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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 148 / Thursday, August 5, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
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identify the intended recipients, including the type and number of recipients, that will receive the products and services under this approach;
iii Its proposed approach to targeted, specialized TA,4 which must identify A The intended recipients, including the type and number of recipients, that will receive the products and services under this approach; and B Its proposed approach to measure the readiness of potential TA recipients to work with the project, assessing, at a minimum, their current infrastructure, available resources, and ability to build capacity at the local level; and iv Its proposed approach to intensive, sustained TA,5 which must identify A The intended recipients, including the type and number of recipients, that will receive the products and services under this approach;
B Its proposed approach to measure the readiness of SEA and LEA personnel to work with the project, including their commitment to the initiative, alignment of the initiative to their needs, current infrastructure, available resources, and ability to build capacity at the SEA and LEA levels;
C Its proposed plan for assisting SEAs and LEAs, in conjunction with SEAs to build or enhance training systems that include professional development based on adult learning principles and coaching;
D Its proposed plan for working with appropriate levels of the education system e.g., SEAs, regional TA
providers, LEAs, schools, and families interaction with TA center staff and including onetime, invited or offered conference presentations by TA center staff. This category of TA also includes information or products, such as newsletters, guidebooks, or research syntheses, downloaded from the TA centers website by independent users.
Brief communications by TA center staff with recipients, either by telephone or email, are also considered universal, general TA.
4 Targeted, specialized TA means TA services based on needs common to multiple recipients and not extensively individualized. A relationship is established between the TA recipient and one or more TA center staff. This category of TA includes one-time, labor-intensive events, such as facilitating strategic planning or hosting regional or national conferences. It can also include episodic, less laborintensive events that extend over a period of time, such as facilitating a series of conference calls on single or multiple topics that are designed around the needs of the recipients. Facilitating communities of practice can also be considered targeted, specialized TA.
5 Intensive, sustained TA means TA services often provided on-site and requiring a stable, ongoing relationship between the TA center staff and the TA recipient. TA services are defined as negotiated series of activities designed to reach a valued outcome. This category of TA should result in changes to policy, program, practice, or operations that support increased recipient capacity or improved outcomes at one or more systems levels.

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to ensure that there is communication between each level and that there are systems in place to support the collection, analysis, and use of diagnostic, interim, and summative assessment data in instructional decision-making to improve teaching and learning for students with disabilities; and E Its proposed plan for collaborating and coordinating with Departmentfunded TA investments, where appropriate, in order to align complementary work and jointly develop and implement products and services to meet the purposes of this priority;
6 Develop products and implement services that maximize efficiency. To address this requirement, the applicant must describe i How the proposed project will use technology to achieve the intended project outcomes;
ii With whom the proposed project will collaborate and the intended outcomes of this collaboration; and iii How the proposed project will use non-project resources to achieve the intended project outcomes; and 7 Develop a dissemination plan that describes how the applicant will systematically distribute information, products, and services to varied intended audiences, using a variety of dissemination strategies, to promote awareness and use of the Centers products and services.
c In the narrative section of the application under Quality of the project evaluation, include an evaluation plan for the project developed in consultation with and implemented by a third-party evaluator.6 The evaluation plan must 1 Articulate formative and summative evaluation questions, including important process and outcome evaluation questions. These questions should be related to the projects proposed logic model required in paragraph b2ii of these requirements;
2 Describe how progress in and fidelity of implementation, as well as project outcomes, will be measured to answer the evaluation questions.
Specify the measures and associated instruments or sources for data appropriate to the evaluation questions.
Include information regarding reliability 6 A third-party evaluator is an independent and impartial program evaluator who is contracted by the grantee to conduct an objective evaluation of the project. This evaluator must not have participated in the development or implementation of any project activities, except for the evaluation activities, nor have any financial interest in the outcome of the evaluation.

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and validity of measures where appropriate;
3 Describe strategies for analyzing data and how data collected as part of this plan will be used to inform and improve service delivery over the course of the project and to refine the proposed logic model and evaluation plan, including subsequent data collection;
4 Provide a timeline for conducting the evaluation, and include staff assignments for completing the plan.
The timeline must indicate that the data will be available annually for the annual performance report APR and at the end of Year 2 for the review process described under the heading, Fourth and Fifth Years of the Project; and 5 Dedicate sufficient funds in each budget year to cover the costs of developing or refining the evaluation plan in consultation with a thirdparty evaluator, as well as the costs associated with the implementation of the evaluation plan by the third-party evaluator.
d Demonstrate, in the narrative section of the application under Adequacy of resources and quality of project personnel, how 1 The proposed project will encourage applications for employment from persons who are members of groups that have traditionally been underrepresented based on race, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability, as appropriate;
2 The proposed key project personnel, consultants, and subcontractors have the qualifications and experience to carry out the proposed activities and achieve the projects intended outcomes;
3 The applicant and any key partners have adequate resources to carry out the proposed activities; and 4 The proposed costs are reasonable in relation to the anticipated results and benefits.
e Demonstrate, in the narrative section of the application under Quality of the Management Plan, how 1 The proposed management plan will ensure that the projects intended outcomes will be achieved on time and within budget. To address this requirement, the applicant must describe i Clearly defined responsibilities for key project personnel, consultants, and subcontractors, as applicable; and ii Timelines and milestones for accomplishing the project tasks;
2 Key project personnel and any consultants and subcontractors will be allocated and how these allocations are appropriate and adequate to achieve the projects intended outcomes;

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