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FISCAL YEAR 2007 APPLICATION FOR NEW GRANTS UNDER THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT (IDEA)
PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT TO IMPROVE SERVICES AND RESULTS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES (CFDA 84.325) NATIONAL CENTER TO INFORM POLICY AND PRACTICE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CFDA 84.325Q)
CLOSING DATE: June 13, 2007
FORM APPROVED - OMB No. 1820-0028, EXP DATE: 01/31/09 .
TABLE OF CONTENTS Dear Applicant Letter...........................................................................A1 Federal Register Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards.............A3 Grants.gov Submission Procedures and Tips for Applicants Document .........................................................................................................A23 Priority (Competition) Description by Program Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development (CFDA No. 84.325Q)..............................B2 Selection Criteria and Format for 84.325Q................................................B8 General Information on Completing an Application..............................C1 Application Transmittal Instructions and Requirements for Intergovernmental Review (Executive Order 12372)....................................................................D1 Notice to All Applicants (Ensuring Equitable Access) and Application Forms and Instructions.......................................................................E1 Part I: Application for Federal Assistance (SF Form 424) Part II: Budget Information -- Non-Construction Programs and Instructions (ED Form 524) Part III: Application Narrative Part IV: Assurances and Certifications Assurances -- Non-Construction Program Certifications Regarding Lobbying; Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (ED Form 80-0013) Disclosure of Lobbying Activities Survey on Ensuring Equal Opportunity for Applicants
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 1820-0028. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average 45 hours and 40 minutes per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection. If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to: U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C. 20202-2600. If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission of this form, write directly to: Office of Special Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, D.C. 20202-2600.
Dear Applicant: This application packet contains information and the required forms for you to use in submitting a new application for funding under one program authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This packet covers one competition under the Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities (CFDA 84.325) Program--National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development (CFDA No. 84.325Q). An application for an award must be: (1) hand-delivered, submitted electronically or mailed by the closing date; and, (2) for paper applications, have an original signature on at least one copy of the assurances and certifications (Part IV of the application form). It is also important to include the appropriate Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numeric and alpha in Item #4 on ED Form 424 (e.g., CFDA No. 84.325Q) for paper applications. Please note the following: • APPLICATION SUBMISSION. Based on the precautionary procedures the U.S. Postal Service is using to process mail, we are experiencing delays in the delivery of mail to the Department. Therefore, you may want to consider sending your application by overnight courier or submitting your application electronically. GRANTS.GOV APPLICATION SUBMISSION. Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (www.Grants.gov). Please read carefully the document that we have included immediately following this letter (see page A-4), which includes helpful tips about submitting electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site. Please note that you must follow the Application Procedures as described in the Federal Register notice announcing this grant competition. Information (including dates and times) about how to submit your application electronically, or by mail or hand delivery, can also be found in section D Application Transmittal Instructions and Requirements for Intergovernmental Review of this application package. MAXIMUM AWARD AMOUNT. In addition to providing detailed budget information for the total grant period requested, the competition included in this package has a maximum award amount. Please refer to the specific information for the priority/competition to which you are submitting an application (i.e., Section B of this package). Please be advised that for the priority in this package, the maximum award amount covers all project costs including indirect costs.
STRICT PAGE LIMITS. The competition included in this package limits the Part III Application Narrative to a specified number of double-spaced pages. This page limitation applies to all material presented in the application narrative -- including, for example, any charts, tables, figures, and graphs. (Please refer to the specific requirements on page limits for the priority/competition to which you are submitting an application - i.e., Section B of this package). The Department will reject, and will NOT consider an application that does not adhere to the page limit requirements for the competition. FORMAT FOR APPLICATIONS. Please note that additional information regarding formatting applications has been included in Section C of the “General Information on Completing An Application” section of this package. PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS IN RESEARCH. The discretionary grant Application Form SF 424 requires applicants to indicate whether they plan to conduct research involving human subjects at any time during the proposed project period. The Protection of Human Subjects in Research Attachment is an integral part of the SF 424 form. It includes information that applicants need to complete the protection of human subjects item and, as appropriate, to provide additional information to the Department regarding human subjects research projects. Additional information on completing the protection of human subjects item is also available and can be accessed on the INTERNET at: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/gcsindex.html http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/humansub.html
RESPONSE TO GPRA. As required by the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993 OSEP has developed a strategic plan for measuring GPRA performance. The program included in this announcement is authorized under Part D - National Activities to Improve Education of Children with Disabilities of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) will collect information to assess progress and performance. See Performance Measures included in the Priority Description section of this application package. Applicants are encouraged to consider this information, as applications are prepared. COPIES OF THE APPLICATION. Current Government-wide policy requires that an original and two copies need to be submitted. OSEP would appreciate receiving three additional copies to facilitate the peer review process. This means an original and two copies are required but we would appreciate your voluntarily submitting an additional three copies (six applications in all). If you are submitting your application electronically, you do not need to submit paper copies of the application. Please note: If an application is recommended for funding and a grant award is issued, we will contact the applicant to request a copy of the application on a diskette or CD. The Department is moving toward an electronic grant filing system and an electronic copy of all applications that are being funded will facilitate this effort.
A program officer is available to provide information to you regarding this competition. Please refer to the name of the program contact at the end of the priority description. For
information about other U.S. Department of Education grant and contract opportunities, we encourage you to use the Department's grant information web page which can be accessed on the INTERNET at: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/gcsindex.html We appreciate your efforts to improve the provision of services for individuals with disabilities. Sincerely,
4000-01-U DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Overview Information Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities--National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2007. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.325Q Dates: Applications Available: May 14, 2007. June 13, 2007.
Institutions of higher education (IHEs). $500,000.
Estimated Available Funds: Maximum Award:
We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding The Assistant Secretary for
$500,000 for a single budget period of 12 months.
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services may change the maximum amount through a notice published in the Federal Register. Number of Awards: Note: 1.
The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. Up to 60 months.
Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description The purposes of this program are to (1) help address State-
identified needs for highly qualified personnel -- in special education, related services, early intervention, and regular education -- to work with infants or toddlers with disabilities, or children with disabilities; and (2) ensure that
those personnel have the skills and knowledge -- derived from practices that have been determined through research and experience to be successful -- that are needed to serve those children. Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from
allowable activities specified in the statute (see sections 662(d) and 681(d) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)). Absolute Priority: For FY 2007 this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet this priority. This priority is: National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development Background: While Federal law requires educators to meet the highly qualified teacher (HQT) requirements, States and school districts struggle to retain such teachers. The likelihood that teachers will remain in their positions beyond the first years of employment is affected by a wide variety of factors, including the policies and practices of teacher preparation programs, States, and school districts. The retention of teachers is a major concern among educators because teacher turnover creates multiple challenges for schools. Several recent studies
report the costs of teacher turnover are high because it not only affects the quality of instruction, but turnover also means additional costs for preparing, recruiting, and inducting highly qualified teachers to replace those who have left (Boe, Cook, and Sutherland, 2006; Billingsley, 2005; Johnson, Berg, and Donaldson, 2005). On the whole, there is broad consensus among policymakers that
significant efforts are needed to improve the preparation and retention of highly qualified teachers. Teacher preparation that is of high quality is a strong predictor of both teacher retention and good teaching practice (NCTAF, 2006), and research has
consistently found that new teachers make important gains in teaching quality in the first year and smaller gains over the next few years of their careers (Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005, p. 449 as cited in Condition of Education, NCES, 2005). In addition, high quality teacher preparation, along with quality
induction and mentoring during the first years of employment, appear to be even more important in urban school districts where data from the last several decades show that from 40 to 50 percent of new teachers will leave the profession within five years (Darling-Hammond and Schlan, 1996; Ingersoll, 2003; National Education Association, 2006; Farber, 2006). Research suggests that there are a variety of effective ways to improve retention rates for beginning special educators, as well as strategies that improve the quality of pre-service training and professional development for special educators. To this end, the Secretary proposes a National Center to
Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development. Priority: This priority supports a National Center to Inform Policy and Practice The purposes of this
in Special Education Professional Development (Center). Center are to:
(a) inform special education teacher preparation policy and
practice by examining and recommending to IHEs, State educational agencies (SEAs), and local educational agencies (LEAs) those policies and practices that improve retention of beginning special education teachers, such as high quality induction, mentoring, and collaborative teaching experiences; and (b) recommend implementation strategies for policies and practices that provide beginning special education and regular education teachers with the knowledge and skills to effectively support students with disabilities in different classroom settings, including collaborative practices in regular classroom settings. The Center must: (a) Identify needs and existing resources: Identify critical issues,
needs, and existing resources that relate to improved support for beginning special educators through: (1) a comprehensive review of current policy,
scientifically based research, and evidence-based practice literature on retention strategies such as the induction and mentoring of beginning teachers of students with disabilities and collaborative teaching practices; and (2) coordination with other U.S. Department of Education (ED) funded grants related to highly qualified teacher induction, mentoring, and retention (e.g., National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (http://www.ncctq.org); Center for Improving Teacher Quality (http://www.centerforteacherquality.org); National Center for Special Education Personnel and Related Service Providers (http://www.personnelcenter.org); and Faculty Enhancement Center (http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu); (b) Identify critical gaps in the knowledge base: Identify the most
significant gaps in the current knowledge base, considering the critical issues and needs identified in paragraph (a), and utilize this information to develop an agenda that identifies and prioritizes critical need areas, where new knowledge on retention strategies, in particular induction, mentoring, and collaborative teaching strategies in all parts of the State professional development system (IHEs, SEAs, and LEAs), is needed. The Center must ensure that the agenda is
reviewed and accepted by a panel of content, research, and evaluation experts. This panel must be convened by the applicant, include representatives from teacher accreditation organizations, and be identified in collaboration with and approved by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). informs the Center’s Advisory Board described in section (e). (c) Conduct activities aligned to the agenda: Activities must be designed This expert panel
to enhance, not duplicate, efforts to understand induction and mentoring policies and practices, and their impact on retention. The Center must identify and
evaluate innovative models for the induction and mentoring of beginning special education teachers; provide targeted technical assistance for urban or rural schools with high need for highly qualified teachers to help establish and maintain well-designed induction and mentoring programs; develop partnerships
with member organizations such as the Council for Chief State School Officers, American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, etc., to convene annual forums that support the planning of State and local policies and practices that promote the implementation of high-quality induction and mentoring programs and other strategies that support teacher retention; and respond to new and emerging issues that may influence the retention of special education teachers, in particular. The Center’s work under this paragraph must align with, and be
informed by, the agenda developed under paragraph (b). (d) Disseminate policy and practice information: Develop and implement
activities that will result in effective and efficient large–scale dissemination of the policy and practice information identified and developed under paragraphs (b) and (c). The Center must make materials available on a dedicated Web site The
that is easily searchable by topic and is available at no cost to users. Center also must develop targeted mechanisms for dissemination to:
(1) SEAs and
LEAs where implementation of effective policies and practices may lead to improved staff retention; and (2) preservice training programs in IHEs, including those that supply urban or rural schools with highly qualified special educators. Dissemination activities must be conducted in collaboration with other OSEPfunded centers, in particular, the Center on Improving Teacher Quality, the National Comprehensive Center on Teacher Quality, and the National Center on Special Education Personnel and Related Services Providers Center. (e) Evaluate project activities: Design and conduct a comprehensive
evaluation of the Center.
This evaluation must provide formative information to
guide ongoing adjustments to the structure, activities, workflow, and products to improve the effectiveness of the Center. This comprehensive evaluation must also (1) policies and practices that
measure the impact of the Center to ensure that:
improve retention of beginning special education teachers are identified and widely disseminated; (2) preservice training programs are designed to link with LEAs in support of induction and mentoring programs for beginning teachers; and
(3) beginning teachers of students with disabilities, particularly in rural and urban high need schools, participate in well-designed induction and mentoring programs and use collaborative teaching strategies that support their retention in the profession. (f) Establish an Advisory Board: The design and implementation of the
Center’s required activities must be guided by an Advisory Board and informed by the expert panel described in paragraph (b). Advisory Board in concert with OSEP. The Center must establish this
The Advisory Board must be composed of SEA
and LEA personnel, IHE faculty involved with preservice preparation, teachers, individuals or parents of students with disabilities, OSEP State Professional Development Grant project directors, and project directors of ED-funded centers on teacher quality, as appropriate. (g) (1) Meet the following additional requirements: Budget for a three-day Project Director’s meeting in Washington, DC,
during each year of the grant; (2) If the Center maintains a Web site, include relevant information and
documents in a form that meets a government or industry-recognized standard for accessibility; and (3) Agree to submit an annual grant performance report which is required
of each grantee for continuation funding (34 CFR 75.590). Fourth and Fifth Years of the Project: In deciding whether to continue funding the Center for the fourth and fifth years, the Secretary will consider the requirements of 34 CFR 75.253(a), and in addition-(a) The recommendation of a review team consisting of experts selected by The review will be conducted during the last half of the
project’s second year in Washington, DC; projects must budget for travel expenses associated with this one-day intensive review;
The timeliness and effectiveness with which all requirements of the
negotiated cooperative agreement have been or are being met by the Center; and (c) The degree to which the project’s design and methodology demonstrate the potential for advancing significant, relevant knowledge. Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: Under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5
U.S.C. 553) the Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to comment on a proposed priority. However, section 681(d) of IDEA makes the public
comment requirements of the APA inapplicable to the priority in this notice. Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1462 and 1481(d). The Education Department General Administrative
Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. II. Award Information Cooperative agreement. $500,000.
Project Period: III.
Eligibility Information 1. 2. Eligible Applicants: IHEs. This competition does
not involve cost sharing or matching.
General Requirements -- (a)
The projects funded under this
competition must make positive efforts to employ and advance in employmentqualified individuals with disabilities (see section 606 of IDEA). (b) Applicants and grant recipients funded under this competition must
involve individuals with disabilities or parents of individuals with disabilities ages birth through 26 in planning, implementing, and evaluating the projects (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of IDEA). IV. Application and Submission Information 1. Address to Request Application Package: Education Publications Center Telephone (toll free): 1-877-
(ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. 433-7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244.
If you use a telecommunications device for the 1-877-576-7734.
deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free):
You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site: www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.325Q.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the Grants and Contracts Services Team listed under For Further Information Contact in section VII of this notice. 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 (Part III of the application) is where
you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your application. You must limit Part III to the equivalent of no more than 70
•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). The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the resumes, the bibliography, the references, or the letters of support. include all of the application narrative in Part III. We will reject your application if-•You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or •You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the page limit. 3. Submission Dates and Times: May 14, 2007. June 13, 2007. However, you must
Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper format by mail or hand delivery. For information (including dates and times) about how
to submit your application electronically, or by mail or hand delivery, please refer to section IV. 6. Other Submission Requirements in this notice.
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. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: 4. Intergovernmental Review: August 13, 2007.
This program is subject to Executive Order Information about Intergovernmental
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
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. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under this
competition may be submitted electronically or in paper format by mail or hand delivery. a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
To comply with the President’s Management Agenda, we are participating as a partner in the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. The National Center to
Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development competition--CFDA number 84.325Q is included in this project. participation in Grants.gov. If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must use the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov Through this site, We request your
you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for the National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development competition--CFDA number 84.325Q at: http://www.grants.gov. You must search for Do not You may not e-mail an
the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number.
include the CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.326, not 84.326A). Please note the following: • • Your participation in Grants.gov is voluntary. 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 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as otherwise noted in this section, we
will not consider your application if it is date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. 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 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 at http://eGrants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf
To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must complete the steps
in the Grants.gov registration process (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). 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 You also
business days to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to allow you to successfully submit an application via Grants.gov. will need to update your CCR registration on an annual basis. three or more business days to complete. • You will not receive additional point value because you submit your In addition you This may take
application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you if you submit your application in paper format. • If you submit your application electronically, 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. Please note that two of these forms--the SF 424 and the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424--have replaced the ED 424 (Application for Federal Education Assistance). • If you submit your application electronically, 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 This second
from Grants.gov and send a second notification to you by e-mail.
notification indicates that the Department has received your application and has assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specified 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 System Technical Issues with the Grant.Gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting your application
through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov Support Desk 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 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 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date, please contact the person listed elsewhere in this notice under For Further Information Contact 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 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 We will
unavailability of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov system.
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. b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you submit your application in paper format by mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), you must mail the original and two copies of your application, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable following address: By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of Education Application Control Center Attention: (CFDA Number 84.325Q) 400 Maryland Avenue, SW. Washington, DC 20202-4260 or By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education Application Control Center – Stop 4260 Attention: (CFDA Number 84.325Q) 7100 Old Landover Road Landover, MD 20785-1506 Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following: (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the U.S.
Postal Service. (3) (4) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial carrier. 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) (2) A private metered postmark. 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 submit your application in paper format by hand delivery, you (or a courier service) 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 84.325Q) 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 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays and Federal holidays. Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: deliver your application to the Department-If you mail or hand
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 If you do not receive this notification
receipt of your grant application.
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. 1. Application Review Information Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this competition are
from 34 CFR 75.210 and are listed in the application package. 2. Review and Selection Process: In the past, there have been
Treating A Priority As Two Separate Competitions:
problems in finding peer reviewers without conflicts of interest for competitions in which many entities throughout the country submit applications. The Standing
Panel requirements under IDEA also have placed additional constraints on the availability of reviewers. Therefore, the Department has determined that, for
some discretionary competitions, applications may be separated into two or more groups and ranked and selected for funding within the specific group. This
procedure will ensure the availability of a much larger group of reviewers without conflicts of interest. It also will increase the quality, independence
and fairness of the review process and permit panel members to review applications under discretionary competitions for which they have also submitted applications. However, if the Department decides to select for funding an equal
number of applications in each group, this may result in different cut-off points for fundable applications in each group. 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 also notify you informally.
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. 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 award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the most current performance and financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. 4. Performance Measures: Under the Government Performance and Results Act
of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has developed annual performance measures that will yield information on various aspects of the technical assistance and dissemination activities currently being supported under Part D of IDEA. These
measures will be used for the National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development competition. They are: the
percentage of products and services deemed to be of high quality by an independent review panel of qualified experts or individuals with appropriate expertise to review the substantive content of the products and services; the percentage of products and services deemed to be of high relevance to educational and early intervention policy or practice by an independent review panel of qualified members of the target audiences of the technical assistance and disseminations; and the percentage of all products and services deemed to be of
high usefulness by target audiences to improve educational or early intervention policy or practice. We will notify grantees if they will be required to provide any information related to these measures. Grantees will also be required to report information on their projects’ performance in annual reports to the Department (34 CFR 75.590). VII. Agency Contact Dr. Bonnie D. Jones, U.S. Department of
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mail about the status of your application. Please do not rely solely on e-mail to confirm whether your application has been received timely and validated successfully. Submission Problems – What should you do? If you have problems submitting to Grants.gov before the closing date, please contact Grants.gov Customer Support at 1-800-518-4726 or use the customer support available on the Web site: http://www.grants.gov/applicants/applicant_help.jsp. If electronic submission is optional and you have problems that you are unable to resolve before the deadline date and time for electronic applications, please follow the transmittal instructions for hard copy applications in the Federal Register notice and get a hard copy application postmarked by midnight on the deadline date. If electronic submission is required, you must submit an electronic application before 4:30 p.m., unless you follow the procedures in the Federal Register notice and 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. (See the Federal Register notice for detailed instructions.) Helpful Hints When Working with Grants.gov Please note, once you download an application from Grants.gov, you will be working offline and saving data on your computer. Please be sure to note where you are saving the Grants.gov file on your computer. You will need to logon to Grants.gov to upload and submit the application. You must provide on your application the DUNS number that was used when your organization registered with the CCR. Please go to http://www.grants.gov/applicants/applicant_help.jsp for help with Grants.gov. For additional tips related to submitting grant applications, please refer to the Grants.gov Submit Application FAQs found on the Grants.gov http://www.grants.gov/help/submit_application_faqs.jsp. Dial-Up Internet Connections When using a dial up connection to upload and submit your application, it can take significantly longer than when you are connected to the Internet with a high-speed connection, e.g. cable modem/DSL/T1. While times will vary depending upon the size of your application, it can take a few minutes to a few hours to complete your grant submission using a dial up connection. If you do not have access to a high-speed connection and electronic submission is required, you may want to consider following the instructions in the Federal Register notice to obtain an exception to the electronic submission requirement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date. (See the Federal Register notice for detailed instructions.) MAC Users If you do not have a Windows operating System, you will need to use the Citrix solution discussed on Grants.gov or a Windows Emulation program to submit an application using Grants.gov. For additional information, review the FAQs for non-windows users http://www.grants.gov/resources/download_software.jsp#non_window. Also, to view white paper for Macintosh users published by Pure Edge go to the following link: http://www.grants.gov/section678/PureEdgeSupportforMacintosh.pdf, and/or contact Grants.gov Customer Support (http://www.grants.gov/contactus/contactus.jsp) for more information. If electronic submission is required and you are concerned about your ability to submit electronically as a non-windows user, please follow instructions in the Federal Register notice to obtain an exception to the electronic submission requirement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date. (See the Federal Register notice for detailed instructions.)
(CFDA 84.325Q) DEADLINE: 06/13/07 Background: While Federal law requires educators to meet the highly qualified teacher (HQT) requirements, States and school districts struggle to retain such teachers. The likelihood that teachers will remain in their positions beyond the first years of employment is affected by a wide variety of factors, including the policies and practices of teacher preparation programs, States, and school districts. The retention of teachers is a major concern among educators because teacher turnover creates multiple challenges for schools. Several recent studies report the costs of teacher turnover are high because it not only affects the quality of instruction, but turnover also means additional costs for preparing, recruiting, and inducting highly qualified teachers to replace those who have left (Boe, Cook, and Sutherland, 2006; Billingsley, 2005; Johnson, Berg, and Donaldson, 2005). On the whole, there is broad consensus among policymakers that significant efforts are needed to improve the preparation and retention of highly qualified teachers. Teacher preparation that is of high quality is a strong predictor of both teacher retention and good teaching practice (NCTAF, 2006), and research has consistently found that new teachers make important gains in teaching quality in the first year and smaller gains over the next few years of their careers (Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005, p. 449 as cited in Condition of Education, NCES, 2005). In addition, high quality teacher preparation, along with quality induction and mentoring during the first years of employment, appear to be even more important in urban school districts where data from the last several decades show that from 40 to 50 percent of new teachers will leave the profession within five years (Darling-Hammond and Schlan, 1996; Ingersoll, 2003; National Education Association, 2006; Farber, 2006). Research suggests that there are a variety of effective ways to improve retention rates for beginning special educators, as well as strategies that improve the quality of pre-service training and professional development for special educators. To this end, the Secretary proposes a National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development. Priority: This priority supports a National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development (Center). The purposes of this Center are to: (a) inform special education teacher preparation policy and practice by examining and recommending to IHEs, State educational agencies (SEAs), and local educational agencies (LEAs) those policies and practices that improve retention of beginning special education teachers, such as high quality induction, mentoring, and collaborative teaching experiences; and (b) recommend implementation strategies for policies and practices that provide beginning special education and regular education
teachers with the knowledge and skills to effectively support students with disabilities in different classroom settings, including collaborative practices in regular classroom settings. The Center must: (a) Identify needs and existing resources: Identify critical issues, needs, and existing resources that relate to improved support for beginning special educators through: (1) a comprehensive review of current policy, scientifically based research, and evidence-based practice literature on retention strategies such as the induction and mentoring of beginning teachers of students with disabilities and collaborative teaching practices; and (2) coordination with other U.S. Department of Education (ED) funded grants related to highly qualified teacher induction, mentoring, and retention (e.g., National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (http://www.ncctq.org); Center for Improving Teacher Quality (http://www.centerforteacherquality.org); National Center for Special Education Personnel and Related Service Providers (http://www.personnelcenter.org); and Faculty Enhancement Center (http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu); (b) Identify critical gaps in the knowledge base: Identify the most significant gaps in the current knowledge base, considering the critical issues and needs identified in paragraph (a), and utilize this information to develop an agenda that identifies and prioritizes critical need areas, where new knowledge on retention strategies, in particular induction, mentoring, and collaborative teaching strategies in all parts of the State professional development system (IHEs, SEAs, and LEAs), is needed. The Center must ensure that the agenda is reviewed and accepted by a panel of content, research, and evaluation experts. This panel must be convened by the applicant, include representatives from teacher accreditation organizations, be identified in collaboration with and approved by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). This expert panel informs the Center’s Advisory Board described in section (e). (c) Conduct activities aligned to the agenda: Activities must be designed to enhance, not duplicate, efforts to understand induction and mentoring policies and practices, and their impact on retention. The Center must identify and evaluate innovative models for the induction and mentoring of beginning special education teachers; provide targeted technical assistance for urban or rural schools with high need for highly qualified teachers to help establish and maintain welldesigned induction and mentoring programs; develop partnerships with member organizations such as the Council for Chief State School Officers, American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, etc., to convene annual forums that support the planning of State and local policies and practices that promote the implementation of high-quality induction and mentoring programs and other strategies that support teacher retention; and respond to new and emerging issues that may influence the retention of special education teachers, in particular. The Center’s work under this paragraph must align with, and be informed by, the agenda developed under paragraph (b). (d) Disseminate policy and practice information: Develop and implement activities that will result in effective and efficient large–scale dissemination of the policy and practice information identified and developed under paragraphs (b) and (c). The Center must make materials available on a dedicated Web site that is easily searchable by topic and is available at no
cost to users. The Center also must develop targeted mechanisms for dissemination to: (1) SEAs and LEAs where implementation of effective policies and practices may lead to improved staff retention; and (2) preservice training programs in IHEs, including those that supply urban or rural schools with highly qualified special educators. Dissemination activities must be conducted in collaboration with other OSEP-funded centers, in particular, the Center on Improving Teacher Quality, the National Comprehensive Center on Teacher Quality, and the National Center on Special Education Personnel and Related Services Providers Center. (e) Evaluate project activities: Design and conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the Center. This evaluation must provide formative information to guide ongoing adjustments to the structure, activities, workflow, and products to improve the effectiveness of the Center. This comprehensive evaluation must also measure the impact of the Center to ensure that: (1) policies and practices that improve retention of beginning special education teachers are identified and widely disseminated; (2) preservice training programs are designed to link with LEAs in support of induction and mentoring programs for beginning teachers; and (3) beginning teachers of students with disabilities, particularly in rural and urban high need schools, participate in well-designed induction and mentoring programs and use collaborative teaching strategies that support their retention in the profession. (f) Establish an Advisory Board: The design and implementation of the Center’s required activities must be guided by an Advisory Board and informed by the expert panel described in paragraph (b). The Center must establish this Advisory Board in concert with OSEP. The Advisory Board must be composed of SEA and LEA personnel, IHE faculty involved with preservice preparation, teachers, individuals or parents of students with disabilities, OSEP State Professional Development Grant project directors, and project directors of ED-funded centers on teacher quality, as appropriate; and (g) Meet the following additional requirements: (1) Budget for a three-day Project Director’s meeting in Washington, DC, during each year of the grant; (2) If the Center maintains a Web site, include relevant information and documents in a form that meets a government or industry-recognized standard for accessibility; and (3) Agree to submit an annual grant performance report which is required of each grantee for continuation funding (34 CFR 75.590). Fourth and Fifth Years of the Project: In deciding whether to continue funding the Center for the fourth and fifth years, the Secretary will consider the requirements of 34 CFR 75.253(a), and in addition--
(a) The recommendation of a review team consisting of experts selected by the Secretary. The review will be conducted during the last half of the project’s second year in Washington, DC; projects must budget for travel expenses associated with this one-day intensive review; (b) The timeliness and effectiveness with which all requirements of the negotiated cooperative agreement have been or are being met by the Center; and (c) The degree to which the project’s design and methodology demonstrate the potential for advancing significant, relevant knowledge. Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1462 and 1481(d). PERFORMANCE MEASURES: Under the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has developed annual performance measures that will yield information on various aspects of the technical assistance and dissemination activities currently being supported under IDEA Part D. These measures will be used for the National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development competition. They are: the percentage of products and services deemed to be of high quality by an independent review panel of qualified experts or individuals with appropriate expertise to review the substantive content of the products and services; the percentage of products and services deemed to be of high relevance to educational and early intervention policy or practice by an independent review panel of qualified members of the target audiences of the technical assistance and disseminations; the percentage of all products and services deemed to be of high usefulness by target audiences to improve educational or early intervention policy or practice. We will notify grantees if they will be required to provide any information related to these measures. Grantees will also be required to report information on their projects’ performance in annual reports to the Department (34 CFR 75.590). APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE: May 14, 2007. DEADLINE FOR TRANSMITTAL OF APPLICATIONS: June 13, 2007. DEADLINE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW: August 13, 2007. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE FUNDS $500,000. MAXIMUM AWARD: We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding $500,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services may change the maximum amount through a notice published in the Federal Register. ESTIMATED NUMBER OF AWARDS: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. PROJECT PERIOD: Up to 60 months. PAGE LIMITS: The application narrative (Part III of the application) is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your application. You must limit Part III to the equivalent of no more than 70 pages using the following standards: • • A "page" is 8.5" x 11", (on one side only) with one-inch margins (top, bottom, and 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).
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part IV, the assurances and certifications; or the abstract, the resumes, the bibliography, references, or the letters of support. However, you must include all of the application narrative in Part III. We will reject any application if -• • You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the page limit.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: (a) Projects funded under this notice must make positive efforts to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities in project activities (see section 606 of IDEA); and (b) Applicants and grant recipients funded under this notice must involve individuals with disabilities or parents of individuals with disabilities ages birth through 26 in planning, implementing, and evaluating the projects (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of IDEA); APPLICABLE REGULATIONS: (a) The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99; and (b) The selection criteria for this program are from 34 CFR 75.210. INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVIEW:
The program in this notice is subject to the requirements of Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the Executive Order is to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a strengthened federalism. The Executive order relies on processes developed by State and local governments for coordination and review of proposed Federal financial assistance. This document provides early notification of our specific plans and actions for this program. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS: Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs). For further information about this priority contact: Dr. Bonnie D. Jones, Competition Manager Research to Practice Division Office of Special Education Programs Telephone: (202) 245-7395 FAX: (202) 245-7619 Internet: Bonnie.Jones@ed.gov TDD: 1-800-877-8339
SELECTION CRITERIA AND FORMAT FOR THE NATIONAL CENTER TO INFORM POLICY AND PRACTICE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (CFDA 84.325Q) COMPETITION Part III of the application form requires a narrative that addresses the selection criteria that will be used by reviewers in evaluating individual proposals. Applications are more likely to receive favorable reviews by panels when they are organized according to the format suggested below. This format was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER as an appendix to the program regulations, and it addresses all the selection criteria used to evaluate applications required by regulations. If you prefer to use a different format, you may wish to cross-reference the sections of your application to the selection criteria to be sure that reviewers are able to find all relevant information. The selection criteria that will be used to evaluate applications submitted to the National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development (CFDA 84.325Q) competition are the selection criteria for new grants required by the EDGAR general selection criteria menu. The maximum score for all of the criteria is 100 points. An abstract, not to exceed two pages, should precede the application narrative of all applications and it would be helpful if it included the following information: Purpose of the project; disability addressed by the project; age group (e.g., 0-3, preschool, elementary school, middle school, high school, secondary transition, and postsecondary); geography (e.g., rural, suburban, urban); severity (e.g., mild, moderate, and severe); proposed products; proposed outcomes; names/affiliations of key collaborators. It would be helpful if the abstract includes: (a) the title of the program, (b) the name of the Absolute Priority, and (c) the CFDA Number (e.g., 84.325Q). For Personnel Preparation applications, the abstract should also include, as appropriate, (a) the degree individuals receive upon completion of the program, (b) type of program offered, (c) number of students who receive support, and (d) percent of total annual funding designated for student support. For Technology and Technical Assistance and Dissemination applications, the abstract should include (a) design and (b) project evaluation, including measures. (a) Significance (15 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 potential contribution of the proposed project to increased knowledge or understanding of educational problems, issues, or effective strategies; (ii) The likelihood that the proposed project will result in system change or improvement;
(iii) The extent to which the proposed project is likely to build local capacity to provide, improve, or expand services that address the needs of the target population; (iv) The likely utility of the products (such as information, materials, processes, or techniques) that will result from the proposed project, including the potential for their being used effectively in a variety of other settings; and (v) The importance or magnitude of the results or outcomes likely to be attained by the proposed project. (b) Quality of project services (30 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 extent to which the services to be provided by the proposed project are appropriate to the needs of the intended recipients or beneficiaries of those services; (ii) The extent to which entities that are to be served by the proposed technical assistance project demonstrate support for the project; (iii) The extent to which the services to be provided by the proposed project reflect up-to-date knowledge from research and effective practice; (iv) The likely impact of the services to be provided by the proposed project on the intended recipients of those services; (v) 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; and (vi) The extent to which the technical assistance services to be provided by the proposed project involve the use of efficient strategies, including the use of technology, as appropriate, and the leveraging of non-project resources.
(c) Quality of project personnel (20 points) (1) The Secretary considers the quality of the personnel who will carry out the proposed project. (2) In determining the quality of project personnel, the Secretary considers the extent to which the applicant encourages applications for employment from persons who are members of groups that have traditionally been underrepresented based on race, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability. (3) In addition, the Secretary considers the following factors: (i) The qualifications, including relevant training and experience, of key project personnel; and (ii) The qualifications, including relevant training and experience, of project consultants or subcontractors. (d) Quality of the management plan (25 points) (1) The Secretary considers the quality of the management plan for the proposed project. (2) 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; (iii) The adequacy of mechanisms for ensuring high-quality products and services from the proposed project; (iv) The extent to which the time commitments of the project director and principal investigator and other key project personnel are appropriate and adequate to meet the objectives of the proposed project; and (v) How the applicant will ensure that a diversity of perspectives are brought to bear in the operation of the proposed project, including those of parents, teachers, the business community, a variety of disciplinary and professional fields, recipients or beneficiaries of services, or others, as appropriate.
(e) Adequacy of resources (10 points) (1) The Secretary considers the adequacy of resources for the proposed project. (2) In determining the adequacy of resources for the proposed project, the Secretary considers the following factors: (i) The adequacy of support, including facilities, equipment, supplies, and other resources, from the applicant organization or the lead applicant organization; (ii) The extent to which the budget is adequate to support the proposed project; and (iii) The extent to which the costs are reasonable in relation to the number of persons to be served and to the anticipated results and benefits.
GENERAL INFORMATION ON COMPLETING AN APPLICATION Potential applicants frequently direct questions to officials of the Department regarding application notices and programmatic and administrative regulations governing various direct grant programs. To assist potential applicants, the Office of Special Education Programs staff have assembled the following most commonly raised issues. In general, this information applies to the grant competitions covered by this application package. • EXTENSION OF DEADLINES Waivers for individual applications are not granted, regardless of the circumstances. Under very extraordinary circumstances a closing date may be changed. Such changes are announced in the Federal Register. • COPIES OF THE APPLICATION Current Government-wide policy is that only an original and two copies need to be submitted. OSEP would appreciate receiving three additional copies to facilitate the peer review process. This would mean an original and two copies need to be submitted and we would appreciate your voluntarily submitting an additional three copies (six applications in all). Copies of the application may be bound, but it is not necessary or required. If bound, one copy should be left unbound to facilitate electronic scanning and any necessary reproduction. Applicants should not use colored paper, foldouts, photographs, or other materials that are hard to duplicate. Please Note: If an application is recommended for funding and a grant award is issued, we will contact the applicant to request a copy of the application on a diskette or CD. The Department is moving toward an electronic grant filing system and an electronic copy of all applications that are being funded will facilitate this effort. • MAKING APPLICATIONS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO REVIEWERS WHO ARE BLIND OR HAVE LOW VISION The Department will accept one copy of the application in an accessible format (i.e., IBM PC compatible WordPerfect or ASCII code diskette) along with the original and two print copies of the application. The accessible format copy can be used with available software to convert the text of the application into Braille, or with text to voice applications. If there are any differences in the print original provided on the disk and in print, the print original is assumed to be the correct version. Please note that it is not a requirement that one copy of the application be in an accessible format. • MISSED DEADLINES AND SUBMISSION UNDER OTHER COMPETITIONS Should an application miss the deadline for a particular competition, it may be submitted to another competition. However, if an application is properly prepared to meet the specifications
of one competition, it is extremely unlikely that it would be favorably evaluated under a different competition. • SUBMISSION TO MORE THAN ONE PROGRAM Applications may be submitted to more than one Federal program if you are unsure of the most appropriate program. Each application should be prepared following the instructions for that particular program as closely as possible (which may require some reformulation). It is very helpful if each program is notified that an identical or similar application is being submitted to another program. • HELP PREPARING APPLICATIONS We are happy to provide general program information. Clearly it would not be appropriate for staff to participate in the actual writing of an application, but we can respond to specific questions about our application requirements and evaluation criteria, or about the announced priorities. Applicants should understand that such previous contact is not required, nor does it guarantee the success of an application. • NOTIFICATION OF FUNDING The time required to complete the evaluation of applications is variable. Once applications have been received staff must determine the areas of expertise needed to appropriately evaluate the applications, identify and contact potential reviewers, convene peer review panels, and summarize and review the recommendations of the review panels. You can expect to receive notification within 3 to 6 months of the application closing date, depending on the number of applications received and the number of competitions with closing dates at about the same time. The requested start date can be no later than January 1 of the year following the closing date of the competition. • POSSIBILITY OF LEARNING THE OUTCOME OF REVIEW PANELS PRIOR TO OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION Every year we are called by a number of applicants who have legitimate reasons for needing to know the outcome of the review prior to official notification. Some applicants need to make job decisions, some need to notify a local school district, etc. Regardless of the reason, we cannot share information about the review with anyone until the Assistant Secretary has approved a slate of projects recommended for funding. You will be notified as quickly as possible either by telephone (if your application is recommended for funding), or through a letter (if your application is not successful). • FORMAT FOR APPLICATIONS The application narrative (Part III of the application form) should be organized to follow the exact sequence of the components in the selection criteria used to evaluate applications. (The selection criteria for the competitions covered by this packet are listed following the specific
competition information in section “B” of this packet.) A table of contents, list of priority requirements, and a two-page abstract summarizing the objectives, activities, project participants, and expected outcomes of the proposed project should precede the application narrative. If you prefer to use a different format, you may wish to cross-reference the sections of your application to the selection criteria to be sure that reviewers are able to find all relevant information. To aid in screening and reviewing the application, applicants should list in Part II and prior to the abstract, all general, special, and other requirements for the priority and corresponding page number (s) where requirements are addressed within the application. Page limits do not apply to this list. (All requirements are found in each priority description included in this application package.) The format included below is an example of how you might provide this information in your application. Page # ______ Requirements (a) Projects funded under this notice must make positive efforts to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities in project activities. (See Section 606 of IDEA) (b) Applicants and grant recipients funded under this notice must involve individuals with disabilities or parents of individuals with disabilities ages birth through 26 in planning, implementing, and evaluating the projects. (See Section 682(a)(1)(A) of IDEA) (c) Applicant must describe steps to ensure equitable access to, and participation in, its program for students, teachers, and other program beneficiaries with special needs. (See Section 427, GEPA) (d) Projects funded under these priorities must budget for a three-day Project’s Directors’ meeting in Washington, D.C. during each year of the project.
PAGE LIMITS Please note that all applications submitted under the competition in this application package must adhere to the Part III - Application Narrative page limit requirements that are specified under each priority/competition description. Your application should provide enough information to allow the review panel to evaluate the importance and impact of the project as well as to make knowledgeable judgments about the methods you propose to use (design, subjects, sampling procedures, measures, instruments, data analysis strategies, etc.). It is often helpful to have: (l) Staff Vitae--They should include each person's title and role in the proposed project and contain only information that is relevant to this proposed project's activities and/or publications. Vitae for consultants and Advisory Council members should be similarly brief. Instruments--except in the case of generally available and well known instruments.
Agreements--when the participation of an agency other than the applicant is critical to the project. This is particularly critical when an intervention will be implemented within an agency, or when subjects will be drawn from particular agencies. Letters of cooperation should be specific, indicating agreement to implement a particular intervention or to provide access to a particular group of students.
The items listed above are not included under page limits. • MAKING SURE APPLICATION IS ASSIGNED TO THE CORRECT COMPETITION Applicants should clearly indicate in Item 3 on the application (SF Form 424) the CFDA number of the program priority (e.g., 84.325Q, etc.) representing the competition in which the application should be considered. If this information is not provided, your application may inadvertently be assigned and reviewed under a different competition from the one you intended. • RETURN OF NON-FUNDED APPLICATIONS We do not return original copies of applications. Thus, applicants should retain at least one copy of the application. Copies of reviewer comments will be mailed to all applicants. • PROPOSED STAFF AVAILABILITY TO PROJECT For each staff person named in the application, please provide documentation of all internal and external time commitments. In instances where a staff person is committed on a federally supported project, please provide the project name, Federal office, program title, the project Federal award number, and the amount of committed time by each project year. This information (e.g., Staff: Jane Doe; Project Name: Succeeding in the General Curriculum; Federal office: Office of Special Education Programs; Program title: Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities; Award number: H326A030002; Time commitments: Year 1—30%; Year 2—25% and Year 3—40%) can be provided as an Appendix to the application. In general, we will not reduce time commitments on currently funded grants from the time proposed in the original application. Therefore, we will not consider for funding any application where key staff are bid above a time commitment level that staff have available to bid. Further, the time commitments stated in newly submitted applications will not be negotiated down to permit the applicant to receive a new grant award. • USE OF PERSON LOADING CHARTS It is important for applicants to include proposed time commitments for all project personnel. Also, program officials and applicants often find person loading charts useful formats for showing project personnel and their time commitments to individual activities. A person loading chart is a tabular representation of major evaluation activities by number of days spent by each key person involved in each activity, as shown in the following example.
*Note: All figures represent FTE for the academic year. • DELIVERING/SENDING APPLICATIONS TO THE COMPETITION MANAGER Applications that are mailed or hand delivered must be sent to the Application Control Center at the address listed in the Application Transmittal Instructions. For applications that are submitted electronically, please refer to the guidelines in the Application Transmittal Instructions. Delivering or sending the application to the competition manager in the program office may prevent it from being logged in on time to the appropriate competition and may result in the application not being reviewed. • ALLOWED TRAVEL UNDER THESE PROJECTS Travel is allowed if the travel specifically relates to the expressed goals of the project. Travel by students to further their education under the project's goals is also allowed. Travel to conferences is the travel item that is most likely to be questioned during negotiations. Such travel is sometimes allowed when it is for purposes of dissemination, when there will be results to be disseminated, and when it is clear that a conference presentation or workshop is an effective way of reaching a particular target group. • FUNDING OF APPROVED APPLICATIONS It is often the case that the number of applications recommended for approval by the reviewers exceeds the dollars available for funding projects under a particular competition. When the panel reviews are completed for a particular competition, the individual reviewer scores and applications are ranked. The higher ranked, approved applications are funded first, and there are often lower ranked, approved applications that do not receive funding. Sometimes, one or two
applications that are approved and fall next in rank order (after those projects selected for funding) are placed on hold. If dollars become available as a result of negotiations, or if a higher ranked applicant declines the award, the projects on hold may receive funding. If you receive a letter stating that you will not receive funding, then your project has neither been selected for funding nor placed on hold. • INDIRECT COST RATE For competitions under the Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities (84.325) program, the indirect cost rate may not exceed eight percent of the direct costs. Some or all of the grants awarded under this program have been designated training grants. The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) limit reimbursement of indirect costs under training grants to non-governmental grantees (subject to 34 CFR part 74). These grantees may recover indirect costs under training grants up to the grantee’s actual indirect costs as determined by the grantee’s negotiated indirect cost agreement or a maximum of 8% of a modified total direct costs, whichever is less. Note: This limitation does not apply to State agencies, local governments or Federallyrecognized Indian tribal governments. [§75.562(c)(2)]) Grantees charging indirect costs to an ED training grant at the 8% rate should have a negotiated rate with their cognizant agency, i.e., either the Federal agency from which it has received the most direct funding subject to indirect cost support, the particular agency specifically assigned cognizance by the Office of Management and Budget or the State agency that provides the most subgrant funds to the grantee. Although applicants are not required to submit with their application a copy of their indirect cost agreement to claim the 8% rate for funding received in this program, they are required to have documentation available for audit that shows that their negotiated indirect cost rate is at least 8% [§75.563(d)]. Applicants should be aware that amounts representing the difference between the 8% rate and a greater indirect cost rate negotiated with a cognizant agency may not be charged to direct cost categories, used to satisfy matching or cost-sharing requirements, or charged to another Federal award. [§75.563(c)(3)] Please remember, that recent changes in the indirect costs calculations now removes the cost for student support; traineeships, stipends, tuition, from the direct cost line item. Students’ costs are not subject to indirect cost rates. • ISSUES RAISED DURING DISCUSSIONS PRIOR TO AWARD If your application is recommended for funding, discussions may be held prior to award to clarify technical or budget issues. These are issues that have been identified during panel and staff review. Generally, technical issues are minor issues that require clarification. Alternative approaches may be presented for your consideration, or you may be asked to provide additional information or rationale for something you have proposed to do. Sometimes, concerns are stated as "conditions". These are concerns that have been identified as so critical that the award cannot
be made unless those conditions are met. Questions are also raised about the proposed budget during the discussion phase. Generally, budget issues are raised because there is inadequate justification or explanation of the particular budget item, or because the budget item does not seem critical to the successful completion of the project. A Federal project officer will present the issues to you and ask you to respond. If you do not understand the question, you should ask for clarification. In responding to discussion items you should provide any additional information or clarification requested. You may feel that an issue was addressed in the application. It may not, however, have been explained in enough detail to make it understood by reviewers, and more information should be provided. If you are asked to make changes that you feel could seriously affect the project's success, you may provide reasons for not making the changes, or provide alternative suggestions. Similarly, if proposed budget reductions will, in your opinion, seriously affect the proposed activities, you may want to explain why and provide additional justification for the proposed expenses. Your changes, explanations, and alternative suggestions will be carefully evaluated by staff. In some instances, an applicant may again be contacted for additional information. An award cannot be made until all issues have been resolved and conditions met. • TREATING A PRIORITY AS TWO SEPARATE COMPETITIONS. In the past, there have been problems in finding peer reviewers without conflicts of interest where applications are made by many entities throughout the country. The Standing Panel requirements under the IDEA Amendments of 1997 have also placed additional constraints on the availability of reviewers. Therefore, The Department has determined that, for some discretionary priorities, applications may be ranked and selected for funding in two or more groups, which will ensure the availability of a much larger group of reviewers without conflicts of interest. This procedure will increase the quality, independence and fairness of the review process and will permit panel members to review applications under discretionary priorities to which they have also submitted applications. • SUCCESSFUL APPLICATIONS AND ESTIMATED/PROJECTED BUDGET AMOUNTS IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS There is a maximum award amount specified for the priority/competitions included in this package. The Department rejects and does not consider an application that proposes a budget exceeding the maximum amount for any single budget period of 12 months for the priorities included in this package. Please refer to the priority description to determine the maximum award for any one particular competition. Since the yearly budgets for multi-year projects will be negotiated at the time of the initial award, applicants must include detailed budgets for each year of their proposed project. Generally, out-year funding levels most likely will not exceed 1st year budgets. However, budget modifications during the negotiation process, the findings from the previous year, or needed changes in the study design can affect your budget requirements in subsequent years, but in no case will out-year budgets exceed the maximum award amount. • REQUIREMENT TO REPORT THE RESULTS OF GRANT ACTIVITIES The Department shall, where appropriate, require recipients of all grants, contracts and cooperative agreements under Part D of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to prepare
reports describing their procedures, findings, and other relevant information. The Department shall require their delivery to the Department of Education and other networks as The Department may determine appropriate. (20 U.S.C. 1482) • DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND A GRANT A cooperative agreement is similar to a grant in that its principal purpose is to accomplish a public purpose of support or stimulation as authorized by a Federal statute. It differs from a grant in the sense that in a cooperative agreement substantial involvement is anticipated between the executive agency (in this case the Department of Education) and the recipient during the performance of the contemplated activity. • DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ABSOLUTE PRIORITY, AN INVITATIONAL PRIORITY, AND A COMPETITIVE PRIORITY An absolute priority is a priority that an applicant must address in order to receive an award. If an applicant does not address an absolute priority, their application will be returned as being nonresponsive to the priority. An invitational priority is a priority that reflects a particular interest of the Department, and an applicant is encouraged to address the invitational priority along with the required absolute priority. However, an applicant choosing to address an invitational priority, will not receive any competitive preference over other applications. A competitive priority is like an invitational priority in that it reflects a particular interest of the Department, and an applicant is encouraged to address the competitive priority along with the required absolute priority. A competitive priority may be handled in one of two ways: (1) an application may be awarded additional points depending on how effectively it addresses the competitive priority; or (2) an application that meets a competitive priority may be selected over an application of comparable merit that does not address the competitive priority. The type of competitive priority for a particular competition is always included in the FEDERAL REGISTER announcement. • OBTAINING COPIES OF THE FEDERAL REGISTER, PROGRAM REGULATIONS AND FEDERAL STATUTES Copies of these materials can usually be found at your local library. If not, they can be obtained by writing to: Superintendent of Documents U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 Telephone: (202) 512-1800.
Information about the Department's funding opportunities, including copies of application notices for discretionary grant competitions, can be viewed on the Department's grant information web page which can be accessed on the INTERNET at: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/gcsindex.html However, the official application notice for a discretionary grant competition is the notice published in the FEDERAL REGISTER.
Application Transmittal Instructions ATTENTION ELECTRONIC APPLICANTS: Please note that you must follow the Application Procedures as described in the Federal Register notice announcing the grant competition. Some programs may require electronic submission of applications, and those programs will have specific requirements and waiver instructions in the Federal Register notice. If you want to apply for a grant and be considered for funding, you must meet the following deadline requirements: Applications Submitted Electronically You must submit your grant application through the Internet using the software provided on the Grants.gov Web site (http://www.grants.gov) by 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on the application deadline date. If you submit your application through the Internet via the e-Grants Web site, you will receive an automatic acknowledgment when we receive your application. For more information on using Grants.gov, please refer to the Notice Inviting Applications that was published in the Federal Register, the Grants.gov Submission Procedures and Tips document found in the application package instructions, and visit http://www.grants.gov. Applications Sent by Mail You must mail the original and two copies of the application on or before the deadline date to. To help expedite our review of your application, we would appreciate your voluntarily including an additional 3 copies of your application. Please mail copies to: U.S. Department of Education Application Control Center Attention: CFDA# 84.325Q 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202 - 4260 You must show one of the following as proof of mailing: (1)A legibly dated U. S. Postal Service Postmark. (2)A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the U. S. Postal Service. (3)A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial carrier. (4)Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary. If you mail an application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark. (2)A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Services. An applicant should note that the U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before relying on this method, an applicant should check with its local post office. Applications Delivered by Commercial Carrier: Special Note: Due to recent disruptions to normal mail delivery, the Department encourages you to consider using an alternative delivery method (for example, a commercial carrier, such as Federal Express or United Parcel Service; or U. S. Postal Service Express Mail) to transmit your application for this competition to the Department. If you use an alternative delivery method, please obtain the appropriate proof of mailing under “Applications Sent by Mail,” then follow the mailing instructions under the appropriate delivery method. Applications that are delivered by commercial carrier, such as Federal Express, United Parcel Service, etc. should be mailed to the: U.S. Department of Education Application Control Center – Stop 4260 Attention: CFDA# 84.325Q 7100 Old Landover Road Landover, MD 20785-1506 Applications Delivered by Hand You or your courier must hand deliver the original and number of copies requested of the application by 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on or before the deadline date. To help expedite our review of your application, we would appreciate your voluntarily including an additional 3 copies of your application. Please hand deliver copies to: U.S. Department of Education Application Control Center Attention: CFDA# 84.325Q 550 12th Street, SW PCP - Room 7041 Washington, DC 20202 – 4260 The Application Control Center accepts application deliveries daily between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time), except Saturdays, Sundays and Federal holidays .
Appendix Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs This appendix applies to each program that is subject to the requirements of Executive Order 12372 (Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs) and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. The objective of the Executive order is to foster an intergovernmental partnership and to strengthen federalism by relying on State and local processes for State and local government coordination and review of proposed Federal financial assistance. Applicants must contact the appropriate State Single Point of Contact to find out about, and to comply with, the State's process under Executive Order 12372. Applicants proposing to perform activities in more than one State should immediately contact the Single Point of Contact for each of those States and follow the procedure established in each of those States under the Executive order. A listing containing the Single Point of Contact for each State is included in this appendix. In States that have not established a process or chosen a program for review, State, areawide, regional, and local entities may submit comments directly to the Department. Any State Process Recommendation and other comments submitted by a State Single Point of Contact and any comments from State, areawide, regional, and local entities must be mailed or hand-delivered by the date indicated in the actual application notice to the following address: The Secretary, EO 12372--CFDA# [commenter must insert number--including suffix letter, if any], U.S. Department of Education, room 7W301, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202. Proof of mailing will be determined on the same basis as applications (see 34 CFR 75.102). Recommendations or comments may be hand-delivered until 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on the date indicated in the actual application notice. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ABOVE ADDRESS IS NOT THE SAME ADDRESS AS THE ONE TO WHICH THE APPLICANT SUBMITS ITS COMPLETED APPLICATION. DO NOT SEND APPLICATIONS TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS.
STATE SINGLE POINTS OF CONTACT (SPOCs) It is estimated that in 2004 the Federal Government will outlay $400 billion in grants to State and local governments. Executive Order 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs," was issued with the desire to foster the intergovernmental partnership and strengthen federalism by relying on State and local processes for the coordination and review of proposed Federal financial assistance and direct Federal development. The Order allows each State to designate an entity to perform this function. Below is the official list of those entities. For those States that have a home page for their designated entity, a direct link has been provided on the official version: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html. States that are not listed on this page have chosen not to participate in the intergovernmental review process, and therefore do not have a SPOC. If you are located within one of these States, you may still send application materials directly to a Federal awarding agency. Contact information for Federal agencies that award grants can be found in The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog Contents Page. You can access Appendix IV by Agency [http://12.46.245.173/CFDA/appx4_web.pdf] or by State [http://12.46.245.173/CFDA/appx4_web_state.pdf]. ARKANSAS Tracy L. Copeland Manager, State Clearinghouse Office of Intergovernmental Services Department of Finance and Administration 1515 W. 7th Street, Room 412 Little Rock, Arkansas 72203 Telephone: (501) 682-1074 FAX: (501) 682-5206 tracy.copeland@dfa.state.ar.us DELAWARE Jennifer L. Carlson Assoc. Fiscal & Policy Analyst Office of Management and Budget Budget Development, Planning & Admin. Haslet Armory, Third Floor 122 William Penn Street Dover, Delaware 19901 SLC D570E Telephone: (302) 739-4206 FAX: (302) 739-5661 jennifer.carlson@state.de.us CALIFORNIA Grants Coordination State Clearinghouse Office of Planning and Research P.O. Box 3044, Room 222 Sacramento, California 95812-3044 Telephone: (916) 445-0613 FAX: (916) 323-3018 State.clearinghouse@opr.ca.gov DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Marlene Jefferson DC Government Office of Partnerships and Grants Development 414 4th Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Telephone: (202) 727-6518 FAX: (202) 727-1652 marlene.Jefferson@dc.gov
FLORIDA Lauren P. Milligan Florida State Clearinghouse Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection 3900 Commonwealth Boulevard Mall Station 47 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-3000 Telephone: (850) 245-2161 FAX: (850) 245-2190 Lauren.Milligan@dep.state.fl.us ILLINOIS Roukaya McCaffrey Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunities 620 East Adams, 6th Floor Springfield, Illinois, 62701 Telephone: (217) 524-0188 FAX: (217) 558-0473 roukaya_mccaffrey@illinoisbiz.biz KENTUCKY Ron Cook The Governor’s Office for Local Development 1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 340 Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 Telephone: (502) 573-2382 / (800) 3465606 FAX: (502) 573-2512 Ron.Cook@Ky.Gov
GEORGIA Barbara Jackson Georgia State Clearinghouse 270 Washington Street, SW, 8th Floor Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Telephone: (404) 656-3855 FAX: (404) 656-7901 gach@mail.opb.state.ga.us
IOWA Kathy Mable Iowa Department of Management State Capitol Building Room G12 1007 E Grand Avenue Des Moines, Iowa 50319 Telephone: (515) 281-8834 FAX: (515) 242-5897 Kathy.Mable@iowa.gov MAINE Joyce Benson State Planning Office 184 State Street 38 State House Station Augusta, Maine 04333 Telephone: (207) 287-3261 (direct): (207) 287-1461 FAX: (207) 287-6489 joyce.benson@state.me.us
MARYLAND Linda C. Janey, J.D. Director, Capital Planning and Development Review Maryland Department of Planning 301 West Preston Street, Room 1104 Baltimore, Maryland 21201-2305 Telephone: (410) 767-4490 FAX: (410) 767-4480 linda@mail.op.state.md.us MISSISSIPPI Janet Riddell Clearinghouse Officer Department of Finance and Administration 1301 Woolfolk Building, Suite E 501 North West Street Jackson, Mississippi 39201 Telephone: (601) 359-6762 Fax: (601) 359-6758 JRiddell@dfa.state.ms.us NEVADA Zofia Targosz Department of Administration State Clearinghouse 209 E. Musser Street, Room 200 Carson City, Nevada 89701 Telephone: (775) 684-0209 FAX: (775) 684-0260 clearinghouse@budget.state.nv.us NEW YORK Linda Shkrell Office of Public Security Homeland Security Grants Coordination 633 3rd Avenue New York, NY 10017 Telephone: (212) 867-1289 FAX: (212) 867-1725
MICHIGAN William Parkus Southeast Michigan Council of Governments 535 Griswold, Suite 300 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Telephone: (313) 961-4266 FAX: (313) 961-4869 parkus@semcog.org MISSOURI Sara VanderFeltz Federal Assistance Clearinghouse Office of Administration Commissioner’s Office Capitol Building, Room 125 Jefferson City, Missouri 65102 Telephone: (573) 751-0337 FAX: (573) 751-1212 sara.vanderfeltz@oa.mo.gov NEW HAMPSHIRE Jack Ruderman Acting Director, New Hampshire Office of Energy and Planning Attn: Intergovernmental Review Process James P. Taylor 57 Regional Drive Concord, New Hampshire 03301-8519 Telephone: (603) 271-2155 FAX: (603) 271-2615 irp@nh.gov NORTH DAKOTA Jim Boyd ND Department of Commerce 1600 East Century Avenue, Suite 2 P.O. Box 2057 Bismarck, North Dakota 58502-2057 Telephone: (701) 328-2676 FAX: (701) 328-2308 jboyd@state.nd.us
RHODE ISLAND Joyce Karger Department of Administration One Capitol Hill Providence Rhode Island 02908-5870 Telephone: (401) 222-6181 FAX: (401) 222-2083 jkarger@doa.state.ri.us TEXAS Denise S. Francis Director, State Grants Team Governor’s Office of Budget and Planning P.O. Box 12428 Austin, Texas 78711 Telephone: (512) 305-9415 FAX: (512) 936-2681 dfrancis@governor.state.tx.us
SOUTH CAROLINA Jean Ricard Office of State Budget 1201 Main Street, Suite 870 Columbia, South Carolina 29201 Telephone: (803) 734-1314 FAX: (803) 734-0645 jricard@budget.sc.us UTAH Sophia DiCaro Utah State Clearinghouse Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget Utah Capitol Complex Suite E210, P.O. Box 142210 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-2210 Telephone: (801) 538-1027 FAX: (801) 538-1547 ddicaro@utah.gov WISCONSIN Division of Intergovernmental Relations Wisconsin Department of Administration 101 East Wilson Street, 10th Floor P.O. Box 8944 Madison, Wisconsin 53708 Telephone: (608) 266-7043 FAX: (608) 267-6917 SPOC@doa.state.wi.us GUAM Director Bureau of Budget and Mgmt. Research Office of the Governor P.O. Box 2950 Agana, Guam 96910 Telephone: 011-671-472-2285 FAX: 011-671-472-2825 jer@ns.gov.gu
WEST VIRGINIA Bobby Lewis, Director Community Development Division West Virginia Development Office Building #6, Room 553 Charleston, West Virginia 25305 Telephone: (304) 558-4010 FAX: (304) 558-3248 rlewis@wvdo.org AMERICAN SAMOA Pat M. Galea'i Federal Grants/Programs Coordinator Office of Federal Programs/Office of the Governor Department of Commerce American Samoa Government Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799 Telephone: (684) 633-5155 Fax: (684) 633-4195 pmgaleai@samoatelco.com
NORTH MARIANA ISLANDS Ms. Jacoba T. Seman Federal Programs Coordinator Office of Management and Budget Office of the Governor Saipan, MP 96950 Telephone: (670) 664-2289 FAX: (670) 664-2272 omb.jseman@saipan.com VIRGIN ISLANDS Ira Mills Director, Office of Management and Budget # 41 Norre Gade Emancipation Garden Station, Second Floor Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802 Telephone: (340) 774-0750 FAX: (787) 776-0069 Irmills@usvi.org
Changes to this list can be made only after OMB is notified by a State’s officially designated representative. E-mail messages can be sent to Hai_M._Tran@omb.eop.gov. If you prefer, you may send correspondence to the following postal address: Attn: Grants Management Office of Management and Budget New Executive Office Building, Suite 6025 725 17th Street, NW Washington, DC 20503
Please note: Inquiries about obtaining a Federal grant should not be sent to the OMB e-mail or postal address shown above. The best source for this information is the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance or CFDA http://www.cfda.gov and the Grants.gov website (http://www.grants.gov).
OMB Control No. 1890-0007 (Exp. 11/30/2007) NOTICE TO ALL APPLICANTS The purpose of this enclosure is to inform you about a new provision in the Department of Education's General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) that applies to applicants for new grant awards under Department programs. This provision is Section 427 of GEPA, enacted as part of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (Public Law (P.L.) 103-382). To Whom Does This Provision Apply? Section 427 of GEPA affects applicants for new grant awards under this program. ALL APPLICANTS FOR NEW AWARDS MUST INCLUDE INFORMATION IN THEIR APPLICATIONS TO ADDRESS THIS NEW PROVISION IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FUNDING UNDER THIS PROGRAM. (If this program is a State-formula grant program, a State needs to provide this description only for projects or activities that it carries out with funds reserved for State-level uses. In addition, local school districts or other eligible applicants that apply to the State for funding need to provide this description in their applications to the State for funding. The State would be responsible for ensuring that the school district or other local entity has submitted a sufficient section 427 statement as described below.) What Does This Provision Require? Section 427 requires each applicant for funds (other than an individual person) to include in its application a description of the steps the applicant proposes to take to ensure equitable access to, and participation in, its Federally-assisted program for students, teachers, and other program beneficiaries with special needs. This provision allows applicants discretion in developing the required description. The statute highlights six types of barriers that can impede equitable access or participation: gender, race, national origin, color, disability, or age. Based on local circumstances, you should determine whether these or other barriers may prevent your students, teachers, etc. from such access or participation in, the Federally-funded project or activity.
The description in your application of steps to be taken to overcome these barriers need not be lengthy; you may provide a clear and succinct description of how you plan to address those barriers that are applicable to your circumstances. In addition, the information may be provided in a single narrative, or, if appropriate, may be discussed in connection with related topics in the application. Section 427 is not intended to duplicate the requirements of civil rights statutes, but rather to ensure that, in designing their projects, applicants for Federal funds address equity concerns that may affect the ability of certain potential beneficiaries to fully participate in the project and to achieve to high standards. Consistent with program requirements and its approved application, an applicant may use the Federal funds awarded to it to eliminate barriers it identifies. What are Examples of How an Applicant Might Satisfy the Requirement of This Provision? The following examples may help illustrate how an applicant may comply with Section 427. (1) An applicant that proposes to carry out an adult literacy project serving, among others, adults with limited English proficiency, might describe in its application how it intends to distribute a brochure about the proposed project to such potential participants in their native language. (2) An applicant that proposes to develop instructional materials for classroom use might describe how it will make the materials available on audio tape or in braille for students who are blind. (3) An applicant that proposes to carry out a model science program for secondary students and is concerned that girls may be less likely than boys to enroll in the course, might indicate how it intends to conduct "outreach" efforts to girls, to encourage their enrollment. We recognize that many applicants may already be implementing effective steps to ensure equity of access and participation in their grant programs, and we appreciate your cooperation in responding to the requirements of this provision.
APPLICATION FORMS AND INSTRUCTIONS The application is divided into four parts. These parts are organized in the same manner that the submitted application should be organized. These parts are as follows: Part I: Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424) and Instructions. Part II: Budget Information -- Non-Construction Programs (ED Form 524) and Instructions. Part III: Application Narrative. Part IV: Assurances and Certifications -Assurances -- Non-Construction Programs (Standard Form 424B). Certifications Regarding Lobbying (ED Form 80-0013). Disclosure of Lobbying Activities. An applicant may submit information on a photostatic copy of the application and budget forms, the assurances, and the certifications. However, the application form, the assurances, and the certifications must each have an original signature. No grant may be awarded unless a completed application form has been received.
OMB Number: 4040-0004 Expiration Date: 01/31/2009
Version 02 *1. Type of Submission: Preapplication Application Changed/Corrected Application 3. Date Received: 5a. Federal Entity Identifier: State Use Only: 6. Date Received by State: 8. APPLICANT INFORMATION: *a. Legal Name: *b. Employer/Taxpayer Identification Number (EIN/TIN): *c. Organizational DUNS: 7. State Application Identifier: *2. Type of Application New Continuation Revision 4. Applicant Identifier: *5b. Federal Award Identifier: *Other (Specify) * If Revision, select appropriate letter(s)
d. Address: *Street 1: Street 2: *City: County: *State: Province: *Country: *Zip / Postal Code e. Organizational Unit: Department Name: Division Name:
f. Name and contact information of person to be contacted on matters involving this application: Prefix: Middle Name: *Last Name: Suffix: Title: Organizational Affiliation: *First Name:
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Version 02 *9. Type of Applicant 1: Select Applicant Type:
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Version 02 16. Congressional Districts Of: *a. Applicant: 17. Proposed Project: *a. Start Date: 18. Estimated Funding ($): *a. Federal *b. Applicant *c. State *d. Local *e. Other *f. Program Income *g. TOTAL *19. Is Application Subject to Review By State Under Executive Order 12372 Process? a. This application was made available to the State under the Executive Order 12372 Process for review on b. Program is subject to E.O. 12372 but has not been selected by the State for review. c. Program is not covered by E. O. 12372 *20. Is the Applicant Delinquent On Any Federal Debt? (If “Yes”, provide explanation.) Yes No *b. End Date: *b. Program/Project:
21. *By signing this application, I certify (1) to the statements contained in the list of certifications** and (2) that the statements herein are true, complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I also provide the required assurances** and agree to comply with any resulting terms if I accept an award. I am aware that any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or claims may subject me to criminal, civil, or administrative penalties. (U. S. Code, Title 218, Section 1001) ** I AGREE ** The list of certifications and assurances, or an internet site where you may obtain this list, is contained in the announcement or agency specific instructions Authorized Representative: Prefix: Middle Name: *Last Name: Suffix: *Title: *Telephone Number: * Email: *Signature of Authorized Representative:
Authorized for Local Reproduction 10/2005) Circular A-102
Standard Form 424 (Revised Prescribed by OMB
Version 02 *Applicant Federal Debt Delinquency Explanation The following should contain an explanation if the Applicant organization is delinquent of any Federal Debt.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 1. Project Director:
*First Name: Suffix:
Address: * Street1: Street2: * City: County: * State: * Zip Code: * Country: Fax Number (give area code)
* Phone Number (give area code) Email Address: 2. Applicant Experience: Novice Applicant applicable to this program 3. Human Subjects Research:
Are any research activities involving human subjects planned at any time during the proposed project Period? Yes No
Are ALL the research activities proposed designated to be exempt from the regulations? Yes No Provide Exemption(s) #: Provide Assurance #, if available:
Please attach an explanation Narrative:
1. Project Director. Name, address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of the person to be contacted on matters involving this application. 2. Novice Applicant. Check “Yes” or “No” only if assistance is being requested under a program that gives special consideration to novice applicants. Otherwise, leave blank. Check “Yes” if you meet the requirements for novice applicants specified in the regulations in 34 CFR 75.225 and included on the attached page entitled “Definitions for Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424.” By checking “Yes” the applicant certifies that it meets these novice applicant requirements. Check “No” if you do not meet the requirements for novice applicants. 3. Human Subjects Research. (See I. A. “Definitions” in attached page entitled “Definitions for Department of Education Supplemental Information For SF 424.”) If Not Human Subjects Research. Check “No” if research activities involving human subjects are not planned at any time during the proposed project period. The remaining parts of Item 3 are then not applicable. If Human Subjects Research. Check “Yes” if research activities involving human subjects are planned at any time during the proposed project period, either at the applicant organization or at any other performance site or collaborating institution. Check “Yes” even if the research is exempt from the regulations for the protection of human subjects. (See I. B. “Exemptions” in attached page entitled “Definitions for Department of Education Supplemental Information For SF 424.”) 3a. If Human Subjects Research is Exempt from the Human Subjects Regulations. Check “Yes” if all the research activities proposed are designated to be exempt from the regulations. Insert the exemption number(s) corresponding to one or more of the six exemption categories listed in I. B. “Exemptions.” In addition, follow the instructions in II. A. “Exempt Research Narrative” in the attached page entitled “Definitions for Department of Education Supplemental Information For SF 424.” 3a. If Human Subjects Research is Not Exempt from Human Subjects Regulations. Check “No” if some or all of the planned research activities are covered (not exempt). In addition, follow the instructions in II. B. “Nonexempt Research Narrative” in the page entitled “Definitions for Department of Education Supplemental Information For SF 424
3a. Human Subjects Assurance Number. If the applicant has an approved Federal Wide (FWA) on file with the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, that covers the specific activity, insert the number in the space provided. If the applicant does not have an approved assurance on file with OHRP, enter “None.” In this case, the applicant, by signature on the SF-424, is declaring that it will comply with 34 CFR 97 and proceed to obtain the human subjects assurance upon request by the designated ED official. If the application is recommended/selected for funding, the designated ED official will request that the applicant obtain the assurance within 30 days after the specific formal request. Note about Institutional Review Board Approval. ED does not require certification of Institutional Review Board approval with the application. However, if an application that involves non-exempt human subjects research is
recommended/selected for funding, the designated ED official will request that the applicant obtain and send the certification to ED within 30 days after the formal request.
(Attachment to Instructions for Supplemental Information for SF 424) Definitions: Novice Applicant (See 34 CFR 75.225). For discretionary grant programs under which the Secretary gives special consideration to novice applications, a novice applicant means any applicant for a grant from ED that— • • Has never received a grant or subgrant under the program from which it seeks funding; Has never been a member of a group application, submitted in accordance with 34 CFR 75.127-75.129, that received a grant under the program from which it seeks funding; and Has not had an active discretionary grant from the Federal government in the five years before the deadline date for applications under the program. 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. 97, define research as “a systematic investigation, including research development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.” If an activity follows a deliberate plan whose purpose is to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge it is research. Activities which meet this definition constitute research whether or not they are conducted or supported under a program that is considered research for other purposes. For example, some demonstration and service programs may include research activities. —Human Subject The regulations define human subject as “a living individual about whom an investigator (whether professional or student) conducting research obtains (1) data through intervention or interaction with the individual, or (2) identifiable private information.” (1) If an activity involves obtaining information about a living person by manipulating that person or that person’s environment, as might occur when a new instructional technique is tested, or by communicating or interacting with the individual, as occurs with surveys and interviews, the definition of human subject is met. (2) If an activity involves obtaining private information about a living person in such a way that the information can be linked to that individual (the identity of the subject is or may be readily determined by the investigator or associated with the information), the definition of human subject is met. [Private information includes information about behavior that occurs in a context in which an individual can reasonably expect that no observation or recording is taking place, and information which has been provided for specific purposes by an individual and which the individual can reasonably expect will not be made public (for example, a school health record).] B. Exemptions. Research activities in which the only involvement of human subjects will be in one or more of the following six categories of exemptions are not covered by the regulations:
I. Definitions and Exemptions A. Definitions.
—Research The ED Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects, Title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, Part
(1) Research conducted in established or commonly accepted educational settings, involving normal educational practices, such as (a) research on regular and special education instructional strategies, or (b) research on the effectiveness of or the comparison among instructional techniques, curricula, or classroom management methods. (2) Research involving the use of educational tests (cognitive, diagnostic, aptitude, achievement), survey procedures, interview procedures or observation of public behavior, unless: (a) information obtained is recorded in such a manner that human subjects can be identified, directly or through identifiers linked to the subjects; and (b) any disclosure of the human subjects’ responses outside the research could reasonably place the subjects at risk of criminal or civil liability or be damaging to the subjects’ financial standing, employability, or reputation. If the subjects are children, exemption 2 applies only to research involving educational tests and observations of public behavior when the investigator(s) do not participate in the activities being observed. Exemption 2 does not apply if children are surveyed or interviewed or if the research involves observation of public behavior and the investigator(s) participate in the activities being observed. [Children are defined as persons who have not attained the legal age for consent to treatments or procedures involved in the research, under the applicable law or jurisdiction in which the research will be conducted.] (3) Research involving the use of educational tests (cognitive, diagnostic, aptitude, achievement), survey procedures, interview procedures or observation of public behavior that is not exempt under section (2) above, if the human subjects are elected or appointed public officials or candidates for public office; or federal statute(s) require(s) without exception that the confidentiality of the personally identifiable information will be maintained throughout the research and thereafter. (4) Research involving the collection or study of existing data, documents, records, pathological specimens, or diagnostic specimens, if these sources are publicly available or if the information is recorded by the investigator in a manner that subjects cannot be identified, directly or through identifiers linked to the subjects. (5) Research and demonstration projects which are conducted by or subject to the approval of department
or agency heads, and which are designed to study, evaluate, or otherwise examine: (a) public benefit or service programs; (b) procedures for obtaining benefits or services under those programs; (c) possible changes in or alternatives to those programs or procedures; or (d) possible changes in methods or levels of payment for benefits or services under those programs. (6) Taste and food quality evaluation and consumer acceptance studies, (a) if wholesome foods without additives are consumed or (b) if a food is consumed that contains a food ingredient at or below the level and for a use found to be safe, or agricultural chemical or environmental contaminant at or below the level found to be safe, by the Food and Drug Administration or approved by the Environmental Protection Agency or the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. II. Instructions for Exempt and Nonexempt Human Subjects Research Narratives If the applicant marked “Yes” for Item 3 of Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, the applicant must provide a human subjects “exempt research” or “nonexempt research” narrative. Insert the narrative(s) in the space provided. If you have multiple projects and need to provide more than one narrative, be sure to label each set of responses as to the project they address. A. Exempt Research Narrative. If you marked “Yes” for item 3 a. and designated exemption numbers(s), provide the “exempt research” narrative. The narrative must contain sufficient information about the involvement of human subjects in the proposed research to allow a determination by ED that the designated exemption(s) are appropriate. The narrative must be succinct. B. Nonexempt Research Narrative. If you marked “No” for item 3 a. you must provide the “nonexempt research” narrative. The narrative must address the following seven points. Although no specific page limitation applies to this section of the application, be succinct. (1) Human Subjects Involvement and Characteristics: Provide a detailed description of the proposed involvement of human subjects. Describe the characteristics of the subject population, including
their anticipated number, age range, and health status. Identify the criteria for inclusion or exclusion of any subpopulation. Explain the rationale for the involvement of special classes of subjects, such as children, children with disabilities, adults with disabilities, persons with mental disabilities, pregnant women, prisoners, institutionalized individuals, or others who are likely to be vulnerable (2) Sources of Materials: Identify the sources of research material obtained from individually identifiable living human subjects in the form of specimens, records, or data. Indicate whether the material or data will be obtained specifically for research purposes or whether use will be made of existing specimens, records, or data. (3) Recruitment and Informed Consent: Describe plans for the recruitment of subjects and the consent procedures to be followed. Include the circumstances under which consent will be sought and obtained, who will seek it, the nature of the information to be provided to prospective subjects, and the method of documenting consent. State if the Institutional Review Board (IRB) has authorized a modification or waiver of the elements of consent or the requirement for documentation of consent. (4) Potential Risks: Describe potential risks (physical, psychological, social, legal, or other) and assess their likelihood and seriousness. Where appropriate, describe alternative treatments and procedures that might be advantageous to the subjects. (5) Protection Against Risk: Describe the procedures for protecting against or minimizing potential risks,
including risks to confidentiality, and assess their likely effectiveness. Where appropriate, discuss provisions for ensuring necessary medical or professional intervention in the event of adverse effects to the subjects. Also, where appropriate, describe the provisions for monitoring the data collected to ensure the safety of the subjects. (6) Importance of the Knowledge to be Gained: Discuss the importance of the knowledge gained or to be gained as a result of the proposed research. Discuss why the risks to subjects are reasonable in relation to the anticipated benefits to subjects and in relation to the importance of the knowledge that may reasonably be expected to result. (7) Collaborating Site(s): If research involving human subjects will take place at collaborating site(s) or other performance site(s), name the sites and briefly describe their involvement or role in the research. Copies of the Department of Education’s Regulations for the Protection of Human Subjects, 34 CFR Part 97 and other pertinent materials on the protection of human subjects in research are available from the Grants Policy and Oversight Staff, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C. 202024250, telephone: (202) 245-6120, and on the U.S. Department of Education’s Protection of Human Subjects in Research Web Site: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/OCFO/humansu b.html
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OMB Control Number: BUDGET INFORMATION 1890-0004 NON-CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS Expiration Date: 10-31-2007 Applicants requesting funding for only one year should complete the column under "Project Year 1." Applicants requesting funding for multi-year grants should complete all applicable columns. Please read all instructions before completing form. SECTION A - BUDGET SUMMARY
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FUNDS Budget Categories 1. Personnel 2. Fringe Benefits 3. Travel 4. Equipment 5. Supplies 6. Contractual 7. Construction 8. Other 9. Total Direct Costs (lines 18) 10. Indirect Costs* 11. Training Stipends 12. Total Costs (lines 9-11) *Indirect Cost Information (To Be Completed by Your Business Office): If you are requesting reimbursement for indirect costs on line 10, please answer the following questions: (1) Do you have an Indirect Cost Rate Agreement approved by the Federal government? ____Yes ____ No (2) If yes, please provide the following information: Period Covered by the Indirect Cost Rate Agreement: From: ___/___/______ To: ___/___/______ (mm/dd/yyyy) Approving Federal agency: ____ ED ____ Other (please specify): __________________________ (3) For Restricted Rate Programs (check one) -- Are you using a restricted indirect cost rate that: ___ Is included in your approved Indirect Cost Rate Agreement? or ___ Complies with 34 CFR 76.564(c)(2)? ED 524 Project Year 1 (a) Project Year 2 (b) Project Year 3 (c) Project Year 4 (d) Project Year 5 (e) Total (f)
General Instructions This form is used to apply to individual U.S. Department of Education (ED) discretionary grant programs. Unless directed otherwise, provide the same budget information for each year of the multi-year funding request. Pay attention to applicable program specific instructions, if attached. Please consult with your Business Office prior to submitting this form. Section A - Budget Summary U.S. Department of Education Funds All applicants must complete Section A and provide a breakdown by the applicable budget categories shown in lines 1-11. Lines 1-11, columns (a)-(e): For each project year for which funding is requested, show the total amount requested for each applicable budget category. Lines 1-11, column (f): Show the multi-year total for each budget category. If funding is requested for only one project year, leave this column blank. Line 12, columns (a)-(e): Show the total budget request for each project year for which funding is requested. Line 12, column (f): Show the total amount requested for all project years. If funding is requested for only one year, leave this space blank. Indirect Cost Information: If you are requesting reimbursement for indirect costs on line 10, this information is to be completed by your Business Office. (1): Indicate whether or not your organization has an Indirect Cost Rate Agreement that was approved by the Federal government. (2): If you checked “yes” in (1), indicate in (2) the beginning and ending dates covered by the Indirect Cost Rate Agreement. In addition, indicate whether ED or another Federal agency (Other) issued the approved agreement. If you check “Other,” specify the name of the Federal agency that issued the approved agreement. (3): If you are applying for a grant under a Restricted Rate Program (34 CFR 75.563 or 76.563), indicate whether you are using a restricted indirect cost rate that is included on your approved Indirect Cost Rate Agreement or whether you are using a restricted indirect cost rate that complies with 2. If applicable to this program, provide the rate and base on which fringe benefits are calculated. If you are requesting reimbursement for indirect costs on line 10, this information is to be completed by your Business Office. Specify the estimated amount of the base to which the indirect cost rate is applied and the total indirect expense. Depending on the grant program to which you are applying and/or your approved Indirect Cost Rate Agreement, some direct cost budget categories in your grant application budget may not be included in the base and multiplied by your indirect cost rate. For example, you must multiply the indirect cost rates of “Training grants" (34 CFR 75.562) and grants under programs with “Supplement not Supplant” requirements ("Restricted Rate" programs) by a “modified total direct cost” (MTDC) base (34 CFR 75.563 or 76.563). Please indicate which costs are included and which costs are excluded from the base to which the indirect cost rate is applied. When calculating indirect costs (line 10) for "Training grants" or grants under "Restricted Rate" programs, you must refer to the information and examples on ED’s website at: http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appfor ms.html . You may also contact (202) 377-3838 for additional information regarding calculating indirect cost rates or general indirect cost rate information. 4. Provide other explanations or comments you deem necessary.
34 CFR 76.564(c)(2). Note: State or Local government agencies may not use the provision for a restricted indirect cost rate specified in 34 CFR 76.564(c)(2). Check only one response. Leave blank, if this item is not applicable. Section B - Budget Summary Non-Federal Funds If you are required to provide or volunteer to provide matching funds or other non-Federal resources to the project, these should be shown for each applicable budget category on lines 1-11 of Section B. Lines 1-11, columns (a)-(e): For each project year, for which matching funds or other contributions are provided, show the total contribution for each applicable budget category. Lines 1-11, column (f): Show the multi-year total for each budget category. If non-Federal contributions are provided for only one year, leave this column blank. Line 12, columns (a)-(e): Show the total matching or other contribution for each project year. Line 12, column (f): Show the total amount to be contributed for all years of the multi-year project. If nonFederal contributions are provided for only one year, leave this space blank. Section C - Budget Narrative [Attach separate sheet(s)] Pay attention to applicable program specific instructions, if attached. 1. Provide an itemized budget breakdown, and justification by project year, for each budget category listed in Sections A and B. For grant projects that will be divided into two or more separately budgeted major activities or sub-projects, show for each budget category of a project year the breakdown of the specific expenses attributable to each sub-project or activity.
Paperwork Burden Statement According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 1890-0004. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to vary from 13 to 22 hours per response, with an average of 17.5 hours per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data sources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection. If you have any comments concerning the
accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to: U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C. 20202-4651. If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your individual submission of this form, write directly to (insert program office), U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202.
ED80-0013
Complete this form to disclose lobbying activities pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1352 (See reverse for public burden disclosure) 2. Status of Federal Action: a. bid/offer/application _____ b. initial award c. post-award 3. Report Type: a. initial filing _____ b. material change
Type of Federal Action: a. contract ____ b. grant c. cooperative agreement d. loan e. loan guarantee f. loan insurance
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Purpose: The Federal government is committed to ensuring that all qualified applicants, small or large, nonreligious or faith-based, have an equal opportunity to compete for Federal funding. In order for us to better understand the population of applicants for Federal funds, we are asking nonprofit private organizations (not including private universities) to fill out this survey. Upon receipt, the survey will be separated from the application. Information provided on the survey will not be considered in any way in making funding decisions and will not be included in the Federal grants database. While your help in this data collection process is greatly appreciated, completion of this survey is voluntary.
envelope labeled “Applicant Survey.” Seal the envelope and include it along with yourOMB No. 1890-0014 Exp. 02/28/09 are applying application package. If you Project (0348-0046), Washington, DC 20503.
Survey on Ensuring Equalapplying using a hard copy application, please place the completed survey in an Instructions for Submitting the Survey: If you are Opportunity for Applicants
Applicant’s (Organization) Name: ______________________________________________________________ Applicant’s DUNS Number: ___________________________________________________________________ Federal Program: __________________________________________________CFDA Number: ___________
1. Has the applicant ever received a grant or contract from the Federal government? Yes No
5. Is the applicant a local affiliate of a national organization? Yes No
2. Is the applicant a faith-based organization? Yes No
6. How many full-time equivalent employees does the applicant have? (Check only one box). 3 or Fewer 4-5 6-14 15-50 51-100 over 100
3. Is the applicant a secular organization? Yes No
4. Does the applicant have 501(c)(3) status? Yes No
7. What is the size of the applicant’s annual budget? (Check only one box.) Less Than $150,000 $150,000 - $299,999 $300,000 - $499,999
$500,000 - $999,999 $1,000,000 - $4,999,999 $5,000,000 or more
Paperwork Burden Statement According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number for this information collection is 1890-0014. The time required to complete this information collection is estimated to average five (5) minutes per response, including the time to review instructions, search existing data resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the information collection. If you have any comments concerning the accuracy of the time estimate(s) or suggestions for improving this form, please write to: The Agency Contact listed in this grant application package.
1. Self-explanatory. 2. Self-identify. 3. Self-identify. 4. 501(c)(3) status is a legal designation provided on application to the Internal Revenue Service by eligible organizations. Some grant programs may require nonprofit applicants to have 501(c)(3) status. Other grant programs do not. 5. Self-explanatory. 6. For example, two part-time employees who each work half-time equal one full-time equivalent employee. If the applicant is a local affiliate of a national organization, the responses to survey questions 2 and 3 should reflect the staff and budget size of the local affiliate. 7. Annual budget means the amount of money your organization spends each year on all of its activities.
OMB No. 1890-0014 Exp. 02/28/09
Goal 3: Goal 4: Goal 5: Goal 6:
DUNS Number Instructions D-U-N-S No.: Please provide the applicant's D-U-N-S Number. You can obtain your D-U-N-S Number at no charge by calling 1-800-333-0505 or by completing a D-U-N-S Number Request Form. The form can be obtained via the Internet at the following URL: http://www.dnb.com/dbis/aboutdb/intlduns.htm The D-U-N-S Number is a unique nine-digit number that does not convey any information about the recipient. A built in check digit helps assure the accuracy of the D-U-N-S Number. The ninth digit of each number is the check digit, which is mathematically related to the other digits. It lets computer systems determine if a D-U-N-S Number has been entered correctly. Dun & Bradstreet, a global information services provider, has assigned D-U-N-S numbers to over 43 million companies worldwide.
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