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Intergovernmental Review 

This program is subject to the 

requirements of Executive Order 12372 

and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. 

One of the objectives of the Executive 

order is to foster an intergovernmental 

partnership and a strengthened 

federalism. The Executive order relies 

on processes developed by State and 

local governments for coordination and 

review of proposed Federal financial 

assistance. This document provides 

early notification of our specific plans 

and actions for this program. 

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obtain this document in an accessible 

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Dated: August 9, 2011. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20605 Filed 8–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA No. 84.326H] 

National Early Childhood Technical 

Assistance Center; Final Extension of 

Project Period and Waiver 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education 

Programs, Office of Special Education 

and Rehabilitative Services, Department 

of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of final extension of 

project period and waiver for the 

National Early Childhood Technical 

Assistance Center. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary issues this 

notice to waive the requirements in the 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) 

that generally prohibit project periods 

exceeding five years and extensions of 

project periods involving the obligation 

of additional Federal funds. This 

extension of project period and waiver 

enables the currently funded National 

Early Childhood Technical Assistance 

Center to receive funding from October 

1, 2011 through September 30, 2012. 

DATES: The extension of project period 

and waiver is effective August 12, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia 

Martin Eile, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 4056, Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), 

Washington, DC 20202–2550. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7431. 

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: On June 7, 

2011, the Department published a notice 

in the Federal Register (76 FR 32967) 

proposing an extension of project period 

and a waiver of 34 CFR 75.250 and 

75.261(a) and (c) in order to— 

(1) Enable the Secretary to provide 

additional funds to the currently funded 

National Early Childhood Technical 

Assistance Center (NECTAC) for an 

additional 12-month period, from 

October 1, 2011, through September 30, 

2012; and 

(2) Request comments on the 

proposed extension of project period 

and waiver. 

There are no substantive differences 

between the notice of proposed 

extension of project period and waiver 

and this notice of final extension of 

project period and waiver. 

Public Comment 

In response to our invitation in the 

notice of proposed extension of project 

period and waiver, we did not receive 

any substantive comments. Generally 

we do not address comments that do not 

express views on the substance of the 

notice of proposed extension of project 

period and waiver. 

Waiver of Delayed Effective Date 

The Administrative Procedure Act 

requires that a substantive rule must be 

published at least 30 days before its 

effective date, except as otherwise 

provided for good cause (5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3)). We received no substantive 

comments on the notice of proposed 

extension of project period and waiver, 

and we have not made any substantive 

changes to the proposal. The Secretary 

has therefore determined to waive the 

delayed effective date to ensure a timely 

continuation grant to the entity affected. 

Background 

On April 28, 2006, the Department 

published a notice in the Federal 

Register (71 FR 25163) inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2006 for NECTAC. The 

purpose of the NECTAC, which was 

funded under the Technical Assistance 

and Dissemination to Improve Services 

and Results for Children with 

Disabilities (TA&D) program, authorized 

under section 663 of the Individuals 

with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 

20 U.S.C. 1463, is to ensure that eligible 

infants, toddlers, and children with 

disabilities (ages birth through five 

years) receive, as appropriate, services 

under Parts B and C of IDEA that 

ultimately improve their developmental 

and early learning outcomes. Another 

purpose of the NECTAC is to ensure that 

the families of eligible infants, toddlers, 

and children receiving services under 

Part C of IDEA receive services 

necessary to enhance families’ capacity 

to meet the developmental needs of 

their infants, toddlers, or children. 

Based on the 2006 notice inviting 

applications, the Department made one 

award for a period of 60 months to the 

University of North Carolina at Chapel 

Hill to carry out the activities of the 

NECTAC. 

Currently, the NECTAC focuses on 

providing technical assistance to 

strengthen State and local early 

childhood systems and improve 

outcomes for infants, toddlers, and 

children with disabilities and families 

of infants, toddlers, and children 

receiving services under Part C of IDEA. 

The NECTAC’s current project period 

is scheduled to end on September 30, 

2011. We believe that it is not in the 

public interest to hold a new 

competition under this program in 2011 

to fund a new NECTAC. An extension 

of the current grantee’s project will align 

the end of the current NECTAC project 

period with the expiration of the project 

period for the Technical Assistance 

Center on Social-Emotional Intervention 

for Young Children (CFDA No. 84.326B) 

and allow for the Department to develop 

a strategic and better coordinated 

approach to early childhood special 

education technical assistance without 

there being a lapse in the provision of 

technical assistance services currently 

provided by the NECTAC. We also have 

concluded that it is not in the public 

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interest to have a lapse in the provision 

of the resources currently provided by 

the NECTAC. 

For these reasons, the Secretary 

waives the requirements in 34 CFR 

75.250, which prohibit project periods 

exceeding five years; waives the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(a) and 

(c), which limit the extension of a 

project period if the extension involves 

the obligation of additional Federal 

funds; and issues a continuation award 

under 34 CFR 75.253 in the amount of 

$3,000,000 to the University of North 

Carolina at Chapel Hill (H326H060005) 

to operate the NECTAC for an additional 

12-month period. 

Waiving these regulations and issuing 

this continuation award ensure that 

technical assistance is available to 

strengthen State and local early 

childhood systems and improve 

outcomes for infants, toddlers, and 

children with disabilities and families 

of infants, toddlers, and children 

receiving services under Part C of IDEA. 

With this final extension of project 

period and waiver, the NECTAC will 

conduct the following activities during 

FY 2012: 

(a) Develop products and services to 

respond to State needs prioritized on 

the basis of results of current needsanalyses and syntheses. 

(b) Provide coordinated 

individualized and multi-State technical 

assistance services to address highpriority needs. 

(c) Support State-specific technical 

assistance efforts specified by the 

Department’s Office of Special 

Education Programs. 

(d) Coordinate with other relevant 

national and State-level technical 

assistance efforts. 

(e) Disseminate documents to a wide 

audience, including State and local 

directors of special education. 

(f) Maintain the NECTAC’s Web site. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Secretary certifies that this final 

extension of project period and waiver 

will not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. The only entities that will be 

affected are the current grantee serving 

as the NECTAC and any other potential 

applicants. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

The final extension of project period 

and the waiver do not contain any 

information collection requirements. 

Intergovernmental Review 

This program is subject to the 

requirements of Executive Order 12372 

and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. 

One of the objectives of the Executive 

order is to foster an intergovernmental 

partnership and a strengthened 

federalism. The Executive order relies 

on processes developed by State and 

local governments for coordination and 

review of proposed Federal financial 

assistance. This document provides 

early notification of our specific plans 

and actions for this program. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document in 

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

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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 9, 2011. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2011–20606 Filed 8–11–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA No. 84.326T] 

National Technical Assistance and 

Dissemination Center for Children Who 

Are Deaf-Blind; Final Extension of 

Project Period and Waiver 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education 

Programs, Office of Special Education 

and Rehabilitative Services, Department 

of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of final extension of 

project period and waiver for the 

National Technical Assistance and 

Dissemination Center for Children Who 

Are Deaf-Blind. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary issues this 

notice to waive the requirements in the 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) 

that generally prohibit project periods 

exceeding five years and extensions of 

project periods involving the obligation 

of additional Federal funds. This 

extension of project period and waiver 

enables the currently funded National 

Technical Assistance and Dissemination 

Center for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind 

(Center) to receive funding from October 

1, 2011, through September 30, 2013. 

DATES: The extension of project period 

and waiver is effective August 12, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

JoAnn McCann, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 4076, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2550. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7434. 

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: On June 7, 

2011, the Department published a notice 

in the Federal Register (76 FR 32969) 

proposing an extension of project period 

and a waiver of 34 CFR 75.250 and 

75.261(a) and (c) in order to— 

(1) Enable the Secretary to provide 

additional funds to the currently funded 

Center for an additional 24-month 

period, from October 1, 2011, through 

September 30, 2013; and 

(2) Request comments on the 

proposed extension of project period 

and waiver. 

There are no substantive differences 

between the notice of proposed 

extension of project period and waiver 

and this notice of final extension of 

project period and waiver. 

Public Comment 

In response to our invitation in the 

notice of proposed extension of project 

period and waiver, we did not receive 

any substantive comments. Generally, 

we do not address comments that do not 

express views on the substance of the 

notice of proposed extension of project 

period and waiver. 

Waiver of Delayed Effective Date 

The Administrative Procedure Act 

requires that a substantive rule must be 

published at least 30 days before its 

effective date, except as otherwise 

provided for good cause (5 U.S.C. 

553(d)(3)). We received no substantive 

comments on the notice of proposed 

extension of project period and waiver, 

and we have not made any substantive 

changes to the proposal. The Secretary 

has therefore determined to waive the 

delayed effective date to ensure a timely 

continuation grant to the entity affected. 

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