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[Federal Register: June 18, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 117)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information; Carol
M. White Physical Education Program; Notice Inviting Applications for
New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.215F.
Dates:
Applications Available: June 18, 2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 19, 2010.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 16, 2010.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Carol M. White Physical Education Program
(PEP) provides grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) and
community-based organizations (CBOs) to initiate, expand, and improve
physical education for students in grades K-12. Grant recipients must
implement programs that help students make progress toward meeting
State standards.
Priorities: These priorities are from the notice of final
priorities, requirements, and definitions for this program, published
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
Absolute Priority:
For FY 2010 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.
The priority is:
Under this priority, an applicant is required to develop, expand,
or improve its physical education program and address its State's
physical education standards by undertaking the following activities:
(1) instruction in healthy eating habits and good nutrition and (2)
physical fitness activities that must include at least one of the
following: (a) Fitness education and assessment to help students
understand, improve, or maintain their physical well-being; (b)
instruction in a variety of motor skills and physical activities
designed to enhance the physical, mental, and social or emotional
development of every student; (c) development of, and
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instruction in, cognitive concepts about motor skills and physical
fitness that support a lifelong healthy lifestyle; (d) opportunities to
develop positive social and cooperative skills through physical
activity participation; or (e) opportunities for professional
development for teachers of physical education to stay abreast of the
latest research, issues, and trends in the field of physical education.
Within this absolute priority, we are particularly interested in
applications that address the following invitational priority.
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 align their programs with the goals and
principles of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) HealthierUS
School Challenge (HUSSC) initiative.
Background. The USDA's HUSSC initiative was established in 2004 to
recognize those schools participating in the National School Lunch
Program that have created healthier school environments through
promotion of nutrition and physical activity. Schools can apply for
recognition at four levels of performance, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and
Gold of Distinction. To qualify for an award, a school must submit a
formal application to the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service and
demonstrate that they meet basic criteria set forth by USDA. These
criteria reflect the recommendations of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans and the Institute of Medicine's published recommendations for
foods that should be served in schools, outside of the organized school
lunch meals. HealthierUS Schools must also have a local school wellness
policy as mandated by Congress. We believe that the intent of the HUSSC
initiative complements the priorities and requirements in this notice,
as well as helps schools meet the goals established by First Lady
Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative focused on improving school
food. Additional information about the HUSSC initiative is available at
the USDA's Web site at:
http://www.fns.usda.gov/tn/healthierus/index.html.
Competitive Preference Priorities: There are two competitive
preference priorities for this competition. For FY 2010 and any
subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition, these priorities are competitive
preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(ii) we will award up
to an additional 5 points to an application that meets these
priorities.
Competitive Preference Priority 1--Collection of Body Mass Index (BMI)
Measurement
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we will award an additional 2 points
to an application that meets this priority.
This priority is:
We will give a competitive preference priority to applicants that
agree to implement aggregate BMI data collection, and use it as part of
a comprehensive assessment of health and fitness for the purposes of
monitoring the weight status of their student population across time.
Applicants are required to sign a Program-Specific Assurance that will
commit them to:
(a) Use the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) BMI-
for-age growth charts to interpret BMI results
(http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts);
(b) Create a plan to develop and implement a protocol that will
include parents in the development of their BMI assessment and data
collection policies, including a mechanism to allow parents to provide
feedback on the policy. Applicants are required to detail the following
required components in their aggregate BMI data collection protocol:
the proposed method for measuring BMI, who will perform the BMI
assessment (i.e., staff members trained to obtain accurate and reliable
height and weight measurements), the frequency of reporting, the
planned equipment to be used, methods for calculating the planned
sampling frame (if the applicant would use sampling), the policies used
to ensure student privacy during measurement, how the data will be
secured to protect student confidentiality, who will have access to the
data, how long the data will be kept, and what will happen to the data
after that time. Applicants that intend to inform parents of their
student's weight status must include plans for notifying parents of
that status, and must include their plan for ensuring that resources
are available for safe and effective follow-up with trained medical
care providers;
(c) Create a plan to notify parents of the BMI assessment and to
allow parents to opt out of the BMI assessment and reasonable
notification of their choice to opt out. Unless the BMI assessment is
permitted or required by State law, LEA applicants are required to
detail their policies for providing reasonable notice of the adoption
or continued use of such policies directly to the parents of the
students enrolled in the LEA's schools served by the agency. At a
minimum, the LEA must provide such notice at least annually, at the
beginning of the school year and within a reasonable period of time
after any substantive change in such policies, pursuant to the
Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment, 20 U.S.C. 1232h(c)(2)(A); and
(d) De-identify the student information (such as by removing the
student's name and any identifying information from the record and
assigning a record code), aggregate the BMI data at the school or
district level, and make the aggregate data publicly available and
easily accessible to the public annually. Applicants must describe
their plan for the level of reporting they plan to use, depending on
the size of the population, such as at the district level or the school
level. Applicants must also detail in their application their plan for
how these data will be used in coordination with other required data
for the program, such as fitness, physical activity, and nutritional
intake measures, and how the combination of these measures will be used
to improve physical education programming and policy.
On June 18, 1991, 17 Federal Departments and Agencies, including
the Department of Education, adopted a common set of regulations known
as the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects or ``Common
Rule.'' See 34 CFR part 97. Applicants that engage in BMI data
collection may be subject to the Department's Protection of Human
Subjects regulations if the data are used in research funded by the
Federal government or for any future research conducted by an
institution that has adopted the Federal policy for all research of
that institution. The regulations define research as ``a systematic
investigation, including research development, testing and evaluation,
designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.
Activities that meet this definition constitute research for purposes
of this policy, whether or not they are conducted or supported under a
program which is considered research for other purposes. For example,
some demonstration and service programs may include research
activities.'' 34 CFR 97.102(d). Information on Human Subjects
requirements is found at: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/
humansub.html.
Applications that do not provide a Program-Specific Assurance
signed by an Authorized Representative committing the applicant to
completing previously listed tasks (a) through (d) during their project
period are not
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eligible for additional points under competitive preference priority 1.
In implementing this priority, we encourage applicants to consult
with their partners to determine if and how any of the partners could
contribute to the data collection, reporting, or potential referral
processes.
Competitive Preference Priority 2-- Partnerships Between Applicants and
Supporting Community Entities
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we will award an additional 3 points
to an application that meets this priority.
This priority is:
We will give a competitive preference priority to an applicant that
includes in its application an agreement that details the participation
of required partners, as defined in this notice. The agreement must
include a description of: (1) Each partner's roles and responsibilities
in the project; (2) how each partner will contribute to the project,
including any contribution to the local match; (3) an assurance that
the application was developed after timely and meaningful consultation
between the required parties, as defined in this notice; and (4) a
commitment to work together to reach the desired goals and outcomes of
the project. The partner agreement must be signed by the Authorized
Representative of each of the required partners and by other partners
as appropriate.
For an LEA applicant, this partnership agreement must include: (1)
The LEA; (2) at least one CBO; (3) a local public health entity, as
defined in this notice; (4) the LEA's food service or child nutrition
director; and (5) the head of the local government, as defined in this
notice.
For a CBO applicant, the partnership agreement must include: (1)
The CBO; (2) a local public health entity, as defined in this notice;
(3) a local organization supporting nutrition or healthy eating, as
defined in this notice; (4) the head of the local government, as
defined in this notice; and (5) the LEA from which the largest number
of students expected to participate in the CBO's project attend. If the
CBO applicant is a school, such as a parochial or other private school,
the applicant must describe its school as part of the partnership
agreement but is not required to provide an additional signature from
an LEA or another school. A CBO applicant that is a school and serves
its own population of students is required to include another CBO as
part of its partnership and include the head of that CBO as a signatory
on the partnership agreement.
Although partnerships with other parties are required for this
priority, the eligible applicant must retain the administrative and
fiscal control of the project.
Requirements
The Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools
establishes the following requirements for this program. We may apply
one or more of these requirements in any year in which this program is
in effect.
Requirement 1--Align Project Goals With Identified Needs Using the
School Health Index
Applicants must complete the physical activity and nutrition
questions in Modules 1-4 of the CDC's SHI self-assessment tool and
develop project goals and plans that address the identified needs.
Modules 1-4 are School Health and Safety Policies and Environment,
Health Education, Physical Activity and Other Physical Activity
Programs, and Nutrition Services. LEA applicants must use the SHI self-
assessment to develop a School Health Improvement Plan focused on
improving these issues, and design an initiative that addresses their
identified gaps and weaknesses. Applicants must include their Overall
Score Card for the questions answered in Modules 1-4 in their
application, and correlate their School Health Improvement Plan to
their project design. Grantees must also complete the same modules of
the SHI at the end of the project period and submit the Overall Score
Card from the second assessment in their final reports to demonstrate
SHI completion and program improvement as a result of PEP funding.
If a CBO applicant (unless the CBO is a school) is in a partner
agreement with an LEA or school, it must collaborate with its partner
or partners to complete Modules 1-4 of the SHI.
Alternatively, if the CBO has not identified a school or LEA
partner, the CBO is not required to do Modules 1-4 of the SHI but must
use an alternative needs assessment tool to assess the nutrition and
physical activity environment in the community for children. CBO
applicants are required to include their overall findings from the
community needs assessment and correlate their findings with their
project design. Grantees will be required to complete the same needs
assessment at the end of their project and submit their findings in
their final reports to demonstrate the completion of the assessment and
program involvement as a result of PEP funding.
Requirement 2--Nutrition- and Physical Activity-Related Policies
Grantees must develop, update, or enhance physical activity
policies and food- and nutrition-related policies that promote healthy
eating and physical activity throughout students' everyday lives, as
part of their PEP projects. Applicants must describe in their
application their current policy framework, areas of focus, and the
planned process for policy development, implementation, review, and
monitoring. Grantees will be required to detail at the end of their
project period in their final reports the physical activity and
nutrition policies selected and how the policies improved through the
course of the project.
Applicants must sign a Program-Specific Assurance that commits them
to developing, updating, or enhancing these policies during the project
period. Applicants that do not submit such a Program-Specific Assurance
signed by the applicant's Authorized Representative are ineligible for
the competition.
Requirement 3--Linkage With Local Wellness Policies
Applicants that are participating in a program authorized by the
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition
and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 must describe in their applications
their school district's established local wellness policy and how the
proposed PEP project will align with, support, complement, and enhance
the implementation of the applicant's local wellness policy. The LEA's
local wellness policy should address all requirements in the Child
Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004.
CBO applicants must describe in their applications how their
proposed projects would enhance or support the intent of the local
wellness policies of their LEA partner(s), if they are working in a
partnership group.
If an applicant or a member of its partnership group does not
participate in the school lunch program authorized by the Richard B.
Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition and WIC
Reauthorization Act of 2004, it will not necessarily have a local
wellness policy and, thus, is not required to meet this requirement or
adopt a local wellness policy. However, we encourage those applicants
to develop and adopt a local wellness policy, consistent with the
provisions in the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the
Child Nutrition and
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WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004 in conjunction with its PEP project.
Applicants must sign a Program-Specific Assurance that commits them
to align their PEP project with the district's Local Wellness Policy,
if applicable. Applicants to whom this requirement applies that do not
submit a Program-Specific Assurance signed by the applicant's
Authorized Representative are ineligible for the competition.
Requirement 4--Linkages With Federal, State, and Local Initiatives
If an applicant is implementing the CDC's Coordinated School Health
program, it must coordinate project activities with that initiative and
describe in its application how the proposed PEP project would be
coordinated and integrated with the program.
If an applicant receives funding under the USDA's Team Nutrition
initiative (Team Nutrition Training Grants), the applicant must
describe in its application how the proposed PEP project supports the
efforts of this initiative.
An applicant for a PEP project in a community that receives a grant
under the Recovery Act Communities Putting Prevention to Work--
Community Initiative must agree to coordinate its PEP project efforts
with those under the Recovery Act Communities Putting Prevention to
Work-Community Initiative.
Applicants and PEP-funded projects must complement, rather than
duplicate, existing, ongoing or new efforts whose goals and objectives
are to promote physical activity and healthy eating or help students
meet their State standards for physical education.
Applicants must sign a Program-Specific Assurance that commits them
to align their PEP project with the Coordinated School Health program,
Team Nutrition Training Grant, Recovery Act Communities Putting
Prevention to Work--Community Initiative, or any other similar Federal,
State, or local initiatives. Applicants that do not submit a Program-
Specific Assurance signed by the applicant's Authorized Representative
are ineligible for the competition.
Requirement 5--Updates to Physical Education and Nutrition Instruction
Curricula
Applicants that plan to use grant-related funds, including Federal
and non-Federal matching funds, to create, update, or enhance their
physical education or nutrition education curricula are required to use
the Physical Education Curriculum Analysis Tool (PECAT) and submit
their overall PECAT scorecard, and the curriculum improvement plan from
PECAT. Also, those applicants that plan to use grant-related funds,
including Federal and non-Federal matching funds to create, update, or
enhance their nutrition instruction in health education must complete
the healthy eating module of the Health Education Curriculum Analysis
Tool (HECAT). Applicants must use the curriculum improvement plan from
the HECAT to identify curricular changes to be addressed during the
funding period. Applicants must also describe how the HECAT assessment
would be used to guide nutrition instruction curricular changes. If an
applicant is not proposing to use grant-related funds for physical
education or nutrition instruction curricula, it would not need to use
these tools.
Requirement 6--Equipment Purchases
Purchases of equipment with PEP funds or with funds used to meet
the program's matching requirement must be aligned with the curricular
components of the proposed physical education and nutrition program.
Applicants must commit to aligning the students' use of the equipment
with PEP elements applicable to their projects, identified in the
absolute priority in this notice, and any applicable curricula by
signing a Program-Specific Assurance. Applicants that do not submit a
Program-Specific Assurance signed by the applicant's Authorized
Representative are ineligible for the competition.
Requirement 7--Increasing Transparency and Accountability
Grantees must create or use existing reporting mechanisms to
provide information on students' progress, in the aggregate, on the key
program indicators, as described in this notice and required under the
Government Performance and Results Act, as well as on any unique
project-level measures proposed in the application. Grantees that are
educational agencies or institutions are subject to applicable Federal,
State, and local privacy provisions, including the Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act--a law that generally prohibits the non-
consensual disclosure of personally identifiable information in a
student's education record. All grantees must comply with applicable
Federal, State, and local privacy provisions. The aggregate-level
information should be easily accessible by the public, such as posted
on the grantee's or a partner's Web site. Applicants must describe in
their application the planned method for reporting.
Applicants must commit to reporting information to the public by
signing a Program-Specific Assurance. Applicants that do not submit a
Program-Specific Assurance signed by the applicant's Authorized
Representative are ineligible for the competition.
Requirement 8--Participation in a National Evaluation
Applicants must provide documentation of their commitment to
participate in the Department's national evaluation. An LEA applicant
must include a letter from the research office or research board
approving its participation in the evaluation (if approval is needed),
and a letter from the Authorized Representative agreeing to participate
in the evaluation.
Requirement 9--Required Performance Measures and Data Collection
Methodology
Grantees must collect and report data on three GPRA measures using
uniform data collection methods. Measure one assesses student physical
activity levels: The percentage of students served by the grant who
engage in 60 minutes of daily physical activity. Grantees are required
to use pedometers for students in grades K-12 and an additional 3-Day
Physical Activity Recall (3DPAR) instrument to collect data on students
in grades 5-12.
Measure two focuses on student health-related fitness levels: The
percentage of students served by the grant who achieve age-appropriate
cardiovascular fitness levels. Grantees are required to use the 20-
meter shuttle run, a criterion-referenced health-related fitness
testing protocol, to assess cardiovascular fitness in middle and high
school students.
Measure three focuses on student nutrition: The percentage of
students served by the grant who consume fruit two or more times per
day and vegetables three or more times per day. Programs serving high
school students are required to use the nutrition-related questions
from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey to determine the number of students
who meet these goals. Programs serving elementary and middle school
students are not required to use a specific measurement tool, and may
select an appropriate assessment tool for their population.
For each measure, grantees are required to collect and aggregate
data from four discrete data collection periods throughout each year.
During the first year, grantees have an
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additional data collection period prior to program implementation to
collect baseline data.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7261-7261f.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, 99, and 299. (b) The notice of final
eligibility requirements for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
discretionary grant programs published in the Federal Register on
December 4, 2006 (71 FR 70369). (c) The notice of final priorities,
requirements, and definitions published elsewhere in this issue of the
Federal Register.
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: $39,729,000.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of
applications, we may make additional awards later in FY 2010 and in
subsequent years from the list of unfunded applicants from this
competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000-$750,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $427,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 93.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: (a) LEAs, including charter schools that
are considered LEAs under State law, and CBOs, including faith-based
organizations provided that they meet the applicable statutory and
regulatory requirements.
(b) The Secretary limits eligibility under this discretionary grant
competition to LEAs or CBOs that do not currently have an active grant
under the PEP program. For the purpose of this eligibility requirement,
a grant is considered active until the end of the grant's project or
funding period, including any extensions of those periods that extend
the grantee's authority to obligate funds.
2. (a) Cost Sharing or Matching: In accordance with section 5506 of
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA),
the Federal share of the project costs may not exceed (i) 90 percent of
the total cost of a program for the first year for which the program
receives assistance; and (ii) 75 percent of such cost for the second
and each subsequent year.
(b) Supplement-Not-Supplant: This competition involves supplement-
not-supplant funding requirements. Funds made available under this
program must be used to supplement, and not supplant, any other
Federal, State, or local funds available for physical education
activities in accordance with section 5507 of the ESEA.
3. Other: An application for funds under this program may provide
for the participation, in the activities funded, of (a) students
enrolled in private nonprofit elementary schools or secondary schools,
and their parents and teachers; or (b) home-schooled students, and
their parents and teachers.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Carlette Huntley, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 10071 PCP,
Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 245-7871. You can also obtain an
application package via the Internet. To obtain a copy via internet,
use the following address: http://www.ed.gov/programs/whitephysed/
applicant.html.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application
package in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape,
or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact person listed
under Accessible Format in section VIII of this notice.
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.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: June 18, 2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 19, 2010.
Applications for grants under this program must be submitted
electronically using the Electronic Grant Application System (e-
Application) accessible through the Department's e-Grants site. 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: September 16, 2010.
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: Funds may not be used for construction
activities or for extracurricular activities, such as team sports and
Reserve Officers' Training Corps program activities (See section 5503
(c) of the ESEA).
In accordance with section 5505(b) of the ESEA, not more than five
percent of grant funds provided under this program to an LEA or CBO for
any fiscal year may be used for administrative expenses.
We reference additional regulations outlining funding restrictions
in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice. Information about
prohibited activities and use of funds also is included in the
application package for this competition.
6. Data Universal Numbering System Number, Taxpayer Identification
Number, and Central Contractor Registry: To do business with the
Department of Education, (1) You must have a Data Universal Numbering
System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN); (2)
you must register both of those numbers with the Central Contractor
Registry (CCR), the Government's primary registrant database; and (3)
you must provide those same numbers on your application.
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
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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.
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 Carol M. White Physical Education
Program--CFDA Number 84.215F must be submitted electronically using e-
Application, accessible through the Department's e-Grants Web site at:
http://e-grants.ed.gov.
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.
While completing your electronic application, you will be entering
data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an
electronic copy of a grant application to us.
Please note the following:
You must complete the electronic submission of your grant
application by 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. E-Application will not accept an application for this
program after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait
until the application deadline date to begin the application process.
The hours of operation of the e-Grants Web site are 6:00
a.m. Monday until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 a.m. Thursday until
8:00 p.m. Sunday, Washington, DC time. Please note that, because of
maintenance, the system is unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on Sundays and
6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 6:00 a.m.
on Thursdays, Washington, DC time. Any modifications to these hours are
posted on the e-Grants Web site.
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 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 in this paragraph 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.
Prior to submitting your electronic application, you may
wish to print a copy of it for your records.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive an automatic acknowledgment that will include a PR/Award number
(an identifying number unique to your application).
Within three working days after submitting your electronic
application, fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the Application Control
Center after following these steps:
(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application.
(2) The applicant's Authorizing Representative must sign this form.
(3) Place the PR/Award number in the upper right hand corner of the
hard-copy signature page of the SF 424.
(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the Competition Manager for this
program, Carlette Huntley at 202-245-7166.
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
other forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of e-Application
Unavailability: If you are prevented from electronically submitting
your application on the application deadline date because e-Application
is unavailable, we will grant you an extension of one business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically, by mail, or by
hand delivery. We will grant this extension if--
(1) You are a registered user of e-Application and you have
initiated an electronic application for this competition; and
(2) (a) E-application is unavailable for 60 minutes or more between
the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date; or
(b) E-Application is unavailable for any period of time between
3:30 p.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date.
We must acknowledge and confirm these periods of unavailability
before granting you an extension. To request this extension or to
confirm our acknowledgment of any system unavailability, you may
contact either (1) the person listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) the e-
Grants help desk at 1-888-336-8930. If e-Application is unavailable due
to technical problems with the system and, therefore, the application
deadline is extended, an e-mail will be sent to all registered users
who have initiated an e-Application. Extensions referred to in this
section apply only to the unavailability of e-Application.
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 e-Application because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
e-Application;
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
prevents 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.
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Address and mail or fax your statement to: Carlette Huntley, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 10071, Potomac
Plaza Center, Washington, DC 20202-6450. FAX: (202) 245-7166. 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 84.215F), 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 84.215F), 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 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 grant 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: An additional factor we consider
in selecting an application for an award is equitable distribution of
awards among LEAs and CBOs serving urban and rural areas. (See 20
U.S.C. 7261e(b).)
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 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: There are reporting requirements under this program,
including under section 5505(a) of the ESEA and 34 CFR 75.118 and
75.720. In accordance with section 5505(a) of the ESEA, grantees under
this program are required to submit an annual report that--
(1) Describes the activities conducted during the preceding year;
and
(2) Demonstrates that progress has been made toward meeting State
standards for physical education.
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).
This annual report must also address progress toward meeting the
performance and efficiency measures established by the Secretary for
this program and described in the next section of this notice.
At the end of your project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial information, as directed by the
Secretary. The Secretary may also require more frequent performance
reports under 34 CFR 75.720. For specific requirements on reporting,
please go to http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: The Secretary has established the
following key performance measures for collecting data to use in
assessing the effectiveness of PEP.
(a) The percentage of students served by the grant who engage in 60
minutes of daily physical activity.
(b) The percentage of students served by the grant who achieve age-
appropriate cardiovascular fitness levels.
(c) The percentage of students served by the grant who consume
fruit two or more times per day and vegetables three or more times per
day.
(d) The cost (based on the amount of the grant award) per student
who achieves the level of physical activity required to meet the
physical activity measures above (percentage of students who engage in
60 minutes of daily physical activity).
These measures constitute the Department's measures of success for
this program. Consequently, applicants for a grant under this program
are advised to give careful consideration to these measures in
conceptualizing the approach and evaluation of their proposed project.
If funded, applicants will be asked to collect and report data in their
performance and final reports about progress toward these measures. For
specific requirements on grantee reporting, please go to
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Carlette Huntley, U.S. Department
of Education, 550 12th Street, SW., room 10071, Potomac Center Plaza,
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Washington, DC 20202-6450. Telephone: 202-245-7871 or by e-mail:
Carlette.Huntley@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, 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 computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person listed under For FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document: You can 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.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.
Dated: June 14, 2010.
Kevin Jennings,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
[FR Doc. 2010-14731 Filed 6-15-10; 4:15 pm]
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