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Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 04769. When you access 

the information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection and OMB Control Number 

when making your request. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

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

that Federal agencies provide interested 

parties an early opportunity to comment 

on information collection requests. The 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information 

and Records Management Services, 

Office of Management, publishes this 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests at the beginning of 

the Departmental review of the 

information collection. The Department 

of Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Teacher 

Cancellation Low Income Directory. 

OMB Control Number: 1845–0077. 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 114. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 6,840. 

Abstract: Institutions of higher 

education, as well as the U.S. 

Department of Education, use the TCLI 

Directory to assist students in 

determining if the schools they may 

teach at upon completing their degrees 

meet the qualifications for receiving the 

loan cancellations or receiving the 

TEACH Grant as grant funds. The 

purpose of the TCLI Directory is to 

provide a single location for the public 

to find the list of schools and 

educational service agencies that are 

reported. By teaching at one of these 

schools, recipients of Federal Perkins 

Loans and Direct Loans may qualify for 

loan cancellation as provided under 

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965. Additionally 

teaching at one of these schools is a 

requirement for the TEACH Grant 

program. 

Dated: April 5, 2012. 

Tomakie Washington, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8575 Filed 4–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Elementary and Secondary School 

Counseling Programs 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: Elementary 

and Secondary School Counseling 

Programs Notice inviting applications 

for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2012. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.215E. 

DATES: Applications Available: April 10, 

2012. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 25, 2012. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 24, 2012. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Elementary and Secondary School 

Counseling Programs is to support 

efforts by local educational agencies 

(LEAs) to establish or expand 

elementary school and secondary school 

counseling programs. 

Priorities: This notice contains two 

absolute and three competitive 

preference priorities. The absolute 

priorities are from section 5421 of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) (20 

U.S.C. 7245) and from the notice of 

Supplemental Priorities for 

Discretionary Grant Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 15, 2010 (75 FR 78485), and 

corrected on May 12, 2011 (76 FR 

27637) (the ‘‘Supplemental Priorities’’). 

The competitive preference priorities 

are from the Supplemental Priorities 

and the notice of final priority 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 16, 2011 (76 FR 78250). 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2012 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, these 

priorities are absolute priorities. Under 

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

applications that meet these priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1: Establish or 

expand counseling programs in 

elementary schools, secondary schools, 

or both. 

Absolute Priority 2: Enabling More 

Data-Based Decision-Making. 

Projects that are designed to collect 

(or obtain), analyze, and use highquality and timely data, including data 

on program participant outcomes, in 

accordance with privacy requirements 

(as defined in this notice), in the 

following priority area: improving 

instructional practices, policies, and 

student outcomes in elementary or 

secondary schools. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2012 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), we award up to 

an additional 5 points to an application, 

depending on how well the application 

meets one of the following three 

priorities. Applicants may address more 

than one of the competitive preference 

priorities; however, the Department will 

review and award points under only one 

of the priorities. Therefore, an applicant 

must identify in its application the 

competitive preference priority under 

which it is seeking points. An applicant 

must identify in the abstract section of 

its application the priority it wishes the 

Department to consider for purposes of 

earning competitive preference priority 

points. 

Note: The Department will not review or 

award points under any competitive 

preference priority for an application that (1) 

fails to clearly identify in the abstract the 

competitive preference priority the applicant 

wishes the Department to consider for 

purposes of earning competitive preference 

priority points, or (2) identifies more than 

one competitive preference priority the 

applicant wishes the Department to consider 

for purposes of earning competitive 

preference priority points. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1: 

Projects Serving Students Residing on 

Indian Lands. 

Under this priority, we give priority to 

applications for projects that are 


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proposed by any eligible entity serving 

students residing on ‘‘Indian lands’’ as 

that term is defined by section 8013 of 

the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7713(7)). The 

eligible entity must be the only 

applicant or the lead applicant in a 

consortium of eligible entities. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2: 

Turning Around Persistently LowestAchieving Schools. 

Under this priority, we give priority to 

applications for projects providing 

services to students enrolled in 

persistently lowest-achieving schools 

(as defined in this notice). 

Note: For the purposes of this priority, the 

Department considers schools that are 

identified as Tier I or Tier II schools under 

the School Improvement Grants Program (see 

75 FR 66363) as part of a State’s approved FY 

2009 or FY 2010 application to be 

persistently lowest-achieving schools. A list 

of these Tier I and Tier II schools can be 

found on the Department’s Web site at 

www2.ed.gov/programs/sif/index.html. 

Competitive Preference Priority 3: 

Support for Military Families. 

Under this priority, we give priority to 

applications for projects that are 

designed to address the needs of 

military-connected students (as defined 

in this notice). 

Definitions: The following definitions 

are from 34 CFR part 77 and the 

Supplemental Priorities and apply to 

this competition. Additional definitions 

applicable to this program are found in 

the authorizing statute for this program 

at 20 U.S.C. 7245 and in the program 

regulations in 34 CFR part 77, and they 

will be included in the application 

package. 

Elementary school means a day or 

residential school that provides 

elementary education, as determined 

under State law. 

Secondary school means a day or 

residential school that provides 

secondary education, as determined 

under State law. In the absence of State 

law, the Secretary may determine, with 

respect to that State, whether the term 

includes education beyond the twelfth 

grade. 

Military-connected student means (a) 

a child participating in an early learning 

program, a student in preschool through 

grade 12, or a student enrolled in 

postsecondary education or training 

who has a parent or guardian on active 

duty in the uniformed services (as 

defined by 37 U.S.C. 101, in the Army, 

Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast 

Guard, National Guard, or the reserve 

component of any of the aforementioned 

services) or (b) a student who is a 

veteran of the uniformed services, who 

is on active duty, or who is the spouse 

of an active-duty service member. 

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 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. 

Privacy requirements means the 

requirements of the Family Educational 

Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 

U.S.C. 1232g, and its implementing 

regulations in 34 CFR part 99, the 

Privacy Act, 5 U.S.C. 552a, as well as all 

applicable Federal, State and local 

requirements regarding privacy. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7245. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations 

in 34 CFR part 299. (c) The notice of 

final eligibility requirements for the 

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools 

discretionary grant programs published 

in the Federal Register on December 4, 

2006 (71 FR 70369). (d) The notice of 

final priority for the Office of Safe and 

Healthy Students discretionary grant 

programs published in the Federal 

Register on December 16, 2011 (76 FR 

78250). (e) The Supplemental Priorities. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$21,305,000. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards later in 

FY 2012 and in subsequent years from 

the list of unfunded applicants from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$250,000–$400,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$350,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $400,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. 

Note: Section 5421(a)(5) of the ESEA limits 

the amount of a grant under this program in 

any one year to a maximum of $400,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 61. 

Note: Section 5421(g)(1) of the ESEA 

requires that for any fiscal year in which the 

amount of funds made available by the 

Secretary for this program equals or exceeds 

$40,000,000, the Secretary shall award not 

less than $40,000,000 to enable LEAs to 

establish or expand counseling programs in 

elementary schools. Under this notice, 

applicants may propose projects that 

establish or expand counseling programs in 

elementary schools, secondary schools, or 

both. 

Note: We will use the highest grade level 

an applicant proposes to serve under its 

grant, along with the information obtained by 

examining the applicant State’s law that 

defines what grade levels constitute an 

elementary school in the State, to determine 

if the application will be considered for 

funding from amounts available for 

elementary school counseling programs only, 

from amounts available for elementary or 

secondary school counseling programs, or 

both. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

Budgets should be developed for each 

year of funding requested up to 36 

months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: (a) LEAs, 

including charter schools that are 

considered LEAs under State law. 

(b) LEAs that currently have an active 

grant under the Elementary and 

Secondary School Counseling Programs 

are not eligible to apply for an award in 

this competition. For the purpose of this 

eligibility requirement, a grant is 

considered active until the end of the 

grant’s project or funding period, 

including any extensions of those 

periods that extend the grantee’s 

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2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

3. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This 

program has supplement-not-supplant 

funding requirements. Section 

5421(b)(2)(G) of the ESEA requires 

applicants under this program to assure 

that program funds will be used to 

supplement, and not supplant, any 

other Federal, State, or local funds used 

for providing school-based counseling 

and mental health services to students. 

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: www.ed.gov/ 

programs/elseccounseling/ 

applicant.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 from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this program or 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.215E. 

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 program contact 

person listed under Accessible Format 

in section VII of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

program. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

is where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria that reviewers use to 

evaluate your application. You must 

limit the application narrative to no 

more than 25 pages, using the following 

standards: 

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

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

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

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; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the bibliography, or the 

letters of support. However, the page 

limit does apply to all of the application 

narrative section [Part III]. 

Our reviewers will not read any pages 

of your application that exceed the page 

limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: April 10, 

2012. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 25, 2012. 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). 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. 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 in 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: July 24, 2012. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

5. Funding Restrictions: Section 

5421(d) of the ESEA requires that no 

more than four percent of a grant award 

may be used for administrative costs to 

carry out the project. We reference 

additional regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section in 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 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow two to five 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 this 

program must be submitted 

electronically unless you qualify for an 

exception to this requirement in 

accordance with the instructions in this 

section. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications 

Applications for grants under the 

Elementary and Secondary School 

Counseling Program, CFDA number 

84.215E, must be submitted 

electronically using the 

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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. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Elementary and 

Secondary School Counseling Programs 

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 84.215, not 84.215E). 

Please note the following: 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not 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 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 upload any narrative 

sections and all other attachments to 

your application as files in a PDF 

(Portable Document) read-only, nonmodifiable format. Do not upload an 

interactive or fillable PDF file. If you 

upload a file type other than a readonly, non-modifiable PDF or submit a 

password-protected file, we will not 

review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by 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 unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

the Grants.gov system because–– 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevent you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. 

If you mail your written statement to 

the Department, it must be postmarked 


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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: Lisa Harrison, U.S. 

Department of Education, 550 12th 

Street SW., Room 10070, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–6450. Fax: (202) 245–7166 or 

Loretta McDaniel, U.S. Department of 

Education, 550 12th Street SW., Room 

10080, Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), 

Washington, DC 20202–6450. Fax: (202) 

245–7166. 

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: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.215E), 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 84.215E), 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 of EDGAR 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). 

Additional factors we consider in 

selecting an application for an award are 

from section 5421(a)(3) of the ESEA, 

which requires an equitable geographic 

distribution among the regions of the 

United States and among LEAs located 

in urban, rural, and suburban areas. 

3. 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 Notice (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 in this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section in 

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 

may also require more frequent 

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: The 

Department has established the 

following Government Performance and 

Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) performance 

measures for the Elementary and 

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(1) the percentage of grantees closing the 

gap between their student/mental health 

professional ratios and the student/ 

mental health professional ratios 

recommended by the statute; and (2) the 

average number of referrals per grant 

site for disciplinary reasons in schools 

participating in the program. 

These measures constitute the 

Department’s indicators of success for 

this program. Consequently, we advise 

an applicant for a grant under this 

program to give careful consideration to 

these measures in conceptualizing the 

approach and evaluation for the 

applicant’s proposed project. Each 

grantee will be required to provide, in 

its annual performance and final 

reports, data about the grantee’s 

progress against these measures. 

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 

grant, 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 Contacts 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Harrison, U.S. Department of Education, 

550 12th Street SW., room 10070, 

Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), 

Washington, DC 20202–6450. 

Telephone: 202–245–7873 or by email: 

Lisa.Harrison@ed.gov or Loretta 

McDaniel, U.S. Department of 

Education, 550 12th Street, SW., room 

10080, Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), 

Washington, DC 20202–6450. 

Telephone: 202–245–7870 or by email: 

Loretta.McDaniel@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD or TTY, call the 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 alternative format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on 

request to the program contact person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII in this notice. 

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: April 5, 2012. 

Michael Yudin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8616 Filed 4–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Proposed Priorities; Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Program 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: 

CFDA Number: 84.133E–1 and 

84.133E–3. 

Proposed Priorities—National 

Institute on Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)— 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program— 

Rehabilitation Engineering Research 

Centers (RERCs). 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services proposes two priorities for the 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program 

administered by NIDRR. Specifically, 

this notice proposes two priorities for 

RERCs: Recreational Technologies and 

Exercise Physiology Benefiting 

Individuals with Disabilities (Proposed 

Priority (1) and Rehabilitation Robotics 

(Proposed Priority (2)). The Assistant 

Secretary may use one or more of these 

priorities for competitions in fiscal year 

(FY) 2012 and later years. We take this 

action to focus research attention on 

areas of national need. We intend to use 

these priorities to improve rehabilitation 

services and outcomes for individuals 

with disabilities. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before May 10, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

this notice to Marlene Spencer, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW., room 5133, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–2700. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by email, use the following address: 

Marlene.Spencer@ed.gov. You must 

include the term ‘‘Proposed Priorities 

for RERCs’’ and the priority title in the 

subject line of your electronic message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlene Spencer. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7532 or by email: 

Marlene.Spencer@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of proposed priorities is in 

concert with NIDRR’s currently 

approved Long-Range Plan (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: 

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. 

This notice proposes two priorities 

that NIDRR intends to use for RERC 

competitions in FY 2012 and possibly 

later years. However, nothing precludes 

NIDRR from publishing additional 

priorities, if needed. Furthermore, 

NIDRR is under no obligation to make 

awards for these priorities. The decision 

to make an award will be based on the 

quality of applications received and 

available funding. 

Invitation to Comment: We invite you 

to submit comments regarding this 

notice. To ensure that your comments 

have maximum effect in developing the 


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