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Abstract: This information collection 

instrument will be used by grantees to 

request funds to carry out the PAAT 

program. PAAT is mandated by the 

Assistive Technology Act of 1998, to 

provide protection and advocacy 

services to individuals with disabilities 

for the purposes of assisting in the 

acquisition, utilization, or maintenance 

of assistive technology or assistive 

technology services. 

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 3293. 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 

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245–6623. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

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deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

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800–877–8339. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA No. 84.358A] 

Small, Rural School Achievement 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice announcing application 

deadline. 

SUMMARY: Under the Small, Rural 

School Achievement (SRSA) Program, 

the U.S. Department of Education 

(Department) awards grants on a 

formula basis to eligible local 

educational agencies (LEAs) to address 

the unique needs of rural school 

districts. In this notice, we establish the 

deadline for submission of fiscal year 

(FY) 2007 SRSA grant applications. 

If an eligible LEA submitted an 

application for SRSA grant funds in a 

prior year, it is considered to have met 

the application requirement based on its 

previously submitted application and 

does not have to submit a new 

application to the Department to receive 

its FY 2007 SRSA grant award. 

An eligible LEA that is required to 

submit an application (in other words, 

an LEA that did not submit an 

application in a prior year) must do so 

by the deadline in this notice in order 

to receive its grant award by September 

30, 2007. An eligible LEA that is 

required to submit an application and 

does not do so by the deadline in this 

notice might not receive its grant award 

until after September 30, 2007. 

Application Deadline: June 1, 2007, 

4:30 p.m. Eastern time. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Which LEAs are eligible for an award 

under the SRSA program? 

An LEA is eligible for an award under 

the SRSA program if—

(a) The total number of students in 

average daily attendance at all of the 

schools served by the LEA is fewer than 

600, or each county in which a school 

served by the LEA is located has a total 

population density of fewer than 10 

persons per square mile; and 

(b) All of the schools served by the 

LEA are designated with a school locale 

code of 7 or 8 by the Department’s 

National Center for Education Statistics, 

or the Secretary has determined, based 

on a demonstration by the LEA and 

concurrence of the SEA, that the LEA is 

located in an area defined as rural by a 

governmental agency of the State. 

Which eligible LEAs need not submit an 

additional application to receive a FY 

2007 SRSA grant award? 

Under the regulations in 34 CFR 

75.104(a), the Secretary makes grants 

only to an eligible party that submits an 

application. Given the limited purpose 

served by an application under this 

program, the Secretary considers this 

requirement to be met if the LEA 

submitted an SRSA application for a 

prior year. In this circumstance, unless 

the LEA advises the Secretary by the 

application deadline that it is 

withdrawing its application, the 

Secretary deems the application that the 

LEA previously submitted to remain in 

effect for FY 2007 funding, and the LEA 

does not have to submit an additional 

application. All other eligible LEAs 

must submit a new application to 

receive a FY 2007 grant award. 

We intend to provide, by May 1, 2007, 

a list of LEAs eligible for FY 2007 funds 

on the Department’s Web site at 

http://www.ed.gov/programs/reapsrsa/ 

index.html. The Web site will also 

indicate which of these eligible LEAs 

must submit a new application to the 

Department to receive their FY 2007 

SRSA grant award, and which eligible 

LEAs are considered already to have 

met the application requirement. 

Eligible LEAs that must submit a new 

application in order to receive FY 2007 

SRSA funding must do so electronically 

by the deadline established in this 

notice in order to receive their grant by 

September 30, 2007. 

Electronic Submission of 

Applications: Unless it is listed on the 

Department’s Web site as not required to 

submit a new application, an eligible 

LEA that seeks FY 2007 SRSA funding 

must submit an electronic application 

by June 1, 2007, 4:30 p.m. Eastern time 

in order to receive its grant award by 

September 30, 2007. Submission of an 

electronic application involves the use 

of the Department’s Electronic Grant 

Application System (e-Application) 

available through the Department’s 

e-GRANTS system. 

You can access the electronic 

application for the SRSA Program at: 

http://e-grants.ed.gov. 

Once you access this site, you will 

receive specific instructions regarding 

the information to include in your 

application. 

The regular hours of operation of the 

e-Grants Web site are 6 a.m. Monday 

until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m. 

Thursday until midnight, Saturday 

(Washington, DC time). Please note that 

the system is unavailable on Sundays, 

Federal holidays, and after 7 p.m. on 

Wednesdays for maintenance 

(Washington, DC time). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Hitchcock, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3E243, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 401–0039 or via 

Internet: reap@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 notice 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. 

Electronic Access To This Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

other Department of Education 

documents 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. 

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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 

version of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

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

index.html. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7345–7345b. 

Dated: March 20, 2007. 

Kerri Briggs, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. E7–5373 Filed 3–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education Overview Information; 

Native Hawaiian Education Program; 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.362A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: March 23, 

2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 7, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: Native Hawaiian 

educational organizations; Native 

Hawaiian community-based 

organizations; public and private 

nonprofit organizations, agencies, and 

institutions with experience in 

developing or operating Native 

Hawaiian programs or programs of 

instruction in the Native Hawaiian 

language, and consortia of the 

previously mentioned organizations, 

agencies, and institutions. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$3,800,000. Contingent upon the 

availability of funds and quality of 

applications, the Secretary may make 

additional awards for FY 2008 from the 

list of unfunded applicants from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$250,000–$650,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$425,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 9. 

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 purpose of 

the Native Hawaiian Education program 

is to support innovative projects that 

enhance the educational services 

provided to Native Hawaiian children 

and adults. These projects may include 

those activities authorized under section 

7205(a)(3) of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (ESEA). 

Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), competitive preference 

priorities (a) through (d) are from 

section 7205(a)(2) of the ESEA and 

competitive preference priority (e) is 

from the notice of final priorities for 

discretionary grant programs published 

in the Federal Register on October 11, 

2006 (71 FR 60045). 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2007, and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards based on the list 

of unfunded applicants from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award a 

maximum of 5 points (total) to an 

application, depending on the extent to 

which the application meets one or 

more of these priorities. 

The Secretary will give a competitive 

preference to applicants proposing 

projects that are designed to address one 

or more of the following: 

(a) Beginning reading and literacy 

among students in kindergarten through 

third grade; 

(b) The needs of at-risk children and 

youth; 

(c) The needs in fields or disciplines 

in which Native Hawaiians are 

underemployed; 

(d) The use of the Hawaiian language 

in instruction; and 

(e) Projects that support activities and 

interventions aimed at improving the 

academic achievement of secondary 

school students who are at greatest risk 

of not meeting challenging State 

academic standards and not completing 

high school. 

Note: In order to receive additional points 

under a competitive preference priority, an 

application should provide adequate and 

sufficient information that clearly 

substantiates its claim that it meets each 

priority addressed. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7511–

7517; Revised Continuing 

Appropriations Resolution, 2007 (Pub. 

L. 110–5). 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The notice of 

final priorities for discretionary grant 

programs published in the Federal 

Register on October 11, 2006 (71 FR 

60045). 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grant. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$3,800,000. Contingent upon the 

availability of funds and quality of 

applications, the Secretary may make 

additional awards for FY 2008 from the 

list of unfunded applicants from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$250,000–$650,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$425,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 9. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Native 

Hawaiian educational organizations; 

Native Hawaiian community-based 

organizations; public and private 

nonprofit organizations, agencies, and 

institutions with experience in 

developing or operating Native 

Hawaiian programs or programs of 

instruction in the Native Hawaiian 

language; and consortia of the 

previously mentioned organizations, 

agencies, and institutions. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not involve cost 

sharing or matching requirements, but 

the program does have a supplementnot-supplant funding requirement. 

Funds made available under this 

program may be used only to 

supplement and expand programs and 

authorities in the area of education to 

further the purposes of the Native 

Hawaiian Education program (section 

7203(3) of the ESEA). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: To obtain a copy of the 

application package via the Internet use 

the following address: http:// 

www.ed.gov/programs/nathawaiian/ 

applicant.html. 

Individuals may also obtain a copy of 

the application package by contacting 

the program contact persons listed in 

this section. 

Address and mail your request for 

information to: Francisco Ramirez, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Ave., SW., room 3W237, Washington, 

DC 20202–6200. Telephone: (202) 260–

1541 or by e-mail: 

francisco.ramirez@ed.gov or Beth Fine, 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 


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