[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 183 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57883-57888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20474]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; Center of Excellence in Spatial
Computing Grant 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
Center of Excellence in Spatial Computing (CESC) grant program,
Assistance Listing Number 84.116Q. This notice relates to the approved
information collection under OMB control number 1894-0006.
DATES:
Applications Available: September 22, 2022.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: November 7, 2022.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: December 6, 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 www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/docs/unique-entity-identifier-transition-fact-sheet.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Cottrell, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, room 2B127, Washington, DC 20202-
4260. Telephone: (202) 453-7530. 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 CESC grant program is designed to help
increase the number of highly qualified Americans available for hire
within the high-tech labor pool.
Background: The evolution of computers has changed how we interact
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with the technology in computing systems. Computer technology is no
longer limited to a static machine. Computational devices are now found
in our kitchen appliances, cars, and other daily use items.\1\ Spatial
computing is the digitization and virtualization of the activities and
interactions between various entities and environments to improve their
functionality.\2\ Autonomous guided vehicles, smart vacuums, virtual
and augmented reality, and the cameras in many phones that use light
detection and ranging are all examples of technologies that use spatial
computing to operate. Spatial computing has the potential to deeply
affect how we interact with today's immersive, engaging technology.
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Given how these technologies impact so much of our day-to-day
lives, the need to ensure a workforce that can develop, enhance, and
maintain such systems is critical. Additionally, given the need to have
a workforce in this field that is representative of the diverse U.S.
population, it is critical that IHEs recruit and educate
underrepresented students, as defined in this notice, in these
technologies. The technology sector, as the fastest growing market in
the United States, has an increasing need for a spatial computing
workforce to remain competitive. To this end, the CESC grant program
allows institutions of higher education (IHEs) the opportunity to apply
for Federal funding to teach students the necessary skills to succeed
in an ever-evolving high-tech economy.
Institutions interested in applying for the CESC grant program are
expected to teach, improve, and disseminate spatial computing knowledge
and skills required to increase the number of highly qualified
Americans available for hire within the high-tech labor pool.
Priorities: This notice contains one absolute priority and one
competitive preference priority. We are establishing these priorities
for the FY 2022 grant competition and any subsequent year in which we
make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this
competition, in accordance with section 437(d)(1) of the General
Education Provisions Act (GEPA), 20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1).
Absolute Priority: This priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet the priority.
The priority is:
To be considered for a grant under this absolute priority, an
eligible institution must include in its application--
(a) The member IHEs that constitute the consortium that will
support the advancement of spatial computing;
(b) A description of how best practices and curricula will be
evaluated and shared with computer science and other relevant programs;
(c) A description of how the consortium will establish leadership
and competitiveness in spatial computing, including how it will promote
innovative processes for domestic manufacturing of spatial computing
technology products;
(d) A description of how the consortium will create educational and
work placement opportunity programs to recruit, train, and retain
underrepresented populations in the technology sector; and
(e) A description of how the consortium will develop case studies
and skill-based workforce training and company-based education programs
in spatial computing.
Competitive Preference Priority: This priority is a competitive
preference priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award up to an
additional 10 points to an application, depending on how well the
application meets the priority.
The priority is:
Leveraging Industry Partnerships to Provide Job-Embedded
Experiences for Students in Spatial Computing Technologies (up to 10
points).
Projects that are designed to increase the proportion of
underrepresented students with the skill sets necessary to meet
industry demands in spatial computing by providing high-quality, paid,
job-embedded opportunities that could potentially lead to stackable
credentials in the field.
Definitions: In accordance with section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, we are
establishing definitions for ``Minority-Serving Institutions,''
``underrepresented students,'' and ``spatial computing.'' The
definitions of ``demonstrates a rationale,'' ``logic model,'' ``project
component,'' and ``relevant outcomes'' are from 34 CFR 77.1.
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.
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.
Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) means an institution that is
eligible to receive assistance under sections 316 through 320 of part A
of title III, under part B of title III, or under title V of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended.
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.
Spatial computing means the digitization of activities of machines,
people, objects, and the environments in which they take place to
enable and optimize actions and interactions.
Underrepresented students means students enrolled in postsecondary,
career, or technical education who are in one or more of the following
subgroups:
(i) A student who is living in poverty.
(ii) A student who is American Indian, Alaskan Native, Asian
American, Black, Hispanic or Latino, Native Hawaiian, and/or Pacific
Islander.
(iii) A student who is female.
(iv) A student who is lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
questioning, queer, or intersex (LGBTQI+).
(v) A student with a disability.
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 priorities, selection criteria,
definitions, and other requirements. Section 437(d)(1) of GEPA,
however, allows the Secretary to exempt from rulemaking requirements
regulations governing the first grant
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competition under a new or substantially revised program authority.
This is the first grant competition for this program under 20 U.S.C.
1033a, and therefore qualifies for this exemption. In order to ensure
timely grant awards, the Secretary has decided to forgo public comment
on the priorities, definitions, and requirements under section
437(d)(1) of GEPA. These priorities, definitions, and requirements will
apply to the FY 2022 grant competition and any subsequent year in which
we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this
competition.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1138-1138d; the Explanatory Statement
accompanying Division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
(Pub. L. 117-103).
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.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grant.
Estimated Available Funds: $1,980,000.
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: $990,000 to $1,980,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $990,000.
Maximum Award: We will not make an award exceeding $1,980,000 for
the entire project period of 36 months.
Estimated Number of Awards: 1-2.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: A consortium of public and private
nonprofit IHEs that includes at least one Historically Black College or
University (HBCU), Tribally Controlled College and University (TCCU),
or other Minority-Serving Institution (as defined in this notice).
Note: In addressing the absolute priority, please identify each
IHE that is an HBCU, TCCU, or MSI.
2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This competition does not require
cost sharing or matching.
b. Indirect Cost Rate Information: This program limits a grantee's
indirect cost reimbursement to eight percent of a modified total direct
cost base. We are establishing this indirect cost limit for the FY 2022
grant competition and any subsequent year in which we make awards from
the list of unfunded applications from this competition in accordance
with section 437(d)(1) of GEPA. 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.
c. 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.
3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this competition may not award
subgrants to entities to directly carry out project activities
described in its application.
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. Submission of Proprietary Information: Given the types of
projects that may be proposed in applications for the CESC grant
program, your application may include business information that you
consider proprietary. In 34 CFR 5.11 we define ``business information''
and describe the process we use in determining whether any of that
information is proprietary and, thus, protected from disclosure under
Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, as
amended).
Because we plan to make successful applications available to the
public, you may wish to request confidentiality of business
information.
Consistent with Executive Order 12600, please designate in your
application any information you believe is exempt from disclosure under
Exemption 4. In the appropriate Appendix section of your application
under ``Other Attachments Form,'' please list the page number or
numbers on which we can find this information. For additional
information please see 34 CFR 5.11(c).
3. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under
Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for this
competition. Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs under Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for
this program [competition]. Please note that, under 34 CFR 79.8(a), we
have shortened the standard 60-day intergovernmental review period in
order to make awards before these funds expire.
4. Funding Restrictions: We reference additional regulations
outlining funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice.
5. 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 to no more than 50 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, 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, and no
smaller than 10-pitch (characters per inch).
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial.
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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, the resumes,
the bibliography, or the letters of support. However, the recommended
page limit does apply to all of the application narrative.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this competition
are from 34 CFR 75.210. The points assigned to each criterion are
indicated in the parentheses next to the criterion. An application may
earn up to a total of 100 points based on the selection criteria.
Applications may receive up to 10 additional points under the
competitive preference priority, for a total score of up to 110 points.
All applications will be evaluated based on the selection criteria as
follows:
(a) Significance. (Maximum 25 points)
(1) The Secretary considers the significance of the proposed
project.
(2) In determining the significance of the proposed project, the
Secretary considers the following factors:
(i) The extent to which the proposed project is likely to yield
findings that may be utilized by other appropriate agencies and
organizations. (up to 5 points)
(ii) The extent to which the proposed project involves the
development or demonstration of promising new strategies that build on,
or are alternatives to, existing strategies. (up to 10 points)
(iii) The importance or magnitude of the results or outcomes likely
to be attained by the proposed project, especially improvements in
teaching and student achievement. (5 points)
(iv) The extent to which the results of the proposed project are to
be disseminated in ways that will enable others to use the information
or strategies. (up to 5 points)
(b) Quality of the project design. (Maximum 45 points)
(1) The Secretary considers the quality of the design of the
proposed project.
(2) In determining the quality of the design of the proposed
project, the Secretary considers the following factors:
(i) The extent to which the proposed project is part of a
comprehensive effort to improve teaching and learning and support
rigorous academic standards for students. (up to 10 points)
(ii) The extent to which the proposed activities constitute a
coherent, sustained program of training in the field. (up to 10 points)
(iii) The extent to which the proposed project is designed to build
capacity and yield results that will extend beyond the period of
Federal financial assistance. (up to 10 points)
(iv) The extent to which the proposed project represents an
exceptional approach to the priority or priorities established for the
competition. (up to 10 points)
(v) The extent to which the proposed project demonstrates a
rationale (as defined in this notice). (up to 5 points)
(c) Quality of project personnel. (Maximum 10 points)
(1) The Secretary considers the quality of the personnel who will
carry out the proposed project.
(2) In determining the quality of project personnel, the Secretary
considers the extent to which the applicant encourages applications for
employment from persons who are members of groups that have
traditionally been underrepresented based on race, color, national
origin, gender, age, or disability.
(d) Adequacy of resources. (Maximum 5 points)
(1) The Secretary considers the adequacy of the resources for the
proposed project.
(2) In determining the adequacy of resources for the proposed
project, the Secretary considers the adequacy of support, including
facilities, equipment, supplies, and other resources, from the
applicant organization or the lead applicant organization.
(e) Quality of the management plan. (Maximum 5 points)
(1) The Secretary considers the quality of the management plan for
the proposed project.
(2) In determining the quality of the management plan for the
proposed project, the Secretary considers the extent to which the time
commitments of the project director and principal investigator and
other key project personnel are appropriate and adequate to meet the
objectives of the proposed project.
(f) Quality of the project evaluation. (Maximum 10 points)
(1) The Secretary considers the quality of the evaluation to be
conducted of the proposed project.
(2) In determining the quality of the evaluation, the Secretary
considers the following factors:
(i) The extent to which the methods of evaluation are thorough,
feasible, and appropriate to the goals, objectives, and outcomes of the
proposed project. (up to 5 points)
(ii) The extent to which the methods of evaluation will provide
performance feedback and permit periodic assessment of progress toward
achieving intended outcomes. (up to 5 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 external reviewers will read,
prepare a written evaluation of, and score all eligible applications
using the selection criteria and the competitive preference priority,
if applicable, provided in this notice. The individual scores of the
reviewers will be added and the sum divided by the number of reviewers
to determine the peer review score. The Department may use more than
one tier of reviews in evaluating grantees. The Department will prepare
a rank order of applications based solely on the evaluation of their
quality according to the selection criteria and competitive preference
priority points.
In the event there are two or more applications with the same final
score in the rank order listing, and there are insufficient funds to
fully support each of these applications, the Department will apply the
following procedure to determine which application or applications will
receive an award:
First Tiebreaker: The first tiebreaker will be the highest average
score for the selection criterion ``Quality of the Project Design.'' If
a tie remains, the second tiebreaker will be utilized.
Second Tiebreaker: The second tiebreaker will be the highest
average score for the selection criterion ``Significance.'' If a tie
remains, the third tiebreaker will be utilized.
Third Tiebreaker: The third tiebreaker will be the highest average
score for the selection criterion ``Project Evaluation.'' If a tie
remains, the fourth tiebreaker will be utilized.
Fourth Tiebreaker: The fourth tiebreaker will be the highest
average score for the competitive preference
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priority. If a tie remains, the fifth tiebreaker will be utilized.
Fifth Tiebreaker: The fifth tiebreaker will be the consortium with
the highest percentage of Pell Grant students enrolled at the time of
application.
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 judgement 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 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: For purposes of Department reporting under
34 CFR 75.110, the Department will use the following performance
measures to evaluate the success of the CESC grant program:
(a) The number and percentage of underrepresented students served
by the project.
(b) The number and percentage of students placed in paid job-
embedded experiences in the spatial computing sector.
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).
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VII. Other Information
Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with disabilities
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,
audiotape, or compact disc, or other accessible format.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of
Federal Regulations at www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can view this
document, as well as all other documents of this Department published
in the Federal Register, in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To
use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at
the site.
You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at
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feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Nasser H. Paydar,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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