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3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

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Budget (OMB) provide interested 

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opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

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consultation to the extent that public 

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information; (5) Respondents and 

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burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: August 8, 2006. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: Reinstatement. 

Title: Application for the Ronald E. 

McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement 

Program. 

Frequency: Annually; competitive 

year. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions; State, local, or tribal gov’t, 

SEAs or LEAs. 

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Burden: 

Responses: 75. 

Burden Hours: 2,550. 

Abstract: The application form is 

needed to conduct a national 

competition for the Fiscal Year 2007 for 

the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate 

Achievement Program. The program 

provides grants to institutions of higher 

education and combinations of such 

institutions to establish and operate 

projects designed to provide 

disadvantaged college students with 

effective preparation for doctoral study. 

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view. Written requests for information 

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[FR Doc. 06–6850 Filed 8–10–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Intent To Compromise Claim Against 

the State of Michigan State Department 

of Corrections 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to compromise 

a claim with request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Education (Department) intends to 

compromise a claim against the 

Michigan State Department of 

Corrections (MDC) now pending before 

the Office of Administrative Law Judges 

(OALJ), Docket No. 05–37–R. Before 

compromising the claim, the 

Department must publish its intent to 

do so in the Federal Register and 

provide the public an opportunity to 

comment on that action (20 U.S.C. 

1234a(j)). 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on the proposed action on or before 

September 25, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments 

concerning the proposed action to John 

R. Mason, Esq., Office of the General 

Counsel, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 

6E112, Washington, DC 20202–2110. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

R. Mason, Esq. Telephone (202) 401–

6057. If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in alternative 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, audio 

tape, or computer diskette) on request to 

the contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Invitation To Comment 

We invite you to submit comments 

regarding this proposed action. During 

and after the comment period, you may 

inspect all public comments in room 

6E112, FB–6, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC between the hours 

of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern time, 

Monday through Friday of each week 

except Federal holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals With 

Disabilities in Reviewing Comments 

On request, we will supply an 

appropriate aid, such as a reader or 

print magnifier, to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

aid, please contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Background 

The claim in question arose when the 

Department’s Assistant Deputy 

Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free 

Schools issued a program determination 

letter (PDL) on April 29, 2005. The PDL 

demanded a refund of $114,923 of funds 

awarded to the MDC by the Department 

under the Youth Offenders program for 

fiscal years 2001 through 2003. This 

program, authorized by 20 U.S.C. 1151, 

provides State grants for workplace and 

community transition training for 

incarcerated youth offenders. The 

Assistant Deputy Secretary determined 

that a total of $114,923 had been 

misspent for inappropriate space rental 

charges, excess costs for materials and 

textbooks, and payments for classes not 

begun by certain prisoners. 

MDC filed a timely request for review 

of the PDL with the OALJ. The 

Administrative Law Judge suspended 

proceedings so that the parties could 

discuss settlement. During settlement 

discussions, the MDC provided the 

Assistant Deputy Secretary additional 

documentation and materials for review. 

After consideration of those materials, 

the Department proposes to compromise 

the claim of $114,923 for $78,965, 

nearly sixty-nine percent of the amount 

the Assistant Deputy Secretary 

disallowed in the PDL. 

Based on the amount that would be 

repaid by MDC, the additional materials 

and documentation submitted by MDC 

while this appeal has been pending 

before the OALJ, and litigation risks and 

costs of proceeding through the 

administrative, and possibly, court 


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process for this appeal, the Department 

has determined that it would not be 

practical or in the public interest to 

continue this proceeding. Rather, under 

the authority in 20 U.S.C. 1234a(j), the 

Department has determined that 

compromise of this claim for a refund of 

$78,965 is appropriate. The public is 

invited to comment on the Department’s 

intent to compromise this claim. 

Additional information may be obtained 

by calling or writing to John R. Mason, 

Esq. at the telephone number listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT or the address listed under 

ADDRESSES. 

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at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

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

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DC area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

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of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1234a(j). 

Dated: August 9, 2006. 

Lawrence A. Warder, 

Chief Financial Officer. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services Overview 

Information; Personnel Development 

To Improve Services and Results for 

Children With Disabilities—Preparation 

of Leadership Personnel; Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.325D. 

Dates: Applications Available: August 

11, 2006. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: October 10, 2006. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: December 11, 2006. 

Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education (IHEs). 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$90,626,000 for the Personnel 

Development to Improve Services and 

Results for Children with Disabilities 

program for FY 2007, of which we 

intend to use an estimated $4,800,000 

for the Preparation of Leadership 

Personnel competition. The actual level 

of funding, if any, depends on final 

congressional action. However, we are 

inviting applications to allow enough 

time to complete the grant process if 

Congress appropriates funds for this 

program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$171,969—200,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$196,200. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $200,000 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. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 24. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 48 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purposes of 

this program are to (1) help address 

State-identified needs for highly 

qualified personnel—in special 

education, related services, early 

intervention, and regular education—to 

work with infants or toddlers with 

disabilities, or children with 

disabilities; and (2) ensure that those 

personnel have the skills and 

knowledge—derived from practices that 

have been determined through research 

and experience to be successful—that 

are needed to serve those children. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

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

allowable activities specified in the 

statute (see sections 662(d) and 681(d) 

of the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA)). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2007 this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Preparation of Leadership Personnel 

This priority supports and is limited 

to projects that train personnel at the 

preservice doctoral or postdoctoral level 

in early intervention, special education 

or related services and at the advanced 

graduate level (masters and specialists) 

in special education administration/ 

supervision. In order to be eligible 

under this priority, programs must 

provide training and support for 

scholars to complete their training 

within the performance period of the 

grant. 

Therefore, only the following types of 

programs of study will meet the 

requirements of this priority: 

1. A major in special education, 

related services or early intervention at 

the doctoral or post-doctoral level; and 

2. Training at the advanced graduate 

level (masters and specialists programs) 

in special education administration/ 

supervision. 

Note: Training that leads to a Doctor of 

Audiology (D Aud) degree is not included as 

part of this priority because training 

programs that lead to a D Aud degree are 

eligible to apply for funding under the 

Combined Priority for Personnel Preparation 

competition (CFDA 84.325K) announced in a 

notice inviting applications published 

elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 

Register. 

Projects funded under this absolute 

priority must—

(a) Demonstrate, in the narrative 

section of the application under 

‘‘Quality of Project Services,’’ how—

(1) The program prepares personnel to 

address the specialized needs of 

children with disabilities from diverse 

cultural and language backgrounds, 

including limited English proficient 

children with disabilities, by—

(i) Identifying the competencies 

needed by leadership personnel to 

understand and work with culturally 

and linguistically diverse populations 

(the competencies identified should 

reflect the current knowledge base); and 

(ii) Preparing personnel to use those 

competencies through early 

intervention, special education, and 

related services training programs; 

(2) All relevant coursework for the 

proposed program reflects current 

research and pedagogy on—

(i) Participation and achievement in 

the general education curriculum and 

improved outcomes for children with 

disabilities; and 

(ii) The provision of coordinated 

services in natural environments to 

improve outcomes for infants and 

toddlers with disabilities and their 

families; 

(3) The program offers integrated 

training and practice opportunities that 

will enhance the collaborative 

competencies of all personnel who 

share responsibility for providing 

effective services for children with 

disabilities; 

(4) For programs that train personnel 

in early intervention, special education 

or related services, the program ensures 


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