[Etag] Fw: FY20 Open Textbooks Pilot Program-Washington SBCTC (P116T200007)

Tue Nov 24 08:33:01 PST 2020

Just FYI, it's been a tough 16 hours.  DOE denied consideration of our OER grant proposal in a scary, misguided reading of their own rules yesterday afternoon.

However, Boyoung persuaded them to reconsider, working into the night to make our case -- and the application is going forward!

Congratulations Boyoung!  That's a good moment for our team and hopefully a sign of things to come with this project.

Mark

Mark Jenkins, Director
Educational Technology|Open Education
Accessible Technology Initiatives
Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges

mjenkins at sbctc.edu
360.704-4363

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From: Carli Schiffner <cschiffner at sbctc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 8:13 AM
To: Mark Jenkins <mjenkins at sbctc.edu>; Boyoung Chae <bchae at sbctc.edu>
Subject: FW: FY20 Open Textbooks Pilot Program-Washington SBCTC (P116T200007)

WOWSA!!

From: Jan Yoshiwara <jyoshiwara at sbctc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2020 8:09 AM
To: Carli Schiffner <cschiffner at sbctc.edu>
Subject: Fwd: FY20 Open Textbooks Pilot Program-Washington SBCTC (P116T200007)

Beth Gordon

Executive Assistant

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Begin forwarded message:

From: "Slijepcevic, Stacey" <Stacey.Slijepcevic at ed.gov<mailto:Stacey.Slijepcevic at ed.gov>>
Date: November 24, 2020 at 6:30:05 AM PST
To: Boyoung Chae <bchae at sbctc.edu<mailto:bchae at sbctc.edu>>, "Ceja, Beatriz" <Beatriz.Ceja at ed.gov<mailto:Beatriz.Ceja at ed.gov>>, "Byrd-Johnson, Linda" <Linda.Byrd-Johnson at ed.gov<mailto:Linda.Byrd-Johnson at ed.gov>>
Cc: Jan Yoshiwara <jyoshiwara at sbctc.edu<mailto:jyoshiwara at sbctc.edu>>
Subject: RE: FY20 Open Textbooks Pilot Program-Washington SBCTC (P116T200007)

Hello,

The program has reviewed the clarifying information provided and will process application P116T200007 for the peer review. Application P116T200007 will receive full consideration through the three member  external peer review process.  Thank you.

Sincerely,

Stacey Slijepcevic

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Stacey A. Slijepcevic, Ph.D.

FIPSE Senior Program Manager/HSI STEM Senior Program Manager

U.S. Department of Education

Office of Postsecondary Education|Institutional Service

400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Suite 268-34 |Washington, D.C. 20202

(Phone) 202-453-6150 | stacey.slijepcevic at ed.gov<mailto:stacey.slijepcevic at ed.gov>

From: Slijepcevic, Stacey
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 10:04 PM
To: Boyoung Chae <bchae at sbctc.edu<mailto:bchae at sbctc.edu>>; Ceja, Beatriz <Beatriz.Ceja at ed.gov<mailto:Beatriz.Ceja at ed.gov>>; Byrd-Johnson, Linda <Linda.Byrd-Johnson at ed.gov<mailto:Linda.Byrd-Johnson at ed.gov>>
Cc: Jan Yoshiwara <jyoshiwara at sbctc.edu<mailto:jyoshiwara at sbctc.edu>>
Subject: RE: FY20 Open Textbooks Pilot Program-Washington SBCTC (P116T200007)
Importance: High

Hello,

Thank you for your inquiry. The lead applicant must be an eligible IHE or State Higher Education Agency (SHEA), which means the officer or agency primarily responsible for the State supervision of higher education. The Washington Student Achievement Council was identified as the SHEA for Washington.

Sincerely,

Stacey Slijepcevic

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Stacey A. Slijepcevic, Ph.D.

FIPSE Senior Program Manager/HSI STEM Senior Program Manager

U.S. Department of Education

Office of Postsecondary Education|Institutional Service

400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Suite 268-34 |Washington, D.C. 20202

(Phone) 202-453-6150 | stacey.slijepcevic at ed.gov<mailto:stacey.slijepcevic at ed.gov>

From: Boyoung Chae <bchae at sbctc.edu<mailto:bchae at sbctc.edu>>
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 8:07 PM
To: Ceja, Beatriz <Beatriz.Ceja at ed.gov<mailto:Beatriz.Ceja at ed.gov>>; Slijepcevic, Stacey <Stacey.Slijepcevic at ed.gov<mailto:Stacey.Slijepcevic at ed.gov>>; Byrd-Johnson, Linda <Linda.Byrd-Johnson at ed.gov<mailto:Linda.Byrd-Johnson at ed.gov>>
Cc: Jan Yoshiwara <jyoshiwara at sbctc.edu<mailto:jyoshiwara at sbctc.edu>>
Subject: FY20 Open Textbooks Pilot Program-Washington SBCTC

Dear Drs. Slijepcevic, Byrd-Johnson and Ceja,

In response to your letter of November 23, 2020 stating that the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges’ application to the FY20 Open Textbooks Pilot Program (CFDA 84.116T) was ineligible for review, we are writing to officially request clarification of this decision.

We believe that our funding application fully complies with the eligibility requirements in the Federal Register notice and the Notice Inviting Applications governing this grant competition. Each of these requirements is addressed in detail in our application’s Project Narrative Attachment form.

In brief:

III. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Applicants: Eligible applicants are IHEs as defined in section 101 of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1001), or State higher education agencies that:

SBCTC is Washington State’s higher education agency.

(a) Lead the activities of a consortium that is comprised of at least:

(i) Three IHEs as defined in section 101 of the HEA;

SBCTC’s consortium partners include 34 community and technical colleges that meet the definition of IHEs in section 101 of the HEA. Representative letters of commitment were submitted with our application.

(ii) An educational technology or electronic curriculum design expert

(which may include such experts that are employed by one or more of the consortium institutions); and

Our application describes the involvement of experts with these qualifications.

(iii) An advisory group of at least three employers, workforce organizations, or sector partners; and

Our application describes advisory groups that consist of at least three employers, workforce organizations, and sector partners. Representative letters of commitment were submitted with our application.

(b) Have demonstrated experience in the development and implementation of open educational resources.

Our application describes SBCTC’s prior history and expertise in developing and implementing open educational resources.

We believe that our application includes all of the required documents indicated in the Notice Inviting Applications; and thus, does not merit disqualification, per item #12 on page five of the Notice Inviting Applications. If our application was judged ineligible for other reasons, we respectfully request clarification of its specific deficiencies.

Please respond as soon as possible to ensure that we understand the rationale behind the rejection of SBCTC’s application to this grant competition; and to inform us of the process whereby, should we conclude that this decision was made in error, we may appeal it. If the decision is voided, we request and expect that our application will receive full consideration for FY20 funding. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.

Please inform us of the appropriate means to appeal this decision, if such an appeal is necessary.

Sincerely,

Boyoung

[sbctc logo]Boyoung Chae, Ph.D.

Policy Associate, Educational Technology & Open Education

Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

Openwa.org<openwa.org> | OER & Low-Cost Label<https://www.sbctc.edu/colleges-staff/programs-services/educational-technology-open-education/oer-low-cost-label-implementation.aspx>

bchae at sbctc.edu<mailto:bchae at sbctc.edu> |360-628-3549

Texts Welcome!

Cc: Jan Yoshiwara, Executive Director, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

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