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(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 

grant 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 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are from 34 CFR 

75.210 and 34 CFR 390.30 and are listed 

in the application package. 

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: 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 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA) of 1993 directs Federal 

departments and agencies to improve 

the effectiveness of programs by 

engaging in strategic planning, setting 

outcome-related goals for programs, and 

measuring program results against those 

goals. 

The goal of the RSA Rehabilitation 

Short-Term Training program is to 

upgrade the skills of staff currently 

employed by CAPs, to educate CAP staff 

on new program developments, and to 

develop staff skills in strategic and 

operational planning and direction of 

CAP services. In order to measure the 

success of the grantee in meeting this 

goal, the CAP training grantee is 

required to conduct an evaluation of the 

training activities provided. In annual 

performance reports, the grantee is 

required to provide specific information 

on: 

• The number of training activities; 

• The topics of each training program; 

• The number of participants served; 

• The target groups represented by 

participants; and 

• Summary data from participant 

evaluations. 

In addition to the required 

quantitative data that must be collected 

and submitted each year, the grantee 

must also provide as part of the 

grantee’s annual report to RSA a 

qualitative analysis of each year’s 

training activities that assesses the 

activities in relation to the goal of 

enhancing the skills and knowledge of 

personnel currently employed by CAPs. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Traci DiMartini, U.S. Department of 

Education, Rehabilitation Services 

Administration, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Room 5027, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2800. Telephone: (202) 245–6425 

or by e-mail: traci.dimartini@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, 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 diskette) 

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, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1—800—877—8339. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

Note: 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 on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: April 21, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–9646 Filed 4–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; Rehabilitation Capacity 

Building for Traditionally Underserved 

Populations—Rehabilitation Capacity 

Building; Notice Inviting Applications 

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 

2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.315C 

and 84.315D. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: April 26, 

2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 10, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 9, 2010. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The 

Rehabilitation Capacity Building for 

Traditionally Underserved Populations 

program provides financial assistance 

for projects that provide training, 

research, technical assistance, or related 

activities to improve services provided 

under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

amended (Act), especially services 

provided to individuals from minority 

backgrounds. Section 21 of the Act 

underscores the importance of 

increasing the participation of minority 

entities, as defined under section 

21(b)(5) of the Act, in activities funded 

under the Act and enhancing their 

capacity to carry out these activities (29 

U.S.C. 718). 

Priorities: These priorities are from 

the notice of final priorities for this 

program, published in the Federal 

Register on May 9, 2002 (67 FR 31700). 

For the purposes of these priorities, a 

‘‘minority entity’’ includes a Hispanicserving institution whose Hispanic 

student enrollment is 25 percent or 

more of the institution’s student 

population. 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2010 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of approved but 


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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: 

Priority 1—Establishing New 

Rehabilitation Training Programs 

(CFDA Number 84.315C) 

Projects funded must meet the 

requirements in section 21(b)(2)(B) of 

the Rehabilitation Act. 

Projects must— 

(1) Enhance and increase the capacity 

of minority institutions of higher 

education to prepare more individuals 

for careers in the public vocational 

rehabilitation (VR) program, including 

individuals from minority backgrounds; 

(2) Be located at minority institutions 

of higher education, including 

community colleges whose minority 

student enrollment is at least 50 

percent, that are interested in 

establishing new first-time 

rehabilitation training programs at the 

associate degree, undergraduate degree, 

and graduate degree levels; 

(3) Include an evaluation component 

based upon clear, specific performance 

and outcome measures; and 

(4) Report the results of the evaluation 

in its annual performance report. 

Priority 2—Capacity Building for 

Minority Entities (CFDA Number 

84.315D) 

Projects funded must meet the 

requirements in section 21(b)(2)(C) of 

the Rehabilitation Act. 

Projects must— 

(1) Provide outreach, capacity 

building, and technical assistance to 

minority entities and Indian Tribes to 

promote their participation in activities 

funded under the Act, including 

assistance to carry out those activities; 

(2) Provide a variety of training and 

technical assistance activities, including 

grant writing workshops that focus on 

Rehabilitation Services Administration 

(RSA) and National Institute on 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

(NIDRR) discretionary grant programs, 

the peer review process, selection 

criteria, training on disability legislation 

(i.e., Americans with Disabilities Act, 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, 

etc.), and technical assistance to 

minority entities that are first-time 

recipients of grants funded under the 

Act in order to increase their ability to 

carry out their grants; 

(3) Include an evaluation component 

based upon clear, specific performance 

and outcome measures; and 

(4) Report the results of the evaluation 

in its annual performance report. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 718(b). 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 

84, 85, 86, and 99. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except Federally 

recognized Indian Tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$2,400,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$150,000–$200,000 for 315C; $250,000– 

$300,000 for 315D. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$240,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $200,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months for 84.315C or 

exceeds $300,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months for 84.315D. The 

Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

may change the maximum amount 

through a notice published in the 

Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards 

Priority 1—CFDA Number 84.315C: 5. 

Priority 2—CFDA Number 84.315D: 5. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: For priority 1, 

minority entities as defined under 

section 21(b)(5) of the Act. Under the 

Act, the term minority entity means an 

entity that is a historically black college 

or university, a Hispanic-serving 

institution of higher education, an 

American Indian Tribal college or 

university, or another institution of 

higher education whose minority 

student enrollment is at least 50 

percent. 

For priority 2, a State or a public or 

private nonprofit agency or 

organization, such as an institution of 

higher education or an Indian Tribe. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect 

cost reimbursement on a training grant is 

limited to the recipient’s actual indirect 

costs, as determined in its negotiated indirect 

cost rate agreement, or eight percent of a 

modified total direct cost base, whichever 

amount is less. Indirect costs in excess of this 

limit may not be charged directly, used to 

satisfy matching or cost sharing 

requirements, or charged to another Federal 

award. 

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: http:// 

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), call, toll free: 1–877–576– 

7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: http://www.EDPubs.gov or at 

its e-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.315C or D. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) 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 This 

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 the 

application narrative (Part III) to the 

equivalent of no more than 45 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 


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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). 

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: April 26, 

2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 10, 2010. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Electronic Grant 

Application System (e-Application) 

accessible through the Department’s eGrants site. 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. 6. 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: August 9, 2010. 

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 

competition. 

5. Funding Restrictions 

We reference regulations outlining 

funding restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Other Submission Requirements 

Applications for grants under this 

competition 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 

Rehabilitation Capacity Building for 

Traditionally Underserved Populations 

program, CFDA Number 84.315C and D 

must be submitted electronically using 

e-Application, accessible through the 

Department’s e-Grants Web site at: 

http://e-grants.ed.gov. 

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. 

While completing your electronic 

application, you will be entering data 

online that will be saved into a 

database. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

Please note the following: 

• You must complete the electronic 

submission of your grant application by 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. EApplication will not accept an 

application for this program after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the application 

process. 

• The hours of operation of the eGrants Web site are 6:00 a.m. Monday 

until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 

a.m. Thursday until 8:00 p.m. Sunday, 

Washington, DC time. Please note that, 

because of maintenance, the system is 

unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on 

Sundays and 6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and 

between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 

6:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, 

DC time. Any modifications to these 

hours are posted on the e-Grants Web 

site. 

• 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 attach any narrative sections 

of your application as files in a .DOC 

(document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF 

(Portable Document) format. If you 

upload a file type other than the three 

file types specified in this paragraph 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. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgment that will 

include a PR/Award number (an 

identifying number unique to your 

application). 

• Within three working days after 

submitting your electronic application, 

fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center after 

following these steps: 

(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application. 

(2) The applicant’s Authorizing 

Representative must sign this form. 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424. 

(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on other forms at a 

later date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of e-Application Unavailability: 

If you are prevented from electronically 

submitting your application on the 

application deadline date because 

e-Application is unavailable, we will 

grant you an extension of one business 

day to enable you to transmit your 

application electronically, by mail, or by 

hand delivery. We will grant this 

extension if— 

(1) You are a registered user of 

e-Application and you have initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2) (a) E-Application is unavailable for 

60 minutes or more between the hours 

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DC time, on the application deadline 

date; or 

(b) E-Application is unavailable for 

any period of time between 3:30 p.m. 

and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, 

on the application deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting you an extension. To request 

this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgment of any system 

unavailability, you may contact either 

(1) the person listed elsewhere in this 

notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) 

the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336– 

8930. If e-Application is unavailable 

due to technical problems with the 

system and, therefore, the application 

deadline is extended, an e-mail will be 

sent to all registered users who have 

initiated an e-Application. Extensions 

referred to in this section apply only to 

the unavailability of e-Application. 

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 

e-Application because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to eApplication; 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 prevents you from using the 

Internet to submit your application. If 

you mail your written statement to the 

Department, it must be postmarked 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: Ellen Chesley, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 5019, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–2800. FAX: (202) 245–7591. 

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 84.315C or D), 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 84.315C or 

D), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, 

Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, 

DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 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 

grant 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 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 and are listed in the 

application package. 

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: 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 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA) of 1993 directs Federal 

departments and agencies to improve 

the effectiveness of their programs by 

engaging in strategic planning, setting 


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outcome-related goals for programs, and 

measuring program results against those 

goals. The purpose of the Rehabilitation 

Capacity Building for Traditionally 

Underserved Populations program is to 

enhance the capacity and increase the 

participation of minority institutions in 

programs that are funded under the Act, 

as well as to improve the delivery of VR 

services to people with disabilities, 

especially people with disabilities from 

minority backgrounds. 

In order to measure the success of 

capacity building grantees in meeting 

this goal, each grantee is required to 

evaluate its activities based upon clear, 

specific performance and outcome 

measures and report the results of the 

evaluation in its annual performance 

report. At a minimum, the annual 

performance reports must include the 

following: 

For priority 1, grantees must report 

on—(1) The number and type of new 

degree-granting programs established as 

a result of participation in this program 

and the number of students enrolled; (2) 

the number of undergraduate and 

graduate students who graduate from 

programs participating in this program 

and the number who go to work for the 

public VR program or related 

rehabilitation agencies; and (3) the 

number of institutions receiving Council 

on Rehabilitation Education (CORE) 

accreditation as a result of participation 

in this program. 

For priority 2, grantees must report 

on—(1) The number of minority entities 

and Indian Tribes that have received 

training and technical assistance; (2) the 

number of applications submitted by 

first-time and repeat applicants to RSA 

and NIDRR for funding; (3) the number 

of applications by first-time and repeat 

applicants recommended for funding by 

RSA and NIDRR; (4) the number of 

applications by first-time and repeat 

applicants funded by RSA and NIDRR; 

and (5) the number of funded programs 

by first-time and repeat applicants that 

have been implemented and are 

operational. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Ellen Chesley, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., 

room 5019, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2800. Telephone: (202) 245–7300 

or by e-mail: ellen.chesley@ed.gov. 

If you use TDD, 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 diskette) 

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, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

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) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

Note: 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 on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: April 21, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–9635 Filed 4–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Assessment Governing 

Board; Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Education, 

National Assessment Governing Board. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting and 

Partially Closed Sessions. 

SUMMARY: The notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming meeting of the National 

Assessment Governing Board. This 

notice also describes the functions of 

the Board. Notice of this meeting is 

required under Section 10(a)(2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. This 

document is intended to notify members 

of the general public of their 

opportunity to attend. Individuals who 

will need special accommodations in 

order to attend the meeting (e.g., 

interpreting services, assistive listening 

devices, materials in alternative format) 

should notify Munira Mwalimu at 202– 

357–6938 or at 

Munira.Mwalimu@ed.gov no later than 

April 30, 2010. We will attempt to meet 

requests after this date, but cannot 

guarantee availability of the requested 

accommodation. The meeting site is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. 

DATES:

May 13–15, 2010 

Times: 

May 13: Committee Meetings: 

Assessment Development Committee: 

Closed Session—9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

Executive Committee: Open Session— 

4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Closed Session— 

5:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

May 14: 

Full Board: Open Session—8:15 a.m. 

to 9:45 a.m.; Closed Session—12:45 p.m. 

to 2:45 p.m.; Open Session—3 p.m. to 5 

p.m. 

Committee Meetings: 

Assessment Development Committee: 

Open Session—9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; 

Closed Session—11:30 a.m. to 12:30 

p.m. 

Committee on Standards, Design and 

Methodology: Open Session—10 a.m. to 

11:30 a.m.; Closed Session—11:30 a.m. 

to 12:20 p.m. 

Reporting and Dissemination 

Committee: Open Session—10 a.m. to 

12:30 p.m. 

May 15: 

Nominations Committee: Closed 

Session—7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. 

Full Board: Open Session—8:30 a.m. 

to 10:30 a.m. 

Location: Pfister Hotel, 424 East 

Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 

53201. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Munira Mwalimu, Operations Officer, 

National Assessment Governing Board, 

800 North Capitol Street, NW., Suite 

825, Washington, DC 20002–4233, 

Telephone: (202) 357–6938. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Assessment Governing Board 

is established under section 412 of the 

National Education Statistics Act of 

1994, as amended. 

The Board is established to formulate 

policy guidelines for the National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP). The Board’s responsibilities 

include selecting subject areas to be 

assessed, developing assessment 

specifications and frameworks, 

developing appropriate student 

achievement levels for each grade and 

subject tested, developing standards and 

procedures for interstate and national 

comparisons, developing guidelines for 

reporting and disseminating results, and 

releasing initial NAEP results to the 

public. 

On May 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the 

Assessment Development Committee 

will meet in closed session to review 

NAEP mathematics items for grades 4 

and 8 for the 2011 operational 

assessment and the 2013 pilot. The 

Board will be provided with embargoed 

test items that cannot be discussed in an 


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