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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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the General Education Provisions Act 

(GEPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232), the 

Department generally offers interested 

parties the opportunity to comment on 

proposed selection criteria. However, 

Public Law 110–329 specifically 

exempts the establishment of criteria by 

the Secretary for the award of funds 

under this program from the rulemaking 

requirements of the APA and GEPA. 

Program Authority: The Consolidated 

Security, Disaster Assistance, and 

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 

(Pub. L. 110–329) and 20 U.S.C. 1138. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 82, 84, 85, 

86, 97, 98, and 99. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$15,000,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$10,000—$1,000,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$300,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 50. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: 12 months, except for 

construction grants, which may be up to 

36 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs (as 

defined in section 101 or section 102(c) 

of the HEA) 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, 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. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application or 

Pre-Application Package: Cassandra 

Courtney, Fund for the Improvement of 

Postsecondary Education, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 6166, Washington, DC 

20006–8544. Telephone: (202) 502–7506 

or by e-mail: HEDR@ed.gov or 

Cassandra.Courtney@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application or preapplication package in an accessible 

format (e.g., Braille, large print, 

audiotape, or computer diskette) by 

contacting the program contact person 

listed in this section. 

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 

program. 

Pre-Application: IHEs intending to 

submit an application for funds under 

the Higher Education Disaster Relief 

Grant Program must first complete and 

submit a pre-application data 

information form from which 

institutional allotments will be 

calculated. Data forms and instructions 

can be downloaded from: http:// 

www.ed.gov/OPE (click on the Higher 

Education Disaster Relief link). 

Complete the form and send it to: 

HEDR@ed.gov by the date established 

under Deadline for Transmittal of PreApplications. Within one week of the 

Pre-Application Deadline, the 

Department will calculate the applicant 

IHE’s allotment and e-mail the amount 

back to the contact person identified by 

the IHE on the pre-application form. 

The eligible IHEs will then have until 

February 26, 2009 to submit their 

application and budget information to 

the Department through Grants.gov. 

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 25 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 

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: January 16, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of PreApplications: January 27, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 26, 2009. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). 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. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

5. Funding Restrictions: Funds can be 

used only to defray the expenses 

(including lost revenue, reimbursement 

for expenses already incurred, and for 

construction) incurred by IHEs that 

were forced to close, or relocate, or 

whose operations were impaired as a 

result of damage directly caused 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, and to enable 

these IHEs to provide grants to their 

students who attend the IHE for 

academic years beginning on or after 

July 1, 2008. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

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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 

Higher Education Disaster Relief 

Program, CFDA number 84.938R, must 

be submitted electronically using 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. 

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. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Higher Education 

Disaster Relief Grant 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 84.938, not 84.938R). 

Please note the following: 

• 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 competition 

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://eGrants.ed.gov/help/Grantsgov

SubmissionProcedures.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 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: 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. 

• 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 

ED-specified 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 

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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. 

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 

the Grants.gov system because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; 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 prevent 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: Cassandra Courtney, Fund 

for the Improvement of Postsecondary 

Education, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6166, Washington, DC 20006–8544. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7506. Fax: (202) 

502–7877. 

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 84.938R) 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 84.938R) 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 

Selection Criteria: The Secretary will 

award funds to eligible IHEs that submit 

applications under this program and 

will allocate funds among the eligible 

institutions using the following factors 

as criteria for the distribution of 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; 

the costs of construction associated with 

physical damage caused by the disaster; 

and 

(3) Any amount of any insurance 

settlement or other reimbursement 

received including from a Federal or 

other relief agency. After reviewing the 

pre-applications, 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. 

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. 

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VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cassandra Courtney, Fund for the 

Improvement of Postsecondary 

Education, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 

6166, Washington, DC 20006–8544. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7506 or by e-mail: 

HEDR@ed.gov or 

Cassandra.Courtney@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. 

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Dated: January 12, 2009. 

Vickie L. Schray, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher 

Education Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–958 Filed 1–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records—Impact Evaluation of Title I 

Supplemental Educational Services 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences, 

Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice of a new system of 

records. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended 

(Privacy Act), the Department of 

Education (Department) publishes this 

notice of a new system of records 

entitled ‘‘Impact Evaluation of Title I 

Supplemental Educational Services.’’ 

The National Center for Education 

Evaluation and Regional Assistance at 

the Department’s Institute of Education 

Sciences (IES) commissioned this study 

to evaluate the effectiveness of Title I 

Supplemental Educational Services 

(SES) in improving the reading or 

mathematics achievement, or both, of 

students in Title I schools that have 

failed to make adequate yearly progress 

for three years. 

Section 1116 of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended by the No Child Left Behind 

Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. 6316), requires 

districts with Title I schools that fail to 

make adequate yearly progress for three 

years or more to offer SES to students 

from low-income families who attend 

these schools. SES are tutoring and 

other supplemental academic 

enrichment services that are offered in 

addition to instruction provided during 

the regular school day and are provided 

by State-approved providers free of 

charge to eligible students. Parents can 

choose the specific SES provider from 

among a list approved to serve their 

district. The Department has contracted 

with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. 

to evaluate the impact of SES on student 

achievement in up to twelve school 

districts across the country. 

The study will address the following 

questions: 

(1) What is the impact of participation 

in Title I SES on student achievement 

in reading and mathematics? 

(2) Are district characteristics and 

practices, SES provider characteristics 

and services, and student characteristics 

related to the impact on student 

achievement? 

The evaluation will target school 

districts where Title I SES are 

oversubscribed. When more students 

apply for SES than the district is able to 

serve, under statute, the district must 

give priority to the lowest-achieving 

students. The students who apply but 

do not meet the achievement level 

criteria are an unbiased comparison 

group for the students who do 

participate in SES. 

The system will contain information 

about approximately 50,000 third- to 

eighth-graders from up to twelve school 

districts. The system of records will 

include individually identifying 

information about the student 

applicants participating in the 

evaluation, including names; 

demographic information such as race, 

ethnicity, gender, age, and educational 

background; level of participation in 

SES programs; and scores on State 

reading and mathematics achievement 

tests. 

DATES: The Department seeks comment 

on the new system of records described 

in this notice, in accordance with the 

requirements of the Privacy Act. We 

must receive your comments on the 

proposed routine uses for the system of 

records referenced in this notice on or 

before February 17, 2009. 

The Department filed a report 

describing the new system of records 

covered by this notice with the Chair of 

the Senate Committee on Homeland 

Security and Governmental Affairs, the 

Chair of the House Committee on 

Oversight and Government Reform, and 

the Administrator of the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) on January 13, 2009. This system 

of records will become effective at the 

later date of—(1) the expiration of the 

40-day period for OMB review on 

February 23, 2009 or (2) February 17, 

2009, unless the system of records needs 

to be changed as a result of public 

comment or OMB review. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

the proposed routine uses to Dr. Audrey 

Pendleton, Acting Associate 

Commissioner, Evaluation Division, 

National Center for Education 

Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 

Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. 

Department of Education, 555 New 

Jersey Avenue, NW., room 502E, 

Washington, DC 20208–0001. 

Telephone: (202) 208–7085. If you 

prefer to send comments through the 

Internet, use the following address: 

comments@ed.gov. 

You must include the term ‘‘Impact 

Evaluation of Supplemental Educational 

Services’’ in the subject line of the 

electronic message. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all comments about 

this notice at the U.S. Department of 

Education in room 502D, 555 New 

Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 

between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through 

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holidays. 

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