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the project with other populations (15 participants in the validation, and the points);

(iii) The extent to which the intended results of the proposed project can be used by others and thus the extent to which the application specifies:

(A) Well-designed validation procedures (10 points); and

(B) Approaches for dissemination and utilization of the intended results (10 points); and

(iv) The extent to which the applicant demonstrates commitment through in kind or direct financial contributions or through procedures to use all or parts of the program or products developed under the grant in the continuing activities of the applicant (10 points);

(3) Plan of Operation. (70 points). (i) The extent to which the application sharply defines and clearly states objectives for the proposed project which are capable of being achieved by the proposed procedures and capable of being assessed upon attainment (15 points);

(li) The extent to which the application ensures adequate evaluation of the activities through the description of a project evaluation design which would measure the extent to which the objectives have been accomplished by the project and would describe an eventual evaluation report containing sufficient data, information, and direction to permit and encourage replication (15 points);

(iii) The quality of the statement on management that describes the project's decision-making process and its rationale and the quality of the management plan which references objectives, operational activities, schedules (including the amount of time to be spent on the project by the proposed staff members), resources, products, and the project evaluation design (15 points);

(iv) The extent to which the program to be developed under the project will be developed in cooperation with representative groups in the field of the project and of educational equity for women, such as practitioners (both at the policy and implementation levels), theoreticians, potential

community (15 points); and

(v) The extent to which the application presents a budget that is reasonable in relation to anticipated results and reflects the management design (10 points).

(4) Geographical distribution of awards. (20 points) The extent to which approval of an application will contribute to an appropriate geographical distribution of project awards throughout the Nation. The Commissioner will apply this criterion to individual applications after taking into account relevant recommendations of the Council.

(b) General provisions criteria. Evaluation criteria set forth in § 100a.26(b) of this chapter will not apply to applications or proposals submitted under this part.

(c) Small grants. Applications for small grants will be evaluated in accordance with the criteria specified in paragraph (a) of this section with appropriate consideration given to the scope and amount of the proposed award.

(20 U.S.C. 1866 (d) and (e))

§ 160f.11 [Reserved]

§ 160f.12 General grant awards.

(a) General. In awarding new grants under this part (except with respect to small grants described in § 160f.13), the Commissioner may establish priorities by publishing them in an Appendix to this regulation. Whether or not there are priorities, applicants may propose projects in any area authorized by the Act. Applicants may find guidance by examining the six activities which are listed in the Act and quoted in § 160f.4(a).

(b) Number and size of general grant awards. (1) Contingent upon the availability of funds, it is expected that 30 to 50 new general grants will be awarded per fiscal year.

(2) It is anticipated that the size of general grant awards will range from about $35,000 to $175,000, depending on the scope of the proposed project. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as a limitation on the

amount of funds which may be available to a particular grantee.

(20 U.S.C. 1866(d))

§ 160f.13 Small grant awards.

(a) Grants under this section will support the development and implementation of innovative approaches to the attainment of equity in education for women. The innovative approaches need not be original but may include practices that:

(1) Are similar to present practices but are not widely known or used;

(2) Expand on present practices; or (3) Are new to a specific target population.

(b) Applications for grants under this section may focus on any of the six programmatic areas outlined in § 160f.4(a) or other areas of need in the provision of educational equity for

women.

(c) Projects supported under this section must be designed to contribute to the development of model programs and products (capacity building) in the area of educational equity for women as provided in § 160f.3(b), with appropriate consideration to the scope and amount of the grant award. The Commissioner may also use the small grant program for further testing of programs and products developed and validated by previous projects supported under this part when they become available.

(d) Contingent upon the availability of funds, it is expected that 20 to 30 grants will be made under this section per fiscal year for amounts not to exceed $15,000.

(20 U.S.C. 1866(e))

§ 160f.14 Contract activities.

(a) General. Contingent upon the availability of funds, contracts will be awarded on the basis of separate solicitations setting forth appropriate specifications in the areas described in paragraph (b) of this section.

(b) Funding areas. It is expected that contracts will be awarded in the following areas:

(1) Technical assistance for Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-318);

(2) Operation of a communications network in the field of educational equity for women;

(3) Dissemination of tested programs and products developed under the Act to organizations and agencies which wish to use or adapt them; and

(4) Those other areas of women's educational equity where the Commissioner determines that specific procurements would further the purpose of the Act.

(20 U.S.C. 1866(d)(1))

§ 160f.15 Allowable costs.

(a) General. (1) Allowable costs under projects to which funds are awarded pursuant to this part shall be determined in accordance with cost principles set forth in:

(i) Appendix B of subchapter A of this chapter with respect to grants to public agencies;

(ii) Appendix C of subchapter A of this chapter with respect to grants to nonprofit educational institutions;

(iii) Appendix D of subchapter A of this chapter with respect to grants to other nonprofit institutions and individuals; and

(iv) 41 CFR Part 1-15 with respect to contracts.

(2) The costs of nonexpendable personal property with an acquisition cost of $1,000 or more per unit, depreciation or use allowances, automatic data processing, memberships, subscriptions, and professional activities will be allowable if they have been specifically authorized by the Commissioner in the notification of grant award.

(3) Facilities, capital assets, and repairs which materially increase the value or useful life of capital assets generally shall be unallowable under this part, and will be allowed only where specially justified by the applicant and specifically authorized by the Commissioner.

(4) Funds supplied under grants awarded under this paragraph usually will not be available to pay the general costs of overall education, training, or career employment preparation programs. Rather, funds will be available for payment of the incremental costs such as the costs necessary for effec

tive planning, development, evaluation, testing, validation, and in some cases, dissemination, directly related to educational equity for women.

(b) Long term training projects. (1) Grants for training projects designed to provide individual participants with full-time post-baccalaureate training with a duration of at least one academic year may include provision for the payment to

(i) Grantees of tuition and fees and (ii) Participants of stipends, dependency allowances, and other costs, including child care, as the Commissioner may determine to be consistent with prevailing practices under comparable Federal programs.

(2) Provision for payments described in paragraph (b)(1) of this section will be included in grant award documents at the discretion of the Commissioner and only when the applicant requests these payments and provides sufficient information and justification in the application to satisfy the Commissioner that the payments would contribute substantially to the realization of the project objective to develop, test, and prepare for dissemination a successful model training program.

(3) If provisions for the payment of tuition and fees are included in a grant pursuant to this paragraph, the grantee may not charge participants in the training program for tuition and fees.

(c) Payments for participation in validation of materials and programs. (1) Projects may include in the grant or contract a provision for payments to non-educational participants (including parents, students, and others) and to educational personnel participants (including administrators, counselors, teachers, and others), whose participation is necessary for the validation of the programs or products developed by the project and who are not otherwise compensated for their time while participating.

(2)(i) Payments to non-educational participants may be made at rates not lower than the current Federal minimum wage rate nor higher than the rate set forth for educational personnel in paragraph (c)(2)(ii) of this section.

(ii) Except as provided under paragraph (c)(2)(iii) of this section, payments to educational personnel under this paragraph would be at the rate of $30 for each full day of participation up to $150 a week. For partial days involving less than 5 hours of attendance, the payments for this attendance would be at the rate of $6 per hour, subject to the weekly limit of $150.

(iii) Where participating educational personnel are ordinarily paid for their work at a salary scale determined by a collective bargaining agreement in which the minimum hourly rate for any individual is more than $6 per hour, the individual would be compensated at the minimum hourly rate provided for under the collective bargaining agreement.

(3) Where a local educational agency or other educational agency or institution compensates teachers or other educational personnel whom it employs for their time in receiving training or participating in other activities under this paragraph and must also hire a substitute for the participant during the time of that participation, reimbursement may be made under the grant or contract which includes the component to the local educational agency or other educational agency or institution for the costs of hiring the substitute.

(4) No travel or dependency allowances will be paid for participation in any component under this paragraph.

(5) Participants in any short-term training may receive payments at the same rates as set forth in paragraph (c)(2) of this section.

(6) Provision for payments described in this paragraph will be included in grant award documents or contracts at the discretion of the Commissioner, and only when the applicant requests these payments and justifies that the payments to the specific classes or groups of recipients to participate in the validation or training are necessary to carry out the program objective.

(d) Indirect costs. (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (c)(2) and (3) of this section indirect costs will be al

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lowed under projects funded under this part in accordance with the applicable indirect cost rate allowances set out in Appendices B through D of Subchapter A of this chapter.

(2) Indirect costs for training grants will be allowed at the lesser of:

(i) The level of indirect costs, determined under paragraph (d)(1) of this section; or

(ii) In grants where the Commissioner approves payments for stipends and dependency allowances under paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section, eight percent of the total direct costs, including stipends and dependency allowances.

(3) Indirect costs shall not be allowed under grants to individuals under this part.

(20 U.S.C. 1231c(b), 1232c(b)(2))

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Subpart A-General

§ 160g.1 Scope and purpose. (a) This part:

(1) Governs the award of grants to encourage and assist State and local educational agencies to establish and conduct programs in which the arts are an integral part of elementary and secondary school programs;

(2) Establishes criteria for the programs eligible for assistance; and

(3) Establishes procedures for applications for grants.

(b) Subchapter A and Part 160 of this chapter set forth fiscal, administrative, property management, and other matters applicable this part.

(c) This part applies to projects assisted with funds either appropriated pursuant to Section 409 of Pub. L. 93380 or made available for that purpose pursuant to the Special Projects Act, as enacted by Section 402 of Pub. L. 93-380.

(20 U.S.C. 1867)

§ 160g.2 Definitions.

Unless otherwise required by the context, the following definitions apply in this part:

'Act" means Section 409 of Pub. L. 93-380 (20 U.S.C. 1867);

"Alliance for Arts Education" means the joint program carried out by the Kennedy Center and the U.S. Office of Education to develop programs in the arts for children and youth which are designed for their participation, education, and recreation, under Pub. L. 85-874, as amended.

(20 U.S.C. 1867; Pub. L. 85-874)

"Alliance for Arts Education National Committee" means the committee appointed by the Board of the Kennedy Center to serve as the principal policy and advisory body to the Board for the Alliance for Arts Education Program.

(20 U.S.C. 1867)

"Arts" includes, but is not limited to, music, dance, drama, folk art, creative writing, architecture and allied fields, visual arts (including painting, sculpture, photography, graphic arts, and

craft arts), industrial design, costume and fashion design, motion pictures, television, radio, tape and sound recording, the arts related to the presentation, performance, execution, and exhibition of those arts, and the study and application of the arts to the human environment.

(20 U.S.C. 1867, 952(b) (Pub. L. 89-209))

"Arts education program" means a program in which arts are an integral part of elementary and secondary school curricula and which complies with § 160g.3.

(20 U.S.C. 1867)

“Handicapped children” means children who need special education and related services because they are mentally retarded, hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, visually handicapped, seriously emotionally disturbed, crippled, or otherwise health impaired, or have specific learning disabilities.

(20 U.S.C. 1401, 1867)

"Kennedy Center" means the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

(20 U.S.C. 1867)

"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 administrative agencies for the State's public elementary or secondary schools. The term also includes any other public institution or agency having administrative control and direction of a public elementary or secondary school.

(20 U.S.C. 1867; 20 U.S.C. 881(f))

"State Alliance for Arts Education Committee” means a committee at the State level, established under the Alliance for Arts Education Program, consisting of members broadly representative of the fields of education and the

arts, including but not limited to, arts organizations (such as State Arts Councils) and arts education (such as the National Art Education Association, the Music Educators National Conference, the American Theatre Association, and the National Dance Association), artists, teachers, and administrators in the arts.

(20 U.S.C. 1867)

"State educational agency" means the State board of education or other agency or officer primarily responsible for State supervision of public elementary and secondary schools, or if there is no such agency or officer, an agency or officer designated by the Governor or by State law for that purpose.

(20 U.S.C. 1867; 20 U.S.C. 881(k))

§ 160g.3 Eligibility for grants; required elements for program.

(a) The Commissioner may make grants to State and local educational agencies to aid and encourage them to establish, conduct, improve, or provide developmental and technical assistance for, arts education programs in elementary and secondary schools.

(b) An arts education program with respect to which a State or local educational agency proposes a project must meet, or be designed to meet, the elements listed in paragraph (c) of this section. (An agency may apply for a grant to assist in establishing an arts education program not yet in operation).

(c) Each arts education program for which an application for a grant is made must be designed to:

(1) Encourage the development, in students, of an aesthetic awareness in the arts;

(2) Foster self-actualization and the development of communicative skills through movement, sound, visual images, and verbal usage;

(3) Involve each student in each school covered by the application in enjoyment, understanding, creation, and evaluation of, and participation in, the arts;

(4) Address the spectrum of art forms, including at least dance, music, drama, and the visual arts;

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