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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 130 / Monday, July 12, 2021 / Notices
applicant in carrying out a previous award, such as the applicants 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.
3. Risk Assessment and Specific Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR
200.206, before awarding grants under this program 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 threshold currently $250,000, under 2
CFR 200.206a2 we must make a judgment about your integrity, business ethics, and record of performance under Federal awardsthat is, the risk posed by you as an applicantbefore 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.

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5. In General: In accordance with the Office of Management and Budgets 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. 115232 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
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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 170.110b.
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
75.720c. For specific requirements on reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/
fund/grant/apply/appforms/
appforms.html.
5. Performance Measures: For purposes of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
and for Department reporting under 34
CFR 75.110, the Department has established the following performance measures for the IAL program: 1 The percentage of fourth graders participating in the project who demonstrated individual student growth i.e., an improvement in their achievement over the past year on State reading or language arts assessments under section 1111b2 of the ESEA;
2 the percentage of eighth graders participating in the project who demonstrated individual student growth i.e., an improvement in their achievement over the past year on State reading or language arts assessments under section 1111b2 of the ESEA;
3 the percentage of schools participating in the project whose bookto-student ratios increase from the previous year; and 4 the percentage of participating children who receive at least one free, gradeand languageappropriate book of their own.
All grantees will be expected to submit an annual performance report that includes data addressing these
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