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Application Control Center at (202) 245–

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are listed in 

the application package. 

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 Notice (GAN). 

We may also notify you informally. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as specified by 

the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA), the Department developed 

the following performance measures to 

evaluate the overall effectiveness of 

CAMP: (1) The percentage of CAMP 

participants completing the first year of 

their academic or postsecondary 

program, and (2) The percentage of 

CAMP participants who, after 

completing first year of college, 

continue their postsecondary education. 

We strongly encourage applicants to 

demonstrate a sound capacity to provide 

reliable data on these measures in their 

responses to selection criteria ‘‘Quality 

of Project Design’’ and ‘‘Quality of the 

Project Evaluation.’’

All grantees will be required to 

submit, as part of their annual 

performance report, information with 

respect to these performance measures. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David De Soto, U.S. Department of 

Education, Office of Migrant Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 

3E344, Washington, DC 20202–6135. 

Telephone Number: (202) 260–8103, or 

by e-mail: david.de.soto@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 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: 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: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: March 28, 2007. 

Kerri L. Briggs, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. E7–6091 Filed 3–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education Overview Information; High 

School Equivalency Program (HEP); 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.141A 

Dates: 

Applications Available: April 2, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 17, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education (IHEs) or private nonprofit organizations (including faithbased organizations) that plan their 

projects in cooperation with an IHE and 

propose to operate some aspects of the 

project with the facilities of the IHE. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$1,693,807. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$150,000–$475,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$423,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 4. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $475,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Elementary and Secondary 

Education may change the maximum 

amount through a notice published in 

the Federal Register. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

HEP is to help migrant and seasonal 

farmworkers and their children obtain a 

general education diploma (GED) that 

meets the guidelines for high school 

equivalency established by the State in 

which the HEP project is conducted, 

and to gain employment or be placed in 

an IHE or other postsecondary 

education or training. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

two competitive preference priorities 

and one invitational priority. In 

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

the competitive preference priority for 

‘‘novice applicant’’ is from the 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) 

(34 CFR 75.225). In accordance with 34 

CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv) of EDGAR, the 

competitive preference priority for 

‘‘prior experience of service delivery’’ is 

from Section 418A(e) of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA) (20 U.S.C. 1070d–2(e)). 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2007 these priorities are competitive 

preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(i) we award an additional 

five points to an application meeting the 

‘‘novice applicant’’ competitive 

preference priority, and up to a 

maximum of 15 additional points to an 

application meeting the ‘‘prior 

experience of service delivery’’

competitive preference priority. 

These priorities are: 

Novice Applicant 

The applicant must be a ‘‘novice 

applicant’’ as defined in 34 CFR 

75.225(a). 

Prior Experience of Service Delivery 

With respect to applicants with an 

expiring HEP project, the Secretary will 

consider the applicant’s prior 

experience in implementing its expiring 

HEP project based on information 


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contained in documents previously 

provided to the Department, such as 

annual performance reports, project 

evaluation reports, site visit reports, and 

the previously approved HEP 

application. 

Under this competition, we are 

particularly interested in applications 

that address the following priority. 

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: 

Applications that propose to engage 

faith-based and community 

organizations in the delivery of services 

under this program. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070d–2. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) EDGAR in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 

86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations 

in 34 CFR part 206. (c) The definition 

of a migratory agricultural worker in 34 

CFR 200.81. (d) The regulations in 20 

CFR 669.110 and 669.320. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to IHEs only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$1,693,807. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$150,000–$475,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$423,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 4. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $475,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Elementary and Secondary 

Education may change the maximum 

amount through a notice published in 

the Federal Register. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs or private 

non-profit organizations (including 

faith-based organizations) that plan their 

projects in cooperation with an IHE and 

propose to operate some aspects of the 

project with the facilities of the IHE. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not involve cost 

sharing or matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Applications for grants under 

this competition must be submitted 

electronically through the Grants.gov 

Apply site (http://www.Grants.gov). 

However, if you would like a paper 

copy of the application to review, you 

may request one by contacting David De 

Soto, U.S. Department of Education, 

Office of Migrant Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E344, 

Washington, DC 20202–6135. 

Telephone: (202) 260–8103 or by e-mail: 

david.de.soto@ed.gov. 

The application package also can be 

obtained electronically at the following 

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

hep/applicant.html. 

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. Page Limit: The 

application narrative (Part III of the 

application) is where you, the applicant, 

address the selection criteria that 

reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. You must limit Part III to 

the equivalent of no more than 25 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 (Part III), including 

titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions. However, you 

may single space all text in charts, 

tables, figures, and graphs. Charts, 

tables, figures, and graphs presented in 

the application narrative count toward 

the page limit. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Appendices must be limited to 15 

pages and may include the following: 

Resumes, job descriptions, letters of 

support, and bibliography. 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; Part IV, the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract. 

However, you must include all of the 

application narrative in Part III. 

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: April 2, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 17, 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. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition is subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

competition. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

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 

High School Equivalency Program, 

CFDA Number 84.141A 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 


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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 High School Equivalency 

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 

84.141, not 84.141A). 

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 

[competition] to ensure that you submit 

your application in a timely manner to 

the Grants.gov system. You can also find 

the Education Submission Procedures 

pertaining to Grants.gov at http://eGrants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

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

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) Registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D–U–N–S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you 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 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a 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 


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• 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: David De Soto, 400 

Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E344, 

Washington, DC 20202–6135. 

Telephone (202) 260–8103. Fax: (202) 

205–0089. 

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 84.141A), Washington, 

DC 20202–4260. or 

By mail through a commercial carrier: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Stop 4260, 

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.141A), 

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 84.141A), 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. 

V. Application Review Information 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are listed in 

the application package. 

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 Notice (GAN). 

We may also notify you informally. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as specified by 

the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA), the Department developed 

the following performance measures to 

evaluate the overall effectiveness of the 

HEP: (1) The percentage of HEP 

participants receiving a GED diploma, 

and (2) the percentage of HEP GED 

recipients who enter postsecondary 

education programs, career positions, or 

the military. 

We strongly encourage applicants to 

demonstrate a sound capacity to provide 

reliable data on these measures in their 

responses to selection criteria ‘‘Quality 

of Project Design’’ and ‘‘Quality of the 

Project Evaluation.’’

All grantees will be required to 

submit, as part of their annual 

performance report, information with 

respect to these performance measures. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

David De Soto, U.S. Department of 

Education, Office of Migrant Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 

3E344, Washington, DC 20202–6135. 

Telephone Number: (202) 260–8103, or 

by e-mail: david.de.soto@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 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 


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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: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: March 28, 2007. 

Kerri L. Briggs, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Mathematics Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: National Mathematics Advisory 

Panel, U.S. Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting and 

public hearing. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of an 

upcoming meeting, including a public 

hearing, with members of the National 

Mathematics Advisory Panel. The notice 

also describes the functions of the 

Panel. Notice of this meeting is required 

by section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act and is 

intended to notify the public of their 

opportunity to attend. 

DATES: Friday, April 20, 2007. 

Time: 8:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Illinois Mathematics and Science 

Academy (IMSA), 1500 W. Sullivan 

Road, Aurora, Illinois 60506–1067. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tyrrell Flawn, Executive Director, 

National Mathematics Advisory Panel, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202; telephone: (202) 

260–8354. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Panel 

was established by Executive Order 

13398. The purpose of this Panel is to 

foster greater knowledge of and 

improved performance in mathematics 

among American students, in order to 

keep America competitive, support 

American talent and creativity, 

encourage innovation throughout the 

American economy, and help State, 

local, territorial, and tribal governments 

give the nation’s children and youth the 

education they need to succeed. 

The meeting will be hosted by Fermi 

National Accelerator Laboratory 

(Fermilab), a U.S. Department of Energy 

national laboratory specializing in highenergy particle physics, and Illinois 

Mathematics and Science Academy 

(IMSA), an educational institution 

created by the state of Illinois to develop 

talent and leadership in mathematics, 

science and technology. The meeting 

begins at 8:45 a.m. with introductory 

remarks by Dr. Larry Faulkner, Chair of 

the National Mathematics Advisory 

Panel, and Dr. Janice Krouse, 

Curriculum & Assessment Leader and 

Math Faculty Member, IMSA. The Panel 

will meet from 9 to 10 a.m. to receive 

public comment on the Executive Order 

and the Panel’s work. Following the 

public comment session, from 10:15 

a.m. to 12:15 p.m., the four task 

groups—Conceptual Knowledge and 

Skills, Learning Processes, Instructional 

Practices and Teachers—will present 

progress reports on their work to date. 

Individuals interested in attending the 

meeting are advised to register in 

advance to ensure space availability. 

Please contact Jennifer Graban at (202) 

260–1491 or by e-mail at 

Jennifer.Graban@ed.gov by Thursday, 

April 12, 2007. 

If you are interested in giving 

testimony during the public session on 

April 20, please contact Jennifer Graban 

at (202) 260–1491 or 

Jennifer.Graban@ed.gov by Thursday, 

April 12, 2007 to reserve time on the 

agenda. Presenters are encouraged to 

address one or more of the topics 

covered in the Executive Order. (Please 

refer to the Web site at http:// 

www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/ 

mathpanel/index.html for more 

information on the elements of the 

Executive Order.) Please include your 

name, the organization you represent, 

and a brief description of the issue you 

would like to present. Presenters will be 

allowed three to five minutes to make 

their comments. Presenters are 

requested to submit three written copies 

and an electronic file (CD or diskette) of 

their comments at the meeting, which 

should be labeled with their name and 

contact information. Individuals solely 

interested in attending the meeting are 

advised to register in advance to ensure 

space availability. 

Given the expected number of 

individuals interested in providing 

comments at the meeting, reservations 

for presenting comments should be 

made as soon as possible. Reservations 

will be processed on a first-come, firstserved basis. Persons who are unable to 

obtain reservations to speak during the 

meeting are encouraged to submit 

written comments. Written comments 

will be accepted at the meeting site or 

via e-mail at 

NationalMathPanel@ed.gov. If you will 

be e-mailing written comments, please 

do so by Thursday, April 12, 2007. 

The Panel has submitted its 

Preliminary Report to the President, 

through the U.S. Secretary of Education. 

The Preliminary Report is available at 

http://www.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/ 

mathpanel/index.html. The final report 

will be submitted not later than 

February 28, 2008 and will, at a 

minimum, contain recommendations on 

improving mathematics education based 

on the best available scientific evidence. 

The meeting site is accessible to 

individuals with disabilities. 

Individuals who will need 

accommodations in order to attend the 

meeting such as interpreting services, 

assistive listening devices, or materials 

in alternative format, should notify 

Jennifer Graban at (202) 260–1491 or 

Jennifer.Graban@ed.gov no later than 

Thursday, April 12, 2007. We will 

attempt to meet requests for 

accommodations after this date, but 

cannot guarantee their availability. 

Records are kept of all Panel 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the staff office for the 

Panel, from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Dated: March 27, 2007. 

Margaret Spellings, 

Secretary, U.S. Department of Education. 

[FR Doc. 07–1588 Filed 3–30–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and 

Communities Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Office of Safe and Drug-Free 

Schools. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of an 

upcoming open meeting of The Safe and 

Drug-Free Schools and Communities 

Advisory Committee. The notice also 

describes the functions of the 

Committee. Notice of this meeting is 

required by section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act and is 

intended to notify the public of their 

opportunity to attend. 

DATES: Thursday, April 19, 2007. 

Time: 2 p.m., EST. 

ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet by 

telephone conference call. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine Davis, Executive Director, The 


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