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the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 6, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. The Department 

of Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

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: March 1, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title of Collection: William D. Ford 

Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) 

Program: Application for Automatic 

Withdrawal of Payments. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0040. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: On occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 706,200. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 23,516. 

Abstract: The Application for 

Automatic Withdrawal of Payments 

serves as the means by which a Direct 

Loan borrower requests and authorizes 

the automatic debiting of monthly 

student loan payments from the 

borrower’s checking or savings account. 

The application collects the necessary 

bank account information that allows 

the U.S. Department of Education to 

debit the borrower’s loan payments. 

Borrowers who enroll in automatic 

payment withdrawal receive a 

repayment incentive in the form of a 

0.25% reduction in the interest rate on 

their Direct Loans during periods when 

payments are made by this method. 

Borrowers who do not wish to enroll in 

automatic debiting of all monthly 

payments may provide bank account 

information that allows them to 

authorize electronic debiting of 

individual monthly loan payments. 

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 4530. 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. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals With Disabilities— 

Steppingstones of Technology 

Innovation for Children With 

Disabilities; Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services; 

Overview Information; Technology and 

Media Services for Individuals With 

Disabilities—Steppingstones of 

Technology Innovation for Children 

With Disabilities; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2011 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.327A. 

Note: This notice includes one absolute 

priority with two phases, and funding 

information for each phase of the 

competition, and two competitive preference 

priorities within the absolute priority. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: March 7, 

2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: See the chart in the 

Award Information section of this notice 

(Chart). 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: See Chart. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purposes of 

the Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities program 

are to: (1) Improve results for children 

with disabilities by promoting the 

development, demonstration, and use of 

technology; (2) support educational 

media services activities designed to be 

of educational value in the classroom 

setting to children with disabilities; and 

(3) provide support for captioning and 

video description that are appropriate 

for use in the classroom setting. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from 

allowable activities specified in the 

statute, or otherwise authorized in the 

statute (see sections 674 and 681(d) of 

the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA)). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2011 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards based on the list of unfunded 

applications 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: 

Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities— 

Steppingstones of Technology 

Innovation for Children with Disabilities 

Background: The Department has 

made Steppingstones of Technology 


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Innovation for Children with 

Disabilities awards for several years 

under the Technology and Media 

Services for Individuals with 

Disabilities program. Awards are made 

in two phases: (1) Development and (2) 

research on effectiveness. Abstracts of 

projects funded under these two phases 

can be found at http:// 

publicddb.tadnet.org/. 

Priority: The Steppingstones of 

Technology Innovation for Children 

with Disabilities absolute priority 

requires grantees to develop, 

implement, and evaluate innovative 

technology approaches designed to 

improve results for children with 

disabilities. Phase 1 projects must 

develop, refine, and test the feasibility 

of specific technology-based 

approaches. Phase 2 projects must 

subject technology-based approaches to 

rigorous field-based research to 

determine their effectiveness. 

To be considered for funding under 

the Steppingstones of Technology 

Innovation for Children with 

Disabilities 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. The application, 

programmatic, and administrative 

requirements are as follows: 

(a) In the application, an applicant 

must— 

(1) Describe a technology-based 

approach for use in (a) early 

intervention programs, (b) response-tointervention (RTI) assessment 

techniques, or (c) preschool, elementary 

school, middle school, or high school 

educational programs that is designed to 

improve results for children with 

disabilities. The technology-based 

approach must be an innovative 

combination of new technology and 

additional materials and methodologies 

that enable the technology to improve 

results for children with disabilities; 

(2) Present a justification, based on 

scientifically rigorous research or 

theory, that demonstrates the potential 

effectiveness of the technology-based 

approach described pursuant to 

paragraph (a)(1) of this priority for 

improving results for children with 

disabilities. The approach must have the 

potential to improve child outcomes, 

not just parent or provider outcomes. 

Child outcomes may include improved 

academic or pre-academic skills, 

improved behavioral or social 

functioning, and improved functional 

performance, provided that valid and 

reliable measurement instruments are 

employed to assess the outcomes. 

Technology-based approaches intended 

for use by providers or parents may not 

be funded under this priority unless 

child-level benefits are clearly 

demonstrated. Technology-based 

approaches for professional 

development will not be funded under 

this priority; 

(3) Provide a detailed plan for 

conducting work in one of the following 

two phases: 

(i) Phase 1—Development: Projects 

funded under Phase 1 must develop and 

refine a technology-based approach, and 

test its feasibility for use with children 

with disabilities. Activities under Phase 

1 of the priority may include 

development, adaptation, and 

refinement of technology, materials, or 

methodologies. Activities under Phase 1 

of the priority must include a formative 

evaluation of the technology-based 

approach’s usability and feasibility for 

use with children with disabilities. Each 

project funded under Phase 1 must be 

designed to develop, as its primary 

product, a promising technology-based 

approach for which it demonstrates 

evidence of its usability and feasibility 

for improving results for children with 

disabilities. 

(ii) Phase 2—Research on 

Effectiveness: Projects funded under 

Phase 2 must select a promising 

technology-based approach that has 

been developed and tested in a manner 

consistent with the criteria for activities 

funded under Phase 1, and subject the 

approach to rigorous field-based 

research to determine its effectiveness 

in educational or early intervention 

settings. Approaches studied under 

Phase 2 may have been developed with 

previous funding under Phase 1 of this 

priority or with funding from other 

sources. Phase 2 of this priority is 

primarily intended to produce sound 

research-based evidence demonstrating 

that the technology-based approach can 

improve educational or early 

intervention results for children with 

disabilities in a defined range of real 

world contexts. 

Projects funded under Phase 2 of this 

priority must conduct research that 

poses a causal question and must seek 

to answer that question through 

randomized assignment to treatment 

and comparison conditions, unless a 

strong justification is made for why a 

randomized trial is not possible. If a 

randomized trial is not possible, the 

applicant must employ alternatives that 

substantially minimize selection bias or 

allow the selection bias to be modeled. 

These alternatives include appropriately 

structured regression-discontinuity 

designs and natural experiments in 

which naturally occurring 

circumstances or institutions (perhaps 

unintentionally) divide people into 

treatment and comparison groups in a 

manner akin to purposeful random 

assignment. In their applications, 

applicants proposing to use an 

alternative system must (1) make a 

compelling case that randomization is 

not possible, and (2) describe in detail 

how the procedures will result in 

substantially minimizing the effects of 

selection bias on estimates of effect size. 

Choice of randomizing unit or units 

(e.g., students, classrooms, schools) 

must be grounded in a theoretical 

framework. Observational, survey, or 

qualitative methodologies may 

complement experimental 

methodologies to assist in the 

identification of factors that may 

explain the effectiveness or 

ineffectiveness of the technology-based 

approach being evaluated. Applicants 

must propose research designs that 

permit the identification and assessment 

of factors that may have an impact on 

the fidelity of implementation. 

Mediating and moderating variables that 

are both measured in the practice or 

model condition and are likely to affect 

outcomes in the comparison condition 

must be measured in the comparison 

condition (e.g., student time-on-task, 

teacher experience, or time in position). 

Projects funded under Phase 2 of this 

priority must conduct comprehensive 

research in order to provide convincing 

evidence of the effectiveness or 

ineffectiveness of the technology-based 

approach under study, at least within a 

defined range of settings. Applicants 

must provide documentation that 

available sample sizes, methodologies, 

and treatment effects are likely to result 

in conclusive findings regarding the 

effectiveness of the technology-based 

approach; 

(4) Provide a plan for forming 

collaborative relationships with 

vendors, other dissemination or 

marketing resources, or both to ensure 

that the technology-based approach can 

be made widely available if sufficient 

evidence of effectiveness is obtained. 

Applicants should document the 

availability and willingness of 

dissemination or marketing resources to 

participate. Applicants are encouraged 

to plan these collaborative relationships 

early in their projects, even in Phase 1 

(if applicable), but should refrain from 

widespread dissemination of the 

technology-based approach to 

practitioners until evidence of its 

effectiveness is obtained in Phase 2; and 

(5) Budget for the project director to 

attend an annual three-day Project 

Directors’ meeting in Washington, DC, 

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Washington, DC to collaborate with the 

Federal project officer and the other 

projects funded under this priority to 

share information, and to discuss 

findings and methods of dissemination. 

(b) The project also must conduct the 

following activities: 

(1) If the project maintains a Web site, 

include relevant information and 

documents in a format that meets a 

government or industry-recognized 

standard for accessibility. 

(2) If the project produces 

instructional materials for 

dissemination, produce them in 

accessible formats (e.g., with captioning, 

with video description) complying with 

the National Instructional Materials 

Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) when 

appropriate. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: 

Within this absolute priority, we give 

competitive preference to applications 

that meet one or more of the following 

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. 

Competitive Preference Priority 1: 

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

an additional 3 points to an application 

that meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

Applicants with projects that are 

designed to improve school readiness 

and success by using technology-based 

approaches for children with disabilities 

from birth through third grade and focus 

on one or more of the following priority 

areas: (a) Physical well-being and motor 

development; (b) social-emotional 

development; (c) language and literacy 

development; (d) cognition and general 

knowledge, including early numeracy 

and early scientific development; and 

(e) approaches toward learning. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2: 

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

an additional 3 points to an application 

that meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

Applicants with projects that are 

designed to focus on technology-based 

approaches for instruction in science, 

mathematics, or both for children with 

disabilities. 

Note: Three is the maximum amount of 

points an applicant can receive for meeting 

one or both of the competitive preference 

priorities. Thus, even if an applicant meets 

both priorities, it will only earn a total of 3 

points. Applicants must include in the 

project abstract a statement indicating which 

competitive preference priorities they have 

addressed. 

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. 1474 

and 1481. 

Applicable Regulations: 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. 

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 

(IHEs) only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$41,223,000 for awards for the 

Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities program 

for FY 2011, of which we intend to use 

an estimated $2,400,000 for the 

Steppingstones of Technology 

Innovation for Children with 

Disabilities competition. Please refer to 

the ‘‘Estimated Range of Awards’’ 

column in the Chart for the estimated 

dollar amounts for the two phases of 

this competition. The actual level of 

funding, if any, depends on final 

congressional action. However, we are 

inviting applications to allow enough 

time to complete the grant process if 

Congress appropriates funds for this 

program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: See 

Chart. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

See Chart. 

Maximum Award: Phase 1: $200,000, 

per year and Phase 2: $300,000, per 

year. 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. 

Estimated Number of Awards: See 

Chart. 

Project Period: Projects funded under 

Phase 1 will be funded for up to 24 

months. Projects funded under Phase 2 

will be funded for up to 36 months. We 

will reject any application that proposes 

a project period exceeding 24 months 

for Phase 1 or 36 months for Phase 2. 

STEPPINGSTONES OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

[Application Notice for Fiscal Year 2011] 

CFDA No. and Name 

Deadline for 

transmittal of applications 

Deadline for 

intergovernmental review 

Estimated 

available 

funds 

Estimated 

range of 

awards 

Estimated 

average 

size of 

awards 

Estimated 

number of 

awards 

84.327A—Steppingstones of Technology Innovation for Children With Disabilities: 

Phase 1—Development .............................. April 21, 2011 ... June 20, 2011 .. $1,200,000 $100,000– 

200,000 

$200,000 6 

Phase 2—Research on Effectiveness ........ April 21, 2011 ... June 20, 2011 .. 1,200,000 200,000– 

300,000 

300,000 4 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: State 

educational agencies (SEAs); local 

educational agencies (LEAs); public 

charter schools that are LEAs under 

State law; IHEs; other public agencies; 

private nonprofit organizations; outlying 

areas; freely associated States; Indian 

tribes or tribal organizations; and forprofit organizations. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 


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3. Other: General Requirements—(a) 

The projects funded under this 

competition 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 competition 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 this 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.327A. 

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 this 

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 50 

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. 

• 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, you must include all of the 

application narrative in 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: March 7, 

2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: See Chart. 

Applications for grants under this 

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 this 

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 

steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3- 

Step Registration Guide (see http://

www.grants.gov/section910/

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

competition 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 Steppingstones of Technology 

Innovation for Children with 


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Disabilities competition, CFDA number 

84.327A, is 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 Steppingstones of 

Technology Innovation for Children 

with Disabilities competition, CFDA 

number 84.327A 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 84.327, not 84.327A). 

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 competition 

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 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 

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 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 84.327A), 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. 


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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 84.327A), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 

a.m. and 4:30 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 

grant 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, 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. 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 (GPRA), 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 

Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities program. 

These measures focus on the extent to 

which projects are of high quality, are 

relevant to improving outcomes of 

children with disabilities, and 

contribute to improving outcomes for 

children with disabilities. We will 

collect data on these measures from the 

projects funded under this competition. 

Grantees also will be required to 

report information on their projects’ 

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, 


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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: 

Terry Jackson, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 4081, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2550. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6039. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service, 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: March 2, 2011. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5081 Filed 3–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Nevada; 

Correction 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting: 

Correction 

SUMMARY: On February 24, 2011, the 

Department of Energy (DOE) published 

a notice announcing a meeting of the 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Nevada to be 

held on March 9, 2011 (76 FR 10343). 

This document makes several 

corrections to that notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denise Rupp, Board Administrator, 232 

Energy Way, M/S 505, North Las Vegas, 

Nevada 89030. Phone: (702) 657–9088; 

Fax (702) 295–5300 or E-mail: 

ntscab@nv.doe.gov. 

Corrections 

In the Federal Register of February 

24, 2011, in FR Doc. 2011–4148, on page 

10343, please make the following 

corrections: 

Under DATES, third column, first 

paragraph, the meeting date has been 

changed. The new date is March 16, 

2011. 

Under ADDRESSES, third column, 

second paragraph, the meeting address 

has been changed. The new address is 

the Sun City Aliante Community Center, 

7394 Aliante Parkway, North Las Vegas, 

Nevada 89084. 

Under Tentative Agenda, third 

column, there has been an additional 

topic added. The additional topic is 

DOE Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) for the Disposal of 

Greater-Than-Class C (GTCC) Low-Level 

Radioactive Waste and GTCC-Like 

Waste (Draft EIS, DOE/EIS–0375D) 

Update. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on March 1, 

2011. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5050 Filed 3–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings No. 2 

March 01, 2011. 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Docket Numbers: RP11–1833–000. 

Applicants: Southern Star Central Gas 

Pipeline, Inc. 

Description: Southern Star Central 

Gas Pipeline, Inc. submits tariff filing 

per 154.204: Fuel Filing—Eff. April 1, 

2011 to be effective 4/1/2011. 

Filed Date: 03/01/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110301–5047. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, March 14, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: RP11–1834–000. 

Applicants: Panhandle Eastern Pipe 

Line Company, LP. 

Description: Panhandle Eastern Pipe 

Line Company, LP submits tariff filing 

per 154.204: Fuel Filing 3–1–2011 to be 

effective 4/1/2011. 

Filed Date: 03/01/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110301–5054. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, March 14, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: RP11–1835–000. 

Applicants: Trunkline Gas Company, 

LLC. 

Description: Trunkline Gas Company, 

LLC submits tariff filing per 154.204: 

Fuel Filing 3–1–2011 to be effective 4/ 

1/2011. 

Filed Date: 03/01/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110301–5058. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, March 14, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: RP11–1836–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Gas Storage 

Company. 

Description: Southwest Gas Storage 

Company submits tariff filing per 

154.204: Fuel Filing 3–1–2011 to be 

effective 4/1/2011. 

Filed Date: 03/01/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110301–5059. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, March 14, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: RP11–1837–000. 

Applicants: Williston Basin Interstate 

Pipeline Company. 

Description: Williston Basin Interstate 

Pipeline Company submits tariff filing 

per 154.204: NSP Restatement to be 

effective 3/1/2011. 

Filed Date: 03/01/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110301–5063. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, March 14, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: RP11–1838–000. 

Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline 

Company, LP. 

Description: Gulf South Pipeline 

Company, LP submits tariff filing per 

154.204: Oneok to BG Energy Negotiated 

Rate Cap Reliability Filing to be 

effective 3/1/2011. 

Filed Date: 03/01/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110301–5066. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, March 14, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: RP11–1839–000. 

Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline 

Company, LP. 

Description: Gulf South Pipeline 

Company, LP submits tariff filing per 

154.204: EOG Resources Amendment to 

Negotiated Rate Agreement to be 

effective 3/1/2011. 

Filed Date: 03/01/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110301–5067. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, March 14, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: RP11–1840–000. 


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