OSERS-OSEP: Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities: Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Leadership Personnel Assistance Listing Number 84.325D

Background
The Department of Education (Department) is issuing a notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities—Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Leadership Personnel. The purposes of this program are to help address State-identified needs for personnel preparation in special education, early intervention, related services, and regular education to work with children, including infants and toddlers, with disabilities; and ensure that those personnel have the necessary skills and knowledge, derived from practices that have been determined through scientifically based research and experience, to be successful in serving those children.

Grant Details
This competition includes two absolute priorities and two competitive preference priorities. The competition includes Absolute Priority 1—Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Faculty. The purpose of this priority is to support existing doctoral degree programs that prepare special education, early intervention, and related services personnel who are well-qualified for leadership positions as researchers and preparers of special education personnel in institutions of higher education (IHEs). There is a well-documented need for leadership personnel to fill faculty positions within IHEs in special education, early intervention, and related services. This priority will provide support to help address identified needs for personnel with the knowledge and skills to establish and meet high expectations for each child with a disability. Programs must culminate in a doctoral degree. Applicants must plan to recruit and enroll the proposed number of scholars in the application within the first 12 months of the project period or demonstrate that scholars enrolled after the first 12 months can complete the program by the end of the proposed project period.

Eligibility Requirements
To meet the requirements of this priority, an applicant must demonstrate how the project addresses the need for leadership personnel to promote high expectations and provide effective interventions and services that improve outcomes for children with disabilities. The applicant must present appropriate data demonstrating the need for special education or early intervention administrators. The applicant must also identify the competencies needed by leadership personnel to supervise the provision of effective interventions and services.

Period of Performance
Applications Available: April 8, 2021.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 7, 2021.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 6, 2021.

Grant Value
The total value of the grant is not explicitly provided in the document.