FR Doc E6-7684

[Federal Register: May 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 97)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information;
Strengthening Institutions, American Indian Tribally Controlled
Colleges and Universities, and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-
Serving Institutions Programs; Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.031A,
84.031T, 84.031N and 84.031W.

Dates:
Applications Available: May 19, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 3, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 5, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs) that
qualify as eligible institutions under the Strengthening Institutions
Program (SIP), American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and
Universities (TCCU) Program, and Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-
Serving Institutions (ANNH) Programs may apply for grants under this
notice. These programs are authorized by Title III, Part A, of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), and are known
collectively as the Title III, Part A Programs. To qualify as an
eligible institution under any Title III, Part A Program, an
institution must, among other requirements--
(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to
be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training
offered;
(2) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be
a junior college or to provide an educational program for which it
awards a bachelor's degree;
(3) Be designated as an ``eligible institution'' by demonstrating
that it: (A) has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR
607.3; and (B) has low average educational and general expenditures per
full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR
607.4; The Notice Inviting Applications for Designation as Eligible
Institutions for FY 2006 was published in the Federal Register on
December 16, 2005 (70 FR 74781). The complete eligibility requirements
for the Title III, Part A Programs are in 34 CFR 607.2 through 607.5
and can be accessed from the following Web site: http://www.access.gpo.gov/
nara/cfr/waisidx--05/34cfr607--05.html.

Relationship Between the Title III, Part A Programs and the Hispanic-
Serving Institutions (HSI) Program

Note 1: A grantee under the HSI Program, which is authorized by
Title V of the HEA, may not receive a grant under any HEA, Title
III, Part A Program. Further, a current HSI Program grantee may not
give up its HSI grant in order to receive a grant under any Title
III, Part A Program.

Note 2: An eligible HSI that does not fall within the limitation
described in Note 1, i.e., is not a current grantee under the HSI
Program, may apply for a FY 2006 grant under all Title III, Part A
Programs for which it is eligible, as well as under the HSI Program.
However, a successful applicant may receive only one grant.

Note 3: An eligible IHE that previously received a five-year
Individual Development Grant under the SIP Program must wait for two
years after the date the five-year grant ended, including any time
extensions the grant may have received, to apply for another
Individual Development Grant under the SIP Program.

Note 4: An eligible IHE that submits more than one application
may be awarded only one Individual Development Grant or one
Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant in a fiscal year.
Furthermore, we will not award a second Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grant to an otherwise eligible IHE for the same award
year as the institution's existing Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grant award.

Estimated Available Funds: $12,320,000 for new awards under SIP,
$16,605,000 for new awards under the

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TCCU Program and $4,325,000 for new awards under the ANNH Program.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: See chart.
Maximum Award Amounts: See chart. We will not fund any application
at an amount exceeding the maximum amounts specified in the chart for a
single budget period of 12 months. We may choose not to further
consider or review applications with budgets that exceed the maximum
amounts specified, if we conclude, during our initial review of the
application, that the proposed goals and objectives cannot be obtained
with the specified maximum amount.
Estimated Number of Awards: See chart.

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Estimated Estimated
Program name and type of award Maximum award number of average size
amount awards of awards
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Strengthening Institutions Program (83.031A)
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--5-year Individual Development Grants.......................... $400,000 34 $300,00
--5-year Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants............. 500,000 5 400,000
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Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Program (84.031T)
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--5-year Individual Development Grants.......................... 500,000 15 500,000
--1-year Construction Grants.................................... 1,500,000 6 1,500,000
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Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Programs (84.031N and 84.031W)
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--5-year Individual Development Grants.......................... 500,000 2 500,000
--1-year Renovation Grants...................................... 750,000 5 650,000
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Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice. Applicants should periodically check the Title III Part A
Programs Web site for further information. The address is: http://www.ed.gov/programs/iduestitle3a/index.html
.

Project Period: Up to 60 months for development grants and up to 12
months for construction and renovation grants.

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Purpose of Program: The SIP, TCCU, and ANNH Programs provide grants
to eligible IHEs to enable them to improve their academic quality,
institutional management, and fiscal stability, and increase their
self-sufficiency and strengthen their capacity to make a substantial
contribution to the higher education resources of the Nation.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057-1059d.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations for these programs in
34 CFR part 607.

II. Award Information

Type of Awards: Discretionary grants. Five-year Individual
Development Grants; five-year Cooperative Arrangement Development
Grants; one-year TCCU Construction Grants, and one-year ANNH Renovation
Grants will be awarded in FY 2006. Planning grants will not be awarded
in FY 2006.
Estimated Available Funds: $12,320,000 for new awards under SIP,
$16,605,000 for new awards under the TCCU Program and $4,325,000 for
new awards under the ANNH Program.
For specific funding information, see the chart in this section.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: See chart.
Maximum Award Amounts: See chart. We will not fund any application
at an amount exceeding the maximum amounts specified in the chart for a
single budget period of 12 months. We may choose not to further
consider or review applications with budgets that exceed the maximum
amounts specified, if we conclude, during our initial review of the
application, that the proposed goals and objectives cannot be obtained
with the specified maximum amount.
Estimated Number of Awards: See chart.

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Estimated Estimated
Program name and type of award Maximum award number of average size
amount awards of awards
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Strengthening Institutions Program (83.031A)
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--5-year Individual Development Grants.......................... $400,000 34 $300,000
--5-year Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants............. 500,000 5 400,000
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Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities program (84.031T)
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--5-year Individual Development Grants.......................... 500,000 15 500,000
--1-year Construction Grants.................................... 1,500,000 6 1,500,000
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Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian program (84.031N and 84.031W)
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--5-year Individual Development Grants.......................... 500,000 2 500,000
--1-year Renovation Grants...................................... 750,000 5 650,000
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Project Period: Up to 60 months for development and up to 12 months
for construction and renovation grants.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs that qualify as eligible institutions
under the SIP, TCCU, and ANNH Programs may apply for grants under this
notice. These programs are authorized by Title III, Part A, of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), and are known
collectively as the Title III, Part A Programs. To qualify as an
eligible institution under any Title III, Part A Program, an
institution must, among other requirements--
(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to
be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training
offered;
(2) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be
a junior college or to provide an educational program for which it
awards a bachelor's degree;
(3) Be designated as an ``eligible institution'' by demonstrating
that it: (A) has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR
607.3; and (B) has low average educational and general expenditures per
full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR
607.4;
The Notice Inviting Applications for Designation as Eligible
Institutions for FY 2006 was published in the Federal Register on
December 16, 2005 (70 FR 74781). The complete eligibility requirements
for the Title III, Part A Programs are in 34 CFR 607.2 through 607.5
and can be accessed from the following Web site: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_05/34cfr607_05.html.
Relationship

between the Title III, Part A Programs and the HSI Program.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: There are no cost sharing or matching
requirements, unless the grantee uses a portion of its grant for
establishing or improving an endowment fund. If a grantee uses a
portion of its grant for endowment fund purposes, it must match those
grant funds one to one with non-Federal funds. 20 U.S.C. 1057(d)(2) and
1059c (c)(3)(B).

IV. Application and Submission Information

1. Address to Request Application Package: Dr. Maria E. Carrington,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor,
Washington, DC 20006-8513. Telephone: (202) 502-7548 or by e-mail:
maria.carrington@ed.gov.

If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact
person listed in this section.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package and instructions for these
programs.
Page Limits: We have established mandatory page limits for the
applications to be submitted under this notice. You must limit your
application to the equivalent of no more than 50 pages for an
Individual Development Grant; 70 pages for a Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grant; and 35 pages for a TCCU Construction or ANNH
Renovation Grant under the Title III, Part A Programs, using the
following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1 inch
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides. Page numbers and an
identifier may be within the 1'' margin.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, except titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, captions and all text in charts,
tables, and graphs.
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial. Applications submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will be rejected.
Use not less than 12-point font.
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the Application for
Federal Assistance face sheet (SF 424); the Supplemental Information
form required by the Department of Education; Part II, the Budget
Information summary form (ED Form 524); and Part IV, the Assurances and
Certifications. The page limit also does not apply to a table of
contents nor the program abstract. If you include any attachments or
appendices, these items will be counted as part of the Program
Narrative (Part III of the application) for purposes of the page limit
requirement. You must include your complete response to the selection
criteria in the program narrative.
We will reject your application if--
You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or
You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the
page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: May 19, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 3, 2006.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify
for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, please refer
to section IV. 6. Other Submission Requirements in this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 5, 2006.
4. Intergovernmental Review: These programs are 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 these programs.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference the regulations outlining
funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this
notice.

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Applicability of Executive Order 13202.
Applicants that apply for construction funds under the Title III,
Part A Programs, must comply with Executive Order 13202 signed by
President George W. Bush on February 17, 2001 and amended on April 6,
2001. This Executive order provides that recipients of Federal
construction funds may not ``require or prohibit bidders, offerors,
contractors, or subcontractors to enter into or adhere to agreements
with one or more labor organizations, on the same or other construction
project(s)'' or ``otherwise discriminate against bidders, offerors,
contractors, or subcontractors for becoming or refusing to become or
remain signatories or otherwise adhere to agreements with one or more
labor organizations, on the same or other construction project(s).''
However, the Executive order does not prohibit contractors or
subcontractors from voluntarily entering into these agreements.
Projects funded under these programs that include construction activity
will be provided a copy of this Executive order and will be asked to
certify that they will adhere to it.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
these programs must be submitted electronically unless you qualify for
an exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in
this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications. Applications for grants
under the SIP, TCCU and ANNH Programs (CFDA Numbers 84.031A, 84.031T,
84.031N and 84.031W) must be submitted electronically using the
Grants.gov Apply site at: http://www.grants.gov. Through this site, you

will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it
offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-
mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant application for the Title III,
Part A Programs at: http://www.grants.gov. You must search for the

downloadable application package for these programs by the CFDA number.
Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search.
Please note the following:
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through the
site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are time and date
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and
must be date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as
otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your application
if it is date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. When we
retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are
rejecting your application because it was date/time stamped by the
Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
The amount of time it can take to upload an application
will vary depending on a variety of factors including the size of the
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline
date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov.
You should review and follow the Education Submission
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are
included in the application package for this competition to ensure that
you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov
system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov at http://eGrants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf
.

To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all of the steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see
http://www.Grants.gov/GetStarted). These steps include (1) registering

your organization, (2) registering yourself as an Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR), and (3) getting authorized as an AOR
by your organization. Details on these steps are outlined in the
Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see http://www.grants.gov/assets/GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf
). You also must provide on your

application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please
note that the registration process may take five or more business days
to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to
allow you to successfully submit an application via Grants.gov.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your
application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
all information typically included on the Application for Federal
Education Assistance (SF 424), Budget Information--Non-Construction
Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. You
must attach any narrative sections of your application as files in a
.DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format.
If you upload a file type other than the three file types specified
above or submit a password protected file, we will not review that
material.
Your electronic application must comply with any page
limit requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive an automatic acknowledgment from Grants.gov that contains a
Grants.gov tracking number. The Department will retrieve your
application from Grants.gov and send you a second confirmation by e-
mail that will include a PR/Award number (an ED-specified identifying
number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues
with the Grants.gov System: If you are prevented from electronically
submitting your application on the application deadline date because of
technical problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an
extension until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business
day to enable you to transmit your application electronically, or by
hand delivery. You also may mail your application by following the
mailing instructions as described elsewhere in this notice. If you
submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
deadline date, please contact the person listed elsewhere in this
notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, and provide an
explanation of the technical problem you experienced with Grants.gov,
along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number

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(if available). We will accept your application if we can confirm that
a technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that
problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The Department
will contact you after a determination is made on whether your
application will be accepted.

Note: Extensions referred to in this section apply only to the
unavailability of or technical problems with the Grants.gov system.
We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register
to submit your application to Grants.gov before the deadline date
and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to
the Grants.gov system.

Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov system; and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you
mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed
statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Dr. Maria E. Carrington,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6033,
Washington, DC 20006-8513 FAX: (202) 502-7861.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail. If you qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, you may mail
(through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), your
application to the Department. You must mail the original and two
copies of your application, on or before the application deadline date,
to the Department at the applicable following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number:
84.031A, 84.031T, 84.031N or 84.031W), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202-4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center--Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number:
84.031A, 84.031T, 84.031N or 84.031W), 7100 Old Landover Road,
Landover, MD 20785-1506.
Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark,
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.

c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery. If you
qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, you
(or a courier service) may deliver your paper application to the
Department by hand. You must deliver the original and two copies of
your application by hand, on or before the application deadline date,
to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number:
84.031A, 84.031T, 84.031N or 84.031W), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041,
Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays,
Sundays and Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you mail
or hand deliver your application to the Department:
(1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by the
Department--in Item 4 of the Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 424) the CFDA number--and suffix letter, if any--of the
competition under which you are submitting your application.
(2) The Application Control Center will mail a grant application
receipt acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive the grant
application receipt acknowledgment within 15 business days from the
application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288.

V. Application Review Information

1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are
in 34 CFR 607.22(a)-(g). Applicants must address each of the following
selection criteria (separately for each proposed activity). The total
weight of the selection criteria is 100 points; the weight of each
criterion is noted in parentheses. Additional information for these
selection criteria is listed in the application package for these
programs.
(a) Quality of The Applicant's Comprehensive Development Plan
(Total 25 Points).
(b) Quality of Activity Objectives (Total 15 Points).
(c) Quality of Implementation Strategy (Total 20 Points).
(d) Quality of Key Personnel (Total 7 Points).
(e) Quality of Project Management Plan (Total 10 Points).
(f) Quality of Evaluation Plan (Total 15 Points).
(g) Budget (Total 8 Points).
Review and Selection Process: For five-year Individual Development
Grants and five-year Cooperative Development Grants, awards will be
made in rank order according to the average score received from a panel
of three readers.
Tie-breaker for Development Grants. In tie-breaking situations
described in 34 CFR 607.23(b) for Development Grants, regulations for
the Title III Part A Programs require that we award one additional
point to an application from an IHE that has an endowment fund for
which the market value per FTE student is less than the comparable
average per FTE student at a similar type IHE. We also award one
additional point to an application from an IHE that had expenditures
for library materials per FTE student that are less than the comparable
average per FTE student at a similar type IHE.

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For the purpose of these funding considerations, we will use 2003-
2004 data.
If a tie remains after applying the tie-breaker mechanism above,
priority will be given in the case of applicants for: (a) Individual
Development Grants to applicants that have the lowest endowment values
per FTE student; and (b) Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants to
applicants in accordance with section 394(b) of the HEA, if the
Secretary determines that the cooperative arrangement is geographically
and economically sound or will benefit the applicant institution.

VI. Award Administration Information

1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may also notify you informally.
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. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual performance report that provides the most current performance
and financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in
34 CFR 75.118, 34 CFR 75.720, and in 34 CFR 607.31.
4. Performance Measures: The Secretary has established the
following key performance measures for assessing the effectiveness of
the Title III, Part A Programs: (1) The number of full-time degree-
seeking undergraduates enrolling at IHEs. Note that this is a long-term
measure, which will be used to periodically gauge performance,
beginning in FY 2009; (2) The percentage of full-time undergraduate
students who were in their first year of postsecondary enrollment in
the previous year and are enrolled in the current year at the same
institution; (3) The percentage of students enrolled at 4-year IHEs
graduating within 6 years of enrollment; and (4) The percentage of
students enrolled at 2-year IHEs graduating within 3 years of
enrollment.

VII. Agency Contacts

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Maria E. Carrington, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC
20006-8513. Telephone: (202) 502-7777 or by e-mail:
Maria.Carrington@ed.gov; or Karen W. Johnson, Telephone: (202) 502-7642

or by e-mail: Karen.Johnson@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the program contact person listed in this
section.

VIII. Other Information

Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.

To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.

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Dated: May 16, 2006.
James F. Manning,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. E6-7684 Filed 5-18-06; 8:45 am]

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