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(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20995 Filed 8–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(the Department), in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), 

provides the general public and Federal 

agencies with an opportunity to 

comment on proposed and continuing 

collections of information. This helps 

the Department assess the impact of its 

information collection requirements and 

minimize the reporting burden on the 

public and helps the public understand 

the Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. The Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before October 

17, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments regarding burden 

and/or the collection activity 

requirements should be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or 

mailed to U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., LBJ, 

Washington, DC 20202–4537. Please 

note that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35) requires that 

Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. The Department 

of Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. 

Dated: August 11, 2011. 

Darrin A. King, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title of Collection: State Educational 

Agency Local Educational Agency, and 

School Data Collection and Reporting 

under Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1964, as amended, 

Title I, Part A. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0622. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 52. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 2,080. 

Abstract: Although the U.S. 

Department of Education (ED) 

determines Title I, Part A allocations for 

Local Educational Agencies (LEAs), 

State educational agencies must adjust 

ED-determined Title I, Part A LEA 

allocations to account for newly created 

LEAs and LEA boundary changes, to 

redistribute Title I, Part A funds to small 

LEAs (under 20,000 total population) 

using alternative poverty data, and to 

reserve funds for school improvement, 

State administration, and the State 

academic achievement awards program. 

Copies of the proposed information 

collection request may be accessed from 

http://edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4688. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals With Disabilities; 

Educational Materials in Accessible 

Formats for Students With Visual 

Impairments and Other Print 

Disabilities 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: 

Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities— 

Educational Materials in Accessible 

Formats for Students with Visual 

Impairments and Other Print 

Disabilities. 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2011. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.327D. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: August 17, 

2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: September 16, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities program is 

to: (1) Improve results for students with 

disabilities by promoting the 

development, demonstration, and use of 

technology; (2) support educational 

media services activities designed to be 

of educational value in the classroom 

for students with disabilities; and (3) 

provide support for captioning and 

video description that is appropriate for 

use in the classroom. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from 

allowable activities specified in the 

statute (see sections 674(c)(1)(D) and 

681(d) of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) (20 

U.S.C. 1400 et seq.)). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2011, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals With Disabilities— 

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1For purposes of this priority, eligible students 

are students with a print disability as defined in 

section 771 of the Higher Education Act. Section 

771 defines student with a print disability as ‘‘a 

student with a disability who experiences barriers 

to accessing instructional material in 

nonspecialized formats, including an individual 

described in section 121(d)(2) of title 17, United 

States Code.’’ 

Formats for Students With Visual 

Impairments and Other Print 

Disabilities. 

Priority: 

The purpose of this priority is to fund 

a cooperative agreement to support the 

establishment and operation of a project 

that will provide free educational 

materials, including textbooks, in 

accessible media for visually impaired 

and print disabled students in 

elementary, secondary, postsecondary, 

and graduate schools. (For the purposes 

of this priority, students with print 

disabilities means visually impaired and 

print disabled students unless otherwise 

noted.) The educational materials and 

textbooks must be provided in 

accessible formats that are of high 

quality and meet industry standards for 

accessibility and digital rights 

management. Processes, strategies, and 

models used in the production, 

dissemination, and in digital rights 

management must be user-friendly, 

efficient, and cost-effective. 

To be considered for funding under 

this absolute priority, applicants must 

meet the application requirements 

contained in this priority. Any project 

funded under this absolute priority also 

must meet the programmatic and 

administrative requirements specified in 

the priority. 

Application Requirements. An 

applicant must include in its 

application— 

(a) A budget for attendance at a one 

day kick-off meeting to be held in 

Washington, DC, within four weeks after 

receipt of the award. The primary 

purposes of this meeting will be to 

review the Department’s grantee 

requirements, discuss the project’s 

planned activities and budget, and 

confirm the expectations for the 

project’s performance measures and 

evaluation. 

(b) A budget for attendance at the 

three-day Project Director’s meeting in 

Washington, DC, during the project, and 

one additional two-day trip to 

Washington, DC, to meet with the 

Project Officer for the Office of Special 

Education Program (OSEP) and other 

funded projects for purposes of crossproject collaboration and information 

exchange. 

Project Activities. To meet the 

requirements of this priority, the 

project, at a minimum, must conduct 

the following activities: 

(a) Provide educational materials, 

including textbooks, in accessible 

formats to State educational agencies 

(SEAs) and local educational agencies 

(LEAs) for use by elementary and 

secondary education students with print 

disabilities. The educational materials, 

including any specialized software 

needed to use the materials, must be 

provided at no cost to students, families, 

schools, SEAs, and LEAs. Thus, the 

project may not assess membership fees 

to individual students or to institutions, 

including schools, SEAs, and LEAs. 

(b) Provide educational materials in 

accessible formats for students with 

print disabilities attending 

postsecondary and graduate schools. 

Materials may be provided directly to 

eligible students 1 or to postsecondary 

and graduate schools and vocational 

rehabilitation agencies requesting 

materials in accessible formats on behalf 

of eligible students. The accessible 

educational materials, including any 

specialized software needed to use the 

materials must be provided at no cost to 

students, postsecondary and graduate 

schools, and vocational rehabilitation 

agencies. Thus, the project may not 

assess fees to individual students or to 

institutions, including vocational 

rehabilitation agencies, postsecondary 

and graduate schools. 

(c) Produce high-quality, user-friendly 

educational materials in accessible 

formats including, digital text, brailleready files, and audio formats of which 

at least 50 percent must be in text-tospeech audio format. Materials must 

include image descriptions, digital 

images, and graphics. 

(d) Include cost and efficiency 

measures for production and design of 

accessible materials. 

(e) Provide high-quality, up-to-date 

software needed to use the accessible 

educational materials, at no cost to 

students, families, schools, LEAs, SEAs, 

postsecondary and graduate schools, 

and vocational rehabilitation agencies. 

The project must also keep abreast of 

emerging technologies and implement 

changes and updates to technology, 

software, and other materials that meet 

industry standards. 

(f) Develop and implement an 

evaluation plan that includes measures 

for continuous improvement of project 

activities and annual outcome measures. 

(g) Provide and implement a detailed 

digital rights management plan that 

protects the interests of rights holders 

while maintaining ease of access to the 

accessible educational materials for 

students with print disabilities. 

(h) Develop and implement a plan for 

consulting with publishers, software 

developers, other manufacturers of 

accessible materials for individuals with 

print disabilities, and the National 

Instructional Materials Access Center 

(NIMAC) to ensure that the project uses 

the most efficient, cost-effective 

technology available to provide timely 

access to educational materials. 

(i) Produce accessible materials using 

files that are compliant with the 

National Instructional Materials 

Accessibility Standard (NIMAS). 

(j) Develop and implement a plan for 

increasing SEA and LEA use of the 

project’s resources and accessible 

educational materials as part of their 

systems for providing educational 

materials in accessible formats to 

students with print disabilities. 

(k) Ensure that project activities are 

conducted in compliance with section 

121 of the Copyright Act, as amended: 

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/ 

92chap1.html#121. 

(l) Establish an advisory group 

consisting of SEA and LEA 

representatives, representatives from 

community colleges and four-year 

institutions of higher education, 

representatives from vocational 

rehabilitation agencies, parents of 

individuals with visual impairments 

and other print disabilities ages birth 

through 26, consumers with visual 

impairments and consumers with other 

print disabilities who use educational 

materials in accessible formats, and 

representatives of schools or other 

institutions where educational materials 

in accessible formats are used. The 

purpose of this advisory group is to 

provide the project with input and 

ongoing advice on the project’s goals, 

objectives, program activities, and 

services. 

(m) Include on its Web site, if the 

project maintains a Web site, relevant 

information and documents in a format 

that meets a government or industryrecognized standard for accessibility. 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: 

Under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), the Department 

generally offers interested parties the 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

priorities and requirements. Section 

681(d) of IDEA, however, makes the 

public comment requirements of the 

APA inapplicable to the priority in this 

notice. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1474 and 

1481. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

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

84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. 


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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 Award: Cooperative 

agreement. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$3,000,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $3,000,000 for the 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 12 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: National, 

nonprofit entities with a proven track 

record of meeting the needs of students 

with visual impairments and other print 

disabilities through services described 

in section 674(c)(1)(D) of IDEA that have 

the capacity to produce, maintain, and 

distribute, in a timely fashion, up-todate textbooks in digital audio formats 

to qualified students and that have a 

demonstrated ability to significantly 

leverage Federal funds through other 

public and private contributions, as well 

as through the expansive use of 

volunteers (see section 674(d)(2) of 

IDEA; 17 U.S.C. 121(d)(1)). 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

3. Other: General Requirements: 

(a) The project funded under this 

competition must make positive efforts 

to employ, and advance in employment, 

qualified individuals with disabilities 

(see section 606 of IDEA). 

(b) The applicant and grant recipient 

funded under this competition must 

involve individuals with disabilities or 

parents of individuals with disabilities 

ages birth through 26 in planning, 

implementing, and evaluating the 

project (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of 

IDEA). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Education Publications Center 

(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 this 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.327D. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or compact disc) 

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. You must limit Part III to 

the equivalent of no more than 25 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, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions. 

• 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: August 17, 

2011. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: September 16, 2011. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition may be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper 

format by mail or hand delivery. For 

information (including dates and times) 

about how to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery, please refer to 

section IV.7. 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 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 package for this 

competition. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and Central Contractor 

Registry: To do business with the 

Department of Education, you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR), the Government’s 

primary registrant database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your application; and 

d. Maintain an active CCR registration 

with current information while your 

application is under review by the 

Department and, if you are awarded a 

grant, during the project period. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 

can be created within one business day. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow 2–5 weeks for your TIN to 

become active. 


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The CCR registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete. 

If you are currently registered with the 

CCR, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your CCR 

registration on an annual basis. This 

may take three or more business days to 

complete. 

In addition, if you are submitting your 

application via Grants.gov, you must (1) 

Be designated by your organization as 

an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (2) register 

yourself with Grants.gov as an AOR. 

Details on these steps are outlined at the 

following Grants.gov Web page: http:// 

www.Grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp. 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

competition may be submitted 

electronically or in paper format by mail 

or hand delivery. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

We are participating as a partner in 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site. The Educational Materials in 

Accessible Formats for Students with 

Visual Impairments and Other Print 

Disabilities competition, CFDA number 

84.327D, is included in this project. We 

request your participation in Grants.gov. 

If you choose to submit your 

application electronically, you must use 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through 

this site, you will be able to download 

a copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Educational 

Materials in Accessible Formats for 

Students with Visual Impairments and 

Other Print Disabilities competition, 

CFDA number 84.327D at http:// 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this program by the CFDA number. 

Do not include the CFDA number’s 

alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search 

for 84.327, not 84.327D). 

Please note the following: 

• Your participation in Grants.gov is 

voluntary. 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by 

Grants.gov are date and time stamped. 

Your application must be fully 

uploaded and submitted and must be 

date and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system no later than 4:30:00 

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

application deadline date. Except as 

otherwise noted in this section, we will 

not accept your application if it is 

received—that is, date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system—after 

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

the application deadline date. We do 

not consider an application that does 

not comply with the deadline 

requirements. When we retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov, we will 

notify you if we are rejecting your 

application because it was date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system after 

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

the application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this competition 

to ensure that you submit your 

application in a timely manner to the 

Grants.gov system. You can also find the 

Education Submission Procedures 

pertaining to Grants.gov under News 

and Events on the Department’s G5 

system home page at http://www.G5.gov. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you submit your 

application in paper format. 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, you must upload 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—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524), and all necessary 

assurances and certifications. 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, you must upload any 

narrative sections and all other 

attachments to your application as files 

in a .PDF (Portable Document) format 

only. If you upload a file type other than 

a .PDF 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. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues With the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 

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

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. The 

Department will contact you after a 

determination is made on whether your 

application will be accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

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technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you submit your application in 

paper format by mail (through the U.S. 

Postal Service or a commercial carrier), 

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 84.327D), 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 submit your application in 

paper format by hand delivery, you (or 

a courier service) 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 84.327D), 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 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 program are from 34 CFR 

75.210 and are listed in the application 

package. 

2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary also requires 

various assurances including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department of 

Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 

108.8, and 110.23). 

3. Additional Review and Selection 

Process Factors: In the past, the 

Department has had difficulty finding 

peer reviewers for certain competitions 

because so many individuals who are 

eligible to serve as peer reviewers have 

conflicts of interest. The Standing Panel 

requirements under IDEA also have 

placed additional constraints on the 

availability of reviewers. Therefore, the 

Department has determined that, for 

some discretionary grant competitions, 

applications may be separated into two 

or more groups and ranked and selected 

for funding within specific groups. This 

procedure will make it easier for the 

Department to find peer reviewers, by 

ensuring that greater numbers of 

individuals who are eligible to serve as 

reviewers for any particular group of 

applicants will not have conflicts of 

interest. It also will increase the quality, 

independence, and fairness of the 

review process, while permitting panel 

members to review applications under 

discretionary grant competitions for 

which they also have submitted 

applications. However, if the 

Department decides to select an equal 

number of applications in each group 

for funding, this may result in different 

cut-off points for fundable applications 

in each group. 

4. Special Conditions: Under 34 CFR 

74.14 and 80.12, the Secretary may 

impose special conditions on a grant if 

the applicant or grantee is not 

financially stable; has a history of 

unsatisfactory performance; has a 

financial or other management system 

that does not meet the standards in 34 

CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has 

not fulfilled the conditions of a prior 

grant; or is otherwise not responsible. 

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: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) 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: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has 


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established a set of performance 

measures, including long-term 

measures, that are designed to yield 

information on various aspects of the 

effectiveness and quality of the 

Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities program. 

These measures are included in the 

application package and focus on the 

extent to which projects are of high 

quality, are relevant to improving 

outcomes of children with disabilities, 

and contribute to improving outcomes 

for children with disabilities. We will 

collect data on these measures from the 

project funded under this competition. 

The grantee will be required to report 

information on its project’s performance 

in its final performance report to the 

Department (34 CFR 75.590). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Malouf, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 4063, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2600. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6253. 

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 compact disc) 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: 

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: http://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: http:// 

www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, 

through the advanced search feature at 

this site, you can limit your search to 

documents published by the 

Department. 

Dated: August 11, 2011. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20884 Filed 8–16–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Predominantly Black Institutions 

Formula Grant Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: 

Predominantly Black Institutions 

(PBI) Formula Grant Program. 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2011. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.031P. 

DATES: Purpose of Program: Through the 

Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI) 

Formula Grant Program, the Department 

makes grant awards to eligible 

institutions to plan, develop, undertake, 

and implement programs to enhance 

their capacity to serve more low- and 

middle-income Black American 

students; to expand higher education 

opportunities for eligible students by 

encouraging college preparation and 

student persistence in secondary school 

and postsecondary education; and to 

strengthen the financial ability of the 

institutions to serve the academic needs 

of these students. 

Program Authority: Title III, part A, 

section 318 of the Higher Education Act of 

1965, as amended (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 1059e). 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 82, 84, 85, 86, 

97, 98, and 99. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Formula Grant. 

Estimated Available Funds 

$9,601,758. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

Grants awarded under the PBI Formula 

Grant Program will be allotted to 

eligible institutions based on the 

formula included in section 318(e) of 

the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1059e(e)), with no 

grantee allotted less than $250,000. 

If the amount appropriated for this 

program for a fiscal year is not sufficient 

to pay the minimum allotment to 

eligible institutions, then the amount of 

the minimum allotment must be ratably 

reduced, in accordance with section 

318(e) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

1059e(e)(4)). 

Funding Formula: 

Grant amounts to PBIs will be 

awarded according to the following 

formula: 

(1) Federal Pell Grant basis—From the 

amount appropriated for this program 

for any fiscal year, the Secretary allots 

to each PBI with an approved 

application a sum that bears the same 

ratio to one-half of that amount as the 

number of Federal Pell Grant recipients 

in attendance at such institution at the 

end of the academic year preceding the 

beginning of that fiscal year, bears to the 

total number of Federal Pell Grant 

recipients at all such institutions at the 

end of such academic year. 

(2) Graduates basis—From the amount 

appropriated for this program for any 

fiscal year, the Secretary allots to each 

PBI with an approved application a sum 

that bears the same ratio to one-fourth 

of that amount as the number of 

graduates for such academic year at 

such institution, bears to the total 

number of graduates for such academic 

year at all such institutions. 

(3) Graduates Seeking a higher degree 

basis—From the amount appropriated 

for this program for any fiscal year, the 

Secretary allots to each PBI with an 

approved application a sum that bears 

the same ratio to one-fourth of that 

amount as the percentage of graduates 

from such institution who are admitted 

to and in attendance at, not later than 

two years after graduation with an 

associate’s degree or a baccalaureate 

degree, a baccalaureate degree-granting 

institution or a graduate or professional 

school in a degree program in 

disciplines in which Black American 

students are underrepresented, bears to 

the percentage of such graduates for all 

such institutions. 

Estimated Number of Awards: All 

applicant institutions that meet the 

eligibility requirements will receive a 

portion of the total appropriations for 

the PBI Formula Grant Program. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: To be eligible, 

an applicant must have previously 

submitted the ‘‘Application for 

Designation as an Eligible Institution’’ 

and received FY 2011 designation as an 

eligible institution for programs under 

title III and title V of the HEA. The 

regulations explaining the standards for 

designation can be found in 34 CFR 

607.2 through 607.5. In addition, an 

applicant must— 


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