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grant award, and which eligible LEAs 

are considered already to have met the 

application requirement. 

Eligible LEAs that must submit a new 

application in order to receive FY 2009 

SRSA funds must do so electronically 

by the deadline established in this 

notice. 

Electronic Submission of 

Applications: 

An eligible LEA that is required to 

submit an application to receive FY 

2009 SRSA funds must submit an 

electronic application by June 30, 2009, 

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

Submission of an electronic application 

involves the use of the Department’s 

Electronic Grant Application System 

(e-Application) available through the 

Department’s e-Grants system. 

You can access the electronic 

application for the SRSA Program at: 

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

Once you access this site, you will 

receive specific instructions regarding 

the information to include in your 

application. 

The hours of operation of the e-Grants 

Web site are 6 a.m. Monday until 7 p.m. 

Wednesday; and 6 a.m. Thursday until 

8 p.m. Sunday, Washington, DC time. 

Please note that, because of 

maintenance, the system is unavailable 

between 8 p.m. on Sundays and 6 a.m. 

on Mondays, and between 7 p.m. on 

Wednesdays and 6 a.m. on Thursdays, 

Washington, DC time. Any 

modifications to these hours are posted 

on the e-Grants Web site. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Eric Schulz, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3W107, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 401–0039 or by e-mail: 

reap@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 may 

obtain this notice in an accessible 

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

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

other Department of Education 

documents 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 

version of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

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

index.html. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7345– 

7345b. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated to Joseph C. 

Conaty, Director, Academic 

Improvement and Teacher Quality 

Programs for the Office of Elementary 

and Secondary Education, the authority 

to perform the functions of the Assistant 

Secretary for Elementary and Secondary 

Education. 

Dated: April 23, 2009. 

Joseph C. Conaty, 

Director, Academic Improvement and 

Teacher Quality Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–9668 Filed 4–27–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Assessment Governing 

Board; Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Education, 

National Assessment Governing Board. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting and 

partially closed meetings. 

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 (i.e.; 

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, 2009. 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 14–16, 2009. 

Times: 

May 14 

Committee Meetings: 

Assessment Development Committee: 

Closed Session—8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.; 

Open Session—10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. 

Ad Hoc Committee on NAEP Testing 

and Reporting on Students with 

Disabilities and English Language 

Learners 

Open Session—2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

Executive Committee: Open Session— 

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

p.m. to 6 p.m. 

May 15 

Full Board: Open Session—8:30 a.m. 

to 9:30 a.m.; Closed Session—12:30 p.m. 

to 2:45 p.m.; Open Session—3 p.m. to 

4:30 p.m. 

Committee Meetings: 

Assessment Development Committee: 

Open Session—9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. 

Committee on Standards, Design and 

Methodology: Open Session—9:45 a.m. 

to 12:15 p.m. 

Reporting and Dissemination 

Committee: Open Session—9:45 a.m. to 

12:15 p.m. 

May 16 

Nominations Committee: Closed 

Session—7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. 

Full Board: Open Session—8:30 a.m. 

to 10 a.m. 

Location: Hyatt at Olive 8, 1635 8th 

Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101. 

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 14, 2009, the Assessment 

Development Committee will meet in 

closed session from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 

a.m. to review secure grades 8 and 12 

test items for the 2010 National 

Assessment of Educational Progress 

(NAEP) Writing Pilot. The meeting must 

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disclosure of proposed test items for the 

writing pilot would significantly 

impede implementation of the NAEP 

program, and is therefore protected by 

exemption 9(B) of section 552b(c) of 

Title 5 U.S.C. 

The Ad Hoc Committee on NAEP 

Testing and Reporting on Students with 

Disabilities and English Language 

Learners will meet in open session from 

2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thereafter, the 

Executive Committee will meet in open 

session from 4:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. and in 

closed session from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

During the closed session the 

Executive Committee will receive a 

briefing from the National Center for 

Education Statistics (NCES) on options 

for NAEP contracts covering the 2008– 

2012 assessment years, based on 

funding for Fiscal Year 2009–2010. The 

discussion of contract options and costs 

will address the implications for 

congressionally mandated goals and 

adherence to Board policies on NAEP 

assessments. This part of the meeting 

must be conducted in closed session 

because public discussion of this 

information would disclose 

independent government cost estimates 

and contracting options, adversely 

impacting the confidentiality of the 

contracting process. Public disclosure of 

information discussed would 

significantly impede implementation of 

the NAEP contracts, and is therefore 

protected by exemption 9(B) of section 

552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. 

The second portion of the closed 

session of the Executive Committee is 

for discussion of staff appointments and 

actions. These discussions pertain 

solely to internal personnel rules and 

practices of an agency and will disclose 

information of a personal nature where 

disclosure would constitute an 

unwarranted invasion of personal 

privacy. As such, the discussions are 

protected by exemptions 2 and 6 of 

section 552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. 

On May 15, the full Board will meet 

in open session from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 

a.m. The Board will review and approve 

the agenda and the March 2009 Board 

meeting minutes. Following these 

actions and following welcome remarks 

from Seattle hosts, the Governing Board 

will receive a report from the Interim 

Executive Director of the Governing 

Board, and hear an update on the work 

of NCES. 

On May 15, three of the Board’s 

standing committees—the Assessment 

Development Committee, the Reporting 

and Dissemination Committee, and the 

Committee on Standards, Design and 

Methodology will meet in open sessions 

from 9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. 

On May 15 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 

p.m. the full Board will meet in closed 

session to receive a briefing on the 

NAEP 2008 Arts Report Card from the 

Associate Commissioner of NCES. The 

Governing Board will be provided with 

embargoed data on the Arts Report Card 

that cannot be discussed in an open 

meeting prior to their official release. 

From 1:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m., the full 

Board will receive an update from NCES 

on NAEP participation and motivation 

issues on the 2009 Math, Reading, and 

Science assessments. The participation 

and motivation issues pertain to the 

assessment results and cannot be 

discussed in open session prior to their 

release. Both these sessions must 

therefore be conducted in closed session 

as premature disclosure of data would 

significantly impede implementation of 

the NAEP program, and is therefore 

protected by exemption 9(B) of section 

552b(c) of Title 5 U.S.C. 

From 3 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. the Board 

will receive a briefing on the Governing 

Board/Council of Chief State School 

Officers Policy Task Force from the Task 

Force Chair Joe Willhoft, and Assistant 

Superintendent of Washington Office of 

Public Instruction. From 3:45 p.m. to 

4:30 p.m. the Board will receive an 

update on the NAEP 2012 Technological 

Literacy Framework Project. The May 15 

session of the Board meeting is 

scheduled to adjourn at 4:30 p.m. 

On May 16, the Nominations 

Committee will meet in closed session 

from 7:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. to review 

and discuss confidential information 

regarding nominees received for Board 

vacancies for terms beginning on 

October 1, 2009. These discussions 

pertain solely to internal personnel 

rules and practices of an agency and 

will disclose information of a personal 

nature where disclosure would 

constitute an unwarranted invasion of 

personal privacy. As such, the 

discussions are protected by exemptions 

2 and 6 of section 552b(c) of Title 5 

U.S.C. 

The full Board will meet in open 

session on May 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 10 

a.m. to receive and take action on 

Committee reports. The May 16, 2009 

session of the Board meeting is 

scheduled to adjourn at 10 a.m. 

Detailed minutes of the meeting, 

including summaries of the activities of 

the closed sessions and related matters 

that are informative to the public and 

consistent with the policy of section 5 

U.S.C. 552b(c) will be available to the 

public within 14 days of the meeting. 

Records are kept of all Board 

proceedings and are available for public 

inspection at the U.S. Department of 

Education, National Assessment 

Governing Board, Suite #825, 800 North 

Capitol Street, NW., Washington, DC, 

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard 

Time, Monday through Friday. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You may 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/index.html. 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: April 22, 2009. 

Mary Crovo, 

Interim Executive Director, National 

Assessment Governing Board, U.S. 

Department of Education. 

[FR Doc. E9–9596 Filed 4–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Privacy Act of 1974; System of 

Records—Teacher Survey Response 

Incentive System 

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 ‘‘Teacher Survey Response 

Incentive System’’ (18–13–22). 

The Teacher Survey Response 

Incentive System is used to mail 

incentive payments to respondents in a 

Teacher Survey being conducted by the 

National Study on Alternate 

Assessments and will include 

respondent teacher names and contact 

information. 

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 about this 

new system of records on or before May 

28, 2009. 

The Department filed a report 

describing the new system of records 


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