83_FR_32779 83 FR 32644 - Applications for New Awards; Personnel Development To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities-Associate Degree Preservice Program Improvement Grants To Support Personnel Working With Young Children With Disabilities

83 FR 32644 - Applications for New Awards; Personnel Development To Improve Services and Results for Children With Disabilities-Associate Degree Preservice Program Improvement Grants To Support Personnel Working With Young Children With Disabilities

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 135 (July 13, 2018)

Page Range32644-32651
FR Document2018-15055

The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2018 for Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities--Associate Degree Preservice Program Improvement Grants to Support Personnel Working with Young Children with Disabilities, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.325N.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Applications for New Awards; Personnel Development To Improve 
Services and Results for Children With Disabilities--Associate Degree 
Preservice Program Improvement Grants To Support Personnel Working With 
Young Children With Disabilities

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

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Education is issuing a notice inviting 
applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2018 for Personnel 
Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with 
Disabilities--Associate Degree Preservice Program Improvement Grants to 
Support Personnel Working with Young Children with Disabilities, 
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.325N.

DATES: 
    Applications Available: July 13, 2018.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 13, 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: Julia Martin Eile, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 5175, Potomac Center Plaza, 
Washington, DC 20202-5076. Telephone: (202) 245-7431. Email: 
[email protected].
    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 purposes of this program are to (1) help 
address State-identified needs for personnel in special education, 
early intervention, related services, and regular education to work 
with children, including infants and toddlers, with disabilities; and 
(2) ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and 
knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through 
scientifically based research and experience, to be successful in 
serving those children.
    Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(v), the absolute 
and competitive preference priorities are from allowable activities 
specified in the statute (see sections 662 and 681 of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); 20 U.S.C. 1462 and 1481).
    Absolute 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 an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 
75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet this priority.
    This priority is:

Associate Degree Preservice Program Improvement Grants To Support 
Personnel Working With Young Children With Disabilities

Background
    The mission of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services (OSERS) is to improve early childhood, educational, and 
employment outcomes and raise expectations for all people with 
disabilities, their families, their communities, and the Nation.
    The purpose of this priority is to fund eight Associate Degree 
Preservice Improvement Grants and improve the quality of existing 
associate degree programs so that associate degree-level personnel are 
well prepared to work with infants, toddlers, preschool, and early 
elementary school children ages birth through 8 (young children) with 
disabilities and their families in inclusive early childhood programs 
and elementary schools. Associate degree-level personnel play critical 
roles in the development and learning of all young children, including 
young children with disabilities, as child care providers, preschool 
teachers, assistant teachers, and paraprofessionals. In these roles, 
associate degree-level personnel can use evidence-based (as defined in 
this notice) practices (EBPs) to meaningfully include young children 
with disabilities in early childhood programs and classrooms, 
individualize interventions and accommodations, collect data to monitor 
progress, and collaborate with other professionals. In elementary 
schools, paraprofessionals are often

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responsible for providing direct services to children, such as small 
group instruction, one-on-one tutoring, and assisting with classroom 
management. Studies have shown, however, that associate degree programs 
do not adequately prepare personnel to work with young children with 
disabilities (Chang, Early, & Winton, 2005; Giangreco, 2010; Maxwell, 
Lim, & Early, 2006). This priority is consistent with two of the 
priorities from the Secretary's Final Supplemental Priorities and 
Definitions for Discretionary Grant Programs, which were published in 
the Federal Register on March 2, 2018 (83 FR 9096): Priority 5--Meeting 
the Unique Needs of Students and Children with Disabilities and/or 
Those with Unique Gifts and Talents; and Priority 8--Promoting 
Effective Instruction in Classrooms and Schools.
    The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) began to address 
the need for more qualified associate degree-level personnel in FYs 
2010 and 2011 by funding projects to enhance and redesign community 
college programs. A number of those grantees were four-year 
institutions that partnered with community colleges and successfully 
redesigned their associate degree programs. They did this by 
incorporating content on serving children with disabilities and their 
families into courses and practicum experiences to increase the 
competencies of associate degree-level personel to work with children 
with disabilities and their families (Catlett, Maude, & Nollsch, 2014; 
Catlett, Maude, & Skinner, 2016).
    OSEP will build on this work by funding four-year insitutions of 
higher education (IHEs) to partner with a minimum of three community 
colleges to enhance and redesign their associate degree programs to 
better prepare associate degree students to meet the needs of young 
children with disabilities and their families.
    Priority:
    The purpose of this priority is to fund eight Associate Degree 
Preservice Program Improvement Grants to Support Personnel Working with 
Young Children with Disabilities to achieve, at a minimum, the 
following expected outcomes:
    (a) Redesigned curricula and increased faculty knowledge and 
capacity to deliver new content in the curricula that better prepares 
associate degree students to work with young children with disabilities 
and their families and support their meaningful participation, 
development, and learning in early childhood programs and elementary 
schools;
    (b) Increased competencies of associate degree students to work 
with young children with disabilities and their families and support 
their meaningful participation, development, and learning in early 
childhood programs and elementary schools;
    (c) Increased numbers of associate degree-level personnel who have 
the competencies to work with young children with disabilies and their 
families and support their meaningful partication, development, and 
learning in early childhood programs and elementary schools; and
    (d) Refinement and verification of a model to effectively enhance 
and redesign associate degree programs to prepare associate degree-
level personnel to work with young children with disabilities and their 
families through partnerships with four-year IHEs.
    In addition to these programmatic requirements, to be considered 
for funding under this priority, applicants must meet the application 
and administrative requirements in this priority, which are:
    (a) Demonstrate, in the narrative section of the application under 
``Significance,'' how the proposed project will--
    (1) Address the need in the field for associate degree-level 
personnel with the competencies to serve young children with 
disabilities and their families and support their meaningful 
participation, development, and learning in early childhood programs 
and elementary schools. To meet this requirement, the applicant must--
    (i) Present applicable national and State data demonstrating the 
need to improve the competencies of associate degree-level personnel to 
serve young children with disabilities and their families and support 
their meaningful participation, development, and learning in early 
childhood programs and elementary schools;
    (ii) Demonstrate knowledge of the competencies that associate 
degree-level personnel need to effectively serve young children with 
disabilities and their families and support their meaningful 
participation, development, and learning in early childhood programs 
and elementary schools; and
    (iii) Demonstrate knowledge of current educational issues and 
policy initiatives relating to the preparation of a competent early 
childhood workforce, especially associate degree-level personnel;
    (2) Address the need for faculty to have the competencies to 
deliver content that will prepare associate degree students to serve 
young children with disabilities and their families and support their 
meaningful participation, development, and learning in early childhood 
programs and elementary schools. To meet this requirement, the 
applicant must--
    (i) Present applicable national or State data demonstrating the 
need to improve preservice preparation at the associate degree-level to 
prepare students to serve young children with disabilities and their 
families; and
    (ii) Present information about the current capacity of faculty 
preparing associate degree students to align the curriculm to State and 
national professional organization personnel standards, integrate 
content on serving young children with disabilities and their families, 
and design the curriculum utilizing adult learning principles.
    (b) Demonstrate, in the narrative section of the application under 
``Quality of project services,'' how the proposed project will--
    (1) Ensure equal access and treatment for members of groups that 
have traditionally been underrepresented based on race, color, national 
origin, gender, age, or disability;
    (2) Achieve its goals, objectives, and intended outcomes. To meet 
this requirement, the applicant must provide--
    (i) Measurable intended project outcomes; and
    (ii) In Appendix A, the logic model (as defined in this notice) by 
which the proposed project will achieve its intended outcomes that 
depicts, at a minimum, the goals, activities, outputs, and intended 
outcomes of the proposed project;
    (3) Use a conceptual framework (and provide a copy in Appendix A) 
to develop project plans and activities, describing any underlying 
concepts, assumptions, expectations, beliefs, or theories, as well as 
the presumed relationships or linkages among these variables, and any 
empirical support for this framework;

    Note: The following websites provide more information on logic 
models and conceptual frameworks: www.osepideasthatwork.org/logicModel and www.osepideasthatwork.org/resources-grantees/program-areas/ta-ta/tad-project-logic-model-and-conceptual-framework.

    (4) Be based on current research and make use of EBPs. To meet this 
requirement, the applicant must describe--
    (i) The current research on adult learning principles that will 
inform the proposed project; and
    (ii) How the proposed project will incorporate current research and 
EBPs

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in the development and delivery of curriculum enhancement and redesign;
    (5) Develop or refine a process to effectively enhance and redesign 
associate degree programs to achieve the intended outcomes of the 
proposed project. To address this requirement, the applicant must 
describe--
    (i) How it proposes to develop partnerships with a minimum of three 
community colleges in the State to enhance and revise the associate 
degree curricula within these community colleges to prepare early 
intervention, early childhood special education, and early childhood 
education personnel to serve children ages birth through age 8 with 
disabilities. (In States where the age range for certification of early 
childhood personnel is other than birth through age 8 (e.g., birth 
through age 3, birth through age 5, ages 3 through 5), we defer to the 
age range in such State's certification); and
    (ii) Its proposed approach to partner with community colleges to 
enhance or redesign the associate degree programs' curricula by 
incorporating EBPs into courses and by providing at least one practicum 
experience in a setting that serves young children with disabilities 
and their families. The applicant must describe how the improved 
associate degree program will be--
    (A) Aligned to State standards for associate degree-level 
personnel, or in States that do not have State standards, meet 
appropriate national professional organization standards for associate 
degree-level professions; and
    (B) Designed to ensure that associate degree students receive 
training and develop competencies in the following areas:
    (1) Collaborating and working effectively with other practicioners;
    (2) Implementing instructional and intervention practices, such as 
the Division for Early Childhood Recommended Practices, the Council for 
Exceptional Children High-Leverage Practices in Special Education, or 
similar best practice recommendations;
    (3) Supporting young children with disabilities' literacy and 
science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) development by 
implementing EBPs and supporting families to understand their young 
children's literacy and STEM development;
    (4) Supporting young children with disabilities' social, emotional, 
and behavioral development and implementing positive behavioral 
interventions and supports;
    (5) Using technology to enhance children's development and access 
to natural learning opportunities or participation in early childhood 
programs;
    (6) Observing and collecting data for progress monitoring;
    (7) Engaging and commuicating effectively with families;
    (8) Assisting in the implementation of transition plans and 
services across settings from early intervention to preschool and 
preschool to elementary school; and
    (9) Working with children and families from diverse cultural and 
linguistic backgrounds, including dual language learners with 
disabilities;
    (iii) Its proposed approach to ensure that faculty in the community 
colleges have the necessary support, knowledge, skills, and 
competiences to enhance or redesign their associate degree program and 
implement the new content to prepare associate degree students to work 
with young children with disabilities and their families; and
    (iv) Its proposed approach to using resources developed by other 
projects funded by the Department of Education and the Department of 
Health and Human Services when partnering with community colleges to 
redesign or enhance their associate degree programs.
    (c) Demonstrate, in the narrative section of the application under 
``Quality of the project evaluation,'' how--
    (1) The applicant will use comprehensive and appropriate 
methodologies to evaluate how well the goals or objectives of the 
proposed project have been met, including the project processes and 
outcomes;
    (2) The applicant will collect, analyze, and use data related to 
specific and measureable goals, objectives, and outcomes of the 
project. To address this requirement, the applicant must describe--
    (i) How student competencies and other project processes and 
outcomes will be measured for formative purposes, including proposed 
instruments, data collection methods, and possible analysis;
    (ii) How data on faculty competencies will be collected and 
analyzed; and
    (iii) How data on the quality of the process used to enhance and 
redesign the associate degree program will be collected and analyzed;
    (3) The methods of evaluation will produce quantitative and 
qualitative data for objective performance measurement that are related 
to the outcomes of the proposed project;
    (4) The methods of evaluation will provide performance feedback and 
allow for periodic assessment of progress towards meeting the project 
outcomes. To address this requirement, the applicant must describe 
how--
    (i) Results of the evaluation will be used as a basis for improving 
the proposed project to prepare associate degree-level personnel to 
provide evidence-based services to young children with disablities and 
their families;
    (ii) Results of the evaluation will be used to refine the process 
for enhancing and redesigning associate degree programs; and
    (iii) The grantee will report the evaluation results to OSEP in its 
annual and final performance reports.
    (d) Demonstrate, in the narrative section of the application under 
``Adequacy of resources and quality of project personnel,'' how--
    (1) The proposed project will encourage 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, as appropriate;
    (2) The proposed key project personnel, consultants, and 
subcontractors have the qualifications and experience to carry out the 
proposed activities and achieve the project's intended outcomes;
    (3) The applicant and any key partners have adequate resources to 
carry out the proposed activities; and
    (4) The proposed costs are reasonable in relation to the 
anticipated results and benefits.
    (e) Demonstrate, in the narrative section of the application under 
``Quality of the management plan,'' how--
    (1) The proposed management plan will ensure that the project's 
intended outcomes will be achieved on time and within budget. To 
address this requirement, the applicant must describe--
    (i) Clearly defined responsibilities for key project personnel, 
consultants, and subcontractors, as applicable; and
    (ii) Timelines and milestones for accomplishing the project tasks;
    (2) Key project personnel and any consultants and subcontractors 
will be allocated and how these allocations are appropriate and 
adequate to achieve the project's intended outcomes;
    (3) The proposed management plan will ensure that the project's 
products and services are of high quality, relevant, and useful to 
recipients; and
    (4) The proposed project will benefit from a diversity of 
perspectives, including those of families, educators, faculty, 
doctoral-level students, technical assistance and professional 
development providers, researchers, and

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policy makers, among others, in its development and operation.
    (f) Address the following application requirements. The applicant 
must--
    (1) Include, in Appendix A, personnel-loading charts and timelines, 
as applicable, to illustrate the management plan described in the 
narrative;
    (2) If the project maintains a website, include relevant 
information about the revised program and documents in a form that 
meets government or industry recognized standards of accessibility;
    (3) Include, in the budget, attendance at a two and one-half day 
project directors' conference in Washington, DC, during each year of 
the project period; and
    (4) Provide an assurance that the project will submit the revised 
curriculum and syllabi for courses that are included in the improved 
associate degree programs to the OSEP project officer with the 
submission of the annual performance report during each year of the 
grant and make any necessary revisions required by OSEP.
    Competitive Preference Priority: Within this absolute priority, we 
give competitive preference to applications that meet the following 
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an additional 
five points to an application that meets this priority.
    This priority is:
    Applicants that partner with one or multiple local or State 
entities, such as schools (including early childhood programs), local 
educational agencies (LEAs) or State educational agencies (SEAs), State 
lead agencies, businesses, or not-for-profit organizations, to help 
meet the goals of the project.

    Note: The Department is particularly interested in partnerships 
that are designed to identify and address local needs for personnel 
in special education, early intervention, related services, and 
regular education to work with children, including infants and 
toddlers, with disabilities; and partnerships designed to guarantee 
post-graduation employment opportunities for personnel who 
successfully complete a relevant training program with an associate 
degree from any partner community college.

References
Catlett, C., Maude, S.P., & Nollsch, M. (2014). Young Exceptional 
Children Monography, No. 16.
Catlett, C., Maude, S.P., & Skinner, M. (2016, October). The 
blueprint process for enhancing early childhood preservice programs 
and courses. Unpublished manuscript.
Chang, F., Early, D., & Winton, P. (2005). Early childhood teacher 
preparation in special education at 2- and 4-year institutions of 
higher education. Journal of Early Intervention, 27, 110-124.
Giangreco, M.F. (2010). One-to-one paraprofessionals for students 
with disabilities in inclusive classrooms: Is conventional wisdom 
wrong? Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, 48(1), 1-13.
Maxwell, K.L., Lim, C-I., & Early, D.M. (2006). Early childhood 
teacher preparation programs in the United States: National report. 
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, FPG Child Development 
Institute.
Definitions
    The following definitions are from 34 CFR 77.1:
    Demonstrates a rationale means a key project component included in 
the project's logic model is informed by research or evaluation 
findings that suggest the project component is likely to improve 
relevant outcomes.
    Evidence-based means the proposed project component is supported by 
one or more of strong evidence, moderate evidence, promising evidence, 
or evidence that demonstrates a rationale.
    Experimental study means a study that is designed to compare 
outcomes between two groups of individuals (such as students) that are 
otherwise equivalent except for their assignment to either a treatment 
group receiving a project component or a control group that does not. 
Randomized controlled trials, regression discontinuity design studies, 
and single-case design studies are the specific types of experimental 
studies that, depending on their design and implementation (e.g., 
sample attrition in randomized controlled trials and regression 
discontinuity design studies), can meet What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) 
standards without reservations as described in the WWC Handbook:
    (i) A randomized controlled trial employs random assignment of, for 
example, students, teachers, classrooms, or schools to receive the 
project component being evaluated (the treatment group) or not to 
receive the project component (the control group).
    (ii) A regression discontinuity design study assigns the project 
component being evaluated using a measured variable (e.g., assigning 
students reading below a cutoff score to tutoring or developmental 
education classes) and controls for that variable in the analysis of 
outcomes.
    (iii) A single-case design study uses observations of a single case 
(e.g., a student eligible for a behavioral intervention) over time in 
the absence and presence of a controlled treatment manipulation to 
determine whether the outcome is systematically related to the 
treatment.
    Logic model (also referred to as a 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.
    Moderate evidence means that there is evidence of effectiveness of 
a key project component in improving a relevant outcome for a sample 
that overlaps with the populations or settings proposed to receive that 
component, based on a relevant finding from one of the following:
    (i) A practice guide prepared by the WWC using version 2.1 or 3.0 
of the WWC Handbook reporting a ``strong evidence base'' or ``moderate 
evidence base'' for the corresponding practice guide recommendation;
    (ii) An intervention report prepared by the WWC using version 2.1 
or 3.0 of the WWC Handbook reporting a ``positive effect'' or 
``potentially positive effect'' on a relevant outcome based on a 
``medium to large'' extent of evidence, with no reporting of a 
``negative effect'' or ``potentially negative effect'' on a relevant 
outcome; or
    (iii) A single experimental study or quasi-experimental design 
study reviewed and reported by the WWC using version 2.1 or 3.0 of the 
WWC Handbook, or otherwise assessed by the Department using version 3.0 
of the WWC Handbook, as appropriate, and that--
    (A) Meets WWC standards with or without reservations;
    (B) Includes at least one statistically significant and positive 
(i.e., favorable) effect on a relevant outcome;
    (C) Includes no overriding statistically significant and negative 
effects on relevant outcomes reported in the study or in a 
corresponding WWC intervention report prepared under version 2.1 or 3.0 
of the WWC Handbook; and
    (D) Is based on a sample from more than one site (e.g., State, 
county, city, school district, or postsecondary campus) and includes at 
least 350 students or other individuals across sites. Multiple studies 
of the same project component that each meet requirements in paragraphs 
(iii)(A), (B), and (C) of this definition may together satisfy this 
requirement.
    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

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teachers on instructional practices for English learners and follow-on 
coaching for these teachers).
    Promising evidence means that there is evidence of the 
effectiveness of a key project component in improving a relevant 
outcome, based on a relevant finding from one of the following:
    (i) A practice guide prepared by WWC reporting a ``strong evidence 
base'' or ``moderate evidence base'' for the corresponding practice 
guide recommendation;
    (ii) An intervention report prepared by the WWC reporting a 
``positive effect'' or ``potentially positive effect'' on a relevant 
outcome with no reporting of a ``negative effect'' or ``potentially 
negative effect'' on a relevant outcome; or
    (iii) A single study assessed by the Department, as appropriate, 
that--
    (A) Is an experimental study, a quasi-experimental design study, or 
a well-designed and well-implemented correlational study with 
statistical controls for selection bias (e.g., a study using regression 
methods to account for differences between a treatment group and a 
comparison group); and
    (B) Includes at least one statistically significant and positive 
(i.e., favorable) effect on a relevant outcome.
    Quasi-experimental design study means a study using a design that 
attempts to approximate an experimental study by identifying a 
comparison group that is similar to the treatment group in important 
respects. This type of study, depending on design and implementation 
(e.g., establishment of baseline equivalence of the groups being 
compared), can meet WWC standards with reservations, but cannot meet 
WWC standards without reservations, as described in the WWC Handbook.
    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.
    Strong evidence means that there is evidence of the effectiveness 
of a key project component in improving a relevant outcome for a sample 
that overlaps with the populations and settings proposed to receive 
that component, based on a relevant finding from one of the following:
    (i) A practice guide prepared by the WWC using version 2.1 or 3.0 
of the WWC Handbook reporting a ``strong evidence base'' for the 
corresponding practice guide recommendation;
    (ii) An intervention report prepared by the WWC using version 2.1 
or 3.0 of the WWC Handbook reporting a ``positive effect'' on a 
relevant outcome based on a ``medium to large'' extent of evidence, 
with no reporting of a ``negative effect'' or ``potentially negative 
effect'' on a relevant outcome; or
    (iii) A single experimental study reviewed and reported by the WWC 
using version 2.1 or 3.0 of the WWC Handbook, or otherwise assessed by 
the Department using version 3.0 of the WWC Handbook, as appropriate, 
and that--
    (A) Meets WWC standards without reservations;
    (B) Includes at least one statistically significant and positive 
(i.e., favorable) effect on a relevant outcome;
    (C) Includes no overriding statistically significant and negative 
effects on relevant outcomes reported in the study or in a 
corresponding WWC intervention report prepared under version 2.1 or 3.0 
of the WWC Handbook; and
    (D) Is based on a sample from more than one site (e.g., State, 
county, city, school district, or postsecondary campus) and includes at 
least 350 students or other individuals across sites. Multiple studies 
of the same project component that each meet requirements in paragraphs 
(iii)(A), (B), and (C) of this definition may together satisfy this 
requirement.
    What Works Clearinghouse Handbook (WWC Handbook) means the 
standards and procedures set forth in the WWC Procedures and Standards 
Handbook, Version 3.0 or Version 2.1 (incorporated by reference, see 34 
CFR 77.2). Study findings eligible for review under WWC standards can 
meet WWC standards without reservations, meet WWC standards with 
reservations, or not meet WWC standards. WWC practice guides and 
intervention reports include findings from systematic reviews of 
evidence as described in the Handbook documentation.
    Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: Under the Administrative Procedure 
Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553) the Department generally offers interested 
parties the opportunity to comment on proposed priorities and 
requirements. Section 681(d) of IDEA, however, makes the public comment 
requirements of the APA inapplicable to the priorities in this notice.
    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1462 and 1481.
    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 as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 
part 3474. (d) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 304.

    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 to IHEs only.

II. Award Information

    Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
    Estimated Available Funds: $1,200,000.
    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: $145,000-$150,000.
    Maximum Awards: We will not make an award exceeding $150,000 for a 
single budget period of 12 months.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 8.

    Note:  The Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice.

    Project Period: Up to 60 months.

III. Eligibility Information

    1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs; nonprofit and for-profit 
organizations engaged in the preparation of early childhood personnel.
    2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost 
sharing or matching.
    3. Subgrantees: Under 34 CFR 75.708(b) and (c) a grantee may award 
subgrants--to directly carry out project activities described in its 
application--to the following types of entities: SEAs; LEAs, including 
charter schools that are considered LEAs under State law; IHEs; other 
public agencies; private nonprofit organizations; freely associated 
States and outlying areas; Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations; and 
for-profit organizations suitable to carry out the activities proposed 
in the application. The grantee may award subgrants to entities it has 
identified in an approved application.
    4. Other General Requirements: (a) Recipients of funding under this 
competition must make positive efforts to employ and advance in 
employment qualified individuals with disabilities (see section 606 of 
IDEA).
    (b) Applicants for, and recipients of, funding under this 
competition must

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involve individuals with disabilities, or parents of individuals with 
disabilities ages birth through 26, in planning, implementing, and 
evaluating the project (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of IDEA).

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. 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 awards by the end of FY 2018.
    3. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding 
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
    4. Recommended 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. We recommend 
that you (1) limit the application narrative to no more than 70 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, reference citations, and captions, as well as 
all text in charts, tables, figures, graphs, and screen shots.
     Use a font that is either 12 point or larger.
     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 
abstract (follow the guidance provided in the application package for 
completing the abstract), the table of contents, the list of priority 
requirements, the resumes, the reference list, the letters of support, 
or the appendices. However, the recommended page limit does apply to 
all of the application narrative, including all text in charts, tables, 
figures, graphs, and screen shots.

V. Application Review Information

    1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this competition 
are from 34 CFR 75.210 and are as follows:
    (a) Significance (10 points).
    (1) The Secretary considers the significance of the proposed 
project.
    (2) In determining the significance of the proposed project, the 
Secretary considers the following factors:
    (i) The extent to which specific gaps or weaknesses in services, 
infrastructure, or opporutnities have been identified and will be 
addressed by the proposed project, including the nature and magnitude 
of those gaps or weaknesses; and
    (ii) The importance or magnitude of the results or outcomes likely 
to be attained by the proposed project, especially improvements in 
teaching and student achievement.
    (b) Quality of project services (35 points).
    (1) The Secretary considers the quality of the services to be 
provided by the proposed project.
    (2) In determining the quality of the services to be provided by 
the proposed project, the Secretary considers the quality and 
sufficiency of strategies for ensuring equal access and treatment for 
eligible project participants who are members of groups that have 
traditionally been underrepresented based on race, color, national 
origin, gender, age, or disability.
    (3) In addition, the Secretary considers the following factors:
    (i) The extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be 
achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and measurable;
    (ii) The extent to which the services to be provided by the 
proposed project reflect up-to-date knowledge from research and 
effective practice;
    (iii) The extent to which the training or professional development 
services to be provided by the proposed project are of sufficient 
quality, intensity, and duration to lead to improvements in practice 
among the recipients of those services;
    (iv) The extent to which the services to be provided by the 
proposed project involve the collaboration of appropriate partners for 
maximizing the effectiveness of project services; and
    (v) The extent to which the proposed activities constitute a 
coherent, sustained program of training in the field.
    (c) Quality of the project evaluation (20 points).
    (1) The Secretary considers the quality of the evaluation to be 
conducted by the proposed project.
    (2) In determining the quality of the evaluation, the Secretary 
considers the following factors:
    (i) The extent to which the methods of evaluation are thorough, 
feasible, and appropriate to the goals, objectives, and outcomes of the 
proposed project;
    (ii) The extent to which the methods of evaluation include the use 
of objective performance measures that are clearly related to the 
intended outcomes of the project and will produce quantitative and 
qualitative data to the extent possible; and
    (iii) The extent to which the methods of evaluation will provide 
performance feedback and permit periodic assessment of progress toward 
achieving intended outcomes.
    (d) Adequacy of resources and quality of project personnel (15 
points).
    (1) The Secretary considers the adequacy of resources and quality 
of project personnel for the proposed project.
    (2) In determining the quality of project personnel, the Secretary 
considers the extent to which the applicant encourages applications for 
employment from persons who are members of groups that have 
traditionally been underrepresented based on race, color, national 
origin, gender, age, or disability.
    (3) In addition, the Secretary considers one or more of the 
following factors:
    (i) The qualifications, including relevant training and experience, 
of key project personnel;
    (ii) The adequacy of support, including facilities, equipment, 
supplies, and other resources, from the applicant organization or the 
lead applicant organization; and
    (iii) The extent to which the costs are reasonable in relation to 
the objectives, design, and potential significance of the proposed 
project.
    (e) Quality of the management plan (20 points).
    (1) The Secretary considers the quality of the management plan for 
the proposed project.
    (2) In determining the quality of the management plan for the 
proposed project, the Secretary considers the following factors:
    (i) The adequacy of the management plan to achieve the objectives 
of the proposed project on time and within budget, including clearly 
defined responsibilities, timelines, and milestones for accomplishing 
project tasks;
    (ii) The extent to which the time commitments of the project 
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principal investigator and other key project personnel are appropriate 
and adequate to meet the objectives of the proposed project;
    (iii) The adequacy of mechanisms for ensuring high-quality products 
and services from the proposed project; and
    (iv) How the applicant will ensure that a diversity of perspectives 
are brought to bear in the operation of the proposed project, including 
those of parents, teachers, the business community, a variety of 
disciplinary and professional fields, recipients or beneficiaries of 
services, or others, as appropriate.
    2. Review and Selection Process: (a) 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.
    (b) 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. Additional Review and Selection Process Factors: In the past, 
the Department has had difficulty finding peer reviewers for certain 
competitions because so many individuals who are eligible to serve as 
peer reviewers have conflicts of interest. The standing panel 
requirements under section 682(b) of IDEA also have placed additional 
constraints on the availability of reviewers. Therefore, the Department 
has determined that, for some discretionary grant competitions, 
applications may be separated into two or more groups and ranked and 
selected for funding within specific groups. This procedure will make 
it easier for the Department to find peer reviewers by ensuring that 
greater numbers of individuals who are eligible to serve as reviewers 
for any particular group of applicants will not have conflicts of 
interest. It also will increase the quality, independence, and fairness 
of the review process, while permitting panel members to review 
applications under discretionary grant competitions for which they also 
have submitted applications.
    4. Risk Assessment and Specific Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 
200.205, before awarding grants under this competition the Department 
conducts a review of the risks posed by 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.
    5. 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 or subgrantee that is awarded competitive grant 
funds must have a plan to disseminate these public grant deliverables. 
This dissemination plan can be developed and submitted after your 
application has been reviewed and selected for funding. For additional 
information on the open licensing requirements please refer to 2 CFR 
3474.20.
    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) 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.
    5. Performance Measures: Under the Government Performance and 
Results Act of 1993, the Department has established a set of 
performance measures, including long-term measures, that are designed 
to yield information on various aspects of the

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effectiveness and quality of the Personnel Development to Improve 
Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program. These 
measures include: (1) The percentage of preparation programs that 
incorporate scientifically- or evidence-based practices in their 
curricula; (2) the percentage of scholars completing Personnel 
Preparation funded training programs who are knowledgeable and skilled 
in evidence-based practices for children with disabilities; (3) the 
percentage of scholars who exit training programs prior to completion 
due to poor academic performance; (4) the percentage of degree/
certification recipients who are working in the area(s) for which they 
are trained upon program completion; and (5) the Federal cost per 
scholar who completed the preparation program.
    In addition, the Department will gather information on the 
following outcome measures: (1) The percentage of scholars who 
completed the preparation program and are employed in high-need 
districts; (2) the percentage of scholars who completed the preparation 
program and are employed in the field of special education for at least 
two years; and (3) the percentage of scholars who completed the 
preparation program and who are rated effective by their employers.
    Grantees may be asked to participate in assessing and providing 
information on these aspects of program quality.
    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).

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) by contacting 
the Management Support Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 
Maryland Avenue SW, Room 5113, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 
20202-2500. Telephone: (202) 245-7363. If you use a TDD or a TTY, call 
the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
    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: July 10, 2018.
Johnny W. Collett,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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                                                   5. Public Scoping Meetings: Public                    comments, and to address questions                    State-identified needs for personnel in
                                                scoping meeting(s) will be held at                       concerning the draft SEIS II.                         special education, early intervention,
                                                various locations within the Project                       Dated: June 27, 2018.                               related services, and regular education
                                                Area during approximately July or                        Michael C. Derosier,                                  to work with children, including infants
                                                August of 2018 to present information to                 Colonel, U.S. Army, Commander and District
                                                                                                                                                               and toddlers, with disabilities; and (2)
                                                the public and to receive comments                       Engineer.                                             ensure that those personnel have the
                                                from the public. The date(s), time(s),                   [FR Doc. 2018–14972 Filed 7–12–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                               necessary skills and knowledge, derived
                                                and location(s) of the scoping meeting(s)                                                                      from practices that have been
                                                                                                         BILLING CODE 3720–58–P
                                                will be publicly announced in advance                                                                          determined through scientifically based
                                                by USACE on the Project website at:                                                                            research and experience, to be
                                                http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/                                                                                 successful in serving those children.
                                                MRLSEIS/, and in any other forms                         DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION                                  Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR
                                                deemed appropriate once those dates,                     Applications for New Awards;                          75.105(b)(2)(v), the absolute and
                                                times, and locations are determined by                   Personnel Development To Improve                      competitive preference priorities are
                                                USACE. Notices of the public scoping                     Services and Results for Children With                from allowable activities specified in
                                                meetings will also be sent by USACE                      Disabilities—Associate Degree                         the statute (see sections 662 and 681 of
                                                through email distribution lists, posted                 Preservice Program Improvement                        the Individuals with Disabilities
                                                on the Project website, and mailed to                    Grants To Support Personnel Working                   Education Act (IDEA); 20 U.S.C. 1462
                                                public libraries, government agencies,                   With Young Children With Disabilities                 and 1481).
                                                and interested groups and individuals.                                                                            Absolute Priority: For FY 2018 and
                                                Scoping meeting dates and locations                      AGENCY:  Office of Special Education and              any subsequent year in which we make
                                                will also be advertised in local                         Rehabilitative Services, Department of                awards from the list of unfunded
                                                newspapers. Interested parties unable to                 Education.                                            applications from this competition, this
                                                attend the scoping meetings can access                   ACTION: Notice.                                       priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
                                                additional information on SEIS II at:                                                                          CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only
                                                http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/                           SUMMARY:   The Department of Education                applications that meet this priority.
                                                MRLSEIS/.                                                is issuing a notice inviting applications                This priority is:
                                                                                                         for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2018
                                                   6. Potentially Significant Issues. SEIS                                                                     Associate Degree Preservice Program
                                                                                                         for Personnel Development to Improve
                                                II will analyze the reasonably                                                                                 Improvement Grants To Support
                                                                                                         Services and Results for Children with
                                                foreseeable impacts on the human and                                                                           Personnel Working With Young
                                                                                                         Disabilities—Associate Degree
                                                natural environment resulting from the                                                                         Children With Disabilities
                                                                                                         Preservice Program Improvement Grants
                                                Proposed Action. The scoping, public
                                                                                                         to Support Personnel Working with                     Background
                                                involvement, and interagency
                                                                                                         Young Children with Disabilities,
                                                coordination processes will help                                                                                 The mission of the Office of Special
                                                                                                         Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
                                                identify and define the range of                                                                               Education and Rehabilitative Services
                                                                                                         (CFDA) number 84.325N.
                                                potential significant issues that will be                                                                      (OSERS) is to improve early childhood,
                                                                                                         DATES:
                                                considered. Important resources and                                                                            educational, and employment outcomes
                                                                                                            Applications Available: July 13, 2018.
                                                issues evaluated in SEIS II could                           Deadline for Transmittal of                        and raise expectations for all people
                                                include, but are not limited to, the                     Applications: August 13, 2018.                        with disabilities, their families, their
                                                direct, indirect, and cumulative effects                                                                       communities, and the Nation.
                                                                                                         ADDRESSES: For the addresses for
                                                on aquatic resources; bottomland                                                                                 The purpose of this priority is to fund
                                                hardwoods; wetlands; waterfowl;                          obtaining and submitting an
                                                                                                                                                               eight Associate Degree Preservice
                                                wildlife resources; water quality;                       application, please refer to our Common
                                                                                                                                                               Improvement Grants and improve the
                                                cultural resources; geology and soils                    Instructions for Applicants to
                                                                                                                                                               quality of existing associate degree
                                                including agricultural land and prime                    Department of Education Discretionary
                                                                                                                                                               programs so that associate degree-level
                                                and unique farmland; hydrology and                       Grant Programs, published in the
                                                                                                                                                               personnel are well prepared to work
                                                hydraulics; air quality; threatened and                  Federal Register on February 12, 2018
                                                                                                                                                               with infants, toddlers, preschool, and
                                                endangered species and their critical                    (83 FR 6003) and available at
                                                                                                                                                               early elementary school children ages
                                                habitat; socioeconomics; environmental                   www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/
                                                                                                                                                               birth through 8 (young children) with
                                                justice; recreation; and cumulative                      pdf/2018-02558.pdf.
                                                                                                                                                               disabilities and their families in
                                                effects of related projects along the                    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
                                                                                                                                                               inclusive early childhood programs and
                                                MRL. USACE will also consider issues                     Martin Eile, U.S. Department of                       elementary schools. Associate degree-
                                                identified and comments made                             Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,                    level personnel play critical roles in the
                                                throughout scoping, public                               Room 5175, Potomac Center Plaza,                      development and learning of all young
                                                involvement, and interagency                             Washington, DC 20202–5076.                            children, including young children with
                                                coordination. USACE expects to better                    Telephone: (202) 245–7431. Email:                     disabilities, as child care providers,
                                                define the issues of concern and the                     Julia.Martin.Eile@ed.gov.                             preschool teachers, assistant teachers,
                                                methods that will be used to evaluate                       If you use a telecommunications
                                                                                                                                                               and paraprofessionals. In these roles,
                                                those issues through the scoping                         device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
                                                                                                                                                               associate degree-level personnel can use
                                                process.                                                 telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
                                                                                                                                                               evidence-based (as defined in this
                                                                                                         Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
                                                   7. Availability. The current SEIS II                                                                        notice) practices (EBPs) to meaningfully
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                                                                                                         8339.
                                                development schedule anticipates the                                                                           include young children with disabilities
                                                release of the draft of SEIS II by USACE                 SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:                            in early childhood programs and
                                                for public review and comment in 2020.                   Full Text of Announcement                             classrooms, individualize interventions
                                                After it is published, USACE will hold                                                                         and accommodations, collect data to
                                                public comment meetings to present the                   I. Funding Opportunity Description                    monitor progress, and collaborate with
                                                results of studies and identification of a                  Purpose of Program: The purposes of                other professionals. In elementary
                                                recommended plan, to receive                             this program are to (1) help address                  schools, paraprofessionals are often


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                                                responsible for providing direct services                   (b) Increased competencies of                      support their meaningful participation,
                                                to children, such as small group                         associate degree students to work with                development, and learning in early
                                                instruction, one-on-one tutoring, and                    young children with disabilities and                  childhood programs and elementary
                                                assisting with classroom management.                     their families and support their                      schools. To meet this requirement, the
                                                Studies have shown, however, that                        meaningful participation, development,                applicant must—
                                                associate degree programs do not                         and learning in early childhood                          (i) Present applicable national or State
                                                adequately prepare personnel to work                     programs and elementary schools;                      data demonstrating the need to improve
                                                with young children with disabilities                       (c) Increased numbers of associate                 preservice preparation at the associate
                                                (Chang, Early, & Winton, 2005;                           degree-level personnel who have the                   degree-level to prepare students to serve
                                                Giangreco, 2010; Maxwell, Lim, & Early,                  competencies to work with young                       young children with disabilities and
                                                2006). This priority is consistent with                  children with disabilies and their                    their families; and
                                                two of the priorities from the Secretary’s               families and support their meaningful                    (ii) Present information about the
                                                Final Supplemental Priorities and                        partication, development, and learning                current capacity of faculty preparing
                                                Definitions for Discretionary Grant                      in early childhood programs and                       associate degree students to align the
                                                Programs, which were published in the                    elementary schools; and                               curriculm to State and national
                                                Federal Register on March 2, 2018 (83                       (d) Refinement and verification of a               professional organization personnel
                                                FR 9096): Priority 5—Meeting the                         model to effectively enhance and                      standards, integrate content on serving
                                                Unique Needs of Students and Children                    redesign associate degree programs to                 young children with disabilities and
                                                with Disabilities and/or Those with                      prepare associate degree-level personnel              their families, and design the
                                                Unique Gifts and Talents; and Priority                   to work with young children with                      curriculum utilizing adult learning
                                                8—Promoting Effective Instruction in                     disabilities and their families through               principles.
                                                Classrooms and Schools.                                  partnerships with four-year IHEs.                        (b) Demonstrate, in the narrative
                                                  The Office of Special Education                           In addition to these programmatic                  section of the application under
                                                Programs (OSEP) began to address the                     requirements, to be considered for                    ‘‘Quality of project services,’’ how the
                                                need for more qualified associate                        funding under this priority, applicants               proposed project will—
                                                degree-level personnel in FYs 2010 and                   must meet the application and                            (1) Ensure equal access and treatment
                                                2011 by funding projects to enhance and                  administrative requirements in this                   for members of groups that have
                                                redesign community college programs.                     priority, which are:                                  traditionally been underrepresented
                                                A number of those grantees were four-                       (a) Demonstrate, in the narrative                  based on race, color, national origin,
                                                year institutions that partnered with                    section of the application under                      gender, age, or disability;
                                                community colleges and successfully                      ‘‘Significance,’’ how the proposed                       (2) Achieve its goals, objectives, and
                                                redesigned their associate degree                        project will—                                         intended outcomes. To meet this
                                                programs. They did this by                                  (1) Address the need in the field for
                                                                                                                                                               requirement, the applicant must
                                                incorporating content on serving                         associate degree-level personnel with
                                                                                                                                                               provide—
                                                children with disabilities and their                     the competencies to serve young
                                                                                                                                                                  (i) Measurable intended project
                                                families into courses and practicum                      children with disabilities and their
                                                                                                                                                               outcomes; and
                                                experiences to increase the                              families and support their meaningful
                                                                                                                                                                  (ii) In Appendix A, the logic model
                                                competencies of associate degree-level                   participation, development, and
                                                                                                                                                               (as defined in this notice) by which the
                                                personel to work with children with                      learning in early childhood programs
                                                                                                                                                               proposed project will achieve its
                                                disabilities and their families (Catlett,                and elementary schools. To meet this
                                                                                                                                                               intended outcomes that depicts, at a
                                                Maude, & Nollsch, 2014; Catlett, Maude,                  requirement, the applicant must—
                                                                                                            (i) Present applicable national and                minimum, the goals, activities, outputs,
                                                & Skinner, 2016).
                                                  OSEP will build on this work by                        State data demonstrating the need to                  and intended outcomes of the proposed
                                                funding four-year insitutions of higher                  improve the competencies of associate                 project;
                                                education (IHEs) to partner with a                       degree-level personnel to serve young                    (3) Use a conceptual framework (and
                                                minimum of three community colleges                      children with disabilities and their                  provide a copy in Appendix A) to
                                                to enhance and redesign their associate                  families and support their meaningful                 develop project plans and activities,
                                                degree programs to better prepare                        participation, development, and                       describing any underlying concepts,
                                                associate degree students to meet the                    learning in early childhood programs                  assumptions, expectations, beliefs, or
                                                needs of young children with                             and elementary schools;                               theories, as well as the presumed
                                                disabilities and their families.                            (ii) Demonstrate knowledge of the                  relationships or linkages among these
                                                  Priority:                                              competencies that associate degree-level              variables, and any empirical support for
                                                  The purpose of this priority is to fund                personnel need to effectively serve                   this framework;
                                                eight Associate Degree Preservice                        young children with disabilities and                     Note: The following websites provide more
                                                Program Improvement Grants to                            their families and support their                      information on logic models and conceptual
                                                Support Personnel Working with Young                     meaningful participation, development,                frameworks: www.osepideasthatwork.org/
                                                Children with Disabilities to achieve, at                and learning in early childhood                       logicModel and www.osepideasthatwork.org/
                                                a minimum, the following expected                        programs and elementary schools; and                  resources-grantees/program-areas/ta-ta/tad-
                                                outcomes:                                                   (iii) Demonstrate knowledge of                     project-logic-model-and-conceptual-
                                                                                                                                                               framework.
                                                  (a) Redesigned curricula and                           current educational issues and policy
                                                increased faculty knowledge and                          initiatives relating to the preparation of              (4) Be based on current research and
                                                capacity to deliver new content in the                                                                         make use of EBPs. To meet this
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                                                                                                         a competent early childhood workforce,
                                                curricula that better prepares associate                 especially associate degree-level                     requirement, the applicant must
                                                degree students to work with young                       personnel;                                            describe—
                                                children with disabilities and their                        (2) Address the need for faculty to                  (i) The current research on adult
                                                families and support their meaningful                    have the competencies to deliver                      learning principles that will inform the
                                                participation, development, and                          content that will prepare associate                   proposed project; and
                                                learning in early childhood programs                     degree students to serve young children                 (ii) How the proposed project will
                                                and elementary schools;                                  with disabilities and their families and              incorporate current research and EBPs


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                                                in the development and delivery of                       participation in early childhood                      outcomes. To address this requirement,
                                                curriculum enhancement and redesign;                     programs;                                             the applicant must describe how—
                                                   (5) Develop or refine a process to                       (6) Observing and collecting data for                 (i) Results of the evaluation will be
                                                effectively enhance and redesign                         progress monitoring;                                  used as a basis for improving the
                                                associate degree programs to achieve the                    (7) Engaging and commuicating                      proposed project to prepare associate
                                                intended outcomes of the proposed                        effectively with families;                            degree-level personnel to provide
                                                project. To address this requirement, the                   (8) Assisting in the implementation of             evidence-based services to young
                                                applicant must describe—                                 transition plans and services across                  children with disablities and their
                                                   (i) How it proposes to develop                        settings from early intervention to                   families;
                                                partnerships with a minimum of three                     preschool and preschool to elementary                    (ii) Results of the evaluation will be
                                                community colleges in the State to                       school; and                                           used to refine the process for enhancing
                                                enhance and revise the associate degree                     (9) Working with children and                      and redesigning associate degree
                                                curricula within these community                         families from diverse cultural and                    programs; and
                                                colleges to prepare early intervention,                  linguistic backgrounds, including dual                   (iii) The grantee will report the
                                                early childhood special education, and                   language learners with disabilities;                  evaluation results to OSEP in its annual
                                                early childhood education personnel to                      (iii) Its proposed approach to ensure              and final performance reports.
                                                serve children ages birth through age 8                  that faculty in the community colleges                   (d) Demonstrate, in the narrative
                                                with disabilities. (In States where the                  have the necessary support, knowledge,                section of the application under
                                                age range for certification of early                     skills, and competiences to enhance or                ‘‘Adequacy of resources and quality of
                                                childhood personnel is other than birth                  redesign their associate degree program               project personnel,’’ how—
                                                through age 8 (e.g., birth through age 3,                and implement the new content to                         (1) The proposed project will
                                                birth through age 5, ages 3 through 5),                  prepare associate degree students to                  encourage applications for employment
                                                we defer to the age range in such State’s                work with young children with                         from persons who are members of
                                                certification); and                                      disabilities and their families; and                  groups that have traditionally been
                                                   (ii) Its proposed approach to partner                    (iv) Its proposed approach to using                underrepresented based on race, color,
                                                with community colleges to enhance or                    resources developed by other projects                 national origin, gender, age, or
                                                redesign the associate degree programs’                  funded by the Department of Education                 disability, as appropriate;
                                                curricula by incorporating EBPs into                     and the Department of Health and                         (2) The proposed key project
                                                courses and by providing at least one                    Human Services when partnering with                   personnel, consultants, and
                                                practicum experience in a setting that                   community colleges to redesign or                     subcontractors have the qualifications
                                                serves young children with disabilities                  enhance their associate degree                        and experience to carry out the
                                                and their families. The applicant must                   programs.                                             proposed activities and achieve the
                                                describe how the improved associate                         (c) Demonstrate, in the narrative                  project’s intended outcomes;
                                                degree program will be—                                  section of the application under                         (3) The applicant and any key
                                                   (A) Aligned to State standards for                    ‘‘Quality of the project evaluation,’’                partners have adequate resources to
                                                associate degree-level personnel, or in                  how—                                                  carry out the proposed activities; and
                                                States that do not have State standards,                    (1) The applicant will use                            (4) The proposed costs are reasonable
                                                meet appropriate national professional                   comprehensive and appropriate                         in relation to the anticipated results and
                                                organization standards for associate                     methodologies to evaluate how well the                benefits.
                                                degree-level professions; and                            goals or objectives of the proposed                      (e) Demonstrate, in the narrative
                                                   (B) Designed to ensure that associate                 project have been met, including the                  section of the application under
                                                degree students receive training and                     project processes and outcomes;                       ‘‘Quality of the management plan,’’
                                                develop competencies in the following                       (2) The applicant will collect, analyze,           how—
                                                areas:                                                   and use data related to specific and                     (1) The proposed management plan
                                                   (1) Collaborating and working                         measureable goals, objectives, and                    will ensure that the project’s intended
                                                effectively with other practicioners;                    outcomes of the project. To address this              outcomes will be achieved on time and
                                                   (2) Implementing instructional and                    requirement, the applicant must                       within budget. To address this
                                                intervention practices, such as the                      describe—                                             requirement, the applicant must
                                                Division for Early Childhood                                (i) How student competencies and                   describe—
                                                Recommended Practices, the Council for                   other project processes and outcomes                     (i) Clearly defined responsibilities for
                                                Exceptional Children High-Leverage                       will be measured for formative                        key project personnel, consultants, and
                                                Practices in Special Education, or                       purposes, including proposed                          subcontractors, as applicable; and
                                                similar best practice recommendations;                   instruments, data collection methods,                    (ii) Timelines and milestones for
                                                   (3) Supporting young children with                    and possible analysis;                                accomplishing the project tasks;
                                                disabilities’ literacy and science,                         (ii) How data on faculty competencies                 (2) Key project personnel and any
                                                technology, engineering and                              will be collected and analyzed; and                   consultants and subcontractors will be
                                                mathematics (STEM) development by                           (iii) How data on the quality of the               allocated and how these allocations are
                                                implementing EBPs and supporting                         process used to enhance and redesign                  appropriate and adequate to achieve the
                                                families to understand their young                       the associate degree program will be                  project’s intended outcomes;
                                                children’s literacy and STEM                             collected and analyzed;                                  (3) The proposed management plan
                                                development;                                                (3) The methods of evaluation will                 will ensure that the project’s products
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                                                   (4) Supporting young children with                    produce quantitative and qualitative                  and services are of high quality,
                                                disabilities’ social, emotional, and                     data for objective performance                        relevant, and useful to recipients; and
                                                behavioral development and                               measurement that are related to the                      (4) The proposed project will benefit
                                                implementing positive behavioral                         outcomes of the proposed project;                     from a diversity of perspectives,
                                                interventions and supports;                                 (4) The methods of evaluation will                 including those of families, educators,
                                                   (5) Using technology to enhance                       provide performance feedback and                      faculty, doctoral-level students,
                                                children’s development and access to                     allow for periodic assessment of                      technical assistance and professional
                                                natural learning opportunities or                        progress towards meeting the project                  development providers, researchers, and


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                                                policy makers, among others, in its                          of Early Intervention, 27, 110–124.                  Logic model (also referred to as a
                                                development and operation.                               Giangreco, M.F. (2010). One-to-one                    theory of action) means a framework
                                                   (f) Address the following application                     paraprofessionals for students with               that identifies key project components
                                                requirements. The applicant must—                            disabilities in inclusive classrooms: Is          of the proposed project (i.e., the active
                                                                                                             conventional wisdom wrong?
                                                   (1) Include, in Appendix A,                                                                                 ‘‘ingredients’’ that are hypothesized to
                                                                                                             Intellectual & Developmental
                                                personnel-loading charts and timelines,                      Disabilities, 48(1), 1–13.                        be critical to achieving the relevant
                                                as applicable, to illustrate the                         Maxwell, K.L., Lim, C–I., & Early, D.M.               outcomes) and describes the theoretical
                                                management plan described in the                             (2006). Early childhood teacher                   and operational relationships among the
                                                narrative;                                                   preparation programs in the United                key project components and relevant
                                                   (2) If the project maintains a website,                   States: National report. Chapel Hill:             outcomes.
                                                include relevant information about the                       University of North Carolina, FPG Child              Moderate evidence means that there is
                                                revised program and documents in a                           Development Institute.                            evidence of effectiveness of a key
                                                form that meets government or industry                   Definitions                                           project component in improving a
                                                recognized standards of accessibility;                                                                         relevant outcome for a sample that
                                                   (3) Include, in the budget, attendance                   The following definitions are from 34              overlaps with the populations or
                                                at a two and one-half day project                        CFR 77.1:                                             settings proposed to receive that
                                                directors’ conference in Washington,                        Demonstrates a rationale means a key               component, based on a relevant finding
                                                DC, during each year of the project                      project component included in the                     from one of the following:
                                                period; and                                              project’s logic model is informed by                     (i) A practice guide prepared by the
                                                   (4) Provide an assurance that the                     research or evaluation findings that                  WWC using version 2.1 or 3.0 of the
                                                project will submit the revised                          suggest the project component is likely               WWC Handbook reporting a ‘‘strong
                                                curriculum and syllabi for courses that                  to improve relevant outcomes.                         evidence base’’ or ‘‘moderate evidence
                                                are included in the improved associate                      Evidence-based means the proposed                  base’’ for the corresponding practice
                                                degree programs to the OSEP project                      project component is supported by one                 guide recommendation;
                                                officer with the submission of the                       or more of strong evidence, moderate                     (ii) An intervention report prepared
                                                annual performance report during each                    evidence, promising evidence, or                      by the WWC using version 2.1 or 3.0 of
                                                year of the grant and make any                           evidence that demonstrates a rationale.               the WWC Handbook reporting a
                                                                                                            Experimental study means a study                   ‘‘positive effect’’ or ‘‘potentially positive
                                                necessary revisions required by OSEP.
                                                                                                         that is designed to compare outcomes                  effect’’ on a relevant outcome based on
                                                   Competitive Preference Priority:
                                                                                                         between two groups of individuals                     a ‘‘medium to large’’ extent of evidence,
                                                Within this absolute priority, we give
                                                                                                         (such as students) that are otherwise                 with no reporting of a ‘‘negative effect’’
                                                competitive preference to applications
                                                                                                         equivalent except for their assignment                or ‘‘potentially negative effect’’ on a
                                                that meet the following priority. Under
                                                                                                         to either a treatment group receiving a               relevant outcome; or
                                                34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to
                                                                                                         project component or a control group                     (iii) A single experimental study or
                                                an additional five points to an
                                                                                                         that does not. Randomized controlled                  quasi-experimental design study
                                                application that meets this priority.
                                                                                                         trials, regression discontinuity design               reviewed and reported by the WWC
                                                   This priority is:
                                                   Applicants that partner with one or                   studies, and single-case design studies               using version 2.1 or 3.0 of the WWC
                                                multiple local or State entities, such as                are the specific types of experimental                Handbook, or otherwise assessed by the
                                                schools (including early childhood                       studies that, depending on their design               Department using version 3.0 of the
                                                programs), local educational agencies                    and implementation (e.g., sample                      WWC Handbook, as appropriate, and
                                                (LEAs) or State educational agencies                     attrition in randomized controlled trials             that—
                                                (SEAs), State lead agencies, businesses,                 and regression discontinuity design                      (A) Meets WWC standards with or
                                                or not-for-profit organizations, to help                 studies), can meet What Works                         without reservations;
                                                meet the goals of the project.                           Clearinghouse (WWC) standards                            (B) Includes at least one statistically
                                                                                                         without reservations as described in the              significant and positive (i.e., favorable)
                                                  Note: The Department is particularly                   WWC Handbook:                                         effect on a relevant outcome;
                                                interested in partnerships that are designed                (i) A randomized controlled trial                     (C) Includes no overriding statistically
                                                to identify and address local needs for                  employs random assignment of, for                     significant and negative effects on
                                                personnel in special education, early
                                                intervention, related services, and regular
                                                                                                         example, students, teachers, classrooms,              relevant outcomes reported in the study
                                                education to work with children, including               or schools to receive the project                     or in a corresponding WWC
                                                infants and toddlers, with disabilities; and             component being evaluated (the                        intervention report prepared under
                                                partnerships designed to guarantee post-                 treatment group) or not to receive the                version 2.1 or 3.0 of the WWC
                                                graduation employment opportunities for                  project component (the control group).                Handbook; and
                                                personnel who successfully complete a                       (ii) A regression discontinuity design                (D) Is based on a sample from more
                                                relevant training program with an associate              study assigns the project component                   than one site (e.g., State, county, city,
                                                degree from any partner community college.               being evaluated using a measured                      school district, or postsecondary
                                                                                                         variable (e.g., assigning students reading            campus) and includes at least 350
                                                References                                               below a cutoff score to tutoring or                   students or other individuals across
                                                Catlett, C., Maude, S.P., & Nollsch, M. (2014).          developmental education classes) and                  sites. Multiple studies of the same
                                                    Young Exceptional Children                           controls for that variable in the analysis            project component that each meet
                                                    Monography, No. 16.                                  of outcomes.                                          requirements in paragraphs (iii)(A), (B),
                                                Catlett, C., Maude, S.P., & Skinner, M. (2016,              (iii) A single-case design study uses
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                                                                                                                                                               and (C) of this definition may together
                                                    October). The blueprint process for                  observations of a single case (e.g., a                satisfy this requirement.
                                                    enhancing early childhood preservice                 student eligible for a behavioral                        Project component means an activity,
                                                    programs and courses. Unpublished
                                                    manuscript.
                                                                                                         intervention) over time in the absence                strategy, intervention, process, product,
                                                Chang, F., Early, D., & Winton, P. (2005).               and presence of a controlled treatment                practice, or policy included in a project.
                                                    Early childhood teacher preparation in               manipulation to determine whether the                 Evidence may pertain to an individual
                                                    special education at 2- and 4-year                   outcome is systematically related to the              project component or to a combination
                                                    institutions of higher education. Journal            treatment.                                            of project components (e.g., training


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                                                teachers on instructional practices for                  based on a ‘‘medium to large’’ extent of              part 180, as adopted and amended as
                                                English learners and follow-on coaching                  evidence, with no reporting of a                      regulations of the Department in 2 CFR
                                                for these teachers).                                     ‘‘negative effect’’ or ‘‘potentially                  part 3485. (c) The Uniform
                                                   Promising evidence means that there                   negative effect’’ on a relevant outcome;              Administrative Requirements, Cost
                                                is evidence of the effectiveness of a key                or                                                    Principles, and Audit Requirements for
                                                project component in improving a                            (iii) A single experimental study                  Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as
                                                relevant outcome, based on a relevant                    reviewed and reported by the WWC                      adopted and amended as regulations of
                                                finding from one of the following:                       using version 2.1 or 3.0 of the WWC                   the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. (d)
                                                   (i) A practice guide prepared by WWC                  Handbook, or otherwise assessed by the                The regulations for this program in 34
                                                reporting a ‘‘strong evidence base’’ or                  Department using version 3.0 of the                   CFR part 304.
                                                ‘‘moderate evidence base’’ for the                       WWC Handbook, as appropriate, and
                                                                                                                                                                 Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79
                                                corresponding practice guide                             that—                                                 apply to all applicants except federally
                                                recommendation;                                             (A) Meets WWC standards without                    recognized Indian Tribes.
                                                   (ii) An intervention report prepared                  reservations;
                                                by the WWC reporting a ‘‘positive                           (B) Includes at least one statistically              Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
                                                effect’’ or ‘‘potentially positive effect’’              significant and positive (i.e., favorable)            apply to IHEs only.
                                                on a relevant outcome with no reporting                  effect on a relevant outcome;
                                                of a ‘‘negative effect’’ or ‘‘potentially                   (C) Includes no overriding statistically           II. Award Information
                                                negative effect’’ on a relevant outcome;                 significant and negative effects on                     Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
                                                or                                                       relevant outcomes reported in the study                 Estimated Available Funds:
                                                   (iii) A single study assessed by the                  or in a corresponding WWC                             $1,200,000.
                                                Department, as appropriate, that—                        intervention report prepared under                      Contingent upon the availability of
                                                   (A) Is an experimental study, a quasi-                version 2.1 or 3.0 of the WWC                         funds and the quality of applications,
                                                experimental design study, or a well-                    Handbook; and                                         we may make additional awards in FY
                                                designed and well-implemented                               (D) Is based on a sample from more                 2019 from the list of unfunded
                                                correlational study with statistical                     than one site (e.g., State, county, city,             applications from this competition.
                                                controls for selection bias (e.g., a study               school district, or postsecondary                       Estimated Range of Awards:
                                                using regression methods to account for                  campus) and includes at least 350                     $145,000–$150,000.
                                                differences between a treatment group                    students or other individuals across                    Maximum Awards: We will not make
                                                and a comparison group); and                             sites. Multiple studies of the same                   an award exceeding $150,000 for a
                                                   (B) Includes at least one statistically               project component that each meet                      single budget period of 12 months.
                                                significant and positive (i.e., favorable)               requirements in paragraphs (iii)(A), (B),               Estimated Number of Awards: 8.
                                                effect on a relevant outcome.                            and (C) of this definition may together
                                                   Quasi-experimental design study                       satisfy this requirement.                               Note: The Department is not bound by any
                                                                                                                                                               estimates in this notice.
                                                means a study using a design that                           What Works Clearinghouse Handbook
                                                attempts to approximate an                               (WWC Handbook) means the standards                       Project Period: Up to 60 months.
                                                experimental study by identifying a                      and procedures set forth in the WWC
                                                                                                                                                               III. Eligibility Information
                                                comparison group that is similar to the                  Procedures and Standards Handbook,
                                                treatment group in important respects.                   Version 3.0 or Version 2.1 (incorporated                1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs; nonprofit
                                                This type of study, depending on design                  by reference, see 34 CFR 77.2). Study                 and for-profit organizations engaged in
                                                and implementation (e.g., establishment                  findings eligible for review under WWC                the preparation of early childhood
                                                of baseline equivalence of the groups                    standards can meet WWC standards                      personnel.
                                                being compared), can meet WWC                            without reservations, meet WWC                          2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
                                                standards with reservations, but cannot                  standards with reservations, or not meet              program does not require cost sharing or
                                                meet WWC standards without                               WWC standards. WWC practice guides                    matching.
                                                reservations, as described in the WWC                    and intervention reports include                        3. Subgrantees: Under 34 CFR
                                                Handbook.                                                findings from systematic reviews of                   75.708(b) and (c) a grantee may award
                                                   Relevant outcome means the student                    evidence as described in the Handbook                 subgrants—to directly carry out project
                                                outcome(s) or other outcome(s) the key                   documentation.                                        activities described in its application—
                                                project component is designed to                            Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking:                     to the following types of entities: SEAs;
                                                improve, consistent with the specific                    Under the Administrative Procedure Act                LEAs, including charter schools that are
                                                goals of the program.                                    (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553) the Department                   considered LEAs under State law; IHEs;
                                                   Strong evidence means that there is                   generally offers interested parties the               other public agencies; private nonprofit
                                                evidence of the effectiveness of a key                   opportunity to comment on proposed                    organizations; freely associated States
                                                project component in improving a                         priorities and requirements. Section                  and outlying areas; Indian Tribes or
                                                relevant outcome for a sample that                       681(d) of IDEA, however, makes the                    Tribal organizations; and for-profit
                                                overlaps with the populations and                        public comment requirements of the                    organizations suitable to carry out the
                                                settings proposed to receive that                        APA inapplicable to the priorities in                 activities proposed in the application.
                                                component, based on a relevant finding                   this notice.                                          The grantee may award subgrants to
                                                from one of the following:                                  Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1462                  entities it has identified in an approved
                                                   (i) A practice guide prepared by the                  and 1481.                                             application.
                                                                                                            Applicable Regulations: (a) The                      4. Other General Requirements: (a)
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                                                WWC using version 2.1 or 3.0 of the
                                                WWC Handbook reporting a ‘‘strong                        Education Department General                          Recipients of funding under this
                                                evidence base’’ for the corresponding                    Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR                  competition must make positive efforts
                                                practice guide recommendation;                           parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98,             to employ and advance in employment
                                                   (ii) An intervention report prepared                  and 99. (b) The Office of Management                  qualified individuals with disabilities
                                                by the WWC using version 2.1 or 3.0 of                   and Budget Guidelines to Agencies on                  (see section 606 of IDEA).
                                                the WWC Handbook reporting a                             Governmentwide Debarment and                            (b) Applicants for, and recipients of,
                                                ‘‘positive effect’’ on a relevant outcome                Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR                  funding under this competition must


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                                                involve individuals with disabilities, or                including all text in charts, tables,                    (1) The Secretary considers the
                                                parents of individuals with disabilities                 figures, graphs, and screen shots.                    quality of the evaluation to be
                                                ages birth through 26, in planning,                                                                            conducted by the proposed project.
                                                                                                         V. Application Review Information                        (2) In determining the quality of the
                                                implementing, and evaluating the
                                                project (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of                        1. Selection Criteria: The selection               evaluation, the Secretary considers the
                                                IDEA).                                                   criteria for this competition are from 34             following factors:
                                                                                                         CFR 75.210 and are as follows:                           (i) The extent to which the methods
                                                IV. Application and Submission                              (a) Significance (10 points).                      of evaluation are thorough, feasible, and
                                                Information                                                                                                    appropriate to the goals, objectives, and
                                                                                                            (1) The Secretary considers the
                                                   1. Application Submission                             significance of the proposed project.                 outcomes of the proposed project;
                                                Instructions: For information on how to                     (2) In determining the significance of                (ii) The extent to which the methods
                                                submit an application please refer to our                the proposed project, the Secretary                   of evaluation include the use of
                                                Common Instructions for Applicants to                    considers the following factors:                      objective performance measures that are
                                                Department of Education Discretionary                       (i) The extent to which specific gaps              clearly related to the intended outcomes
                                                Grant Programs, published in the                         or weaknesses in services,                            of the project and will produce
                                                Federal Register on February 12, 2018                    infrastructure, or opporutnities have                 quantitative and qualitative data to the
                                                (83 FR 6003) and available at                            been identified and will be addressed by              extent possible; and
                                                www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/                                                                              (iii) The extent to which the methods
                                                                                                         the proposed project, including the
                                                pdf/2018-02558.pdf.                                                                                            of evaluation will provide performance
                                                                                                         nature and magnitude of those gaps or
                                                                                                                                                               feedback and permit periodic
                                                   2. Intergovernmental Review: This                     weaknesses; and
                                                                                                                                                               assessment of progress toward achieving
                                                competition is subject to Executive                         (ii) The importance or magnitude of
                                                                                                                                                               intended outcomes.
                                                Order 12372 and the regulations in 34                    the results or outcomes likely to be                     (d) Adequacy of resources and quality
                                                CFR part 79. However, under 34 CFR                       attained by the proposed project,                     of project personnel (15 points).
                                                79.8(a), we waive intergovernmental                      especially improvements in teaching                      (1) The Secretary considers the
                                                review in order to make awards by the                    and student achievement.                              adequacy of resources and quality of
                                                end of FY 2018.                                             (b) Quality of project services (35                project personnel for the proposed
                                                   3. Funding Restrictions: We reference                 points).                                              project.
                                                regulations outlining funding                               (1) The Secretary considers the                       (2) In determining the quality of
                                                restrictions in the Applicable                           quality of the services to be provided by             project personnel, the Secretary
                                                Regulations section of this notice.                      the proposed project.                                 considers the extent to which the
                                                   4. Recommended Page Limit: The                           (2) In determining the quality of the              applicant encourages applications for
                                                application narrative (Part III of the                   services to be provided by the proposed               employment from persons who are
                                                application) is where you, the applicant,                project, the Secretary considers the                  members of groups that have
                                                address the selection criteria that                      quality and sufficiency of strategies for             traditionally been underrepresented
                                                reviewers use to evaluate your                           ensuring equal access and treatment for               based on race, color, national origin,
                                                application. We recommend that you (1)                   eligible project participants who are                 gender, age, or disability.
                                                limit the application narrative to no                    members of groups that have                              (3) In addition, the Secretary
                                                more than 70 pages, and (2) use the                      traditionally been underrepresented                   considers one or more of the following
                                                following standards:                                     based on race, color, national origin,                factors:
                                                   • A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side               gender, age, or disability.                              (i) The qualifications, including
                                                only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom,                   (3) In addition, the Secretary                     relevant training and experience, of key
                                                and both sides.                                          considers the following factors:                      project personnel;
                                                   • Double-space (no more than three                       (i) The extent to which the goals,                    (ii) The adequacy of support,
                                                lines per vertical inch) all text in the                 objectives, and outcomes to be achieved               including facilities, equipment,
                                                application narrative, including titles,                 by the proposed project are clearly                   supplies, and other resources, from the
                                                headings, footnotes, quotations,                         specified and measurable;                             applicant organization or the lead
                                                reference citations, and captions, as well                  (ii) The extent to which the services              applicant organization; and
                                                as all text in charts, tables, figures,                  to be provided by the proposed project                   (iii) The extent to which the costs are
                                                graphs, and screen shots.                                reflect up-to-date knowledge from                     reasonable in relation to the objectives,
                                                   • Use a font that is either 12 point or               research and effective practice;                      design, and potential significance of the
                                                larger.                                                     (iii) The extent to which the training             proposed project.
                                                                                                                                                                  (e) Quality of the management plan
                                                   • Use one of the following fonts:                     or professional development services to
                                                                                                                                                               (20 points).
                                                Times New Roman, Courier, Courier                        be provided by the proposed project are                  (1) The Secretary considers the
                                                New, or Arial.                                           of sufficient quality, intensity, and                 quality of the management plan for the
                                                   The recommended page limit does not                   duration to lead to improvements in                   proposed project.
                                                apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II,               practice among the recipients of those                   (2) In determining the quality of the
                                                the budget section, including the                        services;                                             management plan for the proposed
                                                narrative budget justification; Part IV,                    (iv) The extent to which the services              project, the Secretary considers the
                                                the assurances and certifications; or the                to be provided by the proposed project                following factors:
                                                abstract (follow the guidance provided                   involve the collaboration of appropriate                 (i) The adequacy of the management
                                                in the application package for                           partners for maximizing the
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                                                                                                                                                               plan to achieve the objectives of the
                                                completing the abstract), the table of                   effectiveness of project services; and                proposed project on time and within
                                                contents, the list of priority                              (v) The extent to which the proposed               budget, including clearly defined
                                                requirements, the resumes, the reference                 activities constitute a coherent,                     responsibilities, timelines, and
                                                list, the letters of support, or the                     sustained program of training in the                  milestones for accomplishing project
                                                appendices. However, the                                 field.                                                tasks;
                                                recommended page limit does apply to                        (c) Quality of the project evaluation                 (ii) The extent to which the time
                                                all of the application narrative,                        (20 points).                                          commitments of the project director and


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                                                principal investigator and other key                     which they also have submitted                        requirements in the application package
                                                project personnel are appropriate and                    applications.                                         and reference these and other
                                                adequate to meet the objectives of the                      4. Risk Assessment and Specific                    requirements in the Applicable
                                                proposed project;                                        Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR                     Regulations section of this notice.
                                                   (iii) The adequacy of mechanisms for                  200.205, before awarding grants under                   We reference the regulations outlining
                                                ensuring high-quality products and                       this competition the Department                       the terms and conditions of an award in
                                                services from the proposed project; and                  conducts a review of the risks posed by               the Applicable Regulations section of
                                                   (iv) How the applicant will ensure                    applicants. Under 2 CFR 3474.10, the                  this notice and include these and other
                                                that a diversity of perspectives are                     Secretary may impose specific                         specific conditions in the GAN. The
                                                brought to bear in the operation of the                  conditions and, in appropriate                        GAN also incorporates your approved
                                                proposed project, including those of                     circumstances, high-risk conditions on a              application as part of your binding
                                                parents, teachers, the business                          grant if the applicant or grantee is not              commitments under the grant.
                                                community, a variety of disciplinary                     financially stable; has a history of                    3. Open Licensing Requirements:
                                                and professional fields, recipients or                   unsatisfactory performance; has a                     Unless an exception applies, if you are
                                                beneficiaries of services, or others, as                 financial or other management system                  awarded a grant under this competition,
                                                appropriate.                                             that does not meet the standards in 2                 you will be required to openly license
                                                   2. Review and Selection Process: (a)                  CFR part 200, subpart D; has not                      to the public grant deliverables created
                                                We remind potential applicants that in                   fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant;            in whole, or in part, with Department
                                                                                                         or is otherwise not responsible.                      grant funds. When the deliverable
                                                reviewing applications in any
                                                                                                            5. Integrity and Performance System:               consists of modifications to pre-existing
                                                discretionary grant competition, the
                                                                                                         If you are selected under this                        works, the license extends only to those
                                                Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR
                                                                                                         competition to receive an award that                  modifications that can be separately
                                                75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the
                                                                                                         over the course of the project period                 identified and only to the extent that
                                                applicant in carrying out a previous
                                                                                                         may exceed the simplified acquisition                 open licensing is permitted under the
                                                award, such as the applicant’s use of
                                                                                                         threshold (currently $150,000), under 2               terms of any licenses or other legal
                                                funds, achievement of project
                                                                                                         CFR 200.205(a)(2) we must make a                      restrictions on the use of pre-existing
                                                objectives, and compliance with grant
                                                                                                         judgment about your integrity, business               works. Additionally, a grantee or
                                                conditions. The Secretary may also
                                                                                                         ethics, and record of performance under               subgrantee that is awarded competitive
                                                consider whether the applicant failed to
                                                                                                         Federal awards—that is, the risk posed                grant funds must have a plan to
                                                submit a timely performance report or                                                                          disseminate these public grant
                                                                                                         by you as an applicant—before we make
                                                submitted a report of unacceptable                                                                             deliverables. This dissemination plan
                                                                                                         an award. In doing so, we must consider
                                                quality.                                                                                                       can be developed and submitted after
                                                                                                         any information about you that is in the
                                                   (b) In addition, in making a                                                                                your application has been reviewed and
                                                                                                         integrity and performance system
                                                competitive grant award, the Secretary                                                                         selected for funding. For additional
                                                                                                         (currently referred to as the Federal
                                                also requires various assurances,                                                                              information on the open licensing
                                                                                                         Awardee Performance and Integrity
                                                including those applicable to Federal                                                                          requirements please refer to 2 CFR
                                                                                                         Information System (FAPIIS)),
                                                civil rights laws that prohibit                                                                                3474.20.
                                                                                                         accessible through the System for
                                                discrimination in programs or activities                                                                         4. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a
                                                                                                         Award Management. You may review
                                                receiving Federal financial assistance                                                                         grant under this competition, you must
                                                                                                         and comment on any information about
                                                from the Department of Education (34                                                                           ensure that you have in place the
                                                                                                         yourself that a Federal agency
                                                CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and                                                                            necessary processes and systems to
                                                                                                         previously entered and that is currently
                                                110.23).                                                                                                       comply with the reporting requirements
                                                                                                         in FAPIIS.
                                                   3. Additional Review and Selection                       Please note that, if the total value of            in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive
                                                Process Factors: In the past, the                        your currently active grants, cooperative             funding under the competition. This
                                                Department has had difficulty finding                    agreements, and procurement contracts                 does not apply if you have an exception
                                                peer reviewers for certain competitions                  from the Federal government exceeds                   under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
                                                because so many individuals who are                      $10,000,000, the reporting requirements                 (b) At the end of your project period,
                                                eligible to serve as peer reviewers have                 in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII,                      you must submit a final performance
                                                conflicts of interest. The standing panel                require you to report certain integrity               report, including financial information,
                                                requirements under section 682(b) of                     information to FAPIIS semiannually.                   as directed by the Secretary. If you
                                                IDEA also have placed additional                         Please review the requirements in 2 CFR               receive a multiyear award, you must
                                                constraints on the availability of                       part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant                 submit an annual performance report
                                                reviewers. Therefore, the Department                     plus all the other Federal funds you                  that provides the most current
                                                has determined that, for some                            receive exceed $10,000,000.                           performance and financial expenditure
                                                discretionary grant competitions,                                                                              information as directed by the Secretary
                                                applications may be separated into two                   VI. Award Administration Information                  under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary
                                                or more groups and ranked and selected                      1. Award Notices: If your application              may also require more frequent
                                                for funding within specific groups. This                 is successful, we notify your U.S.                    performance reports under 34 CFR
                                                procedure will make it easier for the                    Representative and U.S. Senators and                  75.720(c). For specific requirements on
                                                Department to find peer reviewers by                     send you a Grant Award Notification                   reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/
                                                ensuring that greater numbers of                         (GAN); or we may send you an email                    fund/grant/apply/appforms/
                                                individuals who are eligible to serve as
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                                                                                                         containing a link to access an electronic             appforms.html.
                                                reviewers for any particular group of                    version of your GAN. We may notify                      5. Performance Measures: Under the
                                                applicants will not have conflicts of                    you informally, also.                                 Government Performance and Results
                                                interest. It also will increase the quality,                If your application is not evaluated or            Act of 1993, the Department has
                                                independence, and fairness of the                        not selected for funding, we notify you.              established a set of performance
                                                review process, while permitting panel                      2. Administrative and National Policy              measures, including long-term
                                                members to review applications under                     Requirements: We identify                             measures, that are designed to yield
                                                discretionary grant competitions for                     administrative and national policy                    information on various aspects of the


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                                                effectiveness and quality of the                         Services Team, U.S. Department of                        Deadline for Transmittal of
                                                Personnel Development to Improve                         Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,                    Applications: August 13, 2018.
                                                Services and Results for Children with                   Room 5113, Potomac Center Plaza,                      ADDRESSES: For the addresses for
                                                Disabilities program. These measures                     Washington, DC 20202–2500.                            obtaining and submitting an
                                                include: (1) The percentage of                           Telephone: (202) 245–7363. If you use a               application, please refer to our Common
                                                preparation programs that incorporate                    TDD or a TTY, call the FRS, toll free, at             Instructions for Applicants to
                                                scientifically- or evidence-based                        1–800–877–8339.                                       Department of Education Discretionary
                                                practices in their curricula; (2) the                      Electronic Access to This Document:                 Grant Programs, published in the
                                                percentage of scholars completing                        The official version of this document is              Federal Register on February 12, 2018
                                                Personnel Preparation funded training                    the document published in the Federal                 (83 FR 6003) and available at
                                                programs who are knowledgeable and                       Register. You may access the official                 www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-12/
                                                skilled in evidence-based practices for                  edition of the Federal Register and the               pdf/2018-02558.pdf.
                                                children with disabilities; (3) the                      Code of Federal Regulations via the                   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                percentage of scholars who exit training                 Federal Digital System at: www.gpo.gov/               Kristen Rhoads, U.S. Department of
                                                programs prior to completion due to                      fdsys. At this site you can view this                 Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
                                                poor academic performance; (4) the                       document, as well as all other                        Room 5142, Potomac Center Plaza,
                                                percentage of degree/certification                       documents of this Department                          Washington, DC 20202–5108.
                                                recipients who are working in the                        published in the Federal Register, in                 Telephone: (202) 245–6715. Email:
                                                area(s) for which they are trained upon                  text or Portable Document Format                      Kristen.Rhoads@ed.gov.
                                                program completion; and (5) the Federal                  (PDF). To use PDF you must have                          If you use a telecommunications
                                                cost per scholar who completed the                       Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is                        device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
                                                preparation program.                                     available free at the site.                           telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
                                                   In addition, the Department will                        You may also access documents of the                Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
                                                gather information on the following                      Department published in the Federal                   8339.
                                                outcome measures: (1) The percentage                     Register by using the article search
                                                of scholars who completed the                            feature at: www.federalregister.gov.                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                                preparation program and are employed                     Specifically, through the advanced                    Full Text of Announcement
                                                in high-need districts; (2) the percentage               search feature at this site, you can limit
                                                of scholars who completed the                                                                                  I. Funding Opportunity Description
                                                                                                         your search to documents published by
                                                preparation program and are employed                     the Department.                                          Purpose of Program: The purpose of
                                                in the field of special education for at                                                                       the Technical Assistance and
                                                                                                           Dated: July 10, 2018.
                                                least two years; and (3) the percentage                                                                        Dissemination to Improve Services and
                                                                                                         Johnny W. Collett,
                                                of scholars who completed the                                                                                  Results for Children with Disabilities
                                                                                                         Assistant Secretary for Special Education and         program is to promote academic
                                                preparation program and who are rated
                                                                                                         Rehabilitative Services.
                                                effective by their employers.                                                                                  achievement and to improve results for
                                                   Grantees may be asked to participate                  [FR Doc. 2018–15055 Filed 7–12–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                               children with disabilities by providing
                                                in assessing and providing information                   BILLING CODE 4000–01–P                                technical assistance (TA), supporting
                                                on these aspects of program quality.                                                                           model demonstration projects,
                                                   6. Continuation Awards: In making a                                                                         disseminating useful information, and
                                                continuation award under 34 CFR                          DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
                                                                                                                                                               implementing activities that are
                                                75.253, the Secretary considers, among                   Applications for New Awards;                          supported by scientifically based
                                                other things: Whether a grantee has                      Technical Assistance and                              research.
                                                made substantial progress in achieving                   Dissemination To Improve Services                        Priorities: This notice includes one
                                                the goals and objectives of the project;                 and Results for Children With                         absolute priority. In accordance with 34
                                                whether the grantee has expended funds                   Disabilities—Model Demonstration                      CFR 75.105(b)(2)(v), the absolute
                                                in a manner that is consistent with its                  Projects To Improve Academic                          priority, and the competitive preference
                                                approved application and budget; and,                    Outcomes of Students With Intellectual                priority within this absolute priority, are
                                                if the Secretary has established                         Disabilities in Elementary and Middle                 from allowable activities specified in
                                                performance measurement                                  School                                                the statute or otherwise authorized in
                                                requirements, the performance targets in                                                                       the statute (see sections 663 and 681(d)
                                                the grantee’s approved application.                      AGENCY:  Office of Special Education and              of the Individuals with Disabilities
                                                   In making a continuation award, the                   Rehabilitative Services, Department of                Education Act (IDEA); 20 U.S.C. 1463,
                                                Secretary also considers whether the                     Education.                                            1481(d)).
                                                grantee is operating in compliance with                  ACTION: Notice.                                          Absolute Priority: For FY 2018 and
                                                the assurances in its approved                                                                                 any subsequent year in which we make
                                                application, including those applicable                  SUMMARY:   The Department of Education                awards from the list of unfunded
                                                to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit               is issuing a notice inviting applications             applications from this competition, this
                                                discrimination in programs or activities                 for a new award for fiscal year (FY) 2018             priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
                                                receiving Federal financial assistance                   for Technical Assistance and                          CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only
                                                from the Department (34 CFR 100.4,                       Dissemination to Improve Services and                 applications that meet this priority.
                                                104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).                        Results for Children with Disabilities—                  This priority is:
                                                                                                         Model Demonstration Projects to
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                                                                                                                                                                  Model Demonstration Projects to
                                                VII. Other Information                                   Improve Academic Outcomes of                          Improve Academic Outcomes of
                                                  Accessible Format: Individuals with                    Students with Intellectual Disabilities in            Students with Intellectual Disabilities in
                                                disabilities can obtain this document                    Elementary and Middle School, Catalog                 Elementary and Middle School.
                                                and a copy of the application package in                 of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)                    Background: The mission of the
                                                an accessible format (e.g., Braille, large               number 84.326M.                                       Office of Special Education and
                                                print, audiotape, or compact disc) by                    DATES:                                                Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) is to
                                                contacting the Management Support                           Applications Available: July 13, 2018.             improve early childhood, educational,


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Document Created: 2018-07-13 01:05:18
Document Modified: 2018-07-13 01:05:18
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesApplications Available: July 13, 2018.
ContactJulia Martin Eile, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 5175, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-5076. Telephone: (202) 245-7431. Email: [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 32644 

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