FR Doc 03-21583
[Federal Register: August 22, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 163)]
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[Page 50960-50962]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No: 84.047A]
Office of Postsecondary Education, Upward Bound Program
Participant Expansion Initiative; Notice Inviting Applications for
Supplemental Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2003
Purpose of Program: The purpose of this initiative is to help the
Upward Bound Program achieve one of its key performance goals:
increasing the college enrollment rate of low-income, first generation
college students.
Eligible Applicants: All currently funded Upward Bound projects
successful in the FY 2003 grant competition. Veterans Upward Bound
projects and Upward Bound Math-Science projects are not eligible to
participate.
Applications Available: August 21, 2003.
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Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 8, 2003.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: Completed on February 11,
2003.
Estimated Available Funds: $18,000,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000-$100,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $100,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 180.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 4 years.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
86, 97, 98, and 99; and (b) the regulations for this program in 34 CFR
part 645.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Eligible applicants that meet all the
criteria for the absolute priority, except for having received
supplemental funding under the FY 2000 participant expansion
initiative, are invited to apply and will be funded, subject to the
availability of funds, as described in the Notice of Final Priority.
Applicants for supplemental awards must submit an application that
contains:
[sbull] A list, certified by the Upward Bound project director, of
the target schools in which at least 50 percent of the students were
eligible for the Free Lunch program during the 2001-02 or 2002-03
school year;
[sbull] The number of additional students, at least 10 (if
requesting $50,000), at least 15 (if requesting $75,000), or at least
20 (if requesting $100,000), that the project plans to serve;
[sbull] Agreement to select participants from the identified
eligible target schools that have one or more of the greatest need
criteria described in the Notice of Final Priority;
[sbull] A brief description of the activities that will be
supported with the supplemental funding;
[sbull] A budget summary; and
[sbull] A budget narrative describing how the supplemental funds
will be used.
Priority
Absolute Priority
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), the Secretary will give an absolute
preference to applications that meet the following absolute priority.
The Secretary will provide supplemental funds of up to $100,000 to
regular Upward Bound Program projects that:
1. Were selected for funding under the FY 2003 Upward Bound Program
grant competition;
2. Serve a target high school in which at least 50 percent of the
students were eligible to receive free lunch under the National School
Lunch Act during the 2001-2002 or 2002-2003 school year;
3. Received supplemental funds in FY 2000 under the Notice of Final
Priority dated July 24, 2000, 65 FR 45698-45699; and
4. (a) Agree to select and serve at least 20 students who are
eligible for Upward Bound services, attend a target high school in
which at least 50 percent of the students were eligible to receive free
lunch under the National School Lunch Act during the 2001-2002 or 2002-
2003 school year and have the greatest need for project services, if
requesting $100,000.
(b) Agree to select and serve at least 15 students who are eligible
for Upward Bound services, attend a target high school in which at
least 50 percent of the students were eligible to receive free lunch
under the National School Lunch Act during the 2001-2002 or 2002-2003
school year and have the greatest need for project services, if
requesting $75,000.
(c) Agree to select and serve at least 10 students who are eligible
for Upward Bound services, attend a target high school in which at
least 50 percent of the students were eligible to receive free lunch
under the National School Lunch Act during the 2001-2002 or 2002-2003
school year and have the greatest need for project services, if
requesting $50,000.
Students who have the greatest need for project services are those
students who:
a. Have not met the state academic achievement standard for grade
eight in reading/language arts;
b. Have not met the state academic achievement standard for grade
eight in math; or
c. Have a grade point average of 2.5 or less (on a 4.0 scale) for
the most recent school year for which grade point averages are
available.
Veterans Upward Bound projects and Upward Bound Math-Science
projects are not eligible to participate in this initiative.
The Secretary will fund applications in the following order:
1. Applications that meet the absolute priority.
2. All other applications that meet criteria 1, 2, and 4 above.
If funds are available after funding all applications that meet the
absolute priority, the Secretary will select from among the remaining
applicants based upon the highest scores received (including prior
experience points) in the FY 2003 Upward Bound grant competition. If
there are insufficient funds for all applications with the same score,
the Secretary will select for funding those applicants with the lowest
average cost per Upward Bound participant (Federal funds only) for the
2001-2002 program year.
FOR APPLICATIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Margarita
Benitez, Sheryl Wilson, or Gaby Watts, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street, NW., Room 7020, Washington, DC 20006-8510. Telephone
(202) 502-7600. The e-mail address for the Office of Federal TRIO
Programs is: Trio@ed.gov. The e-mail addresses for Dr. Benitez, Ms. Wilson and Ms. Watts are:
Margarita.Benitez@ed.gov, Sheryl.Wilson@ed.gov and Gaby.Watts@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-888-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact persons listed in the preceding
paragraph. However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an
alternative format the standard forms included in the application
package.
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070.
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Dated: August 18, 2003.
Sally Stroup,
Assistant Secretary Office of Postsecondary Education.
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