OpportunityTitle: Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII): Ready-to-Learn Television Program CFDA 84.295A
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: 1. Eligible Applicants: To receive a cooperative agreement under this competition, an entity must be a public telecommunications entity that is able to demonstrate each of the following:      (A) A capacity to develop and nationally distribute educational and instructional television programming of high quality that is accessible by a large majority of disadvantaged preschool and elementary school children.      (B) A capacity to contract with the producers of children&apos;s television programming for the purpose of developing educational television programming of high quality.      (C) A capacity, consistent with the entity&apos;s mission and nonprofit nature, to negotiate such contracts in a manner that returns to the entity an appropriate share of any ancillary income from sales of any program-related products.      (D) A capacity to localize programming and materials to meet specific State and local needs and to provide educational outreach at the local level.    Note: The term public telecommunications entity means any enterprise which (a) is a public broadcast station or a noncommercial telecommunications entity; and (b) disseminates public telecommunications services to the public. (20 U.S.C. 6775)    Note: If more than one public telecommunications entity wishes to form a consortium and jointly submit a single application, they must follow the procedures for group applications described in 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129 of EDGAR.
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. The Ready-to-Learn Television Program is designed to: (1) Facilitate student academic achievement by supporting the development and distribution of educational video programming for preschool and elementary school children and their parents; and (2) develop and disseminate educational outreach materials and programs that are designed to promote school readiness, are interactive, and use multiple innovative technologies and digital media platforms.Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.295A.Applications for grants under the Ready-to-Learn Television Program--CFDA Number 84.295A must be submitted electronically using e-Application, accessible through the Department&apos;s e-Grants Web site at: http://e-grants.ed.gov. While completing your electronic application, you will be entering data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail: Program Mailbox
GrantorContactText: Julius Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6140 &lt;br/&gt;julius.cotton@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Joe Caliguro &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 4W214 &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202-5980 &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 205-5449 or by e-mail:
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: March 22, 2010.  Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: April 21, 2010. Notice of Intent to Apply: The Department will be able to develop a more efficient process for reviewing grant applications if it has a better understanding of the number of entities that intend to apply for funding under this program. Therefore, the Secretary strongly encourages each potential applicant to notify the Department by sending a short e-mail message indicating the applicant&apos;s intent to submit an application for funding. The e-mail need not include information regarding the content of the proposed application, only the applicant&apos;s intent to submit. The e-mail notification should be sent to Joe Caliguro at readytolearn@ed.gov. Applicants that fail to provide this e-mail notification may still apply for funding. Date of Meeting for Prospective Applicants: April 8, 2010. Meeting for Prospective Applicants: The Ready-to-Learn program will hold a webinar for prospective applicants on April 15, 2010 from 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Washington, DC time. The conference will offer information about how to apply for a Ready-to-Learn cooperative agreement. For information and to register, please send an e-mail to joseph.caliguro@ed.gov.     On March 22, 2010, we published in the Federal Register (75 FR 13515) a notice inviting applications for new awards for FY 2010 for   the Ready-to-Learn Television Program. We have extended the deadline for transmittal of applications and removed the paragraph on maximum award amount.        (1) On page 13515, in the first column, after the words Deadline for Transmittal of Applications, replace the date ``May 21, 2010&apos;&apos; with the date ``June 22, 2010.&apos;&apos;      (2) On page 13517, in the third column, the Maximum Award paragraph is removed.      (3) On page 13518, in the second column, after the words Deadline for Transmittal of Applications, replace the date ``May 21, 2010&apos;&apos; with the date ``June 22, 2010.&apos;&apos;