OpportunityTitle: OSERS-OSEP: Technical Assistance on State Data Collection: National Technical Assistance Center to Improve State Capacity to Collect, Report, Analyze, and Use Accurate Early Childhood IDEA Data CFDA Number 84.373Z
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants:  SEAs; local educational agencies (LEAs), including public charter schools that operate as LEAs under State law; IHEs; other public agencies; private nonprofit organizations; freely associated States and outlying areas; Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations; and for-profit organizations.
Description: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. SUMMARY: The mission of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) is to improve early childhood, educational, and employment outcomes and raise expectations for all people with disabilities, their families, their communities, and the Nation. As such, the Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2019 for a National Technical Assistance Center to Improve State Capacity to Collect, Report,Analyze, and Use Accurate Early Childhood IDEA Data,Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.373Z. This notice relates to the approved information collection under OMB control number 1894-0006. Purpose of Program: Section 616 of the IDEA requires States to submit to the Department, and make available to the public,a State performance plan (SPP) and an annual performance report (APR) with data on how each State implements both Parts B and C of the IDEA to improve outcomes for infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities. Section 618 of the IDEA requires States to submit to the Department, and make available to the public,quantitative data on infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities who are receiving early intervention and special education services under IDEA. The purpose of the Technical Assistance on State Data Collection Program is to improve the capacity of States to meet IDEA data collection and reporting requirements under sections 616 and 618 of the IDEA. Funding for the program is authorized under section 611(c)(1) of IDEA, which gives the Secretary the authority to reserve up to 1/2 of 1 percent of the amounts appropriated under Part B for each fiscal year to provide TA activities,where needed, to improve the capacity of States to meet the data collection and reporting requirements under Parts B and C of IDEA. The maximum amount the Secretary may reserve under this set-aside for any fiscal year is $25,000,000,cumulatively adjusted by the rate of inflation. Section 616(i) of IDEA requires the Secretary to review the data collection and analysis capacity of States to ensure that data and information determined necessary for the implementation of section 616 of IDEA are collected, analyzed, and accurately reported to the Secretary. It also requires the Secretary to provide TA,where needed, to improve the capacity of States to meet the data collection requirements, which include the data collection and reporting requirements in sections 616 and 618 of IDEA. Additionally, Division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 gives the Secretary the authority to use funds reserved under section 611(c) to &#8220;carry out other services and activities to improve data collection, coordination, quality, and use under Parts B and C of the IDEA.&#8221; Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018; Div. H, Title III of Public Law 115-141; 132 Stat. 745 (2018). Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.373Z.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail: Program Manager
GrantorContactText: Julius C Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6288 &lt;br/&gt;julius.cotton@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Meredith Miceli,  &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education,  &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 5141,  &lt;br/&gt;Potomac Center Plaza,  &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202-5076.   &lt;br/&gt;Telephone:  (202) 245-6028.  Email:  Meredith.Miceli@ed.gov.
CloseDateExplanation: Applications available: August 12, 2019.       Deadline for transmittal of applications: September 11, 2019.       Pre-application webinar information: No later than August 19, 2019, OSERS will post pre-recorded informational webinars designed to provide   technical assistance (TA) to interested applicants.       Pre-application Q &amp; A blog: No later than August 19, 2019, OSERS will open a blog where interested applicants may post questions about the application requirements for this competition and where OSERS will post answers to the questions received. OSERS will not respond to questions unrelated to the application requirements for this competition. The blog will remain open until September 3, 2019. After the blog closes, applicants should direct questions to the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.         ADDRESSES: For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768), and available at   www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf.       The pre-application webinars may be found at www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/osep/new-osep-grants.html.       The pre-application Q &amp; A blog may be found at www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/osep/new-osep-grants.html.         FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Meredith Miceli, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 5141, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-5076.  Telephone:  (202) 245-6028.  Email:  Meredith.Miceli@ed.gov.