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Teaching American History Grant Program; Notice Inviting Grant
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2002; Notice
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.215X]
Teaching American History Grant Program; Notice Inviting Grant
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2002
Note to Applicants: This notice is a complete application
package. Together with the statute authorizing these grants and the
Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR),
this notice contains all of the information, application forms, and
instructions needed to apply for a Teaching American History grant
under this competition. These grants are authorized by Title II,
Part C, subpart 4, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965, as amended (20 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.).
Purpose of Program: Teaching American History grants support
programs to raise student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge,
understanding, and appreciation of traditional American history. Grant
awards assist local educational agencies (LEAs), in partnership with
entities that have extensive content expertise, to develop, document,
evaluate, and disseminate innovative, cohesive models of professional
development. By helping teachers to develop a deeper understanding and
appreciation of traditional American history as a separate subject
matter within the core curriculum, these programs will improve
instruction and raise student achievement.
Eligible Applicants: Local educational agencies (LEAs), working in
partnership with one or more of the following entities:
Institutions of higher education (IHEs);
Non-profit history or humanities organizations; and
Libraries and museums.
Note 1: LEAs must provide evidence of a partnership with the
entities described above in order to be eligible for a grant.
Note 2: Groups of LEAs interested in submitting a single
application must follow the procedures for group applications in 34
CFR 75.127-129 of EDGAR.
E-Mail Notification of Intent to Apply for Funding: The Department
will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant
applications if it has a better understanding of the number of LEAs
that intend to apply for funding under this competition. Therefore, the
Secretary strongly encourages each potential applicant to notify the
Department with a short e-mail noting the intent to submit an
application for funding. The e-mail need not include information
regarding the content of the proposed application, only the applicant's
intent to submit it. The Secretary requests that this e-mail
notification be sent no later than May 3, 2002. The e-mail notification
should be sent to Ms. Christine Miller at:
TeachingAmericanHistory@ed.gov. Applicants that fail to provide this e-
mail notification may still apply for funding.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 3, 2002.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 1, 2002.
Estimated Available Funds: $100,000,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $350,000-$1,000,000 (total funding per
grant, for a three-year project period).
Estimated Average Size: $500,000 (total for all three years).
Maximum Award Amount: The total amount of funding that an LEA may
receive under this competition is $1,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 150-200.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Please note that applicants for multi-year awards are required to
provide detailed budget information for the total grant period
requested. The Department will determine at the time of the initial
award the funding levels for each year of the grant award. The
Department of Education is not bound by any estimates in this notice.
Note: To provide the applicant the capacity to effectively plan
for and carry out the comprehensive long-term activities involved in
ongoing, intensive professional development, to establish
partnerships to support this work, and to document and demonstrate
the effectiveness of its program for future dissemination, the
Secretary anticipates awarding the entire three-year grant amount
for the project at the time of the initial award.
Page Limits: Applicants are strongly encouraged to limit the
application narrative to no more than 20 double-spaced pages.
The following standards are preferred: (1) A ``page'' is 8.5" x
11" (one side only) with one-inch margins (top, bottom, and sides). (2)
Use 12-point font for all text in the application narrative.
The page limit does not apply to the cover sheet, the one-page
abstract, budget section, appendices, and forms and assurances.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81,
82, 85, 86, 97, 98 and 99.
Supplementary Information: Budgets must include funds for at least
two project staff members to attend a two-day annual meeting of the
Teaching American History Grant program in Washington, DC, each year of
the project. Applicants must include funds to cover travel and lodging
expenses for these training activities during each year of the project.
Background: In fiscal year 2001, Congress appropriated $50 million
for the Teaching American History program, of which the Department
awarded $49.6 million in support of 60 grants to LEAs and consortia in
33 States. Abstracts of these grants are available at www.ed.gov/
offices/OESE/TAH/. The Secretary reserved the remaining $365,000 in FY
2001 for peer review costs. Congress appropriated $100 million for this
program for fiscal year 2002.
Program Description: The Teaching American History Grant Program is
authorized by Part C, subpart 4, of Title II of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act.
Students who know and appreciate the great ideas, issues, and
events of American history are more likely to understand and exercise
their civic rights and responsibilities. Their understanding of
traditional American history will be enhanced if it is taught as a
separate academic subject and not as a component of social studies.
Teachers must have strong content knowledge to teach students
effectively about the significant issues, episodes, individuals, and
turning points in the history of the United States.
The Teaching American History Grant Program will support projects
to raise student achievement in traditional American history by
improving teachers' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation for
American history through intensive, ongoing professional development.
Project activities should enable teachers to develop further expertise
in American history subject content, teaching strategies, and other
essential elements of teaching to higher standards. Projects should be
driven by a coherent, long-term plan and should be evaluated on the
basis of their impact on teacher effectiveness and student learning.
This assessment should guide subsequent professional development
efforts.
This program will demonstrate how school districts and institutions
with expertise in traditional American history can collaborate over a
three-year period to ensure that teachers develop the content knowledge
and skills necessary to teach traditional American history effectively
as a separate academic subject. In addition to any dissemination
conducted directly by grantees, the Department intends to take
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the products and information resulting from this grant program and
share the results with other communities.
Under this program, applicants may propose projects that:
Develop and implement high-quality in-service or pre-
service professional development that provides educators with content
knowledge and related teaching skills to prepare all students to
achieve to higher standards in American history; and
Develop and implement strategies for sustained and on-
going collaboration that will take place over the course of at least
three years among teachers and outside experts to improve content
knowledge and instruction in traditional American history.
Applicants should consider projects that include at least one or
more of the following:
Supporting participation of teams of teachers in summer
institutes and summer immersion activities designed to improve content
knowledge and instruction in traditional American history;
Supporting school-based collaborative efforts among
teachers, including programs that facilitate teacher observation and
analyses of fellow history teachers' classroom practice to improve
content knowledge and instruction;
Developing programs to assist new history teachers in the
classroom, such as--
(a) Mentoring and coaching by trained mentor teachers over the
entire grant period;
(b) Team teaching with experienced history teachers; or
(c) Providing release time for observation and consultation with
experienced history teachers;
Providing collaborative professional development
experiences for veteran history teachers;
Supporting LEA collaboration with history departments at
IHEs to improve content understanding and quality of instruction in the
LEA;
Developing programs to improve history knowledge and
instruction, and therefore student achievement, in high-poverty areas
or for disadvantaged students;
Establishing and maintaining professional networks,
focused specifically on teaching traditional American history, that
provide a forum for interaction among teachers and that allow for the
exchange of information;
Providing guidance to teachers on the use of technology to
provide access to primary historical documents, enable cooperative
learning efforts, and develop effective presentations of historical
content; and
Creating materials documenting the implementation and
benefits of the program and products for other educators to use in the
course of teaching American history as a separate subject within the
core curriculum.
Application Content: To apply for Teaching American History program
funds, applicants must fully describe, in their project narrative,
projects that:
Develop and implement high-quality professional
development programs, or strengthen existing programs, in order to
improve traditional American history education programs in elementary,
middle, or high schools;
Demonstrate strong evidence of collaboration with either
an institution of higher education, a non-profit history or humanities
association, or a library or museum;
Document the program's outcomes and benefits; and
Develop products that may be used to replicate the program
in other settings.
Thus, grant applications must describe existing or proposed
strategies that could successfully be implemented, expanded,
documented, evaluated and disseminated. Taken together, these
strategies and methods should comprise a research-based and
comprehensive traditional American history education improvement
project that:
Is based on reliable theory, preliminary internal or
external research, and evaluation regarding effective practice;
Has the potential to improve students' achievement in
traditional American history;
Highlights the development of model pre-service or in-
service professional development for history teachers;
Involves multiple partners and effectively combines
resources to create quality, sustainable programs;
Demonstrates the feasibility of further replication and
dissemination;
Is applicable to a broad range of rural and urban schools
serving poor and disadvantaged students, including schools that are
chronically low-performing; and
Describes methods by which the applicant will assess the
project's outcomes.
Competition Requirements
Invitational Priority: The Secretary is particularly interested in
applications that meet the following priority:
Applications from high-poverty rural and urban LEAs for projects
designed to improve traditional American history instruction in
chronically low-performing schools and improve achievement of
disadvantaged students.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), we do not give an application that meets
the invitational priority a competitive or absolute preference over
other applications.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking
Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) the
Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to
comment on proposed selection criteria. However, in order to make
timely grant awards in fiscal year (FY) 2002, the Assistant Secretary
for Elementary and Secondary Education has decided to issue this
application notice without first publishing selection criteria for
public comment. These selection criteria will apply to the FY 2002
grant competition only. The Assistant Secretary takes this action under
section 437(d)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act.
Reporting Requirements and Expected Outcomes
The Secretary requires successful applicants to submit annual
performance reports that document the grantee's yearly progress toward
meeting expected programmatic outcomes. These outcomes must be based on
measurable performance objectives. The Secretary will use these reports
to measure the success of the grantee's project, and the reports will
contribute to a broader knowledge base about high-quality, effective
professional development strategies that can improve the teaching and
learning of American history nationwide.
In addition, grantees will be required to submit a final
performance report, due no later than 90 days after the end of the
project period.
Selection Criteria: The Secretary uses the following selection
criteria to evaluate applications for grants under this competition. In
all instances where the word ``project'' appears in the selection
criteria, the reference to a Teaching American History program should
be made. The maximum composite score for all of these criteria is 100
points. The maximum score for each criterion is indicated in
parentheses. Within each criterion, the Secretary evaluates each factor
equally.
(a) Significance. (30 points)
In determining the significance of the proposed project, the
Secretary considers the following factors:
(i) The likelihood that the proposed project will improve the
quality of
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instruction in American history and student knowledge of the subject.
(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.
(iii) The likelihood that the proposed project will promote the
teaching of traditional American history as a separate academic subject
(not as a component of social studies) within the LEA's elementary
school and secondary school curricula.
(b) Quality of the project design. (25 points)
In determining the quality of the design of the proposed project,
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 proposed project is part of a
comprehensive effort to improve teaching and learning in American
history and support rigorous academic standards for all students.
(iii) The extent to which the proposed project involves the
collaboration of appropriate partners with content expertise in
American history to improve teachers' knowledge and instruction.
(c) Quality of the management plan. (20 points)
In determining the quality of the management plan, 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, continuous improvement strategies
and milestones for accomplishing project tasks.
(ii) The extent to which the time commitments of the project
director and other key project personnel are appropriate and adequate
to meet the objectives of the proposed project.
(d) Quality of the project evaluation. (15 points)
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.
(iii) The extent to which the methods of evaluation will provide
performance feedback and permit periodic assessment of progress toward
achieving intended outcomes.
(e) Adequacy of resources. (10 points)
In determining the adequacy of resources for the proposed project,
the Secretary considers:
(i) The extent to which the costs are reasonable and the budget
sufficient in relation to the objectives, design, and scope of project
activities.
(ii) The relevance and demonstrated commitment of each partner in
the proposed project to the implementation and success of the project.
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs
This program is subject to the requirements of Executive Order
12372 (Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs) and the
regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
The objective of the Executive Order is to foster an
intergovernmental partnership and to strengthen federalism by relying
on State and local processes for State and local government
coordination and review of proposed Federal financial assistance.
Applicants must contact the appropriate State Single Point of
Contact to find out about, and to comply with, the State's process
under Executive Order 12372. Applicants proposing to perform activities
in more than one State should immediately contact the Single Point of
Contact for each of those States and follow the procedures established
in each State under the Executive order.
If you want to know the name and address of any State Single Point
of Contact (SPOC) you may view the latest SPOC list on the OMB Web site
at the following address: www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants.
In States that have not established a process or chosen a program
for review, State, area-wide, regional, and local entities may submit
comments directly to the Department.
Any State Process Recommendation and other comments submitted by a
State Single Point of Contact and any comments from State, area-wide,
regional, and local entities must be mailed or hand-delivered by the
date indicated in this notice to the following address: The Secretary,
E.O. 12372-CFDA #84.215X, U.S. Department of Education, Room 7E200, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-0125.
Proof of mailing will be determined on the same basis as
applications (see 34 CFR 75.102). Recommendations or comments may be
hand-delivered until 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on the date
indicated in this notice.
Please note that the above ADDRESS is not the same ADDRESS as the
one to which the applicant submits its completed application. Do not
send applications to the above ADDRESS.
Instructions for Transmittal of Applications
Note: Some of the procedures in these instructions for
transmitting applications differ from those in the Education
Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) (34 CFR
75.102). Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) the
Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to
comment on proposed regulations. However, these amendments make
procedural changes only and do not establish new substantive policy.
Therefore, under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A), the Secretary has determined
that proposed rulemaking is not required.
Pilot Project for Electronic Submission of Applications
In FY 2002, the U.S. Department of Education is continuing to
expand its pilot project of electronic submission of applications to
include additional formula grant programs and additional discretionary
grant competitions. The Teaching American History Grant program (CFDA
#84.215X) is one of the programs included in the pilot project. If you
are an applicant under the Teaching American History Grant program, you
may submit your application to us in either electronic or paper format.
The pilot project involves the use of the Electronic Grant
Application System (e-APPLICATION, formerly e-GAPS) portion of the
Grant Administration and Payment System (GAPS). We request your
participation in this pilot project. We shall continue to evaluate its
success and solicit suggestions for improvement.
If you participate in this e-APPLICATION pilot, please note the
following:
Your participation is voluntary.
You will not receive any additional point value or penalty
because you submit a grant application in electronic or paper format.
You can submit all documents electronically, including the
Application for Federal Assistance (ED 424), Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and
certifications.
Within three working days of submitting your electronic
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fax a signed copy of the Application for Federal Assistance (ED 424) to
the Application Control Center after following these steps:
1. Print ED 424 from the e-APPLICATION system.
2. Make sure that the institution's Authorizing Representative
signs this form.
3. Before faxing this form, submit your electronic application via
the e-APPLICATION system. You will receive an automatic
acknowledgement, which will include a PR/Award number (an identifying
number unique to your application).
4. Place the PR/Award number in the upper right hand corner of ED
424.
5. Fax ED 424B to the Application Control Center at (202) 260-1349.
We may request that you give us original signatures on all
other forms at a later date.
You may access the electronic grant application for the Teaching
American History Grant program at: http://e-grants.ed.gov
We have included additional information about the e-APPLICATION
pilot project (see Parity Guidelines between Paper and Electronic
Applications) in the application package.
If you want to apply for a grant and be considered for funding, you
must meet the following deadline requirements:
(A) If You Send Your Application by Mail
You must mail the original and two copies of the application on or
before the deadline date. To help expedite our review of your
application, we would appreciate your voluntarily including an
additional two copies of your application. Mail your application to:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
CFDA #84.215X, 7th & D Streets, SW., ROB-3, Room 3633, Washington, DC
20202-4725.
You must show one of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service.
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier.
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary.
If you mail an application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark.
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
An applicant should note that the U.S. Postal Service does not
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before relying on this method, an
applicant should check with its local post office.
Special Note: Due to recent disruptions to normal mail delivery,
the Department encourages you to consider using an alternative
delivery method (for example, a commercial carrier, such as Federal
Express or United Parcel Service; U.S. Postal Service Express Mail;
or a courier service) to transmit your application for this
competition to the Department. If you use an alternative delivery
method, please obtain the appropriate proof of mailing under
``Applications Sent by Mail,'' then follow the instructions for
``Applications Delivered by Hand.''
(B) Applications Delivered by Hand
You or your courier must hand deliver the original and two copies
of the application by 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on or before the
deadline date. To help expedite our review of your application, we
would appreciate your voluntarily including an additional two copies of
your application. Deliver your application to: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: CFDA # 84.215X, 7th &
D Streets, SW, ROB-3, Room 3633, Washington, DC 20202-4725.
The Application Control Center accepts application deliveries daily
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time), except
Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays. The Center accepts
application deliveries through the D Street entrance only. A person
delivering an application must show identification to enter the
building.
(C) If You Submit Your Application Electronically
You must submit your grant application through the Internet using
the software provided on the e-Grants Web site (http://e-grants.ed.gov)
by 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on the deadline date.
The regular hours of operation of the e-Grants Web site are 6:00
a.m. until 12:00 midnight (Washington, DC time) Monday-Friday and 6:00
a.m. until 7 p.m. Saturdays. The system is unavailable on the second
Saturday of every month, Sundays, and Federal holidays. Please note
that on Wednesdays the Web site is closed for maintenance at 7 p.m.
(Washington, DC time).
Notes:
(1) The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.
(2) If you send your application by mail, or if you or your courier
deliver it by hand, the Application Control Center will mail a Grant
Application Receipt Acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive the
notification of application receipt within 15 days from the date of
mailing the application, you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at (202) 708-9493.
(3) If your application is late, we will notify you that we will
not consider the application.
(4) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by the
Department--in Item 4 of the Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 424 (exp. 11/30/2004)) the CFDA number--and suffix
letter, if any--of the competition under which you are submitting your
application.
(5) If you submit your application through the Internet via the e-
Grants Web site, you will receive an automatic acknowledgment when we
receive your application.
Application Instructions and Forms
The appendix to this notice contains all required forms and
instructions, including instructions for preparing the application
narrative, a statement regarding estimated public reporting burden, a
notice to applicants regarding compliance with section 427 of the
General Education Provisions Act (GEPA), various assurances and
certifications, and a checklist for applicants.
To apply for an award under this competition, your application must
be organized in the following order and include the following four
parts. The parts and additional materials are as follows:
Part I: Application for Federal Assistance (ED 424, Exp. 11/30/2004)
and Instructions
Part II: Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs (ED Form No.
524) and Instructions
An applicant for a multi-year project must provide a budget
narrative that provides budget information for each budget period of
the proposed project period.
Part III: Application Narrative
The application narrative is where an applicant addresses the
selection criteria that are used by reviewers in evaluating the
application. Applicants are strongly encouraged to limit the
application narrative to no more than 20 double-spaced, standard-type
pages.
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The following standards are preferred: (1) A ``page'' is 8.5" x 11"
(one side only) with one-inch margins (top, bottom, and sides). (2) If
using a proportional computer font, applicants are requested to use a
12-point font.
Part IV: Assurances and Certifications
a. Assurances--Non-Construction Programs (Standard Form 424B).
b. Certifications Regarding Lobbying; Debarment, Suspension, and
Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (ED
80-0013) and instructions.
c. Certifications regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility
and Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions (ED 80-0014,
9/90) and instructions.
Note: ED Form 80-0014 is intended for the use of grantees and
should not be transmitted to the Department.
d. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Standard Form LLL) (if
applicable) and instructions.
An applicant may submit information on photostatic copies of the
application, budget forms, assurances, and certifications as printed in
this notice in the Federal Register. However, the application form,
assurances, and certifications must each have an original signature.
All applicants are required to submit ONE original signed application,
including ink signatures on all forms and assurances, and TWO copies of
the application, one bound and one unbound copy suitable for
photocopying. Please mark each application as ``original'' or ``copy.''
To aid with the review of applications, the Department encourages
applicants to submit two additional paper copies of the application.
The Department will not penalize applicants who do not provide
additional copies. No grant may be awarded unless a completed
application form, including the signed assurances and certifications,
has been received.
For Further Information Contact:
Christine Miller, Alex Stein, Harry Kessler, or Claire Geddes,
Teaching American History Grant Program, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-6200. Telephone (202)
260-8766 (Christine Miller); (202) 205-9085 (Alex Stein); (202) 708-
9943 (Harry Kessler); (202) 260-8757 (Claire Geddes).
E-mail: teachingamericanhistory@ed.gov
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD)
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-888-877-
8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this notice in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact persons.
Electronic Access to This Document
You may view this document, as well as all other Department of
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at the following site:
http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO) toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.
Dated: March 28, 2002.
Susan B. Neuman,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
Appendix
Instructions for the Application Narrative
The narrative is the section of the application where the
selection criteria used by reviewers in evaluating the application
are addressed. The narrative must encompass each function or
activity for which funds are being requested. Before preparing the
application narrative, an applicant should read carefully the
description of the program and the selection criteria the Secretary
uses to evaluate applications.
Applicants should note the preferable page limits for the
application narrative stated in this notice under Page Limits.
1. Begin with a one-page Abstract summarizing the proposed
Teaching American History project, including a description of
project objectives and activities and partners in the application.
Also include a short description of the population to be served by
the project.
2. Include a Table of Contents listing the parts of the
narrative in the order of the selection criteria and the page
numbers where the parts of the narrative are found. Be sure to
number the pages.
3. Describe fully the proposed project in light of the selection
criteria in the order in which the criteria are listed in the
application package. Do not simply paraphrase the criteria.
4. Provide the following in response to the attached ``Notice to
all Applicants:'' (1) A reference to the portion of the application
in which information appears as to how the applicant is addressing
steps to promote equitable access and participation, or (2) a
separate statement that contains that information.
5. If the application is from a group, attach the group's
agreement. When applying for funds as a group, such as a consortium,
individual eligible applicants must enter into an agreement signed
by all members of the group. The group's agreement must detail the
activities each member of the group plans to perform, and must bind
each member to every statement and assurance made in the group's
application. (The designated applicant must submit the group's
agreement with its application.)
6. Applicants may include supporting documentation as appendices
to the narrative. This material should be concise and pertinent to
the competition. Note that the Secretary considers only information
contained in the application in ranking applications for funding
consideration. Letters of support sent separately from the formal
application package are not considered in the review by the
technical review panels.
7. Attach copies of all required assurances and forms.
Estimated Public Reporting Burden
According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, you are not
required to respond to a collection of information unless it
displays a valid OMB Control Number. The valid OMB control number
for this information collection is 1890-0009, (Expiration Date: 06/
30/2002). The time required to complete this information collection
is estimated to average sixty-five (65) hours per response,
including the time to review instructions, search existing data
resources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the
information collection. If you have any comments concerning the
accuracy of the time estimate or suggestions for improving this
form, please write to: Christine Miller, Teaching American History
Grant Program, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
FB-6, 5C126, Washington, DC 20202-6200.
If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your
individual submission of this form, write directly to: Christine
Miller, Teaching American History Grant Program, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, FB-6, 5C126, Washington, DC
20202-6200.
Checklist for Applicants
The following forms and other items must be included in the
application in the order listed below:
____1. Application for Federal Assistance (ED 424)
____2. Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs ED (Form
No. 524) and budget narrative.
____3. Application Narrative, including information that
addresses section 427 of the General Education Provisions Act (see
the section entitled ``NOTICE TO ALL APPLICANTS''), and relevant
appendices.
____4. Group agreement, if applicable.
____5. Assurances--Non-Construction Programs (SF 242B).
____6. Certifications Regarding Lobbying; Debarment, Suspension,
and Other
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Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (ED 80-
0013).
____7. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Standard Form LLL).
Parity Guidelines Between Paper and Electronic Applications
In FY 2002, the U.S. Department of Education is continuing to
expand the pilot project, which began in FY 2000, which allows
applicants to use an Internet-based electronic system for submitting
applications. This competition is among those that have an electronic
submission option available to all applicants. The system, called e-
APPLICATION, formerly e-GAPS (Electronic Grant Application System),
allows an applicant to submit a grant application to us electronically,
using a current version of the applicant's Internet browser. To see e-
APPLICATION visit the following address: http://e-grants.ed.gov.
Users of e-APPLICATION, a data driven system, will be entering data
on-line while completing their applications. This will be more
interactive than just e-mailing a soft copy of a grant application to
us. If you participate in this voluntary pilot project by submitting an
application electronically, the data you enter on-line will go into a
database and ultimately will be accessible in electronic form to our
reviewers.
This pilot project continues the Department's transition to an
electronic grant award process. In addition to e-APPLICATION, the
Department plans to expand the number of discretionary programs using
the electronic peer review (e-READER) system and to increase the
participation of discretionary programs offering grantees the use of
the electronic annual performance reporting (e-REPORTS) system. To help
ensure parity and a similar look between electronic and paper copies of
grant applications, we are asking each applicant that submits a paper
application to adhere to the following guidelines:
Submit your application on 8\1/2\" by 11" paper.
Leave a 1-inch margin on all sides.
Use consistent font throughout your document. You may also
use boldface type, underlining, and italics. However, please do not use
colored text.
Please use black and white, also, for illustrations,
including charts, tables, graphs and pictures.
For the narrative component, your application should
consist of the number and text of each selection criterion followed by
the narrative. The text of the selection criterion, if included, does
not count against any page limitation.
Place a page number at the bottom right of each page
beginning with 1; and number your pages consecutively throughout your
document.
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