4924 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 17 / Thursday, January 25, 2024 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

Defense Science Board; Notice of 

Federal Advisory Committee Meeting; 

Cancellation 

AGENCY: Under Secretary of Defense for 

Research and Engineering, Department 

of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Notice of Federal Advisory 

Committee meeting; cancellation. 

SUMMARY: On January 18, 2024, the DoD 

published a notice announcing a 

Federal Advisory Committee meeting of 

the Defense Science Board (DSB) that 

was to take place on January 18, 2024. 

The meeting has been cancelled. 

DATES: Cancelled; open to the public 

Thursday, January 18, 2024, from 3 p.m. 

to 3:45 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Elizabeth J. Kowalski, Designated 

Federal Officer (DFO): (703) 571–0081 

(Voice), (703) 697–1860 (Facsimile), 

elizabeth.j.kowalski.civ@mail.mil, 

(Email). Mailing address is Defense 

Science Board, 3140 Defense Pentagon, 

Washington, DC 20301–3140. Website: 

http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to 

circumstances beyond the control of the 

Designated Federal Officer and the 

Department of Defense, the Defense 

Science Board was unable to provide 

public notification required by 41 CFR 

102–3.150(a) concerning the 

cancellation of its January 18, 2024 

meeting. Accordingly, the Advisory 

Committee Management Officer for the 

Department of Defense, pursuant to 41 

CFR 102–3.150(b), waives the 15- 

calendar day notification requirement. 

On January 18, 2024 (89 FR 3386), the 

DoD published a notice announcing a 

Federal Advisory Committee meeting of 

the Defense Science Board (DSB) that 

was to take place on January 18, 2024. 

The meeting has been cancelled. The 

meeting will be re-scheduled for a later 

date and an updated notice published in 

the Federal Register. 

Dated: January 19, 2024. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Personnel Development To Improve 

Services and Results for Children With 

Disabilities Program—Preservice 

Program Development Grants at 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities, Tribally Controlled 

Colleges and Universities, and Other 

Minority Serving Institutions To 

Diversify Personnel Serving Children 

With Disabilities 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2024 for Personnel 

Development to Improve Services and 

Results for Children with Disabilities 

Program—Preservice Development 

Grants at Historically Black Colleges 

and Universities, Tribally Controlled 

Colleges and Universities, and Other 

Minority Serving Institutions to 

Diversify Personnel Serving Children 

with Disabilities, Assistance Listing 

Number 84.325X. This notice relates to 

the approved information collection 

under OMB control number 1820–0028. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: January 25, 

2024. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 4, 2024. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 3, 2024. 

Pre-Application Webinar Information: 

No later than January 30, 2024, the 

Office of Special Education Programs 

and Rehabilitative Services will post 

pre-recorded informational webinars 

designed to provide technical assistance 

(TA) to interested applicants. The 

webinars may be found at https://

www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/osep/ 

new-osep-grants.html. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on December 7, 2022 

(87 FR 75045) and available at 

www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2022/12/07/2022-26554/commoninstructions-for-applicants-todepartment-of-education-discretionarygrant-programs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tracie Dickson, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 4A10 Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7844. Email: 

Tracie.Dickson@ed.gov. 

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability and wish to 

access telecommunications relay 

services, please dial 7–1–1. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purposes of 

this program are to (1) help address 

State-identified needs for personnel 

preparation in special education, early 

intervention, related services, and 

regular education to work with children, 

including infants, toddlers, and youth 

with disabilities; and (2) ensure that 

those personnel have the necessary 

skills and knowledge, derived from 

practices that have been determined 

through scientifically based research, to 

be successful in serving those children. 

Priority: This competition includes 

one absolute priority. In accordance 

with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(v), the 

absolute priority is from allowable 

activities specified in the statute (see 

sections 662 and 681 of the Individuals 

with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 

(20 U.S.C. 1462 and 1481)). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2024 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

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

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Preservice Development Grants at 

Historically Black Colleges and 

Universities, Tribally Controlled 

Colleges and Universities, and Other 

Minority Serving Institutions To 

Diversify Personnel Serving Children 

With Disabilities. 

Background: 

Special education and related services 

personnel are at the top of the critical 

shortage list in educational systems in 

nearly every State, especially in urban 

areas (U.S. Department of Education, 

2023b; American Speech Language 

Hearing Association, n.d.; National 

Coalition on Personnel Shortages in 

Special Education and Related Services, 

n.d.). In a national survey of Part C State 

coordinators, 98 percent of respondents 

indicated that they had shortages of 

personnel to work in their early 

intervention system (IDEA Infant and 

Toddler Coordinators Association, 

2021). These shortages impede the 

ability of children with disabilities to 

reach their full potential (Center on 

Great Teachers and Leaders, 2023a). 

Compounding the issue is the critical 

shortage of early intervention, special 


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