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Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

16, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Rachel Potter, Desk Officer, 

Department of Education, Office of 

Management and Budget, 725 17th 

Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503 or faxed to (202) 395–6974. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

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

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The Acting 

Leader, Information Policy and 

Standards Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing 

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary 

of the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: December 11, 2006. 

Dianne M. Novick, 

Acting Leader, Information Policy and 

Standards Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services Office of Management. 

Office of Vocational and Adult 

Education 

Type of Review: Reinstatement. 

Title: Carl D. Perkins Career and 

Technical Education Improvement Act 

of 2006 (P.L. 109–270) State Plan Guide. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 54. 

Burden Hours: 5,112. 

Abstract: Federal vocational 

education legislation has been 

reauthorized. The Carl D. Perkins Career 

and Technical Education Act of 2006 

(Perkins IV), 20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq. as 

amended by Pub. L. 109–270, was 

signed into law on August 12, 2006. The 

purpose of this request is to reinstate 

and update the information collection 

package 1830–0029 (The Carl D Perkins 

Vocational and Technical Education Act 

of 1998; Pub. L 105–332—State Plan) to 

include: Instructions regarding contents 

of a one-year transition plan or six-year 

State plan; new State plan narrative 

requirements from the new Act; 

information States must provide 

regarding the consolidation of Title II 

funds under Title I; budget information; 

accountability information; and a cover 

page that must be submitted with the 

State plan. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 3212. 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., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, 

Washington, DC 20202–4700. Requests 

may also be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202–

245–6623. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 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 

Office of English Language 

Acquisition, Language Enhancement, 

and Academic Achievement for 

Limited English Proficient Students; 

Overview Information; National 

Professional Development Program; 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2007. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.195N 

Dates: 

Applications Available: December 15, 

2006. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

February 1, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 1, 2007. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 1, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education (IHEs) in consortia 

with State educational agencies (SEAs) 

or local educational agencies (LEAs). 

Note: Eligible applicants seeking to apply 

as a consortium should read and follow the 

regulations in 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$38,100,000 for new awards for this 

program for FY 2007. The actual level 

of funding, if any, depends on final 

Congressional action. However, we are 

inviting applicants to allow enough time 

to complete the grant process if 

Congress appropriates funds for this 

program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$200,000–300,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$257,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 148. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the National Professional Development 

Program is to provide for professional 

development activities that will 

improve classroom instruction for 

limited English proficient (LEP) 

children and assist educational 

personnel working with such children 

to meet high professional standards, 

including standards for certification and 

licensure as teachers who work in 

language standards for certification and 

licensure as teachers who work in 

language instruction education 

programs or serve LEP children. 

Priorities: Under this competition we 

are particularly interested in 

applications that address the following 

priorities. 

Invitational Priorities: Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(1) we do not give an 

application that meets these invitational 

priorities a competitive or absolute 

preference over other applications. 

These priorities are as follows: 

Invitational Priority #1. Projects 

designed to improve a teacher education 

program in order to better prepare all 

teachers to provide effective instruction 

to LEP students. In such projects, IHEs 

would collaborate with both an LEA and 

SEA on such activities as: (1) 

professional development to improve 

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the ability of higher education faculty in 

preparing prospective teachers to teach 

LEP students, and (2) the development 

of teacher education curricula that (a) 

are aligned with State content standards 

and State English language proficiency 

standards (b) prepare all teacher 

candidates in an institution to provide 

instruction that accelerates LEP 

students’ acquisition of language 

(including the acquisition of academic 

language skills), literacy, and content 

knowledge. 

Invitational Priority #2. Projects that 

conduct post-training assessment and 

collect post-training data on the 

effectiveness of program graduates and 

completers in order to determine the 

impact of the project on the academic 

achievement and English language 

development of LEP students in grades 

kindergarten through 12. 

Invitational Priority #3. Projects that 

support high-quality professional 

development for secondary content 

teachers to help these teachers improve 

academic achievement and literacy and 

language development of LEP students, 

including by preparing teachers to 

provide instruction that reflections 

aligned State English language 

proficiency standards and State content 

standards and assessments. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6861. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

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

84, 85, 86, 97, and 99. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to IHEs only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds; The 

Administration has requested 

$38,100,000 for new awards for this 

program for FY 2007. The actual level 

of funding, if any, depends on final 

Congressional action. However, we are 

inviting applicants to allow enough time 

to complete the grant process if 

Congress appropriates funds for this 

program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$200,000–$300,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$257,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 148. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicant: IHEs in 

consortia with SEAs or LEAs. 

Note: Eligible applicants seeking to apply 

as a consortium should read and follow the 

regulations in 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not involve cost sharing 

or matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Patrice Swann, U.S. 

Department of Education, 550 12th 

Street, SW., room 10070, Potomac 

Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20024–

6121. Telephone: (202) 245–7130, or by 

e-mail: patrice.swann@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 

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

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contracting the program 

contact person 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 for this 

competition. 

Notice of Intent to Apply: The 

Department will be able to develop a 

more efficient process for reviewing 

grant applications if it has a better 

understanding of the number of entities 

that intend to apply for funding under 

this competition. Therefore, the 

Secretary strongly encourages each 

potential applicant to notify the 

Department by sending a short e-mail 

message indicating the applicant’s 

intent to submit an application for 

funding. The e-mail does not need to 

include information regarding the 

content of the proposed application, 

only the applicant’s intent to submit it. 

This e-mail notification should be sent 

to Yvonne Putney-Mathieu at: 

yvonne.mathieu@ed.gov. 

We will consider an application 

submitted by the deadline date for 

transmittal of applications, even if the 

applicant did not provide us notice of 

its intent to apply. 

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 30 

pages using the following standards. 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ × 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• 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. 

However, you must include all of the 

application narrative in Part III. 

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: December 15, 

2006. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

February 1, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 1, 2007. 

Applications for grants under this 

program 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 by mail or hand 

delivery, 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: May 1, 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 

competition. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program may be submitted 

electronically or in paper format by mail 

or hand delivery. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. To comply with the 

President’s Management Agenda, we are 

participating as a partner in the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. 

The National Professional Development 

Program, 84.195N, is included in this 

project. We request your participation in 

Grants.gov. 

If you choose to submit your 

application electronically, you must use 

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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 National Professional 

Development Program at http:// 

www.grants.gov/. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this program or competition by the 

CFDA number. Do not include the 

CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your 

search (e.g., search for 84.195, not 

84.195N). 

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 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 and 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 and 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 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 at http://eGrants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

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

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (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 submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition, you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• 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 submit all 

documents electronically, including all 

information you typically provide on 

the following forms: 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. Please 

note that two of these forms—the SF 424 

and the Department of Education 

Supplemental information for SF 424—

have replaced the ED 424 (Application 

for Federal Education Assistance). 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, you must attach any 

narrative sections of your application as 

files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich 

text), or .PDF (Portable Document 

format. If you upload a file type other 

than the three file types specified in this 

paragraph or submit a passwordprotected 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 Grant.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 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 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 

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

application deadline date, please 

contact the person 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. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and 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: 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 

application deadline date and time or if the 

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 

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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 84.195 N, 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 84.195 N, 

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. 

(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 84.195 N), 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—

(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, you should call the 

U.S. Department of Education Application 

Control Center at (202) 245–6288. 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 of EDGAR. The maximum 

score for all of these criteria is 100 

points. The maximum score for each 

criterion is indicated in parentheses. 

(a) Need for project. (5 points) 

The Secretary considers the need for 

the proposed project. In determining the 

need for the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the following 

factors: 

(1) The extent to which the proposed 

project will provide services or 

otherwise address the needs of students 

at risk of educational failure. 

(2) The extent to which specific gaps 

or weaknesses in services, 

infrastructure, or opportunities have 

been identified and will be addressed by 

the proposed project, including the 

nature and magnitude of those gaps and 

weaknesses. 

(3) The extent to which the proposed 

project will prepare personnel for fields 

in which shortages have been 

demonstrated. 

(b) Quality of the project design. (50 

points) 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the design of the proposed project. In 

determining the quality of the design of 

the proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(1) The extent to which the goals, 

objectives, and outcomes to be achieved 

by the proposed project are clearly 

specified and measurable. 

(2) The extent to which the design of 

the proposed project is appropriate to, 

and will successfully address, the needs 

of the target population or other 

identified needs. 

(3) The extent to which the design of 

the proposed project reflects up-to-date 

knowledge from research and effective 

practice. 

(4) The extent to which the proposed 

project is part of a comprehensive effort 

to improve teaching and learning and to 

support rigorous academic standards for 

students. 

(5) The extent to which the proposed 

project is designed to build capacity and 

yield results that will extend beyond the 

period of Federal financial assistance. 

(c) Quality of project personnel. (5 

Points) 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the personnel who will carry out the 

proposed project. 

(1) In determining the quality of 

project personnel, the Secretary 

considers the extent to which the 

applicant encourages applications for 

employment from persons who are 

members of groups that have 

traditionally been underrepresented 

based on race, color, national origin, 

gender, age, or disability. 

(2) The qualifications, including 

relevant training and experience, of the 

project director or principal 

investigator. 

(3) The qualifications, including 

relevant training and experience, of key 

personnel. 

(d) Quality of the management plan. 

(10 points) 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the management plan for the proposed 

project. In determining the quality of the 

management plan for the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers the 

following factors: 

(1) The adequacy of the management 

plan to achieve the objectives of the 

proposed project on time and within 

budget, including clearly defined 

responsibilities, timelines, and 

milestones for accomplishing project 

tasks. 

(2) The extent to which the time 

commitments of the project director and 

other key project personnel are 

appropriate and adequate to meet the 

objectives of the proposed project. 

(3) The adequacy of procedures for 

ensuring feedback and continuous 

improvement in the operation of the 

proposed project. 

(e) Quality of the project evaluation. 

(30 points) 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the evaluation to be conducted of the 

proposed project. In determining the 

quality of the evaluation, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(1) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation are thorough, feasible, and 

appropriate to the goals, objectives, and 

outcomes of the proposed project. 

(2) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation include the use of 

objective performance measures that are 

clearly related to the intended outcomes 

of the project and will produce 

quantitative and qualitative data to the 

extent possible. 

(3) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation provide for examining the 

effectiveness of project implementation 

strategies. 

(4) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation will provide performance 

feedback and permit periodic 

assessment of progress toward achieving 

intended outcomes. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

(1) Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

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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 CFR 75.118. 

(4) Performance Measures: In 

response to the Government 

Performance and Results Act (GPRA), 

the Department developed three 

quantitative measures for evaluating the 

overall effectiveness of the NPD 

Program. We will expect each IHE, in 

consortium with its partnering LEA or 

SEA, that carries out a project funded 

under this competition to document the 

extent to which the project is achieving 

against these performance measures. 

These measures are: 

(1) The percentage of pre-service 

program graduates who are placed in 

instructional settings serving limited 

English proficient students within one 

year of graduation. 

(2) The percentage of pre-service 

program graduates who meet NCLB 

Highly Qualified Teacher requirements. 

(3) The percentage of in-service 

teacher completers who are providing 

instructional services to limited English 

proficient students. 

Grantees will be expected to report on 

progress in meeting these performance 

measures for the NPD Program in their 

Annual Performance Report and in their 

Final Performance Report. 

In addition to the GPRA measures, the 

Department has developed two 

additional measures, program measures, 

used to help monitor the effectiveness of 

the NPD Program. We will expect each 

IHE, in consortium with its partnering 

LEA or SEA, that carries out a project 

funded under this competition to 

document the extent to which the 

project is helping the Department meet 

these program measures. These 

measures are: 

(1) The effectiveness of graduates/ 

completers in the instructional meeting. 

(2) The degree to which IHE preservice and in-service training programs 

are aligned with K–12 State standards 

and assessments, including English 

language proficiency standards and 

content standards. 

Grantees will be expected to report on 

progress in meeting these performance 

measures for the NPD Program in their 

Annual Performance Report and in their 

Final Performance Report. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: Ana 

Garcia, U.S. Department of Education, 

Potomac Center Plaza, 550 12th Street, 

SW., Room 10072, Washington, DC 

20024–6121. (202) 245–7153. 

ana.garcia@ed.gov; or 

Trini Torres-Carrion, U.S. Department 

of Education, Potomc Center Plaza, 550 

12th Street, SW., Room 10082, 

Washington, DC 20024–6121. (202) 245–

7134. trinidad.torres-carrier@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 the program contact person 

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.htm1. 

Dated: December 12, 2006. 

Kathleen Leos, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director, 

Office of English Language Acquisition, 

Language Enhancement and Academic 

Achievement for Limited English Proficient 

Students. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request. 

SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting 

comments on proposed revisions to and 

the three-year extension of the Natural 

Gas Production Report, Form EIA–914. 

DATES: Comments must be filed by 

February 13, 2007. If you anticipate 

difficulty in submitting comments 

within that period, contact the person 

listed below as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ms. 

Rhonda Green at U.S. Department of 

Energy, Energy Information 

Administration, Reserves and 

Production Division, 1999 Bryan Street, 

Suite 1110, Dallas, Texas 75201–6801. 

To ensure receipt of the comments by 

the due date, submission by FAX (214–

720–6155) or e-mail 

(RHONDA.GREEN@EIA.DOE.GOV) is 

recommended. Alternatively, Ms. Green 

may be contacted by telephone at (214) 

720–6161. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of any forms and instructions 

should be directed to Ms. Rhonda Green 

at the address listed above. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

II. Current Actions 

III. Request for Comments 

I. Background 

The Federal Energy Administration 

Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93–275, 15 U.S.C. 

761 et seq.) and the DOE Organization 

Act (Pub. L. 95–91, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et 

seq.) require the EIA to carry out a 

centralized, comprehensive, and unified 

energy information program. This 

program collects, evaluates, assembles, 

analyzes, and disseminates information 

on energy resource reserves, production, 

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