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comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

17, 2009. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

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

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law, or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The Leader, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, 

publishes that notice containing 

proposed information collection 

requests prior to submission of these 

requests to OMB. Each proposed 

information collection, grouped by 

office, contains the following: (1) Type 

of review requested, e.g. new, revision, 

extension, existing or reinstatement; (2) 

Title; (3) Summary of the collection; (4) 

Description of the need for, and 

proposed use of, the information; (5) 

Respondents and frequency of 

collection; and (6) Reporting and/or 

Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites 

public comment. 

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. 

Dated: January 12, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Leader, Information Collections Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: William D. Ford Federal Direct 

Loan Program (Direct Loan) Program: 

Internship/Residency and Loan Debt 

Burden Forbearance Request Forms. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 5,115. 

Burden Hours: 1,023. 

Abstract: These forms serve as the 

means by which a borrower may request 

forbearance of repayment on his or her 

Direct Loan Program loans based on 

participation in an eligible internship/ 

residency program or based on having 

federal education loan debt burden that 

equals or exceeds 20% of the borrower’s 

monthly gross income. The U.S. 

Department of Education uses the 

information collected on these forms to 

determine whether a borrower meets the 

eligibility requirements for the specific 

forbearance type that the borrower has 

requested. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 3930. 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 when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; 

Overview Information; Carol M. White 

Physical Education Program; Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.215F. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: January 16, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 6, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 6, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Carol M. 

White Physical Education Program 

(PEP) provides grants to local 

educational agencies (LEAs) and 

community-based organizations (CBOs) 

to initiate, expand, or enhance physical 

education programs, including afterschool programs, for students in 

kindergarten through 12th grade. Grant 

recipients must implement programs 

that help students make progress toward 

meeting State standards. 

Priorities: This competition has three 

priorities—one absolute priority and a 

competitive preference priority and 

invitational priority within the absolute 

priority. In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(iv), the absolute priority is 

from sections 5503 and 5504(a) of the 

Elementary and Secondary Education 

Act of 1965, as amended by the No 

Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (ESEA) 

(20 U.S.C. 7261b, 7261c). In accordance 

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

competitive preference priority is from 

34 CFR 75.225. 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2009 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 the initiation, 

expansion, and improvement of 

physical education programs (which 

may include after-school programs) in 

order to make progress toward meeting 

State standards for physical education 

for kindergarten through 12th grade 

students by (1) providing equipment 

and support to enable students to 

participate actively in physical 

education activities; and (2) providing 

funds for staff and teacher training and 

education. 

A physical education program funded 

under this absolute priority must 

provide for one or more of the 

following: 

(1) Fitness education and assessment 

to help students understand, improve, 

or maintain their physical well-being. 

(2) Instruction in a variety of motor 

skills and physical activities designed to 

enhance the physical, mental, and social 

or emotional development of every 

student. 

(3) Development of, and instruction 

in, cognitive concepts about motor skills 

and physical fitness that support a 

lifelong healthy lifestyle. 

(4) Opportunities to develop positive 

social and cooperative skills through 

physical activity participation. 

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(5) Instruction in healthy eating habits 

and good nutrition. 

(6) Opportunities for professional 

development for teachers of physical 

education to stay abreast of the latest 

research, issues, and trends in the field 

of physical education. 

Competitive Preference Priority: 

Within this absolute priority, we give 

competitive preference to applications 

that address the following priority. 

This priority is for applications from 

novice applicants. 

The term novice applicant means any 

applicant for a grant from the 

Department of Education that— 

(1) Has never received a grant or 

subgrant under the program from which 

it seeks funding; 

(2) Has never been a member of a 

group application, submitted in 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.127 through 

75.129, that received a grant under the 

program from which it seeks funding; 

and 

(3) Has not had an active 

discretionary grant from the Federal 

Government in the five years before the 

deadline date for transmittal of 

applications under the program. For the 

purpose of this requirement, a grant is 

active until the end of the grant’s project 

or funding period, including any 

extensions of those periods that extend 

the grantee’s authority to obligate funds. 

In the case of a group application 

submitted in accordance with 34 CFR 

75.127 through 75.129, to qualify as a 

novice applicant, all group members 

must meet the requirements described. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we 

award an additional 5 points to an 

application that meets the competitive 

preference priority. 

Invitational Priority: Within this 

absolute priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that address 

the following invitational priority. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not 

give an application that meets this 

invitational priority a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

This priority is for projects that 

propose programs to address problems 

identified by the applicant in a selfassessment, using the Physical 

Education and Other Physical Activity 

Programs and Nutrition Services 

modules of the Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention’s School Health 

Index (SHI) that are appropriate for the 

schools to be served by the grant. 

Applicants addressing this priority in 

their applications are invited to include 

their SHI scores for these two modules 

in their application for funding, and to 

plan on completing the same Physical 

Education and Other Physical Activity 

Programs and Nutrition Services 

modules of the SHI at the end of the 

project period. 

CBOs are invited to partner with an 

LEA or school to complete the Physical 

Education and Other Physical Activity 

Programs and Nutrition Services 

modules of the SHI since the selfassessment tool is designed to assess 

school-based programs and policies 

related to physical activity and nutrition 

services. 

Information about the SHI is available 

at the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention’s Web site at http:// 

www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7261– 

7261f. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

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

84, 85, 86, 97, 98, 99, and 299. (b) The 

notice of final eligibility requirement for 

the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools 

discretionary grant programs published 

in the Federal Register on December 4, 

2006 (71 FR 70369). 

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: The 

Administration’s budget request for FY 

2009 does not include funds for this 

program. However, we are inviting 

applications now to allow enough time 

to complete the grant process before the 

end of the current fiscal year, if 

Congress appropriates funds for this 

program. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards later in 

FY 2009 and in subsequent years from 

the list of unfunded applicants from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$100,000–$500,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$300,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 95. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: (a) LEAs, 

including charter schools that are 

considered LEAs under State law, and 

CBOs, including faith-based 

organizations provided that they meet 

the applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements. 

(b) The Secretary limits eligibility 

under this discretionary grant 

competition to LEAs or CBOs that do 

not currently have an active grant under 

the PEP program. 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 

authority to obligate funds. 

2. (a) Cost Sharing or Matching: In 

accordance with section 5506 of the 

ESEA, the Federal share of the project 

costs may not exceed (a) 90 percent of 

the total cost of a program for the first 

year for which the program receives 

assistance; and (b) 75 percent of such 

cost for the second and each subsequent 

year. 

(b) Supplement-Not-Supplant: This 

competition involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements. 

Funds made available under this 

program must be used to supplement, 

and not supplant, any other Federal, 

State, or local funds available for 

physical education activities in 

accordance with section 5507 of the 

ESEA. 

3. Other: An application for funds 

under this program may provide for the 

participation, in the activities funded, of 

(a) students enrolled in private 

nonprofit elementary schools or 

secondary schools, and their parents 

and teachers; or (b) home-schooled 

students, and their parents and teachers. 

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/programs/whitephysed/ 

applicant.html. To obtain a copy from 

ED Pubs, write, fax, or call the 

following: Education Publications 

Center, P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 

20794–1398. Telephone, toll free: 1– 

877–433–7827. Fax: (301) 470–1244. 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.ed.gov/pubs/ 

edpubs.html or at its e-mail 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 

84.215F. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the person or 

team listed under Alternative 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. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: January 16, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 6, 2009. 

Applications for grants under this 

program may be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper 

format by mail or hand delivery. For 

information (including dates and times) 

about how to submit your application 

electronically, or in paper format by 

mail or hand delivery, 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: May 6, 2009. 

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: Funds may 

not be used for construction activities or 

for extracurricular activities, such as 

team sports and Reserve Officers’ 

Training Corps program activities. 

In accordance with section 5505(b) of 

the ESEA, not more than five percent of 

grant funds provided under this 

program to an LEA or CBO for any fiscal 

year may be used for administrative 

expenses. 

We reference additional regulations 

outlining funding restrictions in the 

Applicable Regulations section of this 

notice. Information about prohibited 

activities and use of funds also is 

included in the application package for 

this competition. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program may be submitted 

electronically or in paper format by mail 

or hand delivery. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

We are participating as a partner in 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site. The Carol M. White Physical 

Education Program, CFDA Number 

84.215F, is included in this project. We 

request your participation in Grants.gov. 

If you choose to submit your 

application electronically, you must use 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site at http://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. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Carol M. White 

Physical Education Program at http:// 

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 84.215F). 

Please note the following: 

• Your participation in Grants.gov is 

voluntary. 

• 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 4:30:00 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 4:30:00 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 

4:30:00 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 at http://e-Grants.ed.gov/ 

help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D-U-N-S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you submit your 

application in paper format. 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, you must submit all 

documents electronically, including all 

information you typically provide on 

the following forms: Application for 

Federal Assistance (SF 424), the 

Department of Education Supplemental 

Information for SF 424, Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524), and all necessary 

assurances and certifications. 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, 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 

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paragraph or submit a passwordprotected 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 e-mail. 

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 4:30:00 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 

4:30:00 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 4:30:00 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. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you submit your application in 

paper format by mail (through the U.S. 

Postal Service or a commercial carrier), 

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 84.215F), 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 submit your application in 

paper format by hand delivery, you (or 

a courier service) 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 84.215F), 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 

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 and are listed in the application 

package. 

2. Review and Selection Process: An 

additional factor we consider in 

selecting an application for an award is 

equitable distribution of awards among 

LEAs and CBOs serving urban and rural 

areas. (See 20 U.S.C. 7261e(b).) 

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: There are reporting 

requirements under this program, 

including under section 5505(a) of the 

ESEA and 34 CFR 75.118 and 75.720. In 

accordance with section 5505(a) of the 

ESEA, grantees under this program are 

required to submit an annual report 

that— 

(1) Describes the activities conducted 

during the preceding year; and 

(2) Demonstrates that progress has 

been made toward meeting State 

standards for physical education. 

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 

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may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). 

This annual report must also address 

progress toward meeting the 

performance and efficiency measures 

established by the Secretary for this 

program and described in the next 

section of this notice. 

At the end of the project period, a 

final performance and financial report 

must be submitted as specified by the 

Secretary in 34 CFR 75.720. For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

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

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Secretary has established the following 

key performance measures for collecting 

data to use in assessing the effectiveness 

of PEP. 

(a) Physical Activity. 

(i) The percentage of students served 

by the grant who engage in 150 minutes 

of moderate to vigorous physical 

activity per week (elementary school 

students); and 

(ii) The percentage of students served 

by the grant who engage in 225 minutes 

of moderate to vigorous physical 

activity per week (middle and high 

school students). 

(b) Efficiency. The cost (based on 

expenditures of the grant as well as 

matching funds) per student who 

achieves the level of physical activity 

required to meet the physical activity 

measure (150 minutes of moderate to 

vigorous physical activity per week for 

elementary school students, and 225 

minutes of moderate to vigorous 

physical activity per week for middle 

and high school students). 

These measures constitute the 

Department’s measures of success for 

this program. Consequently, applicants 

for a grant under this program are 

advised to give careful consideration to 

these measures in conceptualizing the 

approach and evaluation of their 

proposed project. If funded, applicants 

will be asked to collect and report data 

in their performance and final reports 

about progress toward these measures. 

For specific requirements on grantee 

reporting, please go to http:// 

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

appforms/appforms.html. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carlette Huntley, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 10071, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 

202–245–7871 or by e-mail: 

Carlette.Huntley@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, 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 accessible format (e.g., braille, large 

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

on request to the program contact 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

this notice. 

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. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC area at (202) 512–1530. 

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: January 12, 2009. 

Deborah A. Price, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools. 

[FR Doc. E9–956 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; Higher 

Education Disaster Relief; Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.938R. 

DATES: Applications Available: January 

16, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of PreApplications: January 27, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 26, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Higher 

Education Disaster Relief Grants 

Program provides funds to institutions 

of higher education (IHEs) that are 

located in an area affected by 

hurricanes, floods, and other natural 

disasters occurring during 2008 for 

which the President declared a major 

disaster under Title IV of the Robert T. 

Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 

Assistance Act of 1974. The funds may 

only be used to defray the expenses 

incurred by IHEs that were forced to 

close, or relocate, or whose operations 

were impaired as a result of damage 

directly caused by such hurricanes, 

floods, and other natural disasters 

occurring during 2008. Funds may be 

used to cover lost revenue, 

reimbursement for expenses already 

incurred, and for construction. Funds 

may also be used to enable these IHEs 

to provide grants to their students who 

attend the IHE for academic years 

beginning on or after July 1, 2008. 

Criteria for Awarding Funds: Under 

the Consolidated Security, Disaster 

Assistance, and Continuing 

Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 110– 

329), only IHEs as defined in section 

101 or section 102(c) of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA), that are located in an area in 

which a major disaster was declared in 

accordance with section 401 of the 

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

Emergency Assistance Act during 

calendar year 2008, are eligible to apply 

for funds under this program. A list of 

these areas is available at: http://www.

gismaps.fema.gov/2008pages/

lcurrent.shtm. 

Public Law 110–329 authorizes the 

Department to make these funds 

available based on criteria established 

by the Secretary. Accordingly, the 

Secretary establishes the following 

factors as criteria that will be used in 

allocating these funds: 

(1) The expenses that would have 

been covered by revenues lost by the 

IHE as a direct result of the major 

disaster; 

(2) The expenses incurred by the IHE 

in remedying the effects of the disaster; 

(3) The costs of construction 

associated with physical damage caused 

by the disaster; and 

(4) Any amount of any insurance 

settlement or other reimbursement 

received by the IHE including from a 

Federal or other relief agency. An IHE 

must include information responsive to 

each of these criteria in its preapplication. After reviewing the preapplications, the Secretary may decide 

to use the number or amount of Pell 

Grants received at any time during the 

2006–07 and 2007–08 award years, as 

reflected in the Department’s records, as 

a factor in determining the amount of 

the individual grants to ensure a fair 

distribution of funds in accordance with 

statutory requirements. 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: 

Under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), and section 437 of 

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