[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 57 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15767-15768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06744]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.328M]


Reopening; Applications for New Awards; Training and Information 
for Parents of Children With Disabilities--Parent Training and 
Information Centers

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, 
Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On December 11, 2014, we published in the Federal Register (79 
FR 73557) a notice inviting applications for the FY 2015 Parent 
Training and Information Centers competition (NIA). The notice 
established a deadline date of February 9, 2015, for the transmittal of 
applications. This notice reopens the competition for five days.

DATES: 
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 30, 2015.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 29, 2015.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A significant number of applications 
received in response to the NIA were not eligible because the 
applicants did not follow the formatting or deadline requirements in 
the NIA. Consequently, we did not receive eligible applications for a 
number of States. Therefore, we are reopening the competition to allow 
applicants to submit or resubmit applications that meet the 
requirements in the NIA, in order to ensure that parents in all States 
can be served by a Parent Training and Information Center.
    Applicants that have already submitted applications under the FY 
2015 Parent Training and Information Centers competition are encouraged 
to review their applications and determine whether they have met all 
eligibility requirements, including formatting requirements and the 
deadline for submission, in the NIA and the application package, which 
is available at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/oseppic/applicant.html.
    Note that the NIA requires double spacing (no more than three lines 
per vertical inch) for all text in the application narrative, including 
titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, reference citations, and 
captions, as well as all text in charts, tables, figures, graphs, and 
screen shots.
    Applicants may review a recorded Webinar that discusses the 
application requirements at http://tadnet.adobeconnect.com/p763v5dg8fm/.
    As stated above, applicants may resubmit applications that may not 
have met all formatting requirements. Applicants that already submitted 
timely applications that meet all of the formatting requirements do not 
have to resubmit their applications. If a new application is not 
submitted, the Department will use the application that was submitted 
before the February 9, 2015, 4:30 p.m. EST deadline.

    Note: Applications that did not meet the February deadline must 
be resubmitted to be considered for review.

    Note to Applicants: The notice published on December 11, 2014, 
provides other information that applies

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to this competition. Specifically, the priority in that notice, 
entitled ``Parent Training and Information Centers,'' identifies the 
requirements for applications submitted in response to this notice, 
including the eligible entities, the States from which we are accepting 
applications, and the instructions for submitting applications.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carmen Sanchez, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 4057, Potomac Center Plaza 
(PCP), Washington, DC 20202-2600. Telephone: (202) 245-6595.
    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.
    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 compact 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: March 18, 2015.
Sue Swenson,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services.
[FR Doc. 2015-06744 Filed 3-24-15; 8:45 am]
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