[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 13, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27518-27523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10681]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; College 
Cost Reduction and Access Act Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CCRAA-HSI) 
Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 
(FY) 2008

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.031C.

    DATES: Applications Available: May 13, 2008.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 27, 2008.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 26, 2008.

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

    Purpose of Program: The College Cost Reduction and Access Act 
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CCRAA-HSI) Program provides grants to 
assist Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) to develop and carry out 
activities to improve and expand the HSI's capacity to serve Hispanic 
and other low-income students.
    Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv) and section 
437(d)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act, these priorities are 
from section 499A(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), 
as amended by the

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College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007.
    Competitive Preference Priorities: For FY 2008, these priorities 
are competitive preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we 
award an additional ten points to an application that meets both 
priorities. Applicants must address both priorities to receive the 
additional points. Applicants that do not address both priorities will 
not receive any competitive preference priority points.
    These priorities are:

 Competitive Preference Priority 1

    In accordance with Section 499A(b)(2)(B)(i) of the HEA, Individual 
Development or Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants that propose 
to increase the number of Hispanic and other low income students 
attaining degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering, or 
mathematics; and

Competitive Preference Priority 2

    In accordance with Section 499A(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the HEA, Individual 
Development or Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants that propose 
to develop model transfer and articulation agreements between two-year 
HSIs and four-year institutions in such fields.
    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1101-1101d, 1103-1103g.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 
84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The applicable regulations for this 
program in 34 CFR 606.2(a) and (b), 606.3, 606.4, 606.5, 606.6, 606.7, 
606.10(b)(c)(d), and 606.30.

II. Award Information

    Type of Award: Discretionary grant.
    Estimated Available Funds: $100,000,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $850,000-2,500,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: Individual Development Grant: 
$862,000. Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant: $1,200,000.
    Maximum Awards: Individual Development Grant: $2,500,000. 
Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant: $2,500,000. The Department 
of Education (Department) will not fund any application at an amount 
exceeding these maximum amounts for a single budget period of 12 
months. During our initial review, we may choose not to further 
consider or review an application with a budget that exceeds the 
applicable maximum amount. The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 
Education may change the maximum amount through a notice published in 
the Federal Register.
    Estimated Number of Awards: Individual Development Grants: 58. 
Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants: 42.

    Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice. Applicants should periodically check the CCRAA-HSI Program 
Web site for further information. The address is: http://www.ed.gov/programs/hsiccraa/index.html.

    Project Period: Up to 24 months.

III. Eligibility Information

    1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs) 
that qualify as eligible HSIs are eligible to apply for new Individual 
Development Grants and Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants under 
the CCRAA-HSI Program. To be an eligible HSI, an IHE must--
    (1) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized 
accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to 
be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training 
offered;
    (2) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be 
a junior college or community college or to provide an educational 
program for which it awards a bachelor's degree;
    (3) Be designated as an ``eligible institution'' by demonstrating 
that it: (a) Has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR 
606.3; and (b) has low average educational and general expenditures per 
full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR 
606.4;
    (4) Have an enrollment of undergraduate FTE students that is at 
least 25 percent Hispanic students at the end of the award year 
immediately preceding the date of application.

    Note: The Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2006 amended 
section 502(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1101a(a)(5)(B)) to require that 
institutions have an enrollment of undergraduate FTE students that 
is at least 25 percent Hispanic students at the end of the award 
year immediately preceding the date of application. Funds for the 
CCRAA-HSI Program are awarded each fiscal year, thus, for this 
program, the end of the award year refers to the end of the fiscal 
year prior to the application due date. The end of the fiscal year 
occurs on September 30 for any given year. Therefore, for purposes 
of making the determination described in paragraph (4) IHEs must 
report their undergraduate Hispanic FTE percent based on the student 
enrollment count closest to, but not after, September 30, 2007.
    The Third Higher Education Extension Act of 2006 also amended 
section 502(a) of the HEA to eliminate the previous statutory 
requirement in the HSI Program that an IHE applying for a grant 
provide an assurance that not less than 50 percent of the 
institution's Hispanic students are low-income individuals.

    The Notice Inviting Applications for Designation as Eligible 
Institutions for FY 2008 was published in the Federal Register on March 
10, 2008 (73 FR 12721). The CCRAA-HSI Program eligibility requirements 
are in 34 CFR 606.2 through 606.5 and can be accessed from the 
following Web site: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_01/34cfr606_01.html. These regulations do not reflect the changes made to 
the HSI Program requirements by the Third Higher Education Extension 
Act of 2006.

    Note 1: An eligible HSI that submits more than one application 
may be awarded both an Individual Development Grant and a 
Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant, for the CCRAA-HSI Program 
only, as long as the proposed activities are different for each 
grant application and are different from the activities funded by 
the institution's current Title V, HSI grant.


    Note 2: In considering applications for grants under this 
program, the Department will verify data reported by the institution 
on its application with the information reported by the institution 
to the Department's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 
(IPEDS), the IHE's State-reported enrollment data, and the 
institutional annual report. If there are any differences in the 
percentages reported in the IPEDS and the percentages reported in 
the CCRAA-HSI grant application, the IHE should explain the 
differences as a part of its eligibility documentation.


    Note 3: If you are a four-year HSI institution planning to 
submit a CCRAA-HSI application supporting the competitive preference 
priorities, the two-year HSI will be required to submit its 
assurance of 25 percent enrollment of undergraduate FTE Hispanic 
students.

    2. Cost Sharing or Matching: There are no cost sharing or matching 
requirements unless the grantee uses a portion of its grant for 
establishing or improving an endowment fund. If a grantee proposes to 
use a portion of its grant for endowment fund purposes, it must match 
those grant funds with an equivalent amount of non-Federal funds. (20 
U.S.C. 1101b(c)(2)).

IV. Application and Submission Information

    1. Address to Request Application Package: Carnisia M. Proctor, 
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20006-8513. Telephone: (202) 502-7606 or by e-mail: 
[email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the

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Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
    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 program contact 
person listed in this section.
    2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements 
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you 
must submit, are in the application package for this program.
    Page Limit: The application narrative (Part III) is where you, the 
applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use to 
evaluate your application. We have established mandatory page limits 
for both the Individual Development Grant and the Cooperative 
Arrangement Development Grant applications. You must limit the section 
of the narrative that addresses the selection criteria to no more than 
35 pages for the Individual Development Grant application and 55 pages 
for the Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant application, 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 and Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.
    The page limit does not apply to the cover sheet; the budget 
section, including the narrative budget justification; the assurances 
and certifications, or the one-page abstract.
    We will reject your application if you exceed the page limit.
    3. Submission Dates and Times:
    Applications Available: May 13, 2008.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 27, 2008.
    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 
the person 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: August 26, 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.

Applicability of Executive Order 13202

    Applicants that apply for construction funds under the CCRAA-HSI 
Program must comply with Executive Order 13202 signed by President Bush 
on February 17, 2001, and amended on April 6, 2001. This Executive 
order provides that recipients of Federal construction funds may not 
``require or prohibit bidders, offerors, contractors, or subcontractors 
to enter into or adhere to agreements with one or more labor 
organizations, on the same or other construction project(s)'' or 
``otherwise discriminate against bidders, offerors, contractors, or 
subcontractors for becoming or refusing to become or remain signatories 
or otherwise adhere to agreements with one or more labor organizations, 
on the same or other construction project(s).'' However, the Executive 
order does not prohibit contractors or subcontractors from voluntarily 
entering into these agreements. Projects funded under this program that 
include construction activity will be provided a copy of this Executive 
order and will be asked to certify that they will adhere to it.
    6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under 
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 CCRAA-HSI Program, CFDA Number 
84.031C, 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 the CCRAA-HSI 
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 84.031, 
not 84.031C).
    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 accept your application if 
it is received--that is, date and time stamped by the Grants.gov 
system--after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application 
deadline date. We do not consider an application that does not comply 
with the deadline requirements. When we retrieve your application from 
Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting your application 
because it was date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system after 
4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date.

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     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 the 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: Carnisia M. Proctor, 
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20006-8513. FAX: (202) 502-7861. 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,

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Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.031C), 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 
84.031C), 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 84.031C), 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 34 CFR 75.209(a) and 75.210, and are as follows:

Need for the project (20 points).
Quality of the project design (15 points).
Quality of project services (15 points).
Quality of project personnel (10 points).
Adequacy of resources (5 points);
Quality of the management plan (20 points); and
Quality of project evaluation (15 points).

    Additional information regarding these criteria is in the 
application package for this competition.
    2. Review and Selection Process: Applicants must provide, as an 
attachment to the application, the documentation the institution relied 
upon in determining that at least 25 percent of the institution's 
undergraduate FTE students are Hispanic.

    Note: The 25 percent requirement applies only to undergraduate 
Hispanic students and is calculated based upon FTE students. 
Instructions for formatting and submitting the verification 
documentation to Grants.gov are in the application package for this 
competition.

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 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 in 
34 CFR 75.118, 34 CFR 75.720 and in 34 CFR 606.31.
    4. Performance Measures: The Secretary has established the 
following key performance measures for assessing the effectiveness of 
the CCRAA-HSI Program: (1) The percentage change, over the five-year 
grant period, of the number of full-time degree-seeking undergraduates 
enrolled at HSIs. (2) The percentage of first-time, full-time degree-
seeking undergraduate students who were in their first year of 
postsecondary enrollment in the previous year and are enrolled in the 
current year at the same institution. (3) The percentage of first-time, 
full-time degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled at four-year 
HSIs graduating within six years of enrollment. (4) The percentage of 
first-time, full-time degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled at 
two-year HSIs graduating within three years of enrollment. (5) Federal 
cost for undergraduate and graduate degrees at institutions in the 
CCRAA HSI program.
    5. CCRAA Special Analyses: The HSI Program created under the CCRAA 
includes two priorities: (1) To increase the number of Hispanic and 
other low-income students attaining degrees in the fields of science, 
technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM); and (2) To develop 
model transfer and articulation agreements between two-year HSIs and 
four-year institutions in such fields. To assess the impact of the 
adoption of these priorities on program outcomes, the Department will 
conduct special analyses to determine the changes that occur during the 
course of the grant period in: (1) The percentage of students receiving 
STEM-related degrees from grantee institutions that select this 
priority; and (2) The percentage of students transferring from two-year 
grantee institutions that select this priority to other institutions.

VII. Agency Contacts

    For Further Information Contact: Carnisia M. Proctor, U.S. 
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 
20006-8513. Telephone: (202) 502-7606 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

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person 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 
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the 
Internet at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
    To use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available 
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S. 
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in 
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.

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


    Dated: May 8, 2008.
Diane Auer Jones,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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