[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 57 (Friday, March 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17039-17044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7068]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Application for New Awards; Training for Realtime Writers Program
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
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Overview Information
Training for Realtime Writers Program
Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY)
2012.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116K.
DATES:
Applications Available: March 23, 2012.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 7, 2012.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 6, 2012.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The objective of this program is to provide
grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) that meet certain
qualifications, to promote training and placement of individuals,
including individuals who have completed a court reporting training
program, as realtime writers in order to meet the requirements for
closed captioning of video programming set forth in section 713 of the
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 613) and the regulations
prescribed thereunder.
Priorities: This notice contains one absolute priority and three
competitive preference priorities. In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(iv), the absolute priority is from section 872(a)(3) of
the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), 20 U.S.C.
1161s(a)(3). The competitive preference priorities are from the notice
of final supplemental priorities and definitions for discretionary
grant programs published in the Federal Register on December 15, 2010
(75 FR 78486), and corrected on May 12, 2011 (76 FR 27637).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2012 and any subsequent year in which we
make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition,
this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we
consider only applications that meet this priority.
Applicants must: (1) Demonstrate they possess the most substantial
capability to increase their capacity to train realtime writers; (2)
demonstrate the most promising collaboration with educational
institutions, businesses, labor organizations, or other community
groups having the potential to train or provide job placement
assistance to realtime writers; or (3) propose the most promising and
innovative approaches for initiating or expanding training or job
placement assistance efforts with respect to realtime writers.
An eligible entity receiving a grant must use the grant funds for
purposes relating to the recruitment, training and assistance, and job
placement of individuals, including individuals who have completed a
court reporting training program, as realtime writers, including: (1)
Recruitment; (2) the provision of scholarships (subject to the
requirements in section 872(c)(2) of the HEA); (3) distance learning;
(4) further developing and implementing both English and Spanish
curricula to more effectively train individuals in realtime writing
skills, and education in the knowledge necessary for the delivery of
high quality closed captioning services; (5) mentoring students to
ensure successful completion of the realtime training and providing
assistance in job placement; (6) encouraging individuals with
disabilities to pursue a career in realtime writing; and (7) the
employment and payment of personnel for the purposes described.
Competitive Preference Priorities: Within this absolute priority,
we give competitive preference to applications that address the
following priorities.
There are three competitive preference priorities: Competitive
Preference Priority 1--Improving Productivity; Competitive Preference
Priority 2--Enabling More Data-Based Decision-Making; and Competitive
Preference Priority 3--Technology.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award one additional point for
each competitive priority that an application meets. The maximum
competitive preference points an application can receive under this
competition is three.
Note: Applicants must include in the one-page abstract submitted
with the application a statement indicating which competitive
preference priority or priorities they are addressing.
These priorities are:
Competitive Preference Priority 1--Improving Productivity (1 Additional
Point)
Projects that are designed to significantly increase efficiency in
the use of time, staff, money, or other resources while improving
student learning or other educational outcomes (i.e., outcome per unit
of resource). Such projects may include innovative and sustainable uses
of technology, modification of school schedules and teacher
compensation systems, use of open educational resources (as defined in
this notice), or other strategies.
Competitive Preference Priority 2--Enabling More Data-Based Decision-
Making (1 Additional Point)
Projects that are designed to collect (or obtain), analyze, and use
high-quality and timely data, including data on program participant
outcomes, in accordance with privacy requirements (as defined in this
notice), in one or more of the following priority areas:
(a) Improving postsecondary student outcomes relating to
enrollment, persistence, and completion and leading to career success;
and
(b) Providing reliable and comprehensive information on the
implementation of Department of Education programs, and participant
outcomes in these programs, by using data from State longitudinal data
systems or by obtaining data from reliable third-party sources.
Competitive Preference Priority 3--Technology (1 Additional Point)
Projects that are designed to improve student achievement (as
defined in this notice) or teacher effectiveness through the use of
high-quality digital tools or materials, which may include preparing
teachers to use the technology to improve instruction, as well as
developing, implementing, or evaluating digital tools or materials.
Definitions
These definitions are from the notice of final supplemental
priorities and definitions for discretionary grant programs, published
in the Federal
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Register on December 15, 2010 (75 FR 78486), and corrected on May 12,
2011 (76 FR 27637), and they apply to the competitive preference
priorities in this notice.
Open educational resources (OER) means teaching, learning, and
research resources that reside in the public domain or have been
released under an intellectual property license that permits their free
use or repurposing by others.
Privacy requirements means the requirements of the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C. 1232g, and its
implementing regulations in 34 CFR part 99, the Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C.
552a, as well as all applicable Federal, State, and local requirements
regarding privacy.
Student Achievement Means
(a) For tested grades and subjects: (1) A student's score on the
State's assessments under the ESEA; and, as appropriate, (2) other
measures of student learning, such as those described in paragraph (b)
of this definition, provided they are rigorous and comparable across
schools.
(b) For non-tested grades and subjects: alternative measures of
student learning and performance, such as student scores on pre-tests
and end-of-course tests;
student performance on English language proficiency assessments;
and other measures of student achievement that are rigorous and
comparable across schools.
Note: Projects responding to competitive preference priority 3
must incorporate ways to improve student achievement (as defined in
this notice) or teacher effectiveness through the use of high-
quality digital tools or materials. The Department recognizes that
some of the examples in the definition of student achievement may
not be relevant to the TRTW program. Accordingly, applicants who are
writing to this priority should address paragraph (a)(2) of the
definition of ``student achievement,'' which tells applicants to
focus on other measures of student learning, and should address this
competitive preference priority in a way that improves student
achievement in a relevant higher education context.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1161s.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The notice of final supplemental
priorities and definitions for discretionary grant programs, published
in the Federal Register on December 15, 2010 (75 FR 78486), and
corrected on May 12, 2011 (76 FR 27637).
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $1,127,684.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of
applications, we may make additional awards in FY 2013 from the list of
unfunded applicants from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000-$300,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $281,921 for the entire
performance period.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget exceeding $300,000 for the entire grant period. The Assistant
Secretary for Postsecondary Education may change the maximum amount
through a notice published in the Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 4.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: An IHE that offers a court reporting
program that: (1) Has a curriculum capable of training realtime writers
qualified to provide captioning services; (2) is accredited by an
accrediting agency or association recognized by the Secretary; and (3)
is participating in student aid programs under Title IV of the HEA.
2. (a) Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
(b) Supplement-Not-Supplant: This program includes a supplement-
not-supplant requirement. Under section 872(c)(4) of the HEA, grant
amounts awarded under this program must supplement and not supplant
other Federal or non-Federal funds of the grant recipient for purposes
of promoting the training and placement of individuals as realtime
writers.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an
application package via the Internet or from the Education Publications
Center (ED Pubs).
To obtain a copy via the Internet, use the following address:
www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html.
To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, fax, or call the following:
ED Pubs, U.S. Department of Education, P.O. Box 22207, Alexandria, VA
22304. Telephone, toll free: 1-877-433-7827. FAX: (703) 605-6794. If
you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call, toll free: 1-877-576-7734.
You can contact ED Pubs at its Web site, also: www.EDPubs.gov or at
its email address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify
this program or competition as follows: CFDA number 84.116K.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application
package in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape,
or compact disc) by contacting the program contact person listed in
this section.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this program. Page
Limit: The application narrative (Part III of the application) is where
you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use
to evaluate your application. Any application addressing the
competitive preference priorities must address them in the abstract and
the narrative. For purposes of determining compliance with the page
limit, each page on which there are words will be counted as one full
page. You must limit the application narrative to no more than 15
pages, using the following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1''
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, except titles, headings,
footnotes, endnotes, quotations, references, and captions. Charts,
tables, figures, and graphs in the application narrative may be single
spaced.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger; or, no
smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch). However, you may use a 10
point font in charts, tables, figures, graphs, footnotes, and endnotes.
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial. An application submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the Application for
Federal Assistance (SF 424) and the Department of Education
Supplemental Information for the SF 424 Form; the one-page Abstract;
Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs (ED 524); or Part IV, the
Assurances and Certifications. The page
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limit also does not apply to a Table of Contents, if you include one.
However, the page limit does apply to all of the project narrative
section in Part III.
If you include any attachments or appendices not specifically
requested, these items will be counted as part of the program narrative
[Part III] for purposes of the page limit requirement.
We will reject your application if you exceed the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: March 23, 2012.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 7, 2012.
Applications for grants under this program must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically, or in paper format by mail or hand delivery
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, please refer to section IV.7. Other Submission
Requirements of this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII
of this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the
application process, the individual's application remains subject to
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 6, 2012.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for this program.
5. Funding Restrictions: Under section 872(c)(3) of the HEA, a
grantee under this program may not use more than five percent of the
grant amount to pay administrative costs associated with activities
funded by the grant. We reference regulations outlining additional
funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this
notice.
6. Data Universal Numbering System Number, Taxpayer Identification
Number, and Central Contractor Registry: To do business with the
Department of Education, you must--
a. Have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and a
Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN);
b. Register both your DUNS number and TIN with the Central
Contractor Registry (CCR), the Government's primary registrant
database;
c. Provide your DUNS number and TIN on your application; and
d. Maintain an active CCR registration with current information
while your application is under review by the Department and, if you
are awarded a grant, during the project period.
You can obtain a DUNS number from Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number
can be created within one business day.
If you are a corporate entity, agency, institution, or
organization, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue Service.
If you are an individual, you can obtain a TIN from the Internal
Revenue Service or the Social Security Administration. If you need a
new TIN, please allow 2-5 weeks for your TIN to become active.
The CCR registration process may take five or more business days to
complete. If you are currently registered with the CCR, you may not
need to make any changes. However, please make certain that the TIN
associated with your DUNS number is correct. Also note that you will
need to update your CCR registration on an annual basis. This may take
three or more business days to complete.
In addition, if you are submitting your application via Grants.gov,
you must (1) be designated by your organization as an Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR); and (2) register yourself with
Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these steps are outlined at the
following Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp.
7. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this program must be submitted electronically unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in
this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications
Applications for grants under the Training for Realtime Writers
Program, CFDA number 84.116K, must be submitted electronically using
the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at 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 email 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 Training
for Realtime Writers Program at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the
downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA
number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search
(e.g., search for 84.116, not 84.116K).
Please note the following:
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through the
site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are date and time
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted and must
be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as
otherwise noted in this section, we will not accept your application if
it is received--that is, date and time stamped by the Grants.gov
system--after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. We do not consider an application that does not comply
with the deadline requirements. When we retrieve your application from
Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting your application
because it was date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system after
4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date.
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
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application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov system. You can also
find the Education Submission Procedures pertaining to Grants.gov under
News and Events on the Department's G5 system home page at http://www.G5.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 you typically provide on the following forms: the
Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of
Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and
certifications.
You must upload any narrative sections and all other
attachments to your application as files in a PDF (Portable Document)
read-only, non-modifiable format. Do not upload an interactive or
fillable PDF file. If you upload a file type other than a read-only,
non-modifiable PDF or submit a password-protected file, we will not
review that material.
Your electronic application must comply with any page-
limit requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates
receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send
a second notification to you by email. This second notification
indicates that the Department has received your application and has
assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specified
identifying number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues
with the Grants.gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov
Support Desk, toll free, at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline date because of technical
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension
until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically or by hand
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date, please contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this notice and
provide an explanation of the technical problem you experienced with
Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number. We will
accept your application if we can confirm that a technical problem
occurred with the Grants.gov system and 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: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply
only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the
Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed
to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before
the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem
you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov system;
and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application.
If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be
postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline
date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must
receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Frederick Winter,
Training for Realtime Writers Program, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street NW., Room 6142, Washington, DC 20006-8544. FAX: (202)
502-7877.
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 following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.116K), LBJ Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20202-4260.
You must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark. (2) A legible
mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal
Service.
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier.
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark.
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper
application to the Department by hand. You must deliver the original
and two copies of your application, by hand, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.116K), 550 12th
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Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-
4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays,
Sundays, and Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you
mail or hand deliver your application to the Department--
(1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by
the Department--in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including
suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are
submitting your application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a
notification of receipt of your grant application. If you do not
receive this notification within 15 business days from the
application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are
from 34 CFR 75.210 and are listed in the application package.
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
also 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
of Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
3. Special Conditions: Under 34 CFR 74.14 and 80.12, the Secretary
may impose special 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 34 CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has not fulfilled
the conditions of a prior grant; or is otherwise not responsible.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may notify you informally, also.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section in this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section in this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: (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 multi-year award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the most current performance and
financial expenditure information as directed by the Secretary 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.
4. Performance Measures: The Department has established the
following Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA)
performance measure for the Training for Realtime Writers Program: The
number and percentage of participants who have completed the program
who are employed as realtime writers.
This measure constitutes the Department's indicator of success for
this program. Consequently, we advise an applicant for a grant under
this program to give careful consideration to this measure in
conceptualizing the approach and evaluation for its proposed project.
If funded, you will be required to collect and report data in your
project's annual performance report (34 CFR 75.590).
5. Continuation Awards: In making a continuation award, the
Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 75.253, the extent to which a
grantee has made ``substantial progress toward meeting the objectives
in its approved application.'' This consideration includes the review
of a grantee's progress in meeting the targets and projected outcomes
in its approved application, and whether the grantee has expended funds
in a manner that is consistent with its approved application and
budget. In making a continuation grant, 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. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frederick Winter, Training for
Realtime Writers Program, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., Room 6142, Washington, DC 20006-8544. Telephone: (202) 502-7632 or
by email: frederick.winter@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-
8339.
VIII. 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
in section VII of this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free
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Dated: March 20, 2012.
Eduardo M. Ochoa,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2012-7068 Filed 3-22-12; 8:45 am]
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