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Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 505. 

Burden Hours: 1,510. 

Abstract: The Impact Evaluation of 

Response to Intervention (RtI) strategies 

will inform the National Assessment of 

IDEA 2004, and the choices of districts 

and schools, by estimating the 

differential impacts of strategies for 

providing Tier 2 reading instruction to 

at-risk first and second graders. ED has 

awarded a contract to MDRC (in 

partnership with SRI International and 

Survey Research Management) to 

conduct this study in 150 elementary 

schools. This initial collection involves 

the site recruitment. The resulting RtI 

project will provide information that 

policymakers and school administrators 

can use to help identify students with 

learning disabilities and improve 

instruction provided to at-risk students. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 3932. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education Overview Information; 

Alaska Native Education (ANE); Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.356A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: January 23, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 24, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Alaska Native Education program is 

to support innovative projects that 

enhance the educational services 

provided to Alaska Native children and 

adults. These projects may include 

those activities authorized under section 

7304(a)(2) and (3) of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (ESEA). 

Note: The construction of facilities that 

support the operation of Alaska Native 

education programs will be a permissible 

activity only if Congress specifically 

authorizes the use of FY 2009 funds for that 

purpose. 

Priorities: This competition includes a 

competitive preference priority and an 

invitational priority. In accordance with 

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

preference priority is from section 

7304(c) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7544(c)). 

The invitational priority is from the 

notice of final discretionary grant 

priorities for FY 2009, published in the 

Federal Register on November 21, 2008 

(73 FR 70627). 

Competitive Preference Priority: For 

FY 2009 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards based on 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 an 

additional five points to an application 

that meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

The Secretary gives priority to 

applications from Alaska Native 

regional nonprofit organizations or 

consortia that include at least one 

Alaska Native regional nonprofit 

organization. In order to receive a 

competitive preference under this 

priority, an application must provide 

documentation supporting its claim that 

it meets this priority. 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2009 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an invitational priority. 

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

give an application that meets this 

invitational priority a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

This priority is: 

Secondary Schools. Projects that 

support activities and interventions 

aimed at improving the academic 

achievement of secondary school 

students who are at greatest risk of not 

meeting challenging State academic 

standards and not completing high 

school. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7541 et 

seq. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The notice of 

final discretionary grant priorities for 

FY 2009, published in the Federal 

Register on November 21, 2008 (73 FR 

70627). 

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: The 

Administration’s budget request for FY 

2009 does not include funds for this 

program. However, we are inviting 

applications to allow enough time to 

complete the grant process before the 

end of the current fiscal year 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 

2010 from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$300,000–$700,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$500,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 10 for 

novice applicants; 20 for non-novice 

applicants, including previous grantees 

under the ANE program. The 

Department will rank and fund two 

groups of applicants separately: Novice 

applicants will comprise one group, and 

non-novice applicants will comprise the 

second group. If we do not receive a 

sufficient number of high quality 

applications from novice applicants, 

funds set aside for novice applicants 

may be used to fund non-novice 

applicants, including previous grantees 

under the ANE program. Further 

information regarding our review of 

these two groups of applications, 

including the definition of novice 

applicant, is in section V. 2. of this 

notice. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: (a) Alaska 

Native organizations; 

(b) Educational entities with 

experience in developing or operating 

Alaska Native programs or programs of 

instruction conducted in Alaska Native 

languages; 

(c) Cultural and community-based 

organizations with experience in 

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developing or operating programs to 

benefit Alaska Natives; and 

(d) Consortia of organizations and 

entities described in this paragraph to 

carry out activities that meet the 

purposes of this program. 

Note: A State educational agency or local 

educational agency may apply for an award 

under this program only as part of a 

consortium involving an Alaska Native 

organization. The consortium may include 

other eligible applicants. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet or from the 

program office. To obtain a copy via the 

Internet, use either of the following 

addresses: http://www.grants.gov or 

http://www.ed.gov/programs/ 

alaskanative/applicant.html. To obtain 

a copy from the program office, contact: 

Alexis Fisher, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3E242, Washington, DC 20202– 

6200. Telephone: (202) 401–0281 or by 

e-mail: alexis.fisher@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), 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 alternative format (e.g., Braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) 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 

application narrative is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. You must limit the 

application narrative to the equivalent 

of no more than 25 pages, using 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. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

The 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, 

the resumes, the bibliography, or the 

letters of support. However, the page 

limit does apply to all of the application 

narrative section. 

Our reviewers will not read any pages 

of your application that exceed the page 

limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: January 23, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 24, 2009. 

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. 6. Other Submission 

Requirements of this notice. 

We do 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. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

5. Funding Restrictions: Under section 

7304(b) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7544(b)), 

not more than five percent of the funds 

provided to a grantee under this 

competition for any fiscal year may be 

used for administrative purposes. We 

reference additional regulations 

outlining funding restrictions in the 

Applicable Regulations section of this 

notice. 

6. 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 the 

ANE program, CFDA Number 84.356A, 

must be submitted electronically using 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site at http://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 

e-mail 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 ANE program at 

http://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 84.356, not 

84.356A). 

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 dated 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. 

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• 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 at http://eGrants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) Registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D–U–N–S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• 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: 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 attach any narrative 

sections of your application as files in 

a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or 

.PDF (Portable Document) format. If you 

upload a file type other than the three 

file types specified in this paragraph 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 e-mail. 

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. 

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 prevent 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: Alexis Fisher, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 3E242, Washington, 

DC 20202–6200. FAX: (202) 260–8969. 

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 84.356A), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

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(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 84.356A), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, 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. The maximum score for all 

criteria is 100 points. The maximum 

possible score for each criterion is 

indicated in parentheses. The selection 

criteria for this competition are as 

follows: 

(a) Need for project (15 points). In 

determining the need for the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers the 

extent to which specific gaps or 

weaknesses in services, infrastructure, 

or opportunities have been identified 

and will be addressed by the proposed 

project, including the nature and 

magnitude of those gaps and 

weaknesses. 

(b) Quality of the project design (40 

points). In determining the quality of 

the design of the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the following 

factors: 

(i) The extent to which the goals, 

objectives, and outcomes to be achieved 

by the proposed project are clearly 

specified and measurable. 

(ii) The extent to which the design of 

the proposed project is appropriate to, 

and will successfully address, the needs 

of the target population or other 

identified needs. 

(c) Quality of the management plan 

(30 points). In determining the quality 

of the management plan for the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(i) The adequacy of the management 

plan to achieve the objectives of the 

proposed project on time and within 

budget, including clearly defined 

responsibilities, timelines, and 

milestones for accomplishing project 

tasks. 

(ii) The adequacy of procedures for 

ensuring feedback and continuous 

improvement in the operation of the 

proposed project. 

(d) Quality of the project evaluation 

(15 points). In determining the quality 

of the evaluation for the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers the 

following factors: 

(i) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation are thorough, feasible, and 

appropriate to the goals, objectives, and 

outcomes of the proposed project. 

(ii) 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. 

2. Review of Applications—Novice 

and Non-Novice Applicants. The 

Department will rank and fund two 

groups of applicants separately: Novice 

applicants will comprise one group; and 

non-novice applicants, including 

previous grantees under the ANE 

program, will comprise the second 

group. If we do not receive a sufficient 

number of high quality applications 

from novice applicants, funds set aside 

for novice applicants may be used to 

fund applications submitted by nonnovice applicants. 

An applicant is considered a ‘‘novice 

applicant’’ if it meets the following 

criteria in 34 CFR 75.225(a)(1) and (b): 

The applicant must— 

(i) Have never received a grant or 

subgrant under the ANE program; 

(ii) Have never been a member of a 

group application, submitted in 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.127 through 

75.129, that received a grant under the 

ANE program; and 

(iii) Have not had an active 

discretionary grant from the Federal 

Government in the five years before the 

deadline date for applications in this 

competition. For the purposes of this 

requirement, a grant is active until the 

end of the grant’s project or funding 

period, including any extensions of 

those periods that extend the grantee’s 

authority to obligate funds. 

34 CFR 75.225(a)(2) addresses the 

requirements for group applications 

submitted by novice applicants. In the 

case of a group application submitted in 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.127 through 

75.129, each group member must meet 

the requirements in 34 CFR 75.225(a)(1) 

and (b), previously described in this 

section of the notice, in order to qualify 

as a novice applicant. 

All applicants should follow the 

instructions in the application package 

to ensure that they properly indicate in 

their application their status as a novice 

or non-novice applicant. 

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). 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 in this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section in 

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: 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 

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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 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has 

developed the following performance 

measures for measuring the overall 

effectiveness of the ANE program: (1) 

The percentage of Alaska Native 

students in schools served by the 

program who meet or exceed 

proficiency standards in reading, 

mathematics, and science on the State 

assessments; (2) the percentage of 

Alaska Native children participating in 

early learning and preschool programs 

who consistently demonstrate school 

readiness in language and literacy as 

measured by the Revised Alaska 

Development Profile (RADP); and (3) the 

percentage of students in schools served 

by the program who graduate from high 

school with a regular high school 

diploma in four years. 

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. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Alexis Fisher, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3E242, Washington, DC 20202– 

6200. Telephone: (202) 401–0281 or by 

e-mail: alexis.fisher@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Alternative Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under For Further 

Information Contact in section VII in 

this notice. 

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Dated: January 16, 2009. 

Kerri L. Briggs, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. E9–1527 Filed 1–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education; Overview Information; 

Indian Education—Professional 

Development Grants 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2009. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.299B. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: January 23, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 3, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 4, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Professional Development program 

is to (1) increase the number of qualified 

Indian individuals in professions that 

serve Indians; (2) provide training to 

qualified Indian individuals to become 

teachers, administrators, teacher aides, 

social workers, and ancillary 

educational personnel; and (3) improve 

the skills of qualified Indian individuals 

who serve in the education field. 

Activities may include, but are not 

limited to, continuing education 

programs, symposia, workshops, 

conferences, and direct financial 

support. 

Priorities: This competition contains 

two absolute priorities and two 

competitive preference priorities. In 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), 

the absolute priorities are from the 

regulations for this program (34 CFR 

263.5(c)). In accordance with 34 CFR 

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

preference priorities are from the 

regulations for this program (34 CFR 

263.5(a) and (b)). 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2009, these 

priorities are absolute priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet one or both of the 

following priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority One—Pre-Service 

Training for Teachers 

A project that provides support and 

training to Indian individuals in 

completing a pre-service education 

program that enables these individuals 

to meet the requirements for full State 

certification or licensure as a teacher 

through— 

(i)(A) Training that leads to a 

bachelor’s degree in education before 

the end of the award period; or 

(B) For States allowing a degree in a 

specific subject area, training that leads 

to a bachelor’s degree in the subject area 

so long as the training meets the 

requirements for full State teacher 

certification or licensure; or 

(C) Training in a current or new 

specialized teaching assignment that 

requires at least a bachelor’s degree and 

in which a documented teacher shortage 

exists; and 

(ii) One-year induction services after 

graduation, certification, or licensure, 

provided during the award period to 

graduates of the pre-service program 

while they are completing their first 

year of work in local educational 

agencies (LEAs) with at least five 

percent American Indian/Alaska Native 

student populations. 

Note: In working with various institutions 

of higher education and State certification/ 

licensure requirements, we have found that 

States requiring a degree in a specific subject 

area (e.g., specialty areas or teaching at the 

secondary level) generally require a master’s 

degree or completion of a five-year program 

before an individual can be certified or 

licensed as a teacher. Students pursuing 

those credentials would be eligible to 

participate so long as their training meets the 

requirements for full State certification or 

licensure as a teacher. 

Note: We clarify that, to meet the 

requirements of this priority, the degree 

received as a result of training and the one 

year of induction services are to be 

completed prior to the end of the award 

period. 

Absolute Priority Two—Pre-Service 

Administrator Training 

A project that provides— 

(1) Support and training to Indian 

individuals to complete a master’s 

degree in education administration that 

is provided before the end of the award 

period and that allows participants to 

meet the requirements for State 

certification or licensure as an 

education administrator; and 

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