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BUREAU OF CONSUMER FINANCIAL 

PROTECTION 

[Docket No: CFPB–2014–0034] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Comment Request 

AGENCY: Bureau of Consumer Financial 

Protection. 

ACTION: Notice and request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA), the Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau (CFPB) is proposing 

to renew the approval for an existing 

information collection titled, ‘‘Generic 

Information Collection Plan for 

Consumer Complaint and Information 

Collection System (Testing and 

Feedback).’’ 

DATES: Written comments are 

encouraged and must be received on or 

before February 27, 2015 to be assured 

of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by the title of the information 

collection, OMB Control Number (see 

below), and docket number (see above), 

by any of the following methods: 

• Electronic: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Consumer Financial 

Protection Bureau (Attention: PRA 

Office), 1700 G Street NW., Washington, 

DC 20552. 

• Hand Delivery/Courier: Consumer 

Financial Protection Bureau (Attention: 

PRA Office), 1275 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20002. 

Please note that comments submitted 

after the comment period will not be 

accepted. In general, all comments 

received will become public records, 

including any personal information 

provided. Sensitive personal 

information, such as account numbers 

or social security numbers, should not 

be included. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Documentation prepared in support of 

this information collection request is 

available at www.regulations.gov. 

Requests for additional information 

should be directed to the Consumer 

Financial Protection Bureau, (Attention: 

PRA Office), 1700 G Street NW., 

Washington, DC 20552, (202) 435–9575, 

or email: PRA@cfpb.gov. Please do not 

submit comments to this mailbox. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title of Collection: Generic 

Information Collection Plan for 

Consumer Complaint and Information 

Collection System (Testing and 

Feedback). 

OMB Control Number: 3170–0042. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

710,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 118,334. 

Abstract: Over the past several years, 

the CFPB has undertaken a variety of 

service delivery-focused activities 

contemplated by the Dodd-Frank and 

Wall Street Reform and Consumer 

Protection Act, Public Law 111–2013. 

These activities, which include 

consumer complaint and inquiry 

processing, referral, and monitoring, 

involve several interrelated systems. 

The streamlined process of the generic 

clearance will continue to allow the 

CFPB to implement these systems 

efficiently, in line with the CFPB’s 

commitment to continuous 

improvement of its delivery of services 

through iterative testing and feedback 

collection. 

Request for Comments: Comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

CFPB, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(b) The accuracy of the CFPB’s estimate 

of the burden of the collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methods and the assumptions used; 

(c) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) Ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. Comments submitted in 

response to this notice will be 

summarized and/or included in the 

request for Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) approval. All comments 

will become a matter of public record. 

Dated: December 17, 2014. 

Ashwin Vasan, 

Chief Information Officer, Bureau of 

Consumer Financial Protection. 

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BILLING CODE 4810–AM–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Application for New Awards; High 

School Equivalency Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information 

High School Equivalency Program (HEP) 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.141A. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: December 29, 

2014. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 12, 2015. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: April 13, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purposes of 

HEP are to help migrant and seasonal 

farmworkers and members of their 

immediate family: (1) Obtain a general 

education diploma that meets the 

guidelines for high school equivalency 

(HSE) established by the State in which 

the HEP project is conducted; and (2) 

gain employment or be placed in an 

institution of higher education (IHE) or 

other postsecondary education or 

training. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

one competitive preference priority and 

three invitational priorities. In 

accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), the Competitive 

Preference Priority is from section 

418A(e) of the Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended by section 408 of the 

Higher Education Opportunity Act of 

2008 (20 U.S.C. 1070d–2(e)). The first 

invitational priority is for applications 

that promote science, technology, 

engineering, and mathematics (STEM) 

education. The second invitational 

priority is for applications that propose 

to engage faith-based and community 

organizations in the delivery of services 

under this program. The third 

invitational priority is for applications 

that submit a plan supported by 

evidence of strong theory (e.g., a fully 

developed logic model (as defined in 

this notice) of the proposed project). 

Competitive Preference Priority: For 

FY 2015 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition, this priority is a 

competitive preference priority. Under 

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

15 additional points to an application, 

depending on how well the applicant 

meets the competitive preference 

priority. The maximum amount of 

competitive preference points an 

application can receive under this 

priority is 15 points. 

This priority is: 


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Prior Experience of Service Delivery (Up 

to 15 Points) 

For applicants with an expiring HEP 

project, the Secretary will consider the 

applicant’s prior experience in 

implementing its expiring HEP project, 

based on information contained in 

documents previously provided to the 

Department, such as annual 

performance reports, project evaluation 

reports, site visit reports, and the 

previously approved HEP application. 

Under this competition, we also are 

particularly interested in applications 

that address the following invitational 

priorities. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2015, 

and any subsequent year in which we 

make awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, these 

priorities are invitational priorities. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not 

give an application that meets these 

invitational priorities a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1—Science, 

Technology, Engineering, and 

Mathematics Education (STEM) 

Projects that are designed to address 

one or more of the following priority 

areas: 

(a) Providing students with increased 

access to rigorous and engaging 

coursework in STEM. 

(b) Increasing the opportunities for 

high-quality preparation of, or 

professional development for, teachers 

or other educators of STEM subjects. 

Note: Applicants could consider activities 

to better prepare program participants to 

transition into postsecondary education, such 

as preparing students to pass the sections of 

college entrance examinations in STEMrelated subjects or mentoring, counseling, 

and tutoring services designed to motivate 

participants to pursue postsecondary 

education in STEM-related fields. Similarly, 

for the professional development priority 

area, applicants could propose activities to 

increase the opportunities for high-quality 

professional development for HSE instructors 

of STEM-related that include, for example, 

training in intensive science teaching 

techniques presented by a professionally 

credentialed expert in science education. 

Invitational Priority 2—Faith-Based and 

Community Organizations 

Applications that propose to engage 

faith-based and community 

organizations in the delivery of services 

under this program. 

Invitational Priority 3—Evidence of 

Strong Theory 

Applications that include a welldeveloped plan that is supported by 

evidence of strong theory (as defined in 

34 CFR 77.1(c)), which includes a 

rationale for the proposed process, 

product, strategy, or practice and a 

corresponding logic model. Under 34 

CFR 77.1(c), ‘‘logic model’’ (also 

referred to as theory of action) means a 

well-specified conceptual framework 

that identifies key components of the 

proposed process, product, strategy, or 

practice (i.e., the active ‘‘ingredients’’ 

that are hypothesized to be critical to 

achieving the relevant outcomes) and 

describes the relationships among the 

key components and outcomes, 

theoretically and operationally. 

Note: In order to address this priority, 

applicants must develop logic models to 

demonstrate their project’s theory of action. 

Applicants should connect available 

evidence of past history of successful 

outcomes to their logic models. Applicants 

may use resources such as the Pacific 

Education Laboratory’s Education Logic 

Model Application 

(www.relpacific.mcrel.org/PERR.html) or the 

Northeast and Island’s REL Skill Builder 

Workshops (www.relnei.org/events/

skillbuilder-archive.html) to help design their 

logic models. In addressing this priority, 

applicants are also encouraged to connect the 

project design to the intended impact of the 

project, including an explanation of how the 

project will affect students’ attainment of the 

equivalent of a secondary school diploma 

and their eventual placement in an IHE or 

other postsecondary education or training. 

Finally, applicants are encouraged to discuss 

the role and commitment of any partner and 

how they plan to sustain their partnership 

beyond the life of the grant. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070d– 

2. 

Applicable Regulations: This 

application notice (also referred to as a 

notice inviting applications (NIA)) is 

being published before the Department 

adopts the Uniform Administrative 

Requirements, Cost Principles, and 

Audit Requirements in 2 CFR part 200. 

We expect to publish interim final 

regulations that would adopt those 

requirements before December 26, 2014, 

and make those regulations effective on 

that date. Because grants awarded under 

this NIA will likely be made after the 

Department adopts the requirements in 

2 CFR part 200, we list as applicable 

regulations both those that are currently 

effective and those that will be effective 

at the time the Department makes 

grants. 

The current regulations follow: (a) 

The Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 

86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The OMB 

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. 

At the time we award grants under 

this NIA, the following regulations will 

apply: (a) EDGAR in 34 CFR parts 75, 

77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) 

The OMB 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, and the Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as 

adopted and amended in 2 CFR part 

3474. 

Regardless of the timing of 

publication, the following also apply to 

this NIA: (a) The regulations for this 

program in 34 CFR part 206. (b) The 

definitions of ‘‘migratory agricultural 

worker’’ in 34 CFR 200.81(d), 

‘‘migratory child’’ in 34 CFR 200.81(e), 

and ‘‘migratory fisher’’ in 34 CFR 

200.81(f). (c) The regulations in 20 CFR 

669.110 and 669.320. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to IHEs only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$5,201,687 for new awards for this 

program for FY 2015. The actual level 

of funding, if any, depends on final 

congressional action. However, we are 

inviting applications at this time to 

allow enough time to complete the grant 

process if Congress appropriates funds 

for this program. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 

2016 from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$180,000–$475,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$446,485. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a HEP award 

exceeding $475,000 for any of the five 

single budget periods of 12 months. The 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education may change the 

maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Minimum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a HEP award 

that is less than $180,000 for any of the 

five single budget periods of 12 months. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 10. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 


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Project Period: Applicants must 

propose a project of 60 months (i.e., five 

years) in duration, and we will reject 

any application that does not do so. 

However, if an applicant receives a 

grant award, annual continuation 

funding is contingent upon availability 

of funds and grantees meeting minimum 

performance standards. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs or private 

non-profit organizations (including 

faith-based organizations) that plan their 

projects in cooperation with an IHE and 

propose to operate some aspects of the 

project with the facilities of the IHE. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. However, consistent with 34 

CFR 75.700, which requires an 

applicant to comply with its approved 

application, an applicant that proposes 

non-Federal matching funds and is 

awarded a grant must provide those 

funds for each year that the funds are 

proposed. 

3. Other: Projects funded under this 

competition must budget for a two-day 

Office of Migrant Education annual 

meeting for HEP Directors in the 

Washington, DC area during each year 

of the project period. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package: Michael Holloman, U.S. 

Department of Education, Office of 

Migrant Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., Room 3E311, Washington, 

DC 20202–6135. Telephone: (202) 260– 

2067 or by email: michael.holloman@

ed.gov. 

The application package content also 

can be viewed electronically at the 

following address: www.ed.gov/

programs/hep/applicant.html. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

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

8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or compact disc) 

by contacting the program contact 

person listed in this section. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

competition. 

Page Limit: The project narrative (Part 

IV of the application) is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. Panel readers will award 

points only for an applicant’s response 

to a given selection criterion that is 

contained within the section of the 

application designated to address that 

particular selection criterion. Readers 

will not review, or award points for, a 

response to the selection criterion that 

is located in any other section of the 

application or the appendices. We will 

reject any project narrative that exceeds 

25 pages or does not adhere to the 

following standards: 

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

only, with 1 inch 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. However, you 

may single space all text in charts, 

tables, figures, and graphs. Charts, 

tables, figures, and graphs presented in 

the application narrative count toward 

the page limit. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch) throughout the 

entire application package. 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. The 25-page limit for the 

project narrative does not apply to the 

cover sheet; the budget section, 

including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract. 

However, the page limit does apply to 

all of the project narrative section. 

Appendices must be limited to 20 

pages and must include the following: 

resumes, if applicable, and job 

descriptions of key personnel. Job 

descriptions must include duties and 

minimum qualifications. Items in the 

appendices will only be used by the 

program office. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: December 29, 

2014. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 12, 2015. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, please refer to 

section IV. 7. Other Submission 

Requirements of this notice. 

We will not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: April 13, 2015. 

4. 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. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and System for Award 

Management: To do business with the 

Department of Education, you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the System for Award 

Management (SAM) (formerly the 

Central Contractor Registry (CCR)), the 

Government’s primary registrant 

database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your application; and 

d. Maintain an active SAM 

registration with current information 

while your application is under review 

by the Department and, if you are 

awarded a grant, during the project 

period. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 

can be created within one to two 

business days. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow 2–5 weeks for your TIN to 

become active. 

The SAM registration process can take 

approximately seven business days, but 

may take upwards of several weeks, 


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depending on the completeness and 

accuracy of the data entered into the 

SAM database by an entity. Thus, if you 

think you might want to apply for 

Federal financial assistance under a 

program administered by the 

Department, please allow sufficient time 

to obtain and register your DUNS 

number and TIN. We strongly 

recommend that you register early. 

Note: Once your SAM registration is active, 

you will need to allow 24 to 48 hours for the 

information to be available in Grants.gov and 

before you can submit an application through 

Grants.gov. 

If you are currently registered with 

SAM, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your registration 

annually. This may take three or more 

business days. 

Information about SAM is available at 

www.SAM.gov. To further assist you 

with obtaining and registering your 

DUNS number and TIN in SAM or 

updating your existing SAM account, 

we have prepared a SAM.gov Tip Sheet, 

which you can find at: http://

www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/samfaqs.html. 

In addition, if you are submitting your 

application via Grants.gov, you must (1) 

be designated by your organization as an 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR); and (2) register yourself with 

Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these 

steps are outlined at the following 

Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/

web/grants/register.html. 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications 

Applications for grants under HEP, 

CFDA number 84.141A, must be 

submitted electronically using the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 

at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, 

you will be able to download a copy of 

the application package, complete it 

offline, and then upload and submit 

your application. You may not email an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the HEP at 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this competition by the CFDA 

number. Do not include the CFDA 

number’s alpha suffix in your search 

(e.g., search for 84.141, not 84.141A). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. When we retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov, we will 

notify you if we are rejecting your 

application because it was date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this competition 

to ensure that you submit your 

application in a timely manner to the 

Grants.gov system. You can also find the 

Education Submission Procedures 

pertaining to Grants.gov under News 

and Events on the Department’s G5 

system home page at www.G5.gov. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: The Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

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

necessary assurances and certifications. 

• You must upload any narrative 

sections and all other attachments to 

your application as files in a PDF 

(Portable Document) read-only, nonmodifiable format. Do not upload an 

interactive or fillable PDF file. If you 

upload a file type other than a readonly, non-modifiable PDF or submit a 

password-protected file, we will not 

review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by email. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 


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If you submit an application after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. The 

Department will contact you after a 

determination is made on whether your 

application will be accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because–– 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevents you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Michael Holloman, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., Room 3E311, Washington, 

DC 20202–6135. FAX: (202) 205–0089. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications by 

Mail 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

CFDA Number 84.141A, LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

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

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications by 

Hand Delivery 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

CFDA Number 84.141A, 550 12th Street 

SW., Room 7039, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

notification within 15 business days from the 

application deadline date, you should call 

the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are listed in 

the application package. 

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, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary also 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 of 

Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 

108.8, and 110.23). 

3. Special Conditions: Under current 

34 CFR 74.14, and when grants are 

made under this NIA, 2 CFR 3474.10, 

the Secretary may impose special 

conditions and, 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 34 

CFR part 74, as applicable or, when the 

grants are awarded, the standards in 2 

CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

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. 


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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. 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 multi-year 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. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department 

developed the following performance 

measures to evaluate the overall 

effectiveness of HEP: (1) the percentage 

of HEP program participants exiting the 

program having received an HSE 

diploma (GPRA 1), and (2) the 

percentage of HSE diploma recipients 

who enter postsecondary education or 

training programs, upgraded 

employment, or the military (GPRA 2). 

Applicants must propose annual 

targets for these measures in their 

applications. The national target for 

GPRA measure 1 for FY 2015 is that 69 

percent of HEP program participants 

exit the program having received an 

HSE credential. The national target for 

GPRA measure 2 for FY 2015 is that 80 

percent of HEP HSE diploma recipients 

enter postsecondary education or 

training programs, upgraded 

employment, or the military. The 

national targets for subsequent years 

may be adjusted based on additional 

baseline data. The panel readers will 

score related selection criteria on the 

basis of how well an applicant 

addresses these GPRA measures. 

Therefore, applicants will want to 

consider how to demonstrate a sound 

capacity to provide reliable data on the 

GPRA measures, including the project’s 

annual performance targets for 

addressing the GPRA performance 

measures, as is required by the Office of 

Management and Budget approved 

annual performance report that is 

included in the application package. All 

grantees will be required to submit, as 

part of their annual performance report, 

information with respect to these GPRA 

performance measures. 

5. 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, the performance targets in 

the grantee’s approved application. In 

making a continuation grant, 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. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Michael Holloman, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 3E311, Washington, DC 20202– 

6135. Telephone: (202) 260–2067 or by 

email: michael.holloman@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD or TYY, call the FRS, 

toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under For Further Information 

Contact in section VII of this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you 

can view this document, as well as all 

other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: December 22, 2014. 

Deborah S. Delisle, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30380 Filed 12–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Application for New Awards; College 

Assistance Migrant Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information 

College Assistance Migrant Program 

(CAMP) 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.149A. 

DATES: Applications Available: 

December 29, 2014. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 12, 2015. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: April 13, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

CAMP is to provide academic and 

financial support to help migrant and 

seasonal farmworkers and members of 

their immediate family complete their 

first year of college and continue in 

postsecondary education. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

one competitive preference priority and 

three invitational priorities. In 

accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), the competitive 

preference priority is from section 

418A(e) of the Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended by section 408 of the 

Higher Education Opportunity Act of 

2008 (20 U.S.C. 1070d–2(e)). The first 

invitational priority is for applications 

that promote science, technology, 

engineering, and mathematics (STEM) 


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