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Dated: March 6, 2007. 

M.C. Holley, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–4312 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 8, 

2007. 

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 IC Clearance 

Official, 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. 

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. 

Dated: March 5, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Planning, Evaluation and 

Policy Development 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Evaluation of the Early 

Childhood Educator Professional 

Development Program. 

Frequency: Other: One time. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 81. 

Burden Hours: 95. 

Abstract: The Evaluation of the Early 

Childhood Educator Professional 

Development (ECEPD) program will 

describe and analyze the strategies 

ECEPD projects are using to deliver 

professional development, and it will 

synthesize the outcomes of ECEPD 

projects. In addition to describing the 

outcomes for participants and outcomes 

for children to the extent that they can 

be summarized from grantee 

evaluations, this study will also identify 

promising practices in professional 

development for early childhood 

educators. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 3286. 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 Innovation and Improvement; 

Overview Information; Magnet Schools 

Assistance Program (MSAP); Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.165A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: March 9, 

2007. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

April 6, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 27, 2007. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 27, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: Local educational 

agencies (LEAs) or consortia of LEAs. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$100,000,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$350,000–$4,000,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$2,500,000 per year. 

Maximum Award: We will not fund 

any application at an amount exceeding 

the maximum amount of $4,000,000 per 

year specified in section 5309(c) of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) for a 

single fiscal year. We may choose not to 

further consider or review applications 

with budget requests for any 12-month 

budget period that exceed this amount, 

if we conclude, during our initial review 

of the application, that the proposed 

goals and objectives cannot be obtained 

with the specified maximum amount. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 40. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The MSAP 

provides grants to eligible LEAs and 

consortia of LEAs to support magnet 

schools that are part of an approved 

desegregation plan. Through the 

implementation of magnet schools, 

these program resources can be used in 

pursuit of the objectives of the ESEA, 

which supports State and local efforts to 

enable all elementary and secondary 

students to achieve to high standards 

and holds schools, LEAs, and States 

accountable for ensuring that their 

students do so. In particular, the MSAP 

provides an opportunity for eligible 

entities to focus on expanding their 

capacity to provide public school choice 

to students who attend schools 

identified for improvement, corrective 

action, or restructuring under Title I, 

Part A of the ESEA (Title I). 


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Priorities: This competition includes 

four competitive preference priorities 

and one invitational priority that are 

explained in the following paragraphs. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: In 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), 

Priorities 1, 2 and 3 are from the 

regulations for this program (34 CFR 

280.32). Priority 4 is from the notice of 

final priority for this program (NFP), 

published elsewhere in this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

For FY 2007 these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to 

an additional 40 points depending on 

how well the application meets these 

priorities. The maximum possible 

points for each priority are indicated in 

parentheses following the name of the 

competitive preference priority. These 

points are in addition to any points the 

application earns under the selection 

criteria. 

These priorities are: 

Priority 1—Need for assistance (up to 

10 additional points). The Secretary 

evaluates the applicant’s needs for 

assistance under the MSAP regulations 

in 34 CFR part 280, by considering—

(a) The costs of fully implementing 

the magnet schools project as proposed; 

(b) The resources available to the 

applicant to carry out the project if 

funds under the program were not 

provided; 

(c) The extent to which the costs of 

the project exceed the applicant’s 

resources; and 

(d) The difficulty of effectively 

carrying out the approved plan and the 

project for which assistance is sought, 

including consideration of how the 

design of the magnet schools project—

e.g., the type of program proposed, the 

location of the magnet school within the 

LEA—impacts on the applicant’s ability 

to successfully carry out the approved 

plan. 

Priority 2—New or revised magnet 

schools projects (up to 10 additional 

points). The Secretary determines the 

extent to which the applicant proposes 

to carry out new magnet schools 

projects or significantly revise existing 

magnet schools projects. 

Priority 3—Selection of students (up 

to 10 additional points). The Secretary 

determines the extent to which the 

applicant proposes to select students to 

attend magnet schools by methods such 

as lottery, rather than through academic 

examination. 

Priority 4—Expanding Capacity to 

Provide Choice (up to 10 additional 

points). This priority supports projects 

that will—

(1) Help parents whose children 

attend low-performing schools (that is, 

schools that have been identified for 

school improvement, corrective action, 

or restructuring under Title I of the 

ESEA) by—

(a) Selecting schools identified for 

school improvement, corrective action, 

or restructuring under Title I as magnet 

schools to be funded under this project 

and improving the quality of teaching 

and instruction in these schools; or 

(b) Maximizing the opportunity for 

students in low-performing schools to 

attend higher-performing magnet 

schools funded under the project and 

thereby reduce minority group isolation 

in the low-performing sending schools; 

and 

(2) Effectively inform parents whose 

children attend low-performing schools 

about choices that are available to them 

in the magnet schools to be funded 

under the project. 

Note: For the purpose of selecting 

applications under this priority, school 

improvement has the meaning given in 34 

CFR 200.32(a)(1), corrective action has the 

meaning given in 34 CFR 200.33(a), and 

restructuring has the meaning given in 34 

CFR 200.34(a). 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2007 this 

priority is an invitational priority. Under 34 

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

application that meets this invitational 

priority a competitive or absolute preference 

over other applications. 

This priority is: 

Priority 5—Experimental and QuasiExperimental Evaluation Designs. This 

invitational priority supports projects 

proposing an evaluation plan that is 

based on rigorous scientifically based 

research methods to assess the 

effectiveness of a particular 

intervention. The Secretary intends that 

this priority will allow program 

participants and the Department to 

determine whether the project produces 

meaningful effects on student 

achievement or teacher performance. 

Evaluation methods using an 

experimental design are best for 

determining project effectiveness. Thus, 

when feasible, the project must use an 

experimental design under which 

participants—e.g., students, teachers, 

classrooms, or schools—are randomly 

assigned to participate in the project 

activities being evaluated or to a control 

group that does not participate in the 

project activities being evaluated. 

If random assignment is not feasible, 

the project may use a quasiexperimental design with carefully 

matched comparison conditions. This 

alternative design attempts to 

approximate a randomly assigned 

control group by matching 

participants—e.g., students, teachers, 

classrooms, or schools—with nonparticipants having similar pre-program 

characteristics. 

In cases where random assignment is 

not possible and participation in the 

intervention is determined by a 

specified cutting point on a quantified 

continuum of scores, regression 

discontinuity designs may be employed. 

For projects that are focused on 

special populations in which sufficient 

numbers of participants are not 

available to support random assignment 

or matched comparison group designs, 

single-subject designs such as multiple 

baseline or treatment-reversal or 

interrupted time series that are capable 

of demonstrating causal relationships 

can be employed. 

Proposed evaluation strategies that 

use neither experimental designs with 

random assignment nor quasiexperimental designs using a matched 

comparison group nor regression 

discontinuity designs will not be 

considered responsive to the priority 

when sufficient numbers of participants 

are available to support these designs. 

Evaluation strategies that involve too 

small a number of participants to 

support group designs must be capable 

of demonstrating the causal effects of an 

intervention or program on those 

participants. 

The proposed evaluation plan must 

describe how the project evaluator will 

collect—before the project intervention 

commences and after it ends—valid and 

reliable data that measure the impact of 

participation in the program or in the 

comparison group. 

In determining the quality of the 

evaluation method, we will consider the 

extent to which the applicant presents 

a feasible, credible plan that includes 

the following: 

(1) The type of design to be used (that 

is, random assignment or matched 

comparison). If matched comparison, 

include in the plan a discussion of why 

random assignment is not feasible. 

(2) Outcomes to be measured. 

(3) A discussion of how the applicant 

plans to assign students, teachers, 

classrooms, or schools to the project and 

control group or match them for 

comparison with other students, 

teachers, classrooms, or schools. 

(4) A proposed evaluator, preferably 

independent, with the necessary 

background and technical expertise to 

carry out the proposed evaluation. An 

independent evaluator does not have 

any authority over the project and is not 

involved in its implementation. 

Definitions 

As used in this invitational priority—


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Scientifically based research (section 

9101(37) of the ESEA as amended, 20 

U.S.C. 7801(37)): 

(A) Means research that involves the 

application of rigorous, systematic, and 

objective procedures to obtain reliable 

and valid knowledge relevant to 

education activities and programs; and 

(B) Includes research that—

(i) Employs systematic, empirical 

methods that draw on observation or 

experiment; 

(ii) Involves rigorous data analyses 

that are adequate to test the stated 

hypotheses and justify the general 

conclusions drawn; 

(iii) Relies on measurements or 

observational methods that provide 

reliable and valid data across evaluators 

and observers, across multiple 

measurements and observations, and 

across studies by the same or different 

investigators; 

(iv) Is evaluated using experimental or 

quasi-experimental designs in which 

individuals, entities, programs, or 

activities are assigned to different 

conditions and with appropriate 

controls to evaluate the effects of the 

condition of interest, with a preference 

for random-assignment experiments, or 

other designs to the extent that those 

designs contain within-condition or 

across-condition controls; 

(v) Ensures that experimental studies 

are presented in sufficient detail and 

clarity to allow for replication or, at a 

minimum, offer the opportunity to build 

systematically on their findings; and 

(vi) Has been accepted by a peerreviewed journal or approved by a panel 

of independent experts through a 

comparably rigorous, objective, and 

scientific review. 

Random assignment or experimental 

design means random assignment of 

students, teachers, classrooms, or 

schools to participate in a project being 

evaluated (treatment group) or not 

participate in the project (control 

group). The effect of the project is the 

difference in outcomes between the 

treatment and control groups. 

Quasi experimental designs include 

several designs that attempt to 

approximate a random assignment 

design. 

Carefully matched comparison groups 

design means a quasi-experimental 

design in which project participants are 

matched with non-participants based on 

key characteristics that are thought to be 

related to the outcome. 

Regression discontinuity design 

means a quasi-experimental design that 

closely approximates an experimental 

design. In a regression discontinuity 

design, participants are assigned to a 

treatment or control group based on a 

numerical rating or score of a variable 

unrelated to the treatment such as the 

rating of an application for funding. 

Eligible students, teachers, classrooms, 

or schools above a certain score (‘‘cut 

score’’) are assigned to the treatment 

group and those below the score are 

assigned to the control group. In the 

case of the scores of applicants’

proposals for funding, the ‘‘cut score’’ is 

established at the point where the 

program funds available are exhausted. 

Single subject design means a design 

that relies on the comparison of 

treatment effects on a single subject or 

group of single subjects. There is little 

confidence that findings based on this 

design would be the same for other 

members of the population. 

Treatment reversal design means a 

single subject design in which a pretreatment or baseline outcome 

measurement is compared with a posttreatment measure. Treatment would 

then be stopped for a period of time, a 

second baseline measure of the outcome 

would be taken, followed by a second 

application of the treatment or a 

different treatment. For example, this 

design might be used to evaluate a 

behavior modification program for 

disabled students with behavior 

disorders. 

Multiple baseline design means a 

single subject design to address 

concerns about the effects of normal 

development, timing of the treatment, 

and amount of the treatment with 

treatment-reversal designs by using a 

varying time schedule for introduction 

of the treatment and/or treatments of 

different lengths or intensity. 

Interrupted time series design means 

a quasi-experimental design in which 

the outcome of interest is measured 

multiple times before and after the 

treatment for program participants only. 

General 

Applicants who are planning to 

respond to this invitational priority are 

strongly encouraged to review the 

following technical assistance resources: 

(1) Random Assignment in Program 

Evaluation, Qs and As: http:// 

www.ed.gov/rschstat/eval/resources/ 

randomqa.pdf. This document lists 

basic questions and answers that an 

educator or administrator might have 

about random assignment and why it is 

an effective and beneficial tool to use in 

education. 

(2) How to Report the Results of Your 

Study: A User-Friendly Guide for 

Evaluators of Educational Programs and 

Practices: http:// 

www.whatworkshelpdesk.ed.gov/ 

guide_SRF.pdf. This guide can help 

grantees produce reports that are userfriendly and include the appropriate 

information needed to accurately and 

fully convey their findings to an 

audience. 

(3) Key Items to Get Right When 

Conducting a Randomized Control Trial 

in Education: http:// 

www.whatworkshelpdesk.ed.gov/ 

guide_RCT.pdf. This guide discusses 

planning a study, the random 

assignment process, measuring 

outcomes, and analysis. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7231–7231j. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations 

for this program in 34 CFR part 280. (c) 

The amended final regulations for this 

program published elsewhere in this 

issue of the Federal Register. (d) The 

NFP for the MSAP, published elsewhere 

in this issue of the Federal Register. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$100,000,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$350,000–$4,000,000 per year. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$2,500,000 per year. 

Maximum Award: We will not fund 

any application at an amount exceeding 

the maximum amount of $4,000,000 per 

year specified in section 5309(c) of the 

ESEA for a single fiscal year. We may 

choose not to further consider or review 

applications with budget requests for 

any 12-month budget period that exceed 

this amount, if we conclude, during our 

initial review of the application, that the 

proposed goals and objectives cannot be 

obtained with the specified maximum 

amount. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 40. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: LEAs or 

consortia of LEAs. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not involve cost sharing 

or matching. 

3. Other: Applicants must submit 

with their applications one of the 

following types of plans to establish 

eligibility to receive MSAP assistance: 

(a) A desegregation plan required by a 

court order; (b) a plan required by a 

State agency or an official of competent 

jurisdiction; (c) a plan required by the 

Office for Civil Rights (OCR), United 

States Department of Education (ED), 

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1964 (Title VI plan); or (d) a voluntary 

plan adopted by the applicant and 

submitted to us for approval as part of 

the application. 

Under the MSAP regulations, 

applicants are required to provide all of 

the information required in 34 CFR 

280.20(a) through (g) in order to satisfy 

the civil rights eligibility requirements 

found in 34 CFR 280.2(a)(2) and (b). 

In addition to the particular data and 

other items for required and voluntary 

plans described in the application 

package, an application must include—

• Signed civil rights assurances 

(included in the application package); 

• A copy of the applicant’s plan; and 

• An assurance that the plan is being 

implemented or will be implemented if 

the application is funded. 

Required Plans 

1. Plans required by a court order. An 

applicant that submits a plan required 

by a court order must submit complete 

and signed copies of all court or State 

documents demonstrating that the 

magnet schools are a part of the 

approved plan. Examples of the types of 

documents that would meet this 

requirement include—

• A Federal or State court order that 

establishes or amends a previous order 

or orders by establishing additional or 

different specific magnet schools; 

• A Federal or State court order that 

requires or approves the establishment 

of one or more unspecified magnet 

schools or that authorizes the inclusion 

of magnet schools at the discretion of 

the applicant. 

2. Plans required by a State agency or 

official of competent jurisdiction. An 

applicant submitting a plan ordered by 

a State agency or official of competent 

jurisdiction must provide 

documentation that shows that the plan 

was ordered based upon a 

determination that State law was 

violated. In the absence of this 

documentation, the applicant should 

consider its plan to be a voluntary plan 

and submit the data and information 

necessary for voluntary plans. 

3. Title VI required plans. An 

applicant that submits a plan required 

by OCR under Title VI must submit a 

complete copy of the plan 

demonstrating that magnet schools are 

part of the approved plan. 

4. Modifications to required plans. A 

previously approved desegregation plan 

that does not include the magnet school 

or program for which the applicant is 

now seeking assistance must be 

modified to include the magnet school 

component. The modification to the 

plan must be approved by the court, 

agency, or official that originally 

approved the plan. An applicant that 

wishes to modify a previously approved 

OCR Title VI plan to include different 

or additional magnet schools must 

submit the proposed modification for 

review and approval to the OCR 

regional office that approved its original 

plan. 

An applicant should indicate in its 

application if it is seeking to modify its 

previously approved plan. However, all 

applicants must submit proof of 

approval of all modifications to their 

plans to ED by June 1, 2007. Proof of 

plan modifications should be mailed to 

the person and address identified in FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

elsewhere in this notice. 

Voluntary Plans 

A voluntary plan must be approved 

by ED each time an application is 

submitted for funding. Even if ED has 

approved a voluntary plan in an LEA in 

the past, the plan must be resubmitted 

for approval as part of the application. 

The enrollment and other information 

as required by the regulations in 34 CFR 

280.20(f) and (g) for applicants with 

voluntary plans (specific requirements 

are detailed in the application package) 

are critical to our determination of an 

applicant’s eligibility under a voluntary 

plan. 

The purposes of the MSAP include 

the reduction, elimination, or 

prevention of minority group isolation. 

All voluntary plans proposed in an 

LEA’s application must be adequate 

under Title VI. The Department believes 

that LEAs submitting voluntary plans 

can achieve the statutory purposes of 

reducing, eliminating, or preventing 

minority group isolation using raceneutral admissions practices. The 

United States Supreme Court is 

expected to provide additional guidance 

about the use of race in voluntary plans 

in two cases prior to the award of FY 

2007 grants. The Department will 

examine the implications of those 

decisions on the MSAP program when 

making FY 2007 awards. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Joan Scott-Ambrosio, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 4W236, 

Washington, DC 20202–5970. 

Telephone: (202) 260–2715 or by e-mail: 

joan.scott-ambrosio@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 contacting 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 need not include 

information regarding the content of the 

proposed application, only the 

applicant’s intent to submit it. This email notification should be sent to 

joan.scott-ambrosio@ed.gov. 

Applicants that fail to provide this email notification may still apply for 

funding. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

(Part III of the application) is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria and two of the competitive 

preference priorities that reviewers use 

to evaluate your application. The two 

competitive preference priorities that 

must be addressed in the application 

narrative are Competitive Preference 

Priority 1—Need for Assistance and 

Competitive Preference Priority 4—

Expanding Capacity to Provide Choice. 

You must limit Part III to the equivalent 

of no more than 250 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. 

• 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, 

certifications, the desegregation plan 

and related information, and the forms 

used to respond to Competitive 

Preference Priority 2—New or revised 

magnet schools projects and 

Competitive Preference Priority 3—


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Selection of students; or the one-page 

abstract, the resumes, or letters of 

support. However, you must include all 

of the application narrative in Part III. 

Our reviewers will not read any pages 

of your application that—

• Exceed the page limit if you apply 

these standards; or 

• Exceed the equivalent of the page 

limit if you apply other standards. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: March 9, 

2007. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

April 6, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 27, 2007. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition 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. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. Deadline for 

Intergovernmental Review: June 27, 

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 specify 

unallowable costs in 34 CFR 280.41. We 

reference additional regulations 

outlining funding restrictions in the 

Applicable Regulations section of this 

notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition 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 Magnet Schools Assistance 

Program, CFDA Number 84.165A must 

be submitted electronically using 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. 

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 Magnet Schools 

Assistance 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 84.165, not 

84.165A). 

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 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 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 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 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 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction 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). 

• 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 password protected file, we 

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• 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 Grants.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 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. 

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: Joan Scott-Ambrosio, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 4W225, 

Washington, DC 20202–5970. Fax: (202) 

205–5630. 

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 84.165A), 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 84.165A), 

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 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 84.165A), 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 date, you should call the U.S. 

Department of Education Application 

Control Center at (202) 245–6288. 


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V. Application Review Information 

1. Selection Criteria: All of the 

selection criteria for this program are 

from 34 CFR 280.31, with the exception 

of the selection criterion for the Quality 

of project design. The Quality of project 

design selection criterion is from 

sections 5305(b)(1)(A), 5305(b)(1)(B), 

5305(b)(1)(D)(i), 5305(b)(2)(D) and 

5307(b) of the ESEA, in accordance with 

34 CFR 75.209. 

The maximum score for all the 

selection criteria is 100 points. The 

maximum score for each criterion is 

included in parentheses. Each criterion 

also includes the factors that reviewers 

will consider in determining whether an 

application meets the criterion. 

Points awarded under these selection 

criteria are in addition to any points an 

applicant earns under the competitive 

preference priorities in this notice. The 

maximum score an application may 

receive based on the priority points and 

the selection criteria is 140 points. 

(a) Plan of operation. (25 points) 

(1) The Secretary reviews each 

application to determine the quality of 

the plan of operation for the project. 

(2) The Secretary determines the 

extent to which the applicant 

demonstrates—

(i) The effectiveness of its 

management plan to ensure proper and 

efficient administration of the project; 

(ii) The effectiveness of its plan to 

attain specific outcomes that—

(A) Will accomplish the purposes of 

the program; 

(B) Are attainable within the project 

period; 

(C) Are measurable and quantifiable; 

and 

(D) For multi-year projects, can be 

used to determine the project’s progress 

in meeting its intended outcomes; 

(iii) The effectiveness of its plan for 

utilizing its resources and personnel to 

achieve the objectives of the project, 

including how well it utilizes key 

personnel to complete tasks and achieve 

the objectives of the project; 

(iv) How it will ensure equal access 

and treatment for eligible project 

participants who have been traditionally 

underrepresented in courses or 

activities offered as part of the magnet 

school, e.g., women and girls in 

mathematics, science, or technology 

courses, and disabled students; and 

(v) The effectiveness of its plan to 

recruit students from different social, 

economic, ethnic, and racial 

backgrounds into the magnet schools. 

(b) Quality of personnel. (10 points) 

(1) The Secretary reviews each 

application to determine the 

qualifications of the personnel the 

applicant plans to use on the project. 

(2) The Secretary determines the 

extent to which—

(i) The project director (if one is used) 

is qualified to manage the project; 

(ii) Other key personnel are qualified 

to manage the project; 

(iii) Teachers who will provide 

instruction in participating magnet 

schools are qualified to implement the 

special curriculum of the magnet 

schools; and 

(iv) The applicant, as part of its 

nondiscriminatory employment 

practices will ensure that its personnel 

are selected for employment without 

regard to race, religion, color, national 

origin, sex, age, or disability. 

(3) To determine personnel 

qualifications, the Secretary considers 

experience and training in fields related 

to the objectives of the project, 

including the key personnel’s 

knowledge of and experience in 

curriculum development and 

desegregation strategies. 

(c) Quality of project design. (35 

points) 

(1) The Secretary reviews each 

application to determine the quality of 

the project design based on sections 

5305(b)(1)(A), 5305(b)(1)(B), 

5305(b)(1)(D)(i), 5305(b)(2)(D) and 

5307(b) of the ESEA. 

(2) The Secretary determines the 

extent to which each magnet school for 

which funding is sought will—

(i) Promote desegregation, including 

how each proposed magnet school 

program will increase interaction among 

students of different social, economic, 

ethnic, and racial backgrounds; 

(ii) Improve student academic 

achievement for all students attending 

each magnet school program, including 

the manner and extent to which each 

magnet school program will increase 

student academic achievement in the 

instructional area or areas offered by the 

school; 

(iii) Implement high-quality activities 

that are directly related to improving 

student academic achievement based on 

the State’s academic content standards 

and academic achievement standards or 

directly related to improving students’

reading skills or knowledge of 

mathematics, science, history, 

geography, English, foreign languages, 

art, or music, or to improving 

vocational, technological, and 

professional skills; and 

(iv) Encourage greater parental 

decisionmaking and involvement. 

(d) Budget and resources. (5 points) 

The Secretary reviews each application 

to determine the adequacy of the 

resources and the cost-effectiveness of 

the budget for the project, including—

(1) The adequacy of the facilities that 

the applicant plans to use; 

(2) The adequacy of the equipment 

and supplies that the applicant plans to 

use; and 

(3) The adequacy and reasonableness 

of the budget for the project in relation 

to the objectives of the project. 

(e) Evaluation plan. (15 points) The 

Secretary determines the extent to 

which the evaluation plan for the 

project—

(1) Includes methods that are 

appropriate to the project; 

(2) Will determine how successful the 

project is in meeting its intended 

outcomes, including its goals for 

desegregating its students and 

increasing student achievement; and 

(3) Includes methods that are 

objective and that will produce data that 

are quantifiable. 

(f) Commitment and capacity. (10 

points) 

(1) The Secretary reviews each 

application to determine whether the 

applicant is likely to continue the 

magnet school activities after assistance 

under the regulations is no longer 

available. 

(2) The Secretary determines the 

extent to which the applicant—

(i) Is committed to the magnet schools 

project; and 

(ii) Has identified other resources to 

continue support for the magnet school 

activities when assistance under this 

program is no longer available. 

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 


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performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as specified by 

the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118, 

including information that documents 

the extent of success in addressing the 

performance measures described in the 

following paragraph. For specific 

requirements on grantee reporting, 

please go to the ED Performance Report 

Form 524B at http://www.ed.gov/fund/ 

grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: We have 

established three performance measures 

for the MSAP: 

(a) The percentage of magnet schools 

whose student applicant pool reflects a 

racial and ethnic composition that, in 

relation to the total enrollment of the 

school, reduces, eliminates or prevents 

minority group isolation. The Secretary 

has set an overall performance target 

that calls for the percentage of magnet 

schools whose student applicant pool 

would have a beneficial effect on the 

reduction, prevention or elimination of 

minority group isolation in participating 

project schools to increase annually 

from a baseline established with magnet 

school applicant data from the first year 

of the project. 

(b) The percentage of magnet schools 

whose students from major racial and 

ethnic groups meet or exceed their 

State’s adequate yearly progress 

standard, in accordance with their 

State’s plan required by section 1111 of 

the ESEA. The Secretary has set an 

overall performance target that calls for 

the percentage of magnet schools whose 

students meet or exceed the adequate 

yearly progress standard to increase 

annually from a baseline established by 

participating schools’ performance in 

the school year prior to the beginning of 

the project. 

(c) The percentage of magnet schools 

that receive assistance and that are still 

operating magnet school programs three 

years after Federal funding ends and the 

percentage of magnet schools that 

received assistance that meet State 

standards at least three years after 

Federal funding ends. The Secretary has 

set an overall performance target that 

calls for the percentage of magnet 

schools that are in operation and meet 

or exceed State standards three years 

after Federal funding ends to increase 

annually from a baseline established 

three years after Federal funding ceases. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven L. Brockhouse, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., room 4W229, Washington, DC 

20202–5970. Telephone: (202) 260–2476 

or by e-mail: steve.brockhouse@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.html. 

Dated: March 6, 2007. 

Morgan S. Brown, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement. 

[FR Doc. E7–4271 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Magnet Schools Assistance Program 

AGENCY: Office of Innovation and 

Improvement, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of final priority. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Deputy 

Secretary for Innovation and 

Improvement announces a priority 

under the Magnet Schools Assistance 

Program (MSAP). The Assistant Deputy 

Secretary may use this priority for 

competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2007 

and later years. We intend this priority 

to encourage eligible applicants to focus 

on expanding their capacity to provide 

public school choice by using magnet 

schools to provide public school choice 

options to parents whose children 

attend schools that have been identified 

for school improvement, corrective 

action, or restructuring under Title I of 

the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(ESEA). 

DATES: Effective Date: This priority is 

effective April 9, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven L. Brockhouse, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., room 4W229, Washington, DC 

20202–5970. Telephone: (202) 260–2476 

or via Internet: 

steve.brockhouse@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 contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

MSAP provides grants to eligible local 

educational agencies (LEAs) and 

consortia of LEAs to support magnet 

schools that are part of an approved 

desegregation plan. For the purpose of 

the MSAP, a magnet school is a public 

elementary school, public secondary 

school, public elementary education 

center, or public secondary education 

center that offers a special curriculum 

capable of attracting substantial 

numbers of students of different racial 

backgrounds. 

Through the implementation of 

magnet schools, MSAP resources 

support objectives and activities that 

enable all elementary and secondary 

students to achieve to high standards, 

hold schools and LEAs accountable for 

ensuring they do so, and help schools 

and LEAs develop and design 

innovative educational methods and 

practices that support desegregation 

efforts to eliminate, reduce, or prevent 

minority group isolation and increase 

choices in public elementary and 

secondary schools. 

Consistent with the statutory purpose 

of the MSAP, magnet schools are 

designed to eliminate, reduce, or 

prevent minority group isolation in 

schools with substantial numbers or 

percentages of minority group students, 

bring students of different backgrounds 

together, assist LEAs in achieving 

systemic reforms, provide all students 

the opportunity to meet challenging 

State content standards and challenging 

State performance standards, and 

increase choices in public elementary 

and secondary schools. 

The priority, Expanding Capacity to 

Provide Choice, provides eligible LEAs 

with an opportunity to continue to use 

magnet schools, consistent with their 

desegregation plan objectives for the 

elimination, reduction, or prevention of 


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