MEMORANDUM

TO:The Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement

FROM:The Secretary

SUBJECT:Delegation of Programmatic Authority

I.DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY

Under the authority vested in me by section 412 of the Department of Education Organization Act, 20 U.S.C. §3472, I hereby delegate to you, your successor in function, and anyone serving for you in an acting capacity or delegated to perform the functions and duties of your position, the programmatic authorities described in the attached appendix.

Unless otherwise noted in future delegations of authority, amendments to the authorities delegated herein are included in the scope of this delegation.

II.RESERVATIONS

Unless otherwise noted in existing or future delegations of authority, the following are not delegated:

  1. the authority to sign documents for publication in the Federal Register other than those documents designated in the blanket delegation of authority to sign Federal Registerdocuments to Principal Officers, EA/GEN/12, certified on June 15, 2006;

B.the authority to appoint members of advisory councils and fix compensation; and

C.unless otherwise provided by law, the authority to submit reports to Congress or the President.

  1. REDELEGATION

Subject to applicable provisions of law, and unless otherwise noted, you may redelegate any of the authorities delegated to you, and may authorize further redelegation. All redelegations must be prepared in accordance with the Administrative Communications System directive, OM:1-102: Delegations of Authority, dated July 29, 2008.

  1. CERTIFICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE

This delegation is effective upon certification by the Department’s Principal Delegations Control Officer. It supersedes delegations EA/EU/23 and its subsequent amendments (EA/EU 23A-C) as well as EB/EU/36 and EA/EU/37.

I hereby ratify actions within the scope of this delegation taken by the addressee prior to the date of certification.

______-s_-______

Arne Duncan

OGC Clearance and Date: Deborah Friendly, 10/30/14

Certified Date: November 3, 2014

Departmental Delegations Control Officer: Bruce Monblatt

Control Number: EA/EU/38

Office of Innovation and Improvement

Delegation of Authority

APPENDIX

The following chartsthe authority delegated to the Office of Innovation and Improvement to administer programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as amended (ARRA), Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), and other statutory authorities.

Statute / Description of Delegated Authority
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, of 1965, as amended
Title II, Part A, subpart 5, Section 2151(b), / School Leadership
Title II, Part C, Subpart 1, Chapter B / Transition to Teaching Program
Title II, Part D, Subpart 3 / Ready to Learn Television
Title V, Part B, Subpart 1 / Charter School Programs
Title V, Part B, Subpart 1 / State Charter Schools Facilities Incentive Program
Title V, Part B, Subpart 2 / Credit Enhancement for Charter School Facilities
Title V, Part C / Magnet Schools Assistance
Title V, Part D / Fund for Improvement of Education
Title V, Part D, Subpart 1, Sections 5411 - 5413 / Promise Neighborhoods Program
Title V, Part D, Subpart 1 / Full Service Community Schools Program
Title V, Part D, Subpart1, Sections 5411 – 5414 and annual appropriations laws / Teacher Incentive Fund
Title V, Part D, Subpart 15 / Arts in Education
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P. L. 111-5), Division A,Title XIV
Section 14007 / Investing in Innovation Fund
Sections 14005-14006 / Race to the Top – District Program
Higher Education Opportunity Act (P.L. 110-315)
Title II, Section 201 (20 U.S.C. 1022) / Teacher Quality Partnership Grants Program
Title VIII, Section 801 (20 U.S.C. 1161f) / Teach for America
Other Programs
Division F, Title III, Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2012 (P.L. 112–74) / Supporting Effective Educator Development Grant Program
Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (SOAR Act) of 2011, Division C of the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (P.L. 112-10). / D.C. School Choice Incentive Program

The Secretary has also delegated to Principal Officers certain administrative authorities subject to specified reservations.