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application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: 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 the NRC and FLAS 

Programs, final and annual reports must 

be submitted into the International 

Resource Information System (IRIS) 

online data and reporting system. For 

specific requirements on reporting, 

please go to: http://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/ 

NRC.pdf; http://iris.ed.gov/iris/pdfs/ 

FLAS_director.pdf; http://iris.ed.gov/ 

iris/pdfs/FLAS_fellow.pdf. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

objective of the NRC Program is to 

provide grants to institutions of higher 

education or consortia of institutions of 

higher education to establish, 

strengthen, and operate comprehensive 

and undergraduate language and area or 

international studies centers. The 

Department will use the following 

measures to determine the success of 

the NRC Program. 

NRC Performance Measure 1: 

Percentage of less and least commonly 

taught languages as defined by the 

Secretary of Education taught at Title VI 

National Resource Centers. 

NRC Performance Measure 2: 

Percentage of priority languages 

(formerly referred to as critical need 

languages) as defined by the Secretary of 

Education taught at National Resource 

Centers. 

NRC Performance Measure 3: 

Percentage of NRC grants teaching 

intermediate or advanced courses in 

priority languages (formerly referred to 

as critical need languages) as defined by 

the Secretary of Education. 

The objective of the FLAS Program is 

to provide academic year and summer 

fellowships to institutions of higher 

education to assist undergraduate and 

graduate students studying foreign 

languages and either area or 

international studies. The Department 

will use the following measures to 

evaluate the success of the FLAS 

Program. 

FLAS Performance Measure 1: The 

average competency score of FLAS 

recipients at the end of one full year of 

instruction minus the average score at 

the beginning of the year. 

FLAS Performance Measure 2: 

Percentage of FLAS master’s and 

doctoral graduates that studied priority 

languages (formerly referred to as 

critical need languages) as defined by 

the Secretary of Education. 

FLAS Performance Measure 3: 

Percentage of FLAS participants who 

report that they found employment that 

utilizes their language and area skills. 

FLAS Efficiency Measure: Cost per 

FLAS Fellowship Program fellow 

increasing average language competency 

by at least one level. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Carla White, International Education 

Programs Service, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6084, Washington, DC 20006–8521. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7631 or, by email: carla.white@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

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

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under For Further 

Information Contact in section VII of 

this notice. 

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. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions and duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

Dated: January 28, 2010. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2185 Filed 2–1–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; National Institute on 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

(NIDRR)—Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers 

Program—Rehabilitation Research and 

Training Centers (RRTCs)—Enhancing 

the Health and Wellness of Individuals 

With Arthritis; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.133B–7. 

Dates: Applications Available: 

February 2, 2010. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: 

February 24, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 5, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the RRTC program is to improve the 

effectiveness of services authorized 

under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

amended, 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. 

Additional information on the RRTC 

program can be found at: http:// 

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

Priorities: NIDRR has established two 

absolute priorities and one invitational 

priority for this competition. Absolute 

Priorities: The General Rehabilitation 

Research and Training Centers (RRTC) 

Requirements priority is from the notice 

of final priorities for the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers program, published in the 

Federal Register on February 1, 2008 

(73 FR 6132). The Enhancing the Health 

and Wellness of Individuals With 

Arthritis priority is from the notice of 

final priorities for the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Program, published in the 

Federal Register on July 21, 2009 (74 FR 

35858). None of the applications we 

received for this priority were 

successful. NIDRR is recompeting this 

priority. NIDRR is seeking applications 

that address all elements of the priority 

and that propose appropriate, quality 

research methodologies. 

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Accordingly, through this notice, we 

are inviting applications for another 

competition using the General 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers (RRTC) Requirements and the 

Enhancing the Health and Wellness of 

Individuals With Arthritis priorities. 

For FY 2010, these priorities are 

absolute priorities. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet these priorities. 

These priorities are: 

General Rehabilitation Research and 

Training Centers (RRTC) Requirements 

and Enhancing the Health and Wellness 

of Individuals With Arthritis. 

Note: The full text of each of these 

priorities is included in its notice of final 

priorities in the Federal Register and in the 

applicable application package. 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2010, this 

priority is an invitational priority. 

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

give an application that meets this 

invitational priority a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. Under this competition we 

are particularly interested in 

applications that address the following 

priority. 

This priority is: 

Projects that are designed to 

contribute to improved rehabilitation 

interventions to reduce the symptoms, 

functional limitations, and barriers to 

employment associated with 

osteoarthritis among working-age adults 

with pre-existing disabilities. We are 

particularly interested in projects that 

focus on one or more of the following 

interventions recommended by the joint 

Arthritis-CDC Osteoarthritis 

Intervention Working Group: Physical 

activity, muscle strengthening, selfmanagement education, weight 

management and nutrition, and injury 

prevention. 

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

and 764(b)(2). 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 86, and 97. (b) The regulations for 

this program in 34 CFR part 350. (c) The 

notice of final priorities for the 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers program, published 

in the Federal Register on February 1, 

2008 (73 FR 6132). (d) The notice of 

final priorities for the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers program, published in the 

Federal Register on July 21, 2009 (74 FR 

35858). 

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: $800,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $800,000 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: 1. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: States; public 

or private agencies, including for-profit 

agencies; public or private 

organizations, including for-profit 

organizations; IHEs; and Indian tribes 

and tribal organizations. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: ED Pubs, U.S. Department of 

Education, P.O. Box 22207, Alexandria, 

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

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

use a telecommunications device for the 

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

7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

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

its e-mail address: http:// 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application package 

from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this 

program or competition as follows: 

CFDA number 84.133B–7. 

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. We recommend that you 

limit Part III to the equivalent of no 

more than 125 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. Single spacing 

may be used for titles, headings, 

footnotes, quotations, references, and 

captions, as well as all text in charts, 

tables, figures, and graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, 

the budget section, including the 

narrative budget justification; Part IV, 

the assurances and certifications; or the 

one-page abstract, the resumes, the 

bibliography, or the letters of support. 

However, the recommended page limit 

does apply to all of the application 

narrative section (Part III). 

The application package will provide 

instructions for completing all 

components to be included in the 

application. Each application must 

include a cover sheet (Standard Form 

424); budget requirements (ED Form 

524) and narrative justification; other 

required forms; an abstract, Human 

Subjects narrative, Part III narrative; 

resumes of staff; and other related 

materials, if applicable. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: February 2, 

2010. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in a pre-application meeting 

and to receive information and technical 

assistance through individual 

consultation with NIDRR staff. The preapplication meeting will be held on 

February 24, 2010. Interested parties 

may participate in this meeting by 

conference call with NIDRR staff from 

the Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services between 1:00 

p.m. and 3:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time. NIDRR staff also will be available 

from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the same day, 

by telephone, to provide information 

and technical assistance through 

individual consultation. For further 

information or to make arrangements to 

participate in the meeting via 

conference call or for an individual 

consultation, contact Donna Nangle, 

U.S. Department of Education, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), room 6029, 550 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7462 or by e-mail: 

Donna.Nangle@ed.gov. 

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Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 5, 2010. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Electronic Grant 

Application System (e-Application) 

accessible through the Department’s eGrants site. For information (including 

dates and times) about how to submit 

your application electronically, or in 

paper format by mail or hand delivery 

if you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, 

please refer to section IV. 6. 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. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section in this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers (RRTCs)—CFDA Number 

84.133B–7 must be submitted 

electronically using e-Application, 

accessible through the Department’s eGrants Web site at: http://egrants.ed.gov. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

While completing your electronic 

application, you will be entering data 

online that will be saved into a 

database. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

Please note the following: 

• You must complete the electronic 

submission of your grant application by 

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

the application deadline date. E– 

Application will not accept an 

application for this competition after 

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

the application deadline date. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the application 

process. 

• The hours of operation of the eGrants Web site are 6:00 a.m. Monday 

until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 

a.m. Thursday until 8:00 p.m. Sunday, 

Washington, DC time. Please note that, 

because of maintenance, the system is 

unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on 

Sundays and 6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and 

between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 

6:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, 

DC time. Any modifications to these 

hours are posted on the e-Grants Web 

site. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: The Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

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

necessary assurances and certifications. 

You must attach any narrative sections 

of your application as files in a .DOC 

(document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF 

(Portable Document) format. If you 

upload a file type other than the three 

file types specified in this paragraph or 

submit a password protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgment that will 

include a PR/Award number (an 

identifying number unique to your 

application). 

• Within three working days after 

submitting your electronic application, 

fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center after 

following these steps: 

(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application. 

(2) The applicant’s Authorizing 

Representative must sign this form. 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424. 

(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on other forms at a 

later date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of e-Application Unavailability: 

If you are prevented from electronically 

submitting your application on the 

application deadline date because eApplication is unavailable, we will 

grant you an extension of one business 

day to enable you to transmit your 

application electronically, by mail, or by 

hand delivery. We will grant this 

extension if— 

(1) You are a registered user of eApplication and you have initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2) (a) E-Application is unavailable for 

60 minutes or more between the hours 

of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date; or 

(b) E-Application is unavailable for 

any period of time between 3:30 p.m. 

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

on the application deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting you an extension. To request 

this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgment of any system 

unavailability, you may contact either 

(1) the person listed elsewhere in this 

notice under For Further Information 

Contact (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) 

the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336– 

8930. If e-Application is unavailable 

due to technical problems with the 

system and, therefore, the application 

deadline is extended, an e-mail will be 

sent to all registered users who have 

initiated an e-Application. Extensions 

referred to in this section apply only to 

the unavailability of e-Application. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

e-Application because— 

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• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to eApplication; and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevents you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. If 

you mail your written statement to the 

Department, it must be postmarked no 

later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date. If you fax 

your written statement to the 

Department, we must receive the faxed 

statement no later than two weeks 

before the application deadline date. 

Address and mail or fax your 

statement to: Donna Nangle, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 6030, PCP, 

Washington, DC 20202–2700. FAX: 

(202) 245–7323. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.133B–7) LBJ 

Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202– 

4260. 

You must show proof of mailing 

consisting of one of the following: 

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

postmark. 

(2) A legible mail receipt with the 

date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 

Postal Service. 

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or 

receipt from a commercial carrier. 

(4) Any other proof of mailing 

acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

If you mail your application through 

the U.S. Postal Service, we do not 

accept either of the following as proof 

of mailing: 

(1) A private metered postmark. 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

(or a courier service) may deliver your 

paper application to the Department by 

hand. You must deliver the original and 

two copies of your application, by hand, 

on or before the application deadline 

date, to the Department at the following 

address: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.133B–7) 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 

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 competition are from 34 

CFR 350.54 and are listed in the 

application package. 

2. Review and Selection Process: 

Additional factors we consider in 

determining the merits of an application 

are as follows— 

The Secretary is interested in 

outcomes-oriented research or 

development projects that use rigorous 

scientific methodologies. To address 

this interest, applicants are encouraged 

to articulate goals, objectives, and 

expected outcomes for the proposed 

research or development activities. 

Proposals should describe how results 

and planned outputs are expected to 

contribute to advances in knowledge, 

improvements in policy and practice, 

and public benefits for individuals with 

disabilities. Applicants should propose 

projects that are designed to be 

consistent with these goals. We 

encourage applicants to include in their 

application a description of how results 

will measure progress towards 

achievement of anticipated outcomes 

(including a discussion of the proposed 

measures of effectiveness), the 

mechanisms that will be used to 

evaluate outcomes associated with 

specific problems or issues, and how the 

proposed activities will support new 

intervention approaches and strategies. 

Submission of the information 

identified in this section V. 2. Review 

and Selection Process is voluntary, 

except where required by the selection 

criteria listed in the application 

package. 

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: 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. 

Note: NIDRR will provide information by 

letter to grantees on how and when to submit 

the final performance report. 

4. Performance Measures: To evaluate 

the overall success of its research 

program, NIDRR assesses the quality of 

its funded projects through a review of 

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grantee performance and products. Each 

year, NIDRR examines a portion of its 

grantees to determine: 

• The percentage of NIDRR-supported 

fellows, post-doctoral trainees, and 

doctoral students who publish results of 

NIDRR-sponsored research in refereed 

journals. 

• The number of accomplishments 

(e.g., new or improved tools, methods, 

discoveries, standards, interventions, 

programs, or devices) developed or 

tested with NIDRR funding that have 

been judged by expert panels to be of 

high quality and to advance the field. 

• The average number of publications 

per award based on NIDRR-funded 

research and development activities in 

refereed journals. 

• The percentage of new NIDRR 

grants that assess the effectiveness of 

interventions, programs, and devices 

using rigorous methods. 

• The number of new or improved 

NIDRR-funded assistive and universally 

designed technologies, products, and 

devices transferred to industry for 

potential commercialization. 

Each grantee must annually report on 

its performance through NIDRR’s 

Annual Performance Report (APR) form. 

NIDRR uses APR information submitted 

by grantees to assess progress on these 

measures. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 6029, PCP, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7462 or by e-mail: 

Donna.Nangle@ed.gov. 

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 

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Dated: January 28, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2184 Filed 2–1–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Tests Determined To Be Suitable for 

Use in the National Reporting System 

for Adult Education (NRS) 

AGENCY: Office of Vocational and Adult 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces the 

tests determined to be suitable for use 

in the NRS. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Dean, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 11152, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–7240. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7828 or via 

Internet: Mike.Dean@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain this document in an accessible 

format (e.g., braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact person listed in 

the preceding paragraph. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

On January 14, 2008, the Secretary 

published final regulations for 34 CFR 

part 462, Measuring Educational Gain in 

the National Reporting System for Adult 

Education, in the Federal Register (73 

FR 2306) (NRS regulations). The NRS 

regulations established the process the 

Secretary uses to determine the 

suitability of tests for use in the NRS. 

On April 16, 2008, (73 FR 20616), the 

Secretary published a notice in the 

Federal Register providing test 

publishers an opportunity to submit 

tests for review under the regulations. 

As a result of the Secretary’s review 

of the tests submitted in response to the 

April 16, 2008 Federal Register notice, 

the following tests have been 

determined to be suitable for use in the 

NRS for a period of either seven or three 

years. A seven year approval requires no 

additional action on the part of the 

publisher, unless the information the 

publisher submitted as a basis for the 

Secretary’s review was inaccurate or 

unless the test is substantially revised. 

A three year approval is issued with a 

set of conditions that must be met by the 

completion of the three year time 

period. If these conditions are met the 

test is approved for continued use in the 

NRS. 

Tests Determined To Be Suitable for 

Use in the NRS for Seven Years 

(a) The following test is determined to 

be suitable for use at all Adult Basic 

Education (ABE) and Adult Secondary 

Education (ASE) levels and at all 

English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) 

levels of the NRS for a period of seven 

years from the date of publication of this 

notice: 

Comprehensive Adult Student 

Assessment Systems (CASAS) Reading 

Assessments (Life and Work, Life Skills, 

Reading for Citizenship, Reading for 

Language Arts—Secondary Level). 

Forms 27, 28, 81, 82, 81X, 82X, 83, 84, 

85, 86, 185, 186, 187, 188, 310, 311, 513, 

514, 951, 952, 951X, 952X. Publisher: 

CASAS, 5151 Murphy Canyon Road, 

Suite 220, San Diego, CA 92123–4339. 

Telephone: (800) 255–1036. Internet: 

http://www.casas.org. 

(b) The following tests are determined 

to be suitable for use at all ABE and ASE 

levels of the NRS for a period of seven 

years from the date of publication of this 

notice: 

(1) Comprehensive Adult Student 

Assessment Systems (CASAS) Life Skills 

Math Assessments—Application of 

Mathematics (Secondary Level). Forms 

31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 505, 506. 

Publisher: CASAS, 5151 Murphy 

Canyon Road, Suite 220, San Diego, CA 

92123–4339. Telephone: (800) 255– 

1036. Internet: http://www.casas.org. 

(2) Massachusetts Adult Proficiency 

Test (MAPT) for Math. Publisher: 

Massachusetts Department of 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

and University of Massachusetts 

Amherst, School of Education, 156 Hills 

South, University of Massachusetts, 

Amherst, MA 01003. Telephone: (413) 

545–0564. Internet: http:// 

www.sabes.org/assessment/mapt.htm. 

(3) Massachusetts Adult Proficiency 

Test (MAPT) for Reading. Publisher: 

Massachusetts Department of 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

and University of Massachusetts 

Amherst, School of Education, 156 Hills 

South, University of Massachusetts, 

Amherst, MA 01003. Telephone: (413) 

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