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socioeconomic resources; infrastructure; 

and cultural resources. The analysis will 

include an evaluation of direct and 

indirect impacts, and will account for 

cumulative impacts from other naval 

activities in the Navy CP Range 

Complex. No decision will be made to 

implement any alternative until the EIS/ 

OEIS process is completed and a Record 

of Decision is signed by the Assistant 

Secretary of the Navy (Installations and 

Environment). 

The Navy is initiating the scoping 

process to identify community concerns 

and local issues to be addressed in the 

EIS/OEIS. Federal agencies, State 

agencies, local agencies, and interested 

persons are encouraged to provide oral 

and/or written comments to the Navy to 

identify specific issues or topics of 

environmental concern that should be 

addressed in the EIS/OEIS. Written 

comments must be postmarked by June 

12, 2007 and should be mailed to: Naval 

Facilities Engineering Command, 

Atlantic, 6506 Hampton Boulevard, 

Norfolk, Virginia, 23508–1278, 

Attention: Ms. Kelly Knight. 

R.K. Giroux, 

Captain (Sel), Judge Advocate General’s 

Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–8188 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3810–FF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before June 29, 

2007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires 

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The IC Clearance 

Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management, publishes that notice 

containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

The Department of Education is 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following issues: (1) Is 

this collection necessary to the proper 

functions of the Department; (2) will 

this information be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

Department enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (5) how might the 

Department minimize the burden of this 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Dated: April 25, 2007. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools 

Type of Review: Reinstatement, with 

change, of a previously approved 

collection for which approval has 

expired. 

Title: Alcohol, Other Drug, and 

Violence Prevention Survey of 

American College Campuses. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 1,050. 

Burden Hours: 875. 

Abstract: This survey’s purpose is to 

determine the state of alcohol and other 

drug abuse and violence prevention in 

higher education and assess current and 

emerging needs of institutions of higher 

education and their surrounding 

communities. 

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 3322. 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. E7–8203 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services Overview 

Information; Technology and Media 

Services for Individuals With 

Disabilities—Institute on Technology 

Effectiveness for Children With 

Disabilities: Web-Supported 

Instructional Approaches; Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.327W. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: April 30, 

2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 30, 2007. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 30, 2007. 

Eligible Applicants: State educational 

agencies (SEAs); local educational 

agencies (LEAs); public charter schools 

that are LEAs under State law; 

institutions of higher education (IHEs); 

other public agencies; private nonprofit 

organizations; outlying areas; freely 

associated States; Indian tribes or tribal 

organizations; and for-profit 

organizations. 

Estimated Available Funds: $500,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $500,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services may change the 

maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Number of Awards: 1. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 


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Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program is to: (1) Improve results 

for children with disabilities by 

promoting the development, 

demonstration, and use of technology; 

(2) support educational media services 

activities designed to be of educational 

value in the classroom setting to 

children with disabilities; and (3) 

provide support for captioning and 

video description that is appropriate for 

use in the classroom setting. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), this priority is from 

allowable activities specified in the 

statute (see sections 674 and 681(d) of 

the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA)). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2007 this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

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

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Technology and Media Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities—Institute 

on Technology Effectiveness for 

Children with Disabilities: WebSupported Instructional Approaches. 

Background 

On September 26, 2006, we published 

a notice in the Federal Register (71 FR 

56133) inviting applications for new 

awards under the Research on 

Technology Effectiveness and 

Implementation for Children with 

Disabilities: Web-Supported 

Instructional Approaches competition. 

We received several applications for 

grants under the competition; however, 

we did not receive any fundable 

applications. To clarify our intent and 

improve future applications, we 

changed the background section and 

priority requirements and are reissuing 

the notice inviting applications under a 

new title, Institute on Technology 

Effectiveness for Children with 

Disabilities: Web-Supported 

Instructional Approaches. 

A number of projects funded by the 

Office of Special Education Programs 

(OSEP) have developed and tested 

World Wide Web-supported approaches 

to improve educational results for 

children with disabilities. In some 

cases, these projects have used generally 

available Web resources (e.g., 

newspaper sites, museum sites, and 

search engines). In other cases, the 

projects have developed specialized 

Web sites (e.g., simulation of learning 

environments, discussion boards, and 

strategy reminders) to improve student 

learning. 

Web-supported educational 

approaches have a number of potential 

benefits for students with disabilities. 

Web-based instruction is distinct from 

other forms of instruction because of the 

availability of multiple types of media 

(e.g., text, video, graphics, and audio), 

the possibility of real time remote 

collaboration and communication, the 

access it provides to vast quantities of 

information, and the ability for students 

to participate in global classrooms. The 

Web also can support varied learning 

strategies and activities that can be 

designed to address different student 

needs. For example, it can provide 

supports to compensate for learning 

difficulties, sensory impairments, and 

academic skill deficits. 

Research on the benefits of Websupported approaches for students with 

disabilities is limited. There also is little 

information about whether Web-based 

resources that provide access for one 

population of students creates 

accessibility barriers for others (e.g., 

graphic features may not be accessible 

to students with visual impairments; 

hyper-linked resources or graphic 

organizers may increase intellectual 

demands and create barriers for students 

with cognitive disabilities). Finally, the 

effectiveness of Web-supported 

instruction when widely used in typical 

educational environments has not been 

fully explored. 

Priority 

This priority supports an institute to 

conduct a systematic program of 

research on the use of Web-supported 

instructional approaches to improve 

access to, and participation and progress 

in, the general curriculum for students 

with disabilities. In carrying out its 

research, the institute must apply the 

principles of universal design (i.e., 

design of products that will be usable by 

children with different disabilities, to 

the greatest extent possible, with 

minimal need for additional 

adaptations). 

In their applications, applicants 

must—

(a) Propose an operational definition 

of Web-supported instruction and 

include the key features to be used in a 

program of research; 

(b) Describe the applicant’s access to 

existing Web-supported instructional 

materials that will allow the institute to 

proceed quickly with the research 

without substantial time devoted to 

additional development; 

(c) Propose instructional approaches 

and products to be examined; these 

approaches and products must represent 

a range of features of Web-supported 

instruction relevant to the education of 

students with disabilities; and 

(d) Present a plan to conduct a 

program of research to answer the 

following questions: (1) Do the Websupported instructional approaches and 

products identified in (c) improve 

learning of academic content for 

students with disabilities in educational 

settings with typical resources and 

levels of teacher support? (2) What 

characteristics of Web-supported 

instruction facilitate or impede access 

to, and learning of, academic content for 

students with disabilities? (3) What 

student characteristics (e.g., disability, 

age/grade level, technology skills) and 

contextual factors (e.g., teacher training, 

hardware resources, student groupings) 

influence the effectiveness of Websupported instruction? 

This plan may focus on specific 

academic content areas or student ages, 

but, at a minimum, must address 

research questions separately for each of 

the following populations: students 

with learning disabilities, students with 

mental retardation, students with visual 

impairments or blindness, students with 

hearing impairments or deafness, 

students with emotional disturbance, 

and students with physical disabilities. 

The research is intended to test causal 

relationships and must employ rigorous 

experimental designs using randomized 

assignment to determine treatment 

effects. 

Applicants must fully describe 

instruments and methodologies and 

provide a power analysis to document 

that available sample sizes and 

methodologies are sufficient to produce 

the precision needed to yield conclusive 

findings. Experimental research may be 

supplemented with qualitative or nonexperimental methodologies, provided 

sufficient rigor is maintained. 

The majority of the research must be 

conducted in educational environments 

using typical resources and levels of 

teacher support. 

Once funded, the institute must—

(a) Establish a technical review board 

to review its operational definition of 

Web-supported instructional 

approaches and its research plans, and 

identify any needed improvements. 

(b) Revise the institute’s operational 

definition of Web-supported 

instructional approaches and its 

research plan in accordance with 

comments from the technical review 

board and input from the Department of 

Education (Department). 

(c) Conduct the program of research 

called for in its plan, as revised, taking 

appropriate steps to ensure that the 

research is rigorous and objective. 

Toward this end, the institute must 


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maintain communication with the 

Department and the technical review 

board to identify needed corrective 

actions. 

(d) Disseminate findings to 

appropriate audiences. The institute 

must submit reports for publication in 

peer-reviewed professional journals and 

for presentation at professional 

conferences, and must post reports on a 

Web site that meets a government or 

industry-recognized standard for 

accessibility. 

(e) Formulate and disseminate 

research-based guidelines for the 

development and use of the Web to 

support instruction and to improve 

access to, and participation and progress 

in, the general curriculum for students 

with disabilities. 

(f) Budget for a three-day Project 

Directors’ meeting and a two-day 

Technology Innovation meeting, each in 

Washington, DC, during each year of the 

project. 

(g) Budget five percent of the grant 

amount annually to support emerging 

needs as identified jointly through 

consultation with the OSEP project 

officer. 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: 

Under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), the Department 

generally offers interested parties the 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

priorities. However, section 681(d) of 

the IDEA makes the public comment 

requirements of the APA inapplicable to 

the priority in this notice. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1474 

and 1481. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 

84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to IHEs only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

agreement. 

Estimated Available Funds: $500,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $500,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services may change the 

maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 1. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: SEAs; LEAs; 

public charter schools that are LEAs 

under State law; IHEs; other public 

agencies; private nonprofit 

organizations; outlying areas; freely 

associated States; Indian tribes or tribal 

organizations; and for-profit 

organizations. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not involve cost 

sharing or matching. 

3. Other: General Requirements—

(a) The projects funded under this 

competition must make positive efforts 

to employ and advance in employment 

qualified individuals with disabilities 

(see section 606 of IDEA). 

(b) Applicants and grant recipients 

funded under this competition must 

involve individuals with disabilities or 

parents of individuals with disabilities 

ages birth through 26 in planning, 

implementing, and evaluating the 

projects (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of 

IDEA). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Education Publications Center 

(ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 

20794–1398. Telephone (toll free): 1–

877–433–7827. Fax: (301) 470–1244. If 

you use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll 

free): 1–877–576–7734. 

You may also contact ED Pubs at its 

Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ 

edpubs.html or you may contact ED 

Pubs at its e-mail address: 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.327W. 

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 Grants and 

Contracts Services Team listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice. 

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 70 

pages, using the following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ × 11′′, on one side 

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12-point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; Part IV, the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the bibliography, the 

references, or the letters of support. 

However, you must include all of the 

application narrative in Part III. 

We will reject your application if—

• You apply these standards and 

exceed the page limit; or 

• You apply other standards and 

exceed the equivalent of the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: April 30, 

2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 30, 2007. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition may be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper 

format by mail or hand delivery. For 

information (including dates and times) 

about how to submit your application 

electronically, or by mail or hand 

delivery, please refer to section IV.6. 

Other Submission Requirements in this 

notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 30, 2007. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

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 may be submitted 


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electronically or in paper format by mail 

or hand delivery. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

To comply with the President’s 

Management Agenda, we are 

participating as a partner in the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. 

The Institute on Technology 

Effectiveness for Children with 

Disabilities: Web-Supported 

Instructional Approaches competition—

CFDA number 84.327W is included in 

this project. We request your 

participation in Grants.gov. 

If you choose to submit your 

application electronically, you must use 

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. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Institute on 

Technology Effectiveness for Children 

with Disabilities: Web-Supported 

Instructional Approaches competition 

at: http://www.grants.gov. You must 

search for the downloadable application 

package for this program by the CFDA 

number. Do not include the CFDA 

number’s alpha suffix in your search 

(e.g., search for 84.327, not 84.327W). 

Please note the following: 

• Your participation in Grants.gov is 

voluntary. 

• 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 submit your 

application in paper format. 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, 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—Non-Construction 

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). 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, 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 passwordprotected 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 


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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. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you submit your application in 

paper format by mail (through the U.S. 

Postal Service or a commercial carrier), 

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 84.327W), 

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 

84.327W), 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 submit your application in 

paper format by hand delivery, you (or 

a courier service) 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 84.327W), 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 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 and are listed in the 

application package. 

2. Review and Selection Process: 

Treating a Priority as Two Separate 

Competitions: In the past, there have 

been problems in finding peer reviewers 

without conflicts of interest for 

competitions in which many entities 

throughout the country submit 

applications. The Standing Panel 

requirements under IDEA also have 

placed additional constraints on the 

availability of reviewers. Therefore, the 

Department has determined that, for 

some discretionary competitions, 

applications may be separated into two 

or more groups and ranked and selected 

for funding within the specific group. 

This procedure will ensure the 

availability of a much larger group of 

reviewers without conflicts of interest. It 

also will increase the quality, 

independence and fairness of the review 

process and permit panel members to 

review applications under discretionary 

competitions for which they have also 

submitted applications. However, if the 

Department decides to select for funding 

an equal number of applications in each 

group, this may result in different cutoff points for fundable applications in 

each group. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may also notify you 

informally. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

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 has 

developed measures that will yield 

information on various aspects of the 

quality of the Technology and Media 

Services for Individuals with 

Disabilities program. These measures 

focus on the extent to which projects are 

of high quality, are relevant to the needs 

of children with disabilities, and 

contribute to improving the results for 

children with disabilities. Data on these 

measures will be collected from the 

projects funded under this competition. 

Grantees also will be required to 

report information on their projects’

performance in annual reports to the 

Department (34 CFR 75.590). 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: Jane 

Hauser, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4092, 

Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 

20202–2600. Telephone: (202) 245–

7373. 

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 

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request by contacting the following 

office: The Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245–

7363. 

VIII. Other Information 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

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

index.html. 

Dated: April 25, 2007. 

John H. Hager, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and 

Communities Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Education, 

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: Monday, May 14, 2007. Time: 2 

p.m., EST. 

ADDRESSES: The Committee will meet by 

telephone conference call. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine Davis, Executive Director, The 

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and 

Communities Advisory Committee, 

Room 1E110B, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC, telephone: (202) 

205–4169, e-mail: OSDFSC@ed.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339, 

Monday through Friday between the 

hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Safe 

and Drug-free Schools and Communities 

Advisory Committee is authorized by 

Section 4124 of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965 

(ESEA), as amended by the No Child 

Left Behind Act of 2001. The Committee 

was established to provide advice to the 

Secretary on Federal, State, and local 

programs designed to create safe and 

drug-free schools, and on issues related 

to crisis planning. The purpose of this 

meeting is to continue discussion on the 

findings and recommendations on three 

topics given to the Committee by the 

Secretary of Education: The Safe and 

Drug-Free Schools and Communities 

State Grants Program, the Unsafe School 

Choice Option, and data requirements 

under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools 

and Communities Act. The Committee 

also will discuss the format of the final 

report to the Secretary of Education due 

June 30, 2007. 

There will not be an opportunity for 

public comment during the May 14th 

meeting. However, the public may listen 

to the conference call by calling 800–

473–8796, Conference ID: 6264012. 

Individuals who need accommodations 

for a disability in order to listen to the 

meeting may access a TYY line by 

calling 800–473–8796, Conference ID: 

6264012. 

Request for Written Comments: We 

invite the public to submit written 

comments relevant to the focus of the 

Advisory Committee. We would like to 

receive written comments from 

members of the public no later than 

April 30, 2007. ADDRESSES: Submit all 

comments to the Advisory Committee 

using one of the following methods: 1. 

Internet. We encourage the public to 

submit comments through the Internet 

to the following address: 

OSDFSC@ed.gov. 2. Mail. The public 

also may submit comments via mail to 

Catherine Davis, Office of Safe and 

Drug-Free Schools, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 1E110B, Washington, DC 20202. 

Due to delays in mail delivery caused by 

heightened security, please allow 

adequate time for the mail to be 

received. 

Records are kept of all Committee 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the staff office for the 

Committee located at the U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 1E110B, 

Washington, DC 20202 between the 

hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time, Monday through Friday. 

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/ 

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: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Raymond Simon, 

Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of 

Education. 

[FR Doc. E7–8145 Filed 4–27–07; 8:45 am] 

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ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

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