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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 22 / Thursday, February 4, 2021 / Notices
II. Program Authority and Eligibility Information Under what statutory authority will FY 2021 SRSA grant awards be made?
The FY 2021 SRSA grant awards will be made under title V, part B, subpart 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended ESEA.
Which LEAs are eligible for an award under the SRSA program?
For FY 2021, an LEA including a public charter school that meets the definition of LEA in section 810130 of the ESEA is eligible for an award under the SRSA program if it meets both the criteria below:
a The total number of students in average daily attendance at all of the schools served by the LEA is fewer than 600; or each county in which a school served by the LEA is located has a total population density of fewer than 10
persons per square mile; and b All of the schools served by the LEA are designated with a school locale code of 41, 42, or 43 by the Departments National Center for Education Statistics NCES or the Secretary has determined, based on a demonstration by the LEA and concurrence of the State educational agency, that the LEA is located in an area defined as rural by a governmental agency of the State.
The Department provides an eligibility spreadsheet containing each LEA eligible for FY 2021 SRSA grant funds, which is available on the Departments website at: https
oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formulagrants/rural-insular-nativeachievement-programs/rural-educationachievement-program/small-ruralschool-achievement-program/.
If an LEA on the Departments list of LEAs eligible to receive an FY 2021
SRSA award will close prior to the 20212022 school year, that LEA is no longer eligible to receive an FY 2021
SRSA award and should not apply.

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Note: The Choice of Participation provision under section 5225 of the ESEA
gives an LEA eligible for both SRSA and the Rural and Low-Income School RLIS
program authorized under title V, part B, subpart 2 of the ESEA the option to participate in either the SRSA program or the RLIS program. An LEA eligible for both SRSA and RLIS is henceforth referred to as a dual-eligible LEA.

Which eligible LEAs must submit an application to receive an FY 2021 SRSA
grant award?
Under 34 CFR 75.104a, the Secretary makes a grant only to an eligible entity that submits an application.
In FY 2021, each LEA eligible to receive an SRSA award is required to
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submit an SRSA application in order to receive SRSA funds, regardless of whether the LEA received an award or submitted an application in any previous year. This includes each dualeligible LEA that chooses to participate in the SRSA program instead of the RLIS program, and each SRSA-eligible LEA that is a member of an educational service agency ESA that does not receive SRSA funds on the LEAs behalf.
In the case of an SRSA-eligible LEA that is a member of an SRSA-eligible ESA, the LEA and ESA must coordinate directly with each other to determine which entity will submit an SRSA
application on the LEAs behalf, as both entities may not apply for or receive SRSA funds for the LEA. Additionally, pursuant to section 5225 of the ESEA, a dual-eligible LEA that applies for SRSA funds in accordance with these application submission procedures will not be considered for an RLIS award.
As a reminder, each applicant must apply with its own unique Data Universal Numbering System DUNS
number. We also note that a separate application must be submitted for each eligible LEA. For example, if a rural community has two distinct LEAsone composed of its elementary schools and one composed of its high schoolseach distinct LEA would have to submit its own SRSA
application with the LEAs own unique DUNS number.
An LEA eligible to receive FY 2021
SRSA funds that fails to submit an FY
2021 SRSA application in accordance with the application and submission information below is at risk of not receiving an FY 2021 SRSA award. Such an LEA may receive an award only to the extent funds become available after awards are made to all eligible LEAs that complied with the application procedures.
III. Application and Submission Information Electronic Submission of Applications Using Max.gov:
The Department will send each LEA
eligible for FY 2021 SRSA grant funds an email with a uniquely identifiable application link on February 10, 2021.
The email will include customized instructions for completing the electronic application via the Office of Management and Budget OMB Max Survey platform.
An eligible LEA must submit an electronic application via OMB Max Survey by April 16, 2021, to be assured of receiving an FY 2021 SRSA grant award. The Department may consider applications submitted after the deadline to the extent practicable and
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contingent upon the availability of funding.
Please note the following:
We estimate that it will take 30
minutes to submit an application.
However, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline date to begin the application process.
To better ensure applications are processed in a more timely, accurate, and efficient manner, if an LEA has not submitted an application by March 1, 2021, we will send the LEA a reminder email to submit its application.
An application received by OMB
Max Survey is date and time stamped upon submission and an applicant will receive a confirmation email after the application is submitted.
Once an application is submitted via OMB Max Survey, the applicant must contact the REAP program staff at reap@ed.gov to update any information in the application if necessary.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues With OMB
Max Survey:
If you are unable to submit an application by April 16, 2021 because of problems with OMB Max Survey, contact the REAP program staff at reap@
ed.gov within five business days and provide an explanation of the technical problem you experienced. We will accept your late application as having met the deadline if we can confirm that a technical problem occurred with the OMB Max Survey system and that the problem affected your ability to submit your application by the application deadline date. As noted above, if you submit your application after the deadine and the late submission is not due to a technical issue about which you have notified the REAP program staff, the Department may consider your application to the extent practicable and contingent upon the availability of funding.
IV. Other Procedural Requirements System for Award Management:
To do business with the Department, you must register in the System for Award Management SAM, the Governments primary registrant database, using the following information:
a. DUNS number.
b. Legal business name.
c. Physical address from your Dun &
Bradstreet D&B record.
d. Taxpayer identification number TIN.
e. Taxpayer name associated with your TIN.
f. Bank information to set up Electronic Funds Transfer EFT i.e.,
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