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Dated: February 21, 2012. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4547 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Training 

and Information for Parents of Children 

With Disabilities 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: 

Training and Information for Parents of 

Children with Disabilities. 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2012. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.328C and 

84.328M. 

Note: This notice invites applications for 

two separate competitions. For key dates, 

contact person information, and funding 

information regarding each competition, see 

the table in Section II, Award Information. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: See table in 

Section II, Award Information. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: See table in Section II, 

Award Information. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: See table in Section II, Award 

Information. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program is to ensure that parents of 

children with disabilities receive 

training and information to help 

improve results for their children. 

Priorities: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv) and (v), these priorities 

are from allowable activities specified in 

the statute, or otherwise authorized in 

the statute (see sections 671, 672 and 

681(d) of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)). Each 

of the absolute priorities announced in 

this notice corresponds to a separate 

competition as follows: 

Absolute priority Competition 

CFDA No. 

1. Community Parent 

Resource Centers ................... 84.328C 

2. Parent Training and 

Information Centers ................ 84.328M 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2012 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from these competitions, 

these priorities are absolute priorities. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), for each 

competition, we consider only 

applications that meet the absolute 

priority for that competition. 

The priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1—Community 

Parent Resource Centers (84.328C) and 

Absolute Priority 2—Parent Training 

and Information Centers (84.328M). 

Background: 

Almost 35 years of research and 

experience has demonstrated that the 

education of children with disabilities 

can be made more effective by 

strengthening the ability of parents to 

participate fully in the education of 

their children at school and at home 

(see section 601(c)(5)(B) of IDEA). 

This notice announces two priorities 

that are designed to help ensure that 

parents of children with disabilities 

have the training and information they 

need to participate in the education of 

their children. 

Absolute Priority 1 supports 

Community Parent Resource Centers 

(CPRCs) designed to meet the specific 

needs of parents who experience 

significant isolation from available 

sources of information and support in 

the geographically defined communities 

served by the centers. These parents 

include low-income parents, parents of 

limited English proficient children, and 

parents with disabilities—. 

Absolute Priority 2 supports Parent 

Training and Information Centers (PTIs) 

designed to meet the needs of parents of 

children with disabilities living in the 

States, regions of the States, or 

territories served by the centers, 

particularly underserved parents and 

parents of children who may be 

inappropriately identified as having a 

disability. Under these priorities, CPRCs 

and PTIs will, consistent with sections 

672 and 671 of IDEA, provide parents of 

children with disabilities with the 

training and information they need to 

enable them to participate cooperatively 

and effectively in helping their children 

to— 

(a) Meet developmental and 

functional goals and the challenging 

academic achievement standards that 

have been established for all children; 

and 

(b) Be prepared to lead productive, 

independent adult lives to the 

maximum extent possible. 

The following Web site provides 

further information on the work of 

previously funded CPRCs and PTIs: 

www.parentcenternetwork.org. 

Absolute Priority 1—Community 

Parent Resource Centers (84.328C): 

To be considered for funding under 

the CPRC absolute priority, applicants 

must meet the application requirements 

contained in the priority. All projects 

funded under the absolute priority also 

must meet the programmatic and 

administrative requirements specified in 

the priority. 

Application Requirements. An 

applicant must include in its 

application— 

(a) A plan to implement the activities 

described in the Project Activities 

section of this priority; and 

(b) A budget for attendance at the 

following: 

(1) The three-day Leadership 

Conference in Washington, DC during 

each year of the project period. 

(2) The two-day Regional Technical 

Assistance for Parent Centers 

Conference in the region in which the 

CPRC is located during each year of the 

project period. Applicants should refer 

to www.parentcenternetwork.org for a 

list of regions. 

Project Activities. To meet the 

requirements of this priority, the CPRC, 

at a minimum, must— 

(a) Maintain a Web site that meets 

government or industry-recognized 

standards for accessibility; 

(b) Provide training and information 

that meets the training and information 

needs of parents of children with 

disabilities within the proposed targeted 

community to be served by the CPRC, 

particularly underserved parents and 

parents of children who may be 

inappropriately identified as having a 

disability; 


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1For the purpose of this notice, the term ‘‘highpoverty school’’ means a school in which at least 

50 percent of students are eligible for free or 

reduced-price lunches under the Richard B. Russell 

National School Lunch Act or in which at least 50 

percent of students are from low-income families as 

determined using one of the criteria specified under 

section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended. For middle and 

high schools, eligibility may be calculated on the 

basis of comparable data from feeder schools. 

Eligibility as a high-poverty school under this 

definition is determined on the basis of the most 

currently available data. 

2For the purpose of this notice, the term 

‘‘persistently lowest-achieving schools means’’, as 

determined by the State—(i) Any Title I school in 

improvement, corrective action, or restructuring 

that (a) Is among the lowest-achieving five percent 

of Title I schools in improvement, corrective action, 

or restructuring or the lowest-achieving five Title I 

schools in improvement, corrective action, or 

restructuring in the State, whichever number of 

schools is greater; or (b) Is a high school that has 

had a graduation rate as defined in 34 CFR 

200.19(b) that is less than 60 percent over a number 

of years; and (ii) Any secondary school that is 

Note: For purposes of this priority, 

‘‘targeted community to be served’’ refers to 

a geographically defined, local community 

whose members experience significant 

isolation from available sources of 

information and support as a result of 

cultural, economic, linguistic, or other 

circumstances deemed appropriate by the 

Secretary. 

(c) Carry out the following activities 

required of parent training and 

information centers: 

(1) Serve the parents of infants, 

toddlers, and children, from ages birth 

through 26, with the full range of 

disabilities described in section 602(3) 

of IDEA. 

(2) Ensure that the training and 

information provided meets the needs of 

low-income parents and parents of 

limited English proficient children. 

(3) Assist parents to— 

(i) Better understand the nature of 

their children’s disabilities and their 

educational, developmental, and 

transitional needs; 

(ii) Communicate effectively and work 

collaboratively with personnel 

responsible for providing special 

education, early intervention services, 

transition services, and related services; 

(iii) Participate in decision-making 

processes, including those regarding 

participation in State and local 

assessments, and the development of 

individualized education programs 

under Part B of IDEA and 

individualized family service plans 

under Part C of IDEA; 

(iv) Obtain appropriate information 

about the range, type, and quality of— 

(A) Options, programs, services, 

technologies, practices, and 

interventions based on scientifically 

based research, to the extent practicable; 

and 

(B) Resources available to assist 

children with disabilities and their 

families in school and at home, 

including information available through 

the Office of Special Education 

Programs’ (OSEP’s) technical assistance 

and dissemination centers 

(www.tadnet.org) and through 

communities of practice 

(www.tadnet.org/communities); 

(v) Understand the requirements of 

IDEA related to the provision of 

education and early intervention 

services to children with disabilities; 

(vi) Participate in activities at the 

school level that benefit their children; 

and 

(vii) Participate in school reform 

activities. 

(4) In States where the State elects to 

contract with the CPRC, contract with 

the State educational agency (SEA) to 

provide, consistent with paragraphs (B) 

and (D) of section 615(e)(2) of IDEA, 

individuals to meet with parents and 

explain the mediation process. 

(5) Assist parents in resolving 

disputes in the most expeditious and 

effective way possible, including 

encouraging the use of, and explaining 

the benefits of, alternative methods of 

dispute resolution such as the 

mediation process described in section 

615(e) of IDEA. 

(6) Assist parents and students with 

disabilities to understand their rights 

and responsibilities under IDEA, 

including those under section 615(m) of 

IDEA upon the student’s reaching the 

age of majority (as appropriate under 

State law). 

(7) Assist parents to understand the 

availability of, and how to effectively 

use, procedural safeguards provided 

under IDEA. 

(8) Assist parents in understanding, 

preparing for, and participating in the 

resolution session described in section 

615(f)(1)(B) of IDEA; 

(d) Establish cooperative partnerships 

with any Parent Training and 

Information Centers (PTIs) and any 

other CPRCs funded in the State under 

sections 671 and 672 of IDEA, 

respectively; 

(e) Be designed to meet the specific 

needs of families who experience 

significant isolation from available 

sources of information and support; 

(f) Be familiar with the provision of 

special education, related services, and 

early intervention services in the 

CPRC’s targeted community to be served 

to help ensure that children with 

disabilities are receiving appropriate 

services; 

(g) Respond to requests from OSEP for 

information about the needs and 

experiences of parents served by the 

center to inform OSEP’s analysis of 

State progress towards improving 

outcomes for children with disabilities; 

(h) Annually report to the Department 

on— 

(1) The number and demographics of 

parents to whom the CPRC provided 

information and training in the most 

recently concluded fiscal year, 

including additional information 

regarding the parents’ unique needs and 

the levels of service provided to them; 

and 

(2) The effectiveness of strategies used 

to reach and serve parents, including 

underserved parents of children with 

disabilities, by providing evidence of 

how those parents were served 

effectively; 

(i) Respond to requests from the 

OSEP-funded National and Regional 

Parent Technical Assistance Centers 

(PTACs), and use the technical 

assistance services of the National and 

Regional PTACs, in order to serve the 

families of infants, toddlers, and 

children with disabilities as efficiently 

as possible. Regional PTACs are charged 

with assisting parent centers with 

administrative and programmatic issues; 

(j) In collaboration with OSEP and the 

National PTAC, participate in an annual 

collection of program data for the PTIs 

and CPRCs funded under sections 671 

and 672 of IDEA, respectively; and 

(k) Maintain ongoing communication 

with the OSEP Project Officer through 

phone conversations and email 

communication. 

In addition, the CPRC’s board of 

directors must meet not less than once 

in each calendar quarter to review the 

activities for which the award was made 

and annually submit to the Secretary a 

written review of the CPRC’s activities 

conducted during the preceding fiscal 

year. 

Competitive Preference Priority: 

Within this absolute priority, we give 

competitive preference to applications 

that meet the following priority. For FY 

2012 and any subsequent year in which 

we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition, this priority is a 

competitive preference priority. 

Competitive Preference Priority: 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award 

an additional 5 points to an application 

that meets this priority. 

This priority is: 

Applicants that propose to design a 

program with specific activities and 

services focused on meeting the unique 

needs of parents who have children 

enrolled in either high-poverty schools 1

or persistently lowest-achieving 

schools 2 within the area served by the 

CPRC. 


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eligible for, but does not receive, Title I funds that— 

(a) Is among the lowest-achieving five percent of 

secondary schools or the lowest-achieving five 

secondary schools in the State that are eligible for, 

but do not receive, Title I funds, whichever number 

of schools is greater; or (b) Is a high school that has 

had a graduation rate as defined in 34 CFR 

200.19(b) that is less than 60 percent over a number 

of years. 

To identify the persistently lowest-achieving 

schools, a State must take into account both—(i) 

The academic achievement of the ‘‘all students’’ 

group in a school in terms of proficiency on the 

State’s assessments under section 1111(b)(3) of the 

ESEA in reading/language arts and mathematics 

combined; and (ii) The school’s lack of progress on 

those assessments over a number of years in the ‘‘all 

students’’ group. 

Note: The 5 points an applicant can earn 

under this competitive preference priority are 

in addition to those points awarded under 

the selection criteria for this competition (see 

Selection Criteria in section V in this notice). 

That is, an applicant meeting the competitive 

preference priority could earn a maximum 

total of 105 points. 

Absolute Priority 2—Parent Training 

and Information Centers (84.328M): 

To be considered for funding under 

the PTIs absolute priority, applicants 

must meet the application requirements 

contained in the priority. All projects 

funded under the absolute priority also 

must meet the programmatic and 

administrative requirements specified in 

the priority. 

Application Requirements. An 

applicant must include in its 

application— 

(a) A logic model that depicts, at a 

minimum, the goals, activities, outputs, 

and outcomes of the proposed project. A 

logic model communicates how a 

project will achieve its outcomes and 

provides a framework for both the 

formative and summative evaluations of 

the project; 

Note: The following Web site provides 

more information on logic models: 

www.tadnet.org/model_and_performance. 

(b) A plan to implement the activities 

described in the Project Activities 

section of this priority; 

(c) A plan, linked to the proposed 

project’s logic model, for a formative 

evaluation of the proposed project’s 

activities. The plan must describe how 

the formative evaluation will use clear 

performance objectives to ensure 

continuous improvement in the 

operation of the proposed project, 

including objective measures of progress 

in implementing the project and 

ensuring the quality of products and 

services; 

(d) A budget for attendance at the 

following: 

(1) The three-day Leadership 

Conference in Washington, DC during 

each year of the project period. 

(2) The two-day Regional Technical 

Assistance for Parent Centers 

Conference, in the region in which the 

PTI is located, during each year of the 

project period. Applicants should refer 

to www.parentcenternetwork.org for a 

list of regions; and 

(e) A description specifying the 

special efforts the PTI will make to: 

(1) Ensure that the needs for training 

and information of underserved parents 

of children with disabilities in the area 

to be served, including parents of 

children attending high-poverty schools 

(as defined in footnote 1) and the State’s 

persistently lowest-achieving schools 

(as defined in footnote 2), are effectively 

met; and 

(2) Work with community-based 

organizations, including those that work 

with low-income parents and parents of 

limited English proficient children. 

Project Activities. To meet the 

requirements of this priority, the PTI, at 

a minimum, must— 

(a) Maintain a Web site that contains, 

at a minimum, a current calendar of 

upcoming events, free informational 

publications for families, and links to 

webinars or other online multimedia 

resources. The Web site must also meet 

government or industry-recognized 

standards for accessibility. Applicants 

can find more information regarding 

Web site accessibility at: http:// 

webaim.org; 

(b) Provide training and information 

that meets the training and information 

needs of parents of children with 

disabilities living in the area served by 

the PTI, particularly underserved 

parents and parents of children who 

may be inappropriately identified as 

having a disability and including 

parents of children attending highpoverty schools and the State’s 

persistently lowest-achieving schools; 

(c) Serve the parents of infants, 

toddlers, and children from ages birth 

through 26, with the full range of 

disabilities described in section 602(3) 

of IDEA; 

(d) Ensure that the training and 

information provided meets the needs of 

low-income parents and parents of 

limited English proficient children; 

(e) Assist parents to— 

(1) Better understand the nature of 

their children’s disabilities and their 

educational, developmental, and 

transitional needs; 

(2) Communicate effectively and work 

collaboratively with personnel 

responsible for providing special 

education, early intervention services, 

transition services, and related services; 

(3) Participate in decision-making 

processes, including those regarding 

participation in State and local 

assessments, and the development of 

individualized education programs 

under Part B of IDEA and 

individualized family service plans 

under Part C of IDEA; 

(4) Obtain appropriate information 

about the range, type and quality of— 

(i) Options, programs, services, 

technologies, practices, and 

interventions that are based on 

scientifically based research, to the 

extent practicable; and 

(ii) Resources available to assist 

children with disabilities and their 

families in school and at home, 

including information available through 

OSEP’s technical assistance and 

dissemination centers (www.tadnet.org) 

and through communities of practice 

(www.tadnet.org/communities); 

(5) Understand the requirements of 

IDEA related to the provision of 

education and early intervention 

services to children with disabilities; 

(6) Participate in activities at the 

school level that benefit their children; 

and 

(7) Participate in school reform 

activities; 

(f) In States where the State elects to 

contract with the PTIs, contract with the 

State educational agency (SEA) to 

provide, consistent with paragraphs (B) 

and (D) of section 615(e)(2) of IDEA, 

individuals to meet with parents and 

explain the mediation process; 

(g) Assist parents in resolving 

disputes in the most expeditious and 

effective way possible, including 

encouraging the use of, and explaining 

the benefits of, alternative methods of 

dispute resolution such as the 

mediation process described in section 

615(e) of IDEA; 

(h) Assist parents and students with 

disabilities to understand their rights 

and responsibilities under IDEA, 

including those under section 615(m) of 

IDEA upon the student’s reaching the 

age of majority (as appropriate under 

State law); 

(i) Assist parents to understand the 

availability of, and how to effectively 

use, procedural safeguards provided 

under IDEA; 

(j) Assist parents in understanding, 

preparing for, and participating in the 

resolution session described in section 

615(f)(1)(B) of IDEA; 

(k) Establish cooperative partnerships 

with any CPRCs and any other PTIs 

funded in the State under sections 672 

and 671 of IDEA, respectively; 

(l) Network with appropriate 

clearinghouses, including organizations 

conducting national dissemination 

activities under section 663 of IDEA and 

the Department’s Institute of Education 

Sciences, and with other national, State, 

and local organizations and agencies 

such as protection and advocacy 


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agencies that serve parents and families 

of children with the full range of 

disabilities described in section 602(3) 

of IDEA; 

(m) Respond to requests from OSEP 

for information about the needs and 

experiences of parents served by the 

center to inform OSEP’s analysis of 

State progress towards improving 

outcomes for children with disabilities; 

(n) Annually report to the Department 

on— 

(1) The number and demographics of 

parents to whom the PTI provided 

information and training in the most 

recently concluded fiscal year, 

including additional information 

regarding the parents’ unique needs and 

the levels of service provided to them; 

and 

(2) The effectiveness of strategies used 

to reach and serve parents, including 

underserved parents of children with 

disabilities such as parents of children 

attending high-poverty schools and the 

State’s persistently lowest achieving 

schools, by providing evidence of how 

those parents were served effectively; 

(o) Respond to requests from the 

OSEP-funded National and Regional 

PTACs and use the technical assistance 

services of the National and Regional 

PTACs in order to serve the families of 

infants, toddlers, and children with 

disabilities as efficiently as possible. 

Regional PTACs are charged with 

assisting parent centers with 

administrative and programmatic issues; 

(p) In collaboration with OSEP and 

the National PTAC, participate in an 

annual collection of program data for 

the PTIs and CPRCs funded under 

sections 671 and 672 of IDEA, 

respectively; and 

(q) Maintain ongoing communication 

with the OSEP Project Officer through 

phone conversations and email 

communication. 

In addition, the PTI’s board of 

directors must meet not less than once 

in each calendar quarter to review the 

activities for which the award was made 

and annually submit to the Secretary a 

written review of the PTI’s activities 

conducted during the preceding fiscal 

year. 

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 and requirements. Section 

681(d) of IDEA, however, makes the 

public comment requirements of the 

APA inapplicable to the priorities in 

this notice. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1471, 

1472, and 1481. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 85, 97, 

98, and 99. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Awards: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$11,094,041. Contingent upon the 

availability of funds and the quality of 

applications, we may make additional 

awards in FY 2013 from the list of 

unfunded applicants from the 

competitions. 

Please refer to the ‘‘Estimated 

Available Funds’’ column of the table in 

this section for the estimated dollar 

amounts for individual competitions. 

Information concerning funding 

amounts for individual States and target 

populations for the 84.328M 

competition is provided in the 

‘‘Maximum Award’’ column. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

See table. 

Maximum Award: See table. 

Estimated Number of Awards: See 

table. 

Project Period: See table. 


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INDIVIDUALS

WITH

DISABILITIES

EDUCATION

ACT

TRAINING AND INFORMATION FOR

PARENTS OF

CHILDREN

WITH

DISABILITIES

PROGRAM

APPLICATION

NOTICE

FOR

FISCAL

YEAR 2012 

CFDA No. and name Applications available Deadline for transmittal of applications Deadline for intergovern- mental review 

Estimated 

available 

funds $ 

(See Note 

2) 

Estimated 

average 

size of 

awards 

(See Note 

2) 

Maximum 

award $ 

(See Notes 

1, 3, and 4) 

Estimated 

number of 

awards 

(See Note 

2) 

Project 

period 

Page 

limit 

Contact 

person 

84.328C Community 

Parent Resource Centers.

February 27, 2012 ......... April 27, 2012 ................. June 26, 2012 ................ $1,100,000 $100,000 $100,000 11 Up to 48 

mos. 

50 Carmen Sanchez (202) 

245–6595 PCP–4057 

84.328M Parent Training and Information 

Centers (See Note 3).

February 27, 2012 ......... April 27, 2012 ................. June 26, 2012 ................ 9,994,041 354,901 .................... 27 Up to 36 

mos. (See Note 3) 

70 Lisa Gorove (202) 245– 

7357 PCP–4048 

Arkansas ......................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 258,634 California 

Region 1 .................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 791,336 Region 2 .................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 648,741 Region 3 .................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 220,881 Region 4 .................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 577,426 Region 5 .................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 220,881 

Connecticut ..................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 276,016 Georgia ........................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 664,791 Illinois 

Region 1 .................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 548,612 Region 2 .................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 281,878 

Kansas ............................ ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 292,033 Michigan 

Region 1 .................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 239,170 Region 2 .................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 403,970 

Montana .......................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 227,965 Nebraska ......................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 224,894 New Jersey ..................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 496,829 New Mexico .................... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 277,918 Ohio 

Region 1 .................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 241,824 Region 2 .................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 468,392 

Oregon ............................ ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 283,548 South Carolina ................ ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 289,373 Texas 

Region 1 .................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 667,779 Region 2 .................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 667,779 Region 3 .................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 377,223 

Utah ................................. ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 246,148 Outlying Areas 

American Samoa ..... ........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 50,000 Commonwealth of 

the Northern Marianas.

........................................ ........................................ ........................................ .................... .................... 50,000 


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Note 1: We will reject any application that 

proposes a budget exceeding the maximum 

award 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. 

Note 2: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Note 3: For the Parent Training and 

Information Centers, CFDA Number 84.328M 

competition: 

Project Period: In order to allocate 

resources equitably, create a unified system 

of service delivery, and provide the broadest 

coverage for the parents and families in every 

State, the Department is making awards to 

PTIs in three-year cycles for each State. In FY 

2012, applications for three-year awards will 

be accepted for the following States and 

outlying areas: American Samoa, Arkansas, 

California, Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands, Connecticut, Georgia, 

Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, 

Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, 

Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. 

These projects will be funded for a period up 

to 36 months. 

Estimated Project Awards: Project award 

amounts are for a single budget period of 12 

months. To ensure maximum coverage for 

this competition, the Department has 

established regional service areas within 

California, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and 

Texas and has identified corresponding 

maximum award amounts for each region. 

Applicants for these States must submit a 

separate application for each of the regions 

they propose to serve. 

The Department took into consideration 

current funding levels, population 

distribution, poverty rates, and low-density 

enrollment when determining the award 

amounts for grants under this competition. In 

the following States, one award may be made 

for up to the amounts listed in the table to 

a qualified applicant for a PTI Center to serve 

the entire State. 

Arkansas: $258,634. 

Connecticut: $276,16. 

Georgia: $664,791. 

Kansas: $292,033. 

Montana: $227,965. 

Nebraska: $224,894. 

New Jersey: $496,829. 

New Mexico: $277,918. 

Oregon: $283,548. 

South Carolina: $289,373. 

Utah: $246,148. 

In California one award up to the amount 

listed will be made to a qualified applicant 

for a PTI Center to serve each identified 

region. A list of the counties that are 

included in each region follows. 

Region 1 (Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San 

Luis Obispo, Ventura): $791,336. 

Region 2 (Imperial, Inyo, Mono, Orange, 

Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego): 

$648,741. 

Region 3 (Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, 

Mariposa, Merced, Monterey, Stanislaus, San 

Benito, Tulare): $220,881. 

Region 4 (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, 

Napa, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, 

San Joaquin, San Mateo, Solano, Sonoma, 

Yolo): 577,426. 

Region 5 (Alpine, Amador, Butte, 

Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, 

Glenn, Humboldt, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, 

Modoc, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, 

Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, 

Trinity, Tuolumne, Yuba): $220,881. 

In Illinois, one award up to the amount 

listed will be made to a qualified applicant 

for a PTI Center to serve each identified 

region. A list of the counties that are 

included in each region follows. 

Region 1 (Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, 

Kendall, Lake, McHenry, Will): $548,612. 

Region 2 (includes the remainder of the 

State): $281,878. 

In Michigan, one award up to the amount 

listed will be made to a qualified applicant 

for a PTI Center to serve each identified 

region. A list of the counties that are 

included in each region follows. 

Region 1 (Oakland, Macomb, Wayne): 

$239,170. 

Region 2 (includes the remainder of the 

State): $403,970. 

In Ohio one award will be made to a 

qualified applicant for a PTI Center to serve 

each identified region. A list of the counties 

that are included in each region follows. 

Region 1 (Adams, Brown, Butler, 

Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, 

Fayette, Greene, Hamilton, Highland, 

Jackson, Lawrence, Logan, Miami, 

Montgomery, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, 

Shelby, Warren): $241,824. 

Region 2 (includes the remainder of the 

State): $468,392. 

In Texas, one award up to the amount 

listed will be made to a qualified applicant 

for a PTI Center to serve each identified 

region. A list of the counties that are 

included in each region follows. 

Region 1 (Anderson, Angelina, Archer, 

Austin, Bastrop, Baylor, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, 

Bowie, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Caldwell, 

Camp, Casa, Cass, Cherokee, Clay, Collin, 

Comal, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas, Delta, Denton, 

Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Fayette, Foard, 

Franklin, Freestone, Gillespie, Gonzales, 

Grayson, Gregg, Grimes, Guadalupe, 

Hamilton, Hardeman, Hardin, Harrison, 

Hays, Henderson, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, 

Houston, Hunt, Jack, Jasper, Jefferson, 

Johnson, Kaufman, Kendall, Knox, Marion, 

Madison, McLennan, Lamar, Lampass, Leon, 

Limestone, Llano, Lee, Madison, Marion, 

Milam, Mills, Montague, Montgomery, 

Morris, Nacogdoches, Navarro, Newton, 

Orange, Palo Pinto, Panola, Parker, Polk, 

Rains, Red River, Rockwall, Robertson, Rusk, 

Tarrant, Titus, Travis, Trinity, San Jacinto, 

Smith, Upshur, Shelby, San Augustine, 

Sabine, Smith, Somervell, Throckmorton, 

Tyler, Van Zandt, Walker, Washington, 

Wilbarger, Williamson, Wichita, Wise, Wood, 

Young): $667,779. 

Region 2 (Aransas, Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, 

Bexar, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, 

Colorado, DeWitt, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, 

Galveston, Goliad, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim 

Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kerr, Kinney, 

Kleberg, La Salle, Lavaca, Liberty, Live Oak, 

Maverick, McMullen, Medina, Nueces, Real, 

San Patricio, Starr, Uvalde, Webb, Willacy, 

Wilson, Zapata, Zavala): $667,779. 

Region 3 (Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, 

Borden, Brewster, Briscoe, Brown, Callahan, 

Carson, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Coke, 

Coleman, Collingsworth, Concho, Cottle, 

Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Culberson, Dallam, 

Dawson, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, 

Eastland, Ector, Edwards, El Paso, Fisher, 

Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Glasscock, Gray, Hale, 

Hall, Hansford, Hartley, Haskell, Hemphill, 

Hockley, Howard, Hudspeth, Hutchinson, 

Irion, Jeff Davis, Jones, Kent, Kimble, King, 

Lamb, Lipscomb, Loving, Lubbock, Lynn, 

Martin, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, 

Midland, Mitchell, Moore, Motley, Nolan, 

Ochiltree, Oldham, Parmer, Pecos, Potter, 

Presidio, Randall, Reagan, Reeves, Roberts, 

Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, 

Shackelford, Sherman, Stephens, Sterling, 

Stonewall, Sutton, Swisher, Taylor, Terrell, 

Terry, Tom Green, Upton, Val Verde, Ward, 

Wheeler, Winkler, Yoakum): $377,223. 

One award up to the amount listed may be 

made to a qualified applicant for a PTI center 

to serve the outlying areas as follows: 

American Samoa: $50,000. 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands: $50,000. 

Note 4: Consistent with 34 CFR 75.104(b), 

we will reject any application that proposes 

a project funding level for any year that 

exceeds the stated maximum award amount 

for that year. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: 

Absolute priority Eligible applicants 

1. Community Parent Resource Centers (84.328C) ................................................................................................... Local parent organizations. 

2. Parent Training and Information Centers (84.328M) .............................................................................................. Parent organizations. 

Note: Under section 672(a)(2) of IDEA, 

a ‘‘local parent organization’’ is a parent 

organization (as that term is defined in 

section 671(a)(2) of IDEA) that— 

(a) Has a board of directors, the 

majority of whom are parents of 

children with disabilities ages birth 

through 26 from the community to be 

served. 

(b) Has as its mission serving parents 

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community who (1) are ages birth 

through 26, and (2) have the full range 

of disabilities as defined in section 

602(3) of IDEA. 

Section 671(a)(2) of IDEA defines a 

‘‘parent organization’’ as a private 

nonprofit organization (other than an 

institution of higher education) that— 

(a) Has a board of directors— 

(1) The majority of whom are parents 

of children with disabilities ages birth 

through 26; 

(2) That includes— 

(i) Individuals working in the fields of 

special education, related services, and 

early intervention; 

(ii) Individuals with disabilities; and 

(3) The parent and professional 

members of which are broadly 

representative of the population to be 

served, including low-income parents 

and parents of limited English proficient 

children; and 

(b) Has as its mission serving families 

of children with disabilities who are 

ages birth through 26, and have the full 

range of disabilities described in section 

602(3) of IDEA. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

3. Other: General Requirements—(a) 

The projects funded under this program 

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 program 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: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet, from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs), or from the program office. 

To obtain a copy via the Internet, use 

the following address: www.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) or a text telephone (TTY), call, 

toll free: 1–877–576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: www.EDPubs.gov or at its 

email address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application package 

from ED Pubs, be sure to identify the 

competition to which you want to 

apply, as follows: CFDA Number 

84.328C or 84.328M. 

To obtain a copy from the program 

office, contact one of the persons listed 

in the chart under section II. Award 

Information of this notice. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or compact disc) 

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 each 

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 the 

number of pages listed under ‘‘Page 

Limit’’ for that competition in the chart 

under II. Award Information, 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. 

• 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; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the bibliography, the 

references, or the letters of support. 

However, the page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative section 

(Part III). 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit; or if you apply 

other standards and exceed the 

equivalent of the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: See table in 

Section II, Award Information. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: See table in Section II, 

Award Information. 

Applications for grants under each 

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 in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery, please refer to 

section IV. 7. 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: See chart. 

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 each 

competition. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and Central Contractor 

Registry: To do business with the 

Department of Education, you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR), the Government’s 

primary registrant database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your application; and 

d. Maintain an active CCR registration 

with current information while your 

application is under review by the 

Department and, if you are awarded a 

grant, during the project period. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 

can be created within one business day. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

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please allow 2–5 weeks for your TIN to 

become active. 

The CCR registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete. 

If you are currently registered with the 

CCR, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your CCR 

registration on an annual basis. This 

may take three or more business days to 

complete. 

In addition, if you are submitting your 

application via Grants.gov, you must (1) 

be designated by your organization as an 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR); and (2) register yourself with 

Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these 

steps are outlined at the following 

Grants.gov Web page: www.grants.gov/ 

applicants/get_registered.jsp. 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under each 

competition announced in this notice 

may be submitted electronically or in 

paper format by mail or hand delivery. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

We are participating as a partner in 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site. The Training and Information for 

Parents of Children with Disabilities 

Program competitions, CFDA numbers 

84.328C and 84.328M, are 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 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 Training and 

Information for Parents of Children with 

Disabilities Program competitions, 

CFDA numbers 84.328C and 84.328M at 

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 84.328, not 84.328M). 

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 accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. When we retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov, we will 

notify you if we are rejecting your 

application because it was date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system after 

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

application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this program 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 under News and Events on 

the Department’s G5 system home page 

at www.G5.gov. 

• 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: the 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. 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, you must upload any 

narrative sections and all other 

attachments to your application as files 

in a .PDF (Portable Document) readonly, non-modifiable format. Do not 

upload an interactive or fillable .PDF 

file. If you upload a file type other than 

a read-only, non-modifiable .PDF or 

submit a password-protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

Additional, detailed information on 

how to attach files is in the application 

instructions. 

• 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 email. 

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, 

toll free, 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 under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. The Department will contact you 

after a determination is made on 

whether your application will be 

accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we 

refer in this section apply only to the 

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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 following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, 

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.328C or 

84.328M), 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 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 84.328C or 

84.328M), 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 program are from 34 CFR 

75.210 and are listed in the application 

package. 

2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary also requires 

various assurances including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department of 

Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 

108.8, and 110.23). 

3. Additional Review and Selection 

Process Factors: In the past, the 

Department has had difficulty finding 

peer reviewers for certain competitions 

because so many individuals who are 

eligible to serve as peer reviewers have 

conflicts of interest. 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 grant competitions, 

applications may be separated into two 

or more groups and ranked and selected 

for funding within specific groups. This 

procedure will make it easier for the 

Department to find peer reviewers, by 

ensuring that greater numbers of 

individuals who are eligible to serve as 

reviewers for any particular group of 

applicants will not have conflicts of 

interest. It also will increase the quality, 

independence, and fairness of the 

review process, while permitting panel 

members to review applications under 

discretionary grant competitions for 

which they also have submitted 

applications. However, if the 

Department decides to select an equal 

number of applications in each group 

for funding, this may result in different 

cut-off points for fundable applications 

in each group. 

4. Special Conditions: Under 34 CFR 

74.14 and 80.12, the Secretary may 

impose special conditions on a grant if 

the applicant or grantee is not 

financially stable; has a history of 

unsatisfactory performance; has a 

financial or other management system 

that does not meet the standards in 34 

CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has 

not fulfilled the conditions of a prior 

grant; or is otherwise not responsible. 

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: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) 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 

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performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993, the Department has 

established a set of performance 

measures, including long-term 

measures, that are designed to yield 

information on various aspects of the 

effectiveness and quality of the Training 

and Information for Parents of Children 

with Disabilities program. The measures 

focus on the extent to which projects 

provide high-quality materials, the 

relevance of project products and 

services to educational and early 

intervention policy and practice, and 

the usefulness of products and services 

to improve educational and early 

intervention policy and practice. 

Grantees will be required to provide 

information related to these measures in 

annual reports submitted to the 

Department. 

Grantees also will be required to 

report information on their projects’ 

performance in annual reports to the 

Department (34 CFR 75.590). 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award, the Secretary may 

consider, under 34 CFR 75.253, the 

extent to which a grantee has made 

‘‘substantial progress toward meeting 

the objectives in its approved 

application.’’ This consideration 

includes the review of a grantee’s 

progress in meeting the targets and 

projected outcomes in its approved 

application, and whether the grantee 

has expended funds in a manner that is 

consistent with its approved application 

and budget. In making a continuation 

award, the Secretary also considers 

whether the grantee is operating in 

compliance with the assurances in its 

approved application, including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department (34 CFR 

100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: See 

the chart under section II. Award 

Information of this notice for the name, 

room number, and telephone number of 

the contact person for each competition. 

You can write to the contact person at 

the following address: U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW., Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), 

Washington, DC 20202–2550. 

If you use a TDD or a TTY, 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 disc) 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 or a TTY, call 

the FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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 via the Federal Digital System 

at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site 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). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Dated: February 21, 2012. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4551 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Advisory Council on Indian 

Education (NACIE) 

AGENCY: U.S. Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of an open 

teleconference meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of an 

upcoming teleconference meeting of the 

National Advisory Council on Indian 

Education (the Council) and is intended 

to notify the general public of the 

meeting. This notice also describes the 

functions of the Council. Notice of the 

Council’s meetings is required under 

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

Committee Act. 

Date and time: March 12, 2012—1 

p.m.–5 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. 

Location: The meeting will be 

conducted via conference call with 

NACIE members. Up to 20 dial-in, 

listen-only phone lines will be made 

available to the public on a first come, 

first serve basis. The conference call 

number is 1.800.871.9060 and the 

participant code is 929296858#. 

The public is also invited to attend 

the conference call meeting at the U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Street SW., Room 1W105/108, 

Washington, DC 20202–6400. Members 

of the public should report to the 

security desk and a form of federal I.D. 

will be required for security clearance 

and escorted access to the meeting 

room. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Advisory Council on Indian 

Education is authorized by Section 7141 

of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act. The Council is 

established within the Department of 

Education to advise the Secretary of 

Education on the funding and 

administration (including the 

development of regulations, and 

administrative policies and practices) of 

any program over which the Secretary 

has jurisdiction and includes Indian 

children or adults as participants or 

programs that may benefit Indian 

children or adults, including any 

program established under Title VII, 

Part A of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act. The Council submits to 

the Congress, not later than June 30 of 

each year, a report on the activities of 

the Council that includes 

recommendations the Council considers 

appropriate for the improvement of 

Federal education programs that include 

Indian children or adults as participants 

or that may benefit Indian children or 

adults, and recommendations 

concerning the funding of any such 

program. One of the Council’s 

responsibilities is to develop and 

provide recommendations to the 

Secretary of Education on the funding 

and administration (including the 

development of regulations, and 

administrative policies and practices) of 

any program over which the Secretary 

has jurisdiction that can benefit Indian 

children or adults participating in any 

program which could benefit Indian 

children. The Council is convening this 

public meeting to review, advise, and 

discuss the following items: (1) 

Recommendations to the Secretary of 

Education concerning the funding and 

administration (including the 

development of regulations and 

administrative policies and practices) of 

programs; (2) review the Executive 

Order 13592 establishing the White 

House Initiative on American Indian 

and Alaska Native Education 

(Initiative); (3) provide input on the 


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