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Requests should contain individual’s 

full name, Social Security Number 

(SSN), duty position and if currently an 

NJROTC instructor, name of school. If 

no longer an NJROTC instructor, 

provide dates of service as an instructor. 

The request must be signed, include 

current address and telephone number. 

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: 

The Navy’s rules for accessing records 

and contesting contents and appealing 

initial agency determinations are 

published in Secretary of the Navy 

Instruction 5211.5; 32 CFR part 701; or 

may be obtained from the system 

manager. 

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: 

Individual instructors; school/school 

district offices; Department of the Navy 

and the Defense Retiree and Annuitant 

System. 

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM: 

None. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[CFDA Nos. 84.007, 84.032, 84.033, 84.038, 

84.063, 84.069, 84.268, 84.375, and 84.376] 

Student Assistance General 

Provisions, Federal Supplemental 

Educational Opportunity Grant, 

Federal Family Education Loan, 

Federal Work-Study, Federal Perkins 

Loan, Federal Pell Grant, Leveraging 

Educational Assistance Partnership, 

William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan, 

Academic Competitiveness Grant, and 

National Science and Mathematics 

Access To Retain Talent Grant 

Programs 

ACTION: Notice of deadline dates for 

receipt of applications, reports, and 

other records for the 2006–2007 award 

year. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces 

deadline dates for the receipt of 

documents and other information from 

institutions and applicants for the 

Federal student aid programs authorized 

under Title IV of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended, for the 2006– 

2007 award year. The Federal student 

aid programs include the Federal 

Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study, 

Federal Supplemental Educational 

Opportunity Grant, Federal Family 

Education Loan, William D. Ford 

Federal Direct Loan, Federal Pell Grant, 

Academic Competitiveness Grant, 

National Science and Mathematics 

Access to Retain Talent Grant, and 

Leveraging Educational Assistance 

Partnership programs. 

These programs, administered by the 

U.S. Department of Education 

(Department), provide financial 

assistance to students attending eligible 

postsecondary educational institutions 

to help them pay their educational 

costs. 

Deadline and Submission Dates: See 

Tables A and B at the end of this notice. 

Table A—Deadline Dates for 

Application Processing and Receipt of 

Student Aid Reports (SARs) or 

Institutional Student Information 

Records (ISIRs) by Institutions 

Table A provides deadline dates for 

application processing, including 

corrections and submission of 

signatures, submission of verification 

documents and, for purposes of the 

Federal Pell Grant, Academic 

Competitiveness Grant (ACG), and 

National Science and Mathematics 

Access to Retain Talent Grant (National 

SMART Grant) programs, receipt by 

institutions of SARs or ISIRs. We are 

using only three deadline dates in Table 

A for the 2006–2007 award year. The 

single date for the receipt of a Free 

Application for Federal Student Aid 

(FAFSA) is July 2, 2007, regardless of 

the method that the applicant uses to 

submit the FAFSA. September 17, 2007 

is the deadline date for the submission 

and receipt of a signature page (if 

required), corrections, changes of 

addresses or schools, or requests for a 

duplicate SAR. September 24, 2007 is 

the deadline date for the submission 

and receipt of all other documents and 

materials that are specified in Table A. 

Table B—Federal Pell Grant, ACG, and 

National SMART Grant Programs 

Submission Dates for Disbursement 

Information by Institutions 

Table B provides the earliest 

submission and deadline dates for 

institutions to submit Federal Pell 

Grant, ACG, and National SMART Grant 

disbursement records to the 

Department’s Common Origination and 

Disbursement (COD) System. 

In general, an institution must submit 

Federal Pell Grant, ACG, and National 

SMART Grant disbursement records no 

later than 30 days after making a Federal 

Pell Grant, ACG, and National SMART 

Grant disbursement or becoming aware 

of the need to adjust a student’s 

previously reported Federal Pell Grant, 

ACG, and National SMART Grant 

disbursement. However, because 

institutions were not able to submit 

ACG and National SMART Grant 

disbursement records until December 

16, 2006, we considered institutions to 

be in compliance with the 30-day 

disbursement-reporting requirement for 

those two programs until January 17, 

2007. 

In accordance with the regulations in 

34 CFR 668.164, we consider that 

Federal Pell Grant, ACG, and National 

SMART Grant funds are disbursed on 

the earlier of the date that the 

institution: (a) Credits those funds to a 

student’s account in the institution’s 

general ledger or any subledger of the 

general ledger, or (b) pays those funds 

to a student directly. We consider that 

Federal Pell Grant, ACG, and National 

SMART Grant funds are disbursed even 

if an institution uses its own funds in 

advance of receiving program funds 

from the Department. An institution’s 

failure to submit disbursement records 

within the required 30-day timeframe 

may result in an audit or program 

review finding. In addition, the 

Secretary may initiate an adverse action, 

such as a fine or other penalty for such 

failure. 

Other Sources for Detailed Information 

We publish a detailed discussion of 

the Federal student aid application 

process in the following publications: 

• 2006–2007 Funding Education 

Beyond High School. 

• 2006–2007 Counselors and Mentors 

Handbook. 

• A Guide to 2006–2007 SARs and 

ISIRs. 

• 2006–2007 Federal Student Aid 

Handbook. 

Additional information on the 

institutional reporting requirements for 

the Federal Pell Grant, ACG, and 

National SMART Grant programs is 

contained in the 2006–2007 Common 

Origination and Disbursement (COD) 

Technical Reference. You may access 

this reference by selecting ‘‘Software 

Technical References’’ under the 

heading ‘‘Publications’’ at the 

Information for Financial Aid 

Professionals Web site at: 

www.ifap.ed.gov. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

following regulations apply: (1) Student 

Assistance General Provisions, 34 CFR 

part 668, (2) Federal Pell Grant Program, 

34 CFR part 690, and (3) Academic 

Competitiveness Grant and National 

Science and Mathematics Access to 

Retain Talent Grant Programs, 34 CFR 

part 691. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Harold McCullough, U.S. Department of 

Education, Federal Student Aid, 830 

First Street, NE., Union Center Plaza, 

Room 113E1, Washington, DC 20202– 

5345. Telephone: (202) 377–4030. 

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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 under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

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. 

You may also view this document in 

PDF at the following site: 

www.ifap.ed.gov. 

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. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a, 

1070a–1, 1070b–1070b–4, 1070c–1070c–4, 

1071–1087–2, 1087a–1087j, and 1087aa– 

1087ii; 42 U.S.C. 2751–2756b. 

Theresa S. Shaw, 

Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid. 

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[FR Doc. E7–8576 Filed 5–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–C 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Funding of Continuation 

Grant and Waiver for the Pacific 

Vocational Educational Improvement 

Program (PVEIP) 

AGENCY: Office of Vocational and Adult 

Education, Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Secretary waives the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.250 of the 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) 

that generally prohibit project periods 

exceeding five years and announces the 

funding of a continuation grant for the 

PVEIP. This waiver enables the current, 

single eligible grantee, the Pacific 

Region Educational Laboratory (PREL), 

to continue to receive Federal funding 

beyond the five-year limitation from 

fiscal years (FYs) 2006 and 2007 

appropriations. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice is effective 

June 4, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Karl Messenger, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Room 11028, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–7241. 

Telephone (202) 245–7840. 

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 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5 

U.S.C. 553), the Department generally 

offers interested parties the opportunity 

to comment on proposed regulations. 

However, on March 9, 2007, in 

accordance with section 553(b) of the 

APA, the Department gave actual notice 

to the current PVEIP single eligible 

grantee and its sub-grantees of, and 

requested comment on, our proposal to 

waive 34 CFR 75.250 and to fund a 

continuation grant instead of requiring 

PREL to submit a new application for a 

new, one-year grant award. This waiver 

and continuation grant enable the 

Secretary to provide additional funds to 

the current, single eligible grantee for 

one additional project period, in 

accordance with the requirements of 

section 115(b)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins 

Career and Technical Education Act of 

2006, Pub.L. 109–270 (Perkins Act). 

There are no substantive differences 

between the actual notice of our 

proposal and this notice of funding of a 

continuation grant and waiver. 

Therefore, all affected parties were 

provided actual notice of the 

Department’s proposal and an 

opportunity to comment in lieu of 

publication of a notice of proposed 

rulemaking in the Federal Register. 

The Perkins Act was signed into law 

on August 12, 2006. The PVEIP is 

authorized by section 115(b)(1) of the 

Perkins Act, which states that, for the 

first fiscal year following the date of 

enactment, i.e., FY 2007, the Secretary 

shall award a grant to PREL to make 

grants for career and technical 

education and training in Guam, 

American Samoa, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, and that, beginning with the 

second fiscal year after enactment, the 

Secretary shall make grants in equal 

proportions to Guam, American Samoa, 

and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands under section 115(b)(2) 

from the funds that were previously 

reserved for PREL. 

The PVEIP makes grants to Guam, 

American Samoa, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands, for the purpose of providing 

direct career and technical educational 

services, including: (A) Teacher and 

counselor training and retraining; (B) 

curriculum development; and (C) the 

improvement of career and technical 

education and training programs in 

secondary schools and institutions of 

higher education or improving 

cooperative education programs 

involving secondary schools and 

institutions of higher education. 

Because the Perkins Act does not 

make any substantive changes to the 

purpose of the PVEIP, and because the 

law specifies that PREL is to receive an 

award during one additional fiscal year 

only, we do not believe it would be in 

the public interest to require PREL to 

submit a new application for a one-year 

grant award. The nature of the PVEIP, in 

which the single eligible applicant, 

PREL, is defined in the law, allowed us 

to provide actual notice in lieu of 

publishing a notice of proposed 

rulemaking, consistent with section 

553(b) of the APA. Pursuant to the 

requirements of section 553(b) of the 

APA, and in order to make a timely 

grant award in FY 2007, on March 9, 

2007, we contacted PREL and its subgrantees directly and provided them 

actual notice of, and requested their 

comments on, our proposal to waive 34 

CFR 75.250 and fund a continuation 

grant. 

In response to the actual notice of 

proposed funding of a continuation 

grant and waiver, and our invitation to 

comment, two parties submitted 

comments supporting the proposed 

waiver and the proposal to fund a 

continuation grant for the current, single 

eligible grantee. We did not receive any 

comments opposing the proposed 

waiver and proposal to fund a 

continuation grant, and, therefore, no 

substantive changes have been made. 

The Secretary waives the 

requirements in 34 CFR 75.250, which 

prohibit project periods exceeding five 

years. With this waiver we can continue 

the PVEIP grant to PREL and award the 

final funding authorized by the Perkins 

Act for PREL from the FY 2006 and FY 

2007 appropriations, in accordance with 

the requirements of section 115(b)(1) of 

the Perkins Act. This waiver of 34 CFR 

75.250 means that: (1) The current 

PVEIP grant will be continued in 

accordance with § 75.253, and (2) we 

will not make a new award in FY 2007. 

The waiver of 34 CFR 75.250 does not 

exempt the current PVEIP grantee from 

the account closing provisions of 31 

U.S.C. 1552(a), nor does it extend the 

availability of funds previously awarded 

to the current PVEIP grantee. As a result 

of 31 U.S.C. 1552(a), appropriations 

available for a limited period may be 

used for payment of valid obligations for 

only five years after the expiration of 

their period of availability for Federal 

obligation. After that time, the 

unexpended balance of those funds is 

canceled and returned to the Treasury 

Department and is unavailable for 

restoration for any purpose. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification 

The Secretary certifies that this notice 

of funding of a continuation grant and 

waiver will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. The only 

entities that would be affected are the 

current eligible grantee and the three 

eligible PVEIP sub-grantees. 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

This notice of funding of a 

continuation grant and waiver does not 

contain any information collection 

requirements. 

Assessment of Educational Impact 

Based on our own review, we have 

determined that this notice of funding of 

a continuation grant and waiver does 

not require transmission of information 

that any other agency or authority of the 

United States gathers or makes 

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