Subpart C-Applications; Funding
Criteria Costs; State Review

§ 160a.21 General requirements. Applications for metric education grants or contracts shall be submitted at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Commissioner shall prescribe by notice in the FEDERAL REGISTER and shall be approved only if the application:

(a) Provides that the activities and services for which assistance is sought will be administered by, or under the supervision of, the applicant;

(b) Describes a program which holds promise of making a substantial contribution toward attaining the purposes of this part; and

(c) Sets forth such policies and procedures as will insure adequate evaluation of the activities intended to be carried out under the application.

(20 U.S.C. 1862(c)(1) (A)-(D))

§ 160a.22

General project description. The application shall describe: (a) The design of the metric education program, its duration, purpose, and plan;

(b) The qualifications of the project director and of the key professional personnel who will be involved in the project;

(c) The facilities and resources that will be made available; and

(d) Categorical justification for the amount of Federal funds requested. (20 U.S.C. 1862)

§ 160a.23 Pre-application for participation in metric education.

(a) The Commissioner may, by notice published in the FEDERAL REGISTER, require applicants eligible for a grant or contract under the Act to submit a preapplication for review prior to submitting a complete application under the provisions of 45 CFR 100a.15. Such preapplication, of no more than seven (7) pages, shall succinctly provide:

(1) A statement of the problems to which proposed program activities will respond;

(2) A description of target population to be served;

(3) Measurably stated short-term and long-range program objectives;

(4) A description of anticipated cooperative arrangements;

(5) The anticipated budget request; (6) The signature of all duly authorized officials who will submit the final application on behalf of the agency;

(7) A brief description of the evaluation plan;

(8) Details as to the duration of proposed project; and

(9) An overall statement of what the applicant will accept as evidence of program success as a result of the activities for which funds are sought.

(b) Notification of the applicant relative to the results of the pre-application review shall follow the procedures set forth in 45 CFR 100a.42.

(20 U.S.C. 1862) (20 U.S.C. 1221(b) (1), 1232c (b) (1))

§ 160a.24 Applications.

An applicant eligible for grant or contract under the Act shall submit an application to the address contained in the notice of closing date on or before such cut-off date or dates as the Commissioner may announce in the FEDERAL REGISTER for each fiscal year of operation of the Metric Education Program. An application containing such assurances and requisite information, and in accordance with such forms, and instructions as the Commissioner shall prescribe, may be executed by the applicant or an official or representative of the applicant duly authorized to make such application.

(20 U.S.C. 1221c(b)(1))

§ 160a.25 Funding criteria.

(a) In awarding grants and contracts on a competitive basis, the Commissioner will take into account, in addition to the general criteria listed in 45 CFR 100a.26 (b), the following criteria:

(1) The project design shows promise for contributing to an effective metric education program;

(2) The project design provides for an effective response to diverse learning styles of the target population, e.g., bilingualism, gifted and talented, less facile learners, insufficiently motivated learners, handicapped and special education students;

(3) The project narrative complies with the International System of Units (SI);

(4) The project design provides for an effective level of response to staff development needs;

(5) The project design leads to the ease of adaptation of proposed metric educational activities;

(6) The project design provides for easy institutionalization of proposed metric educational project strategies;

(7) The project design contributes to performance oriented metric educational approaches;

(8) The project design focuses on efforts to enable the project's target population to measurably acquire skills for using the International System of Units (SI);

(9) A schedule of significant project events is provided and is adequately explained or detailed;

(10) The project design provides for the effective instruction of parents and other adults in the metric system;

State review of local educational agency applications.

(11) The evaluation design includes § 160a.28 accountability factors which measure the overall effectiveness of the proposed project;

(12) The project design includes short-term and long-range objectives which are measurably stated;

(13) The project design responds to assessed metric educational needs of the planned target population and such needs are set forth in sufficient detail in the program narrative of the application;

(14) The applicant has identified and detailed specific project-related behavioral objectives and the means by which they will be achieved;

(15) The project design is conducive to easy replication;

(16) The project design has high program impact potential; and

(17) The project design capitalizes on cooperative arrangements so as to maximize the impact of the proposed project.

(b) The maximum score for a given application shall be 102 points with each criterion having a score range of 0-6. (20 U.S.C. 1862)

§ 160a.26 Review of applications.

The Commissioner, prior to disposition of applications for grants or contracts, may, at his discretion, obtain the review of a panel of experts. Any such review shall be in addition to the review of an application by the Commissioner in accordance with such procedures as the Commissioner may establish.

(20 U.S.C. 1221c(b)(1))

§ 160a.27 Amount of grant or contract. It is expected that awards of State and multi-State metric education planning grants will generally be in the range of $25,000-$40,000 and $50,000-$110,000, respectively; the school-based metric instructional pilot and model project grants will generally be in the range of $25,000$35,000; the national technical support effort will generally be in the range of $175,000-$225,000; and the grants for purposes of conducting in-service and pre-service teacher development projects will generally be in the range of $20,000$30,000. Procurement contracts into which the Commissioner may enter pursuant to any of the authorized activities need not be within the above ranges.

(20 U.S.C. 1862)

(a) The Commissioner will not approve an application submitted by a local educational agency in accordance with this part unless the State educational agency of the State in which that local educational agency is located has been given an opportunity to review and make recommendations on such application.

(b) A local educational agency must provide a copy of its application to the appropriate State educational agency concurrently with its submission of the application to the Commissioner.

(c) The Commissioner may establish a cut-off date for submission of comments by State educational agencies on local educational agency applications. If the Commissioner establishes a cut-off date for submission of comments, failure by a State educational agency to submit comments to the Commissioner within the period specified by the Commissioner for an application shall be deemed a waiver of the State educational agency's opportunity to comment on that application.

(20 U.S.C. 1862 (c) (2))

§ 160a.29 Allowable costs.

(a) Costs allowable under awards issued pursuant to this part shall be determined in accordance with provisions contained in 45 CFR Part 100a and Appendices A, B, C, or D to that part, as applicable to the type of applicant, subject to the limitations contained in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section.

(b) Costs for the following will be allowed when the Commissioner determines that expenditure for such items would be in the interest of the Government in carrying out the purposes specified in § 160a.1 and the program objectives in § 160a.2: the costs of (1) reference materials, (2) supplementary materials for adaptation of textbooks, (3) consulting services, (4) conferences for the purposes of discussing metric education, (5) initial purchase of measurement and mass apparatus (limited to 10 percent of the award), (6) replacement of measurement and mass apparatus, and (7) adaptation of measurement and mass apparatus.

(c) Funds shall not be expended under this part for: (1) Stipends, (2) textbooks (except those exclusively on the metric system), (3) travel of teachers, students, or parents, or (4) dependency allowances. (20 U.S.C. 1862)

(2) Instructional strategies which accommodate the unique learning styles of the gifted and talented; and

(3) Flexible administrative arrangements for instruction both in and out of school, such as special classes, seminars, resource rooms, independent study, student internships, mentorships, research field trips, library media research centers and other appropriate arrangements.

(20 U.S.C. 1863, U.S. Commissioner of Education's Report on "Education of the Gifted and Talented," pp. 11 and 28 (Sen. Comm. on Labor and Public Welfare, Comm. Print, 1972, hereinafter "Comm. Print."))

(c) "Gifted and talented" means children and, where applicable, youth, who are identified at the preschool, elementary, or secondary level as (1) possessing demonstrated or potential abilities that give evidence of high performance capability in areas such as intellectual, creative, specific academic, or leadership ability or in the performing and visual arts; and (2) needing differentiated education or services (beyond those being provided by the regular school system to the average student) in order to realize these potentialities.

(20 U.S.C. 1863, Comm. Print (1972) 10–11)

(d) "Instructional equipment" means those items of equipment and accompanying learning materials unique to and necessary for the operation of differentiated educational programs or special educational services for gifted and talented students which do not duplicate existing items.

(20 U.S.C. 1863 (c) (3))

(e) "Leadership personnel", for the purposes of subpart E, includes, but is not limited to, teacher trainers, school administrators, supervisors, researchers, State consultants, school psychologists and other persons engaged in directing or providing services to the gifted and talented children and youth. These persons may also include potential leaders who represent parental, organizational, and other community and professional interests in the education of the gifted and talented.

(20 U.S.C. 1863 (e))

(f) "Local educational agency" means a public board of education or other public authority legally constituted within a State for either administrative control

or direction of, or to perform a service function for, public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district or other political subdivision of a State, or such combination of school districts or counties as are recognized in a State as an administrative agency for its public elementary or secondary schools. Such term also includes any other public institution or agency having administrative control and direction of a public elementary school.

(20 U.S.C. 881 (f))

(g) "Non-public elementary or secondary schools" means schools which provide elementary or secondary education, as determined under State law (but not including any education beyond grade 12), and which are controlled by other than a public agency.

(20 U.S.C. 1863 (c) (2) (A) (111) )

(h) "State and local educators", for the purposes of subparts C and D, includes persons engaged in or preparing to be engaged in the education of the gifted and talented, such as teachers, counselors, library media specialists, or first line supervisors.

(20 U.S.C. 1863 (d))

(i) "State educational agency" for purposes of subparts C and D means any State educational agency, or any consortium of such agencies that have entered into a cooperative agreement for carrying out programs or projects under these subparts on a multi-State basis. § 160b.3 General requirements.

(a) Scope. Each application under this part is subject to the requirements described in paragraph (b) as well as the requirements contained in the particular subpart pursuant to which such application is submitted. Applications for assistance under this part must contain information sufficient to enable the Commissioner to determine that the requirements are satisfied with respect to the program or project for which assistance is requested in the application. Applications not meeting these requirements will not be subject to further evaluation under this part.

(b) Requirements. (1) Procedures for identification and assessment of gifted and talented. (i) In the case of any program or project under this part which involves the provision of services to the