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and airspace requirements would be 

similar to Alternative 1. The western 

expansion area would be a Restricted 

Public Access Area, available to the 

public for 10 months of the year when 

not used by the USMC. 

Alternative 5 would add the same 

180,353 acres of land to the west of the 

base as in Alternatives 1 and 4 but no 

additional land to the south. Proposed 

training activities and airspace 

requirements would be similar to 

Alternative 1 and 4. The western 

expansion area would be a Restricted 

Public Access Area, available to the 

public for 10 months of the year when 

not used by the USMC. 

Alternative 6 (Preferred Alternative) 

would add approximately 167,971 acres 

to the existing Combat Center (146,667 

acres to the west of the base and the 

same 21,304 acres to the south as in 

Alternative 1) and accompanying 

Special Use Airspace. Of the western 

land acquisition, approximately 108,530 

acres would be exclusive USMC Use, 

while the remaining 38,137 acres would 

be a Restricted Public Access Area, 

available to the public 10 months per 

year when it is not being used by the 

USMC. Proposed training activities and 

airspace requirements would otherwise 

be similar to Alternative 1. 

The No Action Alternative would 

seek no additional lands and no 

additions or changes to Special Use 

Airspace associated with the Combat 

Center’s current range complex. 

Environmental Effects Identified in 

Draft EIS 

Potential impacts were evaluated in 

the Draft EIS under all alternatives for 

the following resources: land use, 

recreation, socioeconomics and 

environmental justice, public health and 

safety, visual resources, transportation 

and circulation, airspace management, 

air quality, noise, biological resources, 

cultural resources, geological resources 

and water resources. 

The Draft EIS includes mitigation 

measures, special conservation 

measures, and features of project design 

to avoid or minimize potential impacts. 

The proposed action would fully 

comply with regulatory requirements for 

the protection of environmental 

resources. A Biological Assessment has 

been prepared for submittal to the U.S. 

Fish & Wildlife Service in compliance 

with Section 7 of the Endangered 

Species Act. In addition, the USMC is 

coordinating with the California State 

Historic Preservation Office on Section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act, and with the Mojave 

Desert Air Quality Management District 

on the Clean Air Act. 

The proposed action would result in 

unavoidable impacts related to land use 

(due to inconsistencies with federal and 

local land use plans and policies, 

incompatibility with mining claims and 

leases, and the acquisition of privatelyowned land), recreation (due to the loss 

of recreational use of the Johnson Valley 

Off-Highway Vehicle [OHV] Area), 

socioeconomics (due to decreased 

spending and income from OHV and 

other recreational activities, and 

impacts to existing commercial and 

private aircraft flight routes), public 

health and safety (due to potential 

public contact with munitions 

constituents or other hazards under 

Alternatives 4, 5 and 6), air quality (due 

to air emissions from construction and 

training activities), biological resources 

(due to the likelihood of training 

exercise-related incidental take of desert 

tortoises), cultural resources (due to the 

potential loss of archeological sites, 

even if mitigated through data recovery), 

geological resources (due to compaction 

of soils, disruption of surface crust, 

shearing of soil profiles, and soil 

particle dispersion as dust due to 

military activities), and water resources 

(due to increased demand for potable 

groundwater supplies). 

Schedule: The Notice of Availability 

(NOA) publication in the Federal 

Register and local print media starts the 

90-day public comment period for the 

Draft EIS. The DoN will consider and 

respond to all written, oral and 

electronic comments, submitted as 

described above, in the Final EIS. The 

DoN intends to issue the Final EIS in 

November 2011, at which time an NOA 

will be published in the Federal 

Register and local print media. A 

Record of Decision is expected to be 

published in April 2012. 

Copies of the Draft EIS can be found 

on the project Web site, http:// 

www.marines.mil/unit/29palms/las or at 

the following locations: 

(1) Newton T. Bass Apple Valley 

Branch Library, 14901 Dale Evans 

Parkway, Apple Valley, CA 92307. 

(2) Barstow Branch Library, 304 E. 

Buena Vista St., Barstow, CA 92311. 

(3) Joshua Tree Library, 6465 Park 

Blvd., Joshua Tree, CA 92252. 

(4) Lucerne Valley Janice Horst 

Branch Library, 33103 Old Woman 

Springs Road, Lucerne Valley, CA 

92356. 

(5) Needles Branch Library, 1111 

Bailey Ave., Needles, CA 92363. 

(6) Ovitt Family Community Library, 

215 E. C St., Ontario, CA 91764. 

(7) Sacramento Public Library Central 

Branch, 828 I Street, Sacramento, CA 

95814. 

(8) San Bernardino County Library, 

104 W. Fourth St., San Bernardino, CA 

92415. 

(9) Twentynine Palms Library, 6078 

Adobe Road, Twentynine Palms, CA 

92277. 

(10) Victorville City Library, 15011 

Circle Drive, Victorville, CA 92395. 

(11) Yucca Valley Branch Library, 

57098 29 Palms Highway, Yucca Valley, 

CA 92284. 

Dated: February 18, 2011. 

D. J. Werner, 

Lieutenant Commander, Office of the Judge 

Advocate General, U.S. Navy, Federal 

Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4461 Filed 2–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Training and Information for Parents of 

Children With Disabilities Office of 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services; Overview Information; 

Training and Information for Parents of 

Children With Disabilities; Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.328C and 84.328M. 

Note: This notice invites applications for 

two separate competitions. For key dates, 

contact person information, and funding 

information regarding each competition, see 

the chart in the Award Information section of 

this notice. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: See chart. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: See chart. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: See chart. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program is to ensure that parents of 

children with disabilities receive 

training and information to help 

improve results for their children. 

Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv) and (v), these priorities 

are from allowable activities specified in 

the statute, or otherwise authorized in 

the statute (see sections 671, 672 and 

681(d) of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)). Each 

of the absolute priorities announced in 

this notice corresponds to a separate 

competition as follows: 

Absolute priority Competition 

CFDA No. 

Community Parent Resource 

Centers .............................. 84.328C 


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Absolute priority Competition 

CFDA No. 

Parent Training and Information Centers ....................... 84.328M 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2011 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from these competitions, 

these priorities are absolute priorities. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), for each 

competition, we consider only 

applications that meet the absolute 

priority for that competition. 

The priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1—Community Parent 

Resource Centers (84.328C) 

Background: 

Almost 30 years of research and 

experience has demonstrated that the 

education of children with disabilities 

can be made more effective by 

strengthening the role and responsibility 

of parents and ensuring that families of 

such children have meaningful 

opportunities to participate in the 

education of their children at school 

and at home (see section 601(c)(5)(B) of 

IDEA). 

This priority supports Community 

Parent Resource Centers (CPRCs) in 

targeted communities that will provide 

underserved parents of children with 

disabilities, including low-income 

parents, parents of limited English 

proficient children, and parents with 

disabilities in that community, with the 

training and information they need to 

enable them to participate cooperatively 

and effectively in helping their children 

with disabilities to— 

(a) Meet developmental and 

functional goals, and challenging 

academic achievement standards that 

have been established for all children; 

and 

(b) Be prepared to lead productive, 

independent adult lives, to the 

maximum extent possible. 

The following Web site provides 

further information on the work of 

previously funded centers: http:// 

www.parentcenternetwork.org. 

Priority: 

To be considered for funding under 

the CPRCs absolute priority, applicants 

must meet the application requirements 

contained in the priority. All projects 

funded under the absolute priority also 

must meet the programmatic and 

administrative requirements specified in 

the priority. 

Application Requirements. An 

applicant must include in its 

application— 

(a) A plan to implement the activities 

described in the Project Activities 

section of this priority; and 

(b) A budget for attendance at the 

following: 

(1) A three-day National Technical 

Assistance for Parent Centers 

Conference in Washington, DC during 

each year of the project period. 

(2) A two-day Regional Technical 

Assistance for Parent Centers 

Conference, in the region in which the 

CPRC is located, during each year of the 

project period. Applicants should refer 

to http://www.parentcenternetwork.org 

for a list of regions. 

Project Activities. To meet the 

requirements of this priority, the CPRC, 

at a minimum, must— 

(a) Maintain a Web site that meets 

government or industry-recognized 

standards for accessibility; 

(b) Provide training and information 

that meets the training and information 

needs of parents of children with 

disabilities within the proposed targeted 

community to be served by the CPRC, 

particularly underserved parents and 

parents of children who may be 

inappropriately identified as having 

disabilities; 

Note: For purposes of this priority, 

‘‘targeted community to be served’’ refers to 

a geographically defined, local community 

whose members experience significant 

isolation from available sources of 

information and support as a result of 

cultural, economic, linguistic, or other 

circumstances deemed appropriate by the 

Secretary. 

(c) Carry out the following activities 

required of parent training and 

information centers: 

(1) Serve the parents of infants, 

toddlers, and children, from ages birth 

through 26, with the full range of 

disabilities described in section 602(3) 

of IDEA. 

(2) Ensure that the training and 

information provided meet the needs of 

low-income parents and parents of 

limited English proficient children. 

(3) Assist parents to— 

(i) Better understand the nature of 

their children’s disabilities and their 

educational, developmental, and 

transitional needs; 

(ii) Communicate effectively and work 

collaboratively with personnel 

responsible for providing special 

education, early intervention services, 

transition services, and related services; 

(iii) Participate in decision-making 

processes, including those regarding 

participation in State and local 

assessments, and the development of 

individualized education programs 

under Part B of IDEA and 

individualized family service plans 

under Part C of IDEA; 

(iv) Obtain appropriate information 

about the range, type, and quality of— 

(A) Options, programs, services, 

technologies, practices, and 

interventions based on scientifically 

based research, to the extent practicable; 

and 

(B) Resources available to assist 

children with disabilities and their 

families in school and at home, 

including information available through 

the Office of Special Education 

Programs’ (OSEP) technical assistance 

and dissemination centers (http:// 

www.tadnet.org), and communities of 

practice 

(http://www.tacommunities.org); 

(v) Understand the requirements of 

IDEA related to the provision of 

education and early intervention 

services to children with disabilities; 

(vi) Participate in activities at the 

school level that benefit their children; 

and 

(vii) Participate in school reform 

activities. 

(4) In States where the State elects to 

contract with the CPRCs, contract with 

the State educational agencies (SEAs) to 

provide, consistent with paragraphs (B) 

and (D) of section 615(e)(2) of IDEA, 

individuals to meet with parents in 

order to explain the mediation process. 

(5) Assist parents in resolving 

disputes in the most expeditious and 

effective way possible, including 

encouraging the use and explaining the 

benefits of alternative methods of 

dispute resolution, such as the 

mediation process described in section 

615(e) of IDEA. 

(6) Assist parents and students with 

disabilities to understand their rights 

and responsibilities under IDEA, 

including those under section 615(m) of 

IDEA upon the student’s reaching the 

age of majority (as appropriate under 

State law). 

(7) Assist parents to understand the 

availability of, and how to effectively 

use, procedural safeguards under IDEA. 

(8) Assist parents in understanding, 

preparing for, and participating in, the 

resolution session described in section 

615(f)(1)(B) of IDEA; 

(d) Establish cooperative partnerships 

with any Parent Training and 

Information Centers (PTIs) and any 

other CPRCs funded in the State under 

sections 671 and 672 of IDEA, 

respectively; 

(e) Be designed to meet the specific 

needs of families who experience 

significant isolation from available 

sources of information and support; 

(f) Be familiar with the provision of 

special education, related services, and 

early intervention services in the 

CPRC’s targeted community to be served 

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1For the purposes of this priority, the term highpoverty school means a school in which at least 50 

percent of students are eligible for free or reducedprice lunches under the Richard B. Russell National 

School Lunch Act or in which at least 50 percent 

of students are from low-income families as 

determined using one of the criteria specified under 

section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended. For middle and 

high schools, eligibility may be calculated on the 

basis of comparable data from feeder schools. 

Eligibility as a high-poverty school under this 

definition is determined on the basis of the most 

currently available data. 

2For purposes of this priority, the term 

persistently lowest-achieving schools means, as 

determined by the State—(i) Any Title I school in 

improvement, corrective action, or restructuring 

that (a) Is among the lowest-achieving five percent 

of Title I schools in improvement, corrective action, 

or restructuring or the lowest-achieving five Title I 

schools in improvement, corrective action, or 

restructuring in the State, whichever number of 

schools is greater; or (b) Is a high school that has 

had a graduation rate as defined in 34 CFR 

200.19(b) that is less than 60 percent over a number 

of years; and (ii) Any secondary school that is 

eligible for, but does not receive, Title I funds that— 

(a) Is among the lowest-achieving five percent of 

secondary schools or the lowest-achieving five 

secondary schools in the State that are eligible for, 

but do not receive, Title I funds, whichever number 

of schools is greater; or (b) Is a high school that has 

had a graduation rate as defined in 34 CFR 

200.19(b) that is less than 60 percent over a number 

of years. 

To identify the persistently lowest-achieving 

schools, a State must take into account both—(i) 

The academic achievement of the ‘‘all students’’ 

group in a school in terms of proficiency on the 

State’s assessments under section 1111(b)(3) of the 

ESEA in reading/language arts and mathematics 

combined; and (ii) The school’s lack of progress on 

those assessments over a number of years in the ‘‘all 

students’’ group. 

disabilities are receiving appropriate 

services; 

(g) Annually report to the Department 

on— 

(1) The number and demographics of 

parents to whom the CPRC provided 

information and training in the most 

recently concluded fiscal year, 

including additional information 

regarding the parents’ unique needs and 

the levels of service provided to them; 

and 

(2) The effectiveness of strategies used 

to reach and serve parents, including 

underserved parents of children with 

disabilities, by providing evidence of 

how those parents were served 

effectively; 

(h) Respond to requests from the 

OSEP-funded National and Regional 

Parent Technical Assistance Centers 

(PTACs), and use the technical 

assistance services of the National and 

Regional PTACs in order to serve the 

families of infants, toddlers, and 

children with disabilities as efficiently 

as possible. Regional PTACs are charged 

with assisting parent centers with 

administrative and programmatic issues; 

(i) In collaboration with OSEP and the 

National PTAC participate in an annual 

collection of program data for the PTIs 

and CPRCs funded under sections 671 

and 672 of IDEA, respectively; and 

(j) Maintain ongoing communication 

with the OSEP Project Officer through 

phone conversations and email 

communication. 

In addition, the CPRC’s board of 

directors must meet not less than once 

in each calendar quarter to review the 

activities for which the award was made 

and submit to the Secretary a written 

review of the CPRC’s activities 

conducted during the preceding fiscal 

year. 

Competitive Preference Priority: 

Within this absolute priority, we give 

competitive preference to applications 

that meet the following 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 a 

competitive preference priority. 

Competitive Preference Priority: 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award 

an additional 5 points to an application 

that meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

Applicants that propose to design a 

program with specific activities and 

services focused on meeting the unique 

needs of parents who have children 

enrolled in either high-poverty schools 1

or persistently lowest-achieving 

schools 2 within the area served by the 

CPRC. 

Note: The 5 points an applicant can earn 

under this competitive preference priority is 

in addition to those points awarded under 

the selection criteria for this competition (see 

Selection Criteria in section V in this notice). 

That is, an applicant meeting the competitive 

preference priority could earn a maximum 

total of 105 points. 

Absolute Priority 2—Parent Training 

and Information Centers (84.328M) 

Background: 

Almost 30 years of research and 

experience have demonstrated that the 

education of children with disabilities 

can be made more effective by 

strengthening the role and responsibility 

of parents and ensuring that families of 

such children have meaningful 

opportunities to participate in the 

education of their children at school 

and at home (see section 601(c)(5)(B) of 

IDEA). 

This priority supports Parent Training 

and Information Centers (PTIs) in the 

areas to be served by the centers that 

will provide parents of children with 

disabilities, including low-income 

parents, parents of limited English 

proficient children, and parents with 

disabilities, with the training and 

information they need to enable them to 

participate cooperatively and effectively 

in helping their children with 

disabilities to— 

(a) Meet developmental and 

functional goals, and challenging 

academic achievement standards that 

have been established for all children; 

and 

(b) Be prepared to lead productive, 

independent adult lives, to the 

maximum extent possible. 

The following Web site provides more 

information on the work of previously 

funded centers: http:// 

www.parentcenternetwork.org. 

Priority: 

To be considered for funding under 

the PTIs absolute priority, applicants 

must meet the application requirements 

contained in the priority. All projects 

funded under the absolute priority also 

must meet the programmatic and 

administrative requirements specified in 

the priority. 

Application Requirements. An 

applicant must include in its 

application— 

(a) A logic model that depicts, at a 

minimum, the goals, activities, outputs, 

and outcomes of the proposed project. A 

logic model communicates how a 

project will achieve its outcomes and 

provides a framework for both the 

formative and summative evaluations of 

the project; 

Note: The following Web site provides 

more information on logic models: http:// 

www.tadnet.org/model_and_performance. 

(b) A plan to implement the activities 

described in the Project Activities 

section of this priority; 

(c) A plan, linked to the proposed 

project’s logic model, for a formative 

evaluation of the proposed project’s 

activities. The plan must describe how 

the formative evaluation will use clear 

performance objectives to ensure 

continuous improvement in the 

operation of the proposed project, 

including objective measures of progress 

in implementing the project and 

ensuring the quality of products and 

services; 

(d) A budget for attendance at the 

following: 

(1) A three-day National Technical 

Assistance for Parent Centers 

Conference in Washington, DC during 

each year of the project period. 

(2) A two-day Regional Technical 

Assistance for Parent Centers 

Conference, in the region in which the 

PTI is located, during each year of the 

project period. Applicants should refer 

to http://www.parentcenternetwork.org 

for a list of regions; and 

(e) A description specifying the 

special efforts the PTI will make to: 


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3For the purposes of this priority, the term highpoverty school means a school in which at least 50 

percent of students are eligible for free or reducedprice lunches under the Richard B. Russell National 

School Lunch Act or in which at least 50 percent 

of students are from low-income families as 

determined using one of the criteria specified under 

section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended. For middle and 

high schools, eligibility may be calculated on the 

basis of comparable data from feeder schools. 

Eligibility as a high-poverty school under this 

definition is determined on the basis of the most 

currently available data. 

4For purposes of this priority, the term 

persistently lowest-achieving schools means, as 

determined by the State—(i) Any Title I school in 

improvement, corrective action, or restructuring 

that (a) Is among the lowest-achieving five percent 

of Title I schools in improvement, corrective action, 

or restructuring or the lowest-achieving five Title I 

schools in improvement, corrective action, or 

restructuring in the State, whichever number of 

schools is greater; or (b) Is a high school that has 

had a graduation rate as defined in 34 CFR 

200.19(b) that is less than 60 percent over a number 

of years; and (ii) Any secondary school that is 

eligible for, but does not receive, Title I funds that— 

(a) Is among the lowest-achieving five percent of 

secondary schools or the lowest-achieving five 

secondary schools in the State that are eligible for, 

but do not receive, Title I funds, whichever number 

of schools is greater; or (b) Is a high school that has 

had a graduation rate as defined in 34 CFR 

200.19(b) that is less than 60 percent over a number 

of years. 

To identify the persistently lowest-achieving 

schools, a State must take into account both—(i) 

The academic achievement of the ‘‘all students’’ 

group in a school in terms of proficiency on the 

State’s assessments under section 1111(b)(3) of the 

ESEA in reading/language arts and mathematics 

combined; and (ii) The school’s lack of progress on 

those assessments over a number of years in the ‘‘all 

students’’ group. 

(1) Ensure that the needs for training 

and information of underserved parents 

of children with disabilities in the area 

to be served, including parents of 

children attending high-poverty 

schools 3 and the State’s persistently 

lowest-achieving schools,4 are 

effectively met; and 

(2) Work with community-based 

organizations, including those that work 

with low-income parents and parents of 

limited English proficient children. 

Project Activities. To meet the 

requirements of this priority, the PTI, at 

a minimum, must— 

(a) Maintain a Web site that meets 

government or industry-recognized 

standards for accessibility; 

(b) Provide training and information 

that meets the training and information 

needs of parents of children with 

disabilities living in the area served by 

the PTI, particularly underserved 

parents and parents of children who 

may be inappropriately identified as 

having disabilities, including parents of 

children attending high-poverty schools 

and the State’s persistently lowestachieving schools; 

(c) Serve the parents of infants, 

toddlers, and children from ages birth 

through 26, with the full range of 

disabilities described in section 602(3) 

of IDEA; 

(d) Ensure that the training and 

information provided meets the needs of 

low-income parents and parents of 

limited English proficient children; 

(e) Assist parents to— 

(1) Better understand the nature of 

their children’s disabilities and their 

educational, developmental, and 

transitional needs; 

(2) Communicate effectively and work 

collaboratively with personnel 

responsible for providing special 

education, early intervention services, 

transition services, and related services; 

(3) Participate in decision-making 

processes, including those regarding 

participation in State and local 

assessments, and the development of 

individualized education programs 

under Part B of IDEA and 

individualized family service plans 

under Part C of IDEA; 

(4) Obtain appropriate information 

about the range, type and quality of— 

(i) Options, programs, services, 

technologies, practices, and 

interventions that are based on 

scientifically based research, to the 

extent practicable; and 

(ii) Resources available to assist 

children with disabilities and their 

families in school and at home, 

including information available through 

the Office of Special Education 

Programs’ (OSEP) technical assistance 

and dissemination centers (http:// 

www.tadnet.org), and communities of 

practice (http:// 

www.tacommunities.org); 

(5) Understand the requirements of 

IDEA related to the provision of 

education and early intervention 

services to children with disabilities; 

(6) Participate in activities at the 

school level that benefit their children; 

and 

(7) Participate in school reform 

activities; 

(f) In States where the State elects to 

contract with the PTIs, contract with the 

State educational agencies (SEAs) to 

provide, consistent with paragraphs (B) 

and (D) of section 615(e)(2) of IDEA, 

individuals to meet with parents in 

order to explain the mediation process; 

(g) Assist parents in resolving 

disputes in the most expeditious and 

effective way possible, including 

encouraging the use and explaining the 

benefits of alternative methods of 

dispute resolution, such as the 

mediation process described in section 

615(e) of IDEA; 

(h) Assist parents and students with 

disabilities to understand their rights 

and responsibilities under IDEA, 

including those under section 615(m) of 

IDEA upon the student’s reaching the 

age of majority (as appropriate under 

State law); 

(i) Assist parents to understand the 

availability of, and how to effectively 

use, procedural safeguards under IDEA; 

(j) Assist parents in understanding, 

preparing for, and participating in, the 

resolution session described in section 

615(f)(1)(B) of IDEA; 

(k) Establish cooperative partnerships 

with any CPRCs and any other PTIs 

funded in the State under sections 672 

and 671 of IDEA, respectively; 

(l) Network with appropriate 

clearinghouses, including organizations 

conducting national dissemination 

activities under section 663 of IDEA and 

the Department’s Institute of Education 

Sciences, and with other national, State, 

and local organizations and agencies, 

such as protection and advocacy 

agencies that serve parents and families 

of children with the full range of 

disabilities described in section 602(3) 

of IDEA; 

(m) Annually report to the 

Department on— 

(1) The number and demographics of 

parents to whom the PTI provided 

information and training in the most 

recently concluded fiscal year, 

including additional information 

regarding the parents’ unique needs and 

the levels of service provided to them; 

and 

(2) The effectiveness of strategies used 

to reach and serve parents, including 

underserved parents of children with 

disabilities such as parents of children 

attending high-poverty schools and the 

State’s persistently lowest achieving 

schools, by providing evidence of how 

those parents were served effectively; 

(n) Respond to requests from the 

OSEP-funded National Parent Technical 

Assistance Center and Regional Parent 

Technical Assistance Centers (PTACs), 

and use the technical assistance services 

of the National and Regional PTACs in 

order to serve the families of infants, 

toddlers, and children with disabilities 

as efficiently as possible. Regional 

PTACs are charged with assisting parent 

centers with administrative and 

programmatic issues; 

(o) In collaboration with OSEP and 

the National PTAC, participate in an 

annual collection of program data for 

the PTIs and CPRCs funded under 

sections 671 and 672 of IDEA, 

respectively; and 

(p) Maintain ongoing communication 

with the OSEP Project Officer through 

phone conversations and email 

communication. 

In addition, the PTI’s board of 

directors must meet not less than once 


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in each calendar quarter to review the 

activities for which the award was made 

and submit to the Secretary a written 

review of the PTI’s activities conducted 

during the preceding fiscal year. 

Competitive Preference Priority: 

Within this absolute priority, we give 

competitive preference to applications 

that meet the following 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 a 

competitive preference priority. 

Competitive Preference Priority: 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award 

an additional 5 points to an application 

that meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

Applicants that propose to use 

technology to enhance communication 

with, and services provided to, parents 

of children with disabilities, 

particularly underserved and hard-toreach families in order to improve the 

project’s management efficiency and 

productivity. Applicants must include 

in the project narrative a sustainable 

plan for how they will use technology 

efficiently and innovatively in carrying 

out project goals and objectives. 

Note: The 5 points an applicant can earn 

under this competitive preference priority is 

in addition to those points awarded under 

the selection criteria for this competition (see 

Selection Criteria in section V in this notice). 

That is, an applicant meeting the competitive 

preference priority could earn a maximum 

total of 105 points. 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: 

Under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA) (5 U.S.C. 553) the Department 

generally offers interested parties the 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

priorities and requirements. Section 

681(d) of IDEA, however, makes the 

public comment requirements of the 

APA inapplicable to the priorities in 

this notice. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1472, 

1473 and 1481. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 85, 97, 

98, and 99. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Awards: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$6,384,325. Please refer to the 

‘‘Estimated Available Funds’’ column of 

the chart in this section for the 

estimated dollar amounts for individual 

competitions. Information concerning 

funding amounts for individual States 

and target populations for the 84.328M 

competition is provided in the 

‘‘Maximum Award’’ column of the chart 

in this section of this notice. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

See chart. 

Maximum Award: See chart. 

Estimated Number of Awards: See 

chart. 

Project Period: See chart. 

INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT TRAINING AND INFORMATION FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH

DISABILITIES PROGRAM APPLICATION NOTICE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 

CFDA No. 

and name 

Applications available 

Deadline 

for transmittal of 

applications 

Deadline 

for intergovernmental 

review 

Estimated 

available 

funds (see 

Note 2) 

Estimated 

average 

size of 

awards 

(see Note 

2) 

Maximum 

award 

(see Note 

1) 

Estimated 

number 

of awards 

(see Note 

2) 

Project 

period 

Page 

limit 

Contact 

person 

84.328C 

Community 

Parent Resource 

Centers.

March 1, 

2011.

April 15, 

2011.

June 14, 

2011.

$1,000,000 $100,000 $100,000 10 Up to 60 

mos..

50 Lisa 

Gorove 

(202) 245– 

7357 

PCP–4060 

84.328M Parent Training 

and Information 

Centers.

March 1, 

2011.

April 15, 

2011.

June 14, 

2011.

5,384,325 283,386 ................ 19 Up to 48 

mos. 

(see 

Note 3).

70 Carmen 

Sanchez 

(202) 

245– 

6595 

PCP– 

4055 

Alabama ....... .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 291,281 ................ .................. ............

Alaska ........... .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 263,115 ................ .................. ............

Colorado ....... .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 279,445 ................ .................. ............

Florida ........... .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ ................ ................ .................. ............

Region 1 .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 169,645 ................ .................. ............

Region 2 .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 491,973 ................ .................. ............

Region 3 .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 330,801 ................ .................. ............

Kentucky ....... .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 258,607 ................ .................. ............

Maine ............ .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 188,545 ................ .................. ............

Maryland ....... .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 319,295 ................ .................. ............

Nebraska ...... .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 224,894 ................ .................. ............

Nevada ......... .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 205,054 ................ .................. ............

New York ...... .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ ................ ................ .................. ............

Region 1 .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 632,439 ................ .................. ............

Region 2 .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 524,874 ................ .................. ............

North Dakota .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 204,947 ................ .................. ............

Puerto Rico ... .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 271,950 ................ .................. ............

Vermont ........ .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 189,052 ................ .................. ............

Wisconsin ..... .................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 438,408 ................ .................. ............

Outlying 

Areas.

.................. .................. .................. .................... ................ ................ ................ .................. ............

American 

Samoa.

.................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 50,000 ................ .................. ............


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INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT TRAINING AND INFORMATION FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH

DISABILITIES PROGRAM APPLICATION NOTICE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011—Continued 

CFDA No. 

and name 

Applications available 

Deadline 

for transmittal of 

applications 

Deadline 

for intergovernmental 

review 

Estimated 

available 

funds (see 

Note 2) 

Estimated 

average 

size of 

awards 

(see Note 

2) 

Maximum 

award 

(see Note 

1) 

Estimated 

number 

of awards 

(see Note 

2) 

Project 

period 

Page 

limit 

Contact 

person 

Commonwealth 

of the 

Northern 

Marianas.

.................. .................. .................. .................... ................ 50,000 ................ .................. ............

Note 1: We will reject any application that 

proposes a budget exceeding the maximum 

award for a single budget period of 12 

months. The Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services may 

change the maximum amount through a 

notice published in the Federal Register. 

Note 2: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Note 3: For the Parent Training and 

Information Centers, CFDA Number 84.328M 

competition: Project Period: In order to 

allocate resources equitably, create a unified 

system of service delivery, and provide the 

broadest coverage for the parents and 

families in every State, the Assistant 

Secretary is making awards to PTIs in fouryear cycles for each State. In FY 2011, 

applications for 4-year awards will be 

accepted for the following States: Alabama, 

Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Maine, 

Maryland, Nebraska Nevada, New York, 

North Dakota, Vermont, and Wisconsin, as 

well as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

Awards also may be made to eligible 

applicants in American Samoa and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands. These projects will be funded for a 

period up to 48 months. 

Estimated Project Awards: Project 

award amounts are for a single budget 

period of 12 months. To ensure 

maximum coverage for this competition, 

the Assistant Secretary has adopted 

regional designations established within 

Florida and New York and has 

identified corresponding maximum 

award amounts for each region. Florida 

and New York applicants must 

complete a separate application for each 

region. 

The Assistant Secretary took into 

consideration current funding levels, 

population distribution, poverty rates, 

and low-density enrollment when 

determining the award amounts for 

grants under this competition. In the 

following States, one award may be 

made for up to the amounts listed in the 

chart to a qualified applicant for a PTI 

Center to serve the entire State or 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 

Alabama ................................... $291,281 

Alaska ....................................... 263,115 

Colorado ................................... 279,445 

Kentucky .................................. 258,607 

Maine ....................................... 188,545 

Maryland .................................. 319,295 

Nebraska ................................... 224,894 

Nevada. .................................... 205,054 

North Dakota ............................ 204,947 

Puerto Rico .............................. 271,950 

Vermont ................................... 189,052 

Wisconsin ................................ 438,408 

In Florida one award up to the 

amount listed will be made to a 

qualified applicant for a PTI Center to 

serve each identified region. A list of the 

counties that are included in each 

region also follows. 

Region 1 (Alachua, Baker, Bay, 

Bradford, Calhoun, Columbia, Dixie, 

Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist 

Gulf, Hamilton, Holmes, Jackson, 

Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Liberty, 

Madison, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, 

Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Wakulla, 

Walton, and Washington Counties) 

$169,645. 

Region 2 (Brevard, Charlotte, Citrus, 

Clay, DeSoto, Duval, Flagler, Hardee, 

Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, 

Indian River, Lake, Levy, Manatee, 

Marion, Nassau, Okeechobee, Orange, 

Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, 

Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, 

Sumpter, and Volusia Counties) 

$491,973. 

Region 3 (Broward, Collier, Glades 

Hendry, Lee, Martin, Miami-Dade, 

Monroe, and Palm Beach Counties) 

$330,801. 

In New York, up to three awards will 

be made to qualified applicants for a PTI 

Center to serve Region 1 (the 5 Boroughs 

of New York City) and one award will 

be made to a qualified applicant for a 

PTI Center to serve Region 2 (the 

remainder of the State, including 

Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long 

Island) in the following amounts: 

Region 1—$632,439. 

Region 2—$524,874. 

One award up to the amount listed 

may be made to a qualified applicant 

from the outlying areas as follows: 

American Samoa ..................... $50,000 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands ............. $50,000 

Consistent with 34 CFR 75.104(b), we 

will reject any application that proposes 

a project funding level for any year that 

exceeds the stated maximum award 

amount for that year. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: 

Absolute priority Eligible applicants 

Community Parent 

Resource Centers 

(84.328C).

Local parent organizations. 

Parent Training and 

Information Centers 

(84.328M).

Parent organizations. 

Note: Under section 672(a)(2) of IDEA, a 

‘‘local parent organization’’ is a parent 

organization (as that term is defined in 

section 671(a)(2) of IDEA) that— 

(a) Has a board of directors, the majority of 

whom are parents of children with 

disabilities ages birth through 26 from the 

community to be served. 

(b) Has as its mission serving parents of 

children with disabilities from that 

community who (1) are ages birth through 26, 

and (2) have the full range of disabilities as 

defined in section 602(3) of IDEA. 

Section 671(a)(2) of IDEA defines a 

‘‘parent organization’’ as a private 

nonprofit organization (other than an 

institution of higher education) that— 

(a) Has a board of directors— 

(1) The majority of whom are parents 

of children with disabilities ages birth 

through 26; 

(2) That includes— 

(i) Individuals working in the fields of 

special education, related services, and 

early intervention; 

(ii) Individuals with disabilities; and 

(iii) The parent and professional 

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representative of the population to be 

served, including low-income parents 

and parents of limited English proficient 

children; and 

(b) Has as its mission serving families 

of children with disabilities who are 

ages birth through 26, and have the full 

range of disabilities described in section 

602(3) of IDEA. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

3. Other: General Requirements—(a) 

The projects funded under this program 

must make positive efforts to employ 

and advance in employment qualified 

individuals with disabilities (see section 

606 of IDEA). 

(b) Applicants and grant recipients 

funded under this program must involve 

individuals with disabilities or parents 

of individuals with disabilities ages 

birth through 26 in planning, 

implementing, and evaluating the 

projects (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of 

IDEA). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet, from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs), or from the program office. 

To obtain a copy via the Internet, use 

the following address: http:// 

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

grantapps/index.html. To obtain a copy 

from ED Pubs, write, fax, or call the 

following: 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 the 

competition to which you want to 

apply, as follows: CFDA Number 

84.328C or 84.328M. 

To obtain a copy from the program 

office, contact the person listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice. 

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 each 

competition. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

(Part III of the application) is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate 

your application. You must limit Part III 

to the equivalent of no more than the 

number of pages listed under ‘‘Page 

Limit’’ for that competition in the chart 

under II. Award Information, using the 

following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ × 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. 

• 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. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

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, the 

references, or the letters of support. 

However, the page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative section 

(Part III). 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit; or if you apply 

other standards and exceed the 

equivalent of the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: See chart. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: See chart. 

Applications for grants under each 

competition may be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper 

format by mail or hand delivery. For 

information (including dates and times) 

about how to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery, 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: See chart. 

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 each 

competition. 

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 

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Step Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under each 

competition announced in this notice 

may be submitted electronically or in 

paper format by mail or hand delivery. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

We are participating as a partner in 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site. The Training and Information for 

Parents of Children with Disabilities 

Program competitions, CFDA numbers 

84.328C and 84.328M, are included in 

this project. We request your 

participation in Grants.gov. 

If you choose to submit your 

application electronically, you must use 

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. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Training and 

Information for Parents of Children with 

Disabilities Program competitions, 

CFDA numbers 84.328C and 84.328M at 

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

for the downloadable application 

package for this program by the CFDA 

number. Do not include the CFDA 

number’s alpha suffix in your search 

(e.g., search for 84.328, not 84.328M). 

Please note the following: 

• Your participation in Grants.gov is 

voluntary. 

• 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 submit your 

application in paper format. 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, 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—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524), and all necessary 

assurances and certifications. 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, 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 passwordprotected 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. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you submit your application in 

paper format by mail (through the U.S. 

Postal Service or a commercial carrier), 

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 84.328C or 

84.328M), 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. 


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(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 submit your application in 

paper format by hand delivery, you (or 

a courier service) 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 84.328C or 

84.328M), 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 and are listed in the application 

package. 

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, 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. Additional Review and Selection 

Process Factors: In the past, the 

Department has had difficulty finding 

peer reviewers for certain competitions 

because so many individuals who are 

eligible to serve as peer reviewers have 

conflicts of interest. The Standing Panel 

requirements under IDEA also have 

placed additional constraints on the 

availability of reviewers. Therefore, the 

Department has determined that, for 

some discretionary grant competitions, 

applications may be separated into two 

or more groups and ranked and selected 

for funding within specific groups. This 

procedure will make it easier for the 

Department to find peer reviewers, by 

ensuring that greater numbers of 

individuals who are eligible to serve as 

reviewers for any particular group of 

applicants will not have conflicts of 

interest. It also will increase the quality, 

independence, and fairness of the 

review process, while permitting panel 

members to review applications under 

discretionary grant competitions for 

which they also have submitted 

applications. However, if the 

Department decides to select an equal 

number of applications in each group 

for funding, this may result in different 

cut-off points for fundable applications 

in each group. 

4. 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: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993, the Department has 

established a set of performance 

measures, including long-term 

measures, that are designed to yield 

information on various aspects of the 

effectiveness and quality of the Training 

and Information for Parents of Children 

with Disabilities program. The measures 

focus on the extent to which projects 

provide high-quality materials, the 

relevance of project products and 

services to educational and early 

intervention policy and practice, and 

the usefulness of products and services 

to improve educational and early 

intervention policy and practice. 

Grantees will be required to provide 

information related to these measures in 

annual reports submitted to the 

Department. 

Grantees also will be required to 

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performance in annual reports to the 

Department (34 CFR 75.590). 

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: See 

the chart in the II. 

Award Information section in this 

notice for the name, room number, and 

telephone number of the contact person 

for each competition. You can write to 

the contact person at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–2550. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service (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) 

by contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

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 24, 2011. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–4553 Filed 2–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

President’s Advisory Commission on 

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders 

AGENCY: President’s Advisory 

Commission on Asian Americans and 

Pacific Islanders, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of an open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The notice sets forth the 

schedule and agenda of the meeting of 

the President’s Advisory Commission 

on Asian Americans and Pacific 

Islanders (Commission). The notice also 

describes the functions of the 

Commission. Notice of the meeting is 

required by section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and 

intended to notify the public of its 

opportunity to attend. 

Date: March 14, 2011. 

Time: 1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. EDT. 

Address: U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave., 

SE., Washington, DC 20590, Phone: 

202–453–7277. 

Date: March 15, 2011. 

Time: 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. EDT. 

Address: GE Environmental Programs, 

1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., #900, 

Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shelly W. Coles, White House Initiative 

on Asian Americans and Pacific 

Islanders, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202; telephone: (202) 

453–7277, fax: 202–453–5632. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

President’s Advisory Commission on 

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders 

is established under Executive Order 

13515, dated October 14, 2009. Per E.O. 

13515, the Commission shall provide 

advice to the President, through the 

Secretaries of Education and Commerce, 

as Co-Chairs of the Initiative, on: (i) The 

development, monitoring, and 

coordination of executive branch efforts 

to improve the quality of life of AAPIs 

through increased participation in 

Federal programs in which such persons 

may be underserved; (ii) the 

compilation of research and data related 

to AAPI populations and 

subpopulations; (iii) the development, 

monitoring, and coordination of Federal 

efforts to improve the economic and 

community development of AAPI 

businesses; and (iv) strategies to 

increase public and private-sector 

collaboration, and community 

involvement in improving the health, 

education, environment, and well-being 

of AAPIs. 

Agenda 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

discuss strategic planning; establish 

sub-committees of the Commission to 

help facilitate and focus its work; 

review the work of the White House 

Initiative on Asian Americans and 

Pacific Islanders; and determine key 

strategies to help meet the 

Commission’s charge as established in 

E.O. 13515. 

Additional Information 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting 

services, assistive listening devices, or 

material in alternative format) should 

notify Shelly Coles at (202) 453–7277, 

no later than Friday, March 4, 2011. We 

will attempt to meet requests for 

accommodations after this date, but, 

cannot guarantee their availability. The 

meeting site is accessible to individuals 

with disabilities. Due to time 

constraints, there will not be a public 

comment period at this meeting, 

However, individuals wishing to 

provide comment(s) about the AAPI 

WHI or the Commission may contact 

Shelly Coles via e-mail at 

shelly.coles@ed.gov. Please include in 

the subject line, the wording, ‘‘Public 

Comment’’. 

Records are kept of all Commission 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the office of the White 

House Initiative on Asian Americans 

and Pacific Islanders, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20202, Monday– 

Friday during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 

5 p.m. 

Electronic Access to this Document: 

You may 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/index.html. To use PDF you 

must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, 

which is available free at this site. If you 

have questions about using PDF, call the 

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), 


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