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regions for growth and success in the 

worldwide economy. In order to 

effectively administer and monitor its 

economic development assistance 

programs, EDA collects certain 

information from applications for, and 

recipients of, EDA investment 

assistance. 

The Summary of EDA Construction 

Standards (commonly referred to as the 

‘‘bluebook’’) and the Standard Terms 

and Conditions for Construction 

Projects, as well as any special 

conditions incorporated into the terms 

and conditions at the time of award, 

supplement the requirements that apply 

to EDA-funded construction projects. 

The information collected is used to 

monitor recipients’ compliance with 

EDA’s statutory and regulatory 

requirements and specific terms and 

conditions relating to individual 

awards. EDA also uses the information 

requested to analyze and evaluate 

program performance. 

II. Method of Collection 

Paper and electronic submissions. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0610–0096. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Regular submission 

(extension of a currently approved 

information collection). 

Affected Public: Current recipients of 

EDA construction (Public Works or 

Economic Adjustment) assistance, to 

include (1) cities or other political 

subdivisions of a state, including a 

special purpose unit of state or local 

government engaged in economic or 

infrastructure development activities, or 

a consortium of political subdivisions; 

(2) states; (3) institutions of higher 

education or a consortium of 

institutions of higher education; (4) 

public or private non-profit 

organizations or associations; (5) District 

Organizations; and (6) Indian Tribes or 

a consortia of Indian Tribes. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 4,200. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 

hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 8,400. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 13, 2015. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06192 Filed 3–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Economic Development Administration 

Proposed Information Collection; 

Comment Request; Property 

Management 

AGENCY: Economic Development 

Administration, Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Commerce, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork and 

respondent burden, invites the general 

public and other Federal agencies to 

take this opportunity to comment on 

proposed and/or continuing information 

collections, as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

submitted on or before May 18, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments 

to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental 

Paperwork Clearance Officer, 

Department of Commerce, Room 6616, 

14th and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230 (or via the 

Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to: Philip Saputo, Program 

Analyst, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Economic Development Administration 

Performance and National Programs 

Division, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Suite 71030, Washington, DC 

20230, Phone: 202–400–0662, Email: 

PSaputo@eda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Abstract 

The mission of the Economic 

Development Administration (EDA) is 

to lead the Federal economic agenda by 

promoting innovation and 

competitiveness, preparing American 

regions for growth and success in the 

worldwide economy. In order to 

effectively administer and monitor its 

economic development assistance 

programs, EDA collects certain 

information from applications for, and 

recipients of, EDA investment 

assistance. 

A recipient must request in writing 

EDA’s approval to undertake an 

incidental use of property acquired or 

improved with EDA’s investment 

assistance (see 13 CFR 314.3 of EDA’s 

regulations). This collection of 

information allows EDA to determine 

whether an incidental use of property 

acquired or improved with EDA 

investment assistance is appropriate. If 

a recipient wishes EDA to release its 

real property or tangible personal 

property interests before the expiration 

of the property’s estimated useful life, 

the recipient must submit a written 

request to EDA and disclose to EDA the 

intended future use of the real property 

or the tangible personal property for 

which the release is requested (see 13 

CFR 314.10 of EDA’s regulations). This 

collection of information allows EDA to 

determine whether to release its real 

property or tangible personal property 

interests. 

II. Method of Collection 

Paper and electronic submissions. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0610–0103. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Review: Ad hoc submission 

(only when a recipient makes a request). 

Affected Public: Current recipients of 

EDA construction (Public Works or 

Economic Adjustment) assistance, to 

include (1) cities or other political 

subdivisions of a state, including a 

special purpose unit of state or local 

government engaged in economic or 

infrastructure development activities, or 

a consortium of political subdivisions; 

(2) states; (3) institutions of higher 

education or a consortium of 

institutions of higher education; (4) 

public or private non-profit 

organizations or associations; (5) District 

Organizations; and (6) Indian Tribes or 

a consortia of Indian Tribes. 

Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 150 (54 incidental use 

requests; 96 for requests to release 

EDA’s Property interest). 

Estimated Time per Response: 45 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 413. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $0. 

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IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: March 13, 2015. 

Glenna Mickelson, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–06193 Filed 3–17–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Technical Assistance and 

Dissemination To Improve Services 

and Results for Children With 

Disabilities—Model Demonstration 

Projects To Improve Adolescent 

Literacy for Students with Disabilities 

in Middle and High Schools, Grades 

6–12 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: Technical 

Assistance and Dissemination to 

Improve Services and Results for 

Children with Disabilities—Model 

Demonstration Projects to Improve 

Adolescent Literacy for Students with 

Disabilities in Middle and High Schools, 

Grades 6–12. 

Notice inviting applications for new 

awards for fiscal year (FY) 2015. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.326M. 

DATES: Applications Available: March 

18, 2015. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 4, 2015. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 1, 2015. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Technical Assistance and 

Dissemination to Improve Services and 

Results for Children with Disabilities 

program is to promote academic 

achievement and to improve results for 

children with disabilities by providing 

technical assistance (TA), supporting 

model demonstration projects, 

disseminating useful information, and 

implementing activities that are 

supported by scientifically based 

research. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from 

allowable activities specified in the 

statute or otherwise authorized in the 

statute (see sections 663 and 681(d) of 

the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA), 20 U.S.C. 1463, 

1481(d). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2015 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants 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: 

Technical Assistance and 

Dissemination to Improve Services and 

Results for Children with Disabilities— 

Model Demonstration Projects to 

Improve Adolescent Literacy for 

Students with Disabilities in Middle and 

High Schools, Grades 6–12. 

Background: The purpose of this 

priority is to fund three cooperative 

agreements to establish and operate 

model demonstration projects that are 

designed to improve adolescent literacy 

for students with disabilities in middle 

and high school grades 6 through 12, 

who score below grade level in reading, 

or who have identified reading goals 

and objectives on their individualized 

education program. Results from the 

National Assessment of Educational 

Progress (NAEP) demonstrate that there 

is a persistent gap in reading 

achievement between students with 

disabilities and those without 

disabilities. In 2013, the average scaled 

scores of eighth graders with 

disabilities, excluding those with a 504 

plan, were 42 points lower than their 

non-disabled peers. Sixty-five percent of 

eighth graders with disabilities scored 

below basic level on the reading 

assessment compared with 19 percent of 

eighth graders without disabilities (U.S. 

Department of Education, 2014). 

Adolescents must possess the ability 

to read for understanding across a wide 

variety of content in order to meet 

college- and career-ready standards. 

Elements of literacy at the middle and 

secondary level include the ability to 

recognize and decode words and how 

students engage in reading as well as 

writing and oral communication skills. 

To improve adolescent literacy, as 

defined for the purpose of this priority, 

models should be designed to 

implement evidence-based adolescent 

literacy interventions that are based on 

strong theory or evidence of promise for 

improving reading, and locating, 

understanding, interpreting, evaluating, 

and using written information across 

multiple content areas. Intensive 

reading intervention to improve 

adolescent literacy should also include 

a mix of effective instruction, modeling, 

professional development, and 

evidence-based teaching practices that 

are appropriate for classroom and small 

group settings. Evidence also suggests 

the implementation of reading 

interventions requires well trained 

professionals who are prepared to 

incorporate these interventions within 

instruction across subjects in middle 

and high school grades (Faggella-Luby, 

Ware, & Capozzoli, 2009). Therefore, 

adolescent literacy models should also 

include professional development as a 

component of the model. In addition, 

such models need to be replicable 

across content areas in classrooms and 

small group settings in multiple school 

sites, with a goal of scaling-up the 

intervention for wider use. 

Priority: The purpose of this priority 

is to fund three cooperative agreements 

to establish and operate model 

demonstration projects that are designed 

to improve the literacy of adolescents 

with disabilities in middle and high 

school grades. For purposes of this 

priority, the target population includes: 

Students with disabilities in grades 6 

through 12 who score below grade level 

in reading, or who have identified 

reading goals and objectives on their 

individualized education program. For 

purposes of this priority, the term 

‘‘adolescent literacy’’ refers to the skills 

needed by individuals with disabilities 

in middle or high school grades to 

locate, read, understand, interpret, 

evaluate, and use written information 

across multiple content areas. 

(a) Model demonstration projects 

funded under this priority must direct 

their efforts at improving adolescent 

literacy interventions in content areas 

using effective whole-class and small 

group instructional approaches for 

students with disabilities; 

(b) Models must also include— 

(1) A professional development 

component to teach educators how to 

implement the interventions with 

fidelity across a variety of content areas. 

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