[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57540-57545]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19945]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Innovation and Improvement; Overview Information;
Teaching American History Grant Program; Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.215X.)
DATES: Applications Available: October 10, 2007.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: November 9, 2007.
Dates of Pre-Application Meetings: Pre-application meetings for
prospective applicants will be held. Further information on the dates,
times, and locations of these meetings will be made available through a
notice published in the Federal Register and through the Teaching
American History Web site at http://www.ed.gov/programs/teachinghistory.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 10, 2007.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: February 7, 2008.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Teaching American History Grant Program
supports projects that aim 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, implement, 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 within the core
curriculum, these programs are intended to improve instruction and
raise student achievement.
Priorities: This competition includes one absolute priority and one
competitive preference priority that are explained in the following
paragraphs.
Absolute Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv), this
priority is from section 2351 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (the No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001)(20 U.S.C. 6721(b)). For FY 2008 and any
subsequent year in which we make awards from 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:
Partnerships with Other Agencies or Institutions. Each applicant
LEA must propose to work in partnership with one or more of the
following:
An institution of higher education.
A non-profit history or humanities organization.
A library or museum.
Competitive Preference Priority: This priority is from the notice
of final priorities for discretionary grant programs, published in the
Federal Register on October 11, 2006 (71 FR 60046). For FY 2008 and any
subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition, this priority is a competitive
preference priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an
additional 15 points to an application, depending on how well the
application meets this priority.
This priority is:
School Districts with Schools in Need of Improvement, Corrective
Action, or Restructuring (up to 15 additional points). Projects that
help school districts implement academic and structural interventions
in schools that have been identified for improvement, corrective
action, or restructuring under the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Note: In addressing this priority, each applicant is encouraged
to include a plan for how the applicant will assess the specific
needs in the content area of traditional American history in schools
that have been identified for improvement, corrective action, or
restructuring. In addition, each applicant is encouraged to include
a plan for how the applicant will recruit U.S. history teachers from
schools that have been identified for improvement, corrective
action, or restructuring. Further, each applicant is encouraged to
include information on how each of these two plans will be
implemented.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6721.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The notice of final selection
criteria and other application requirements for this program published
in the Federal Register on April 15, 2005 (70 FR 19939). (c) The notice
of final priorities for discretionary grant programs published in the
Federal Register on October 11, 2006 (71 FR 60046).
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$50,000,000 for new awards for this program for FY 2008. The actual
level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional action.
However, we are inviting applications now to allow enough time to
complete the grant process if Congress appropriates funds for this
program.
The Department assumes that Congress will appropriate sufficient
funds to provide funding for the first three years (36 months) of the
project period for each grantee. Thus, we anticipate that initial
awards under this competition will be made for a three-year period.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and each grantee's
substantial progress towards accomplishing the goals and objectives of
the project as described in its approved application, we may make
continuation awards to grantees for the remaining 24 months of the
program. Review of each grantee's progress may include consideration of
evidence of promising practice and strong evaluation design. Further,
contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of
applications, we may make additional awards in FY 2009 from the list of
unfunded applicants from this competition.
Maximum Award: The following maximum award amounts are from the
notice of final selection criteria and other application requirements
for this program, published in the Federal Register on April 15, 2005
(70 FR 19939).
(1) Total funding for a three-year project period is a maximum of
$500,000 for LEAs with enrollments of less than 20,000 students;
$1,000,000 for LEAs with enrollments of 20,000-300,000 students; and
$2,000,000 for LEAs with enrollments above 300,000 students. LEAs may
form consortia and combine their enrollments in order to receive a
grant reflective of their combined enrollment. For districts applying
jointly as a consortium, the maximum award is based on the combined
enrollment of the individual districts in the consortium. If more than
one LEA wishes to form a consortium, they must follow the procedures
for group applications described in 34 CFR 75.127 through 34 CFR 75.129
of EDGAR.
(2) A maximum of one grant will be awarded per applicant per
competition.
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Estimated Number of Awards: 52-65.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: LEAs, including charter schools that are
considered LEAs under State law and regulations, that must work in
partnership with one or more of the following entities:
An institution of higher education.
A non-profit history or humanities organization.
A library or museum.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Education Publications
Center (ED Pubs), 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), call, toll free: 1-877-
576-7734.
You can contact ED Pubs at its Web site, also: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html or at its e-mail address: http://[email protected].
If you request an application package from ED Pubs, be sure to
identify this program or competition as follows: CFDA number 84.215X.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the person or team
listed under Alternative Format in section VIII of this notice.
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.
Page Limit: The application narrative (Part III of the application)
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that
reviewers use to evaluate your application. Applicants are strongly
encouraged to limit the application narrative to the equivalent of no
more than 25 pages, using the following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5 x 11, on one side
only, with 1 margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, 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).
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial. An application submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II,
the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part
IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the
resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of support. However, the page
limit does apply to all of the application narrative section (Part
III).
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: October 10, 2007.
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: November 9, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 10, 2007.
Applications for grants under this 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 in paper format 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
deadline requirements.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
either one of the two individuals listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in section VII in this notice. If the Department provides an
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in
connection with the application process, the individual's application
remains subject to all other requirements and limitations in this
notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: February 7, 2008.
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 this program.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section in 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 Teaching American History Grant
Program, CFDA Number 84.215X, must be submitted electronically using
the Governmentwide 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 Teaching
American History Grant 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 (e.g., search for 84.215, not 84.215X).
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 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
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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 program 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 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 submit successfully 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 you typically provide 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 for 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 then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send
a second notification 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, toll free, at 1-800-518-4726. You must 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 described elsewhere in this notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date, please contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice 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 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 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: Alex Stein, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4W206,
Washington, DC 20202-5960. FAX: (202) 401-8466.
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
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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
84.215X), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.215X), 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.
(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.
(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 84.215X), 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, including
suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are
submitting your application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a
notification of receipt of your grant application. If you do not
receive this notification 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
from the notice of final selection criteria and other application
requirements published in the Federal Register on April 15, 2005 (70 FR
19939) and are as follows:
(1) Project quality (45 points). The Secretary considers the
quality of the proposed project by considering--
(a) The likelihood that the proposed project will develop,
implement, and strengthen programs to teach traditional American
history as a separate academic subject (not as a component of social
studies) within elementary school and secondary school curricula.
(b) How specific traditional American history content will be
covered by the grant (including the significant issues, episodes, and
turning points in the history of the United States; how the words and
deeds of individual Americans have determined the course of our Nation;
and how the principles of freedom and democracy articulated in the
founding documents of this Nation have shaped America's struggles and
achievements and its social, political, and legal institutions and
relations); the format in which the project will deliver the history
content; and the quality of the staff and consultants responsible for
delivering these content-based professional development activities,
emphasizing, where relevant, their postsecondary teaching experience
and scholarship in subject areas relevant to the teaching of
traditional American history. The applicant may also attach curricula
vitarum for individuals who will provide the content training to the
teachers.
(c) How well the applicant describes a plan that meets the
statutory requirement to carry out activities under the grant in
partnership with one or more of the following:
(i) An institution of higher education.
(ii) A non-profit history or humanities organization.
(iii) A library or museum.
(d) The applicant's rationale for selecting the partner(s) and its
description of specific activities that the partner(s) will contribute
to the grant during each year of the project. The applicant should
include a memorandum of understanding or detailed letters of commitment
from the partner(s) in an appendix to the application narrative.
Note: The Secretary encourages each applicant to address this
criterion by providing a detailed description of the actual history
subject content of the professional development and teacher
education activities to be carried out under this grant. The
Secretary also encourages each applicant to include a discussion of
the research base for the professional development strategies and
how this research can be used to assist the applicant in designing a
project that ensures successful achievement of project objectives.
Finally, the Secretary encourages each applicant to describe the
applicant's efforts to conduct an assessment of teachers' content
needs and describe how that needs assessment is part of a
comprehensive, long-term strategy to upgrade teacher quality
throughout the school district.
(2) Significance (20 points). The Secretary considers the
significance of the proposed project. In determining the significance
of the project, the Secretary considers--
(a) The extent to which the proposed project is likely to build
local capacity to improve or expand the LEA's ability to provide
American history teachers professional development in traditional
American history subject content and content-related teaching
strategies.
(b) The importance or magnitude of the results or outcomes likely
to be attained by the proposed project, especially improvements in
teaching and student achievement.
(c) How teachers will use the knowledge acquired from project
activities to improve the quality of instruction. This description may
include plans for reviewing how teachers' lesson planning and classroom
teaching are affected by their participation in project activities.
Note: In meeting this criterion, the Secretary encourages the
applicant to include a description of its commitment to build local
capacity by primarily serving teachers in its LEA or consortium of
LEAs. The Secretary also encourages the applicant to include
background and statistical information to explain the project's
significance. For example, the applicant could include information
on: the extent to which teachers in the LEA are not certified in
history or social studies; student achievement data in American
history; and rates of student participation in courses such as
Advanced Placement U.S. History.
(3) Quality of the project evaluation (20 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:
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(a) 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.
(b) How well the evaluation plans are aligned with the project
design explained under the Project Quality criterion.
(c) Whether the evaluation includes benchmarks to monitor progress
toward specific project objectives, and outcome measures to assess the
impact on teaching and learning or other important outcomes for project
participants.
(d) Whether the applicant identifies the individual and/or
organization that has agreed to serve as evaluator for the project and
includes a description of the qualifications of that evaluator.
(e) The extent to which the applicant indicates the following:
(i) What types of data will be collected.
(ii) When various types of data will be collected.
(iii) What methods will be used to collect data.
(iv) What data collection instruments will be developed.
(v) How the data will be analyzed.
(vi) When reports of results and outcomes will be available.
(vii) How the applicant will use the information collected through
the evaluation to monitor the progress of the funded project and to
provide accountability information about both success at the initial
site and effective strategies for replication in other settings.
(viii) How the applicant will devote an appropriate level of
resources to project evaluation.
Note: The Secretary encourages each applicant to include a plan
of how the project's evaluation plan will address the Teaching
American History Grant Program Government Performance and Results
Act performance indicators (see section entitled ``Performance
Measures''). Further, each applicant is encouraged to describe how
the applicant's evaluation plan will be designed to collect both
output data (number of teacher participants, number of workshops
held, etc.) and outcome data (improvements in teacher classroom
practice, increases in student history achievement, etc.). Finally,
each applicant is encouraged to select an independent, objective
evaluator who has experience in evaluating educational programs and
who will play an active role in the design and development of the
project. For resources on what to consider in designing and
conducting project evaluations, go to http://www.whatworkshelpdesk.ed.gov/.
(4) Quality of the management plan (15 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:
(a) 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.
(b) 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.
Note: The Secretary encourages each applicant to address this
criterion by including in the narrative the roles of partners in
each phase of the project. In addition, each applicant is encouraged
to consider how the applicant might demonstrate (e.g., through
narrative discussion, letters of support, or formal memoranda of
understanding) the commitment of partners to the project and the
partners' understanding of responsibilities they have agreed to
assume in service delivery. Finally, each applicant may include in
this narrative a schedule of activities with sufficient time for
developing an adequate implementation plan.
2. Applicant's Past Performance and Compliance History: In
accordance with 34 CFR 75.217(d)(3)(ii) and (iii), the Secretary may
consider an applicant's past performance and compliance history when
evaluating applications and in making funding decisions.
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 Notice
(GAN). We may notify you informally, also.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section in this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section in 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 most current performance
and financial expenditure information as directed by the Secretary
under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary may also require more frequent
performance reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements
on reporting, please go to http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: We have established two performance
measures for the Teaching American History Grant Program. The measures
are: (1) Students in experimental and quasi-experimental studies of
educational effectiveness of Teaching American History Grant Program
projects will demonstrate higher achievement on course content
measures, statewide U.S. history assessments, or both than students in
control and comparison groups, and (2) Teachers will demonstrate an
increased understanding of American history through the use of
nationally validated tests of American history that can be directly
linked to their participation in the Teaching American History Grant
Program.
VII. Agency Contacts
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Stein or Emily Fitzpatrick, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4W206,
Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 205-9085 or (202) 260-1498 or by
e-mail: [email protected].
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
VIII. Other Information
Alternative Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an alternative format
(e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact persons listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document: You can view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
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Internet at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
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Dated: October 4, 2007.
Morgan S. Brown,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement.
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