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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 107 / Monday, June 7, 2021 / Notices II. Award Information Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$180,000,000.
These estimated available funds are the total available for all three types of grants under the EIR program Earlyphase, Mid-phase, and Expansion grants.
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 Average Size of Awards:
Up to $15,000,000.
Maximum Award: We will not make an award exceeding $15,000,000 for a project period of 60 months. The Department intends to fund one or more projects under each of the EIR
competitions, including Expansion 84.411A, Mid-phase 84.411B, and Early-phase 84.411C. Entities may submit applications for different projects for more than one competition Early-phase, Mid-phase, and Expansion. The maximum award amount a grantee may receive under these three competitions, taken together, is $15,000,000. If an entity is within funding range for multiple applications, the Department will award the highest scoring applications up to $15,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 14.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Note: Under section 4611c of the ESEA, the Department must use at least 25 percent of EIR funds for a fiscal year to make awards to applicants serving rural areas, contingent on receipt of a sufficient number of applications of sufficient quality. For purposes of this competition, we will consider an applicant as rural if the applicant meets the qualifications for rural applicants as described in the Eligible Applicants section and the applicant certifies that it meets those qualifications through the application.

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In implementing this statutory provision and program requirement, the Department may fund high-quality applications from rural applicants out of rank order in the Expansion competition.
III. Eligibility Information 1. Eligible Applicants:
a An LEA;
b An SEA;
c The Bureau of Indian Education BIE;
d A consortium of SEAs or LEAs;
e A nonprofit organization; and
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f An LEA, an SEA, the BIE, or a consortium described in clause d, in partnership with 1 A nonprofit organization;
2 A business;
3 An educational service agency; or 4 An IHE.
To qualify as a rural applicant under the EIR program, an applicant must meet both of the following requirements:
a The applicant is 1 An LEA with an urban-centric district locale code of 32, 33, 41, 42, or 43, as determined by the Secretary;
2 A consortium of such LEAs;
3 An educational service agency or a nonprofit organization in partnership with such an LEA; or 4 A grantee described in clause 1
or 2 in partnership with an SEA; and b A majority of the schools to be served by the program are designated with a locale code of 32, 33, 41, 42, or 43, or a combination of such codes, as determined by the Secretary.
Applicants are encouraged to retrieve locale codes from the National Center for Education Statistics School District search tool https nces.ed.gov/ccd/
districtsearch/, where districts can be looked up individually to retrieve locale codes, and Public School search tool https nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/, where individual schools can be looked up to retrieve locale codes. More information on rural applicant eligibility is in the application package.
Note: If you are a nonprofit organization, under 34 CFR 75.51, you may demonstrate your nonprofit status by providing: 1 Proof that the Internal Revenue Service currently recognizes the applicant as an organization to which contributions are tax deductible under section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code, 2 a statement from a State taxing body or the State attorney general certifying that the organization is a nonprofit organization operating within the State and that no part of its net earnings may lawfully benefit any private shareholder or individual, 3 a certified copy of the applicants certificate of incorporation or similar document if it clearly establishes the nonprofit status of the applicant, or 4 any item described above if that item applies to a State or national parent organization, together with a statement by the State or parent organization that the applicant is a local nonprofit affiliate.
In addition, any IHE is eligible to be a partner in an application where an LEA, SEA, BIE, consortium of SEAs or LEAs, or a nonprofit organization is the lead applicant that submits the application. A private IHE
that is a non-profit organization can apply for an EIR grant. A nonprofit organization, such as a development foundation, that is affiliated with a public IHE can apply for a grant. A public IHE that has 501c3 status would also qualify as a nonprofit organization and could be a lead applicant
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for an EIR grant. A public IHE without 501c3 status even if that entity is tax exempt under Section 115 of the Internal Revenue Code or any other State or Federal provision, or that could not provide any other documentation described in 34 CFR
75.51b, however, would not qualify as a nonprofit organization, and therefore could not apply for and receive an EIR grant.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Under section 4611d of the ESEA, each grant recipient must provide, from Federal, State, local, or private sources, an amount equal to 10 percent of funds provided under the grant, which may be provided in cash or through in-kind contributions, to carry out activities supported by the grant. Grantees must include a budget showing their matching contributions to the budget amount of EIR grant funds and must provide evidence of their matching contributions for the first year of the grant in their grant applications. Section 4611d of the ESEA also authorizes the Secretary to waive this matching requirement on a case-by-case basis, upon a showing of exceptional circumstances, such as:
a The difficulty of raising matching funds for a program to serve a rural area;
b The difficulty of raising matching funds in areas with a concentration of LEAs or schools with a high percentage of students aged 5 through 17
1 Who are in poverty, as counted in the most recent census data approved by the Secretary;
2 Who are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.;
3 Whose families receive assistance under the State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act 42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.; or 4 Who are eligible to receive medical assistance under the Medicaid program;
and c The difficulty of raising funds on Tribal land.
Applicants that wish to apply for a waiver must include a request in their application that describes why the matching requirement would cause serious hardship or an inability to carry out project activities. Further information about applying for waivers can be found in the application package.
However, given the importance of matching funds to the long-term success of the project, the Secretary expects eligible entities to identify appropriate matching funds.
3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this competition may not award subgrants to entities to directly carry out project activities described in its application.
4. Other: a. Funding Categories: An applicant will be considered for an
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