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manufacturers, and other interested 

parties; 

• Conduct a state-of-the-science 

conference on its designated priority 

research area in the fourth year of the 

project period, and publish a 

comprehensive report on the final 

outcomes of the conference in the fifth 

year of the project period; and 

• Coordinate research projects of 

mutual interest with relevant NIDRRfunded projects, as identified through 

consultation with the NIDRR project 

officer. 

Types of Priorities 

When inviting applications for a 

competition using one or more 

priorities, we designate the type of each 

priority as absolute, competitive 

preference, or invitational through a 

notice in the Federal Register. The 

effect of each type of priority follows: 

Absolute priority: Under an absolute 

priority, we consider only applications 

that meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3)). 

Competitive preference priority: 

Under a competitive preference priority, 

we give competitive preference to an 

application by (1) awarding additional 

points, depending on the extent to 

which the application meets the priority 

(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting 

an application that meets the priority 

over an application of comparable merit 

that does not meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii)). 

Invitational priority: Under an 

invitational priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that meet the 

priority. However, we do not give an 

application that meets the priority a 

preference over other applications (34 

CFR 75.105(c)(1)). 

Final Priorities: We will announce the 

final priorities in a notice in the Federal 

Register. We will determine the final 

priorities after considering responses to 

this notice and other information 

available to the Department. This notice 

does not preclude us from proposing 

additional priorities, requirements, 

definitions, or selection criteria, subject 

to meeting applicable rulemaking 

requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use these priorities, we invite applications 

through a notice in the Federal Register. 

Executive Order 12866: This notice 

has been reviewed in accordance with 

Executive Order 12866. Under the terms 

of the order, we have assessed the 

potential costs and benefits of this 

proposed regulatory action. 

The potential costs associated with 

this proposed regulatory action are 

those resulting from statutory 

requirements and those we have 

determined as necessary for 

administering this program effectively 

and efficiently. 

In assessing the potential costs and 

benefits—both quantitative and 

qualitative—of this proposed regulatory 

action, we have determined that the 

benefits of the proposed priorities 

justify the costs. 

Discussion of Costs and Benefits 

The benefits of the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Programs have been well 

established over the years in that similar 

projects have been completed 

successfully. These proposed priorities 

will generate new knowledge through 

research and development. Another 

benefit of these proposed priorities is 

that the establishment of new RERCs 

will improve the lives of individuals 

with disabilities. The new RERCs will 

generate, disseminate, and promote the 

use of new information that will 

improve the options for individuals 

with disabilities to fully participate in 

their communities. 

Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 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 24, 2011. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7355 Filed 3–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA: 84.133B–1] 

Proposed Priorities: Interventions To 

Promote Community Living Among 

Individuals With Disabilities 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services proposes a funding priority for 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers Program 

administered by NIDRR. Specifically, 

this notice proposes a priority for an 

RRTC on Interventions to Promote 

Community Living Among Individuals 

with Disabilities. The Assistant 

Secretary may use this priority for 

competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2011 

and later years. We take this action to 

focus research attention on areas of 

national need. We intend this priority to 

improve participation and community 

living outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before April 28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

this notice to Marlene Spencer, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 5133, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–2700. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by e-mail, use the following address: 

marlene.spencer@ed.gov. You must 

include the term ‘‘Proposed Priority— 

RRTC on Promoting Community Living’’ 

in the subject line of your electronic 

message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlene Spencer. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7532 or by e-mail: 

marlene.spencer@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of proposed priority is in concert 

with NIDRR’s currently approved LongRange Plan (Plan). The Plan, which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 15, 2006 (71 FR 8165), can be 

accessed on the Internet at the following 

site: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/ 

list/osers/nidrr/policy.html. 

Through the implementation of the 

Plan, NIDRR seeks to: (1) Improve the 

quality and utility of disability and 

rehabilitation research; (2) foster an 

exchange of expertise, information, and 


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training to facilitate the advancement of 

knowledge and understanding of the 

unique needs of traditionally 

underserved populations; (3) determine 

best strategies and programs to improve 

rehabilitation outcomes for underserved 

populations; (4) identify research gaps; 

(5) identify mechanisms of integrating 

research and practice; and (6) 

disseminate findings. 

This notice proposes a priority that 

NIDRR intends to use for RRTC 

competitions in FY 2011 and possibly 

later years. However, nothing precludes 

NIDRR from publishing additional 

priorities, if needed. Furthermore, 

NIDRR is under no obligation to make 

an award for this priority. The decision 

to make an award will be based on the 

quality of applications received and 

available funding. 

Invitation to Comment: We invite you 

to submit comments regarding this 

notice. To ensure that your comments 

have maximum effect in developing the 

notice of final priority, we urge you to 

identify clearly the specific topic that 

each comment addresses. 

We invite you to assist us in 

complying with the specific 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

and its overall requirement of reducing 

regulatory burden that might result from 

this notice. Please let us know of any 

further ways we could reduce potential 

costs or increase potential benefits 

while preserving the effective and 

efficient administration of the program. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all public comments 

about this notice in Room 5133, 550 

12th Street, SW., PCP, Washington, DC, 

between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 

p.m., Washington, DC, time, Monday 

through Friday of each week except 

Federal holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals with 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers Program 

is to plan and conduct research, 

demonstration projects, training, and 

related activities, to develop methods, 

procedures, and rehabilitation 

technology that maximize the full 

inclusion and integration into society, 

employment, independent living, family 

support, and economic and social selfsufficiency of individuals with 

disabilities, especially individuals with 

the most severe disabilities, and to 

improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation 

Act) (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.). 

RRTC Program: The purpose of the 

RRTC program is to improve the 

effectiveness of services authorized 

under the Rehabilitation Act, through 

advanced research, training, technical 

assistance, and dissemination activities 

in general problem areas, as specified by 

NIDRR. Such activities are designed to 

benefit rehabilitation service providers, 

individuals with disabilities, and the 

family members or other authorized 

representatives of individuals with 

disabilities. In addition, NIDRR intends 

to require all RRTC applicants to meet 

the requirements of the General 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers (RRTC) Requirements priority 

that it published in a notice of final 

priorities in the Federal Register on 

February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6132). 

Additional information on the RRTC 

program can be found at: http:// 

www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/resprogram.html#RRTC. 

Statutory and Regulatory Requirements 

of RRTCs 

RRTCs must— 

• Carry out coordinated advanced 

programs of rehabilitation research; 

• Provide training, including 

graduate, pre-service, and in-service 

training, to help rehabilitation 

personnel more effectively provide 

rehabilitation services to individuals 

with disabilities; 

• Provide technical assistance to 

individuals with disabilities, their 

representatives, providers, and other 

interested parties; 

• Disseminate informational materials 

to individuals with disabilities, their 

representatives, providers, and other 

interested parties; and 

• Serve as centers of national 

excellence in rehabilitation research for 

individuals with disabilities, their 

representatives, providers, and other 

interested parties. 

Applicants for RRTC grants must also 

demonstrate in their applications how 

they will address, in whole or in part, 

the needs of individuals with 

disabilities from minority backgrounds. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) and 

764(b)(2). 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 350. 

Proposed Priority 

This notice contains one proposed 

priority. 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Center (RRTC) on Interventions To 

Promote Community Living Among 

Individuals With Disabilities 

Background: Laws and policies 

protecting the civil rights of individuals 

with disabilities have helped to promote 

the inclusion of and participation by 

individuals with disabilities in the 

home, community, and workplace. 

Nonetheless, an individual’s functional 

abilities, demographic characteristics, 

socioeconomic status, access to personal 

and other supports, and a variety of 

environmental barriers appear to 

interact and result in low levels of 

community participation among 

individuals with disabilities (LaPlante 

and Kaye, 2010; Parish et al., 2009; U.S. 

Department of Health and Human 

Services, 2010a; White et al., 2010). 

Barriers to independent living and 

community participation among 

individuals with disabilities include 

fragmented service delivery systems, 

lack of affordable, accessible housing 

and reliable, accessible transportation, 

and difficulty obtaining well-qualified 

personal attendants (National Council 

on Disability, 2006; Kessler Foundation 

& National Organization on Disability, 

2010). Geographic location also affects 

the level of community participation 

experienced by individuals with 

disabilities. For example, individuals 

with disabilities living in rural America 

generally lack accessible public 

transportation and experience shortages 

of public health and other providers, 

thereby limiting their access to 

community-based programs and 

services (National Council on Disability, 

2007). For individuals with disabilities 

living in institutional settings, these 

housing, transportation, health care, and 

long-term care barriers also limit 

opportunities to move out of institutions 

and into the community. 

In 2009, the President launched ‘‘The 

Year of Community Living.’’ This 

initiative recognized that for many 

individuals with disabilities there are 

limited choices, options, and 

opportunities to receive long-term 

services and supports in the 

community. Past research supported by 

NIDRR and others has advanced our 

understanding of factors that impede 

community living for individuals with 

disabilities (D’Souza et al., 2009; White 

et al., 2010), yielded valid and reliable 

measures of participation in important 

life activities (Magasi & Post, 2010), 

identified the effects of the built and 


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social environments on community 

participation (LaPlante & Kaye, 2010; 

Mojtahedi et al., 2008), and developed 

potential environmental 

accommodations for individuals with 

disabilities (Jaeger & Xie, 2009). 

Building on the knowledge gained 

through this research, new knowledge is 

needed about how barriers to and 

experience of community participation 

differ across sociodemographic and 

geographic groups of individuals within 

the diverse population of individuals 

with disabilities. This knowledge can 

help policymakers and service providers 

target interventions more effectively. 

Rigorous evaluation of interventions 

is also needed to identify strategies for 

eliminating barriers to community 

living. In particular, more testing of 

policies and programs is needed to 

create an evidence base for strategies 

that facilitate (1) participation in a wide 

range of community activities including 

but not necessarily limited to civic, 

cultural, social, and recreational 

activities, and (2) access to timely 

services that support continuity of 

community living (i.e., community 

living without interruption due to 

hospitalization or institutionalization) 

(National Council on Disability, 2006; 

U.S. Department of Health & Human 

Services, 2010b). 

Through this priority, NIDRR seeks to 

place particular emphasis on research 

on the services and supports that will 

enable individuals with disabilities to 

successfully transition from 

institutional settings into the 

community, where they will have 

increased options for community 

participation and can engage in 

activities of their choice in their home 

environments. Interventions, policies, or 

programs that address consumers’ needs 

for a coordinated service delivery 

system will be especially useful for 

those at greatest risk of 

institutionalization (National Council 

on Disability, 2006). Research 

partnerships with consumer-operated 

organizations, such as centers for 

independent living, may facilitate new 

findings that can be used to work with 

those in transition from nursing homes 

or institutional settings into the 

community. 

References 

D’Souza, J, James, J, Szafar K, & Fries, B. 

(2009). Hard times: The effects of 

financial strain on home care services 

use and participant outcomes in 

Michigan. Gerontologist. 49: 154–165. 

Jaeger, P, & Xie, B. (2009). Developing online 

community accessibility guidelines for 

persons with disabilities and older 

adults. Journal of Disability Policy 

Studies. 20(1): 55–63. 

Kessler Foundation & National Organization 

on Disability (2010). The ADA, 20 Years 

Later: The Kessler Foundation/NOD 

2010 Survey of Americans with 

Disabilities. See: http:// 

www.2010disabilitysurveys.org/pdfs/ 

surveyresults.pdf. 

LaPlante, M. & Kaye, H. (2010). 

Demographics and trends in wheeled 

mobility equipment use and accessibility 

in the community. Assistive Technology. 

22(1): 3–17. 

Magasi, S, & Post, M. (2010). A comparative 

review of contemporary participation 

measures’ psychometric properties and 

content coverage. Archives of Physical 

Medicine and Rehabilitation. 91(9, 

Supplement 1): S17–S28. 

Mojtahedi, M, Boblick, P, Rimmer, J, 

Rowland, J, Jones, R, & Braunschweig, C. 

(2008). Environmental barriers to and 

availability of healthy foods for people 

with mobility disabilities living in urban 

and suburban neighborhoods. Archives 

of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 

89(11): 2174–2179. 

National Council on Disability (2006). 

Creating Livable Communities. See: 

http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/ 

publications/2006/pdf/ 

livable_communities.pdf. 

National Council on Disability (2007). The 

Impact of the Americans with 

Disabilities Act: Assessing the Progress 

Toward Achieving the Goals of the ADA. 

Washington, DC: National Council on 

Disability. http://www.ncd.gov/ 

newsroom/publications/2007/ 

ada_impact_07-26-07.htm. 

Parish, S, Rose, R, & Andrews, M. (2009). 

Income Poverty and Material Hardship 

among US Women with Disabilities. 

Social Service Review. 83 (1): 33–52. 

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 

(2010a). Healthy People 2020: An 

Opportunity to Address Societal 

Determinants of Health in the United 

States. See: http:// 

www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/ 

advisory/ 

SocietalDeterminantsHealth.htm. 

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 

(2010b). Healthy People 2020: Disability 

and Health. See: http:// 

healthypeople.odphp.iqsolutions.com/ 

2020/topicsobjectives2020/ 

overview.aspx?topicid=9. 

White, G, Simpson, J, Gonda, C, Coble, Z, & 

Ravesloot, C. (2010) Moving from 

independence to interdependence: A 

conceptual model for better 

understanding community participation 

of centers for independent living. Journal 

of Disability Policy Studies. 20: 223–240. 

Proposed Priority 

The Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

proposes a priority for a Rehabilitation 

Research and Training Center (RRTC) on 

Interventions to Promote Community 

Living Among Individuals with 

Disabilities. The RRTC must conduct 

rigorous research, training, technical 

assistance, and dissemination activities 

that contribute to improved community 

participation and community living 

outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities, including individuals 

transitioning into the community from 

nursing homes and other health and 

community institutions. Under this 

priority, the RRTC must contribute to 

the following outcomes: 

(a) Increased knowledge about how 

the barriers to and experience of 

community living may differ across 

sociodemographic and geographic 

groups within the diverse population of 

individuals with disabilities. The RRTC 

must contribute to the outcome by 

conducting research on the extent to 

which access to community services 

and supports and community 

participation outcomes are related to 

sociodemographic factors (e.g., race, 

ethnicity, income level, education 

level), the geographic area in which the 

individuals reside (e.g., rural or urban 

areas), or disability characteristics (e.g., 

disability severity or type of disabling 

condition). 

(b) Improved services and supports 

that provide opportunities for the 

population of individuals with 

disabilities to participate fully in the 

community, including the services and 

supports needed to transition from 

institutions, nursing homes, and other 

health and community institutions, to 

the community and to maintain 

continuity of community living. The 

RRTC must contribute to this outcome 

by identifying or developing and then 

testing policies, programs, or strategies 

that improve community living services 

and supports for individuals with 

disabilities. In this regard, the RRTC 

must focus its efforts on at least two of 

the following areas: housing; 

transportation; recreational, community, 

and civic activities. In carrying out this 

requirement, the RRTC must also take 

into account the findings from 

paragraph (a) of this priority. The 

policies, programs, or strategies to be 

tested under this paragraph (b) may 

include strategies that integrate or 

coordinate services from different areas. 

(c) Increased incorporation of research 

findings into practice or policy. The 

RRTC must contribute to this outcome 

by coordinating with appropriate 

NIDRR-funded knowledge translation 

grantees to advance or add to their work 

by— 

(1) Conducting systematic reviews 

and developing research syntheses 

consistent with standards, guidelines, 

and procedures established by the 

knowledge translation grantees; 

(2) Using knowledge translation 

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knowledge translation grantees to 

increase the use of research findings; 

(3) Collaborating with centers for 

independent living and other 

stakeholder groups to develop, 

implement, or evaluate strategies to 

increase utilization of the research 

findings; and 

(4) Conducting training and 

dissemination activities to facilitate the 

utilization of the research findings by 

community-based organizations and 

other service providers, policymakers, 

and individuals with disabilities. 

Types of Priorities 

When inviting applications for a 

competition using one or more 

priorities, we designate the type of each 

priority as absolute, competitive 

preference, or invitational through a 

notice in the Federal Register. The 

effect of each type of priority follows: 

Absolute priority: Under an absolute 

priority, we consider only applications 

that meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3)). 

Competitive preference priority: 

Under a competitive preference priority, 

we give competitive preference to an 

application by (1) awarding additional 

points, depending on the extent to 

which the application meets the priority 

(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting 

an application that meets the priority 

over an application of comparable merit 

that does not meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii)). 

Invitational priority: Under an 

invitational priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that meet the 

priority. However, we do not give an 

application that meets the priority a 

preference over other applications (34 

CFR 75.105(c)(1)). 

Final Priority: We will announce the 

final priority in a notice in the Federal 

Register. We will determine the final 

priority after considering responses to 

this notice and other information 

available to the Department. This notice 

does not preclude us from proposing 

additional priorities, requirements, 

definitions, or selection criteria, subject 

to meeting applicable rulemaking 

requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use this priority, we invite applications 

through a notice in the Federal Register. 

Executive Order 12866: This notice 

has been reviewed in accordance with 

Executive Order 12866. Under the terms 

of the order, we have assessed the 

potential costs and benefits of this 

proposed regulatory action. 

The potential costs associated with 

this proposed regulatory action are 

those resulting from statutory 

requirements and those we have 

determined as necessary for 

administering this program effectively 

and efficiently. 

In assessing the potential costs and 

benefits—both quantitative and 

qualitative—of this proposed regulatory 

action, we have determined that the 

benefits of the proposed priority justify 

the costs. 

Discussion of Costs and Benefits 

The benefits of the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Programs have been well 

established over the years in that similar 

projects have been completed 

successfully. This proposed priority will 

generate new knowledge through 

research and development. 

Another benefit of this proposed 

priority is that the establishment of a 

new RRTC will improve the lives of 

individuals with disabilities. The new 

RRTC will generate, disseminate and 

promote the use of new information that 

will improve the options for individuals 

with disabilities to live in and 

participate in their communities. 

Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

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

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

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 24, 2011. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–7357 Filed 3–28–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA: 84.133A–09] 

Proposed Priorities: Disability in the 

Family 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services proposes a priority for the 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program 

administered by NIDRR. Specifically, 

this notice proposes a DRRP on 

Disability in the Family. The Assistant 

Secretary may use this priority for 

competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2011 

and later years. We take this action to 

focus research attention on areas of 

national need. We intend this priority to 

contribute to increased participation 

and community living within the 

context of family life for individuals 

with disabilities and their families. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before April 28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

this notice to Marlene Spencer, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 5133, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–2700. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by e-mail, use the following address: 

Marlene.Spencer@ed.gov. You must 

include the phrase ‘‘Proposed Priority 

for Disability in the Family’’ in the 

subject line of your electronic message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlene Spencer. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7532 or by email: Marlene.Spencer@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of proposed priority is in concert 

with NIDRR’s currently approved LongRange Plan (Plan). The Plan, which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 15, 2006 (71 FR 8165), can be 

accessed on the Internet at the following 

site: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/ 

list/osers/nidrr/policy.html. 

Through the implementation of the 

Plan, NIDRR seeks to: (1) Improve the 

quality and utility of disability and 

rehabilitation research; (2) foster an 

exchange of expertise, information, and 

training to facilitate the advancement of 

knowledge and understanding of the 

unique needs of traditionally 

underserved populations; (3) determine 


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