Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 175 / Friday, September 11, 2009 / Notices 46751 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice Inviting Applications From Test 

Publishers for a Determination of the 

Suitability of a Test for Use in the 

National Reporting System for Adult 

Education 

AGENCY: Office of Vocational and Adult 

Education, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice inviting applications 

from test publishers for a determination 

of the suitability of a test for use in the 

National Reporting System for Adult 

Education. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) announces the date by 

which test publishers must submit tests 

to the Secretary for review and approval 

for use in the National Reporting System 

for Adult Education (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), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an accessible 

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

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact person listed in 

this section. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department’s regulations in 34 CFR part 

462 establish procedures for 

determining the suitability of tests for 

use in the NRS. 

Criteria and Requirements the 

Secretary uses: In order for the Secretary 

to consider a test suitable for use in the 

NRS, the test must meet the criteria and 

requirements established in 34 CFR 

462.13. 

Submission Requirements 

a. A test publisher must comply with 

the requirements in 34 CFR 462.11 

when submitting an application. 

b. In accordance with § 462.10, the 

deadline for transmittal of applications 

is October 1, 2009. 

c. You may submit your application 

by mail or hand delivery only. Whether 

you submit your application by mail 

(through the U.S. Postal Service or a 

commercial carrier) or you hand deliver 

(or use a courier service) your 

application, you must mail or deliver 

three copies of your application, on or 

before the deadline date, to the 

following address: NRS Assessment 

Review, c/o American Institutes for 

Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20007. 

d. If you submit your application by 

mail or commercial carrier, 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. 

e. 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. 

f. If you submit your application by 

hand delivery, you (or a courier service) 

must deliver three copies of the 

application by hand, on or before 

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

the application deadline date. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You may view this document, as well 

as all other documents of this 

Department published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet 

at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/ 

news/fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC area at (202) 512–1530. 

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: September 4, 2009. 

Dennis Berry, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Vocational and 

Adult Education. 

[FR Doc. E9–21841 Filed 9–10–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education Overview Information; 

Advanced Placement (AP) Test Fee 

Program; Notice Inviting Applications 

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 

2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.330B. 

Dates: Applications Available: 

September 11, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: November 10, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: January 9, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The AP Test Fee 

program awards grants to eligible State 

educational agencies (SEAs) to enable 

them to pay all or a portion of advanced 

placement test fees on behalf of eligible 

low-income students who (1) are 

enrolled in an advanced placement 

course and (2) plan to take an advanced 

placement exam. The program is 

designed to increase the number of lowincome students who take advanced 

placement tests and receive scores for 

which college academic credit is 

awarded. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6531–6537. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administration Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 97, 98, and 99. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$43,540,000 for the AP Test Fee and 

Advanced Placement Incentive (API) 

programs authorized under Title I, Part 

G of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(ESEA), for FY 2010, of which we 

expect to use an estimated $15,374,000 

for the AP Test Fee program. The 

remaining funds would support 

continuation grants under the API 

program. 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: 

$10,200—$4,378,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$366,000. 


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