable in relation to the objectives, 

design, and potential significance of the 

proposed project. (2 points) 

(f) Quality of the management plan. 

(Up to 15 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. (8 points) 

(2) The adequacy of procedures for 

ensuring feedback and continuous 

improvement in the operation of the 

proposed project. (2 points) 

(3) The adequacy of mechanisms for 

ensuring high-quality products and 

services from the proposed project. (5 

points) 

(g) Quality of the 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: 

(1) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation are thorough, feasible, and 

appropriate to the goals, objectives, and 

outcomes of the proposed project. (5 

points) 

(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. (5 points) 

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 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 


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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). 

A panel of three non-Federal 

reviewers will review and score each 

application in accordance with the 

selection criteria. A rank order funding 

slate will be made from this review. 

Awards will be made in rank order 

according to the average score received 

from the peer review and from the 

competitive preference priority, if 

addressed by the applicant. 

In tie-breaking situations for 

development grants, under 34 CFR 

607.23(b), we award one additional 

point to an application from an IHE that 

has an endowment fund of which the 

current market value, per FTE enrolled 

student, is less than the average current 

market value of the endowment funds, 

per FTE enrolled student, at comparable 

type institutions that offer similar 

instruction. We award one additional 

point to an application from an IHE that 

has expenditures for library materials 

per FTE enrolled student that are less 

than the average expenditure for library 

materials per FTE enrolled student at 

similar type institutions. We also add 

one additional point to an application 

from an IHE that proposes to carry out 

one or more of the following activities: 

(1) Faculty development. 

(2) Funds and administrative 

management. 

(3) Development and improvement of 

academic programs. 

(4) Acquisition of equipment for use 

in strengthening 

management and academic programs. 

(5) Joint use of facilities. 

(6) Student services. 

For the purpose of these funding 

considerations, we use 2019–2020 data. 

If a tie remains after applying the tiebreaker mechanism above, priority will 

be given to applicants that have the 

lowest endowment values per FTE 

enrolled student. 

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 


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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: The 

Secretary has established the following 

key performance measures for assessing 

the effectiveness of NASNTI: 

(a) The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students at 4-year NASNTIs who were 

in their first year of postsecondary 

enrollment in the previous year and are 

enrolled in the current year at the same 

NASNTI; 

(b) The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students at 2-year NASNTIs who were 

in their first year of postsecondary 

enrollment in the previous year and are 

enrolled in the current year at the same 

NASNTI; 

(c) The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students enrolled at 4-year NASNTIs 

who graduate within 6 years of 

enrollment; and 

(d) The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students enrolled at 2-year NASNTIs 

who graduate within 3 years of 

enrollment. 

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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edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

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documents of this Department 

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text or Portable Document Format 

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Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

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You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

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Specifically, through the advanced 

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Michelle Asha Cooper, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of 

Postsecondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10001 Filed 5–9–22; 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 exempt 

wholesale generator filings: 

Docket Numbers: EG22–109–000. 

Applicants: Cutlass Solar LLC. 

Description: Cutlass Solar LLC 

submits Notice of Self-Certification of 

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 5/3/22. 

Accession Number: 20220503–5209. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 5/24/22. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following Complaints and 

Compliance filings in EL Dockets: 

Docket Numbers: ER20–681–006; 

EL22–28–000. 

Applicants: Tri-State Generation and 

Transmission Association, Inc., TriState Generation and Transmission 

Association, Inc. 

Description: Response to March 25, 

2022 Deficiency Letter of Tri-State 

Generation and Transmission 

Association, Inc. 

Filed Date: 4/29/22. 

Accession Number: 20220429–5715. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 5/20/22. 

Docket Numbers: EL22–55–000. 

Applicants: Southern California 

Edison Company. 

Description: Petition for Declaratory 

Order of [Southern California Edison 

Company]. 

Filed Date: 4/28/22. 

Accession Number: 20220428–5520. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 5/30/22. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER10–2474–026; 

ER10–2475–027; ER10–2605–016; 

ER10–2611–024; ER10–2984–056; 

ER10–3246–020; ER11–2044–038; 

ER11–3876–027; ER12–162–032; ER12– 

1626–013; ER13–520–012; ER13–521– 

012; ER13–1266–038; ER13–1267–012; 

ER13–1268–012; ER13–1269–012; 

ER13–1270–012; ER13–1271–012; 

ER13–1272–012; ER13–1273–012; 

ER13–1441–012; ER13–1442–012; 

ER15–2211–035; ER16–438–008; ER16– 

1258–006; ER18–1419–005; ER21–2280– 

002. 

Applicants: Independence Wind 

Energy LLC, Walnut Ridge Wind, LLC, 

Grande Prairie Wind, LLC, Marshall 

Wind Energy LLC, MidAmerican Energy 

Services, LLC, Solar Star California XX, 

LLC, Solar Star California XIX, LLC, 

Vulcan/BN Geothermal Power 

Company, Salton Sea Power L.L.C., 

Salton Sea Power Generation Company, 

Fish Lake Power LLC, Elmore Company, 

Del Ranch Company, CE Leathers 

Company, CalEnergy, LLC, Pinyon Pines 

Wind II, LLC, Pinyon Pines Wind I, 

LLC, Topaz Solar Farms LLC, Bishop 

Hill Energy II LLC, Cordova Energy 

Company LLC, MidAmerican Energy 

Company, PacifiCorp, Merrill Lynch 

Commodities, Inc., Saranac Power 

Partners, L.P., Yuma Cogeneration 

Associates, Nevada Power Company, 

Sierra Pacific Power Company. 

Description: Notice of Non-Material 

Change in Status of Sierra Pacific Power 

Company, et al. 

Filed Date: 5/2/22. 

Accession Number: 20220502–5397. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 5/23/22. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–47–015; 

ER12–1540–013; ER12–1541–013; 

ER12–1542–013; ER12–1544–013; 

ER14–594–017; ER14–867–003; ER14– 

868–004; ER16–323–012; ER17–1930– 

007; ER17–1931–007; ER17–1932–007; 

ER19–606–005; ER19–1941–003; ER20– 

649–003; ER21–136–004. 

Applicants: Flat Ridge 3 Wind Energy, 

LLC, AEP Energy Partners, Inc., Flat 

Ridge 2 Wind Energy LLC, AEP 

Generation Resources Inc., 


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