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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 

grant notification within 15 business days 

from the application deadline date, you 

should call the U.S. Department of Education 

Application Control Center at (202) 245– 

6288. 

V. Application Review Information 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 350.54 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 Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

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 directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

Note: NIDRR will provide information by 

letter to grantees on how and when to submit 

the final performance report. 

4. Performance Measures: To evaluate 

the overall success of its research 

program, NIDRR assesses the quality of 

its funded projects through a review of 

grantee performance and products. Each 

year, NIDRR examines a portion of its 

grantees to determine: 

• The number of accomplishments 

(e.g., new or improved tools, methods, 

discoveries, standards, interventions, 

programs, or devices) developed or 

tested with NIDRR funding that have 

been judged by expert panels to be of 

high quality and to advance the field. 

• The average number of publications 

per award based on NIDRR-funded 

research and development activities in 

refereed journals. 

• The percentage of new NIDRR 

grants that assess the effectiveness of 

interventions, programs, and devices 

using rigorous methods. 

NIDRR uses information submitted by 

grantees as part of their Annual 

Performance Reports (APRs) for these 

reviews. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Marlene Spencer, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 5133, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202. Telephone: (202) 245–7532 or by 

e-mail: Marlene.Spencer@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

by contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, 

toll-free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can 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. 

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 27, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10193 Filed 4–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information: Underground 

Railroad Educational and Cultural 

Program; Notice Inviting Applications 

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 

2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.345A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: April 30, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 14, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 13, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Underground Railroad Educational 

and Cultural (URR) Program is to 

preserve the Underground Railroad’s 

legacy and to demonstrate how the 

Underground Railroad’s widespread 

operations network transformed our 

Nation. In addition, the URR Program 

promotes the formation of publicprivate partnerships to help disseminate 

information regarding the Underground 

Railroad throughout the United States, 

including lessons to be drawn from the 

history of the Underground Railroad. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1153. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84, 

85, 86, 97, 98 and 99. Note: The 

regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to 

institutions of higher education only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$1,942,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$500,000–$1,000,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$647,333 to $971,000 total for up to 

three years. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 2 to 3. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit 

educational organizations that are 


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established to research, display, 

interpret, and collect artifacts relating to 

the history of the Underground 

Railroad, including the lessons to be 

drawn from such history. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: The 

Federal Government requires 4:1 cost 

sharing or matching for grants under the 

URR Program. The Federal Government 

will provide no more than 20 percent of 

the total funds for any project funded 

under this competition. See 20 U.S.C. 

1153(b)(2). Applicants must provide the 

remaining funding from non-Federal 

public or private entities in an amount 

equal to or greater than four times the 

amount of the grant awarded under this 

section. All applicants are required to 

provide documentation to substantiate 

their ability to meet the cost sharing 

requirement. 

3. Other: 

(a) Each nonprofit educational 

organization awarded a grant under this 

competition must establish a facility 

to— 

(i) House, display, interpret, and 

communicate information regarding the 

artifacts and other materials related to 

the history of the Underground 

Railroad, including the lessons to be 

drawn from such history; 

(ii) Maintain such artifacts and 

materials; 

(iii) Make these efforts described in 

paragraph (i), available, including 

through electronic means, to elementary 

and secondary schools, institutions of 

higher education, and the general 

public. 

(b) Each grantee must demonstrate 

substantial public and private support 

for the operation of the facility through 

the implementation of a public-private 

partnership between one or more State 

or local public entities and one or more 

private entities. This public-private 

partnership must provide the matching 

funds from non-Federal sources for the 

support of the facility, as described in 

the preceding section on cost sharing or 

matching. 

(c) Each grantee must create an 

endowment to fund any and all 

shortfalls in the costs of the on-going 

facility operations. 

(d) Grantees may establish and 

maintain a network of satellite centers 

throughout the United States to help 

disseminate information regarding the 

Underground Railroad, including the 

lessons to be drawn from the history of 

the Underground Railroad, if such 

satellite centers raise 80 percent of the 

funds required to establish the satellite 

centers from non-Federal public and 

private sources. 

(e) In addition, grantees must 

establish and maintain the capability to 

electronically link the facility with other 

local and regional facilities that have 

collections and programs that interpret 

the history of the Underground 

Railroad, including the lessons to be 

drawn from such history. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet or from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet, 

use the following address: http://egrants.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

grantapps/index.html. To obtain a copy 

from ED Pubs, write, fax, or call the 

following: ED Pubs, U.S. Department of 

Education, P.O. Box 22207, Alexandria, 

VA 22304. Telephone, toll free: 1–877– 

433–7827. FAX: (703) 605–6794. If you 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD), call, toll free: 1–877–576– 

7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: http://www.EDPubs.gov or at 

its e-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this program or 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.345A. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the person or 

team listed under Accessible Format in 

section VIII 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 the 

application narrative to the equivalent 

of no more than 30 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, except 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). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

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; the table of contents; the 

one page abstract, the resumes, the 

bibliography or citation list, the letters 

of partners’ or other collaborators’ 

commitment, or the letters from 

professionals who will document that 

the applicant creates, designates, and 

will raise funds for the required project 

endowment. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: April 30, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 14, 2010. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Electronic Grant 

Application System (e-Application) 

accessible through the Department’s eGrants site. For information (including 

dates and times) about how to submit 

your application electronically, or in 

paper format 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 of 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 in section VII of this notice. 

If the Department provides an 

accommodation or auxiliary aid to an 

individual with a disability in 

connection with the application 

process, the individual’s application 

remains subject to all other 

requirements and limitations in this 

notice. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 13, 2010. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition 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 must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 


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exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

Underground Railroad Educational and 

Cultural Program—CFDA number 

84.345A must be submitted 

electronically using e-Application, 

accessible through the Department’s eGrants Web site at: http:// 

e-grants.ed.gov. 

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. 

While completing your electronic 

application, you will be entering data 

online that will be saved into a 

database. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

Please note the following: 

• You must complete the electronic 

submission of your grant application by 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

E-Application will not accept an 

application for this competition after 

4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. Therefore, we 

strongly recommend that you do not 

wait until the application deadline date 

to begin the application process. 

• The hours of operation of the eGrants Web site are 6:00 a.m. Monday 

until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 

a.m. Thursday until 8:00 p.m. Sunday, 

Washington, DC time. Please note that, 

because of maintenance, the system is 

unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on 

Sundays and 6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and 

between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 

6:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, 

DC time. Any modifications to these 

hours are posted on the e-Grants Web 

site. 

• 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: The 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. 

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. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgment that will 

include a PR/Award number (an 

identifying number unique to your 

application). 

• Within three working days after 

submitting your electronic application, 

fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center after 

following these steps: 

(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application. 

(2) The applicant’s Authorizing 

Representative must sign this form. 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424. 

(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on other forms at a 

later date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of e-Application Unavailability: 

If you are prevented from electronically 

submitting your application on the 

application deadline date because eApplication is unavailable, we will 

grant you an extension of one business 

day to enable you to transmit your 

application electronically, by mail, or by 

hand delivery. We will grant this 

extension if— 

(1) You are a registered user of eApplication and you have initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2)(a) E-Application is unavailable for 

60 minutes or more between the hours 

of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date; or 

(b) E-Application is unavailable for 

any period of time between 3:30 p.m. 

and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting you an extension. To request 

this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgment of any system 

unavailability, you may contact either 

(1) the person listed elsewhere in this 

notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) 

the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336– 

8930. If e-Application is unavailable 

due to technical problems with the 

system and, therefore, the application 

deadline is extended, an e-mail will be 

sent to all registered users who have 

initiated an e-Application. Extensions 

referred to in this section apply only to 

the unavailability of e-Application. 

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 

e-Application because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to eApplication; 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 prevents 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: Claire D. Cornell, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 6151, Washington, DC 

20006–8544. FAX: (202) 502–7877. 

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 following address: 


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U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.345A) LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

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 84.345A, 550 12th Street, 

SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 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 grant 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 program are from 34 CFR 

75.210 and are as follows: significance 

(10 points); quality of the project design 

(40 points); adequacy of resources (20 

points); quality of project personnel (10 

points); and quality of the project 

evaluation (20 points). 

2. Review and Selection Process: 

Additional factors we consider in 

selecting an application for an award are 

in 34 CFR 75.217(d)(3). In making grant 

awards for this program, the Department 

will consider information concerning 

the applicant’s performance and use of 

funds from a prior grant in this or any 

other Department program, and will 

consider the applicant’s failure to 

submit an acceptable performance 

report for a grant in this or any other 

Department program. 

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 notify you informally, 

also. 

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 directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to: 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

In the annual and final reports, 

applicants must provide documentation 

of their efforts to collect, research, 

display, and interpret artifacts, digital 

resources, and other materials that 

collect, preserve, and disseminate 

information on the Underground 

Railroad’s history, including the lessons 

to be drawn from such history. If they 

have created or designated satellite 

centers, they must provide 

documentation of their creation or 

designation of satellite centers, an 

account of the satellite centers’ 

activities, and documentation of the 

satellite centers’ 4:1 cost share. Grantees 

must also provide evidence of their 

creation of electronic links to other 

organizations and facilities that have 

collections and programs that interpret 

the history of the Underground Railroad 

and lessons drawn from such history. 

Grantees must document their efforts to 

make their resources and efforts 

available through electronic means to 

elementary and secondary schools, to 

institutions of higher education, and to 

the general public. Finally, each annual 

report must contain the audited 

financial statement of the organization 

for the preceding fiscal year. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA), the following measure will 

be used by the Department in assessing 

the performance of the Underground 

Railroad Educational and Cultural 

Program: The extent to which funded 

projects have been institutionalized and 

are able to continue after URR funding 

ends. 

If funded, you will be asked to collect 

and report data on this measure in your 

project’s annual performance report 

(EDGAR, 34 CFR 75.590). 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Claire D. Cornell, Underground Railroad 

Educational and Cultural Program, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 6151, Washington, DC 

20006–8544. Telephone: (202) 502–7609 

or by e-mail: claire.cornell@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service, toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 


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fedregister. To use PDF, you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

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. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions and duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

Dated: April 27, 2010. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2010–10203 Filed 4–29–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Institute on Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)— 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program— 

Disability Rehabilitation Research 

Project (DRRP)—Transition to 

Employment 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.133A–1. 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of final priority. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services announces a priority for the 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program 

administered by NIDRR. Specifically, 

this notice announces a priority for a 

DRRP on Transition to Employment. 

The Assistant Secretary may use this 

priority for a competition in fiscal year 

(FY) 2010 and later years. We take this 

action to focus research attention on 

areas of national need. We intend this 

priority to improve rehabilitation 

services and outcomes for individuals 

with disabilities. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: This priority is effective 

June 1, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlene Spencer, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 5133, Potomac Center Plaza 

(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2700. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7532 or by e-mail: 

marlene.spencer@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of final priority is in concert with 

NIDRR’s Final Long-Range Plan for FY 

2005–2009 (Plan). The Plan, which was 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 15, 2006 (71 FR 8165), can be 

accessed on the Internet at the following 

site: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/ 

list/osers/nidrr/policy.html. 

Through the implementation of the 

Plan, NIDRR seeks to: (1) Improve the 

quality and utility of disability and 

rehabilitation research; (2) foster an 

exchange of expertise, information, and 

training to facilitate the advancement of 

knowledge and understanding of the 

unique needs of traditionally 

underserved populations; (3) determine 

best strategies and programs to improve 

rehabilitation outcomes for underserved 

populations; (4) identify research gaps; 

(5) identify mechanisms of integrating 

research and practice; and (6) 

disseminate findings. 

Purpose of Program: 

The purpose of the DRRP program is 

to improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended, by developing 

methods, procedures, and rehabilitation 

technologies that advance a wide range 

of independent living and employment 

outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities, especially individuals with 

the most severe disabilities. DRRPs 

carry out one or more of the following 

types of activities, as specified and 

defined in 34 CFR 350.13 through 

350.19: Research, training, 

demonstration, development, 

dissemination, utilization, and technical 

assistance. An applicant for assistance 

under this program must demonstrate in 

its application how it will address, in 

whole or in part, the needs of 

individuals with disabilities from 

minority backgrounds (34 CFR 

350.40(a)). The approaches an applicant 

may take to meet this requirement are 

found in 34 CFR 350.40(b). In addition, 

NIDRR intends to require all DRRP 

applicants to meet the requirements of 

the General Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects (DRRP) 

Requirements priority that it published 

in a notice of final priorities in the 

Federal Register on April 28, 2006 (71 

FR 25472). 

Additional information on the DRRP 

program can be found at: http:// 

www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/resprogram.html#DRRP. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) 

and 764(a). 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 350. 

We published a notice of proposed 

priority (NPP) for NIDRR’s Disability 

and Rehabilitation Research Projects 

and Centers Program in the Federal 

Register on December 29, 2009 (74 FR 

68808). The NPP included a background 

statement that described our rationale 

for the priority proposed in that notice. 

There is one significant difference 

between the NPP and this notice of final 

priority (NFP) as discussed in the 

following section. 

Public Comment: 

In response to our invitation in the 

NPP, five parties submitted comments 

on the proposed priority. An analysis of 

the comments and of any changes in the 

priority since publication of the NPP 

follows. 

Generally, we do not address 

technical and other minor changes or 

suggested changes the law does not 

authorize us to make under the 

applicable statutory authority. In 

addition, we do not address general 

comments that raised concerns not 

directly related to the proposed priority. 

Analysis of Comments and Changes: 

Comment: One commenter suggested 

that the priority address the effect of 

State budget crises on transition 

programs. 

Discussion: Although the priority 

does not explicitly include a 

requirement for research on State 

finances, nothing in the priority 

precludes an applicant from proposing 

to examine the effect of this factor on 

transition programs and employment 

outcomes for youth with disabilities. 

However, NIDRR has no basis for 

requiring all applicants to focus on State 

finances. The peer review process will 

determine the merits of each proposal. 

Changes: None. 

Comment: One commenter asked how 

NIDRR envisions the relationship 

between this priority and other NIDRRfunded projects that address specific 

populations of youth with disabilities, 

and whether the priority requests a 

focus on different subpopulations or is 

inclusive of all youth with disabilities. 

Discussion: This priority focuses 

specifically on transition to 

employment, rather than on other 

aspects of transition, such as selfdetermination or community 

participation. Accordingly, the target 

population for this priority is transitionage youth with disabilities who are at 

risk for poor employment outcomes, 

rather than all youth with disabilities. 

We note that under paragraph (b) of the 

priority, applicants must identify the 

specific at-risk group or groups of 

transition-age youth with disabilities 


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