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‘‘Department of Education’’ under 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check 

‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ 

checkbox. Reginfo.gov provides two 

links to view documents related to this 

information collection request. 

Information collection forms and 

instructions may be found by clicking 

on the ‘‘View Information Collection 

(IC) List’’ link. Supporting statements 

and other supporting documentation 

may be found by clicking on the ‘‘View 

Supporting Statement and Other 

Documents’’ link. 

Comments may also be sent to 

ICDocketmgr@ed.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Carrie Clarady, 

202–245–6347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Program for the 

International Assessment of Adult 

Competencies (PIAAC) Cycle II 2022 

Main Study. 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0870. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals and Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 30,857. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 9,726. 

Abstract: The Program for the 

International Assessment of Adult 

Competencies (PIAAC) is a cyclical, 

large-scale study of adult skills and life 

experiences focusing on education and 

employment. PIAAC is an international 

study designed to assess adults in 

different countries over a broad range of 

abilities, from simple reading to 

complex problem-solving skills, and to 

collect information on individuals’ skill 

use and background. The U.S. will 

administer the PIAAC 2022 assessment 

to a nationally representative sample of 

adults, along with a background 

questionnaire with questions about their 

education background, work history, the 

skills they use on the job and at home, 

their civic engagement, and sense of 

their health and well-being. The results 

are used to compare the skills capacities 

of the workforce-aged adults in 

participating countries, and to learn 

more about relationships between 

educational background, employment, 

and other outcomes. PIAAC is 

coordinated by the Organization for 

Economic Cooperation and 

Development (OECD) and developed by 

participating countries with the support 

of the OECD. In the United States, the 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(NCES), within the U.S. Department of 

Education (ED) conducts PIAAC. NCES 

has contracted with Westat to 

administer the PIAAC Cycle II Field 

Test data collection in the U.S. The 

United States participated in the PIAAC 

Main Study data collection in 2012 and 

conducted national supplement data 

collections in 2014 and 2017. All three 

of these collections are part of PIAAC 

Cycle I, in which 39 countries 

participated (24 countries in 2012, 9 

new countries in 2014, and 5 more new 

countries in 2017) with close to 200,000 

adults assessed across the 39 countries 

over the three data collections. A new 

PIAAC cycle is to be conducted 

internationally every 10 years, and 

PIAAC Cycle II Main Study data 

collection will be conducted from 

September 2022 through April 2023. In 

preparation for the main study 

collection, PIAAC Cycle II began with 

an Operational Field Test in 2021, in 

which 34 countries are expected to 

participate with the primary goal of 

testing the PIAAC 2022 planned 

operations. In recognition of the 

continuing global pandemic OECD 

shifted the timeline of PIAAC Cycle II 

Field Test and Main Study. Originally, 

the Field Test was scheduled for 2020 

and the Main Study for 2021. The first 

shift in timeline was to move the Field 

Test to 2021 and the Main Study to 

2022. The second shift in the PIAAC 

Cycle II collection affected the timing 

and nature of the field test, which was 

operational only and included a 

reduced field test effort both in scope 

and in sampling. In addition, the 

reduced Operational Field Test shifted 

the timeline from April through June 

2021 to June through August 2021. This 

submission describes the final plans for 

the administration of the PIAAC Cycle 

II 2022 Main Study. As the OECD is still 

working to finalize some materials for 

this study, the Appendices will be 

updated with final materials before the 

30D public comment period. 

Dated: May 25, 2022. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11607 Filed 5–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Assistance for Arts Education Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

is issuing a notice inviting applications 

for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2022 

for the Assistance for Arts Education 

(AAE) program, Assistance Listing 

Number 84.351A. This notice relates to 

the approved information collection 

under OMB control number 1894–0006. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: May 31, 2022. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 30, 2022. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 29, 2022. 

Preapplication Presentation 

Information: The Department will post 

a preapplication presentation for 

prospective applicants. To access the 

preapplication presentation, visit the 

AAE program website at: https://

oese.ed.gov/offices/office-ofdiscretionary-grants-support-services/ 

well-rounded-education-programs/ 

assistance-for-arts-education/. 

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 


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(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: 

Asheley McBride or Sharon Burton, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202– 

6450. Telephone: 202–987–1679. Email: 

AssistanceforArtsEducation@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 AAE 

program includes the Arts in Education 

National Program (AENP) and is 

authorized under Title IV, part F, 

subpart 4 of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (ESEA). In general, the 

purpose of the AAE program is to 

promote arts (as defined in this notice) 

education for students, including 

disadvantaged students and students 

who are children with disabilities (as 

defined in this notice). Specifically, the 

AENP supports national-level (as 

defined in this notice), high-quality arts 

education projects and services for 

children and youth, with special 

emphasis on serving children from lowincome families (as defined in this 

notice) and children with disabilities 

through community and national 

outreach activities that strengthen and 

expand partnerships among schools, 

local educational agencies (LEAs), 

communities, or centers for the arts, 

including national centers for the arts. 

Background: The ESEA authorizes 

activities under the AAE program that 

enrich the academic experience of 

students by promoting arts education. In 

FY 2021, the Department offered the 

AAE program as one grant program. In 

prior years, the Department held three 

separate grant competitions under 

section 4642 of the ESEA: Arts in 

Education Development and 

Dissemination (AAEDD), Professional 

Development for Arts Educators (PDAE), 

and AENP. 

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2022 includes language directing the 

Department ‘‘to carry out a separate 

competition for eligible national 

nonprofit organizations, as described in 

the Applications for New Awards; 

Assistance for Arts Education 

Program—Arts in Education National 

Program published in the Federal 

Register on May 7, 2018 [83 FR 20056], 

for activities described under section 

4642(a)(1)(C)’’ of the ESEA. In addition, 

the Explanatory Statement for Division 

H of the Consolidated Appropriations 

Act, 2022 (Pub. L. 117–103) (2022 

Appropriations Explanatory Statement) 

includes language directing the 

Department to award prior experience 

points for past AENP grantees. 

Priorities: This notice includes one 

absolute priority and one competitive 

preference priority. We are establishing 

these priorities for the FY 2022 grant 

competition and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition in accordance with section 

437(d)(1) of the General Education 

Provisions Act (GEPA), 20 U.S.C. 

1232(d)(1). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2022 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

One or more high-quality arts 

education projects that (1) support 

community and national outreach 

activities that strengthen and expand 

partnerships among schools, LEAs, 

communities, or centers for the arts, 

including national centers for the arts; 

(2) are designed to implement, or 

expand, initiatives in arts education and 

arts integration; and (3) have a special 

emphasis on serving children from lowincome families and children with 

disabilities. To meet part 3 of this 

priority, applicants must submit 

supporting data identifying the 

population of students that meets the 

definition of ‘‘child from a low-income 

family’’ and the population of students 

that meets the definition of ‘‘child with 

a disability.’’ 

Competitive Preference Priority: This 

priority is a competitive preference 

priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), 

we award an additional 10 points to an 

application that meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

The Department gives priority to an 

eligible national nonprofit organization 

that has previously implemented a 

large-scale AENP project. (0 or 10 

points) 

Definitions: For the FY 2022 grant 

competition and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition, we are establishing the 

definitions of ‘‘arts,’’ ‘‘arts educator,’’ 

‘‘arts integration,’’ and ‘‘child from a 

low-income family’’ in accordance with 

section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, 20 U.S.C. 

1232(d)(1). The definitions of ‘‘child 

with a disability’’ and ‘‘local 

educational agency’’ are from section 

8101 of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7801). The 

definition of ‘‘eligible national nonprofit 

organization’’ is from section 4642 of 

the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7292). The 

definitions of ‘‘demonstrates a 

rationale,’’ ‘‘experimental study,’’ ‘‘logic 

model,’’ ‘‘national level,’’ ‘‘project 

component,’’ ‘‘promising evidence,’’ 

‘‘quasi-experimental design study,’’ 

‘‘relevant outcome,’’ and ‘‘What Works 

Clearinghouse Handbooks (WWC 

Handbooks)’’ are from 34 CFR 77.1(c). 

Arts means music, dance, theater, 

media arts, and visual arts, including 

folk arts. 

Arts educator means a teacher or 

other instructional staffer who works in 

music, dance, theater, media arts, or 

visual arts, including folk arts. 

Arts integration means strengthening 

the (1) use of high-quality arts 

instruction in other academic/content 

areas, and (2) place of the arts as a part 

of a well-rounded education. 

Child from a low-income family 

means a child who is determined by a 

State or LEA to be a child, in 

prekindergarten through grade 12, (a) 

who is in poverty according to the most 

recent census data, (b) who is eligible 

for free or reduced-price lunches under 

the Richard B. Russell National School 

Lunch Act, (c) whose family is receiving 

assistance under the State program 

funded under part A of title IV of the 

Social Security Act, (d) who is eligible 

to receive medical assistance under the 

Medicaid program, or (e) who is in 

poverty under a composite of such 

indicators. 

Child with a disability (or children 

with disabilities) means— 

(1) A child— 

(i) With intellectual disabilities, 

hearing impairments (including 

deafness), speech or language 

impairments, visual impairments 

(including blindness), serious emotional 

disturbance (referred to in the IDEA as 

‘‘emotional disturbance’’), orthopedic 

impairments, autism, traumatic brain 

injury, other health impairments, or 

specific learning disabilities; and 

(ii) Who, by reason thereof, needs 

special education and related services. 

(2) The term ‘‘child with a disability,’’ 

for a child aged three through nine (or 


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any subset of that age range, including 

ages three through five), may, at the 

discretion of the State and the LEA, 

include a child— 

(i) Experiencing developmental 

delays, as defined by the State and as 

measured by appropriate diagnostic 

instruments and procedures, in one or 

more of the following areas: Physical 

development; cognitive development; 

communication development; social or 

emotional development; or adaptive 

development; and 

(ii) Who, by reason thereof, needs 

special education and related services. 

(Section 8101(4) of the ESEA). 

Demonstrates a rationale means a key 

project component included in the 

project’s logic model is informed by 

research or evaluation findings that 

suggest the project component is likely 

to improve relevant outcomes. 

Eligible national nonprofit 

organization means an organization of 

national scope that— 

(1) Is supported by staff, which may 

include volunteers, or affiliates at the 

State and local levels; and 

(2) Demonstrates effectiveness or 

high-quality plans for addressing arts 

education activities for disadvantaged 

students or students who are children 

with disabilities. 

Experimental study means a study 

that is designed to compare outcomes 

between two groups of individuals 

(such as students) that are otherwise 

equivalent except for their assignment 

to either a treatment group receiving a 

project component or a control group 

that does not. Randomized controlled 

trials, regression discontinuity design 

studies, and single-case design studies 

are the specific types of experimental 

studies that, depending on their design 

and implementation (e.g., sample 

attrition in randomized controlled trials 

and regression discontinuity design 

studies), can meet What Works 

Clearinghouse (WWC) standards 

without reservations as described in the 

WWC Handbooks (as defined in this 

notice): 

(i) A randomized controlled trial 

employs random assignment of, for 

example, students, teachers, classrooms, 

or schools to receive the project 

component being evaluated (the 

treatment group) or not to receive the 

project component (the control group). 

(ii) A regression discontinuity design 

study assigns the project component 

being evaluated using a measured 

variable (e.g., assigning students reading 

below a cutoff score to tutoring or 

developmental education classes) and 

controls for that variable in the analysis 

of outcomes. 

(iii) A single-case design study uses 

observations of a single case (e.g., a 

student eligible for a behavioral 

intervention) over time in the absence 

and presence of a controlled treatment 

manipulation to determine whether the 

outcome is systematically related to the 

treatment. 

Local educational agency means: 

(1) In general—The term ‘‘local 

educational agency’’ means a public 

board of education or other public 

authority legally constituted within a 

State for either administrative control or 

direction of, or to perform a service 

function for, public elementary schools 

or secondary schools in a city, county, 

township, school district, or other 

political subdivision of a State, or of or 

for a combination of school districts or 

counties that is recognized in a State as 

an administrative agency for its public 

elementary schools or secondary 

schools. 

(2) Administrative Control and 

Direction—The term includes any other 

public institution or agency having 

administrative control and direction of 

a public elementary school or secondary 

school. 

(3) Bureau of Indian Education 

Schools—The term includes an 

elementary school or secondary school 

funded by the Bureau of Indian 

Education but only to the extent that 

including the school makes the school 

eligible for programs for which specific 

eligibility is not provided to the school 

in another provision of law and the 

school does not have a student 

population that is smaller than the 

student population of the LEA receiving 

assistance under the ESEA with the 

smallest student population, except that 

the school shall not be subject to the 

jurisdiction of any State educational 

agency other than the Bureau of Indian 

Education. 

(4) Educational Service Agencies— 

The term includes educational service 

agencies and consortia of those 

agencies. 

(5) State Educational Agency—The 

term includes the State educational 

agency in a State in which the State 

educational agency is the sole 

educational agency for all public 

schools. 

Logic model (also referred to as a 

theory of action) means a framework 

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. 

National level describes the level of 

scope or effectiveness of a process, 

product, strategy, or practice that is able 

to be effective in a wide variety of 

communities, including rural and urban 

areas, as well as with different groups 

(e.g., economically disadvantaged, racial 

and ethnic groups, migrant populations, 

individuals with disabilities, English 

learners, and individuals of each 

gender). 

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). 

Promising evidence means that there 

is evidence of the effectiveness of a key 

project component in improving a 

relevant outcome, based on a relevant 

finding from one of the following: 

(i) A practice guide prepared by WWC 

reporting a ‘‘strong evidence base’’ or 

‘‘moderate evidence base’’ for the 

corresponding practice guide 

recommendation; 

(ii) An intervention report prepared 

by the WWC reporting a ‘‘positive 

effect’’ or ‘‘potentially positive effect’’ 

on a relevant outcome with no reporting 

of a ‘‘negative effect’’ or ‘‘potentially 

negative effect’’ on a relevant outcome; 

or 

(iii) A single study assessed by the 

Department, as appropriate, that— 

(A) Is an experimental study, a quasiexperimental design study, or a welldesigned and well-implemented 

correlational study with statistical 

controls for selection bias (e.g., a study 

using regression methods to account for 

differences between a treatment group 

and a comparison group); and 

(B) Includes at least one statistically 

significant and positive (i.e., 

favorable) effect on a relevant outcome. 

Quasi-experimental design study 

means a study using a design that 

attempts to approximate an 

experimental study by identifying a 

comparison group that is similar to the 

treatment group in important respects. 

This type of study, depending on design 

and implementation (e.g., establishment 

of baseline equivalence of the groups 

being compared), can meet WWC 

standards with reservations, but cannot 

meet WWC standards without 

reservations, as described in the WWC 

Handbooks. 

Relevant outcome means the student 

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

project component is designed to 

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What Works Clearinghouse 

Handbooks (WWC Handbooks) means 

the standards and procedures set forth 

in the WWC Standards Handbook, 

Versions 4.0 or 4.1, and WWC 

Procedures Handbook, Versions 4.0 or 

4.1, or in the WWC Procedures and 

Standards Handbook, Version 3.0 or 

Version 2.1 (all incorporated by 

reference, see § 77.2). Study findings 

eligible for review under WWC 

standards can meet WWC standards 

without reservations, meet WWC 

standards with reservations, or not meet 

WWC standards. WWC practice guides 

and intervention reports include 

findings from systematic reviews of 

evidence as described in the WWC 

Handbooks documentation. 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: 

Under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(5 U.S.C. 553), the Department generally 

offers interested parties the opportunity 

to comment on proposed priorities and 

definitions. Section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, 

however, allows the Secretary to exempt 

from rulemaking requirements 

regulations governing the first grant 

competition under a new or 

substantially revised program authority. 

This is the first grant competition for 

this program under the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2022 and, therefore, 

qualifies for this exemption. In order to 

ensure timely grant awards, the 

Secretary has decided to forgo public 

comment on the priorities and 

definitions under section 437(d)(1) of 

GEPA. These priorities and definitions 

will apply to the FY 2022 grant 

competition and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition. 

Program Authority: Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2022. 

Note: Projects will be awarded and 

must be operated in a manner consistent 

with the nondiscrimination 

requirements contained in Federal civil 

rights laws. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

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

and 99. (b) The Office of Management 

and Budget Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted and amended as 

regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 

part 3485. (c) The Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as 

adopted and amended as regulations of 

the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) 

The regulations for this program in 34 

CFR part 299. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 

86 apply to institutions of higher 

education only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$8,000,000. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in 

subsequent years from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$8,000,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 1. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Eligible 

national nonprofit organizations. 

Note: If you are a nonprofit 

organization, under 34 CFR 75.51, you 

may demonstrate nonprofit status by 

providing (1) proof that the Internal 

Revenue Service currently recognizes 

the applicant as an organization to 

which contributions are tax deductible 

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

Revenue Code; (2) a statement from a 

State taxing body or the State attorney 

general certifying that the organization 

is a nonprofit organization operating 

within the State and that no part of its 

net earnings may lawfully benefit any 

private shareholder or individual; (3) a 

certified copy of the applicant’s 

certificate of incorporation or similar 

document if it clearly establishes the 

nonprofit status of the applicant; or (4) 

any item described above if that item 

applies to a State or national parent 

organization, together with a statement 

by the State or parent organization that 

the applicant is a local nonprofit 

affiliate. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This 

competition involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements. Under 

section 4642(b)(2) of the ESEA, funds 

must be used to supplement, and not 

supplant, non-Federal funds that would 

otherwise be used for activities 

authorized under this program (20 

U.S.C. 1221e–3, 3474, and 6511(a)). 

Accordingly, grantees must comply with 

34 CFR 76.564 through 76.569, which 

apply to agencies of State and local 

governments that are grantees under 

programs with a statutory requirement 

prohibiting the use of Federal funds to 

supplant non-Federal funds. 

c. Indirect Cost Rate Information: This 

competition uses a restricted indirect 

cost rate. For more information 

regarding indirect costs, or to obtain a 

negotiated indirect cost rate, please see 

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

intro.html. 

d. Administrative Cost Limitation: 

This competition 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. Submission of Proprietary 

Information: Given the types of projects 

that may be proposed in applications for 

the AAE program, your application may 

include business information that you 

consider proprietary. In 34 CFR 5.11 we 

define ‘‘business information’’ and 

describe the process we use in 

determining whether any of that 

information is proprietary and, thus, 

protected from disclosure under 

Exemption 4 of the Freedom of 

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

amended). 

Because we plan to make the 

successful application available to the 

public, you may wish to request 

confidentiality of business information. 

Consistent with Executive Order 

12600, please designate in your 

application any information that you 

believe is exempt from disclosure under 

Exemption 4. In the appropriate 

Appendix section of your application, 


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under ‘‘Other Attachments Form,’’ 

please list the page number or numbers 

on which we can find this information. 

For additional information please see 34 

CFR 5.11(c). 

3. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition is subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

competition. 

4. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

5. Recommended Page Limit: The 

application narrative is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. We recommend that you (1) 

limit the application narrative to no 

more than 25 pages and (2) use the 

following standards: 

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

only, with 1’’ margins at the top, 

bottom, and both sides. 

• Double-space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to the cover sheet; the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

resumes, bibliography, logic model, or 

letters of support. However, the 

recommended page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative. 

Note: The applicant should include, 

as an attachment, the logic model used 

to address selection criterion (b)(2)(iv). 

6. Notice of Intent to Apply: The 

Department will be able to review grant 

applications more efficiently if we know 

the approximate number of applicants 

that intend to apply. Therefore, we 

strongly encourage each potential 

applicant to notify us of their intent to 

submit an application. To do so, please 

email the program contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT with the subject line ‘‘Intent to 

Apply,’’ and include the applicant’s 

name and a contact person’s name and 

email address. Applicants that do not 

submit a notice of intent to apply may 

still apply for funding; applicants that 

do submit a notice of intent to apply are 

not bound to apply or bound by the 

information provided. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: Under the 

Quality of the Project Design selection 

criterion, factors (a) and (b)(2)(i) are 

consistent with section 4642 of the 

ESEA. The rest of the selection criteria 

for this competition are from 34 CFR 

75.210. 

The points assigned to each criterion 

are indicated in the parentheses next to 

the criterion. An applicant may earn up 

to a total of 100 points based on the 

selection criteria for the application. 

(a) Significance (up to 20 points). 

(1) The Secretary considers the 

significance of the proposed project. 

(2) In determining the significance of 

the proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(i) The national significance of the 

proposed project. 

(ii) The extent to which the results of 

the proposed project are to be 

disseminated in ways that will enable 

others to use the information or 

strategies. 

(iii) The importance or magnitude of 

the results or outcomes likely to be 

attained by the proposed project, 

especially improvements in teaching 

and student achievement. 

(b) Quality of project design (up to 35 

points). 

(1) The Secretary considers the 

quality of the design of the proposed 

project. 

(2) In determining the quality of the 

design of the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the following 

factors: 

(i) The extent to which the proposed 

project will provide community and 

national outreach activities that 

strengthen and expand partnerships 

among schools, LEAs, communities, or 

centers for the arts, including national 

centers for the arts. 

(ii) The extent to which the proposed 

project is appropriate to, and will 

successfully address, the arts education 

needs of pre-kindergarten-throughgrade-12 children and youth, with 

special emphasis on serving children 

from low-income families and children 

with disabilities; 

(iii) The extent to which the proposed 

project will integrate with or build on 

similar or related efforts to improve 

relevant outcomes (as defined in this 

notice), using existing funding streams 

from other programs or policies 

supported by community, State, and 

Federal resources. 

(iv) The extent to which the proposed 

project demonstrates a rationale (as 

defined in this notice). 

(c) Quality of project services (up to 

25 points). 

(1) The Secretary considers the 

quality of the services to be provided by 

the proposed project. 

(2) 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. 

(3) In addition, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(i) The likely impact of the services to 

be provided by the proposed project on 

the intended recipients of those 

services. 

(ii) The extent to which the training 

or professional development services to 

be provided by the proposed project are 

of sufficient quality, intensity, and 

duration to lead to improvements in 

practice among the recipients of those 

services. 

(iii) The extent to which the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

involve the collaboration of appropriate 

partners for maximizing the 

effectiveness of project services. 

(d) Quality of the project evaluation 

(up to 20 points). 

(1) The Secretary considers the 

quality of the evaluation to be 

conducted of the proposed project. 

(2) In determining the quality of the 

evaluation, the Secretary considers the 

following factors: 

(i) 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. 

(ii) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation will provide performance 

feedback and permit periodic 

assessment of progress toward achieving 

intended outcomes. 

(iii) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation will, if well implemented, 

produce promising evidence (as defined 

in this notice) about the project’s 

effectiveness. 

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 

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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). 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this competition the Department 

conducts a review of the risks posed by 

applicants. Under 2 CFR 200.208, the 

Secretary may impose specific 

conditions and, under 2 CFR 3474.10, in 

appropriate circumstances, high-risk 

conditions on a grant if the applicant or 

grantee is not financially stable; has a 

history of unsatisfactory performance; 

has a financial or other management 

system that does not meet the standards 

in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

4. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 

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

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through the System for 

Award Management. You may review 

and comment on any information about 

yourself that a Federal agency 

previously entered and that is currently 

in FAPIIS. 

Please note that, if the total value of 

your currently active grants, cooperative 

agreements, and procurement contracts 

from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII, 

require you to report certain integrity 

information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review the requirements in 2 CFR 

part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant 

plus all the other Federal funds you 

receive exceed $10,000,000. 

5. In General: In accordance with the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

guidance located at 2 CFR part 200, all 

applicable Federal laws, and relevant 

Executive guidance, the Department 

will review and consider applications 

for funding pursuant to this notice 

inviting applications in accordance 

with— 

(a) Selecting recipients most likely to 

be successful in delivering results based 

on the program objectives through an 

objective process of evaluating Federal 

award applications (2 CFR 200.205); 

(b) Prohibiting the purchase of certain 

telecommunication and video 

surveillance services or equipment in 

alignment with section 889 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act of 

2019 (Pub. L. 115—232) (2 CFR 

200.216); 

(c) Providing a preference, to the 

extent permitted by law, to maximize 

use of goods, products, and materials 

produced in the United States (2 CFR 

200.322); and 

(d) Terminating agreements in whole 

or in part to the greatest extent 

authorized by law if an award no longer 

effectuates the program goals or agency 

priorities (2 CFR 200.340). 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your GAN. We may notify 

you informally, also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Open Licensing Requirements: 

Unless an exception applies, if you are 

awarded a grant under this competition, 

you will be required to openly license 

to the public grant deliverables created 

in whole, or in part, with Department 

grant funds. When the deliverable 

consists of modifications to pre-existing 

works, the license extends only to those 

modifications that can be separately 

identified and only to the extent that 

open licensing is permitted under the 

terms of any licenses or other legal 

restrictions on the use of pre-existing 

works. 

Additionally, a grantee or subgrantee 

that is awarded competitive grant funds 

must have a plan to disseminate these 

public grant deliverables. This 

dissemination plan can be developed 

and submitted after your application has 

been reviewed and selected for funding. 

For additional information on the open 

licensing requirements please refer to 2 

CFR 3474.20. 

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

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multiyear award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

5. Performance Measures: For the 

purposes of Department reporting under 

34 CFR 75.110, the Department has 

established the following performance 

measures for the AAE program: (1) The 

total number of students who 

participate in arts education sponsored 

by the grantee; (2) the number of 

teachers participating in the grantee’s 

program who receive professional 

development; (3) the total number of 

low-income students who participate in 

arts education sponsored by the grantee; 

and (4) the total number of children 

with disabilities who participate in arts 

education sponsored by the grantee. 

All grantees will be expected to 

submit an annual performance report 

that includes data addressing these 

performance measures to the extent that 

they apply to the grantee’s project. 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: Whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, whether the grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 


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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 

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

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

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Ruth E. Ryder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Programs, Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2022–11634 Filed 5–27–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Record of Decision for the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Proposed Energy Conservation 

Standards for Manufactured Housing 

(DOE/EIS–0550) 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Record of decision. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (‘‘DOE’’) has determined that it 

will establish energy conservation 

standards for manufactured housing 

based on the 2021 International Energy 

Conservation Code (‘‘IECC’’) using a 

tiered approach based on the size of the 

manufactured home, as described in 

Alternative B2 in the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

Proposed Energy Conservation 

Standards for Manufactured Housing 

(DOE/EIS–0550). This Record of 

Decision (‘‘ROD’’) was prepared in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(‘‘NEPA’’), Council on Environmental 

Quality (‘‘CEQ’’) regulations for 

implementing NEPA, and DOE NEPA 

regulations. 

ADDRESSES: The final EIS, this ROD, and 

other EIS documents are available on 

the Project website at: https://ecsmh.evs.anl.gov and on Energy.gov at: 

www.energy.gov/node/4810038. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information on the EIS 

process or this ROD, please contact 

Kristin Kerwin at the Department of 

Energy—Golden Field Office, 15013 

Denver West Parkway, Golden, Colorado 

80401, email: DOE_EIS_

MANUFACTURED_HOUSING@

ee.doe.gov, (240) 562–1800. For general 

information on the DOE NEPA review 

process, please contact Brian Costner, 

Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance, 

GC–54, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20585–0119, email: AskNEPA@

hq.doe.gov, telephone (202) 586–4600 or 

(800) 472–2756, facsimile (202) 586– 

7031. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

DOE is obligated to establish energy 

conservation standards for 

manufactured housing, as directed by 

Section 413 of the Energy Independence 

and Security Act of 2007 (‘‘EISA’’). (42 

U.S.C. 17071) EISA directs DOE to base 

these standards on the most recent 

version of the IECC and any 

supplements to that document, except 

where DOE finds that the IECC is not 

cost effective or where a more stringent 

standard would be more cost effective 

based on the impact of the IECC on the 

purchase price of manufactured housing 

and on total lifecycle construction and 

operating costs. In accordance with 

Section 413 of EISA, DOE is establishing 

energy conservation standards for 

manufactured housing in a final 

rulemaking published elsewhere in this 

issue of the Federal Register. To inform 

the proposed rulemaking, DOE prepared 

an EIS pursuant to NEPA, the CEQ 

NEPA implementing regulations (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508), and DOE’s 

procedures for implementing NEPA (10 

CFR part 1021). 

Purpose and Need for Agency Action 

In accordance with EISA, DOE will 

establish energy conservation standards 

for manufactured housing that are based 

on the 2021 IECC. In fulfilling its 

statutory mandate to establish energy 

conservation standards, the standards 

will also: 

• Reduce national energy 

consumption, 

• Reduce energy costs for owners of 

manufactured homes, 

• Reduce emissions of outdoor 

pollutants associated with electricity 

production, 

• Reduce emissions of greenhouse 

gases (‘‘GHGs’’) associated with 

electricity production that may lead to 

climate change, and 

• Protect public health and safety 

related to energy efficiency. 

DOE’s Proposed Action and 

Alternatives 

DOE considered three approaches for 

establishing the energy conservation 

standards for manufactured housing. 

The final EIS refers to each approach as 

an action alternative. The alternatives 

were informed by public comments on 

the scope of the EIS and on the draft 

EIS, and by comments on DOE’s 2016 

notice of proposed rulemaking 

(‘‘NOPR’’) 81 FR 39756, 2016 draft 

environmental assessment, 2021 

supplemental notice of proposed 

rulemaking (‘‘SNOPR’’) 86 FR 47744, 

and subsequent 2021 notice of data 

availability (‘‘NODA’’) 86 FR 59042, as 

well as coordination and consultation 

with the U.S. Department of Housing 

and Urban Development (‘‘HUD’’). In 

accordance with NEPA, DOE also 

considered the alternative of taking no 

action, which serves as a baseline 

against which potential consequences of 

the action alternatives can be compared. 

Thus, four alternatives (referred to as A, 

B, C, and D) are evaluated in detail in 

the EIS. 

Under Alternative A, the proposed 

standards for energy conservation 

would be tiered (including ‘‘Tier 1’’ and 

‘‘Tier 2’’ standards) based on a 

manufacturer’s retail list price of 

$63,000. Within Alternative A, two 

detailed alternatives (A1 and A2) were 

analyzed. Under Alternative A1, Tier 1 

standards would apply to homes with a 

retail list price of $63,000 or less, with 

requirements based on the 2021 IECC, 

but with less stringent building thermal 

envelope requirements that would 


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