80 FR 48081 - Applications for New Awards; Rehabilitation Training-Technical Assistance Center for Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 154 (August 11, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-19618
Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 154 (Tuesday, August 11, 2015)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Applications for New Awards; Rehabilitation Training--Technical 
Assistance Center for Vocational Rehabilitation Agency Program 
Evaluation and Quality Assurance

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, 
Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Overview Information:
    Rehabilitation Training--Technical Assistance Center for Vocational 
Rehabilitation Agency Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance.
    Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 
2015.

    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.263B.

DATES: Applications Available: August 11, 2015.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 10, 2015.

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    Purpose of Program: This program is designed to (a) develop new 
types of training programs for rehabilitation personnel and to 
demonstrate the effectiveness of these new types of training programs 
for rehabilitation personnel in providing rehabilitation services to 
individuals with disabilities; and (b) develop new and improved methods 
of training rehabilitation personnel, so that there may be a more 
effective delivery of rehabilitation

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services by State and other rehabilitation agencies.
    Priority: This notice includes one absolute priority. This priority 
is from the notice of final priority for this program (NFP), published 
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
    Absolute Priority: For FY 2015 and any subsequent year in which we 
make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition, 
this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we 
consider only applications that meet this priority.
    This priority is:
    Technical Assistance Center for Vocational Rehabilitation Agency 
Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance (PEQA).
    Note: The full text of this priority is included in the notice of 
final priority for this program, published elsewhere in this issue of 
the Federal Register and in the application package for this 
competition.
    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772(a)(1).
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 
84, 86, and 99. (b) The Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to 
Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 
2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department 
in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost 
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 
200, as adopted and amended in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) The regulations for 
this program in 34 CFR parts 385 and 387. (e) The notice of final 
priority for this program, published elsewhere in this issue of the 
Federal Register.
    Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants 
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
    Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply only to institutions 
of higher education (IHEs).

II. Award Information

    Type of Award: Cooperative agreement.
    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.
    Continuing the Fourth and Fifth Years of the Project:
    In deciding whether to continue funding the Technical Assistance 
and Training Center for Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance (PEQA) 
for the fourth and fifth years, the Department, as part of the review 
of the application narrative and annual performance reports, will 
consider the degree to which the program demonstrates substantial 
progress toward--
    (a) Providing educational opportunities from recognized experts in 
program evaluation and quality assurance;
    (b) Developing interagency collaboration networks and work teams 
committed to the improvement of quality assurance systems and tools; 
and
    (c) Delivering technical, professional, and continuing educational 
support to State VR program evaluators.

III. Eligibility Information

    1. Eligible Applicants: States and public or nonprofit agencies and 
organizations, including Indian tribes and IHEs.
    2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost sharing of at least 10 percent of 
the total cost of the project is required of grantees under the 
Rehabilitation Training Program. Any program income that may be 
incurred during the period of performance may only be directed towards 
advancing activities in the approved grant application and may not be 
used towards the 10 percent match requirement. The Secretary may waive 
part of the non-Federal share of the cost of the project after 
negotiations if the applicant demonstrates that it does not have 
sufficient resources to contribute the entire match (34 CFR 387.40).
    Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect cost reimbursement on a 
training grant is limited to the recipient's actual indirect costs, as 
determined by its negotiated indirect cost rate agreement, or eight 
percent of a modified total direct cost base, whichever amount is less. 
Indirect costs in excess of the limit may not be charged directly, used 
to satisfy matching or cost-sharing requirements, or charged to another 
Federal award.

IV. Application and Submission Information

    1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an 
application package via the Internet, from the Education Publications 
Center (ED Pubs), or from the program office.
    To obtain a copy via the Internet, use the following address: 
www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html.
    To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, fax, or call the following: 
ED Pubs, U.S. Department of Education, P.O. Box 22207, Alexandria, VA 
22304. Telephone, toll free: 1-877-433-7827. FAX: (703) 605-6794. If 
you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 
telephone (TTY), call, toll free: 1-877-576-7734.
    You can contact ED Pubs at its Web site, also: www.EDPubs.gov or at 
its email address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
    If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify 
this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.263B.
    To obtain a copy from the program office, contact the person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this notice.
    Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application 
package in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, 
or compact disc) by contacting the person or team listed under 
Accessible Format in section VIII of this notice.
    2. a. 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. Because of the limited time 
available to review applications and make a recommendation for funding, 
we strongly encourage applicants to limit the application narrative to 
no more than 50 pages, using the following standards:
     A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1'' 
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
     Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch) 
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings, 
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in 
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
     Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller 
than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
     Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier, 
Courier New, or Arial. An application submitted in any other font 
(including Times Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.
    In addition to the page-limit guidance on the application narrative 
section, we recommend that you adhere to the following page limits, 
using the standards listed above: (1) The abstract should be no more 
than one page, (2)

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the resumes of key personnel should be no more than two pages per 
person, and (3) the bibliography should be no more than three pages. 
The only optional materials that will be accepted are letters of 
support. Please note that our reviewers are not required to read 
optional materials.
    Please note that any funded applicant's application abstract will 
be made available to the public.
    b. Submission of Proprietary Information:
    Given the types of projects that may be proposed in applications 
for the Rehabilitation Training: Vocational Rehabilitation Technical 
Assistance Center--Youth with Disabilities competition, an application 
may include business information that the applicant considers 
proprietary. The Department's regulations define ``business 
information'' in 34 CFR 5.11.
    Because we plan to make the abstract of the successful application 
available to the public, you may wish to request confidentiality of 
business information.
    Consistent with Executive Order 12600, please designate in your 
application any information that you feel is exempt from disclosure 
under Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act. In the appropriate 
Appendix section of your application, under ``Other Attachments Form,'' 
please list the page number or numbers on which we can find this 
information. For additional information please see 34 CFR 5.11(c).
    3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications Available: August 11, 
2015. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 10, 2015.
    Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted 
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For 
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your 
application electronically, or in paper format by mail or hand delivery 
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission 
requirement, please refer to section IV. 7. Other Submission 
Requirements of this notice.
    We do not consider an application that does not comply with the 
deadline requirements.
    Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or 
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact 
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII 
of this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or 
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the 
application process, the individual's application remains subject to 
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
    4. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is subject to 
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. However, 
under 34 CFR 79.8(a), we waive intergovernmental review in order to 
make an award by the end of FY 2015.
    5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding 
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
    6. Data Universal Numbering System Number, Taxpayer Identification 
Number, and System for Award Management: To do business with the 
Department of Education, you must--
    a. Have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and a 
Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN);
    b. Register both your DUNS number and TIN with the System for Award 
Management (SAM) (formerly the Central Contractor Registry (CCR)), the 
Government's primary registrant database;
    c. Provide your DUNS number and TIN on your application; and
    d. Maintain an active SAM registration with current information 
while your application is under review by the Department and, if you 
are awarded a grant, during the project period.
    You can obtain a DUNS number from Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 
can be created within one to two business days.
    If you are a corporate entity, agency, institution, or 
organization, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue Service. 
If you are an individual, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal 
Revenue Service or the Social Security Administration. If you need a 
new TIN, please allow two to five weeks for your TIN to become active.
    The SAM registration process can take approximately seven business 
days, but may take upwards of several weeks, depending on the 
completeness and accuracy of the data entered into the SAM database by 
an entity. Thus, if you think you might want to apply for Federal 
financial assistance under a program administered by the Department, 
please allow sufficient time to obtain and register your DUNS number 
and TIN. We strongly recommend that you register early.
    Note: Once your SAM registration is active, you will need to allow 
24 to 48 hours for the information to be available in Grants.gov and 
before you can submit an application through Grants.gov.
    If you are currently registered with SAM, you may not need to make 
any changes. However, please make certain that the TIN associated with 
your DUNS number is correct. Also note that you will need to update 
your registration annually. This may take three or more business days.
    Information about SAM is available at www.SAM.gov. To further 
assist you with obtaining and registering your DUNS number and TIN in 
SAM or updating your existing SAM account, we have prepared a SAM.gov 
Tip Sheet, which you can find at: www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/sam-faqs.html.
    In addition, if you are submitting your application via Grants.gov, 
you must (1) be designated by your organization as an Authorized 
Organization Representative (AOR); and (2) register yourself with 
Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these steps are outlined at the 
following Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/web/grants/register.html.
    7. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under 
this competition must be submitted electronically unless you qualify 
for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the 
instructions in this section.
    a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
    Applications for grants under the Rehabilitation Training: 
Technical Assistance Center for Vocational Rehabilitation Agency 
Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance, CFDA number 84.263B, must be 
submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 
at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a 
copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload 
and submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a 
grant application to us.
    We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format 
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of 
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no 
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written 
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these 
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that 
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in 
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
    You may access the electronic grant application for the 
Rehabilitation Training: Technical Assistance Center for Vocational 
Rehabilitation Agency Program Evaluation and Quality Assurance 
competition at www.Grants.gov. You must search for

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the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA 
number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search 
(e.g., search for 84.263, not 84.263B).
    Please note the following:
     When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find 
information about submitting an application electronically through the 
site, as well as the hours of operation.
     Applications received by Grants.gov are date and time 
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted and must 
be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30:00 
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as 
otherwise noted in this section, we will not accept your application if 
it is received--that is, date and time stamped by the Grants.gov 
system--after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application 
deadline date. We do not consider an application that does not comply 
with the deadline requirements. When we retrieve your application from 
Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting your application 
because it was date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system after 
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date.
     The amount of time it can take to upload an application 
will vary depending on a variety of factors, including the size of the 
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we 
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline 
date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov.
     You should review and follow the Education Submission 
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are 
included in the application package for this competition to ensure that 
you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov 
system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures 
pertaining to Grants.gov under News and Events on the Department's G5 
system home page at www.G5.gov.
     You will not receive additional point value because you 
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you 
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission 
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your 
application in paper format.
     You must submit all documents electronically, including 
all information you typically provide on the following forms: The 
Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 
Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and 
certifications.
     You must upload any narrative sections and all other 
attachments to your application as files in a PDF (Portable Document) 
read-only, non-modifiable format. Do not upload an interactive or 
fillable PDF file. If you upload a file type other than a read-only, 
non-modifiable PDF or submit a password-protected file, we will not 
review that material.
     Your electronic application must comply with any page-
limit requirements described in this notice.
     After you electronically submit your application, you will 
receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that 
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates 
receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The 
Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send 
a second notification to you by email. This second notification 
indicates that the Department has received your application and has 
assigned your application a PR/Award number (an 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 Technical Issues 
with the Grants.gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting 
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov 
Support Desk, toll free, at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a 
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
    If you are prevented from electronically submitting your 
application on the application deadline date because of technical 
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension 
until 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to 
enable you to transmit your application electronically or by hand 
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing 
instructions described elsewhere in this notice.
    If you submit an application after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 
time, on the application deadline date, please contact the person 
listed under For Further Information Contact in section VII of this 
notice and provide an explanation of the technical problem you 
experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk 
Case Number. We will accept your application if we can confirm that a 
technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that 
problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30:00 
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The 
Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether 
your application will be accepted.
    Note: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply only 
to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 
system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully 
register to submit your application to Grants.gov before the 
application deadline date and time or if the technical problem you 
experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
    Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an 
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your 
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application 
through the Grants.gov system because--
     You do not have access to the Internet; or
     You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to 
the Grants.gov system; and
     No later than two weeks before the application deadline 
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the 
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business 
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement 
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception 
prevents you from using the Internet to submit your application.
    If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be 
postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline 
date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must 
receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the 
application deadline date.
    Address and mail or fax your statement to: Don Bunuan, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5046, Potomac 
Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 20202-2800. FAX: (202) 245-7592.
    Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the 
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
    b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
    If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission 
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a 
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail 
the original and two copies of your application, on or before the 
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:

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U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: 
(CFDA Number 84.263B), LBJ Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 
Washington, DC 20202-4260.
    You must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:
    (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
    (2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the 
U.S. Postal Service.
    (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial 
carrier.
    (4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the 
U.S. Department of Education.
    If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do 
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
    (1) A private metered postmark.
    (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
    If your application is postmarked after the application deadline 
date, we will not consider your application.
    Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated 
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your 
local post office.
    c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.
    If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission 
requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper 
application to the Department by hand. You must deliver the original 
and two copies of your application by hand, on or before the 
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address: 
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: 
(CFDA Number 84.263B), 550 12th Street SW., Room 7039, Potomac Center 
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.
    The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily 
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, except 
Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays.
    Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you mail 
or hand deliver your application to the Department--
    (1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by the 
Department--in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including suffix 
letter, if any, of the competition under which you are submitting your 
application; and
    (2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a notification 
of receipt of your grant application. If you do not receive this 
notification within 15 business days from the application deadline 
date, you should call the U.S. Department of Education Application 
Control Center at (202) 245-6288.

V. Application Review Information

    1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this competition 
are from 34 CFR 75.210 and are listed in the application package.
    2. Review and Selection Process: We remind potential applicants 
that in reviewing applications in any discretionary grant competition, 
the Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 75.217(d)(3), the past 
performance of the applicant in carrying out a previous award, such as 
the applicant's use of funds, achievement of project objectives, and 
compliance with grant conditions. The Secretary may also consider 
whether the applicant failed to submit a timely performance report or 
submitted a report of unacceptable quality.
    In addition, in making a competitive grant award, the Secretary 
also requires various assurances including those applicable to Federal 
civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or 
activities receiving Federal financial assistance from the Department 
of Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
    3. Special Conditions: Under 2 CFR 3474.10, the Secretary may 
impose special conditions and, in appropriate circumstances, high-risk 
conditions on a grant if the applicant or grantee is not financially 
stable; has a history of unsatisfactory performance; has a financial or 
other management system that does not meet the standards in 2 CFR part 
200, subpart D; has not fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; or 
is otherwise not responsible.

VI. Award Administration Information

    1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your 
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award 
Notification (GAN); or we may send you an email containing a link to 
access an electronic version of your GAN. We may notify you informally, 
also.
    If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding, 
we notify you.
    2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify 
administrative and national policy requirements in the application 
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable 
Regulations section of this notice.
    We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of 
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and 
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also 
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding 
commitments under the grant.
    3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a grant under this competition, 
you must ensure that you have in place the necessary processes and 
systems to comply with the reporting requirements in 2 CFR part 170 
should you receive funding under the competition. This does not apply 
if you have an exception under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
    (b) At the end of your project period, you must submit a final 
performance report, including financial information, as directed by the 
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an annual 
performance report that provides the most current performance and 
financial expenditure information as directed by the Secretary under 34 
CFR 75.118. The Secretary may also require more frequent performance 
reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements on reporting, 
please go to www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
    4. Performance Measures: The Government Performance and Results Act 
of 1993 (GPRA) directs Federal departments and agencies to improve the 
effectiveness of programs by engaging in strategic planning, setting 
outcome-related goals for programs, and measuring program results 
against those goals.
    The purpose of this priority is to fund a program designed to (a) 
provide educational opportunities from recognized experts in program 
evaluation and quality assurance; (b) develop interagency collaboration 
networks and work teams committed to the improvement of quality 
assurance systems and tools; and (c) deliver technical, professional, 
and continuing educational support to State VR program evaluators.
    The Cooperative Agreement will specify the short-term and long-term 
measures that will be used to assess the grantee's performance against 
the goals and objectives of the project and the outcomes listed in the 
preceding paragraph.
    In its annual and final performance reports to the Department, the 
grant recipient will be expected to report the data outlined in the 
Cooperative Agreement that is needed to assess its performance.
    The Cooperative Agreement and annual report will be reviewed by RSA 
and the grant recipient between the third and fourth quarter of each 
project period. Adjustments will be made to the project accordingly in 
order to ensure demonstrated progress towards meeting the goals and 
outcomes of the project.

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    5. Continuation Awards: In making a continuation award under 34 CFR 
75.253, the Secretary considers, among other things: whether a grantee 
has made substantial progress in achieving the goals and objectives of 
the project; whether the grantee has expended funds in a manner that is 
consistent with its approved application and budget; and, if the 
Secretary has established performance measurement requirements, the 
performance targets in the grantee's approved application. In making a 
continuation grant, the Secretary also considers whether the grantee is 
operating in compliance with the assurances in its approved 
application, including those applicable to Federal civil rights laws 
that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities receiving 
Federal financial assistance from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 
106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).

VII. Agency Contact

    For Further Information Contact: Don Bunuan, U.S. Department of 
Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration, 400 Maryland Avenue 
SW., Room 5046, PCP, Washington, DC 20202-2800. Telephone: (202) 245-
6616 or by email: don.bunuan@ed.gov.
    If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-
8339.

VIII. Other Information

    Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this 
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format 
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to 
the program contact person listed under For Further Information Contact 
in section VII of this notice.
    Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free 
Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the 
Code of Federal Regulations is available via the Federal Digital System 
at: www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys. At this site you can view this document, as well 
as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal 
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF 
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the 
site.
    You may also access documents of the Department published in the 
Federal Register by using the article search feature at: 
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.

    Dated: August 5, 2015.
Michael K. Yudin,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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U.S.C. 552a(b)(3) as follows: persons is reasonably necessary to assist written inquiries to Office of the
Law Enforcement Routine Use: If a in connection with the Components Secretary of Defense/Joint Staff,
system of records maintained by a DoD efforts to respond to the suspected or Freedom of Information Requester
Component to carry out its functions confirmed compromise and prevent, Service Center, Office of Freedom of
indicates a violation or potential minimize, or remedy such harm. Information, 1155 Defense Pentagon,
violation of law, whether civil, criminal, The DoD Blanket Routine Uses set Washington, DC 20301–1155.
or regulatory in nature, and whether forth at the beginning of the Office of Signed, written requests should
arising by general statute or by the Secretary of Defense (OSD) include the name and number of this
regulation, rule, or order issued compilation of systems of records system of records notice, the case
pursuant thereto, the relevant records in notices may apply to this system. The number (if available), date of request,
the system of records may be referred, complete list of DoD blanket routine title/subject of submitted document, or
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component of the Department of Justice access and are further protected by
using a Personal Identification Number Education.
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suspected or confirmed compromise 20301–1155. services to individuals with disabilities;
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U.S. Department of Education, Department of Education Application application as part of your binding
Application Control Center, Attention: Control Center at (202) 245–6288. commitments under the grant.
(CFDA Number 84.263B), LBJ Basement 3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a
V. Application Review Information grant under this competition, you must
Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20202–4260. 1. Selection Criteria: The selection ensure that you have in place the
You must show proof of mailing criteria for this competition are from 34 necessary processes and systems to
consisting of one of the following: CFR 75.210 and are listed in the comply with the reporting requirements
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service application package. in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive
postmark. 2. Review and Selection Process: We funding under the competition. This
(2) A legible mail receipt with the remind potential applicants that in does not apply if you have an exception
date of mailing stamped by the U.S. reviewing applications in any under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
Postal Service. discretionary grant competition, the (b) At the end of your project period,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR you must submit a final performance
receipt from a commercial carrier. 75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the report, including financial information,
(4) Any other proof of mailing applicant in carrying out a previous as directed by the Secretary. If you
acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. award, such as the applicant’s use of receive a multi-year award, you must
Department of Education. funds, achievement of project submit an annual performance report
If you mail your application through objectives, and compliance with grant that provides the most current
the U.S. Postal Service, we do not conditions. The Secretary may also performance and financial expenditure
accept either of the following as proof consider whether the applicant failed to information as directed by the Secretary
of mailing: submit a timely performance report or under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary
(1) A private metered postmark. submitted a report of unacceptable may also require more frequent
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by quality. performance reports under 34 CFR
the U.S. Postal Service. In addition, in making a competitive 75.720(c). For specific requirements on
If your application is postmarked after grant award, the Secretary also requires reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/
the application deadline date, we will various assurances including those fund/grant/apply/appforms/
not consider your application. applicable to Federal civil rights laws appforms.html.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not that prohibit discrimination in programs 4. Performance Measures: The
uniformly provide a dated postmark. or activities receiving Federal financial Government Performance and Results
Before relying on this method, you assistance from the Department of Act of 1993 (GPRA) directs Federal
should check with your local post Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, departments and agencies to improve
office. 108.8, and 110.23). the effectiveness of programs by
c. Submission of Paper Applications 3. Special Conditions: Under 2 CFR engaging in strategic planning, setting
by Hand Delivery. 3474.10, the Secretary may impose outcome-related goals for programs, and
If you qualify for an exception to the special conditions and, in appropriate measuring program results against those
electronic submission requirement, you circumstances, high-risk conditions on a goals.
(or a courier service) may deliver your grant if the applicant or grantee is not The purpose of this priority is to fund
paper application to the Department by financially stable; has a history of a program designed to (a) provide
hand. You must deliver the original and unsatisfactory performance; has a educational opportunities from
two copies of your application by hand, financial or other management system recognized experts in program
on or before the application deadline that does not meet the standards in 2 evaluation and quality assurance; (b)
date, to the Department at the following CFR part 200, subpart D; has not develop interagency collaboration
address: U.S. Department of Education, fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; networks and work teams committed to
Application Control Center, Attention: or is otherwise not responsible. the improvement of quality assurance
(CFDA Number 84.263B), 550 12th systems and tools; and (c) deliver
Street SW., Room 7039, Potomac Center VI. Award Administration Information technical, professional, and continuing
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 1. Award Notices: If your application educational support to State VR
The Application Control Center is successful, we notify your U.S. program evaluators.
accepts hand deliveries daily between Representative and U.S. Senators and The Cooperative Agreement will
8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, send you a Grant Award Notification specify the short-term and long-term
DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, (GAN); or we may send you an email measures that will be used to assess the
and Federal holidays. containing a link to access an electronic grantee’s performance against the goals
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of version of your GAN. We may notify and objectives of the project and the
Paper Applications: If you mail or hand you informally, also. outcomes listed in the preceding
deliver your application to the If your application is not evaluated or paragraph.
Department— not selected for funding, we notify you. In its annual and final performance
(1) You must indicate on the envelope 2. Administrative and National Policy reports to the Department, the grant
and—if not provided by the Requirements: We identify recipient will be expected to report the
Department—in Item 11 of the SF 424 administrative and national policy data outlined in the Cooperative
the CFDA number, including suffix requirements in the application package Agreement that is needed to assess its
letter, if any, of the competition under and reference these and other performance.
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which you are submitting your requirements in the Applicable The Cooperative Agreement and
application; and Regulations section of this notice. annual report will be reviewed by RSA
(2) The Application Control Center We reference the regulations outlining and the grant recipient between the
will mail to you a notification of receipt the terms and conditions of an award in third and fourth quarter of each project
of your grant application. If you do not the Applicable Regulations section of period. Adjustments will be made to the
receive this notification within 15 this notice and include these and other project accordingly in order to ensure
business days from the application specific conditions in the GAN. The demonstrated progress towards meeting
deadline date, you should call the U.S. GAN also incorporates your approved the goals and outcomes of the project.

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Category		Regulatory Information
Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice.
Dates		Applications Available: August 11, 2015.
Contact		Don Bunuan, U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5046, PCP, Washington, DC 20202-2800. Telephone: (202) 245- 6616 or by email: [email protected]
FR Citation		80 FR 48081