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May 9–10 will focus on new scientific 

information. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Alaska Fishery Science Center, 7600 

Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 4, Room 2076, 

Seattle, WA. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bill 

Wilson, North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (907) 

271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Committee will review information 

requested from proposers, receive and 

discuss new scientific information, 

review Proposal Ranking Tool in light of 

new information, and continue proposal 

review. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Gail Bendixen, 

(907) 271–2809, at least 5 working days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: April 9, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–6910 Filed 4–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management invites 

comments on the submission for OMB 

review as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before May 14, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, 

Washington, DC 20503. Commenters are 

encouraged to submit responses 

electronically by e-mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov or via fax 

to (202) 395–6974. Commenters should 

include the following subject line in 

their response ‘‘Comment: [insert OMB 

number], [insert abbreviated collection 

name, e.g., ‘‘Upward Bound 

Evaluation’’]. Persons submitting 

comments electronically should not 

submit paper copies. 

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. 

Dated: April 9, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Conversion Magnet Schools 

Evaluation. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 94. 

Burden Hours: 1,062. 

Abstract: The Conversion Magnet 

Schools Evaluation studies the impact 

of federally funded elementary magnet 

schools on the academic achievement of 

students who attend them, and on 

minority group isolation in the schools. 

The first phase of the study investigates 

the feasibility of conducting rigorous 

research using experimental or quasiexperimental designs to explore the 

relationship between magnet programs 

and student achievement both for 

students who attend magnet schools as 

their neighborhood schools and for 

students from other neighborhoods who 

must apply for admission. Collection 

and analysis of student data will 

proceed if the studies are found to be 

feasible. The evaluation will inform 

policymakers and researchers on the 

effectiveness of magnet schools as an 

educational approach and a type of 

school choice. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 3262. 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. 

[FR Doc. E7–6957 Filed 4–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education; Overview Information; 

Enhanced Assessment Instruments; 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards Using Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 

Funds 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.368. 

Dates: Applications Available: April 

12, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 31, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: State educational 

agencies (SEAs) and consortia of SEAs. 


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Estimated Available Funds: 

$7,500,000 in FY 2006 funds. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $500,000 

to $2,000,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$1,500,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 5. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project period: Up to 18 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program is to enhance the quality 

of assessment instruments and systems 

used by States for measuring the 

achievement of all students. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

four absolute priorities and three 

competitive preference priorities. In 

accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), the absolute priorities 

are from section 6112 of the Elementary 

and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 

as amended (ESEA). The competitive 

preference priorities are from Appendix 

E to the notice of final requirements for 

optional State consolidated applications 

submitted under section 9302 of the 

ESEA, published in the Federal Register 

on May 22, 2002 (67 FR 35967). 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2006, these 

priorities are absolute priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet one or more of 

these priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1. Collaborate with 

institutions of higher education, other 

research institutions, or other 

organizations to improve the quality, 

validity, and reliability of State 

academic assessments beyond the 

requirements for these assessments 

described in section 1111(b)(3) of Title 

I, Part A of the ESEA. 

Absolute Priority 2. Measure student 

academic achievement using multiple 

measures of student academic 

achievement from multiple sources. 

Absolute Priority 3. Chart student 

progress over time. 

Absolute Priority 4. Evaluate student 

academic achievement through the 

development of comprehensive 

academic assessment instruments, such 

as performance and technology-based 

academic assessments. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2006, these priorities are competitive 

preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to an 

additional 35 points to an application, 

depending on the extent to which the 

application meets these priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1. 

Accommodations and alternate 

assessments (up to 20 points). 

Competitive Preference Priority 2. 

Collaborative efforts (up to 10 points). 

Competitive Preference Priority 3. 

Dissemination (up to 5 points). 

Note: The full text of the competitive 

preference priorities is included in the notice 

of final requirements published in the 

Federal Register on May 22, 2002 (67 FR 

35967) and in the application package. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7842 and 

7301a. 

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 requirements published in the 

Federal Register on May 22, 2002 (67 

FR 35967). 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$7,500,000 in FY 2006 funds. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $500,000 

to $2,000,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$1,500,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 5. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project period: Up to 18 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: SEAs and 

consortia of SEAs. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not involve cost 

sharing or matching. 

3. Other: An application from a 

consortium of SEAs must designate one 

SEA as the fiscal agent. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Valeria Ford, Office of 

Elementary and Secondary Education, 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3W118, 

Washington, DC 20202–6132. 

Telephone: (202) 205–2213 or by e-mail: 

Valeria.Ford@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. 

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 and the absolute and 

competitive preference priorities. You 

must limit Part III to the equivalent of 

no more than 40 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, 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 the 

cover sheet, budget section (chart and 

narrative), assurances and certifications, 

response regarding research activities 

involving human subjects, GEPA 427 

response, one-page abstract, personnel 

resumes, and letters of support; 

however, discussion of how the 

application meets the absolute 

priorities, how well the application 

meets the competitive preference 

priorities, and how well the application 

addresses each of the selection criteria 

must be included within the application 

narrative and therefore is subject to the 

page limit. 

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 12, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 31, 2007. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). If duplicate 

applications are submitted, the last 

application submitted will be 

considered and not the applications 

submitted earlier. 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 

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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 not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

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 Enhanced Assessment 

Instruments, CFDA Number 84.368 

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 Enhanced Assessment 

Instruments at http://www.Grants.gov. 

You must search for the downloadable 

application package for this competition 

by the CFDA number. Do not include 

the CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your 

search (e.g., search for 84.368, not 

84.368A). 

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 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 


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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: Valeria Ford, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 3W118, 

Washington, DC 20202–6132. FAX: 

(202) 260–7764. 

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 84.368), 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 84.368), 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 84.368), 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 

Appendix E to the notice of final 

requirements published in the Federal 

Register on May 22, 2002 (67 FR 35967) 

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: Grantees receiving a 

multi-year award 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. Grantees will be expected to 

include in this annual performance 

report documentation of their success in 

addressing the performance measures 

identified in section 4 below. At the end 

of the project period, grantees must 


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submit a final report to the Secretary, 

including financial information as 

directed by the Secretary. Each State 

educational agency receiving a grant 

must submit a final report using the U.S. 

Department of Education (ED) Grant 

Performance Report form describing its 

activities and the result of those 

activities, under the grant. ED will 

provide grant recipients with the 

appropriate form and related 

instructions for addressing these 

reporting requirements. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA), the ED has developed three 

measures for evaluating the 

effectiveness of the Enhanced 

Assessment Instruments grantees: (1) 

The number of States that participated 

in pilot activities described in each 

proposal; (2) the number of States that 

participated in Enhanced Assessment 

Grant projects funded by the current or 

prior competitions; and (3) the number 

of presentations at national conferences 

sponsored by professional education 

organizations and papers submitted for 

publication in refereed journals. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Valeria Ford, Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., room 3W118, Washington, DC 

20202–6132. Telephone: (202) 205–

2213, or by e-mail: Valeria.Ford@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 

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Dated: April 9, 2007. 

Kerri L. Briggs, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. E7–6958 Filed 4–11–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Advisory Council on Indian 

Education 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education, 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of opening meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of an 

upcoming meeting of the National 

Advisory Council on Indian Education 

(the Council) and is intended to notify 

the general public of their opportunity 

to attend. This notice also describes the 

functions of the Council. Notice of the 

Council’s meetings is required under 

Section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act and by the Council’s 

charter. 

AGENDA: The Council will discuss 

their development of the Council’s 

Annual Report to Congress, 

subcommittee work activities and 

updates on Executive Order 13336. 

Dates: May 2, 2007. 

Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Location: Holiday Inn Capitol, 550 C 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peirce Hammond, Acting Director, 

Office of Indian Education, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: 202–401–0953. Fax: 202–

260–7779 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council advises the Secretary of 

Education on the funding and 

administration (including the 

development of regulations, and 

administrative policies and practices) of 

any program over which the Secretary 

has jurisdiction and includes Indian 

children or adults as participants or 

programs that may benefit Indian 

children or adults, including any 

program established under Title VII, 

Part A of the ESEA. The Council 

submits to the Congress, not later than 

June 30 of each year, a report on the 

activities of the Council that includes 

recommendations the Council considers 

appropriate for the improvement of 

Federal education programs that include 

Indian children or adults as participants 

or that may benefit Indian children or 

adults, and recommendations 

concerning the funding of any such 

program. 

The general public is welcome to 

attend the May 2, 2007 meeting to be 

held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in 

Washington, DC. Individuals who need 

accommodations for a disability in order 

to participate (i.e., interpreting services, 

assistive listening devices, materials in 

alternative format) should notify Peirce 

Hammond at 202–401–0953 by April 23, 

2006. We will attempt to meet requests 

after the date, but cannot guarantee 

availability of the requested 

accommodation. The meeting site is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. 

Records are kept of all Council 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the Office of Indian 

Education, United States Department of 

Education, Room 5C141, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202, 

Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 

5 p.m. 

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/ 

federegister. 

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. 

Kerri L. Briggs, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 07–1819 Filed 4–11–07; 8:45 am] 

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