Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native-Serving Institutions, and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions programs; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007, CFDA No.: 84.031T, 84.031N and 84.031W [OPE]

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[Federal Register: March 1, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 40)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; American
Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native-
Serving Institutions, and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions
programs; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2007

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.031T,
84.031N and 84.031W.
Dates:
Applications Available: March 1, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 16, 2007.

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Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 14, 2007.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs) that
qualify as eligible institutions under the American Indian Tribally
Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCU), the Alaska Native-Serving
Institutions (AN), and the Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (NH)
programs may apply for grants under this notice. These programs are
authorized by Title III, Part A of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (HEA). To qualify as an eligible institution under any Title
III, Part A program, an institution must, among other requirements--
(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to
be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training
offered;
(2) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be
a junior college or to provide an educational program for which it
awards a bachelor's degree;
(3) Be designated as an ``eligible institution'' by demonstrating
that it: (A) Has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR
607.3; and (B) has low average educational and general expenditures per
full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR
607.4.
The Notice Inviting Applications for Designation as Eligible
Institutions for FY 2007 was published in the Federal Register on
January 8, 2007, 72 FR 760. The complete eligibility requirements for
the Title III, Part A programs are in 34 CFR 607.2 through 607.5 and
can be accessed from the following Web site: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_05/34cfr607_05.html.

Relationship Between the Title III, Part A Programs and the Hispanic-
Serving Institutions (HSI) Program

Note 1: A grantee under the Developing Hispanic-Serving
Institutions (HSI) program, which is authorized under Title V of the
HEA, may not receive a grant under any HEA, Title III, Part A
programs. The Title III, Part A programs include: The Strengthening
Institutions Program (SIP), the TCCU program, and the AN and NH
programs. Further, a current HSI program grantee may not give up its
HSI grant in order to receive a grant under any Title III, Part A
program.

Note 2: An eligible HSI that does not fall within the limitation
described in Note 1, i.e., is not a current grantee under the HSI
program, may apply for a FY 2007 grant under all Title III, Part A
programs for which it is eligible, as well as under the HSI program.
However, a successful applicant may receive only one grant.

Note 3: An eligible IHE that submits more than one application
may only be awarded one individual development grant or one
cooperative arrangement development grant in a fiscal year.
Furthermore, we will not award a second cooperative arrangement
development grant to an otherwise eligible IHE for the same award
year as the IHE's existing cooperative arrangement development grant
award.

Note 4: The Department will make five-year awards for Individual
Development Grants and five-year awards for Cooperative Development
Grants in rank order from separate funding slates according to the
average score received from a panel of three readers.

However, the Department will use two funding slates each for the
one-year construction grants under the TCCU program and the one-year
renovations grants under the AN and NH programs. Slate number one will
contain the rank order scores of applicants that did not receive a
grant under the respective program in FY 2006. Slate number two will
contain the rank order scores of all remaining applicants. Awards under
the TCCU, AN and NH programs will be made first in rank order from
slate number one of the respective program. If funds remain after
awarding all approved applicants from slate number one, the remaining
awards will be made in rank order from slate number two of the
respective program. The Department has adopted this process for the
construction and renovation grants to comply with Section 313(b) of the
HEA, which directs the Secretary to give priority to applicants who are
not currently receiving a grant.
Estimated Available Funds: $23,570,000 for the TCCU program and
$11,785,000 for the AN and NH program's for FY 2007. A competition will
not be held in FY 2007 for the SIP. Instead, the Department intends to
use the grant slate developed for the SIP in FY 2006 to make new awards
in FY 2007 because a significant number of high-quality applicants
remained on the FY 2006 slate and limited funding is expected to be
available for new awards in FY 2007.
For specific funding information, see the chart in the Award
Information section of this notice.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: See chart.
Maximum Award Amounts: See chart. We will not fund any application
at an amount exceeding the maximum amounts specified in the chart for a
single budget period of 12 months. We may choose not to further
consider or review applications with budgets that exceed the maximum
amounts specified, if we conclude, during our initial review of the
application, that the proposed goals and objectives cannot be obtained
with the specified maximum amount.
Estimated Number of Awards: See chart.

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Estimated Estimated
Program name and type of award Maximum award number of average award
amount awards amount
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Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities program (84.031T)
--5-year individual development grants...................... $475,000 2 $450,000
--1-year construction grants................................ 1,650,000 7 1,577,000
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian programs (84.031N and 84.031W)
--5-year individual development grants...................... 500,000 1 500,000
--1-year renovation grants.................................. 750,000 4 710,000
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Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice. Applicants should periodically check the Title III Part A
programs Web site for further information. The address is: http://www.ed.gov/programs/iduestitle3a/index.html.

Project Period: Up to 60 months for development grants and up to 12
months for construction and renovation grants.

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Purpose of Program: The TCCU, AN, and NH programs provide grants to
eligible institutions of higher education to enable them to improve
their academic quality, institutional

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management, and fiscal stability, and increase their self-sufficiency
and strengthen their capacity to make a substantial contribution to the
higher education resources of the Nation.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057-1059d.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations for this program in 34
CFR part 607.

II. Award Information

Type of Awards: Discretionary grants. Five-year individual
development grants; five-year cooperative arrangement development
grants; one-year TCCU construction grants, and one-year AN and NH
renovation grants will be awarded in FY 2007. Planning grants will not
be awarded in FY 2007.
Estimated Available Funds: $23,570,000 for the TCCU program and
$11,785,000 for the AN and NH programs for FY 2007.
A competition will not be held in FY 2007 for the SIP. Instead, the
Department intends to use the grant slate developed for the SIP in FY
2006 to make new awards in FY 2007 because a significant number of
high-quality applicants remained on the FY 2006 slate and limited
funding is expected to be available for new awards in FY 2007.
For specific funding information, see the chart in the Award
Information section of this notice.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: See chart.
Maximum Award Amounts: See chart.
We will not fund any application at an amount exceeding the maximum
amounts specified in this notice for a single budget period of 12
months. We may choose not to further consider or review applications
with budgets that exceed the maximum amounts specified, if we conclude,
during our initial review of the application, that the proposed goals
and objectives cannot be obtained with the specified maximum amount.
Estimated Number of Awards: See chart.

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Estimated Estimated
Program name and type of award Maximum award number of average award
amount awards amount
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Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Program (84.031T)
--5-year individual development grants...................... $475,000 2 $450,000
--1-year construction grants................................ 1,650,000 7 1,577,000
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian program (84.031N and 84.031W)
--5-year individual development grants...................... 500,000 1 500,000
--1-year renovation grants.................................. 750,000 4 710,000
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Project Period: Up to 60 months for development and up to 12 months
for construction and renovation grants.

III. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs that qualify as eligible institutions
under the TCCU, AN and the NH programs may apply for grants under this
notice. These programs are authorized by Title III, Part A, of the HEA.
To qualify as an eligible institution under any Title III, Part A
program, an institution must, among other requirements--
(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to
be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training
offered;
(2) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be
a junior college or to provide an educational program for which it
awards a bachelor's degree;
(3) Be designated as an ``eligible institution'' by demonstrating
that it: (A) Has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR
607.3; and (B) has low average educational and general expenditures per
full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR
607.4.
The Notice Inviting Applications for Designation as Eligible
Institutions for FY 2007 was published in the Federal Register on
January 8, 2007, 72 FR 760. The complete eligibility requirements are
in 34 CFR 607.2 through 607.5 and can be accessed from the following
Web site: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_05/34cfr607_05.html
.

Relationship Between the Title III, Part A Programs and the Hispanic-
Serving Institutions (HSI) Program

Note 1: A grantee under the HSI program, which is authorized
under Title V of the HEA, may not receive a grant under any HEA,
Title III, Part A program. The Title III, Part A programs include:
the SIP program, the TCCU program, and the AN, and NH programs.
Further, a current HSI program grantee may not give up its HSI grant
in order to receive a grant under any Title III, Part A program.

Note 3: An eligible IHE that submits more than one application
may only be awarded one individual development grant or one
cooperative arrangement development grant in a fiscal year.
Furthermore, we will not award a second cooperative arrangement
development grant to an otherwise eligible institution for the same
award year as the IHE's existing cooperative arrangement development
grant award.

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priority to applicants who are not currently receiving a grant.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: There are no cost sharing or matching
requirements, unless the grantee uses a portion of its grant for
establishing or improving an endowment fund. If a grantee uses a
portion of its grant for endowment fund purposes, it must match those
grant funds with non-Federal funds. 20 U.S.C. 1057(d)(2) and
1059c(c)(3)(B).

IV. Application and Submission Information

1. Address to Request Application Package: Darlene Collins, Team
Leader, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor,
Washington, DC 20006-8513. Telephone: (202) 502-7576 or by e-mail:
darlene.collins@ed.gov; or Kelley Harris, Telephone: (202) 219-7083 or

by e-mail: kelley.harris@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact
person listed in this section.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for these programs.
Page Limits: We have established mandatory page limits for the
applications to be submitted under this notice. You must limit your
application to the equivalent of no more than 50 pages for an
individual development grant; 70 pages for a cooperative arrangement
development grant; and 35 pages for a TCCU construction or AN and NH
renovation grant under the Title III, Part A programs, using the
following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5 x 11, on one side
only, with 1 inch margins at the top, bottom, and both sides. Page
numbers and an identifier may be within the 1'' margin.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, except titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, captions and all text in charts,
tables, and graphs.
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New or Arial. Applications submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will be rejected.
Use not less than 12-point font.
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the Application for
Federal Assistance Face Sheet (SF 424); the Supplemental Information
for SF 424 form required by the Department of Education; Part II, the
Budget Information Summary Form (ED Form 524); and Part IV, the
Assurances and Certifications. The page limit also does not apply to a
Table of Contents and the Program Abstract. If you include any
attachments or appendices, these items will be counted as part of the
Program Narrative (Part III of the application) for purposes of the
page limit requirement. You must include your complete response to the
selection criteria in the program narrative.
We will reject your application if--
You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or
You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the
page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: March 1, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 16, 2007.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify
for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, please refer
to section IV. 6. Other Submission Requirements in this notice.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII
of this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 14, 2007.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for these programs.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference the regulations outlining
funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this
notice.
Applicability of Executive Order 13202.
Applicants that apply for construction funds under the Title III,
Part A Programs must comply with Executive Order 13202 signed by
President George W. Bush on February 17, 2001 and amended on April 6,
2001. This Executive order provides that recipients of Federal
construction funds may not ``require or prohibit bidders, offerors,
contractors, or subcontractors to enter into or adhere to agreements
with one or more labor organizations, on the same or other construction
project(s)'' or ``otherwise discriminate against bidders, offerors,
contractors, or subcontractors for becoming or refusing to become or
remain signatories or otherwise adhere to agreements with one or more
labor organizations, on the same or other construction project(s).''
However, the Executive order does not prohibit contractors or
subcontractors from voluntarily entering into these agreements.
Projects funded under these programs that include construction activity
will be provided a copy of this Executive order and will be asked to
certify that they will adhere to it.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
these programs must be submitted electronically unless you qualify for
an exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in
this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications. Applications for grants
under the TCCU, AN and NH programs (CFDA Numbers 84.031T, 84.031N and
84.031W) must be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply
site at: http://www.grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to

download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and
then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an
electronic copy of a grant application to us.
We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding the calculation of the date
that is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided
later in this section under Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant application for the TCCU, AN
and NH programs at: http://www.grants.gov. You must search for the

downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number.
Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g.,
search for 84.031, not 84.031W).
Please note the following:

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When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through the
site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are date and time
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and
must be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than
4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date.
Except as otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your
application if it is date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system
later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline
date. When we retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we will notify
you if we are rejecting your application because it was date and time
stamped by the Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date.
The amount of time it can take to upload an application
will vary depending on a variety of factors including the size of the
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline
date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov.
You should review and follow the Education Submission
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are
included in the application package for this competition to ensure that
you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov
system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov at http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.

To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all of the steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see
http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp). These steps

include (1) registering your organization, a multi-part process that
includes registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR); (2)
registering yourself as an Authorized Organization Representative
(AOR), and (3) getting authorized as an AOR by your organization.
Details on these steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see http://www.grants.gov/section910/Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf
). You also must provide on your

application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please
note that the registration process may take five or more business days
to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to
allow you to successfully submit an application via Grants.gov. In
addition you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual
basis. This may take three or more business days to complete.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your
application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
all information typically provided on the following forms: Application
for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of Education
Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and
certifications. Please note that two of these forms--the SF 424 and the
Department of Education Supplemental Information form SF 424--have
replaced the ED 424 (Application for Federal Education Assistance.)
You must attach any narrative sections of your application
as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable
Document) format. If you upload a file type other than the three file
types specified in this paragraph or submit a password protected file,
we will not review that material.
Your electronic application must comply with any page
limit requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates
receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The
Department will then retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send
a second confirmation to you by e-mail. This second notification
indicates that the Department has received your application and has
assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specified
identifying number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues
With the Grants.gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov
Support Desk at 1-800-518-4726. You may obtain a Grants.gov Support
Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline date because of technical
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension
until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically, or by hand
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing
instructions as described elsewhere in this notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the deadline date, please contact the person listed elsewhere in
this notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, and provide an
explanation of the technical problem you experienced with Grants.gov,
along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number. We will accept your
application if we can confirm that a technical problem occurred with
the Grants.gov system and that that problem affected your ability to
submit your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. The Department will contact you after a
determination is made on whether your application will be accepted.

Note: The extensions to which we refer to in this section apply
only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the
Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed
to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before
the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem
you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.

Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov system;
and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you
mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax

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your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed
statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Darlene Collins, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th floor, Washington, DC
20006-8513 Telephone: (202) 502-7576 or by e-mail:
darlene.collins@ed.gov; FAX: (202) 502-7861 or Kelley Harris,

Telephone: (202) 219-7083 or by e-mail: kelley.harris@ed.gov.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail
the original and two copies of your application on or before the
application deadline date to the Department at the applicable following
address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service:

U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.031T, 84.031N or 84.031W), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202-4260.

By mail through a commercial carrier:

U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center--Stop 4260,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.031T, 84.031N or 84.031W), 7100 Old Landover
Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506.

Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark,
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.

c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper
application to the Department by hand. You must deliver the original
and two copies of your application by hand, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.031T, 84.031N or 84.031W), 550 12th Street, SW., Room
7041, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.

The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays,
Sundays and Federal holidays.

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you
mail or hand deliver your application to the Department:
(1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by
the Department--in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number,--and
suffix letter, if any--of the competition under which you are
submitting your application.
(2) The Application Control Center will mail a grant application
receipt acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive the grant
application receipt acknowledgment within 15 business days from the
application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288.

V. Application Review Information

1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are
in 34 CFR 607.22(a)-(g). Applicants must address each of the following
selection criteria (separately for each proposed activity). The total
weight of the selection criteria is 100 points; the weight of each
criterion is noted in parentheses.
(a) Quality of The Applicant's Comprehensive Development Plan
(Total 25 Points).
(b) Quality of Activity Objectives (Total 15 Points).
(c) Quality of Implementation Strategy (Total 20 Points).
(d) Quality of Key Personnel (Total 7 Points).
(e) Quality of Project Management Plan (Total 10 Points).
(f) Quality of Evaluation Plan (Total 15 Points).
(g) Budget (Total 8 Points).
2. Review and Selection Process: For five-year individual
development grants, five-year cooperative arrangement development
grants, and one-year construction and renovation grants, awards will be
made in rank order according to the average score received from a panel
of three readers.
Tie-breaker for Development Grants. In tie-breaking situations for
development grants described in 34 CFR 607.23(b), the regulations for
the Title III Part A programs require that we award one additional
point to an application from an IHE that has an endowment fund for
which the market value per FTE student is less than the comparable
average per FTE student at a similar type IHE. We also award one
additional point to an application from an IHE that had expenditures
for library materials per FTE student that are less than the comparable
average per FTE student at a similar type IHE.
For the purpose of these funding considerations, we use 2004-2005
data.
If a tie remains after applying the tie-breaker mechanism above,
priority will be given in the case of applicants for: (a) Individual
development grants to applicants that have the lowest endowment values
per FTE student; and (b) cooperative arrangement development grants to
applicants in accordance with section 394(b) of the HEA, if the
Secretary determines that the cooperative arrangement is geographically
and economically sound or will benefit the applicant institution.

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). We may also notify you informally.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual performance report that provides the

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most current performance and financial expenditure information as
specified by the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118, 34 CFR 75.720 and in 34
CFR 606.31.
4. Performance Measures: The Secretary has established the
following key performance measures for assessing the effectiveness of
the Title III, Part A programs: (1) The number of full-time degree-
seeking undergraduates enrolling at IHEs. Note that this is a long-term
measure, which will be used to periodically gauge performance,
beginning in FY 2009; (2) The percentage of full-time undergraduate
students who were in their first year of postsecondary enrollment in
the previous year and are enrolled in the current year at the same
institution; (3) The percentage of students enrolled at 4-year IHEs
graduating within 6 years of enrollment; and (4) The percentage of
students enrolled at 2-year IHEs graduating within 3 years of
enrollment.

VII. Agency Contacts

For Further Information Contact: Darlene Collins, Team Leader, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC
20006-8513. Telephone: (202) 502-7576 or by e-mail:
darlene.collins.ed.gov or Kelley Harris, telephone: (202) 219-7083 or
by e-mail: kelley.harris@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the program contact person listed in this
section.

VIII. Other Information

Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/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.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html
.

Dated: February 23, 2007.
James F. Manning,
Delegated the Authority of Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
[FR Doc. E7-3612 Filed 2-28-07; 8:45 am]

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