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processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. 

Dated: February 14, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title of Collection: Financial Status 

and Program Performance Final Report 

for State and Partnership for the Gaining 

Early Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0782. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Once. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, Local, or Tribal 

Government, State Educational 

Agencies or Local Educational Agencies. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 209. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 8,360. 

Abstract: The purpose of this 

information collection is to determine 

whether recipients of the Gaining Early 

Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) 

have made substantial progress towards 

meeting the objectives of their 

respective projects, as outlined in their 

grant applications and/or subsequent 

work plans. In addition, the final report 

will enable the Department to evaluate 

each grant project’s fiscal operations for 

the entire grant performance period, and 

compare total expenditures relative to 

federal funds awarded, and actual costshare/matching relative to the total 

amount in the approved grant 

application. This report is a means for 

grantees to share the overall experience 

of their projects and document 

achievements and concerns, and 

describe effects of their projects on 

participants being served; project 

barriers and major accomplishments; 

and evidence of sustainability. The 

report will be GEAR UP’s primary 

method to collect/analyze data on 

students’ high school graduation and 

immediate college enrollment rates. 

Copies of the proposed information 

collection request may be accessed from 

http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4518. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3637 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Professional Development for Arts 

Educators Program; Office of 

Innovation and Improvement; 

Overview Information; Professional 

Development for Arts Educators 

(PDAE) Program; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2011 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.351C. 

DATES: Applications Available: February 

17, 2011. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

March 21, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 8, 2011. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 7, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: This program 

supports the implementation of highquality model professional development 

programs in elementary and secondary 

education for music, dance, drama, 

media arts, or visual arts, including folk 

arts, for educators and other arts 

instructional staff of kindergarten 

through grade 12 (K–12) students in 

high-poverty schools. The purpose of 

this program is to strengthen standardsbased arts education programs and to 

help ensure that all students meet 

challenging State academic content 

standards and challenging State student 

academic achievement standards in the 

arts. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

one absolute priority, two competitive 

preference priorities, and one 

invitational priority. The absolute 

priority is from the notice of final 

priority, requirements, and definitions 

for this program (2005 NFP), published 

in the Federal Register on March 30, 

2005 (70 FR 16242). The two 

competitive preference priorities and 

the invitational priority are from the 

notice of final supplemental priorities 

and definitions for discretionary grant 

programs, published in the Federal 

Register on December 15, 2010 (75 FR 

78486). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2011 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

This priority supports professional 

development programs for K–12 arts 

educators and other instructional staff 

that use innovative instructional 

methods and current knowledge from 

education research and focus on— 

(1) The development, enhancement, 

or expansion of standards-based arts 

education programs; or 

(2) The integration of standards-based 

arts instruction with other core 

academic area content. 

In order to meet this priority, an 

applicant must demonstrate that the 

project for which it seeks funding is 

linked to State and national standards 

intended to enable all students to meet 

challenging expectations, and to 

improving student and school 

performance. 

Note: National standards refers to the arts 

standards developed by the Consortium of 

National Arts Education Associations. The 

standards outline what students should know 

and be able to do in the arts. These are not 

Department standards. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2011 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to 

an additional 10 points per competitive 

preference priority to an application, 

depending on how well the application 

meets the priorities. 

These priorities are: 

1. Enabling More Data-Based DecisionMaking 

Projects that are designed to collect 

(or obtain), analyze, and use highquality and timely data, including data 

on program participant outcomes, in 

accordance with privacy requirements 

(as defined in this notice), in the 

following priority area: Improving 

instructional practices, policies, and 

student outcomes in elementary or 

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1A single subject or single case design is an 

adaptation of an interrupted time series design that 

relies on the comparison of treatment effects on a 

single subject or group of single subjects. There is 

little confidence that findings based on this design 

would be the same for other members of the 

population. In some single subject designs, 

treatment reversal or multiple baseline designs are 

used to increase internal validity. In a treatment 

reversal design, after a pretreatment or baseline 

outcome measurement is compared with a post 

treatment measure, the treatment would then be 

stopped for a period of time; a second baseline 

measure of the outcome would be taken, followed 

by a second application of the treatment or a 

different treatment. A multiple baseline design 

addresses concerns about the effects of normal 

development, timing of the treatment, and amount 

of the treatment with treatment-reversal designs by 

using a varying time schedule for introduction of 

the treatment and/or treatments of different lengths 

or intensity. 

2. Supporting Programs, Practices, or 

Strategies for Which There Is Strong or 

Moderate Evidence of Effectiveness 

Projects that are supported by strong 

or moderate evidence (as defined in this 

notice). A project that is supported by 

strong evidence (as defined in this 

notice) will receive more points than a 

project that is supported by moderate 

evidence (as defined in this notice). 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2011 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an invitational priority. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not 

give an application that meets this 

invitational priority a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

This priority is: 

Improving Achievement and High 

School Graduation Rates 

Projects that are designed to address 

one or more of the following priority 

areas: 

(a) Accelerating learning and helping 

to improve high school graduation rates 

and college enrollment rates for 

students in rural local educational 

agencies. 

(b) Accelerating learning and helping 

to improve high school graduation rates 

and college enrollment rates for highneed students. 

Application Requirement: The 

following requirement is from the 2005 

NFP (see 70 FR 16242–16243). 

To be eligible for PDAE Program 

funds, applicants must propose to carry 

out professional development programs 

for arts educators and other 

instructional staff of K–12 low-income 

children and youth by implementing 

projects in schools in which 50 percent 

or more of the children enrolled are 

from low-income families (based on the 

poverty criteria in Title I, section 

1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended. 

Note: Applicants will be required to 

provide evidence that they are serving such 

schools. 

Definitions: The definitions for the 

terms art, art educators, and integrate 

are from the 2005 NFP (see 70 FR 16242, 

16244). The definition for the term local 

educational agency (LEA) is from 34 

CFR 77.1. The definition for the phrase 

sustained and intensive is for the 

purpose of the program’s Government 

Performance and Results Act [GPRA] 

measure only. The remaining 

definitions are from the notice of final 

supplemental priorities and definitions 

for discretionary grant programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 15, 2010 (75 FR 78486), and 

are applicable to the competitive 

preference and invitational priorities in 

this notice. 

Arts includes music, dance, theater, 

media arts, or visual arts, including folk 

arts. 

Arts educator means a teacher who 

works in music, dance, theater, media 

arts, or visual arts, including folk arts. 

Carefully matched comparison group 

design means a type of quasiexperimental study (as defined in this 

notice) that attempts to approximate an 

experimental study (as defined in this 

notice. More specifically, it is a design 

in which project participants are 

matched with non-participants based on 

key characteristics that are thought to be 

related to the outcome. These 

characteristics include, but are not 

limited to: 

(1) Prior test scores and other 

measures of academic achievement 

(preferably, the same measures that the 

study will use to evaluate outcomes for 

the two groups); 

(2) Demographic characteristics, such 

as age, disability, gender, English 

proficiency, ethnicity, poverty level, 

parents’ educational attainment, and 

single- or two-parent family 

background; 

(3) The time period in which the two 

groups are studied (e.g., the two groups 

are children entering kindergarten in the 

same year as opposed to sequential 

years); and 

(4) Methods used to collect outcome 

data (e.g., the same test of reading skills 

administered in the same way to both 

groups). 

Experimental study means a study 

that employs random assignment of, for 

example, students, teachers, classrooms, 

schools, or districts to participate in a 

project being evaluated (treatment 

group) or not to participate in the 

project (control group). The effect of the 

project is the average difference in 

outcomes between the treatment and 

control groups. 

Integrate means to strengthen (i) the 

use of high-quality arts instruction 

within other academic content areas, 

and (ii) the place of the arts as a core 

academic subject in the school 

curriculum. 

Interrupted time series design means 

a type of quasi-experimental study (as 

defined in this notice) in which the 

outcome of interest is measured 

multiple times before and after the 

treatment for program participants only. 

If the program had an impact, the 

outcomes after treatment will have a 

different slope or level from those before 

treatment. That is, the series should 

show an ‘‘interruption’’ of the prior 

situation at the time when the program 

was implemented. Adding a comparison 

group time series, such as schools not 

participating in the program or schools 

participating in the program in a 

different geographic area, substantially 

increases the reliability of the findings.1

Local educational agency (LEA) 

means— 

(a) A public board of education or 

other public authority legally 

constituted within a State for either 

administrative control of or direction of, 

or to perform service functions for, 

public elementary or secondary schools 

in— 

(1) A city, county, township, school 

district, or other political subdivision of 

a State; or 

(2) Such combination of school 

districts or counties a State recognizes 

as an administrative agency for its 

public elementary or secondary schools; 

or 

(b) Any other public institution or 

agency that has administrative control 

and direction of a public elementary or 

secondary school. 

(c) As used in 34 CFR parts 400, 408, 

525, 526 and 527 (vocational education 

programs), the term also includes any 

other public institution or agency that 

has administrative control and direction 

of a vocational education program. 

Moderate evidence means evidence 

from previous studies whose designs 

can support causal conclusions (i.e., 

studies with high internal validity) but 

have limited generalizability (i.e., 

moderate external validity), or studies 

with high external validity but moderate 

internal validity. The following would 

constitute moderate evidence: 

(1) At least one well-designed and 

well-implemented (as defined in this 

notice) experimental or quasiexperimental study (as defined in this 

notice) supporting the effectiveness of 

the practice, strategy, or program, with 

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of implementation or analysis that limit 

generalizability; 

(2) At least one well-designed and 

well-implemented (as defined in this 

notice) experimental or quasiexperimental study (as defined in this 

notice) that does not demonstrate 

equivalence between the intervention 

and comparison groups at program entry 

but that has no other major flaws related 

to internal validity; or 

(3) Correlational research with strong 

statistical controls for selection bias and 

for discerning the influence of internal 

factors. 

Privacy requirements means the 

requirements of the Family Educational 

Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 

U.S.C. 1232g, and its implementing 

regulations in 34 CFR part 99, the 

Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, as well as all 

applicable Federal, State and local 

requirements regarding privacy. 

Quasi-experimental study means an 

evaluation design that attempts to 

approximate an experimental study (as 

defined in this notice) and can support 

causal conclusions (i.e., minimizes 

threats to internal validity, such as 

selection bias, or allows them to be 

modeled). Well-designed and wellimplemented (as defined in this notice) 

quasi-experimental studies (as defined 

in this notice) include carefully 

matched comparison group designs (as 

defined in this notice), interrupted time 

series designs (as defined in this notice), 

or regression discontinuity designs (as 

defined in this notice). 

Regression discontinuity design study 

means, in part, a quasi-experimental 

study (as defined in this notice) design 

that closely approximates an 

experimental study (as defined in this 

notice). In a regression discontinuity 

design, participants are assigned to a 

treatment or comparison group based on 

a numerical rating or score of a variable 

unrelated to the treatment such as the 

rating of an application for funding. 

Another example would be assignment 

of eligible students, teachers, 

classrooms, or schools above a certain 

score (‘‘cut score’’) to the treatment 

group and assignment of those below 

the score to the comparison group. 

Strong evidence means evidence from 

previous studies whose designs can 

support causal conclusions (i.e., studies 

with high internal validity), and studies 

that in total include enough of the range 

of participants and settings to support 

scaling up to the State, regional, or 

national level (i.e., studies with high 

external validity). The following are 

examples of strong evidence: 

(1) More than one well-designed and 

well-implemented (as defined in this 

notice) experimental study (as defined 

in this notice) or well-designed and 

well-implemented (as defined in this 

notice) quasi-experimental study (as 

defined in this notice) that supports the 

effectiveness of the practice, strategy, or 

program; or 

(2) One large, well-designed and wellimplemented (as defined in this notice) 

randomized controlled, multisite trial 

that supports the effectiveness of the 

practice, strategy, or program. 

Sustained and Intensive, as used in 

the GPRA measure set forth in the 

Performance Measures section of this 

notice, means to complete 40 hours of 

professional development and 75% of 

the total number of professional 

development hours offered over a 

period of 6 or more months. 

Well-designed and well-implemented 

means, with respect to an experimental 

or quasi-experimental study (as defined 

in this notice) that the study meets the 

What Works Clearinghouse evidence 

standards, with or without reservations 

(see http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/ 

references/idocviewer/ 

doc.aspx?docid=19&tocid=1 and in 

particular the description of ‘‘Reasons 

for Not Meeting Standards’’ at http:// 

ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/references/ 

idocviewer/ 

Doc.aspx?docId=19&tocId=4#reasons). 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7271. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 

84, 85, 86, 97, 98 and 99. (b) The notice 

of final priority, requirements, and 

definitions for this program, published 

in the Federal Register on March 30, 

2005 (70 FR 16242). (c) The notice of 

final supplemental priorities and 

definitions for discretionary grant 

programs, published in the Federal 

Register on December 15, 2010 (75 FR 

78486). 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except Federally 

recognized Indian Tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration’s budget request for FY 

2011 does not include funds for this 

program. In place of this and several 

other, sometimes narrowly targeted, 

programs focused on student 

achievement in specific subject areas, 

the Administration has proposed to 

create, through the ESEA 

reauthorization, a broader program, 

Effective Teaching and Learning for a 

Well-Rounded Education, that would 

support activities to improve student 

achievement and teacher effectiveness 

in arts and other subject areas. However, 

we are inviting applications to allow 

enough time to complete the grant 

process before the end of the current 

fiscal year, if Congress appropriates 

funds for this program. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 

2012 from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$150,000–$350,000 for the first year of 

the project. Funding for the second and 

third years is subject to the availability 

of funds and the approval of 

continuation awards (see 34 CFR 

75.253). 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$252,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 28. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: An LEA, which 

may be a charter school that is 

considered an LEA under State law and 

regulations, that is acting on behalf of an 

individual school or schools that meets 

the poverty criterion with respect to 

children from low-income families that 

is specified in the Application 

Requirement section elsewhere in this 

notice, and that must work in 

partnership with one or more of the 

following— 

• A State or local non-profit or 

governmental arts organization; 

• A State educational agency (SEA) or 

regional educational service agency; 

• An institution of higher education; 

or 

• A public or private agency, 

institution, or organization, including a 

museum, an arts education association, 

a library, a theater, or a community- or 

faith-based organization. 

2.a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This 

program involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements. Under 

section 5551(f)(2) of the ESEA, the 

Secretary requires that assistance 

provided under this program be used 

only to supplement, and not to 

supplant, any other assistance or funds 

made available from non-Federal 

sources for the activities assisted under 

the program. This restriction also has 

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indirect costs only on the basis of a 

restricted indirect cost rate, according to 

the requirements in 34 CFR 75.563 and 

34 CFR 76.564 through 76.569. As soon 

as they decide to apply, applicants are 

urged to contact the ED Indirect Cost 

Group at (202) 377–3833 for guidance 

about obtaining a restricted indirect cost 

rate to use on the Budget Information 

form (ED Form 524) included with the 

application package. 

3. Coordination Requirement: Under 

section 5551(f)(1) of the ESEA, the 

Secretary requires that each entity 

funded under this program coordinate, 

to the extent practicable, each project or 

program carried out through its grant 

with appropriate activities of public or 

private cultural agencies, institutions, 

and organizations, including museums, 

arts education associations, libraries, 

and theaters. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: ED Pubs, U.S. Department of 

Education, P.O. Box 22207, Alexandria, 

VA 22304. Telephone, toll free: 1–877– 

433–7827. FAX: (703) 605–6794. If you 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD), call, toll free: 1–877–576– 

7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: http://www.EDPubs.gov or at 

its e-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application package 

from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this 

program or competition as follows: 

CFDA number 84.351C. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the person or 

team listed under Accessible Format in 

section VIII of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

program. 

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 competition. Therefore, the 

Secretary strongly encourages each 

potential applicant to notify the 

Department by sending a short e-mail 

message indicating the applicant’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’s intent to submit it. The email notification should be sent to the 

program e-mail address: pdae@ed.gov. 

Applicants that fail to provide this email notification may still apply for 

funding. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

is where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria that reviewers use to 

evaluate your application. Applicants 

are strongly encouraged to limit the 

application (Part III) to the equivalent of 

no more than 25 pages, using the 

following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ x 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; Part IV, the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the bibliography, or the 

letters of support. However, the page 

limit does apply to all of the application 

narrative section (Part III). 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: February 17, 

2011. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

March 21, 2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 8, 2011. 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, please refer to 

section IV.7. Other Submission 

Requirements of this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII of this notice. If 

the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 7, 2011. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and Central Contractor 

Registry: To do business with the 

Department of Education, you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR), the Government’s 

primary registrant database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your application; and 

d. Maintain an active CCR registration 

with current information while your 

application is under review by the 

Department and, if you are awarded a 

grant, during the project period. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 

can be created within one business day. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow 2–5 weeks for your TIN to 

become active. 

The CCR registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete. 

If you are currently registered with the 

CCR, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your CCR 

registration on an annual basis. This 

may take three or more business days to 

complete. 

In addition, if you are submitting your 

application via Grants.gov, you must (1) 

be designated by your organization as an 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR); and (2) register yourself with 

Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these 

steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3– 

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Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

PDAE Program, CFDA Number 84.351C, 

must be submitted electronically using 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through 

this site, you will be able to download 

a copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the PDAE Program at 

http://www.Grants.gov. You must search 

for the downloadable application 

package for this program [competition] 

by the CFDA number. Do not include 

the CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your 

search (e.g., search for 84.351, not 

84.351C). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. When we retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov, we will 

notify you if we are rejecting your 

application because it was date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this program to 

ensure that you submit your application 

in a timely manner to the Grants.gov 

system. You can also find the Education 

Submission Procedures pertaining to 

Grants.gov under News and Events on 

the Department’s G5 system home page 

at http://www.G5.gov. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: the Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

• You must attach any narrative 

sections of your application as files in 

a .PDF (Portable Document) format only. 

If you upload a file type other than a 

.PDF or submit a password-protected 

file, we will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. The 

Department will contact you after a 

determination is made on whether your 

application will be accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

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before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevent you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 

no later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Isadora Binder, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 4W246A, 

Washington, DC 20202–5950. FAX: 

(202) 205–5630. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.351C), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.351C), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, 

and Federal holidays. 

Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper 

Applications: If you mail or hand deliver 

your application to the Department— 

(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, 

including suffix letter, if any, of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application; and 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail to you a notification of receipt of your 

grant application. If you do not receive this 

notification within 15 business days from the 

application deadline date, you should call 

the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from 34 CFR 

75.210. The maximum score for all the 

selection criteria is 100 points. The 

maximum score for each criterion is 

indicated in parentheses. Each criterion 

also includes the factors that the 

reviewers will consider in determining 

how well an application meets the 

criterion. A note following a selection 

criterion is guidance to help applicants 

in preparing their applications, and is 

not required by statute or regulations. 

The criteria are as follows: 

(1) Significance (10 points). The 

Secretary considers the significance of 

the proposed project. In determining the 

significance of the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the following 

factors: 

(a) The extent to which the proposed 

project is likely to build local capacity 

to provide, improve, or expand services 

that address the needs of the target 

population. 

(b) The extent to which the results of 

the proposed project are to be 

disseminated in ways that will enable 

others to use the information or 

strategies. 

(2) Quality of the project design (10 

points). The Secretary considers the 

quality of the design of the proposed 

project. In determining the quality of the 

design of the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the extent to which 

the proposed project is designed to 

build capacity and yield results that will 

extend beyond the period of Federal 

financial assistance. 

(3) Quality of project services (20 

points). The Secretary considers the 

quality of the services to be provided by 

the proposed project. In determining the 

quality of the services to be provided by 

the proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(a) The quality and sufficiency of 

strategies for ensuring equal access and 

treatment for eligible project 

participants who are members of groups 

that have traditionally been 

underrepresented based on race, color, 

national origin, gender, age, or 

disability. 

(b) The extent to which the training or 

professional development services to be 

provided by the proposed project are of 

sufficient quality, intensity, and 

duration to lead to improvements in 

practice among the recipients of those 

services. 

(c) The likelihood that the services to 

be provided by the proposed project 

will lead to improvements in the 

achievement of students as measured 

against rigorous academic standards. 

(4) Quality of project personnel (10 

points). The Secretary considers the 

quality of the personnel who will carry 

out the proposed project. In determining 

the quality of project personnel, the 

Secretary considers the following 

factors: 

(a) The extent to which the applicant 

encourages applications for employment 

from persons who are members of 

groups that have traditionally been 

underrepresented based on race, color, 

national origin, gender, age, or 

disability. 

(b) The qualifications, including 

relevant training and experience, of key 

project personnel. 

(c) The qualifications, including 

relevant training and experience, of 

project consultants or subcontractors. 

(5) Quality of the management plan 

(20 points). The Secretary considers the 

quality of the management plan for the 

proposed project. In determining the 

quality of the management plan for the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the adequacy of the 

management plan to achieve the 

objectives of the proposed project on 

time and within budget, including 

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timelines, and milestones for 

accomplishing project tasks. 

(6) Quality of the project evaluation 

(30 points). The Secretary considers the 

quality of the evaluation to be 

conducted of the proposed project. In 

determining the quality of the 

evaluation, the Secretary considers the 

following factors: 

(a) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation include the use of 

objective performance measures that are 

clearly related to the intended outcomes 

of the project and will produce 

quantitative and qualitative data to the 

extent possible. 

(b) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation will provide performance 

feedback and permit periodic 

assessment of progress toward achieving 

intended outcomes. 

Note: A strong evaluation plan should be 

included in the application narrative and 

should be used, as appropriate, to shape the 

development of the project from the 

beginning of the grant period. The evaluation 

plan should include benchmarks to monitor 

progress toward specific project objectives 

and also outcome measures to assess the 

impact on teaching and learning, or other 

important outcomes for project participants. 

More specifically, the plan should identify 

the individual or organization that has agreed 

to serve as evaluator for the project and 

describe the qualifications of that evaluator. 

The plan should describe the evaluation 

design, indicating: (1) What types of data will 

be collected; (2) when various types of data 

will be collected; (3) what methods will be 

used; (4) what instruments will be developed 

and when these instruments will be 

developed; (5) how data will be analyzed; (6) 

when reports of results and outcomes will be 

available; and (7) how the applicant will use 

the information collected through the 

evaluation to monitor progress of the funded 

project and to provide accountability 

information both about success at the initial 

site and about effective strategies for 

replication in other settings. Applicants are 

encouraged to devote an appropriate level of 

resources to project evaluation. 

2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary also requires 

various assurances including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department of 

Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 

108.8, and 110.23). 

3. Special Conditions: Under 34 CFR 

74.14 and 80.12, the Secretary may 

impose special conditions on a grant if 

the applicant or grantee is not 

financially stable; has a history of 

unsatisfactory performance; has a 

financial or other management system 

that does not meet the standards in 34 

CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has 

not fulfilled the conditions of a prior 

grant; or is otherwise not responsible. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multi-year award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to http:// 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: We have 

established two GPRA performance 

measures for the PDAE Program. The 

first GPRA measure is: The percentage 

of teachers participating in the PDAE 

Program who receive professional 

development that is sustained and 

intensive. In implementing this 

measure, the Department will collect 

from grantees data on the extent to 

which they provide professional 

development that is sustained and 

intensive in accordance with the 

definition for the phrase sustained and 

intensive provided elsewhere in this 

notice. The second GPRA measure is: 

The percentage of PDAE projects whose 

teachers show a statistically significant 

increase in content knowledge in the 

arts. In implementing this measure, 

grantees will be expected to administer 

a pre-test and a post-test of teacher 

content knowledge in the arts. The pretest and post-test should be the same 

test or an equivalent version of the test. 

Successful applicants will be expected 

to include professional development 

data in their annual performance reports 

to the Department. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award, the Secretary may 

consider, under 34 CFR 75.253, the 

extent to which a grantee has made 

‘‘substantial progress toward meeting the 

objectives in its approved application.’’ 

This consideration includes the review 

of a grantee’s progress in meeting the 

targets and projected outcomes in its 

approved application, and whether the 

grantee has expended funds in a manner 

that is consistent with its approved 

application and budget. In making a 

continuation grant, the Secretary also 

considers whether the grantee is 

operating in compliance with the 

assurances in its approved application, 

including those applicable to Federal 

civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Isadora Binder, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 4W246A, Washington, DC 20202 

or by e-mail: pdae@ed.gov. If you use a 

TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

persons listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 


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Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

Note: 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.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: February 11, 2011. 

James H. Shelton, III, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

List of Correspondence 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: List of Correspondence from 

July 1, 2010 through September 30, 

2010. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary is publishing 

the following list pursuant to section 

607(f) of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). 

Under section 607(f) of the IDEA, the 

Secretary is required, on a quarterly 

basis, to publish in the Federal Register 

a list of correspondence from the U.S. 

Department of Education (Department) 

received by individuals during the 

previous quarter that describes the 

interpretations of the Department of the 

IDEA or the regulations that implement 

the IDEA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Duos or Mary Louise Dirrigl. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7468. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you can call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of this notice in an 

accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the contact persons listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following list identifies correspondence 

from the Department issued from July 1, 

2010 through September 30, 2010. 

Included on the list are those letters that 

contain interpretations of the 

requirements of the IDEA and its 

implementing regulations, as well as 

letters and other documents that the 

Department believes will assist the 

public in understanding the 

requirements of the law and its 

regulations. The date of and topic 

addressed by each letter are identified, 

and summary information is also 

provided, as appropriate. To protect the 

privacy interests of the individual or 

individuals involved, personally 

identifiable information has been 

redacted, as appropriate. 

Part B—Assistance for Education of All 

Children With Disabilities 

SECTION 612—State Eligibility 

Topic Addressed: Least Restrictive 

Environment 

Æ Letter dated August 23, 2010 to 

Conference of Educational 

Administrators of Schools and Programs 

for the Deaf, Inc. President Edward H. 

Bosso, Jr., regarding factors to be 

considered in determining placement 

for students who are deaf. 

SECTION 614—Evaluations, Eligibility 

Determinations, Individualized 

Education Programs, and Educational 

Placements 

Topic Addressed: Revocation of Consent 

Æ Letter dated August 31, 2010 to 

Kansas State Department of Education 

Attorney Mark Ward, reiterating that a 

local educational agency (LEA) must 

accept either parent’s revocation of 

consent for the child’s continued receipt 

of special education and related 

services, provided that the parent has 

legal authority to make educational 

decisions on behalf of the child. 

Topic Addressed: Individualized 

Education Programs (IEPs) 

Æ Letter dated August 5, 2010 to Little 

Cypress-Mauriceville Director of Special 

Programs Dr. Robert H. Finch, regarding 

individualized education program (IEP) 

goals for transfer students with 

disabilities during the time period when 

the new public agency is required to 

provide services comparable to those 

described in the child’s IEP from the 

previous public agency. 

Section 615—Procedural Safeguards 

Topic Addressed: Independent 

Educational Evaluations 

Æ Letter dated August 13, 2010 to 

individuals (personally identifiable 

information redacted), regarding public 

agency criteria for independent 

educational evaluations, particularly the 

qualifications of examiners conducting 

psychological evaluations. 

Topic Addressed: Prior Written Notice 

Æ Letter dated August 5, 2010 to 

Missouri Division of Special Education 

Assistant Commissioner Heidi AtkinsLieberman, regarding whether a public 

agency is required to include a child’s 

specific category of eligibility in a prior 

written notice provided under Part B of 

the IDEA. 

Topic Addressed: Mediation And 

Resolution Agreements 

Æ Letter dated July 13, 2010 to Texas 

Education Agency General Counsel 

David Anderson, regarding the effect of 

a settlement agreement resulting from a 

mediation or resolution meeting on 

claims raised in subsequent State 

complaints. 

Section 616—Monitoring, Technical 

Assistance, and Enforcement and 

Section 642—Federal Administration 

Topic Addressed: State Performance 

Plans 

Æ Letter dated September 16, 2010 to 

Florida Infants and Young Children 

Executive Director Pat Grosz, regarding 

requirements for States to establish 

targets of 100 percent for all compliance 

indicators in State Performance Plans 

and Annual Performance Reports under 

Part C of the IDEA. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You can view this document, as well 

as all other Department of Education 

documents published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet 

at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/ 

news/fedregister/index.html. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. 

Note: 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.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 84.027, Assistance to States for 

Education of Children with Disabilities) 

Dated: February 11, 2011. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3635 Filed 2–16–11; 8:45 am] 

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