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Order 12866. Under the terms of the 

order, we have assessed the potential 

costs and benefits of this regulatory 

action. 

The potential costs associated with 

the notice of final priority are those 

resulting from statutory requirements 

and those we have determined are 

necessary for administering this 

program effectively and efficiently. 

In assessing the potential costs and 

benefits—both quantitative and 

qualitative—of this notice of final 

priority, we have determined that the 

benefits of the proposed priority justify 

the costs. 

We have also determined that this 

action does not unduly interfere with 

State, local, and tribal governments in 

the exercise of their governmental 

functions. 

Intergovernmental Review 

This program is subject to 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. 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 645. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You may view this document, as well 

as all other documents of this 

Department published in the Federal 

Register, in text or Adobe Portable 

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet 

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news/fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

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

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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 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 84.047A Upward Bound Program) 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a–13. 

Dated: September 19, 2006. 

James F. Manning, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 06–8101 Filed 9–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; Upward Bound 

Program (Includes Regular Upward 

Bound (UB), Veterans Upward Bound 

(VUB) and Upward Bound Math and 

Science (UBMS)) Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2007 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.047A 

and 84.047M. 

Dates: Applications Available: 

September 22, 2006. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: November 6, 2006. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: January 5, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education; public or private 

agencies and organizations; 

combinations of institutions, agencies, 

and organizations; and secondary 

schools under exceptional 

circumstances, if there is no institution, 

agency, or organization capable of 

carrying out an applicable Upward 

Bound project in the proposed target 

area. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration’s budget request for FY 

2007 does not include funds for the 

Upward Bound Program. 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: 

$250,000–$853,000 for year one of UB; 

$250,000–$543,000 for year one of VUB; 

and $250,000–$354,000 for year one of 

UBMS. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$350,000 for UB; $300,000 for VUB; and 

$270,000 for UBMS. 

Maximum Award: We will not fund 

any application at an amount exceeding 

the maximum amounts specified below 

for a single budget period of 12 months. 

We may choose not to further consider 

or review applications with budgets that 

exceed the maximum amounts specified 

below, if we conclude, during our initial 

review of the application, that the 

proposed goals and objectives cannot be 

obtained with the specified maximum 

amount. 

For an applicant applying for a new 

UB, VUB or UBMS grant the maximum 

award amount is $250,000. For a current 

grantee applying for a VUB or UBMS 

grant (to continue funding for a 

currently funded project), the maximum 

award amount is the greater of (a) 

$250,000 or (b) an amount equal to 103 

percent of the applicant’s currently 

funded grant award amount for FY 

2006. 

For a current grantee that did not 

receive supplemental funds under the 

UB Expansion Initiative in FY 2006 that 

is applying for a UB grant, the 

maximum award amount is the greater 

of (a) $250,000 or (b) an amount equal 

to 103 percent of the applicant’s 

currently funded grant award amount 

for FY 2006. For a current grantee that 

received supplemental funds under the 

UB Expansion Initiative in FY 2006 that 

is applying for a UB grant, the 

maximum award amount is the greater 

of (a) $250,000 or (b) an amount equal 

to 103 percent of the sum of the 

applicant’s currently funded grant 

award amount plus 50 percent of its UB 

Expansion Initiative grant award 

amount for FY 2006. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 766 for 

UB; 42 for VUB; and 128 for UBMS. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

Applicants whose peer review scores 

are within the highest ten percent of 

scores of all applicants receiving awards 

will receive five-year awards. All other 

successful applicants will receive fouryear awards. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Upward 

Bound program is one of seven 

programs known as the Federal TRIO 

programs. There are three types of 

grants under the Upward Bound 

program: Regular Upward Bound grants; 

Veterans Upward Bound grants; and 

Upward Bound Math and Science 

grants. 

The regular Upward Bound projects 

are designed to generate in participants 

the skills and motivation necessary for 

success in education beyond secondary 

school. The Veterans Upward Bound 

projects are designed to assist veterans 

in preparing for a program of 

postsecondary education. The Upward 

Bound Math and Science projects are 

designed to prepare high school 

students for postsecondary education 

programs that lead to careers in the 

fields of math and science. 

Priority: This priority is from the 

notice of final priority for this program 

published elsewhere in this issue of the 

Federal Register. 


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Absolute Priority: For FY 2007, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

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

applications for regular Upward Bound 

Program grants that meet the priority. 

This priority only applies to the regular 

UB Program applications. This priority 

does not apply to the VUB and UBMS 

competitions. 

This priority is: Upward Bound 

Program Participant Selection and 

Evaluation. 

This priority supports regular Upward 

Bound Program projects that—

1. Select first-time participants from 

otherwise eligible students who have 

completed the 8th grade but not the 

10th grade in secondary school, except 

a student who has previously 

participated in a regular Upward Bound 

project may be selected notwithstanding 

the student’s grade level; 

2. Select not less than 30 percent of 

all first-time participants from students 

who have completed the 8th grade but 

not the 9th grade in secondary school 

and who have a ‘‘high academic risk for 

failure.’’

‘‘High academic risk for failure’’ refers 

to otherwise eligible students who—

a. Have not achieved at the proficient 

level on State assessments in reading/ 

language arts for grade eight; 

b. Have not achieved at the proficient 

level on State assessments in math for 

grade eight; 

c. Have a grade point average of 2.5 

or less (on a 4.0 scale) for the most 

recent school year for which grade point 

averages are available; or 

d. Have not completed pre-algebra, 

algebra, or geometry by the end of grade 

eight, and (in cases in which students 

are recruited early during grade nine) 

are not taking algebra or geometry in 

grade nine. 

To meet this priority, an applicant 

also must agree to conduct its Upward 

Bound project in a manner consistent 

with the evaluation that the Department 

plans to conduct for the Upward Bound 

Program. An applicant also must agree, 

if selected to participate in the 

evaluation, to—

1. Recruit at least twice as many 

eligible new students in project year 

2007–2008 as the grantee plans to serve 

in its project. Of that larger pool of 

eligible new students, not less than 30 

percent must have completed the 8th 

grade but not the 9th grade in secondary 

school and meet the definition of ‘‘high 

academic risk for failure;’’

2. Refrain from admitting new 

students into the Upward Bound project 

for project year 2007–2008 until the 

evaluator has completed its data 

collection and random assignment for 

those students; 

3. Agree that eligible new students 

will be assigned randomly by the 

evaluator either to participate in 

Upward Bound or to serve as part of a 

control group (not in Upward Bound); 

and 

4. Agree that a student assigned to 

serve as part of a control group will not 

be subsequently selected to participate 

in Upward Bound. 

This priority does not apply to the 

Veterans Upward Bound projects and 

Upward Bound Math/Science projects. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a–11; 20 

U.S.C. 1070a–13. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 85, 

86, 97, 98, and 99. 

(b) The regulations for this program in 

34 CFR part 645. 

(c) The notice of final priority for this 

program published elsewhere in this 

issue of the Federal Register. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration’s budget request for FY 

2007 does not include funds for the 

Upward Bound Program. 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: 

$250,000–$853,000 for year one of UB; 

$250,000–$543,000 for year one of VUB; 

and $250,000–$354,000 for year one of 

UBMS. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$350,000 for UB; $300,000 for VUB; and 

$270,000 for UBMS. 

Maximum Award: We will not fund 

any application at an amount exceeding 

the maximum amounts specified below 

for a single budget period of 12 months. 

We may choose not to further consider 

or review applications with budgets that 

exceed the maximum amounts specified 

below, if we conclude, during our initial 

review of the application, that the 

proposed goals and objectives cannot be 

obtained with the specified maximum 

amount. 

For an applicant applying for a new 

UB, VUB or UBMS grant the maximum 

award amount is $250,000. For a current 

grantee applying for a VUB or UBMS 

grant (to continue funding for a 

currently funded project), the maximum 

award amount is the greater of (a) 

$250,000 or (b) an amount equal to 103 

percent of the applicant’s currently 

funded grant award amount for FY 

2006. 

For a current grantee that did not 

receive supplemental funds under the 

UB Expansion Initiative in FY 2006, that 

is applying for a UB grant, the 

maximum award amount is the greater 

of (a) $250,000 or (b) an amount equal 

to 103 percent of the applicant’s 

currently funded grant award amount 

for FY 2006. For a current grantee that 

received supplemental funds under the 

UB Expansion Initiative in FY 2006 that 

is applying for a UB grant, the 

maximum award amount is the greater 

of (a) $250,000 or (b) an amount equal 

to 103 percent of the sum of the 

applicant’s currently funded grant 

award amount plus 50 percent of its UB 

Expansion Initiative grant award 

amount for FY 2006. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 766 for 

UB; 42 for VUB; and 128 for UBMS. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

Applicants whose peer review scores 

are within the highest ten percent of 

scores of all applicants receiving awards 

will receive five-year awards. All other 

successful applicants will receive fouryear awards. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education; public or private 

agencies and organizations; 

combinations of institutions, agencies, 

and organizations; and secondary 

schools under exceptional 

circumstances, if there is no institution, 

agency, or organization capable of 

carrying out an applicable Upward 

Bound project in the proposed target 

area. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not involve cost sharing 

or matching. 

3. Other: An applicant may submit 

more than one application, if each 

separate application describes a project 

that will serve students at different 

target schools and/or target populations. 

A secondary school applicant must 

submit a certification that there is no 

other eligible entity in the proposed 

target area that is capable of carrying out 

a UB program project. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Gaby Watts, U.S. Department 

of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., suite 

7000, Washington, DC 2006–8510. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7600 or by e-mail: 

TRIO@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain a copy of the application package 


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in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting one of the 

program contact persons listed in this 

section. 

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 and instructions 

for this program. 

Page Limit: The Program Narrative is 

where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria that reviewers use to 

evaluate your application. You must 

limit the section of the narrative that 

addresses the selection criteria to the 

equivalent of no more than 50 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. Page numbers and an 

identifier may be within the 1′′ margin. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, except titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, captions and all text in 

charts, tables, and graphs may be single 

spaced. 

• Use one or more of the following 

fonts: Times New Roman, Courier, 

Courier New or Arial. Applications 

submitted in any other font (including 

Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will be 

rejected. 

• Use not less than 12-point font. 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the Application for Federal Assistance 

face sheet (SF 424); the supplemental 

information form required by the 

Department of Education; Part II, the 

budget information summary form (ED 

Form 524); and Part IV, the assurances 

and certifications. The page limit also 

does not apply to a table of contents. If 

you include any attachments or 

appendices not specifically requested, 

these items will be counted as part of 

the Program Narrative (Part III) for 

purposes of the page limit requirement. 

You must include your complete 

response to the selection criteria in the 

Program Narrative. 

We will reject your application if—

• You apply these standards and 

exceed the page limit; or 

• You apply other standards and 

exceed the equivalent of the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: September 22, 

2006. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: November 6, 2006. 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). For information 

(including dates and times) about how 

to submit your application 

electronically or 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 in 

this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: January 9, 2007. 

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 

program. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

the regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program 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 Upward Bound Program—

CFDA Number 84.047A and 84.047M 

must be submitted electronically using 

the 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 e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

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. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Upward Bound 

Program 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. 

Please note the following: 

• 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 time and date stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted, and must be date/time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not consider your 

application if it is date/time stamped by 

the Grants.gov system later than 4:30 

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

application deadline date. When we 

retrieve your application from 

Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are 

rejecting your application because it 

was date/time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system after 4:30 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 program 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 at: 

http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all the 

steps in the Grants.gov registration 

process (see http://www.grants.gov/ 

applicants/get_registered.jsp). These 

steps include (1) registering your 

organization, (2) registering yourself as 

an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR), and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D–U–N–S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to 


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successfully submit an application via 

Grants.gov. 

• 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 

typically included on the Application 

for Federal Education Assistance (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 above 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 an 

automatic acknowledgment from 

Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. The Department will 

retrieve your application from 

Grants.gov and send you a second 

confirmation by e-mail that will include 

a PR/Award number (an ED-specified 

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 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 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 as described elsewhere in 

this notice. If you submit an application 

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

the deadline date, please contact either 

of the persons listed elsewhere in this 

notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT, and provide an explanation of 

the technical problem you experienced 

with Grants.gov, along with the 

Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number 

(if available). 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 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: Extensions referred to 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 deadline 

date and time or if the technical problem you 

experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov 

system. 

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 

the Grants.gov system because—

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; 

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 prevent 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: Geraldine Smith, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., suite 7000, Washington, DC 

20006–8510. FAX: (202) 502–7857. 

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 applicable following 

address: 

By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, 

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.047A or 

84.047M), 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

or 

By mail through a commercial carrier: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center—Stop 

4260, Attention: (CFDA Number 

84.047A or 84.047M), 7100 Old 

Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785–

1506. 

Regardless of which address you use, 

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, or 

(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, or 

(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 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 84.047A or 84.047M), 

550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, 

Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 

20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 

a.m. and 4:30 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: 


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(1) You must indicate on the envelope 

and—if not provided by the Department—in 

Item 4 of the Application for Federal 

Education Assistance (SF 424) the CFDA 

number—and suffix letter, if any—of the 

competition under which you are submitting 

your application. 

(2) The Application Control Center will 

mail a grant application receipt 

acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive 

the grant application receipt 

acknowledgment 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 

645.31 and are listed in the application 

package. 

Note: Under the ‘‘Objectives’’ selection 

criteria, all evaluation points will be awarded 

based upon the extent to which the 

applicant’s proposed objectives are 

determined to be both ambitious and 

attainable. Applicants are advised to take this 

into account when preparing their 

applications. In responding to the 

‘‘Objectives’’ criteria, applicants should 

explain why their proposed objectives are 

ambitious and attainable and provide data to 

support that explanation. The peer reviewers 

will determine the extent to which the 

objectives are both ambitious and attainable 

based upon the data and explanations the 

applicant provides in the Need for the 

project, Plan of operation, and Budget and 

cost effectiveness sections of the application. 

The UB, UBMS, and VUB Program Profile 

pages in the application package detail 

specific information that applicants must 

submit regarding these objectives. 

2. Review and Selection Process: The 

Secretary will select an application for 

funding in rank-order, based on the 

application’s total score for the selection 

criteria and prior experience, pursuant 

to 34 CFR 645.31 and 645.32. If there are 

insufficient funds for two or more 

applications with the same total scores, 

the Secretary will choose among the tied 

applications so as to serve geographical 

areas that have been underserved by the 

UB Program. 

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 also notify you 

informally. 

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 specified by 

the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. 

4. Performance Measures: The success 

of the UB program is measured by the 

percentage of UB participants, both 

higher risk and overall, who enroll in 

postsecondary institutions. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Gaby Watts, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., suite 

7000, Washington, DC 20006–8510. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7600 or by e-mail: 

TRIO@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

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

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to one of the program contact 

persons listed in this section. 

VIII. Other Information 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: 

http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

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

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: 

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html. 

Dated: September 19, 2006. 

James F. Manning, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC06–423–000; FERC Form No. 

423] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities, Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Extension 

September 14, 2006. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3506(c) (2) (a) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. No. 104–13), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is 

soliciting public comment on the 

specific aspects of the information 

collection described below. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due November 20, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of sample filings of 

the proposed collection of information 

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Energy Regulatory Commission, Attn: 

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and refer to Docket No. IC06–423–000. 

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