Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 83 / Monday, April 30, 2012 / Notices 25469 

Dated: April 25, 2012. 

Michael Yudin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10382 Filed 4–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Investing in Innovation Fund, Scale-Up 

Grants 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.411A (Scale-up 

grants). 

AGENCY: Office of Innovation and 

Improvement, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice; extension of deadline 

date and correction. 

SUMMARY: On March 27, 2012, the Office 

of Innovation and Improvement in the 

U.S. Department of Education published 

in the Federal Register (77 FR 18216) a 

notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year 2012 for the 

Investing in Innovation (i3) Scale-up 

grant competition (March 27 i3 Scale-up 

NIA). This notice extends the deadline 

date and date for intergovernmental 

review announced in, and corrects an 

error in, the March 27 i3 Scale-up NIA. 

DATES:

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 30, 2012. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 26, 2012. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Deadline Date Extension 

In the March 27 i3 Scale-up NIA the 

Department announced the 2012 i3 

Scale-up grant competition and 

indicated that the Deadline for 

Transmittal of Applications was May 

29, 2012. Applicants under this 

competition are required to use 

Grants.gov. Since publishing the March 

27 i3 Scale-up NIA, it has come to the 

Department’s attention that the 

Grants.gov help desk will be closed in 

observance of Memorial Day on 

Monday, May 28—the day before the 

original Deadline for the Transmittal of 

Applications that was announced in the 

March 27 i3 Scale-up NIA. The 

Department extends the deadline date 

for this competition to May 30, 2012 so 

that applicants will have sufficient 

access to the Grants.gov help desk to 

address any technical issues related to 

the application submission that may 

arise the day before the deadline date. 

As a result of the change in the deadline 

date, we are also extending the Date for 

Intergovernmental Review by one day— 

to July 26, 2012. 

Correction 

An error appears in the Electronic 

Submission of Applications section of 

the March 27 i3 Scale-up NIA. In seven 

places within that section, the notice 

indicates that applications must be fully 

uploaded and submitted and must be 

date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system no later than 

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

application deadline date. These 

references to ‘‘4:30 p.m.’’ should be 

references to ‘‘4:30:00 p.m.’’ For this 

reason, we correct the March 27 i3 

Scale-up NIA as follows: 

On page 18225, second column, 

second bulleted paragraph, correct the 

three references to ‘‘4:30 p.m.’’ to read 

‘‘4:30:00 p.m.’’. 

On page 18225, third column, last 

paragraph, correct the reference to ‘‘4:30 

p.m.’’ to read ‘‘4:30:00 p.m.’’. 

On page 18226, first column, first full 

paragraph, correct the two references to 

‘‘4:30 p.m.’’ to read ‘‘4:30:00 p.m.’’. 

On page 18226, second column, last 

paragraph, correct the reference to ‘‘4:30 

p.m.’’ to read ‘‘4:30:00 p.m.’’. 

Program Authority: American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, 

Section 14007, Public Law 111–5. 

VIII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Lyons, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

room 4W203, Washington, DC 20202– 

5930. FAX: (202) 205–5631. Telephone: 

(202) 453–7122 or by email: i3@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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 compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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 via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site 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). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: April 25, 2012. 

James H. Shelton, III, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10383 Filed 4–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Investing in Innovation Fund, 

Validation 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.411B (Validation 

grants). 

AGENCY: Office of Innovation and 

Improvement, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice; extension of deadline 

date and correction. 

SUMMARY: On March 27, 2012, the Office 

of Innovation and Improvement in the 

U.S. Department of Education published 

in the Federal Register (77 FR 18229) a 

notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year 2012 for the 

Investing in Innovation (i3) Validation 

grant competition (March 27 i3 

Validation NIA). This notice extends the 

deadline date and date for 

intergovernmental review announced 

in, and corrects an error in the March 27 

i3 Validation NIA. 

DATES:

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 30, 2012. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 26, 2012. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Deadline Date Extension 

In the March 27 i3 Validation NIA the 

Department announced the 2012 i3 

Validation grant competition and 

indicated that the Deadline for 

Transmittal of Applications was May 

29, 2012. Applicants under this 

competition are required to use 

Grants.gov. Since publishing the March 

27 i3 Validation NIA, it has come to the 

Department’s attention that the 

Grants.gov help desk will be closed in 

observance of Memorial Day on 

Monday, May 28—the day before the 

original Deadline for the Transmittal of 

Applications that was announced in the 

March 27 i3 Validation NIA. The 

Department extends the deadline date 

for this competition to May 30, 2012 so 

that applicants will have sufficient 

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access to the Grants.gov help desk to 

address any technical issues related to 

application submission that may arise 

the day before the deadline date. As a 

result of the change in the deadline 

date, we are also extending the Date for 

Intergovernmental Review by one day— 

to July 26, 2012. 

Correction 

An error appears in the Electronic 

Submission of Applications section of 

the March 27 i3 Validation NIA. In 

seven places within that section, the 

notice indicates that applications must 

be fully uploaded and submitted and 

must be date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system no later than 4:30 

p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. These 

references to ‘‘4:30 p.m.’’ should be 

references to ‘‘4:30:00 p.m.’’ For this 

reason, we correct the March 27 i3 

Validation NIA as follows: 

On page 18238, second column, 

second bulleted paragraph, correct the 

three references to ‘‘4:30 p.m.’’ to read 

‘‘4:30:00 p.m.’’. 

On page 18238, third column, sixth 

paragraph, correct the reference to ‘‘4:30 

p.m.’’ to read ‘‘4:30:00 p.m.’’. 

On page 18238, third column, seventh 

paragraph, correct the two references to 

‘‘4:30 p.m.’’ to read ‘‘4:30:00 p.m.’’. 

On page 18239, second column, fifth 

full paragraph, correct the reference to 

‘‘4:30 p.m.’’ to read ‘‘4:30:00 p.m.’’. 

Program Authority: American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, 

Section 14007, Public Law 111–5. 

VIII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carol Lyons, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 4W203, Washington, DC 20202– 

5930. Fax: (202) 205–5631. Telephone: 

(202) 453–7122 or by email: i3@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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 compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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 via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site 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). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: April 25, 2012. 

James H. Shelton, III, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10373 Filed 4–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID ED–2012–OESE–0002] 

Final Revision to Selection Criteria— 

Enhanced Assessment Instruments; 

CFDA Number: 84.368 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

amends the selection criteria under the 

Enhanced Assessment Instruments 

Grant program, also called the Enhanced 

Assessment Grant (EAG) program, as 

established in the notice of final 

priorities, requirements, definitions, and 

selection criteria published in the 

Federal Register on April 19, 2011 

(2011 NFP). The 2011 NFP established 

specific priorities, requirements, 

definitions, and selection criteria that 

may be used for the EAG program. The 

revisions in this notice provide the 

Secretary with additional flexibility 

with respect to selection criteria for 

EAG competitions in 2012 that use 

fiscal year (FY) 2011 funds and for 

subsequent competitions. We believe 

that these revisions will enable the 

Department to administer this program 

more effectively, simplify the 

application and review processes, and 

better ensure that the strongest 

applications receive EAG funds. 

DATES: Effective Date: The revisions are 

effective May 30, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Collette Roney, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

room 3W210, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 401–5245 or by email: 

Collette.Roney@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the EAG program is to enhance the 

quality of assessment instruments and 

systems used by States for measuring 

the academic achievement of 

elementary and secondary school 

students. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7301a. 

We published a notice of proposed 

revisions for this program in the Federal 

Register on January 30, 2012 (77 FR 

4553). That notice contained 

background information and our reasons 

for proposing the revisions relating to 

the use of selection criteria for this 

program. 

Public Comment: In response to our 

invitation in the notice of proposed 

revisions, we did not receive any 

comments. However, as a result of our 

further review of the proposed revisions 

since publication of the notice of 

proposed revisions, we have made one 

change as follows: 

Analysis of Comments and Changes 

Comment: None. 

Discussion: In reviewing the 

statement of the proposed revisions to 

selection criteria further, the 

Department has decided that it may be 

helpful to address the assignment of 

maximum possible points—not only 

with respect to criteria used for 

competitions, but also with respect to 

factors under those criteria. The 

Department has the authority under 34 

CFR 75.201 to assign maximum points 

at the factor level. This change, 

therefore, does not substantively change 

the Department’s authority or practice; 

it merely describes the manner in which 

the Department may indicate whether 

factors under a selection criterion have 

been assigned maximum points. 

Changes: We have added language to 

the statement of revisions to clarify that 

the Department may assign, in the 

notice inviting applications, the 

application package, or both, the 

maximum possible points an applicant 

may earn under each factor under a 

selection criterion. 

Final Revisions to Selection Criteria 

The Secretary may use one or more of 

the selection criteria listed in 

paragraphs (a) through (d) for evaluating 

an application under this program. This 

flexibility includes the authority to 

reduce the number of selection criteria. 

In order to assist peer reviewers in 

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