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[FR Doc. 2014–15079 Filed 06–26–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–C 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2014–ICCD–0062] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

National Evaluation of the Technical 

Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) 

Program: Grantee Questionnaire/

Interview and State Survey Data 

Collection 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences/ 

National Center for Education Statistics 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a revision of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before July 28, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0062 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. If the regulations.gov 

site is not available to the public for any 

reason, ED will temporarily accept 

comments at ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

Please note that comments submitted by 

fax or email and those submitted after 

the comment period will not be 

accepted; ED will ONLY accept 

comments during the comment period 

in this mailbox when the regulations.gov 

site is not available. Written requests for 

information or comments submitted by 

postal mail or delivery should be 

addressed to the Director of the 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, 

Mailstop L–OM–2–2E319, Room 2E105, 

Washington, DC 20202. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Meredith 

Bachman, 202–219–2014. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: National 

Evaluation of the Technical Assistance 

and Dissemination (TA&D) Program: 

Grantee Questionnaire/Interview and 

State Survey Data Collection 

OMB Control Number: 1850–0887 

Type of Review: A revision of an 

existing information collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 3,702 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 927 

Abstract: This data collection is Phase 

II of the National Evaluation of the 


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TA&D Program and will focus on 

gathering relevant information on the 

State Deaf-Blind Projects funded under 

the OSEP Technical Assistance and 

Dissemination (TA&D) Program. Data 

will be obtained through three 

questionnaires. A State Deaf-Blind 

Project Questionnaire will be 

administered to all Project Directors and 

will yield detailed descriptive 

information about the technical 

assistance products and services 

provided by the TA&D Program grantees 

and to whom they provide them. A 

questionnaire administered to providers 

who are identified as those who work at 

least on a weekly basis with students 

aged 6–21 with deaf blindness will 

provide information concerning 

characteristics of these providers and 

their needs for technical assistance to 

support their work with students. A 

subset of these providers who have 

received child-specific technical 

assistance or other individualized staffspecific technical assistance from a state 

deaf-blind project will receive a short 

set of additional questions about their 

experiences with the TA received, and 

their satisfaction with that support. 

This data collection will provide 

unique, detailed data and information 

that are not currently available from 

other sources but that are necessary in 

order to accurately understand the role 

that the State Deaf-Blind Projects play in 

supporting local providers in their work 

with children and youth with 

deafblindness. The National Evaluation 

of the TA&D Program is part of the 

National Assessment of the Individuals 

with Disabilities Education 

Improvement Act of 2004 (hereafter 

referred to as the National Assessment). 

Failure to collect these data may result 

in the ED being unable to adequately 

report to Congress on the National 

Assessment. 

Dated: June 24, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15116 Filed 6–26–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Reopening; Applications for New 

Awards; Training and Information for 

Parents of Children With Disabilities— 

Parent Training and Information 

Centers 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.328M 

SUMMARY: This notice reopens the FY 

2014 Parent Training and Information 

Centers competition, authorized by the 

Individuals with Disabilities Education 

Act (IDEA), as amended. We published 

a notice inviting applications (NIA) for 

this competition on April 9, 2014, in the 

Federal Register. The notice provided a 

deadline date of May 27, 2014, as well 

as other information, for the transmittal 

of applications. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Significant technical problems with the 

Grants.gov Apply site’s ability to accept 

security enabled Adobe Acrobat files in 

the Parent Training and Information 

Centers competition that was 

announced in the NIA published on 

April 9, 2014, in the Federal Register 

(79 FR 19595–19604) may have 

prevented some eligible applicants from 

meeting the May 27, 2014 deadline. 

Therefore, we are reopening the 

competition to provide applicants with 

additional time to submit an 

application. 

Any applicant that has already 

submitted an application under the FY 

2014 Parent Training and Information 

Centers competition does not need to 

resubmit its application, including those 

applicants whose submissions were 

accepted but not processed because of 

the problems with Grants.gov. 

DATES: 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 30, 2014. 

Note to Applicants: The notice published 

on April 9, 2014, provides other information 

that applies to this competition. Specifically, 

the priority in that notice, entitled ‘‘Parent 

Training and Information Centers,’’ identifies 

the requirements for applications submitted 

in response to this notice, including the 

eligible entities, the States from which we are 

accepting applications, and the instructions 

for submitting applications. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 29, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carmen Sanchez, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 4057, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2600. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6595. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

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

print, audiotape, or compact disc) by 

contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

Room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD or a TTY, call 

the FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the 

official edition of the Federal Register 

and the Code of Federal Regulations is 

available via the Federal Digital System 

at: 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: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: June 23, 2014. 

Michael K. Yudin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15071 Filed 6–26–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Extension of Deadline; Teacher Quality 

Partnership Grant Program 

AGENCY: Office of Innovation and 

Improvement, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice extending deadline date 

for the FY 2014 grant competition. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.336S. 

SUMMARY: On May 28, 2014, we 

published in the Federal Register (79 

FR 30584) a notice inviting applications 

for the Teacher Quality Partnership 

Grant Program. The notice established 

July 14, 2014, as the deadline date for 

eligible applicants to apply for funding 

under the program. However, the 

Department has been informed that the 

Grants.gov Web site will be unavailable 

to applicants on July 12–13, 2014, due 

to a scheduled maintenance outage. To 

allow applicants additional time to 

complete their applications as a result of 

this outage, we are extending the 

deadline date for transmittal of 

applications to July 15, 2014. 


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