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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket ID ED–2009–OESE–0006] 

RIN 1810–AB07 

Race to the Top Fund 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for 

new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2010; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: On November 18, 2009, the 

Department of Education published a 

notice in the Federal Register (74 FR 

59836) inviting applications for new 

awards for FY 2010 for the Race to the 

Top Fund (NIA). Included as Appendix 

B to the November 18 NIA was the 

Scoring Rubric that the Department 

developed for the scoring of State 

applications submitted under this 

program. This notice makes several 

corrections to Appendix B to the 

November 18 NIA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Butler, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3E108, Washington, DC 20202– 

6400. Telephone: (202) 205–37705 or by 

e-mail: racetothetop@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain this document in an accessible 

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

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact listed in this 

section. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

Appendix B to the November 18 NIA 

provided a scoring rubric containing a 

rubric and allocation of point values 

that peer reviewers will use to score 

applications from States under the Race 

to the Top Fund. Appendix B contained 

several errors that we are correcting in 

this notice. 

First, the chart on pages 59852 and 

59853 omitted certain maximum point 

values for the selection criteria. The 

corrected chart provided in this notice 

includes new rows for point values 6, 8, 

and 28. It does not change any of the 

previously published rows. 

Second, in several instances 

throughout Appendix B, in providing 

General Reviewer Guidance for certain 

of the selection criteria, we refer 

reviewers to application requirement (d) 

(Current Status and Evidence) when the 

reference should not have been 

included or the reference should have 

been to application requirement (e) 

(Plan for Use of Funds). 

Finally, there was an error in the 

Reviewer Guidance Specific to Criterion 

(F)(2)(iii) on page 59863. We incorrectly 

stated both that ‘‘low’’ points would be 

awarded if a State does not have a 

charter school law and that no points 

are earned if the State has no charter 

school law. The reference to ‘‘low’’ 

points being awarded if a State does not 

have a charter school law was incorrect. 

To correct these errors, the 

Department makes the following 

corrections to the November 12 NIA: 

1. On pages 59852 and 59853, the 

chart is removed and replaced with the 

following chart: 

Maximum 

point value 

Quality of applicant’s response 

Low Medium High 

45 ............................................................................................................................... 0–12 13–33 34–45 

40 ............................................................................................................................... 0–10 11–29 30–40 

35 ............................................................................................................................... 0–9 10–25 26–35 

30 ............................................................................................................................... 0–8 9–21 22–30 

28 ............................................................................................................................... 0–8 9–20 21–28 

25 ............................................................................................................................... 0–7 8–18 19–25 

21 ............................................................................................................................... 0–5 6–15 16–21 

20 ............................................................................................................................... 0–5 6–14 15–20 

15 ............................................................................................................................... 0–4 5–10 11–15 

14 ............................................................................................................................... 0–4 5–9 10–14 

10 ............................................................................................................................... 0–2 3–7 8–10 

8 ................................................................................................................................. 0–2 3–5 6–8 

7 ................................................................................................................................. 0–2 3–4 5–7 

6 ................................................................................................................................. 0–1 2–3 4–6 

5 ................................................................................................................................. 0–1 2–3 4–5 

2. On page 59853, under the heading 

General Reviewer Guidance for (A)(1), ‘‘, 

and to the elements of a high-quality 

plan as set forth in application 

requirement (d)’’ is removed. 

3. On page 59854, under the heading 

General Reviewer Guidance for (A)(2), 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

4. On page 59857, under the heading 

General Reviewer Guidance for (B)(3), 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

5. On page 59857, under the heading 

General Reviewer Guidance for (C)(2), 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

6. On page 59858, under the heading 

General Reviewer Guidance for (C)(3), 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

7. On page 59859, under the heading 

General Reviewer Guidance for (D)(2), 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

8. On page 59860, under the heading 

General Reviewer Guidance for (D)(3), 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

9. On page 59860, under the heading 

General Reviewer Guidance for (D)(4), 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

10. On page 59860, under the heading 

General Reviewer Guidance for (D)(5), 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

11. On page 59861, under the heading 

General Reviewer Guidance for (E)(2), 

‘‘application requirement (d)’’ is 

replaced with ‘‘application requirement 

(e)’’. 

12. On page 59863, under the heading 

Reviewer Guidance Specific to (F)(2)(iii), 

the third bulleted sentence that reads 

‘‘ ‘Low’ points are earned if the per-pupil 

funding to charter school students is 

≤79% of that which is provided to 

traditional public school students, or 

the State does not have a charter school 

law.’’ is removed and replaced with the 

following: 


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‘‘Low’’ points are earned if the perpupil funding to charter school students 

is ≤79% of that which is provided to 

traditional public school students. 

Program Authority: The American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, 

Division A, Section 14006, Pub. L. 111–5. 

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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 84.395A) 

Dated: January 20, 2010. 

Thelma Mele ́ndez de Santa Ana, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2010–1660 Filed 1–26–10; 8:45 am] 

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