83 FR 26041 - Applications for New Awards; Expanding Opportunity Through Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP)-National Dissemination Grants

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 108 (June 5, 2018)

Page Range		26041-26048
FR Document		2018-12068

The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2018 for CSP-- National Dissemination Grants, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.282T.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2018)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Applications for New Awards; Expanding Opportunity Through
Quality Charter Schools Program (CSP)--National Dissemination Grants

AGENCY: Office of Innovation and Improvement, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting
applications for fiscal year (FY) 2018 for CSP-- National Dissemination
Grants, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.282T.

DATES:
Applications Available: June 5, 2018.
Date of Pre-Application Webinar: Thursday, June 7, 2018, 1:00 p.m.,
Washington, DC time.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 9, 2018.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 4, 2018.

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Register on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6003) and available at
www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/pdf/2018-02558.pdf.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hans Neseth, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 4W224, Washington, DC 20202-
5970. Telephone: (202) 401-4125. Email: hans.neseth@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Purpose of Program: The major purposes of the CSP are to expand
opportunities for all students, particularly traditionally underserved
students, to attend public charter schools (as defined in this notice)
and meet challenging State academic standards; provide financial
assistance for the planning, program design, and initial implementation
of charter schools; increase the number of high-quality charter schools
(as defined in this notice) available to students across the United
States; evaluate the impact of charter schools on student achievement,
families, and communities; share best practices between charter schools
and other public schools; encourage States to provide facilities
support to charter schools; and support efforts to strengthen the
charter school authorizing process. Through CSP National Dissemination
Grants (CFDA number 84.282T), the Department provides funds on a
competitive basis to support efforts by eligible entities to support
the charter school sector and increase the number of high-quality
charter schools available to our Nation's students by disseminating
best practices regarding charter schools.
Background: This notice invites applications from eligible
applicants to disseminate best practices regarding charter schools
consistent with the authority in section 4305(a)(3)(B) of the
Elementary and Secondary Education of 1965, as amended by the Every
Student Succeeds Act (ESEA). This notice contains a priority,
definitions, and selection criteria from the ESEA and Department
regulations, as well as priorities and application requirements that we
are establishing in accordance with section 437(d)(1) of the General
Education Provisions Act (GEPA), 20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1).
The priorities included in this notice are consistent with the
statutory purposes of the CSP and are intended to ensure that projects
funded under CSP National Dissemination Grants address key national
policy issues.
Specifically, the priorities require eligible applicants to propose
to disseminate best practices for strengthening charter school
authorizing and oversight or for improving charter school access to
facilities and facility financing, and target funds on projects
designed to help increase educational choice (as defined in this
notice) for students with disabilities (as defined in this notice),
English learners (as defined in this notice), and other traditionally
underserved student groups. We encourage applicants to propose projects
that enhance collaboration among charter schools, traditional public
schools, and other stakeholders.
Priorities: This notice includes two absolute priorities and two
competitive preference priorities--one that is within Absolute Priority
1 and one that applies to both Absolute Priority 1 and Absolute
Priority 2. We are establishing the two absolute priorities and the
competitive preference priority within Absolute Priority 1 for the FY
2018 grant competition and any subsequent year in which we make awards
from the list of unfunded applications from this competition, in
accordance with section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, 20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1). The
competitive preference priority applicable to both Absolute Priority 1
and Absolute Priority 2 is from the Department's notice of final
supplemental priorities and definitions for discretionary grant
programs, published in the Federal Register on March 2, 2018 (83 FR
9096) (Supplemental Priorities).
Absolute Priorities: These priorities are absolute priorities.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet one
of these priorities. An application must clearly identify the specific
absolute priority that the proposed project addresses. An application
must address either Absolute Priority 1 or Absolute Priority 2, but not
both, in order to be considered for funding.
These priorities are:

Absolute Priority 1--Strengthening Charter School Authorizing and
Oversight

Background

One of the primary statutory purposes of the CSP is to support
efforts to strengthen the charter school authorizing process to improve
performance management, including transparency, oversight and
monitoring (including financial audits) and evaluation of charter
schools. In addition, the CSP State Entities program has a strong focus
on authorizing, including a requirement that grantees

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reserve a portion of funds to provide technical assistance to charter
school authorizers and developers (as defined in this notice) and work
with authorizers to improve authorizing quality. This priority supports
that emphasis by prioritizing projects that propose to develop,
identify, or expand, and disseminate information on, best practices in
authorizing and the oversight of charter schools by public chartering
agencies.
Authorizers are responsible for conducting rigorous application
reviews to ensure new charter schools can be of high quality and for
establishing clear and consistent policies to hold schools accountable
for meeting their academic, financial, and operational performance
goals and for complying with all applicable laws, including civil
rights laws requiring equal access. Through this priority, the
Department expects the implementation of strong authorizing practices
will spread and improve the quality of the charter school sector.
Through a competitive preference priority for applications that
address this absolute priority, we encourage applicants to focus their
efforts on authorized public chartering agencies or States in which
there is a need to build capacity in the authorizing process, including
States that have recently enacted charter school laws, authorized
public chartering agencies with relatively small portfolios of schools,
and authorized public chartering agencies whose chartered school or
schools are failing to meet performance or compliance requirements.

Priority

Projects that are designed to develop, identify, or expand, and
disseminate information on, best practices in authorizing and the
oversight of charter schools by public chartering agencies, including
in one or more of the following areas:
(i) Conducting charter school application reviews;
(ii) Establishing governance standards and practices for charter
schools;
(iii) Promoting and monitoring the compliance of charter schools
and authorized public chartering agencies (as defined in this notice)
with Federal, State, or local, academic, financial, operational
(including school safety), or other applicable requirements;
(iv) Evaluating the performance of charter schools or authorized
public chartering agencies;
(v) Facilitating the replication and expansion of high-quality
charter schools;
(vi) Improving the academic, financial, or operational performance
of charter schools; or
(vii) Closing persistently underperforming charter schools.
To meet this priority, an applicant must propose to disseminate
best-practices information widely in more than one State with a charter
school law.
Within this absolute priority, we give competitive preference to
applications that address the following priority.
Competitive Preference Priority: For FY 2018 and any subsequent
year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications
from this competition, this priority is a competitive preference
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an additional
five points to an application, depending on how well the application
meets this priority.
In order to receive points under this priority, an applicant must
identify its response to the priority in the project narrative section
of its application and provide documentation supporting its response.
If the applicant fails to clearly identify its response to the
priority, the Department will not award points under the competitive
preference priority.
This priority is:
Building Capacity in the Authorizing Process for Educational
Agencies with the Most Need (Up to 5 points).
Projects that propose to target one or more of the following:
States that have enacted laws in the last five years allowing charter
schools to open; authorized public chartering agencies (as defined in
this notice) with fewer than ten charter schools; and authorized public
chartering agencies that authorize a significant number of charter
schools experiencing significant low performance or non-compliance with
academic, financial, governance, or operational (including school
safety) requirements.

Absolute Priority 2--Improving Charter School Access to Facilities and
Facility Financing

Background

Limited access to adequate facilities and to funding for
facilities, including per-pupil facilities aid, remains a significant
issue impacting growth in the number of charter schools available to
our Nation's students. To help address this issue, this priority
supports projects that develop, identify, or expand, and disseminate
information on, best practices in supporting charter schools in
accessing and financing facilities.

Priority

Projects that are designed to develop, identify, or expand, and
disseminate information on, best practices in supporting charter
schools in accessing and financing facilities, including in one or more
of the following areas:
(i) Access to public and private (including philanthropic) funding
for facilities;
(ii) Access to public facilities, including the right of first
refusal;
(iii) Access to per-pupil facilities aid to charter schools to
provide the schools with funding that is dedicated solely to charter
school facilities;
(iv) Access to credit enhancements and other subsidies;
(v) Access to bonds or mill levies by charter schools, or by other
public entities for the benefit of charter schools;
(vi) Access to interest in a facility by purchase, lease, donation,
or otherwise, including an interest held by a third party, for the
benefit of a charter school; or
(vii) Planning for facility acquisition by charter schools,
including comprehensive analysis of facility needs.
To meet this priority, an applicant must propose to disseminate
best-practices information widely in more than one State with a charter
school law.
Competitive Preference Priority: For FY 2018 and any subsequent
year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications
from this competition, this priority is a competitive preference
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an additional
five points to an application, depending on how well the application
meets this priority.
In order to receive points under this priority, an applicant must
identify its response to the priority in the project narrative section
of its application and provide documentation supporting its response.
If the applicant fails to clearly identify its response to the
priority, the Department will not award points under the competitive
preference priority.
This priority is:
Competitive Preference Priority--Empowering Families and
Individuals To Choose a High-Quality Education That Meets Their Unique
Needs (Up to 5 points).

Background

One of the statutory purposes of the CSP is to expand opportunities
for children with disabilities (as defined in this notice), English
learners, and other traditionally underserved students to

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attend charter schools and meet challenging State academic standards.
This priority is intended to target funding on projects that help
provide educational choice to these underserved student groups, which
include students who are Indians and students served by rural local
educational agencies (as defined in this notice).
An applicant addressing this priority is invited to discuss how its
proposed project is designed to increase access to educational choice
for one or more of these groups. An applicant might address this
priority, for instance, through its plan to develop, identify, or
expand best practices related to serving students in one or more of
these underserved groups, through disseminating best practices in areas
with high concentrations of one or more of these student groups, or by
targeting its project work in areas in which students in one or more of
the student groups are at risk of educational failure or otherwise in
need of special assistance or support.
Priority:
Projects that are designed to address increasing access to
educational choice for one or more of the following groups of children
or students:
(i) Children or students with disabilities.
(ii) English learners.
(iii) Students who are Indians, as defined in section 6151 of the
ESEA.
(iv) Children or students in communities served by rural local
educational agencies.

Definitions

The following definitions, as indicated in a parenthetical
following the definitions, are from 34 CFR 75.225 and 77.1, the ESEA,
and the Supplemental Priorities.
Ambitious means promoting continued, meaningful improvement for
program participants or for other individuals or entities affected by
the grant, or representing a significant advancement in the field of
education research, practices, or methodologies. When used to describe
a performance target (as defined in this notice), whether a performance
target is ambitious depends upon the context of the relevant
performance measure (as defined in this notice) and the baseline (as
defined in this notice) for that measure. (34 CFR 77.1)
Authorized public chartering agency means a State educational
agency (SEA), local educational agency (LEA), or other public entity
that has the authority pursuant to State law and approved by the
Secretary to authorize or approve a charter school. (ESEA section
4310(1))
Baseline means the starting point from which performance is
measured and targets are set. (34 CFR 77.1)
Charter school means a public school that--
(a) In accordance with a specific State statute authorizing the
granting of charters to schools, is exempt from significant State or
local rules that inhibit the flexible operation and management of
public schools, but not from any rules relating to the other
requirements of this definition;
(b) Is created by a developer as a public school, or is adapted by
a developer from an existing public school, and is operated under
public supervision and direction;
(c) Operates in pursuit of a specific set of educational objectives
determined by the school's developer and agreed to by the authorized
public chartering agency;
(d) Provides a program of elementary or secondary education, or
both;
(e) Is nonsectarian in its programs, admissions policies,
employment practices, and all other operations, and is not affiliated
with a sectarian school or religious institution;
(f) Does not charge tuition;
(g) Complies with the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, title VI of
the Civil Rights Act of 1964, title IX of the Education Amendments of
1972, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), section 444 of GEPA
(20 U.S.C. 1232g) (commonly referred to as the ``Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act of 1974''), and part B of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA);
(h) Is a school to which parents choose to send their children, and
that--
(1) Admits students on the basis of a lottery, consistent with
section 4303(c)(3)(A) of the ESEA, if more students apply for admission
than can be accommodated; or
(2) In the case of a school that has an affiliated charter school
(such as a school that is part of the same network of schools),
automatically enrolls students who are enrolled in the immediate prior
grade level of the affiliated charter school and, for any additional
student openings or student openings created through regular attrition
in student enrollment in the affiliated charter school and the
enrolling school, admits students on the basis of a lottery as
described in paragraph (1);
(i) Agrees to comply with the same Federal and State audit
requirements as do other elementary schools and secondary schools in
the State, unless such State audit requirements are waived by the
State;
(j) Meets all applicable Federal, State, and local health and
safety requirements;
(k) Operates in accordance with State law;
(l) Has a written performance contract with the authorized public
chartering agency in the State that includes a description of how
student performance will be measured in charter schools pursuant to
State assessments that are required of other schools and pursuant to
any other assessments mutually agreeable to the authorized public
chartering agency and the charter school; and
(m) May serve students in early childhood educational programs or
postsecondary students. (ESEA section 4310(2))
Charter school support organization means a nonprofit,
nongovernmental entity that is not an authorized public chartering
agency and provides, on a statewide basis--
(a) Assistance to developers during the planning, program design,
and initial implementation of a charter school; and
(b) Technical assistance to operating charter schools. (ESEA
section 4310(4))
Children or students with disabilities means children with
disabilities as defined in IDEA or individuals defined as having a
disability under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section
504) (or children or students who are eligible under both laws).
(Supplemental Priorities)
Demonstrates a rationale means a key project component (as defined
in this notice) included in the project's logic model (as defined in
this notice) is informed by research or evaluation findings that
suggest the project component is likely to improve relevant outcomes
(as defined in this notice). (34 CFR 77.1)
Developer means an individual or group of individuals (including a
public or private nonprofit organization), which may include teachers,
administrators and other school staff, parents, or other members of the
local community in which a charter school project will be carried out.
(ESEA section 4310(5))
Early childhood education program means (A) a Head Start program or
an Early Head Start program carried out under the Head Start Act (42
U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), including a migrant or seasonal Head Start
program, an Indian Head Start program, or a Head Start program or an
Early Head Start program that also receives State funding; (B) a State
licensed or regulated child care

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program; or (C) a program that (i) serves children from birth through
age six that addresses the children's cognitive (including language,
early literacy, and early mathematics), social, emotional, and physical
development; and (ii) is (I) a State prekindergarten program; (II) a
program authorized under section 619 or part C of the IDEA; or (III) a
program operated by an LEA. (ESEA section 8101(16))
Educational choice means the opportunity for a child or student (or
a family member on their behalf) to create a high-quality personalized
path for learning that is consistent with applicable Federal, State,
and local laws; is in an educational setting that best meets the
child's or student's needs; and, where possible, incorporates evidence-
based activities, strategies, or interventions. Opportunities made
available to a student through a grant program are those that
supplement what is provided by a child's or student's geographically
assigned school or the institution in which he or she is currently
enrolled and may include: Public educational programs or courses
including those offered by traditional public schools, public charter
schools, public magnet schools, public online education providers, or
other public education providers. (Supplemental Priorities)
English learners means individuals who are English learners as
defined in section 8101(20) of the ESEA, or individuals who are English
language learners as defined in section 203(7) of the Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act. (Supplemental Priorities)
High-quality charter school means a charter school that--
(a) Shows evidence of strong academic results, which may include
strong student academic growth, as determined by a State;
(b) Has no significant issues in the areas of student safety,
financial and operational management, or statutory or regulatory
compliance;
(c) Has demonstrated success in significantly increasing student
academic achievement, including graduation rates where applicable, for
all students served by the charter school; and
(d) Has demonstrated success in increasing student academic
achievement, including graduation rates where applicable, for each of
the subgroups of students, as defined in section 1111(c)(2) of the
ESEA, except that such demonstration is not required in a case in which
the number of students in a group is insufficient to yield
statistically reliable information or the results would reveal
personally identifiable information about an individual student. (ESEA
section 4310(8))
Indian means an individual who is--
(a) A member of an Indian Tribe or band, as membership is defined
by the Tribe or band, including--
(i) Any Tribe or band terminated since 1940; and
(ii) Any Tribe or band recognized by the State in which the Tribe
or band resides;
(b) A descendant, in the first or second degree, of an individual
described in subparagraph (a);
(c) Considered by the Secretary of the Interior to be an Indian for
any purpose;
(d) An Eskimo, Aleut, or other Alaska Native; or
(e) A member of an organized Indian group that received a grant
under the Indian Education Act of 1988 as in effect the day preceding
the date of enactment of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994.
(ESEA section 6151)
Logic model (also referred to as theory of action) means a
framework that identifies key project components of the proposed
project (i.e., the active ``ingredients'' that are hypothesized to be
critical to achieving the relevant outcomes) and describes the
theoretical and operational relationships among the key project
components and relevant outcomes. (34 CFR 77.1)
Performance measure means any quantitative indicator, statistic, or
metric used to gauge program or project performance. (34 CFR 77.1)
Performance target means a level of performance that an applicant
would seek to meet during the course of a project or as a result of a
project. (34 CFR 77.1)
Project component means an activity, strategy, intervention,
process, product, practice, or policy included in a project. Evidence
may pertain to an individual project component or to a combination of
project components (e.g., training teachers on instructional practices
for English learners and follow-on coaching for these teachers). (34
CFR 77.1)
Relevant outcome means the student outcome(s) or other outcome(s)
the key project component is designed to improve, consistent with the
specific goals of the program. (34 CFR 77.1)
Rural local educational agency means an LEA that is eligible under
the Small Rural School Achievement (SRSA) program or the Rural and Low-
Income School (RLIS) program authorized under Title V, Part B of the
ESEA. Eligible applicants may determine whether a particular LEA is
eligible for these programs by referring to information on the
Department's website at www2.ed.gov/nclb/freedom/local/reap.html.
(Supplemental Priorities)
Application Requirements: Applications for CSP National
Dissemination Grants funds must address the following application
requirements, which we establish for FY 2018 and any subsequent year in
which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this
competition, in accordance with section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, 20 U.S.C.
1232(d)(1). An applicant may choose to respond to these requirements in
the context of its responses to the selection criteria in section V.1
of this notice.
(a) Provide a project plan, which includes a logic model, that
describes the purpose of the project based on the absolute priority
(e.g., ``to strengthen charter school authorizing''); includes clearly
specified, measurable project objectives that are aligned with the
project purpose; and includes the specific strategies and initiatives
that will be implemented to accomplish project objectives. For each
project objective, the project plan must include--
(i) Inputs and Resources: Identification of the specific costs that
will be allocated to the proposed project. These costs must represent
the inputs and resources (e.g., personnel, contracted services,
supplies, and equipment) that are necessary to generate and support
grant project activities, and are necessary to produce project outputs.
Applicants must ensure that the total project costs, as identified in
this section, are consistent with the budget form 524 B and response to
selection criterion (c);
(ii) Project Activities: Identification of the specific activities
proposed to be funded under the grant; the estimated cost of those
activities under the grant project; and how these activities are linked
to the target grant project outputs and outcomes;
(iii) Project Outputs: Identification of the specific project
deliverables, work products, and other outputs of the proposed project,
including the cost of those outputs. Examples of outputs include--
(1) Best practice publications and products;
(2) Evaluation reports; and
(3) Presentation of a session at a conference delivering best
practices for stakeholders.
(iv) Project Outcomes: Identification of the anticipated project
outcomes or effects as a result of the proposed project.
(b) Provide a management plan that describes clearly defined

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responsibilities, timelines, and milestones for executing the project
and achieving project outcomes.
(c) Provide a dissemination plan that includes the number and
description of States, charter schools, or authorized public chartering
agencies to which best-practices information will be disseminated, as
well as a description of the mechanisms the applicant will use to
disseminate information on its proposed projects.
(d) Provide an evaluation plan that includes performance measures
that are aligned to the project purpose, project objectives, and
project outcomes as well as to the intended outcomes of the proposed
project.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: Under the Administrative Procedure
Act (5 U.S.C. 553), the Department generally offers interested parties
the opportunity to comment on proposed priorities, selection criteria,
definitions, and requirements. Section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, however,
allows the Secretary to exempt from rulemaking requirements regulations
governing the first grant competition under a new or substantially
revised program authority. This is the first grant competition for this
program under section 4305(a)(3) of the ESEA, and, therefore, this
competition qualifies for this exemption. In order to ensure timely
grant awards, the Secretary has decided to forgo public comment on the
priorities, requirements, definitions, and selection criteria in this
notice in accordance with section 437(d)(1) of GEPA. These priorities,
requirements, definitions, and selection criteria will apply to grants
awarded under this competition in FY 2018 and any subsequent year in
which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this
competition.
Program Authority: Section 4305(a)(3)(B) of the ESEA, 20 U.S.C.
7221d.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86,
97, 98, 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 Supplemental
Priorities.

II. Award Information

Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $4,500,000.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of
applications, we may make additional awards in FY 2019 from the list of
unfunded applications from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $500,000-$800,000 per year.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $650,000 per year.
Estimated Number of Awards: 5-9.

Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice. The estimated range and average size of awards are based on
a single 12-month budget period. We may use FY 2018 funds to support
multiple 12-month budget periods for one or more grantees.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

III. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Applicants: We are establishing the eligible entities
for this competition in accordance with section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, 20
U.S.C. 1232(d)(1). Eligible applicants include: SEAs; State charter
school boards; State Governors; charter school support organizations
(as defined in this notice); authorized public chartering agencies; and
public and private nonprofit organizations that operate, manage, or
support charter schools.
Eligible applicants may apply as a partnership or consortium and,
if so applying, must comply with the requirements for group
applications set forth in 34 CFR 75.127-129.
Public and private nonprofit organizations that operate, manage, or
support charter schools must apply in partnership with one or more
SEAs, State charter school boards, State Governors, charter school
support organizations, or authorized public chartering agencies.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This competition does not require cost
sharing or matching.
3. Subgrants: A grantee under this competition may not award
subgrants to entities to directly carry out project activities
described in its application.

IV. Application and Submission Information

1. Application Submission Instructions: For information on how to
submit an application please refer to our Common Instructions for
Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs,
published in the Federal Register on February 12, 2018 (83 FR 6003) and
available at www.thefederalregister.org/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/pdf/2018-02558.pdf.
2. Submission of Proprietary Information: Given the types of
projects that may be proposed in applications for the National
Dissemination Grants competition, your application may include business
information that you consider proprietary. In 34 CFR 5.11 we define
``business information'' and describe the process we use in determining
whether any of that information is proprietary and, thus, protected
from disclosure under Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act (5
U.S.C. 552, as amended).
Because we plan to make successful applications 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 believe is exempt from disclosure
under Exemption 4. 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. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for this competition.
4. Funding Restrictions: Grant funds may be used only for
activities that are related to the development, identification,
expansion, and dissemination of information on best practices regarding
the absolute priority to which the applicant is responding and that are
included in the grantee's approved application. Grantees are expected
to identify the specific costs associated with each included activity.
Grantees may not use grant funds to conduct charter school
authorizing activities, or to open new charter schools.
Grantees may not use grant funds to acquire or finance the
acquisition of a charter school facility, including through credit
enhancement, direct lending, or subgrants.
Grantees may not use grant funds for general organizational
operating support beyond the costs associated with this grant project.
In accordance with section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, 20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1),
we establish that no more than 5 percent of grant funds may be used for
direct administration of the grant project.
Costs for Evaluation: In accordance with 34 CFR 75.590, CSP
National Dissemination Grants funds may be used to cover post-award
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in response to Selection Criterion (e) of this notice, provided that
such costs are reasonable and necessary to meet the objectives of the
approved project.
We reference additional regulations outlining funding restrictions
in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
5. Recommended Page Limit: The application narrative (Part III of
the application) is where you, the applicant, address the priorities,
selection criteria, and application requirements that reviewers use to
evaluate your application. We recommend that you (1) limit the
application narrative to no more than 60 pages and (2) use 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.
The recommended 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, or the letters of
support. However, the recommended page limit does apply to all of the
application narrative.
6. Pre-Application Webinar: The Department will hold a pre-
application meeting via webinar for prospective applicants on Thursday,
June 7, at 1:00 p.m., Washington, DC time. Individuals interested in
attending this meeting are encouraged to pre-register by emailing their
name, organization, and contact information with the subject heading
``PRE-APPLICATION MEETING'' to CharterSchools@ed.gov. There is no
registration fee for attending this meeting.

V. Application Review Information

1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this competition
are from 34 CFR 75.210. The maximum possible score for addressing all
of the criteria in this section is 100 points. The maximum possible
score for addressing each criterion is indicated in parentheses
following the criterion.
In evaluating an application, the Secretary considers the following
criteria:
(a) Significance of the proposed project (35 points). The Secretary
considers the significance of the proposed project. In determining the
significance of the proposed project, the Secretary considers the
following factors:
(1) The potential for generalizing from the findings or results of
the proposed project;
(2) The extent to which the results of the proposed project are to
be disseminated in ways that will enable others to use the information
or strategies;
(3) The likelihood that the proposed project will result in system
change or improvement; and
(4) 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.
(b) Quality of the project design (30 points).
The Secretary considers the quality of the design of the proposed
project. In determining the quality of the design of the proposed
project, the Secretary considers the following factors:
(1) The extent to which the proposed project demonstrates a
rationale (as defined in 34 CFR 77.1(c));
(2) The extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be
achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and measurable;
(3) The extent to which the proposed project represents an
exceptional approach to the priority or priorities established for the
competition; and
(4) The mechanisms the applicant will use to broadly disseminate
information on its project so as to support further development or
replication.
(c) Quality of the management plan and adequacy of resources (15
points).
The Secretary considers the quality of the management plan and
adequacy of resources for the proposed project. In determining the
quality of the management plan and adequacy of resources for the
proposed project, the Secretary considers the following factors:
(1) 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;
(2) The extent to which the costs are reasonable in relation to the
objectives, design, and potential significance of the proposed project;
and
(3) The relevance and demonstrated commitment of each partner in
the proposed project to the implementation and success of the project.
(d) Quality of the project personnel (10 points).
The Secretary considers the quality of the personnel who will carry
out the proposed project. In determining the quality of project
personnel, the Secretary considers the following factors:
(1) 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;
(2) The qualifications, including relevant training and experience,
of the project director or principal investigator; and
(3) The qualifications, including relevant training and experience,
of key project personnel.
(e) Quality of the project evaluation (10 points).
The Secretary considers the quality of the evaluation to be
conducted of the proposed project. In determining the quality of the
evaluation, the Secretary considers the extent to which the methods of
evaluation include the use of objective performance measures that are
clearly related to the intended outcomes of the project and will
produce quantitative and qualitative data to the extent possible.
2. Review 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
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
(34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
3. Risk Assessment and Specific Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR
200.205, before awarding grants under this competition the Department
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applicants. Under 2 CFR 3474.10, the Secretary may impose specific
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.
4. Integrity and Performance System: If you are selected under this
competition to receive an award that over the course of the project
period may exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (currently
$150,000), under 2 CFR 200.205(a)(2), we must make a judgment about
your integrity, business ethics, and record of performance under
Federal awards--that is, the risk posed by you as an applicant--before
we make an award. In doing so, we must consider any information about
you that is in the integrity and performance system (currently referred
to as the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System
(FAPIIS)), accessible through the System for Award Management. You may
review and comment on any information about yourself that a Federal
agency previously entered and that is currently in FAPIIS.
Please note that, if the total value of your currently active
grants, cooperative agreements, and procurement contracts from the
Federal Government exceeds $10,000,000, the reporting requirements in 2
CFR part 200, Appendix XII, require you to report certain integrity
information to FAPIIS semiannually. Please review the requirements in 2
CFR part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant plus all the other Federal
funds you receive exceed $10,000,000.

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. Open Licensing Requirements: Unless an exception applies, if you
are awarded a grant under this competition, you will be required to
openly license to the public grant deliverables created in whole, or in
part, with Department grant funds. When the deliverable consists of
modifications to pre-existing works, the license extends only to those
modifications that can be separately identified and only to the extent
that open licensing is permitted under the terms of any licenses or
other legal restrictions on the use of pre-existing works.
Additionally, a grantee under this competition must have a plan to
disseminate these public grant deliverables. For additional information
on the open licensing requirements please refer to 2 CFR 3474.20(c).
4. 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) All grantees must provide to the Department their most recent
available independent audits of their organization's financial
statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and all grantees must continue to provide available
independent, annual audits of their financial statements prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles each year of
the grant. (GEPA exemption)
(c) 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 multiyear 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.
(d) Under 34 CFR 75.250(b), the Secretary may provide a grantee
with additional funding for data collection analysis and reporting. In
this case the Secretary establishes a data collection period.
5. Performance Measures:
Project-Specific Performance Measures. Applicants must propose
project-specific performance measures and performance targets
consistent with the objectives of the proposed project and the project
outcomes identified in the logic model. The project-specific
performance measures should be sufficient to gauge progress throughout
the grant period, at least on an annual basis, and to show results by
the end of the grant period. Applicants must provide the following
information as directed under 34 CFR 75.110(b) and (c):
(1) Performance measures. How each proposed performance measure
would accurately measure the performance of the project and how the
proposed performance measure would be consistent with the performance
measures established for the program funding the competition.
(2) Baseline data. (i) Why each proposed baseline is valid; or (ii)
If the applicant has determined that there are no established baseline
data for a particular performance measure, an explanation of why there
is no established baseline and of how and when, during the project
period, the applicant would establish a valid baseline for the
performance measure.
(3) Performance targets. Why each proposed performance target is
ambitious (as defined in this notice) yet achievable compared to the
baseline for the performance measure and when, during the project
period, the applicant would meet the performance target(s).
(4) Data collection and reporting. (i) The data collection and
reporting methods the applicant would use and why those methods are
likely to yield reliable, valid, and meaningful performance data; and
(ii) The applicant's capacity to collect and report reliable, valid,
and meaningful performance data, as evidenced by high-quality data
collection, analysis, and reporting in other projects or research.
All grantees must submit an annual performance report with
information that is responsive to these performance measures.
For technical assistance in developing effective performance
measures, applicants are encouraged to review information provided by
the Department's Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs). The RELs
seek to build the capacity of States and school districts to
incorporate data and research into education decision-making. Each REL
provides research support and technical assistance to its region but
makes learning opportunities available to educators everywhere. For
example, the REL Northeast and Islands has created the following
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logic models: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/pdf/REL_2015057.pdf.
6. 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 award, 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).
7. Project Director's Meeting: Applicants approved for funding
under this competition must attend a two-day meeting for project
directors at a location to be determined in the continental United
States during each year of the project. Applicants may include the cost
of attending this meeting in their proposed budgets.

VII. 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.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of
Federal Regulations 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 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: May 31, 2018.
Margo Anderson,
Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement.
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responsibilities, timelines, and Estimated Available Funds: the National Dissemination Grants
milestones for executing the project and $4,500,000. competition, your application may
achieving project outcomes. Contingent upon the availability of include business information that you
(c) Provide a dissemination plan that funds and the quality of applications, consider proprietary. In 34 CFR 5.11 we
includes the number and description of we may make additional awards in FY define ‘‘business information’’ and
States, charter schools, or authorized 2019 from the list of unfunded describe the process we use in
public chartering agencies to which applications from this competition. determining whether any of that
best-practices information will be Estimated Range of Awards: information is proprietary and, thus,
disseminated, as well as a description of $500,000–$800,000 per year. protected from disclosure under
the mechanisms the applicant will use Estimated Average Size of Awards: Exemption 4 of the Freedom of
to disseminate information on its $650,000 per year. Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, as
proposed projects. Estimated Number of Awards: 5–9. amended).
(d) Provide an evaluation plan that Note: The Department is not bound by any Because we plan to make successful
includes performance measures that are estimates in this notice. The estimated range applications available to the public, you
aligned to the project purpose, project and average size of awards are based on a may wish to request confidentiality of
objectives, and project outcomes as well single 12-month budget period. We may use business information.
as to the intended outcomes of the FY 2018 funds to support multiple 12-month Consistent with Executive Order
proposed project. budget periods for one or more grantees. 12600, please designate in your
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: Project Period: Up to 36 months. application any information that you
Under the Administrative Procedure Act believe is exempt from disclosure under
(5 U.S.C. 553), the Department generally III. Eligibility Information Exemption 4. In the appropriate
offers interested parties the opportunity 1. Eligible Applicants: We are Appendix section of your application,
to comment on proposed priorities, establishing the eligible entities for this under ‘‘Other Attachments Form,’’
selection criteria, definitions, and competition in accordance with section please list the page number or numbers
requirements. Section 437(d)(1) of 437(d)(1) of GEPA, 20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1). on which we can find this information.
GEPA, however, allows the Secretary to Eligible applicants include: SEAs; State For additional information please see 34
exempt from rulemaking requirements charter school boards; State Governors; CFR 5.11(c).
regulations governing the first grant charter school support organizations (as 3. Intergovernmental Review: This
competition under a new or defined in this notice); authorized program is subject to Executive Order
substantially revised program authority. public chartering agencies; and public 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR
This is the first grant competition for and private nonprofit organizations that part 79. Information about
this program under section 4305(a)(3) of operate, manage, or support charter Intergovernmental Review of Federal
the ESEA, and, therefore, this schools. Programs under Executive Order 12372
competition qualifies for this Eligible applicants may apply as a is in the application package for this
exemption. In order to ensure timely partnership or consortium and, if so competition.
grant awards, the Secretary has decided applying, must comply with the 4. Funding Restrictions: Grant funds
to forgo public comment on the requirements for group applications set may be used only for activities that are
priorities, requirements, definitions, and forth in 34 CFR 75.127–129. related to the development,
selection criteria in this notice in Public and private nonprofit identification, expansion, and
accordance with section 437(d)(1) of organizations that operate, manage, or dissemination of information on best
GEPA. These priorities, requirements, support charter schools must apply in practices regarding the absolute priority
definitions, and selection criteria will partnership with one or more SEAs, to which the applicant is responding
apply to grants awarded under this State charter school boards, State and that are included in the grantee’s
competition in FY 2018 and any Governors, charter school support approved application. Grantees are
subsequent year in which we make organizations, or authorized public expected to identify the specific costs
awards from the list of unfunded chartering agencies. associated with each included activity.
applications from this competition. 2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This Grantees may not use grant funds to
Program Authority: Section competition does not require cost conduct charter school authorizing
4305(a)(3)(B) of the ESEA, 20 U.S.C. sharing or matching. activities, or to open new charter
7221d. 3. Subgrants: A grantee under this schools.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The competition may not award subgrants to Grantees may not use grant funds to
Education Department General entities to directly carry out project acquire or finance the acquisition of a
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR activities described in its application. charter school facility, including
parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, through credit enhancement, direct
IV. Application and Submission
and 99. (b) The Office of Management lending, or subgrants.
Information Grantees may not use grant funds for
and Budget Guidelines to Agencies on
Governmentwide Debarment and 1. Application Submission general organizational operating support
Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR Instructions: For information on how to beyond the costs associated with this
part 180, as adopted and amended as submit an application please refer to our grant project.
regulations of the Department in 2 CFR Common Instructions for Applicants to In accordance with section 437(d)(1)
part 3485. (c) The Uniform Department of Education Discretionary of GEPA, 20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1), we
Administrative Requirements, Cost Grant Programs, published in the establish that no more than 5 percent of
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Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Register on February 12, 2018 grant funds may be used for direct
Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as (83 FR 6003) and available at administration of the grant project.
adopted and amended in 2 CFR part www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/ Costs for Evaluation: In accordance
3474. (d) The Supplemental Priorities. pdf/2018-02558.pdf. with 34 CFR 75.590, CSP National
2. Submission of Proprietary Dissemination Grants funds may be
II. Award Information Information: Given the types of projects used to cover post-award costs
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applicants. Under 2 CFR 3474.10, the this notice and include these and other Project-Specific Performance
Secretary may impose specific specific conditions in the GAN. The Measures. Applicants must propose
conditions and, in appropriate GAN also incorporates your approved project-specific performance measures
circumstances, high-risk conditions on a application as part of your binding and performance targets consistent with
grant if the applicant or grantee is not commitments under the grant. the objectives of the proposed project
financially stable; has a history of 3. Open Licensing Requirements: and the project outcomes identified in
unsatisfactory performance; has a Unless an exception applies, if you are the logic model. The project-specific
financial or other management system awarded a grant under this competition, performance measures should be
that does not meet the standards in 2 you will be required to openly license sufficient to gauge progress throughout
CFR part 200, subpart D; has not to the public grant deliverables created the grant period, at least on an annual
fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; in whole, or in part, with Department basis, and to show results by the end of
or is otherwise not responsible. grant funds. When the deliverable the grant period. Applicants must
4. Integrity and Performance System: consists of modifications to pre-existing provide the following information as
If you are selected under this works, the license extends only to those directed under 34 CFR 75.110(b) and (c):
competition to receive an award that modifications that can be separately (1) Performance measures. How each
over the course of the project period identified and only to the extent that proposed performance measure would
may exceed the simplified acquisition open licensing is permitted under the accurately measure the performance of
threshold (currently $150,000), under 2 terms of any licenses or other legal the project and how the proposed
CFR 200.205(a)(2), we must make a restrictions on the use of pre-existing performance measure would be
judgment about your integrity, business works. Additionally, a grantee under consistent with the performance
ethics, and record of performance under this competition must have a plan to measures established for the program
Federal awards—that is, the risk posed disseminate these public grant funding the competition.
by you as an applicant—before we make deliverables. For additional information (2) Baseline data. (i) Why each
an award. In doing so, we must consider on the open licensing requirements proposed baseline is valid; or (ii) If the
any information about you that is in the please refer to 2 CFR 3474.20(c). applicant has determined that there are
integrity and performance system 4. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a no established baseline data for a
(currently referred to as the Federal grant under this competition, you must particular performance measure, an
Awardee Performance and Integrity ensure that you have in place the explanation of why there is no
Information System (FAPIIS)), necessary processes and systems to established baseline and of how and
accessible through the System for comply with the reporting requirements when, during the project period, the
Award Management. You may review in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive applicant would establish a valid
and comment on any information about funding under the competition. This baseline for the performance measure.
yourself that a Federal agency does not apply if you have an exception (3) Performance targets. Why each
previously entered and that is currently under 2 CFR 170.110(b). proposed performance target is
in FAPIIS. (b) All grantees must provide to the ambitious (as defined in this notice) yet
Please note that, if the total value of Department their most recent available achievable compared to the baseline for
your currently active grants, cooperative independent audits of their the performance measure and when,
agreements, and procurement contracts organization’s financial statements during the project period, the applicant
from the Federal Government exceeds prepared in accordance with generally would meet the performance target(s).
$10,000,000, the reporting requirements accepted accounting principles, and all (4) Data collection and reporting. (i)
in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII, grantees must continue to provide The data collection and reporting
require you to report certain integrity available independent, annual audits of methods the applicant would use and
information to FAPIIS semiannually. their financial statements prepared in why those methods are likely to yield
Please review the requirements in 2 CFR accordance with generally accepted reliable, valid, and meaningful
part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant accounting principles each year of the performance data; and (ii) The
plus all the other Federal funds you grant. (GEPA exemption) applicant’s capacity to collect and
receive exceed $10,000,000. (c) At the end of your project period, report reliable, valid, and meaningful
you must submit a final performance performance data, as evidenced by high-
VI. Award Administration Information report, including financial information, quality data collection, analysis, and
1. Award Notices: If your application as directed by the Secretary. If you reporting in other projects or research.
is successful, we notify your U.S. receive a multiyear award, you must All grantees must submit an annual
Representative and U.S. Senators and submit an annual performance report performance report with information
send you a Grant Award Notification that provides the most current that is responsive to these performance
(GAN); or we may send you an email performance and financial expenditure measures.
containing a link to access an electronic information as directed by the Secretary For technical assistance in developing
version of your GAN. We may notify under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary effective performance measures,
you informally, also. may also require more frequent applicants are encouraged to review
If your application is not evaluated or performance reports under 34 CFR information provided by the
not selected for funding, we notify you. 75.720(c). For specific requirements on Department’s Regional Educational
2. Administrative and National Policy reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ Laboratories (RELs). The RELs seek to
Requirements: We identify fund/grant/apply/appforms/ build the capacity of States and school
administrative and national policy appforms.html. districts to incorporate data and
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requirements in the application package (d) Under 34 CFR 75.250(b), the research into education decision-
and reference these and other Secretary may provide a grantee with making. Each REL provides research
requirements in the Applicable additional funding for data collection support and technical assistance to its
Regulations section of this notice. analysis and reporting. In this case the region but makes learning opportunities
We reference the regulations outlining Secretary establishes a data collection available to educators everywhere. For
the terms and conditions of an award in period. example, the REL Northeast and Islands
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