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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 5142, 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 

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: April 20, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–9500 Filed 4–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; Rehabilitation Training: 

Rehabilitation Long-Term Training 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.129 B, C, E, F, H, 

J, P, Q, R, and W. 

Note: This notice invites applications for 

10 separate competitions. For funding 

information regarding each of the 10 

competitions, refer to the chart under Award 

Information in section II of this notice. 

Dates: Applications Available: April 

23, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 7, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 6, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The 

Rehabilitation Long-Term Training 

program provides financial assistance 

for— 

(1) Projects that provide basic or 

advanced training leading to an 

academic degree in areas of personnel 

shortages in rehabilitation as identified 

by the Secretary; 

(2) Projects that provide a specified 

series of courses or program of study 

leading to the award of a certificate in 

areas of personnel shortages in 

rehabilitation as identified by the 

Secretary; and 

(3) Projects that provide support for 

medical residents enrolled in residency 

training programs in the specialty of 

physical medicine and rehabilitation. 

Priorities: This notice includes three 

absolute priorities and one competitive 

preference priority. In order to receive 

funding under any of the competitions 

announced in this notice, an applicant 

must meet Absolute Priority 1. An 

applicant for funding under CFDA No. 

84.129B (Rehabilitation Counseling) 

also must meet Absolute Priority 2, and 

an applicant for funding under CFDA 

No. 84.129W (Comprehensive System of 

Personnel Development) also must meet 

Absolute Priority 3. The competitive 

preference priority applies to all 

competitions announced in this notice. 

Absolute Priority 1: In accordance 

with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), this 

priority is from 34 CFR 386.1. For FY 

2010 and any subsequent year in which 

we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from these 

competitions, this priority is an absolute 

priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we 

consider only applications that meet 

this priority. 

This priority is: 

Rehabilitation Long-Term Training 

programs designed to provide academic 

training in areas of personnel shortages. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), for each 

competition, we consider only 

applications that propose to provide 

training in the priority areas of 

personnel shortages listed in the 

following chart. 

CFDA No. Priority area 

84.129B ... Rehabilitation Counseling. 

84.129C ... Rehabilitation Administration. 

84.129E ... Rehabilitation Technology. 

84.129F ... Vocational Evaluation and Work 

Adjustment. 

84.129H ... Rehabilitation of Individuals Who 

are Mentally Ill. 

84.129J .... Rehabilitation Psychology. 

84.129P ... Specialized Personnel for Rehabilitation of Individuals who 

are Blind or Have Vision Impairments. 

84.129Q ... Rehabilitation of Individuals Who 

are Deaf or Hard of Hearing. 

84.129R ... Job Development and Job 

Placement Services to Individuals with Disabilities. 

84.129W .. Comprehensive System of Personnel Development. 

Absolute Priority 2 (CFDA No. 

84.129B): This priority is from the 

notice of final priority for this program, 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 15, 2003 (68 FR 2166). For FY 

2010 and any subsequent year in which 

we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from the 

competition for CFDA No. 84.129B, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3), for this competition, 

we consider only applications that meet 

this absolute priority and Absolute 

Priority 1. 

This priority is: 

Partnership with the State Vocational 

Rehabilitation Agency (84.129B— 

Rehabilitation Counseling). 

This priority supports projects that 

will increase the knowledge of students 

of the role and responsibilities of the 

vocational rehabilitation (VR) counselor 

and of the benefits of counseling in 

State VR agencies. This priority focuses 

attention on and intends to strengthen 

the unique role of rehabilitation 

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educators and State VR agencies in the 

preparation of qualified VR counselors 

by increasing or creating ongoing 

collaboration between institutions of 

higher education and State VR agencies. 

Projects funded under this priority 

must include within the degree program 

information about and experience in the 

State VR system. Projects must include 

partnering activities for students with 

the State VR agency including 

experiential activities, such as formal 

internships or practicum agreements. In 

addition, experiential activities for 

students with community-based 

rehabilitation service providers are 

encouraged. 

Projects must include an evaluation of 

the impact of project activities. 

Absolute Priority 3 (CFDA No. 

84.129W—Comprehensive System of 

Personnel Development): This priority 

is from the notice of final priority for 

this program, published in the Federal 

Register on October 16, 1998 (63 FR 

55764). For FY 2010 and any 

subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from the competition for 

CFDA No. 84.129W, this priority is an 

absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3), for this competition, we 

consider only applications that meet 

this absolute priority and Absolute 

Priority 1. 

This priority is: 

Comprehensive System of Personnel 

Development (84.129W). 

Projects must— 

(1) Provide training leading to 

academic degrees or academic 

certificates to current vocational 

rehabilitation (VR) counselors, 

including counselors with disabilities, 

ethnic minorities, and those from 

diverse backgrounds, toward meeting 

designated State unit (DSU) personnel 

standards required under section 

101(a)(7) of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973, as amended, commonly referred 

to as the Comprehensive System of 

Personnel Development (CSPD); 

(2) Address the academic degree and 

academic certificate needs specified in 

the CSPD plans of those States with 

which the project will be working; and 

(3) Develop innovative approaches 

(e.g., distance learning, competencybased programs, and other methods) 

that would maximize participation in, 

and the effectiveness of, project training. 

Competitive Preference Priority: This 

priority is from 34 CFR 75.225. For FY 

2010 and any subsequent year in which 

we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from any one of 

these competitions, this priority is a 

competitive preference priority and is 

limited to institutions of higher 

learning. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) 

we award an additional 10 points to an 

application that meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

Institutions of higher education that 

meet the definition of novice applicant. 

To meet this priority, an applicant 

must be an institution of higher 

education that meets the definition of 

novice applicant in 34 CFR 75.225. To 

meet this definition of novice applicant, 

the applicant must— 

1. Have never received a grant or 

subgrant under the Rehabilitation 

Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term 

Training program; 

2. Have never been a member of a 

group application, submitted in 

accordance with sections 34 CFR 

75.127–75.129, that received a grant 

under the Rehabilitation Training: 

Rehabilitation Long-Term Training 

program; and 

3. Have not had an active 

discretionary grant from the Federal 

Government in the five years before the 

deadline date for applications under the 

Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation 

Long-Term Training program. A grant is 

considered active until the end of the 

grant’s project or funding period, 

including any extensions of these 

periods that extend the grantee’s 

authority to obligate funds. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 

84, 85, 86, and 99. (b) The regulations 

for this program in 34 CFR parts 385 

and 386. (c) The notice of final priority 

for this program, published in the 

Federal Register on January 15, 2003 

(68 FR 2166). (d) The notice of final 

priority for this program, published in 

the Federal Register on October 16, 

1998 (63 FR 55764). 

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 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Awards: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$6,450,000. 

Note: Please refer to the ‘‘Maximum 

Award’’ column of the chart in this section 

for the estimated dollar amounts for 

individual competitions. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications for 

the competitions announced in this 

notice, we may make additional awards 

in FY 2010 from the lists of unfunded 

applicants from individual 

competitions. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $70,000– 

$150,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$100,000. 

Maximum Award: See chart. 

Estimated Number of Awards: See 

chart. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

REHABILITATION LONG-TERM TRAINING PROGRAM APPLICATION NOTICE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 

CFDA Number Priority area Maximum award 

(per budget year) Estimated number of awards 

84.129B .......... Rehabilitation Counseling ....................................................... $150,000 25 

84.129C .......... Rehabilitation Administration .................................................. 100,000 1 

84.129E .......... Rehabilitation Technology ...................................................... 100,000 2 

84.129F ........... Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment ......................... 100,000 2 

84.129H .......... Rehabilitation of Individuals Who are Mentally Ill .................. 100,000 5 

84.129J ........... Rehabilitation Psychology ...................................................... 100,000 2 

84.129P .......... Specialized Personnel for Rehabilitation of Individuals who 

are Blind or Have Vision Impairments.

100,000 3 

84.129Q .......... Rehabilitation of Individuals Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.100,000 4 

84.129R .......... Job Development and Job Placement Services to Individuals with Disabilities.100,000 2 

84.129W ......... Comprehensive System of Personnel Development ............. 100,000 6 

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We will reject any application that 

proposes a budget exceeding the 

maximum amount for each individual 

competition for a single budget period 

of 12 months. For projects funded under 

84.129B, the maximum amount for a 

single budget period of 12 months is 

$150,000. For all other competitions in 

this notice, the maximum amount is 

$100,000 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. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. The Secretary may 

decide to increase or decrease the number of 

grants awarded in each specific priority area 

based on factors such as the quality of the 

applications received. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: States and 

public or nonprofit agencies and 

organizations, including Indian Tribes 

and institutions of higher education. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost 

sharing of at least 10 percent of the total 

cost of the project is required of grantees 

under the Rehabilitation Long-Term 

Training program. The Secretary may 

waive part of the non-Federal share of 

the cost of the project after negotiations 

if the applicant demonstrates that it 

does not have sufficient resources to 

contribute the entire match (34 CFR 

386.30). 

Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect 

cost reimbursement on a training grant is 

limited to the recipient’s actual indirect 

costs, as determined by its negotiated 

indirect cost rate agreement, or eight percent 

of a modified total direct cost base, 

whichever amount is less. Indirect costs in 

excess of the limit may not be charged 

directly, used to satisfy matching or costsharing requirements, or charged to another 

Federal award. 

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: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application package 

from ED Pubs, be sure to identify the 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.129 B, C, E, F, H, J, P, Q, R, or W. 

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 the 

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 the 

application narrative (Part III) to the 

equivalent of no more than 45 pages, 

using the following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5 × 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, 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 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, the page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative section 

(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: April 23, 

2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 7, 2010. 

Applications for grants under these 

competitions must be submitted 

electronically using the Electronic Grant 

Application System (e-Application) 

accessible through the Department’s 

e-Grants 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. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 6, 2010. 

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 packages for these 

competitions. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under these 

competitions 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 Training: Rehabilitation 

Long-Term Training competitions— 

CFDA Numbers 84.129 B, C, E, F, H, J, 

P, Q, R, and W must be submitted 

electronically using e-Application, 

accessible through the Department’s 

e-Grants Web site at: http:// 

e-grants.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 

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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. EApplication will not accept an 

application for these competitions 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 

e-Application 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 

e-Application and you have initiated an 

electronic application for the 

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— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to 

e-Application; 

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: Traci DiMartini, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 5027, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–2800. FAX: (202) 245–7591. 

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 84.129 B, C, E, F, H, J, 

P, Q, R, or W, 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 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 84.129 B, C, E, F, H, J, 

P, Q, R, or W, 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 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for these competitions are from 

34 CFR 75.210 and 34 CFR 386.20 and 

are 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. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA) of 1993 directs Federal 

departments and agencies to improve 

the effectiveness of programs by 

engaging in strategic planning, setting 

outcome-related goals for programs, and 

measuring program results against those 

goals. 

The goal of the Rehabilitation 

Services Administration’s (RSA) 

Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation 

Long-Term Training program is to 

increase the number of qualified VR 

personnel, including counselors and 

other professional staff, working in State 

VR or related agencies. At least 75 

percent of all grant funds must be used 

for direct payment of student 

scholarships. 

Grantees are required to track current 

and former RSA scholars and maintain 

accurate information on them from the 

time they are enrolled in the program 

until they successfully meet their 

payback requirements. Specifically, 

each grantee is required to maintain 

information on the cumulative support 

granted to RSA scholars, scholar debt in 

years, program completion date and 

reason for exit for each scholar, dates 

each scholar’s work begins and is 

completed to meet his or her payback 

agreement, type of employment scholars 

attain, all current contact information 

for scholars including home address, 

and the place of employment of 

individual scholars. 

Grantees are required to report 

annually to RSA on these data elements 

using the RSA Grantee Reporting Form, 

OMB number 1820–0617, an electronic 

reporting system supported by the RSA 

Management Information System (RSA 

MIS). The RSA Grantee Reporting Form 

collects specific data, including the 

number of RSA scholars entering the 

rehabilitation workforce, the 

rehabilitation field each scholar enters, 

and the type of employment setting each 

scholar chooses (e.g., State agency, 

nonprofit service provider, or practice 

group). This form allows RSA to 

measure results against the goal of 

increasing the number of qualified VR 

personnel working in State VR and 

related agencies. 

All Rehabilitation Long-Term 

Training grantees must also submit 

information in their annual report that 

details their relationship with State VR 

agencies including any information 

demonstrating articulation agreements, 

internships for RSA scholars, or 

employment of program graduates in the 

State VR agency. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Traci DiMartini, U.S. Department of 

Education, Rehabilitation Services 

Administration, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., room 5027, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2800. Telephone: (202) 245–6425 

or by e-mail: Traci.DiMartini@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 

Service 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/ 

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21278 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 78 / Friday, April 23, 2010 / Notices 

Dated: April 20, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–9508 Filed 4–22–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Institute on Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)— 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program— 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers (RRTCs)—Individual-Level 

Characteristics Related to Employment 

Among Individuals With Disabilities 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.133B–1. 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of final priority. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services announces a priority for the 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program 

administered by NIDRR. Specifically, 

this notice announces a priority for an 

RRTC on Individual-Level 

Characteristics Related to Employment 

Among Individuals with Disabilities. 

The Assistant Secretary may use this 

priority for competitions in fiscal year 

(FY) 2010 and later years. We take this 

action to focus research attention on 

areas of national need. We intend for 

this priority to improve rehabilitation 

services and outcomes for individuals 

with disabilities. 

DATES: Effective Date: This priority is 

effective May 24, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 5142, Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), 

Washington, DC 20202–2700. 

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

donna.nangle@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 final priority is in 

concert with NIDRR’s Final Long-Range 

Plan for FY 2005–2009 (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 

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. 

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, including 

international 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. 

RRTC 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. 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. 

We published a notice of proposed 

priority (NPP) for NIDRR’s Disability 

and Rehabilitation Research Projects 

and Centers Program in the Federal 

Register on December 18, 2009 (74 FR 

67186). The NPP included a background 

statement that described our rationale 

for the priority proposed in that notice. 

There are no differences between the 

NPP and this notice of final priority 

(NFP) as discussed in the following 

section. 

Public Comment: In response to our 

invitation in the NPP, three parties 

submitted comments on the proposed 

priority. An analysis of the comments 

and of any changes in the priority since 

publication of the NPP follows. 

Generally, we do not address 

technical and other minor changes, or 

suggested changes the law does not 

authorize us to make under the 

applicable statutory authority. In 

addition, we do not address general 

comments that raised concerns not 

directly related to the proposed priority. 

Analysis of Comments and Changes 

Comment: One commenter 

recommended that NIDRR award grants 

to applicants who propose research that 

will contribute to the improvement of 

rehabilitation programs for underserved 

populations. This commenter also 

suggested that NIDRR select applicants 

who clearly identify robust methods for 

research and practice. 

Discussion: NIDRR agrees that the 

research funded under this priority 

should contribute to improved 

employment practices for underserved 

populations. We have structured the 

requirements of this priority with the 

aim of identifying individuals with 

disabilities who are at risk for poor 

employment outcomes and generating 

new knowledge that can be used to 

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