[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 19, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23170-23175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08295]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; Upward Bound Math and Science
Program
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice
inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the
Upward Bound Math and Science (UBMS) Program, Assistance Listing Number
84.047M. This notice relates to the approved information collection
under OMB control number 1840-0824.
DATES:
Applications Available: April 19, 2022.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 3, 2022.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 2, 2022.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Register on December 27, 2021 (86 FR 73264) and available at
www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-27979. Please note that these Common
Instructions supersede the version published on February 13, 2019, and,
in part, describe the transition from the requirement to register in
SAM.gov a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number to the
implementation of the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). More information
on the phase-out of DUNS numbers is available at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/docs/unique-entity-identifier-transition-fact-sheet.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Tanisha Hamblin-Johnson, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW, Room 2C104, Washington, DC 20202-4260. Telephone: (202) 453-
6090. Email: [email protected]. or,
Tara Lawrence, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue
SW, Room 2C104, Washington, DC 20202-4260. Telephone: (202) 260-1475.
Email: [email protected].
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and
wish to access telecommunications relay services, please dial 7-1-1.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Upward Bound (UB) Program is one of seven
programs collectively known as the Federal TRIO Programs. The UB
Program is a discretionary grant program that supports projects that
provide students with the skills and motivation necessary to complete a
program of secondary education and enter into and succeed in a program
of postsecondary education. There are three types of grants under the
UB Program: UB; Veterans UB; and UB Math and Science grants. In this
notice, we invite applications for UBMS grants only. The invitation to
apply for UB grants published in the Federal Register on December 16,
2021, and available at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/12/16/2021-27235/applications-for-new-awards-upward-bound-program. We
will invite applications for Veterans UB grants in a forthcoming
notice.
The UBMS Program supports projects designed to prepare high school
students for postsecondary education programs that lead to careers in
the fields of math and science.
UBMS grantees are required to provide the services listed in
sections 402C(b) and (c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 1070a-13(b), (c)). Permissible services under
the UBMS Program are specified in section 402C(d) of the HEA (20 U.S.C.
1070a-13(d)).
Priorities: This notice contains three competitive preference
priorities. Competitive Preference Priority 1 is from the Secretary's
Notice of Administrative Priorities for Discretionary Grant Programs,
published in the Federal Register on March 9, 2020 (85 FR 13640)
(Administrative Priorities). Competitive Preference Priorities 2 and 3
are from the Secretary's Supplemental Priorities and Definitions for
Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on
December 10, 2021 (86 FR 70612) (Supplemental Priorities).
Note: Applicants must include in the one-page abstract submitted
with the application a statement indicating
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which, if any, competitive preference priorities are addressed. If the
applicant has addressed one or more of the competitive preference
priorities, this information must also be listed on the UBMS Program
Profile Form.
Competitive Preference Priorities: For FY 2022 and any subsequent
year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from
this competition, these priorities are competitive preference
priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award up to an additional
nine points to an applicant, depending on how well the application
meets the priorities.
The priorities are:
Competitive Preference Priority 1: Applications that Demonstrate a
Rationale (Up to 3 points).
Under this priority, an applicant proposes a project that
demonstrates a rationale (as defined in this notice).
Note: A list of evidence-based practices that are relevant to the
UBMS Program is available at https://www2.ed.gov/programs/triomathsci/applicant.html. This list is not exhaustive. Additional information
regarding the What Works Clearinghouse practice guides and intervention
reports that could also be relevant is posted on the Department's
website at www.ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc.
Competitive Preference Priority 2: Meeting Student Social,
Emotional, and Academic Needs (Up to 3 points).
Projects that are designed to improve students' social, emotional,
academic, and career development, with a focus on underserved students,
through providing multi-tiered systems of supports that address
learning barriers both in and out of the classroom, that enable healthy
development and respond to students' needs, and which may include
evidence-based trauma-informed practices and professional development
for educators on avoiding deficit-based approaches.
Note: Because the UBMS Program supports students and not the
professional development of educators, applicants should address
supports for students only.
Competitive Preference Priority 3: Strengthening Cross-Agency
Coordination and Community Engagement to Advance Systemic Change (Up to
3 points).
Projects that are designed to take a systemic evidence-based
approach to improving outcomes for underserved students by establishing
cross-agency partnerships, or community-based partnerships with local
nonprofit organizations, businesses, philanthropic organizations, or
others, to meet family well-being needs.
Definitions: The definitions below are from 34 CFR 77.1 and the
Supplemental Priorities.
Demonstrates a rationale means a key project component included in
the project's logic model is informed by research or evaluation
findings that suggest the project component is likely to improve
relevant outcomes.
Disconnected youth means an individual, between the ages of 14 and
24, who may be from a low-income background, experiences homelessness,
is in foster care, is involved in the justice system, or is not working
or not enrolled in (or at risk of dropping out of) an educational
institution.
Evidence-based means the proposed project component is supported by
evidence that demonstrates a rationale.
Logic model (also referred to as a theory of action) means a
framework that identifies key project components of the proposed
project (i.e., the active ``ingredients'' that are hypothesized to be
critical to achieving the relevant outcomes) and describes the
theoretical and operational relationships among the key project
components and relevant outcomes.
Note: In developing logic models, applicants may want to use
resources such as the Regional Educational Laboratory Program's (REL
Pacific) Education Logic Model Application, available at https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/pacific/elm.asp.
Other sources include: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/pacific/pdf/REL_2014025.pdf, https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/pacific/pdf/REL_2014007.pdf, and https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/pdf/REL_2015057.pdf.
Project component means an activity, strategy, intervention,
process, product, practice, or policy included in a project. Evidence
may pertain to an individual project component or to a combination of
project components (e.g., training teachers on instructional practices
for English learners and follow-on coaching for these teachers).
Relevant outcome means the student outcome(s) or other outcome(s)
the key project component is designed to improve, consistent with the
specific goals of the program.
Underserved student means a student in one or more of the following
subgroups:
(a) A student who is living in poverty or is served by schools with
high concentrations of students living in poverty.
(b) A student experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity.
(c) A student who is in foster care.
(d) A student who is the first in their family to attend
postsecondary education.
(e) A student who is enrolled in or is seeking to enroll in
postsecondary education who is eligible for a Pell Grant.
(f) A student performing significantly below grade level.
Application Requirements: The following application requirements
for FY 2022 are from section 402C(e) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1070a-13(e))
and the program regulations at 34 CFR 645.21.
An applicant must submit the following assurances, as part of its
application--
(1) Not less than two-thirds of the youths participating in the
project proposed to be carried out under any application be low-income
individuals who are first generation college students;
(2) The remaining youths participating in the project proposed to
be carried out under any application be low-income individuals or
potential first-generation college students;
(3) No student will be denied participation in a project assisted
under section 402C of the HEA because the student will enter the
project after the 9th grade.
(4) The project will collaborate with other Federal TRIO projects,
GEAR UP projects, or programs serving similar populations that are
serving the same target schools or target area in order to minimize the
duplication of services and promote collaborations so that more
students can be served.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 1070a-13.
Note: Projects will be awarded and must be operated in a manner
consistent with the nondiscrimination requirements contained in Federal
civil rights laws.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 86, 97,
98, and 99. (b) The Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to
Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) in
2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department
in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part
200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR
part 3474. (d) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 645. (e)
The Administrative Priorities. (f) The Supplemental Priorities.
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Note: The regulations in 34 CFR 86 apply to institutions of higher
education only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration received
$1,137,000,000 for the Federal TRIO Program for FY 2022, of which we
intend to use an estimated $65,928,188 for UBMS awards.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of
applications, we may make additional awards in subsequent years from
the list of unfunded applications from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $287,537-$442,525.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $310,982.
Maximum Award: The maximum award varies based on whether the
applicant is currently receiving a UBMS Program grant, as well as the
number of participants served.
For an applicant that is not currently receiving a UBMS
Program grant, the maximum award amount is $287,537, based upon a per-
participant cost of no more than $4,792 and a minimum of 60
participants.
For an applicant that is currently receiving a UBMS
Program grant, the maximum award amount is equal to the applicant's
base award amount for FY 2021, and the minimum number of participants
is the number of participants in the project's FY 2021 grant award
notification.
Estimated Number of Awards: 212.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education, public
and private agencies, and organizations including community-based
organizations with experience in serving disadvantaged youth, secondary
schools, combinations of such institutions, agencies, and
organizations.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This competition does not require cost
sharing or matching.
3. Indirect Cost Rate Information: This program uses a training
indirect cost rate. This limits indirect cost reimbursement to an
entity's actual indirect costs, as determined in its negotiated
indirect cost rate agreement, or eight percent of a modified total
direct cost base, whichever amount is less. For more information
regarding training indirect cost rates, see 34 CFR 75.562. For more
information regarding indirect costs, or to obtain a negotiated
indirect cost rate, please see www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/intro.html.
4. Administrative Cost Limitation: This program does not include
any program-specific limitation on administrative expenses. All
administrative expenses must be reasonable and necessary and conform to
Cost Principles described in 2 CFR part 200 subpart E of the Uniform
Guidance.
5. Subgrantees: A grantee under this competition may not award
subgrants to entities to directly carry out project activities
described in its application.
6. Other: An applicant may submit more than one application for a
UBMS Program grant so long as each application describes a project that
serves a different target area or target school (34 CFR 645.20(a)). The
Secretary is not designating any additional populations for which an
applicant may submit a separate application under this competition (34
CFR 645.20(b)). The term ``target area'' is defined as a discrete local
or regional geographic area served by a project (34 CFR 645.6(b)). The
term ``target school'' is defined as a school designated by the
applicant as a focus of project services (34 CFR 645.6(b)).
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Application Submission Instructions: Applicants are required to
follow the Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of
Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal
Register on December 27, 2021 (86 FR 73264) and available at
www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-27979, which contain requirements and
information on how to submit an application. Please note that these
Common Instructions supersede the version published on February 13,
2019, and, in part, describe the transition from the requirement to
register in SAM.gov a DUNS number to the implementation of the UEI.
More information on the phase-out of DUNS numbers is available at
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/docs/unique-entity-identifier-transition-fact-sheet.pdf.
2. 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.
3. Funding Restrictions: We specify unallowable costs in 34 CFR
645.41. We reference additional regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
4. Recommended Page Limit: The application narrative is where you,
the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use to
evaluate your application. We recommend that you (1) limit the
application narrative, which includes the budget narrative, to no more
than 65 pages and (2) use 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, excluding titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions as well as all text in
charts, tables, figures, and graphs, which may be single-spaced.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger, and no
smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial.
The recommended 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. However, the
recommended page limit does apply to all of the application narrative.
We recommend that any application addressing the competitive preference
priorities include no more than three additional pages for each
priority, for a total of up to nine additional pages for the
competitive preference priorities if the three competitive preference
priorities are addressed.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this competition
are from 34 CFR 645.31.
We will award up to 100 points to an application under the
selection criteria and up to 9 additional points to an application
under the competitive preference priorities, for a total score of up to
109 points. The maximum number of points available for each criterion
is indicated in parentheses.
(a) Need for the project. (Up to 24 points). The Secretary
evaluates the need for a UBMS Program in the proposed target area on
the basis of--
(i) The extent to which student performance on standardized
achievement and assessment tests in mathematics and science in the
target area is lower than State or national norms; (Up to 6 points)
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(ii) The extent to which potential participants attend schools in
the target area that lack the resources and coursework that would help
prepare persons for entry into postsecondary programs in mathematics,
science, or engineering; (Up to 6 points)
(iii) The extent to which such indicators as attendance data,
dropout rates, college-going rates and student/counselor ratios in the
target area indicate the importance of having additional educational
opportunities available to low-income, first-generation students; and
(Up to 6 points)
(iv) The extent to which there are eligible students in the target
area who have demonstrated interest and capacity to pursue academic
programs and careers in mathematics and science, and who could benefit
from an Upward Bound Math and Science program. (Up to 6 points)
(b) Objectives. (Up to 9 points). The Secretary evaluates the
quality of the applicant's objectives and proposed targets
(percentages) in the following areas on the basis of the extent to
which they are both ambitious, as related to the need data provided
under selection criterion (a), and attainable, given the project's plan
of operation, budget, and other resources--
(i) Academic performance (GPA); (1 point)
(ii) Academic performance (standardized test scores); (1 point)
(iii) Secondary school retention and graduation (with regular
secondary school diploma); (2 points)
(iv) Completion of rigorous secondary school program of study; (1
point)
(v) Postsecondary enrollment; (3 points) and
(vi) Postsecondary completion. (1 point)
(c) Plan of operation. (Up to 30 points). The Secretary determines
the quality of the applicant's plan of operation by assessing the
quality of--
(1) The plan to inform the faculty and staff at the applicant
institution or agency and the interested individuals and organizations
throughout the target area of the goals and objectives of the project;
(Up to 3 points)
(2) The plan for identifying, recruiting, and selecting
participants to be served by the project; (Up to 3 points)
(3) The plan for assessing individual participant needs and
monitoring the academic progress of participants while they are in
UBMS; (Up to 3 points)
(4) The plan for locating the project within the applicant's
organizational structure; (Up to 3 points)
(5) The curriculum, services and activities that are planned for
participants in both the academic year and summer components; (Up to 3
points)
(6) The planned timelines for accomplishing critical elements of
the project; (Up to 3 points)
(7) The plan to ensure effective and efficient administration of
the project, including, but not limited to, financial management,
student records management, and personnel management; (Up to 3 points)
(8) The applicant's plan to use its resources and personnel to
achieve project objectives and to coordinate the UBMS project with
other projects for disadvantaged students; (Up to 3 points)
(9) The plan to work cooperatively with parents and key
administrative, teaching, and counseling personnel at the target
schools to achieve project objectives; (Up to 3 points) and
(10) A follow-up plan for tracking graduates of UBMS as they enter
and continue in postsecondary education. (Up to 3 points)
(d) Applicant and community support. (Up to 16 points). The
Secretary evaluates the applicant and community support for the
proposed project on the basis of the extent to which--
(1) The applicant is committed to supplementing the project with
resources that enhance the project such as: Space, furniture and
equipment, supplies, and the time and effort of personnel other than
those employed in the project. (Up to 8 points)
(2) Resources secured through written commitments from community
partners. (Up to 8 points)
(i) An applicant that is an institution of higher education must
include in its application commitments from the target schools and
community organizations;
(ii) An applicant that is a secondary school must include in its
application commitments from institutions of higher education,
community organizations, and, as appropriate, other secondary schools
and the school district; and
(iii) An applicant that is a community organization must include in
its application commitments from the target schools and institutions of
higher education.
(e) Quality of personnel. (Up to 8 points). To determine the
quality of personnel the applicant plans to use, the Secretary looks
for information that shows--
(1) The qualifications required of the project director, including
formal training or work experience in fields related to the objectives
of the project and experience in designing, managing, or implementing
similar projects; (Up to 3 points)
(2) The qualifications required of each of the other personnel to
be used in the project, including formal training or work experience in
fields related to the objectives of the project; (Up to 3 points)
(3) The quality of the applicant's plan for employing personnel who
have succeeded in overcoming barriers similar to those confronting the
project's target population. (Up to 2 points)
(f) Budget and cost effectiveness. (Up to 5 points) The Secretary
reviews each application to determine the extent to which--
(1) The budget for the project is adequate to support planned
project services and activities; (Up to 3 points) and
(2) Costs are reasonable in relation to the objectives and scope of
the project. (Up to 2 points)
(g) Evaluation plan. (Up to 8 points). The Secretary evaluates the
quality of the evaluation plan for the project on the basis of the
extent to which the applicant's methods of evaluation--
(1) Are appropriate to the project and include both quantitative
and qualitative evaluation measures; (Up to 4 points) and
(2) Examine in specific and measurable ways the success of the
project in making progress toward achieving its process and outcomes
objectives. (Up to 4 points)
2. Review and Selection Process: We remind potential applicants
that in reviewing applications in any discretionary grant competition,
the Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 75.217(d)(3), the past
performance of the applicant in carrying out a previous award, such as
the applicant's use of funds, achievement of project objectives, and
compliance with grant conditions. The Secretary may also consider
whether the applicant failed to submit a timely performance report or
submitted a report of unacceptable quality.
In addition, in making a competitive grant award, the Secretary
requires various assurances including those applicable to Federal civil
rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities
receiving Federal financial assistance from the Department (34 CFR
100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
For this competition, a panel of non-Federal reviewers will review
each application in accordance with the selection criteria in 34 CFR
645.31. The individual scores of the reviewers will be added and the
sum divided by the number of reviewers to determine the peer review
score received in the review process. Additionally, in accordance with
34 CFR 645.32, the Secretary will award prior experience points to
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applicants that conducted a UBMS Program project during budget periods
2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21, based on their documented
experience. Prior experience points, if any, will be added to the
application's averaged reader score to determine the total score for
each application.
If there are insufficient funds for all applications with the same
total scores, the Secretary will choose among the tied applications so
as to serve geographic areas in which there is significant child
poverty and that have been underserved by the UBMS Program, in
accordance with the following procedures. The Secretary will identify
and recommend an award for--
First, applicants in the funding band that applied to
serve target schools within a Congressional District (a) that has a
child poverty level greater than 30 percent and (b) where UBMS projects
previously served either 10 or fewer target schools or fewer than 150
students within that Congressional District. If this first tie-breaker
provision exhausts available funds, then no further action is taken.
Second, applicants in the funding band that applied to
serve target schools within a Congressional District (a) that has a
child poverty level greater than 25 percent and (b) where UBMS projects
previously served either 15 or fewer target schools or fewer than 200
students within that Congressional District. If this second tie-breaker
provision exhausts available funds, then no further action is taken.
Third, applicants in the funding band that applied to
serve target schools within a Congressional District where UBMS
projects previously served zero target schools.
Note: Within each of the steps of the tie-breaker process, if there
is more than one application with the same score and insufficient
funding to support these applications, the applicant proposing to serve
target schools within the more impoverished Congressional District will
be the final application identified and recommended to receive an
award.
In applying the tie-breaker criteria, the Department will use the
most current data available. With respect to Congressional Districts
and child poverty data within Congressional Districts, the most recent
available Child Poverty data from the United States Census for
Congressional Districts is for the 117th Congress, and therefore, the
geographical boundaries used for the tie-breaker are drawn from the
115th Congress. The number of target schools served within the
boundaries of a Congressional District, and the number of students
served within these target schools, will be derived from the UBMS
Annual Performance Report (APR). The Department will use data from the
2020-21 APR to count the number of target schools that receive services
within Congressional District boundaries.
3. Risk Assessment and Specific Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR
200.206, before awarding grants under this competition the Department
conducts a review of the risks posed by applicants. Under 2 CFR
200.208, the Secretary may impose specific conditions and, under 2 CFR
3474.10, in appropriate circumstances, high-risk conditions on a grant
if the applicant or grantee is not financially stable; has a history of
unsatisfactory performance; has a financial or other management system
that does not meet the standards in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not
fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; or is otherwise not
responsible.
4. Integrity and Performance System: If you are selected under this
competition to receive an award that over the course of the project
period may exceed the simplified acquisition threshold (currently
$250,000), under 2 CFR 200.206(a)(2), we must make a judgment about
your integrity, business ethics, and record of performance under
Federal awards--that is, the risk posed by you as an applicant--before
we make an award. In doing so, we must consider any information about
you that is in the integrity and performance system (currently referred
to as the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System
(FAPIIS)), accessible through the System for Award Management. You may
review and comment on any information about yourself that a Federal
agency previously entered and that is currently in FAPIIS.
Please note that, if the total value of your currently active
grants, cooperative agreements, and procurement contracts from the
Federal Government exceeds $10,000,000, the reporting requirements in 2
CFR part 200, Appendix XII, require you to report certain integrity
information to FAPIIS semiannually. Please review the requirements in 2
CFR part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant plus all the other Federal
funds you receive exceed $10,000,000.
5. In General: In accordance with the Office of Management and
Budget's guidance located at 2 CFR part 200, all applicable Federal
laws, and relevant Executive guidance, the Department will review and
consider applications for funding pursuant to this notice inviting
applications in accordance with--
(a) Selecting recipients most likely to be successful in delivering
results based on the program objectives through an objective process of
evaluating Federal award applications (2 CFR 200.205);
(b) Prohibiting the purchase of certain telecommunication and video
surveillance services or equipment in alignment with section 889 of the
National Defense Authorization Act of 2019 (Pub. L. 115--232) (2 CFR
200.216);
(c) Providing a preference, to the extent permitted by law, to
maximize use of goods, products, and materials produced in the United
States (2 CFR 200.322); and
(d) Terminating agreements in whole or in part to the greatest
extent authorized by law if an award no longer effectuates the program
goals or agency priorities (2 CFR 200.340).
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); or we may send you an email containing a link to
access an electronic version of your 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 of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Open Licensing Requirements: Unless an exception applies, if you
are awarded a grant under this competition, you will be required to
openly license to the public grant deliverables created in whole, or in
part, with Department grant funds. When the deliverable consists of
modifications to pre-existing works, the license extends only to those
modifications that can be separately identified and only to the extent
that open licensing is permitted under the terms of any licenses or
other legal restrictions on the use of pre-existing works.
Additionally, a grantee or subgrantee that is awarded competitive grant
funds must have a plan to disseminate these public grant deliverables.
This dissemination plan can be developed and submitted after
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your application has been reviewed and selected for funding. For
additional information on the open licensing requirements please refer
to 2 CFR 3474.20.
4. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a grant under this competition,
you must ensure that you have in place the necessary processes and
systems to comply with the reporting requirements in 2 CFR part 170
should you receive funding under the competition. This does not apply
if you have an exception under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
(b) 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 multiyear 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 www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
5. Performance Measures: The success of the UBMS Program will be
measured by the percentage of UBMS participants who enroll in and
complete postsecondary education. The following performance measures
have been developed to track progress toward achieving program success
for purposes of Department reporting under 34 CFR 75.110:
a. The percentage of UBMS students who took two years of
mathematics beyond Algebra I by the 12th grade;
b. The percentage of UBMS students who graduated from secondary
school with a regular secondary school diploma;
c. The percentage of UBMS students who enrolled in postsecondary
education;
d. The percentage of UBMS students who enrolled in a program of
postsecondary education by the fall term following graduation from high
school and who in the first year of postsecondary education placed into
college-level math and English without need for remediation;
e. The percentage of former UBMS students who enrolled in a program
of postsecondary education and graduated on time--within four years for
the bachelor's degree and within two years for the associate's degree;
f. The percentage of former UBMS participants who enrolled in a
program of postsecondary education and attained either an associate's
degree within three years or a bachelor's degree within six years of
enrollment; and
g. The percentage of UBMS students expected to graduate high school
in the reporting year who complete a Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA).
All UBMS Program grantees will be required to submit APRs.
6. Continuation Awards: In making a continuation award under 34 CFR
75.253, the Secretary considers, among other things: Whether a grantee
has made substantial progress in achieving the goals and objectives of
the project; whether the grantee has expended funds in a manner that is
consistent with its approved application and budget; and, if the
Secretary has established performance measurement requirements, whether
the grantee has made substantial progress in achieving the performance
targets in the grantee's approved application.
In making a continuation award, the Secretary also considers
whether the grantee is operating in compliance with the assurances in
its approved application, including those applicable to Federal civil
rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities
receiving Federal financial assistance from the Department (34 CFR
100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
VII. Other Information
Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed
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can obtain this document and a copy of the application package in an
accessible format. The Department will provide the requestor with an
accessible format that may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or text
format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 file, braille, large print,
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Michelle Asha Cooper,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs, Delegated the
Authority to Perform the Functions and Duties of the Assistant
Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2022-08295 Filed 4-18-22; 8:45 am]
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