OMB Approval No.: 1840-0832 Expiration Date: 08/31/2020 Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) Programs General Instructions for Completing the Annual Performance Report for Program Year 2016–17 INTRODUCTION 1. What does this package contain? This package contains the forms and instructions needed to prepare the annual performance report (APR) for the Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) program. The Department of Education uses the information conveyed in the performance report to assess a grantee’s progress in meeting its approved goals and objectives and to evaluate a grantee’s prior experience in accordance with the program regulations in 34 CFR 645.32. Grantees’ annual performance reports also provide information on the outcomes of projects’ work and of the VUB program as a whole. In addition, APR data allows the Department to respond to the reporting requirements of the Government Performance and Results Act. 2. What are the legislative and regulatory authorities to collect this information? Title IV, Part A, Subpart 2, Chapter 1, Section 402A and Section 402C, of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended; The program regulations in 34 CFR Part 645; and Sections 75.590 and 75.720 of the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR). 3. Who must submit this data report? All grantees funded under the Veterans Upward Bound program must submit an annual performance report as a condition of the grant award. 4. Time period and participant data What period of time is covered in the report? For which participants should the grantee provide data? The report covers the 12-month project year for which the grant has been made. This information can be found in Block 6 of the Grant Award Notification. A grantee must report on all participants served in project year who met the eligibility criteria in 34 CFR 645.3 and the definition of a veteran in 645.6.
2015 2015 year in 2016–17 APR) August 1, 2015–July 31, 2016 August 1, 2015–July 31, 2016 2015 (grantee cannot select this year in 2016–17 APR) August 1–September 30, 2016 August 1, 2016–July 31, 2017 2016 (Note: Grantees must report enrollment in 2016–17 APR if a cohort year is to be assigned to these participants.) Enrolled after September 30, 2016, or not enrolled by October 1, 2016 August 1, 2016–July 31, 2017 9999 October 1, 30, 2015 October 1, 2014–July 31, 2015 August 1, 2014–July 31, 2015 2014 (grantee cannot select this year in 2016–17 APR) August 1, 2015–July 31, 2016 August 1, 2015–July 31, 2016 2015 (grantee cannot select this year in 2016–17 APR) August 1–September 30, 2016 August 1, 2016–July 31, 2017 2016 (Note: Grantees must report enrollment in 2016-17 APR if a cohort year is to be assigned to these participants.) Enrolled after September 30, 2016, or not enrolled by October 1, 2016 August 1, 2016–July 31, 2017 9999 If participant completed the VUB program in the 2015 project year… …and enrolled in a PSE program in this date range… …within this academic year …then the participant’s PSE enrollment cohort is… September 1, 31, 2016 September 1, 2015–July 31, 2016 August 1, 2015–July 31, 2016 2015 ( grantee cannot select this year in 2016–17 APR) August 1, 2016–July 31, 2017 August 1, 2016–July 31, 2017 2016 (Note: Grantees must report enrollment in 2016-17 APR if a cohort year is to be
assigned to these participants.) August 1–September 30, 2017 August 1, 2017–July 31, 2018 2017 Enrolled after September 30, 2017, or not enrolled by October 1, 2017 August 1, 2017–July 31, 2018 9999 October 1, 30, 2016 October 1, 2015–July 31, 2016 August 1, 2015–July 31, 2016 2015 (grantee cannot select this year in 2016–17 APR) August 1, 2016–July 31, 2017 August 1, 2016–July 31, 2017 2016 (Note: Grantees must report enrollment in 2016-17 APR if a cohort year is to be assigned to these participants.) August 1–September 30, 2017 August 1, 2017–July 31, 2018 2017 Enrolled after September 30, 2017, or not enrolled by October 1, 2017 August 1, 2017–July 31, 2018 9999 If participant completed the VUB program in the 2016 project year… …and enrolled in a PSE program in this date range… …within this academic year …then the participant’s PSE enrollment cohort is… September 1, 31, 2017 September 1, 2016–July 31, 2017 August 1, 2016–July 31, 2017 2016 (Note: Grantees must report enrollment in 2016-17 APR if a cohort year is to be assigned to these participants.) August 1, 2017–July 31, 2018 August 1, 2017–July 31, 2018 2017 August 1–September 30, 2018 August 1, 2017–July 31, 2018 2018 (grantee cannot select this year in 2016–17 APR)
Enrolled after September 30, 2018, or not enrolled by October 1, 2018 August 1, 2018–July 31, 2019 9999 October 1, 30, 2017 October 1, 2016–July 31, 2017 August 1, 2016–July 31, 2017 2016 (Note: Grantees must report enrollment in 2016-17 APR if a cohort year is to be assigned to these participants.) August 1, 2017–July 31, 2018 August 1, 2017–July 31, 2018 2017 August 1–September 30, 2018 August 1, 2017–July 31, 2018 2018 (grantee cannot select this year in 2016–17 APR) Enrolled after September 30, 2018, or not enrolled by October 1, 2018 August 1, 2018–July 31, 2019 9999 [This document is dated February 2018.]