[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 87 (Tuesday, May 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
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Office of Innovation and Improvement--Teaching American History Grant 
Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 
(FY) 2003; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.215X]


Office of Innovation and Improvement--Teaching American History 
Grant Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 
Year (FY) 2003

    Note to Applicants: This notice is a complete application package. 
Together with the statute authorizing this program and the Education 
Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), this notice 
contains all of the information, application forms, and instructions 
needed to apply for a grant under this competition.
    Purpose of Program: Teaching American History grants support 
projects to raise student achievement by improving teachers' knowledge, 
understanding, and appreciation of traditional American history. Grant 
awards assist local educational agencies (LEAs), in partnership with 
entities that have extensive content expertise, to develop, document, 
evaluate, and disseminate innovative, cohesive models of professional 
development. By helping teachers to develop a deeper understanding and 
appreciation of traditional American history as a separate subject 
matter within the core curriculum, these programs improve instruction 
and raise student achievement.

    Note: The Secretary construes traditional American history to 
mean the following: Traditional American history teaches the 
significant issues, episodes, and turning points in the history of 
the United States, and how the words and deeds of individual 
Americans have determined the course of our Nation. This history 
teaches how the principles of freedom and democracy, articulated in 
our founding documents, have shaped--and continue to shape--
America's struggles and achievements, as well as its social, 
political, and legal institutions and relations. Traditional history 
puts its highest priority on making sure students have an 
understanding of these principles and of the historical events and 
people that best illustrate them.

    Eligible Applicants: Local educational agencies (LEAs)--including 
charter schools that are considered LEAs under State law and 
regulations--working in partnership with one or more of the following 
entities:
    [sbull] Institutions of higher education (IHEs);
    [sbull] Non-profit history or humanities organizations; and
    [sbull] Libraries and museums.

    Note: Groups of LEAs interested in submitting a single 
application must follow the procedures for group applications in 34 
CFR 75.127-75.129 of the Education Department General Administrative 
Regulations (EDGAR).

    Notification of Intent To Apply for Funding: The Department will be 
able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant 
applications if it has a better understanding of the number of LEAs 
that intend to apply for funding under this competition. Therefore, the 
Secretary strongly encourages each potential applicant to notify the 
Department with a short e-mail noting the intent to submit an 
application for funding. The e-mail need not include information 
regarding the content of the proposed application, only the applicant's 
intent to submit it. The Secretary requests that this e-mail 
notification be sent no later than June 6, 2003, to Christine Miller 
at: [email protected].
    Applicants that fail to provide this e-mail notification may still 
apply for funding.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 7, 2003.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 5, 2003.
    Estimated Available Funds: $99,350,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: Total funding per grant, for a three-
year project period is $350,000-$1,000,000 for LEAs with enrollments of 
less than 300,000 students; $500,000-$2,000,0000 for LEAs with 
enrollments above 300,000 students.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: Total for all three years is 
$500,000.
    Maximum Award Amount: The total amount of funding that an LEA may 
receive under this competition is $2,000,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 100-125.

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

    Project Period: Up to 36 months.
    Please note that applicants for multi-year awards are required to 
provide detailed budget information for the total grant period 
requested. The Department will determine at the time of the initial 
award the funding levels for each year of the grant award.

    Note: To provide the applicant the capacity to effectively plan 
for and carry out the comprehensive long-term activities involved in 
ongoing, intensive professional development, to establish 
partnerships to support this work, and to document and demonstrate 
the effectiveness of its program for future dissemination, the 
Secretary anticipates awarding the entire three-year grant amount 
for the project at the time of the initial award.

    Page Limits: Applicants are strongly encouraged to limit the 
application narrative to no more than 20 single-sided, double-spaced 
pages printed in 12 point font or larger. If the applicant is 
addressing the competitive priority for evaluation, the narrative 
should be limited to 25 pages. The page limitation does not include the 
title page, Application for Federal Assistance (ED 424), one-page 
abstract, the budget summary form (ED 524) and the narrative budget 
justification, any curriculum vitae, the bibliography of literature 
cited, or the assurances and certifications.
    The following standards are preferred: (1) A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 
11'' (one side only) with one-inch margins (top, bottom, and sides). 
(2) Use 12-point font for all text in the application narrative.
    The page limit does not apply to the cover sheet, the one-page 
abstract, budget section, appendices, and forms and assurances.
    Applicable Regulations and Statute: (a) Regulations. The Education 
Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 
75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85, 86, 97, 98 and 99. (b) Statute. Part C, 
subpart 4, of Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as 
reauthorized by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
    Description of Program: Students who know and appreciate the great 
ideas, issues, and events of American history are more likely to 
understand and exercise their civic rights and responsibilities. Their 
understanding of traditional American history will be enhanced if it is 
taught as a separate academic subject and not as a component of social 
studies. Teachers must have strong content knowledge to teach students 
effectively about the significant issues, episodes, individuals, and 
turning points in the history of the United States.
    The Teaching American History Grant program will support projects 
to raise student achievement in traditional American history by 
improving teachers' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation for 
American history through intensive, ongoing professional development. 
Project activities should enable teachers to develop further expertise 
in American history subject content, teaching strategies, and other 
essential elements of teaching to higher standards. Projects should be 
driven by a coherent, long-term plan and should be evaluated on the 
basis of their impact on teacher effectiveness and student learning. 
This assessment should guide subsequent professional development 
efforts.
    This program will demonstrate how LEAs and institutions with 
expertise in traditional American history can

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collaborate over a three-year period to ensure that teachers develop 
the content knowledge and skills necessary to teach traditional 
American history effectively as a separate academic subject. In 
addition to any dissemination conducted directly by grantees, the 
Department intends to take the products and information resulting from 
this grant program and share the results with other communities.
    Under this program, applicants must propose projects that--
    [sbull] Develop and implement high-quality in-service or pre-
service professional development that provides educators with content 
knowledge and related teaching skills to prepare all students to 
achieve to higher standards in American history; and
    [sbull] Develop and implement strategies for sustained and on-going 
collaboration that will take place over the course of at least three 
years among teachers and outside experts to improve content knowledge 
and instruction in traditional American history.
    Applicants should consider projects that include at least one or 
more of the following activities:
    [sbull] Supporting participation of teams of teachers in summer 
institutes and summer immersion activities designed to improve content 
knowledge and instruction in traditional American history.
    [sbull] Supporting school-based collaborative efforts among 
teachers, including programs that facilitate teacher observation and 
analyses of fellow history teachers' classroom practice to improve 
content knowledge and instruction.
    [sbull] Developing programs to assist new history teachers in the 
classroom, such as programs that employ--
    (a) Mentoring and coaching by trained mentor teachers over the 
entire grant period;
    (b) Team teaching with experienced history teachers; or
    (c) Providing release time for observation and consultation with 
experienced history teachers.
    [sbull] Providing collaborative professional development 
experiences for veteran history teachers.
    [sbull] Supporting LEA collaboration with history departments at 
IHEs to improve content understanding and quality of instruction in the 
LEA.
    [sbull] Developing programs to improve history knowledge and 
instruction, and therefore student achievement, in high-poverty areas 
or for disadvantaged students.
    [sbull] Establishing and maintaining professional networks, focused 
specifically on teaching traditional American history, that provide a 
forum for interaction among teachers and that allow for the exchange of 
information.
    [sbull] Providing guidance to teachers on the use of technology to 
provide access to primary historical documents and develop effective 
presentations of historical content.
    [sbull] Creating materials documenting the implementation and 
benefits of the program and products for other educators to use in the 
course of teaching American history as a separate subject within the 
core curriculum.

Annual Meeting

    Budgets must include funds for at least two project staff members 
to attend a two-day annual meeting of the Teaching American History 
Grant program in Washington, DC, each year of the project. Applicants 
must include funds to cover travel and lodging expenses for these 
training activities during each year of the project.

Priorities

    This competition focuses on three priorities that are explained in 
the following paragraphs. To be considered for funding, each applicant 
must address the absolute priority regarding Collaboration with Other 
Agencies. The competitive preference priority for evaluation allows an 
applicant to earn additional points beyond the 100 points provided 
under the selection criteria.
    Absolute Priority: Collaboration With Other Agencies or 
Institutions
    (a) Each applicant must propose to work in collaboration with one 
or more of the following entities:
    [sbull] Institutions of higher education;
    [sbull] Non-profit history or humanities organizations; or
    [sbull] Libraries or museums.
    (b) The applicant must identify the entity or entities with which 
it will collaborate and include in its application an assurance from 
appropriate officials of those entities that they will work with the 
applicant in implementing the proposal.
    Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet 
this absolute priority.
    Competitive Preference Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we 
award up to an additional 20 points to an application, depending on how 
well the application meets this competitive preference priority. These 
points are in addition to any points the application earns under the 
selection criteria. In reviewing applications that address this 
competitive preference priority, we consider awarding additional points 
only to those applicants with top-ranked scores on their selection 
criteria. We expect that up to 10 applicants will receive these 
additional competitive preference points.
    Competitive preference points can be earned by a project designed 
to determine, through a rigorous evaluation, whether the implemented 
program produces meaningful effects on student achievement or teacher 
performance.
    Evaluations using an experimental design are best for determining 
program effectiveness. Thus, the project will ideally use an 
experimental design under which participants--that is, students, 
teachers, classrooms, or schools--are randomly assigned (a) to receive 
the program being evaluated or (b) to be in a control group that does 
not receive the program. Evaluations using an experimental design will 
receive up to 20 points in addition to any points the application earns 
under the selection criteria.
    If random assignment is not feasible, the project may use a quasi-
experimental design with carefully matched comparison conditions. This 
alternative design attempts to approximate a randomly assigned control 
group by matching program participants--that is, students, teachers, 
classrooms or schools--with non-participants having similar pre-program 
characteristics. Evaluations of this type will receive up to 15 points 
in addition to any points the application earns under the selection 
criteria.
    Proposed evaluations that use neither experimental designs with 
random assignment nor quasi-experimental designs using a matched 
comparison group will receive 0 points under this competitive 
preference priority.
    The program evaluator should collect--before the program commences 
and after it ends--valid and reliable data that measure the impact of 
participation in the program or in the comparison group.
    We determine points under this priority by the quality of the 
proposed evaluation. We consider the extent to which the applicant 
presents a feasible, credible plan that includes the following:
    [sbull] The type of design to be used (that is, random assignment 
or matched comparison).
    [sbull] Outcomes to be measured.
    [sbull] A discussion of how the applicant plans to assign students, 
teachers, classrooms, or schools to the program or match them for 
comparison with other students, teachers, classrooms, or schools.
    [sbull] A proposed evaluator, preferably independent, with the 
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background and technical expertise to carry out the proposed 
evaluation.
    Invitational Priority: We are particularly interested in 
applications that meet the following priority:
    Applications from high-poverty rural and urban LEAs for projects 
designed to improve traditional American history instruction in 
chronically low-performing schools and improve achievement of 
disadvantaged students.
    Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), we do not give an application that meets 
the invitational priority a competitive or absolute preference over 
other applications.

Selection Criteria

    The Secretary uses the following selection criteria to evaluate 
applications for grants under this competition. In all instances where 
the word ``project'' appears in the selection criteria, the reference 
to a Teaching American History program should be made. The maximum 
composite score for all of these criteria is 100 points. The maximum 
score for each criterion is indicated in parentheses. Within each 
criterion, unless otherwise noted, the Secretary evaluates each factor 
equally. We evaluate an application by determining how well the 
proposed project meets the following provisions. Please note that the 
Notes following each criterion are meant to serve as guidance to assist 
the applicant in creating a stronger application, and are not required 
by statute or regulation.
    (a) Meeting the purpose of the statute. (Total of 70 points)
    (1) Quality of the project design. (40 points)
    The Secretary considers the quality of the project design for the 
proposed project by considering how well the applicant describes a plan 
for development, implementation, and strengthening of 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, including the implementation of activities--
    (i) To provide professional development and teacher education 
activities with respect to American history; and
    (ii) To improve the quality of instruction, as demonstrated by the 
specific instructional activities teachers would implement to improve 
the quality of student work and knowledge of American History.

    Note: The Secretary encourages the applicant to include a 
discussion of the specific history content to be covered by the 
grant; the format in which the applicant will deliver the history 
content; and the quality of the staff and consultants responsible 
for delivering these content-based professional development 
activities. The applicant may also, to the extent possible, attach 
curriculum vitae for individuals who will provide the content 
training to the teachers.

    The applicant should also provide a description of plans to 
demonstrate how teachers are using 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 was affected by their participation in project activities.
    (2) Need for project. (20 points)
    The extent to which specific weaknesses in teacher knowledge of 
traditional American History and student performance in this subject 
have been identified and will be met by the project.

    Note: The Secretary encourages the applicant to discuss the need 
for the proposed project and the significance of the project, 
including national 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 American history.

    (3) Partnership(s). (10 points)
    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 nonprofit history or humanities organization.
    (iii) A library or museum.

    Note: The applicant should provide the rationale for selecting 
the partners and explain the 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.

    (b) Quality of the management plan. (10 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.
    (c) 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 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.

    Note: The evaluation plan provided under this criterion should 
align with the project design explained under the Quality of project 
design criterion.

Reporting Requirements and Expected Outcomes

    The Secretary requires successful applicants to submit annual 
performance reports that document the grantee's yearly progress toward 
meeting expected programmatic outcomes. These outcomes must be based on 
measurable performance objectives. The Secretary will use these reports 
to measure the success of the grantee's project, and the reports will 
contribute to a broader knowledge base about high-quality, effective 
professional development strategies that can improve the teaching and 
learning of American history nationwide.
    In addition, grantees will be required to submit a final 
performance report, due no later than 90 days after the end of the 
project period.

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking

    Under the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553) the 
Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to 
comment on proposed selection criteria and other proposed program 
requirements. However, section 437(d)(2) of the General Education 
Provisions Act (GEPA) exempts from this rulemaking requirement those 
rules where the Secretary determines it would cause extreme hardship to 
the intended beneficiaries of the program. In order to make timely 
grant awards in FY 2003, the Secretary has decided to issue these final 
regulations without first publishing them for public comment, in 
accordance with section 437(d)(2) of GEPA. These regulations will apply 
to the FY 2003 grant competition only.

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Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs

    This program is subject to Executive Order 12372 (Intergovernmental 
Review of Federal Programs) and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
    One of the objectives of the Executive order is to foster an 
intergovernmental partnership and a strengthened federalism. The 
Executive order relies on processes developed by State and local 
governments for coordination and review of proposed Federal financial 
assistance.
    If you are an applicant, you must contact the appropriate State 
Single Point of Contact (SPOC) to find out about, and to comply with, 
the State's process under Executive Order 12372. If you propose to 
perform activities in more than one State, you should immediately 
contact the SPOC for each of those States and follow the procedure 
established in each State under the Executive order. If you want to 
know the name and address of any SPOC, see the latest official SPOC 
list on the Web site of the Office of Management and Budget at the 
following address: http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/spoc.html.
    In States that have not established a process or chosen a program 
for review, State, area wide, regional, and local entities may submit 
comments directly to the Department.
    Any State Process Recommendation and other comments submitted by a 
SPOC and any comments from State, area wide, regional, and local 
entities must be mailed or hand-delivered by the date indicated in this 
application notice to the following address: The Secretary, E.O. 12372-
CFDA 84.215X, U.S. Department of Education, room 7E200, 400 
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-0125.
    We will determine proof of mailing under 34 CFR 75.102 (Deadline 
date for applications). Recommendations or comments may be hand-
delivered until 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on the date indicated 
in this notice.
    Please Note That This Address Is Not the Same Address as the One to 
Which an Applicant Submits Its Completed Application. Do Not Send 
Applications to the Above Address.

Application Instructions and Forms

    The Appendix to this notice contains forms and instructions, a 
statement regarding estimated public reporting burden, a notice to 
applicants regarding compliance with section 427 of the General 
Education Provisions Act, and various assurances and certifications and 
a checklist for applicants.
    [sbull] Application for Federal Education Assistance (ED 424 (Exp. 
11/30/2004)) and instructions and definitions.
    [sbull] Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs (ED Form No. 
524) and instructions.
    [sbull] Application Narrative.
    [sbull] Assurances--Non-Construction Programs (Standard Form 424B) 
(Rev. 7-97).
    [sbull] Certifications regarding Lobbying; Debarment, Suspension, 
and Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements 
(ED 80-0013, 12/98) and instructions.
    [sbull] Certification regarding Debarment, Suspension, 
Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion: Lower Tier Covered Transactions 
(ED 80-0014, 9/90) and instructions. (NOTE: ED 80-0014 is intended for 
the use of grantees and should not be transmitted to the Department.)
    [sbull] Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Standard Form LLL (Rev. 
7-97)) and instructions.
    [sbull] Survey on Ensuring Equal Opportunity for Applicants and 
survey instructions.
    You may submit information on a photocopy of the application and 
budget forms, the assurances, and the certifications. However, the 
application form, the assurances, and the certifications must each have 
an original signature. We will not award a grant unless we have 
received a completed application form.
    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 under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. However, the Department is not able to 
reproduce in an alternative format the standard forms included in this 
application notice.

Electronic Access to This Document

    You may view this document, as well as all other Department of 
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe 
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at the following site: 
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    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. 
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the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.

    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the 
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal 
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christine Miller, Alex Stein, Harry 
Kessler, or Claire Geddes, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland 
Avenue, SW., room 5C126, Washington, DC 20202-6200. Telephone: (202) 
260-8766 (Christine Miller); (202) 205-9085 (Alex Stein); (202) 708-
9943 (Harry Kessler); or (202) 260-8757 (Claire Geddes) or via 
Internet: [email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.

Instructions for Transmitting Applications

    If you want to apply for a grant and be considered for funding, you 
must meet the following deadline requirements:
    (A) If You Send Your Application by Mail: You must mail the 
original and two copies of the application on or before the deadline 
date. One copy of the application should be unbound and suitable for 
photocopying. To help expedite our review of your application, we would 
appreciate your voluntarily including an additional 2 copies of your 
application. We will not penalize applicants who do not provide 
additional copies. Mail your application to: U.S. Department of 
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA 
84.215X), 7th and D Streets, SW., Room 3671, Regional Office 
Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4725.
    You must show one of the following as proof of mailing:
    (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
    (2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the 
U.S. Postal Service.
    (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial 
carrier.
    (4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary.
    If you mail an application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do 
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
    (1) A private metered postmark.
    (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
    (B) If You Deliver Your Application by Hand: You or your courier 
must hand deliver the original and two copies of the application by 
4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on or before the deadline date. One 
copy of the application should be unbound and suitable for 
photocopying. To help

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expedite our review of your application, we would appreciate your 
voluntarily including an additional 2 copies of your application. We 
will not penalize applicants who do not provide additional copies. 
Deliver your application to: U.S. Department of Education, Application 
Control Center, Attention: (CFDA 84.215X), 7th and D Streets, 
SW., Room 3671, Regional Office Building 3, Washington, DC 20202-4725.
    The Application Control Center accepts application deliveries daily 
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time), except Saturdays, 
Sundays, and Federal holidays. The Center accepts application 
deliveries through the D Street entrance only. A person delivering an 
application must show identification to enter the building.
    (1) The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated 
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your 
local post office.
    (2) If you send your application by mail or if you or your courier 
deliver it by hand, the Application Control Center will mail a Grant 
Application Receipt Acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive the 
notification of application receipt within 15 days from the date of 
mailing the application, you should call the U.S. Department of 
Education Application Control Center at (202) 708-9493.
    (3) If your application is late, we will notify you that we will 
not consider the application.
    (4) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by the 
Department--in Item 4 of the Application for Federal Education 
Assistance (ED 424 (exp. 11/30/2004)) the CFDA number--and suffix 
letter, if any--of the competition under which you are submitting your 
application.

    Program Authority:  20 U.S.C. 2351 et seq.

    Dated: April 30, 2003.
Michael J. Petrilli,
Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Innovation and Improvement.

Appendix

Instructions for Estimated Public Reporting Burden

    According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, you are not 
required to respond to a collection of information unless it 
displays a valid OMB control number. The valid OMB control number 
for this collection of information is 1890-0009. Expiration date: 
June 30, 2005. We estimate the time required to complete this 
collection of information to average 65 hours per response, 
including the time to review instructions, search existing data 
sources, gather the data needed, and complete and review the 
collection of information. If you have any comments concerning the 
accuracy of the time estimate or suggestions for improving this 
form, please write to: U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4651.
    If you have comments or concerns regarding the status of your 
submission of this form, write directly to: Christine Miller, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5C126, 
Washington, DC 20202-6200.

Instructions for Application Narrative

    Applications should be concise and clearly written. Before 
preparing the narrative, applicants should review the closing date 
notice and program statute for specific guidance or requirements. 
Note that applications will be evaluated according to the selection 
criteria specified in this closing date notice.
    Successful applicants will be expected to report annually on the 
progress of each project or study included in the grant, including a 
description of preliminary or key findings and an explanation of any 
changes in goals, objectives, methodology, or planned products or 
publications.

    Note: The section on PAGE LIMIT elsewhere in this application 
notice applies to your application.

Instructions for the Abstract

    For non-electronic submissions, include the name and address of 
your organization and the name, phone number and e-mail address of 
the contact person for this project.
    The abstract narrative must not exceed one page and should use 
language that will be understood by a range of audiences. For all 
projects, include the project title (if applicable), goals, expected 
outcomes and contributions for research, policy, practice, etc. 
Include population to be served, as appropriate. For research 
applications, also include the following:
    [sbull] Theoretical and conceptual background of the study 
(i.e., prior research that this investigation builds upon and that 
provides a compelling rationale for this study)
    [sbull] Research issues, hypotheses, and questions being 
addressed
    [sbull] Study design including a brief description of the sample 
including sample size, methods, principal dependent, independent, 
and control variables, and the approach to data analysis.

Checklist for Applicants

    Applications must include the following:
    [sbull] Title Page Form--Application for Federal Education 
Assistance (ED 424).
    [sbull] Application Abstract.
    [sbull] Application Narrative.
    [sbull] Curriculum Vitae (as appropriate).
    [sbull] Literature Cited (as appropriate).
    [sbull] Appendix (as appropriate).
    [sbull] Budget Information Form (ED 524).
    [sbull] General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) Section 427 
Statement.
    [sbull] Certifications and Assurances.
    [sbull] Assurances-Non-Construction Programs (Standard Form 
424B).
    [sbull] Certification Regarding Lobbying; Debarment, Suspension, 
and Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Work-Place 
Requirements (ED Form 80-0013).
    [sbull] Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Standard Form LLL), 
if applicable.
    [sbull] Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, 
Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion-Lower Tier Covered 
Transactions (ED Form 80-0014) Note: ED form GCS-0014 is intended 
for the use of primary participants and should not be transmitted to 
the Department.
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