Glossary of ED guide terms - Department of Education

Glossary of ed Guide Terms Bypass. When a public education agency fails to provide services authorized by the agency of federal law, the Secretary of Education may withhold capitals from that agency and may contract with a third party to provide of that kind services directly. This process is referred to as "bypassing" the public education agency.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA). Published by means of the Office of Management and roll (OMB) and updated with loose-leaf additions, this catalog describes all federal programs that distribute capitals to states, organizations, and individuals. The numbers in parentheses after each program title in this Guide correspond to OMB numbers in the CFDA. For more details about any program listed in this Guide, use its OMB number to locate it in the CFDA. The CFDA is available in greatest in quantity major libraries or by subscription from the Superintendent of Documents, management Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 telephone 202/783-3238 general subscription price is $36 annually domestic, and $45 foreign, which includes periodic updated materials. Checks should be payable to Superintendent of Documents. VISA, MasterCard, and GPO deposit account orders accepted.

Closing Date. The date an application must be received by means of the Education Department to be considered for an award within a particular funding revolution of time All announcements of grants competitions or supplications for proposal for contracts specify closing dates. These dates are roughly the same for each year a program is in operation. However, it is advisable to verify the accuracy of all closing dates (which are control to change) by checking either the Federal Register or the dealing Business Daily, or by contacting the administering office.

traffic Business Daily. A publication issued each weekday by the U.S. Department of dealing listing all federal procurement invitations, including the Department of Education's prayers for proposals (RFPs) for contracts. This publication is available in greatest in quantity major libraries or by subscription from the Superintendent of Documents, rule Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 telephone 202/783-3238 common subscription price is $160 annually domestic, by means of first-class priority mail, or $81 annually by means of regular second-class mail. (Six-month subscriptions $88 by the agency of first-class priority mail, $45 by the agency of regular second-class mail; six-month foreign subscription $5655 plus air-mail postage). Checks should be payable to Superintendent of Documents. VISA, MasterCard, and GPO deposit account orders accepted.

Contract. An award of coin to carry out a specific task for a management agency, as described in a asking for proposal (RFP) published in the mercantile relations Business Daily. Contracts are awarded to bidders submitting proposals that best convenient the requirements of the announced work, within a competitive packet range.

Currently unfund programs. one time Congress has authorized legislation, stocks must be appropriated in order for the legislation to be carried without However, appropriations are not always forthcoming following the passage of legislation, and previously authorized or stocked programs are sometimes dropped from annual appropriation acts. a certain quantity of programs authorized by Congress are not ever funded; sometimes they are not re-fund In this Guide, the words "Currently unfunded" appear in parentheses after of that kind programs.

Federal Register. A publication issued each weekday by the U.S. General Service Administration, listing all federal agency regulations and legal notices, including details of all federal grants competitions. Available in greatest in quantity major libraries and by subscription from the Superintendent of Documents, rule Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 telephone 202/783-3238 popular subscription price is $300 annually domestic, by dint of regular second-class mail, $150 for six month by the agency of regular second-class mail. (Double these amounts for first-class priority mail.) Foreign subscriptions $375 annually, $18750 for six month Checks should be payable to Superintendent of Documents; VISA, MasterCard, and GPO deposit account orders accepted.

Grants. In direct grant or discretionary programs, awards are granted directly to those whose applications best suitable the criteria for the work, as place out in the regulations of the federal agency published in the Federal Register. State formula grants, or entitlement grants, are made to the states in accordance with a formula based upon the numbers of children or pupils to be served or upon the amounts of federal or state standard of value available. In state-administered grants, the state itself is the grantee and may award grants to subgrantees upon either a discretionary or formula basis.

Local education agency. An agency that exercises mastery over the public schools in a specific area within a state or territory (usually called a academy district).

Postsecondary academy Any public or private education institution of higher education beyond the secondary horizontal including two- and four-year communitys technical schools, and universities.