[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 56 (Thursday, March 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17555-17560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-05922]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; Strengthening Institutions 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) 2023 for the
Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP), Assistance Listing Number
84.031A. This notice relates to the approved information collection
under OMB control number 1840-0114.
DATES:
Applications Available: March 23, 2023.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 22, 2023.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 21, 2023.
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 7, 2022 (87 FR 75045), and available at
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2022-26554. Please note that these
Common Instructions supersede the version published on December 27,
2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nalini Lamba-Nieves, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2B116, Washington, DC
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20202-4260. Telephone: (202) 453-7953. Email: ed.gov">Nalini.Lamba-Nieves@ed.gov.
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 SIP Program provides grants to eligible
institutions of higher education (IHEs) to help them become self-
sufficient and expand their capacity to serve low-income students by
providing funds to improve and strengthen the institution's academic
quality, institutional management, and fiscal stability.
Priorities: This notice contains one competitive preference
priority and one invitational priority. The competitive preference
priority is from the Secretary's Supplemental Priorities and
Definitions for Discretionary Grants Programs, published in the Federal
Register on December 10, 2021 (86 FR 70612) (Supplemental Priorities).
Competitive Preference Priority: For FY 2023, and any subsequent
year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications
from this competition, this priority is a competitive preference
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award up to an additional 6
points to an application, depending on how well the application meets
the priority.
This priority is:
Increasing Postsecondary Education Access, Affordability,
Completion, and Post-Enrollment Success (up to 6 points).
Background: Academic disparities for low-income and minority
students have been such a longstanding, serious problem that in the
2008 Higher Education Opportunity Act, Congress requested the
Department document these gaps in postsecondary education.\1\
Additional significant inequalities in financial, social, and other
services for these minority and low-income populations were laid bare
during the COVID-19 pandemic. These students, the institutions that
serve them, and their communities are still recovering from pandemic
disruptions. Data collection and analysis is important to this recovery
process, to identify which service areas need strengthening, what
services are now necessary and no longer optional, and where funds
should be invested for maximum impact.\2\ To increase access to and
success in higher education by low-income and minority students, and to
hasten recovery efforts, the FY 2023 SIP priorities allow applicants to
address this goal in any or all of three ways: by improving data
gathering; implementing proven, evidence-based strategies and programs;
and providing students with a variety of high-quality learning
opportunities. The FY 2023 SIP priorities also offer continuity, as
recent SIP competitions have included similar priorities.
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\1\ In response to the congressional request, in August 2012,
the National Center for Education Statistics published a statistical
report, Higher Education: Gaps in Access and Persistence Study.
https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012046.pdf.
\2\ See Karen Bussey, Kim Dancy, Mamie Voight, Better Data,
Better Outcomes: Promoting Evidence, Equity, and Student Success
through the Framework for State Postsecondary Data Solutions. IHEP,
November 2019. Page 6. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED600578.
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Priority: Projects that are designed to increase postsecondary
access, affordability, completion, and post-enrollment success for
underserved students by addressing one or more of the following
priority areas:
(a) Establishing a system of high-quality data collection and
analysis, such as data on persistence, retention, completion, and post-
college outcomes, for transparency, accountability, and institutional
improvement. (up to 2 points)
(b) Supporting the development and implementation of student
success programs that integrate multiple comprehensive and evidence-
based services or initiatives, such as academic advising, structured/
guided pathways, career services, credit-bearing academic undergraduate
courses focused on career, and access to technological devices. (up to
2 points)
(c) Supporting the development and implementation of high-quality
and accessible learning opportunities, including learning opportunities
that are accelerated or hybrid online; credit-bearing; work-based; and
flexible for working students. (up to 2 points)
Invitational Priority: For FY 2023, and any subsequent year in
which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this
competition, this priority is an invitational priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(1), we do not give an application that meets this
invitational priority a competitive or absolute preference over other
applications.
This priority is:
Projects that propose to implement activities that promote
postsecondary completion for students who are no longer enrolled
because of challenges they faced during the COVID-19 pandemic or who
stopped attending for other reasons. Institutions may opt to supplement
or expand evidence-based and data-driven activities to support
retention and completion.
Definitions: The following definitions apply to the priorities for
this competition. The definition of ``underserved students'' is from
the Supplemental Priorities, and the remainder of the definitions 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 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 User Guide, available at The
ELM Application (ed.gov). Other sources include: Logic models: A tool
for effective program planning, collaboration, and monitoring (ed.gov),
Logic models: A tool for designing and monitoring program evaluations
(ed.gov), and Logic models for program design, implementation, and
evaluation: Workshop toolkit (ed.gov).
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 of color.
(c) A student who is a member of a federally recognized Indian
Tribe.
(d) An English learner.
(e) A child or student with a disability.
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(f) A lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, or
intersex (LGBTQI+) student.
(g) A pregnant, parenting, or caregiving student.
(h) A student who is the first in their family to attend
postsecondary education.
(i) A student enrolling in or seeking to enroll in postsecondary
education for the first time at the age of 20 or older.
(j) A student who is working full-time while enrolled in
postsecondary education.
(k) A student who is enrolled in or is seeking to enroll in
postsecondary education who is eligible for a Pell Grant.
(l) An adult student in need of improving their basic skills or an
adult student with limited English proficiency.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057-1059g.
Note: In 2008, the Higher Education Act (HEA) was amended by the
Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA), Public Law 110-315.
Please note that the SIP regulations in 34 CFR part 607 have not been
updated to reflect these statutory changes. The statute supersedes all
other applicable regulations.
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 607. (e)
The Supplemental Priorities.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants. Five-year Individual
Development Grants and Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants will
be awarded in FY 2023.
Note: A cooperative arrangement is an arrangement to carry out
allowable grant activities between an institution eligible to receive a
grant under this competition and another eligible or ineligible IHE,
under which the resources of the cooperating institutions are combined
and shared to better achieve the purposes of this part and avoid costly
duplication of effort.
Estimated Available Funds: $36,886,151.
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.
Individual Development Grants:
Estimated Range of Awards: $400,000-$450,000 per year.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $425,000 per year.
Maximum Award: We will not make an award exceeding $450,000 for a
single 12-month budget period.
Estimated Number of Awards: 70.
Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants:
Estimated Range of Awards: $500,000-$550,000 per year.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $525,000 per year.
Maximum Award: We will not make an award exceeding $550,000 for a
single 12-month budget period.
Estimated Number of Awards: 10.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: This program is authorized by title III,
part A, of the HEA. To qualify as an eligible institution under any
title III, part A program, an institution must--
(a) Be accredited or pre-accredited 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;
(b) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be
a junior or community college or to provide an educational program for
which it awards a bachelor's degree; and
(c) Be designated as an ``eligible institution'' by demonstrating
that it: (1) has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR
607.3; and (2) has low average educational and general expenditures per
full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR
607.4.
Note: The notice announcing the FY 2023 process for designation of
eligible institutions, and inviting applications for waiver of
eligibility requirements, was published in the Federal Register on
January 17, 2023 (88 FR 2611). Only institutions that the Department
determines are eligible, or which are granted a waiver under the
process described in the notice, may apply for a grant in this program.
An eligible IHE may only submit one Individual Development Grant
application. However, an eligible IHE may submit one application for an
Individual Development Grant and a Cooperative Arrangement Development
Grant. Both may be awarded in the same fiscal year. A grantee with an
Individual Development Grant or a Cooperative Arrangement Development
Grant may be a partner in one or more Cooperative Development
Arrangement Grants. The lead institution in a Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grant must be an eligible institution. Partners are not
required to be eligible institutions. Current program grantees who have
Individual Development Grants may not apply for another Individual
Development Grant in this competition.
Relationship between the Title III, Part A Programs and the
Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program
A grantee under the HSI program, which is authorized under title V
of the HEA, may not receive a grant under any HEA, title III, part A
program. 20 U.S.C. 1101d. The title III, part A programs are: SIP; the
Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities program; the Alaska
Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions program; the Asian
American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions
program; the Predominantly Black Institutions program; and the Native
American-Serving Nontribal Institutions program. Furthermore, a current
title III, Part A or title V program grantee may not give up its grant
to receive a grant under SIP, as described in 34 CFR 607.2(g)(1).
An eligible IHE that is not a current grantee under the above-cited
programs may apply for a FY 2023 grant under all title III, part A
programs for which it is eligible, as well as receive consideration for
a grant under the HSI program. However, a successful applicant may
receive only one grant, as described in 34 CFR 607.2(g)(1).
2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching unless the grantee uses a portion of its grant for
establishing or improving an endowment fund. If a grantee uses a
portion of its grant for endowment fund purposes, it must match those
grant funds with non-Federal funds (20 U.S.C. 1057(d)(1)-(2)).
b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This program involves supplement-not-
supplant funding requirements. Grant funds must be used so that they
supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the funds that would
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be available for the activities to be carried out under the grant and
in no case supplant those funds (34 CFR 607.30(b)).
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 7, 2022 (87 FR 75045), and available at https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2022-26554, which contain requirements and
information on how to submit an application. Please note that these
Common Instructions supersede the version published on December 27,
2021.
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
607.10(c). 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 limit the application
narrative to no more than 50 pages for Individual Development Grants
and no more than 65 pages for Cooperative Arrangement Development
Grants. If you are addressing the competitive preference priority, we
recommend that you limit your response to no more than an additional
five pages total, three additional pages for the competitive preference
priority and two additional pages for the invitational priority. Please
include a separate heading when responding to one or both priorities.
We also recommend that you 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.
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.
Note: The Budget Information-Non-Construction Programs Form (ED
524) Sections A-C are not the same as the narrative response to the
Budget section of the selection criteria. A detailed budget is required
in the Budget selection criterion response.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The following selection criteria for this
competition are from 34 CFR 607.22(a) through (g) and 34 CFR 75.210.
Applicants should address each of the following selection criteria
separately for each proposed activity. The selection criteria below are
worth a total of 100 points; the maximum score for each criterion is
noted in parentheses. An applicant that also chooses to address the
competitive preference priority can earn up to 106 total points.
(a) Quality of the Applicant's Comprehensive Development Plan.
(Maximum 20 Points) The extent to which--
(1) The strengths, weaknesses, and significant problems of the
institution's academic programs, institutional management, and fiscal
stability are clearly and comprehensively analyzed and result from a
process that involved major constituencies of the institution;
(2) The goals for the institution's academic programs,
institutional management, and fiscal stability are realistic and based
on comprehensive analysis;
(3) The objectives stated in the plan are measurable, related to
institutional goals, and, if achieved, will contribute to the growth
and self-sufficiency of the institution; and
(4) The plan clearly and comprehensively describes the methods and
resources the institution will use to institutionalize practice and
improvements developed under the proposed project, including, in
particular, how operational costs for personnel, maintenance, and
upgrades of equipment will be paid with institutional resources.
(b) Quality of the Project Design. (Maximum 15 Points) The
Secretary considers the quality of the design of the proposed project.
In determining the quality of the design of the proposed project, the
Secretary considers the extent to which the proposed project
demonstrates a rationale (as defined in this notice).
(c) Quality of Activity Objectives. (Maximum 16 Points) The extent
to which the objectives for each activity are--
(1) Realistic and defined in terms of measurable results; and
(2) Directly related to the problems to be solved and to the goals
of the comprehensive development plan.
(d) Quality of Implementation Strategy. (Maximum 15 Points) The
extent to which--
(1) The implementation strategy for each activity is comprehensive;
(2) The rationale for the implementation strategy for each activity
is clearly described and is supported by the results of relevant
studies or projects; and
(3) The timetable for each activity is realistic and likely to be
attained.
(e) Quality of Key Personnel. (Maximum 8 Points) The extent to
which--
(1) The past experience and training of key professional personnel
are directly related to the stated activity objectives; and
(2) The time commitment of key personnel is realistic.
(f) Quality of Project Management Plan. (Maximum 10 Points) The
extent to which--
(1) Procedures for managing the project are likely to ensure
efficient and effective project implementation; and
(2) The project coordinator and activity directors have sufficient
authority to conduct the project effectively, including access to the
president or chief executive officer.
(g) Quality of Evaluation Plan. (Maximum 10 Points) The extent to
which--
(1) The data elements and the data collection procedures are
clearly described and appropriate to measure the attainment of activity
objectives and to measure the success of the project in achieving the
goals of the comprehensive development plan; and
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(2) The data analysis procedures are clearly described and are
likely to produce formative and summative results on attaining activity
objectives and measuring the success of the project on achieving the
goals of the comprehensive development plan.
(h) Budget. (Maximum 6 Points) The extent to which the proposed
costs are necessary and reasonable in relation to the project's
objectives and scope.
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).
A panel of three non-Federal reviewers will review and score each
application in accordance with the selection criteria in this notice,
as well as the competitive preference priority. A rank order funding
slate will be made from this review. Awards will be made in rank order
according to the average score received from the peer review.
If a tie-breaker is necessary, under 34 CFR 607.23(b) we award
additional points to applications that contain any of the following
three elements. Specifically, we add 1 additional point for each of the
following (up to 3 points total) to an application that:
(1) Has an endowment fund of which the current market value, per
FTE enrolled student, is less than the average current market value of
the endowment funds, per FTE enrolled student, at similar type
institutions;
(2) Has expenditures for library materials per FTE enrolled student
that are less than the average expenditure for library materials per
FTE enrolled student at similar type institutions; or
(3) Proposes to carry out one or more of the following activities--
(i) Faculty development;
(ii) Funds and administrative management;
(iii) Development and improvement of academic programs;
(iv) Acquisition of equipment for use in strengthening management
and academic programs;
(v) Joint use of facilities; and
(vi) Student services.
For these funding considerations, we use 2020-2021 data.
If a tie remains after applying the tie-breaker mechanism above,
priority will be given to applicants that have the lowest endowment
values per FTE enrolled student.
3. Risk Assessment and Specific Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR
200.206, before awarding grants under this program 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
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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 following performance measures will be used in
assessing the effectiveness of SIP:
(a) The percentage change, over the 5-year period, of the number of
full-time degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled at SIP institutions.
Note that this is a long-term measure that will be used to periodically
gauge performance.
(b) The percentage of first-time, full-time degree-seeking
undergraduate students at 4-year SIP institutions who were in their
first year of postsecondary enrollment in the previous year and are
enrolled in the current year at the same SIP institution.
(c) The percentage of first-time, full-time degree-seeking
undergraduate students at 2-year SIP institutions who were in their
first year of postsecondary enrollment in the previous year and are
enrolled in the current year at the same SIP institution.
(d) The percentage of first-time, full-time degree-seeking
undergraduate students enrolled at 4-year SIP institutions graduating
within 6 years of enrollment.
(e) The percentage of first-time, full-time degree-seeking
undergraduate students enrolled at 2-year SIP institutions graduating
within 3 years of enrollment.
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: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to
the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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 https://www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can
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Nasser H. Paydar,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2023-05922 Filed 3-22-23; 8:45 am]
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