Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Overview Information; Advanced Placement Incentive (API) Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, CFDA Number 84.330C [OESE]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Overview
Information; Advanced Placement Incentive (API) Program; Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.330C.

DATES:
Applications Available: February 17, 2006.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: March 17, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 18, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 19, 2006.
Eligible Applicants:
(a) State educational agencies (SEAs);
(b) Local educational agencies (LEAs), including charter schools
that are considered LEAs under State law; or
(c) National nonprofit educational entities with expertise in
advanced placement services.

Note: In the case of an eligible entity that is an SEA, the SEA
may use API grant funds to award subgrants to LEAs to enable those
LEAs to carry out authorized activities that meet the absolute
priority for this competition.

Estimated Available Funds: $15.3 million. Contingent upon the
availability of funds and quality of applications, the Secretary may
make additional awards for FY 2007 from the list of unfunded applicants
from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $500,000-$1,000,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $611,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 25.

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

Note: In accordance with section 1703 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001 (ESEA) these estimates are based on the amount of
funds the Secretary estimates will be available after the Department
has awarded grants under the Advanced Placement Test Fee program,
which is being announced separately under CFDA number 84.330B.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Purpose of Program: The API program, authorized under section 1705
of Title I, Part G of the ESEA, awards competitive grants designed to
increase the successful participation of low-income students in
advanced placement courses and tests. By supporting increased access to
and participation in advanced placement courses and tests, the program
provides greater opportunities for low-income students to achieve to
high standards in English, mathematics, science, and other core
subjects.
Priorities: This competition includes one absolute priority, five
competitive preference priorities, and two invitational priorities. In
accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv) and (b)(2)(v), these priorities
are from the priorities and allowable activities specified in section
1705(c) and (d) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 6535-6537).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2006 and any subsequent year in which we
make awards based on the list of unfunded applicants 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:
Implementation of Advanced Placement Programs in High-Poverty
Schools. The Secretary establishes an absolute priority for
applications that:
Propose to develop, enhance, or expand advanced placement programs
in high schools with a high concentration of low-income students and a
pervasive need for access to advanced placement programs. Effective
advanced placement programs, including, but not limited to, advanced
placement programs administered by the College Board and the
International Baccalaureate Organization, should be designed to
increase the number of low-income students who enroll and succeed in
advanced placement courses and tests.

Note: For definitions of advanced placement test, low-income
individual (including a list of the types of data that may be used
to verify low-income status), and high concentration of low-income
students, see the definitions in Section III. 3. Other of this
notice.

Allowable Activities: Activities supported under this competition
must be designed to expand access for low-income individuals to
advanced placement programs and must involve one or more of the
following:
Teacher training.
Pre-advanced placement course development.
Coordination and articulation between grade levels to
prepare students to enroll and succeed in advanced placement courses.
Books and supplies.
Activities to increase the availability of, and
participation in, on-line advanced placement courses.
Any other activity directly related to expanding access to
and participation in advanced placement incentive programs,
particularly for low-income individuals.
Competitive Preference Priorities: For FY 2006 and any subsequent
year in which we make awards based on the list of unfunded applicants
from this competition, these priorities are competitive preference
priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2), we give preference to and will
award up to an additional nineteen (19) points to an application that
meets one or more of these priorities over an application of comparable
merit that does not meet one or more of these priorities.
These priorities are:
Competitive Preference Priority 1: Up to eight (8) points for
demonstrating a focus on developing or expanding advanced placement
programs and participation in the core academic areas of English,
mathematics, and science.
Competitive Preference Priority 2: Up to five (5) points for
developing or expanding pre-advanced placement courses or programs,
aligned with advanced placement courses or programs, intended to
provide middle or high school students with the critical thinking
skills, content knowledge, and study habits necessary for successful
participation in advanced placement courses and exams. Applicants
should explain why the courses supported by the proposed project
qualify as pre-advanced placement or advanced placement.
Competitive Preference Priority 3: Up to two (2) points for
demonstrating the involvement of business and community organizations
in the activities assisted.
Competitive Preference Priority 4: Up to two (2) points for
demonstrating the availability of matching funds from State, local, or
other sources to pay for a portion of the cost of activities to be
assisted.
Competitive Preference Priority 5: Up to two (2) points for
demonstrating the intent to carry out activities to increase the
availability of, and participation in, on-line advanced placement
courses.

Note: These priority points are in addition to any points the
applicant earns under the selection criteria described elsewhere in
this notice (See V. Application Review Information). In order to
receive additional points under a competitive preference priority,
an application must provide documentation supporting its claim that
it meets each priority addressed.

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2006 and any subsequent year in
which we make awards based on the list of unfunded applicants from this

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competition, these priorities are invitational priorities. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(1), we do not give an application that meets these
invitational priorities a competitive or absolute preference over other
applications.
These priorities are:
Invitational Priority 1: Development of Advanced Placement Courses
in Critical Foreign Languages. The Secretary encourages applicants to
develop, enhance, or expand advanced placement courses in the critical
foreign languages of Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, and
languages in the Indic, Iranian, and Turkic language families.
Invitational Priority 2: Development of Advanced Placement Programs
in Public Schools Identified for Improvement, Corrective Action, or
Restructuring Under Title I, Part A of the ESEA. The Secretary
encourages applicants to develop, enhance, or expand advanced placement
programs in English, mathematics, science, foreign languages, or other
core academic areas in schools with a high concentration of low-income
students that have been identified for improvement, corrective action,
or restructuring under Title I, Part A of the ESEA.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6535-6537.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.

II. Award Information

Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $15.3 million. Contingent upon the
availability of funds and quality of applications, the Secretary may
make additional awards for FY 2007 from the list of unfunded applicants
from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $500,000--$1,000,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $611,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 25.

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

Note: In accordance with section 1703 of the ESEA, these
estimates are based on the amount of funds the Secretary estimates
will be available after the Department has awarded grants under the
Advanced Placement Test Fee program, which is being announced
separately under CFDA number 84.330B.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

III. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Applicants:
(a) SEAs;
(b) LEAs, including charter schools that are considered LEAs under
State law; or
(c) National nonprofit educational entities with expertise in
advanced placement services.

Note: In the case of an eligible entity that is an SEA, the SEA
may use API grant funds to award subgrants to LEAs to enable those
LEAs to carry out authorized activities that support the absolute
priority for this competition.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This competition does not involve cost
sharing or matching but does involve supplement-not-supplant funding
provisions.
Supplement-not-Supplant: Funds provided under this program must be
used only to supplement, and not supplant, other non-Federal funds that
are available to assist low-income individuals in paying advanced
placement test fees or to expand access to advanced placement or pre-
advanced placement courses (20 U.S.C. 6536).
3. Other: Definitions. The following definitions are taken from the
API program authorizing statute in Title I, Part G of the ESEA (20
U.S.C. 6537). They are repeated in this application notice for the
convenience of the applicant.
(a) The term advanced placement test means an advanced placement
test administered by the College Board or approved by the Secretary.

Note: The Department approves advanced placement tests
administered by the International Baccalaureate Organization. As
part of the grant application process, applicants may request
approval of tests from other educational entities that provide
comparable programs of rigorous academic courses and testing through
which students may earn college credit.

(b) The term high concentration of low-income students, used with
respect to a school, means a school that serves a student population 40
percent or more of whom are low-income individuals.
(c) The term low-income individual means an individual who is
determined by an SEA or LEA to be a child, ages 5 through 19, from a
low-income family on the basis of data used by the Secretary to
determine allocations under section 1124 of the ESEA, data on children
eligible for free or reduced-price lunches under the National School
Lunch Act, data on children in families receiving assistance under Part
A of Title IV of the Social Security Act, or data on children eligible
to receive medical assistance under the Medicaid program under Title
XIX of the Social Security Act, or through an alternate method that
combines or extrapolates from those data.

IV. Application and Submission Information

1. Address to Request Application Package: You may obtain an
application package via Internet or from the Education Publications
Center. To obtain a copy via Internet use the following address:
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html.

To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write or call the following:
Education Publications Center, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398.
Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use
a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll
free): 1-877-576-7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site:
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html
or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov.

If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify
this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.330C.
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 elsewhere in this notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact).
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 this program.
Notice of Intent to Apply: Applicants that plan to apply for
funding under this program notice are encouraged to indicate an intent
to apply via e-mail notification sent to the API program at
advancedplacementprogram@ed.gov
no later than March 17, 2006.

Applicants that fail to supply this e-mail notification may still apply
for funding under this notice.
Page Limit for Project Narrative: The project narrative is where
you, the applicant, address the selection criteria (i.e., within the
context of the absolute priority) as well as the competitive preference
priorities that reviewers use to evaluate your application. Applicants
are strongly encouraged to limit the project narrative (text plus all
figures, charts, tables, and diagrams) to the equivalent of no more
than 25 pages, using the following standards:

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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 project narrative, including titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
Use a font that is either 12-point or larger or no smaller
than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
The recommended page limit does not apply to the cover
sheet; the budget section, including the budget narrative
justification; the assurances and certifications; the project abstract;
the resumes; and the appendices.
3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications Available: February 17,
2006.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: March 17, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 18, 2006.
Applications for grants under the API program 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.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
application requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 19, 2006.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under
Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for this
competition.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this program 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 API program--CFDA Number 84.330C
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 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 API program
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.
Please note the following:
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 time and date
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and
must be date/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/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/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/GetStarted).
These steps include (1) registering

your organization, (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/assets/GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.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.
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 included on the Application for Federal
Education Assistance (ED 424), Budget Information--Non-Construction
Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. 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
above 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 an automatic acknowledgment from Grants.gov that contains a
Grants.gov tracking number. The Department will retrieve your
application from Grants.gov and send you a second confirmation by e-
mail that will include 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.

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Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues
with the Grants.gov System: 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 (if available). 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: Extensions referred 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 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
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: Madeline Baggett, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3C153,
Washington, DC 20202-6200. FAX: (202) 205-4921.
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 84.330C), 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
84.330C), 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 84.330C), 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 4 of the Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 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

Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this competition are
from 34 CFR 75.210 and section 1705(f) of the ESEA. These selection
criteria apply to the absolute priority and allowable activities only.
The maximum score for all of the selection criteria is 100 points. The
maximum score for each criterion is indicated in parentheses with the
criterion. The maximum number of points an application may earn based
on the competitive preference priorities and the selection criteria is
119 points. The criteria are as follows:
(a) Quality of the Project Design (30 points). The Secretary
considers the quality of the design of the proposed project. In
determining the quality of the design of the proposed project, the
Secretary considers the extent to which the proposed project represents
an exceptional approach for meeting the absolute priority established
for this competition.
(b) Quality of Project Services (20 points). The Secretary
considers the

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quality of the services to be provided by the proposed project. 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 been traditionally
underrepresented based on race, color, national origin, gender, age, or
disability. In addition, the Secretary considers the following factors:
(1) The likelihood that the services to be provided by the proposed
project will lead to improvements in the achievement of students as
measured against rigorous academic standards.
(2) 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.
(c) Quality of the Management Plan (20 points). The Secretary
considers the quality of the management plan for the proposed project.
In determining the quality of the management plan for the proposed
project, the Secretary considers the following factors:
(1) The adequacy of the management plan to achieve the objectives
of the proposed project on time and within budget, including clearly
defined responsibilities, timelines, and milestones for accomplishing
project tasks.
(2) The extent to which the 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 (30 points). The Secretary
considers the quality of the evaluation to be conducted of the proposed
project. In determining the quality of the evaluation, the Secretary
considers the following factors:
(1) The extent to which the methods of evaluation include the use
of objective performance measures that are clearly related to the
intended outcomes of the project and will produce quantitative and
qualitative data to the extent possible.
(2) The extent to which the evaluation meets the reporting
requirements of section 1705(f)(1) of the ESEA.

Note: A strong evaluation plan should be included in the project
narrative and should be used, as appropriate, to shape the
development of the project from the beginning of the grant period.
The plan should include benchmarks to monitor progress toward
specific project objectives and also outcome measures to assess the
impact on teaching and learning or other important outcomes for
project participants. More specifically, the plan should identify
the individual or organization that has agreed to serve as evaluator
for the project and describe the qualifications of that evaluator.
The plan should describe the evaluation design, indicating: (1) What
types of data will be collected; (2) when various types of data will
be collected; (3) what methods will be used; (4) what instruments
will be developed and when; (5) how the data will be analyzed; (6)
when reports of results and outcomes will be available; and (7) how
the applicant will use the information collected through the
evaluation to monitor progress of the funded project and to provide
accountability information both about success at the initial site
and about effective strategies for replication in other settings.
Applicants are encouraged to devote an appropriate level of
resources to project evaluation.

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.
Grant Administration: Applicants approved for funding under this
competition may be required to attend an annual Grants Administration
meeting. The cost of attending this one-to three-day meeting may be
paid from API program grant funds or State or local resources.
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 meets the reporting requirements in
section 1705(f)(1) of the ESEA and provides the most current
performance and financial expenditure information as specified by the
Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. For specific requirements on grantee
reporting, please go to
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.

4. Performance Measures: The Secretary has developed five
performance measures for assessing the effectiveness of the two
Advanced Placement programs authorized under Title I, Part G of the
ESEA. These measures are:
(1) The number of advanced placement tests taken by low-income
public school students nationally.
(2) The number of advanced placement tests taken by Hispanic,
Black, and Native American public school students nationally.
(3) The number and percent of advanced placement tests passed by
low-income public school students nationally.
(4) The number of College Board and International Baccalaureate
advanced placement tests taken in public high schools served by API
grants, divided by the total number of juniors and seniors enrolled at
such schools.
(5) The cost per passage of an advanced placement test by a low-
income public school student (i.e., amount provided for AP test fees
divided by the total number of tests passed by low-income students).

Note: Measure number 4 is applicable to the API program and
should be addressed within the project objectives and outcomes for
the grant.

VII. Agency Contact

For Further Information Contact: Madeline E. Baggett, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3C153,
Washington, DC 20202-6200. Telephone number: (202) 260-2502 or by e-
mail: madeline.baggett@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-

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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 14, 2006.
Henry L. Johnson,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 06-1506 Filed 2-16-06; 8:45 am]

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