Notice2022-23220
Applications for New Awards; Digital Learning Infrastructure and IT Modernization Pilot
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October 25, 2022
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The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the Digital Learning Infrastructure and IT Modernization Pilot, Assistance Listing Number 84.116L. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1894-0006.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64465-64469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; Digital Learning Infrastructure and
IT Modernization Pilot
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice
inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for the Digital
Learning Infrastructure and IT Modernization Pilot, Assistance Listing
Number 84.116L. This notice relates to the approved information
collection under OMB control number 1894-0006.
DATES: Applications Available: October 25, 2022.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: November 25, 2022.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Register on December 27, 2021 (86 FR 73264) and available at
<a href="http://www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-27979">www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-27979</a>. Please note that these Common
Instructions supersede the version published on February 13, 2019, and,
in part, describe the transition from the requirement to register in
<a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a> a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number to the
implementation of the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). More information
on the phaseout of DUNS numbers is available at <a href="https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/docs/unique-entity-identifier-transition-fact-sheet.pdf">https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/docs/unique-entity-identifier-transition-fact-sheet.pdf</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pearson Owens, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2B109, Washington, DC 20202-
4260. Telephone: (202) 453-7997. Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#95c5f0f4e7e6fafbbbdae2f0fbe6d5f0f1bbf2fae3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="faaa9f9b88899594d4b58d9f9489ba9f9ed49d958c">[email protected]</span></a>.
If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and
wish to access telecommunications relay services, please dial 7-1-1.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Digital Learning Infrastructure and IT
Modernization Pilot provides grants to Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges or Universities (TCUs), and other
eligible minority-serving institutions (MSIs) to support IT
modernization, and to enable them to provide support and technical
assistance to expand their digital learning infrastructure.
Background: Digital infrastructure brings together and
interconnects multiple resources, including physical, virtual, human,
and social. Physical and virtual resources include technologies, such
as computer, storage, network, application, and various platforms, to
build the foundation for an institution of higher education's (IHE)
digital operation. Human and social resources include the human
knowledge and skills, professional development, and ongoing technical
assistance needed to sustain an institution's digital operation. As
such, digital learning infrastructure encompasses the key data systems,
technologies, and human capital, needed to enable actions that allow
for everywhere, all-the-time learning and ensure greater equity and
accessibility to learning opportunities for students, staff, and
faculty in person, at a distance, or a combination thereof. Over the
last two years, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, IHEs pivoted to
increase their online learning footprint, and both students and
institutions have become more dependent on virtual
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learning and technologies that support hybrid learning environments.
These changes in how institutions incorporate technologies in
learning bring about challenges, such as the need for improved
infrastructure that allows for adoption of reliable, high-speed devices
and broadband (as defined in this notice) for multiple users and other
technologies that allow for student engagement. Congress included $4
million in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (Pub. L. 117-103)
to strengthen digital learning infrastructure at MSIs, HBCUs, and TCUs.
Given the need of many HBCUs, TCUs, and other MSIs to improve upon
their technologies and systems to continue to upgrade their
opportunities for virtual learning, the grant program seeks
applications from these institutions to enhance their digital learning
infrastructure. In this competition we require applicants to develop or
enhance and implement digital learning infrastructure plans that
address the leadership, human capital, instruction, and IT strategies
that will improve the institution's capacity to seamlessly expand
learning and promote innovation that improves student outcomes.
Additionally, we are requiring applicants to include dissemination
plans of their digital learning infrastructure plans to other
institutions.
Priority: This notice contains one absolute priority.
We are establishing this priority for the FY 2022 grant competition
and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of
unfunded applications from this competition, in accordance with section
437(d)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA), 20 U.S.C.
1232(d)(1).
Absolute Priority: This priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet this
priority.
This priority is:
Projects to Develop or Improve the Institution's Digital Learning
Infrastructure.
Proposed projects that address all of the following areas:
(a) Leadership: Describe how the institution will equitably and
efficiently sustain progress toward digital learning and how
institutional governance, resources, and collaboration with external
partners will support and drive change to improve the learning
environment for students, faculty, and staff.
(b) Human Capacity: Describe the institution's plan to address the
professional development needs of leadership, faculty, and staff, which
will allow for active learning opportunities enabled through technology
for students as they work toward a certificate or degree.
(c) Approach to networks and infrastructure: Describe how the
institution will strategically maximize resources to provide equitable
access to and adoption of devices and broadband (as defined in this
notice) and ensure adequate infrastructure for digital learning,
including reliable, high-speed access. Applicants must describe how
their projects will ensure greater equity and accessibility to learning
opportunities for all students by providing support to ensure that the
technology supports active teaching and learning practices.
(d) Content, Instruction, and Assessment: Describe how vendors will
be vetted and evaluated to ensure that their products and services can
meet the institution's digital learning infrastructure needs and goals
for high-quality, active teaching and learning. The plan must address
how the institution will develop and implement standards for high-
quality digital learning in their courses and programs, provide
coaching and professional development for faculty and leadership, and
support students in the adoption and effective use of technology for
learning.
(e) Coordination and collaboration: Describe how the institution
will take a systemic approach by collaborating with other IHEs and/or
other public, private, and nonprofit entities toward a systemic
approach to address the purchase of broadband internet access service
and/or any eligible equipment, and the hiring and training of
information technology personnel.
Definitions: We are establishing definitions for ``adoption of
devices and broadband,'' ``digital learning infrastructure,'' ``high
speed access,'' ``Historically Black colleges and universities,''
``minority-serving institution,'' and ``Tribal College or University''
for the FY 2022 grant competition and any subsequent year in which we
make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this
competition, in accordance with section 437(d)(1) of GEPA. The
remaining definitions are from 34 CFR part 77.1.
Adoption of devices and broadband means the process by which an
individual obtains daily access to the internet at a speed, quality,
and capacity that qualifies as an advanced telecommunications
capability with the digital skills that are necessary for the
individual to participate in online learning, on a personal device, and
on a secure and convenient network.
Demonstrates a rationale means a key project component included in
the project's logic model is informed by research or evaluation
findings that suggest the project component is likely to improve
relevant outcomes.
Digital learning infrastructure means physical, virtual, human, and
social assets related to the sustainable dissemination and adoption of
digital technologies for learning. Physical and virtual assets include,
but are not limited to, mobile and internet communications, spectrum,
macro cell towers, data centers, fiber networks, and small cell
networks, used both synchronously and asynchronously. Human and social
assets include, but are not limited to, personnel recruitment,
knowledge/needs assessments, resources, professional development, and
technical assistance needed to sustain the dissemination and adoption
of digital technologies for learning.
High speed access means access that is not less than 100 megabits
per second for downloads nor 20 megabits per second for uploads and
latency that is sufficient to support real-time, interactive
applications.
Historically Black colleges and universities means colleges and
universities that meet the criteria set out in 34 CFR 608.2.
Logic model (also referred to as a theory of action) means a
framework that identifies key project components of the proposed
project (i.e., the active ``ingredients'' that are hypothesized to be
critical to achieving the relevant outcomes) and describes the
theoretical and operational relationships among the key project
components and relevant outcomes.
Note: In developing logic models, applicants may want to use
resources such as the Regional Educational Laboratory Program's (REL
Pacific) Education Logic Model Application, available at <a href="https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/pacific/elm.asp">https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/pacific/elm.asp</a>, to help design their
logic models. Other sources include: <a href="https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/pacific/pdf/REL_2014025.pdf">https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/pacific/pdf/REL_2014025.pdf</a>, <a href="https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/pacific/pdf/REL_2014007.pdf">https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/pacific/pdf/REL_2014007.pdf</a>, and <a href="https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/pdf/REL_2015057.pdf">https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northeast/pdf/REL_2015057.pdf</a>.
Minority-serving institution means an institution that is eligible
to receive assistance under sections 316 through 320 of part A of title
III, under part B of title III, or under title V of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA).
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Project component means an activity, strategy, intervention,
process, product, practice, or policy included in a project. Evidence
may pertain to an individual project component or to a combination of
project components (e.g., training teachers on instructional practices
for English learners and follow-on coaching for these teachers).
Relevant outcome means the student outcome(s) or other outcome(s)
the key project component is designed to improve, consistent with the
specific goals of the program.
Tribal College or University has the meaning ascribed it in section
316(b)(3) of the HEA.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: Under the Administrative Procedure
Act (5 U.S.C. 553), the Department generally offers interested parties
the opportunity to comment on proposed priorities, selection criteria,
definitions, and other requirements. Section 437(d)(1) of GEPA,
however, allows the Secretary to exempt from rulemaking requirements
regulations governing the first grant competition under a new or
substantially revised program authority. This is the first grant
competition for this program under 20 U.S.C. 1138-1138d of the HEA, and
therefore qualifies for this exemption. In order to ensure timely grant
awards, the Secretary has decided to forgo public comment on the
priority, definitions, and funding requirements under section 437(d)(1)
of GEPA.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1138-1138d; the Explanatory Statement
accompanying Division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
(Pub. L. 117-103).
Note: Projects will be awarded and must be operated in a manner
consistent with the nondiscrimination requirements contained in
Federal civil rights laws.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 86, 97,
98, and 99. (b) The Office of Management and Budget Guidelines to
Agencies on Governmentwide Debarment and suspension (Nonprocurement) in
2 CFR part 180, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department
in 2 CFR part 3485. (c) The Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards in 2 CFR part
200, as adopted and amended as regulations of the Department in 2 CFR
part 3474.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $3,895,200.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of
applications, we may make additional awards in subsequent years from
the list of unfunded applications from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $750,000 to $973,800.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $861,900.
Maximum Award: $973,800.
Estimated Number of Awards: 4.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Minority-serving institutions (as defined
in this notice) including HBCUs (as defined in this notice) and TCUs
(as defined in this notice).
Note: The notice announcing the FY 2022 process for designation
of eligible institutions and inviting applications for waiver of
eligibility requirements was published in the Federal Register on
December 16, 2021 (86 FR 71470). The eligibility designation process
was reopened and published in the Federal Register on February 7,
2022, and closed on February 18, 2022 (87 FR 6855). Only
institutions that the Department determined to be eligible, or which
were granted a waiver under the process described in that notice,
may apply for a grant in this program.
2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This competition involves supplement-
not-supplant funding requirements. This program uses the waiver
authority of section 437(d)(1) of GEPA to establish this as a
supplement-not-supplant program. Grant funds must be used so that they
supplement and, to the extent practical, increase the funds that would
otherwise be available for the activities to be carried out under the
grant and in no case supplant those funds.
c. Indirect Cost Rate Information: This program uses the waiver
authority of section 437(d)(1) of GEPA to limit a grantee's indirect
cost reimbursement to 8 percent of a modified total direct cost base.
For more information regarding indirect costs, or to obtain a
negotiated indirect cost rate, please see <a href="http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/intro.html">www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/intro.html</a>.
d. Administrative Cost Limitation: This program does not include
any program-specific limitation on administrative expenses. All
administrative expenses must be reasonable and necessary and conform to
cost principles described in 2 CFR part 200 subpart E of the Uniform
Guidance.
3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this competition may not award
subgrants to entities to directly carry out project activities
described in its application.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Application Submission Instructions: Applicants are required to
follow the Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of
Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal
Register on December 27, 2021 (86 FR 73264) and available at
<a href="http://www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-27979">www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-27979</a>. Please note that these Common
Instructions supersede the version published on February 13, 2019, and,
in part, describe the transition from the requirement to register in
<a href="http://SAM.gov">SAM.gov</a> a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number to the
implementation of the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). More information
on the phase-out of DUNS numbers is available at <a href="http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/docs/unique-entity-identifier-transition-fact-sheet.pdf">www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/docs/unique-entity-identifier-transition-fact-sheet.pdf</a>.
2. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. However,
under 34 CFR 79.8(a), we waive intergovernmental review in order to
make awards in a timely manner.
3. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
4. Recommended Page Limit: The application narrative is where you,
the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use to
evaluate your application. We recommend that you (1) limit the
application narrative to no more than 50 pages and (2) use the
following standards:
<bullet> A ``page'' is 8.5' x 11', on one side only, with 1''
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
<bullet> Double-space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative. This does not apply to titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations, references, and captions as well as
all text in charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
<bullet> Use a font that is either 12 point or larger, and no
smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
<bullet> Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial.
The recommended page limit does not apply to the cover sheet; the
budget section, including the narrative budget justification; the
assurances and
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certifications; or the one-page abstract. However, the recommended page
limit does apply to all of the application narrative.
Note: The Budget Information-Non-Construction Programs Form (ED
524) Sections A-C are not the same as the narrative response to the
Budget section of the selection criteria.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The following selection criteria for this
competition are from 34 CFR 75.210. Applicants should address each of
the following selection criteria separately for each proposed activity.
The selection criteria are worth a total of 100 points; the maximum
score for each criterion is noted in parentheses.
(a) Significance. (Maximum 15 points)
The Secretary considers the significance of the proposed project.
In determining the significance of the proposed project, the Secretary
considers:
(1) The significance of the problem or issue to be addressed by the
proposed project. (5 points)
(2) The potential contribution of the proposed project to increased
knowledge or understanding of educational problems, issues, or
effective strategies. (5 points)
(3) The likelihood that the proposed project will result in system
change or improvement. (5 points)
(b) Quality of the project design. (Maximum 35 points)
The Secretary considers the quality of the design of the proposed
project. In determining the quality of the design of the proposed
project, the Secretary considers:
(1) The extent to which the goals, objectives, and outcomes to be
achieved by the proposed project are clearly specified and measurable.
(15 points)
(2) The extent to which the design of the proposed project is
appropriate to, and will successfully address, the needs of the target
population or other identified needs. (10 points)
(3) The extent to which the proposed project demonstrates a
rationale (as defined in this notice). (10 points)
(c) Quality of project services. (Maximum 10 points)
The Secretary considers the quality of the services to be provided
by the proposed project.
(1) In determining the quality of the services to be provided by
the proposed project, the Secretary considers the quality and
sufficiency of strategies for ensuring equal access and treatment for
eligible project participants who are members of groups that have
traditionally been underrepresented based on race, color, national
origin, gender, age, or disability. (3 points)
(2) In addition, the Secretary considers:
(i) The extent to which the services to be provided by the proposed
project are appropriate to the needs of the intended recipients or
beneficiaries of those services. (3 points)
(ii) The extent to which the services to be provided by the
proposed project reflect up-to-date knowledge from research and
effective practice. (4 points)
(d) Quality of the management plan. (Maximum 20 points)
The Secretary considers the quality of the management plan for the
proposed project. In determining the quality of the management plan for
the proposed project, the Secretary considers:
(1) The adequacy of the management plan to achieve the objectives
of the proposed project on time and within budget, including clearly
defined responsibilities, timelines, and milestones for accomplishing
project tasks. (5 points)
(2) The adequacy of procedures for ensuring feedback and continuous
improvement in the operation of the proposed project. (10 points)
(3) The adequacy of mechanisms for ensuring high-quality products
and services from the proposed project. (5 points)
(e) Quality of the project evaluation. (Maximum 20 points)
The Secretary considers the quality of the evaluation to be
conducted of the proposed project. In determining the quality of the
evaluation, the Secretary considers:
(1) The extent to which the methods of evaluation are thorough,
feasible, and appropriate to the goals, objectives, and outcomes of the
proposed project. (10 points)
(2) The extent to which the methods of evaluation include the use
of objective performance measures that are clearly related to the
intended outcomes of the project and will produce quantitative and
qualitative data to the extent possible. (10 points)
2. Review and Selection Process: We remind potential applicants
that in reviewing applications in any discretionary grant competition,
the Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 75.217(d)(3), the past
performance of the applicant in carrying out a previous award, such as
the applicant's use of funds, achievement of project objectives, and
compliance with grant conditions. The Secretary may also consider
whether the applicant failed to submit a timely performance report or
submitted a report of unacceptable quality.
In addition, in making a competitive grant award, the Secretary
requires various assurances, including those applicable to Federal
civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or
activities receiving Federal financial assistance from the Department
(34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
For this competition, a panel of external reviewers will read,
prepare a written evaluation of, and score all eligible applications
using the selection criteria provided in this notice. The individual
scores of the reviewers will be added and the sum divided by the number
of reviewers to determine the peer review score. The Department will
prepare a rank order of applications based on the evaluation of their
quality according to the selection criteria.
In the event there are two or more applications with the same final
score in the rank order listing, and there are insufficient funds to
fully support each of these applications, the Department will apply the
following procedure to determine which application or applications will
receive an award:
First Tiebreaker: The first tiebreaker will be the highest average
score for the selection criterion ``Quality of Project Services.'' If a
tie remains, a second tiebreaker will be utilized.
Second Tiebreaker: The second tiebreaker will be the highest
average score for the selection criterion ``Quality of the Project
Design.'' If a tie remains, a third tiebreaker will be utilized.
Third Tiebreaker: The third tiebreaker will be the institution with
the highest percentage of degree/certificate-seeking students who are
Pell grant recipients, according to the most recent collection from the
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.
3. Risk Assessment and Specific Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR
200.206, before awarding grants under this competition the Department
conducts a review of the risks posed by applicants. Under 2 CFR
200.208, the Secretary may impose specific conditions and, under 2 CFR
3474.10, in appropriate circumstances, high-risk conditions on a grant
if the applicant or grantee is not financially stable; has a history of
unsatisfactory performance; has a financial or other management system
that does not meet the standards in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not
fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; or is otherwise not
responsible.
4. Integrity and Performance System: If you are selected under this
competition to receive an award that over the course of the project
period may exceed the simplified acquisition
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threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 CFR 200.206(a)(2) we must make
a judgment about your integrity, business ethics, and record of
performance under Federal awards--that is, the risk posed by you as an
applicant--before we make an award. In doing so, we must consider any
information about you that is in the integrity and performance system
(currently referred to as the Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity
Information System (FAPIIS)), accessible through the System for Award
Management. You may review and comment on any information about
yourself that a Federal agency previously entered and that is currently
in FAPIIS.
Please note that, if the total value of your currently active
grants, cooperative agreements, and procurement contracts from the
Federal Government exceeds $10,000,000, the reporting requirements in 2
CFR part 200, Appendix XII, require you to report certain integrity
information to FAPIIS semiannually. Please review the requirements in 2
CFR part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant plus all the other Federal
funds you receive exceed $10,000,000.
5. In General: In accordance with the Office of Management and
Budget's guidance located at 2 CFR part 200, all applicable Federal
laws, and relevant Executive guidance, the Department will review and
consider applications for funding pursuant to this notice inviting
applications in accordance with:
(a) Selecting recipients most likely to be successful in delivering
results based on the program objectives through an objective process of
evaluating Federal award applications (2 CFR 200.205);
(b) Prohibiting the purchase of certain telecommunication and video
surveillance services or equipment in alignment with section 889 of the
National Defense Authorization Act of 2019 (Pub. L. 115-232) (2 CFR
200.216);
(c) Providing a preference, to the extent permitted by law, to
maximize use of goods, products, and materials produced in the United
States (2 CFR 200.322); and
(d) Terminating agreements in whole or in part to the greatest
extent authorized by law if an award no longer effectuates the program
goals or agency priorities (2 CFR 200.340).
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN); or we may send you an email containing a link to
access an electronic version of your GAN. We may notify you informally,
also.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Open Licensing Requirements: Unless an exception applies, if you
are awarded a grant under this competition, you will be required to
openly license to the public grant deliverables created in whole, or in
part, with Department grant funds. When the deliverable consists of
modifications to pre-existing works, the license extends only to those
modifications that can be separately identified and only to the extent
that open licensing is permitted under the terms of any licenses or
other legal restrictions on the use of pre-existing works.
Additionally, a grantee or subgrantee that is awarded competitive grant
funds must have a plan to disseminate these public grant deliverables.
This dissemination plan can be developed and submitted after your
application has been reviewed and selected for funding. For additional
information on the open licensing requirements please refer to 2 CFR
3474.20.
4. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a grant under this competition,
you must ensure that you have in place the necessary processes and
systems to comply with the reporting requirements in 2 CFR part 170
should you receive funding under the competition. This does not apply
if you have an exception under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
(b) At the end of your project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multiyear award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the most current performance and
financial expenditure information as directed by the Secretary under 34
CFR 75.118. The Secretary may also require more frequent performance
reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements on reporting,
please go to <a href="http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html">www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html</a>.
5. Performance Measures: Under 34 CFR 75.110, the Department will
use the following performance measures to evaluate the success of the
Digital Learning Infrastructure and IT Modernization Pilot Program:
(a) The number of courses--added or enhanced--supported by this
program that support digital learning.
(b) The number and percentage of students enrolled in such courses
disaggregated by race of students.
(c) The percentage of grantees that attain or exceed the targets
for the outcome indicators for their projects.
(d) The percentage of grantees that report an increase in faculty,
staff, and students engaged in digital learning efforts.
(e) The number of capacity building activities offered by the
institution (e.g., trainings, technical assistance) in areas related to
the digital learning infrastructure plan.
VII. Other Information
Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with disabilities
can obtain this document and a copy of the application package in an
accessible format. The Department will provide the requestor with an
accessible format that may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or text
format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 file, braille, large print,
audiotape, or compact disc, or other accessible format.
Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of
Federal Regulations at <a href="http://www.govinfo.gov">www.govinfo.gov</a>. At this site you can view this
document, as well as all other documents of this Department published
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Nasser H. Paydar,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2022-23220 Filed 10-24-22; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000-01-P
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