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Applications that propose short-term 

projects abroad that develop and 

improve foreign language studies, area 

studies, or both at elementary and 

secondary schools by including K–12 

teachers or K–12 administrators as at 

least 50 percent of the project 

participants. 

Types of Priorities: 

When inviting applications for a 

competition using one or more 

priorities, we designate the type of each 

priority as absolute, competitive 

preference, or invitational through a 

notice in the Federal Register. The 

effect of each type of priority follows: 

Absolute priority: Under an absolute 

priority, we consider only applications 

that meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3)). 

Competitive preference priority: 

Under a competitive preference priority, 

we give competitive preference to an 

application by (1) awarding additional 

points, depending on the extent to 

which the application meets the priority 

(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting 

an application that meets the priority 

over an application of comparable merit 

that does not meet the priority (34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii)). 

Invitational priority: Under an 

invitational priority, we are particularly 

interested in applications that meet the 

priority. However, we do not give an 

application that meets the priority a 

preference over other applications (34 

CFR 75.105(c)(1)). 

Final Priorities: 

We will announce the final priorities 

in a notice in the Federal Register. We 

will determine the final priorities after 

considering responses to this notice and 

other information available to the 

Department. This notice does not 

preclude us from proposing additional 

priorities, requirements, definitions, or 

selection criteria, subject to meeting 

applicable rulemaking requirements. 

Note: This notice does not solicit 

applications. In any year in which we choose 

to use one or more of these priorities, we 

invite applications through a notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Executive Order 12866: This notice of 

proposed priorities has been reviewed 

in accordance with Executive Order 

12866. Under the terms of the order, we 

have assessed the potential costs and 

benefits of this proposed regulatory 

action. 

The potential costs associated with 

this proposed regulatory action are 

those resulting from statutory 

requirements and those we have 

determined as necessary for 

administering these programs effectively 

and efficiently. 

In assessing the potential costs and 

benefits—both quantitative and 

qualitative—of this proposed regulatory 

action, we have determined that the 

benefits of the proposed priorities 

justify the costs. 

We have also determined that this 

regulatory action does not unduly 

interfere with State, local, and tribal 

governments in the exercise of their 

governmental functions. 

Intergovernmental Review: These 

programs are subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. One of the objectives of the 

Executive order is to foster an 

intergovernmental partnership and a 

strengthened federalism. The Executive 

order relies on processes developed by 

State and local governments for 

coordination and review of proposed 

Federal financial assistance. 

This document provides early 

notification of our specific plans and 

actions for these programs. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 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. 

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. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions and duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

Dated: May 7, 2010. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11402 Filed 5–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education: 

Overview Information: Developing 

Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) 

Program; Notice Inviting Applications 

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 

2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.031S. 

DATES: Applications Available: May 13, 

2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 14, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 11, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The HSI Program 

provides grants to assist HSIs to expand 

educational opportunities for, and 

improve the academic attainment of, 

Hispanic students. The HSI Program 

grants also enable HSIs to expand and 

enhance their academic offerings, 

program quality, and institutional 

stability. 

Priorities: Under this competition we 

are particularly interested in 

applications that address the following 

priorities. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2010, 

these priorities are invitational 

priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we 

do not give an application that meets 

these invitational priorities a 

competitive or absolute preference over 

other applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1. 

Support activities that will improve 

the institution’s persistence and 

graduation rates. 

Invitational Priority 2. 

Work with the appropriate State 

agencies to develop strategies for using 

State longitudinal data systems to track 

outcomes for students attending the 

grantee institution, including the extent 

to which the students complete 

certificates, two-year degrees, and fouryear degrees at other institutions. 

Invitational Priority 3. 

Develop academic programs to 

improve completion rates or develop 

innovative support programs that are 

designed to increase completion rates. 

Invitational Priority 4. 

Develop dual enrollment programs 

that facilitate the transition between 

high school and college or career 

pathways programs that integrate basic 

academic instruction with technical or 

professional occupational training to 

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wage occupations in high-demand 

industries. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1101– 

1101d; 1103–1103g. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 

86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations 

for this program in 34 CFR part 606. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grant. 

Five-year Individual Development 

Grants and Five-year Cooperative 

Arrangement Development Grants will 

be awarded in FY 2010. Planning grants 

will not be awarded in FY 2010. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$48,254,710. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 

2011 from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$537,000–$775,000. 

Estimate Average Size of Awards: 

Individual Development Grants: 

$556,000. Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grants: $743,000. 

Maximum Awards: Individual 

Development Grants: $650,000. 

Cooperative Arrangement Development 

Grants: $775,000. We will not fund any 

application at an amount exceeding 

these maximum amounts for a single 

budget period of 12 months. We may 

choose not to further consider or review 

applications with budgets that exceed 

the maximum amounts specified, if we 

conclude, during our initial review of 

the application, that the proposed goals 

and objectives cannot be obtained with 

the specified maximum amount. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 

Individual Development Grants: 48. 

Cooperative Arrangement Development 

Grants: 29. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. Applicants should 

periodically check the HSI Program Web site 

for further information. The address is: 

http://www.ed.gov/programs/idueshsi/ 

index.html. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education (IHEs) that qualify as 

eligible HSIs are eligible to apply for 

new Individual Development Grants 

and Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grants under the HSI 

Program. To be an eligible HSI, an IHE 

must— 

(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by 

a nationally recognized accrediting 

agency or association that the Secretary 

has determined to be a reliable authority 

as to the quality of education or training 

offered; 

(2) Be legally authorized by the State 

in which it is located to be a junior 

college or to provide an educational 

program for which it awards a 

bachelor’s degree; 

(3) Be designated as an ‘‘eligible 

institution’’ by demonstrating that it: (A) 

Has an enrollment of needy students as 

described in 34 CFR 606.3; and (B) has 

low average educational and general 

expenditures per full-time equivalent 

(FTE) undergraduate student as 

described in 34 CFR 606.4; and 

(4) Have an enrollment of 

undergraduate FTE students that is at 

least 25 percent Hispanic students at the 

end of the award year immediately 

preceding the date of application. 

The HSI eligibility requirements are 

in 34 CFR 606.2 through 606.5 and can 

be accessed from the following Web site: 

http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/ 

waisidx_01/34cfr606_01.html. 

These regulations do not reflect the 

changes made to the HSI Program 

requirements by the Third Higher 

Education Extension Act of 2006 or the 

HEOA. 

Section 502(a) of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA), requires institutions applying for 

an HSI grant to report their 

undergraduate Hispanic FTE percentage 

at the end of the award year 

immediately preceding the date of 

application. Funds for the HSI Program 

are awarded each fiscal year; thus, for 

this program, the end of the award year 

refers to the end of the fiscal year prior 

to the application due date. The end of 

the fiscal year occurs on September 30 

for any given year. Therefore, for 

purposes of making the determination 

described in paragraph (4), IHEs must 

report their undergraduate Hispanic 

FTE percent based on the student 

enrollment count closest to, but not 

after, September 30, 2009. 

Note: The Higher Education Opportunity 

Act of 2008 (HEOA) amended section 503(b) 

of the HEA to include, among the authorized 

activities under the HSI Program, activities to 

improve student services, including 

innovative and customized instruction 

courses designed to help retain students and 

move the students into core courses; 

articulation agreements and student support 

programs designed to facilitate the transfer of 

students from 2-year to 4-year institutions; 

and providing education, counseling 

services, and financial information designed 

to improve the financial and economic 

literacy of students or their families. The list 

of authorized activities in section 503(b) was 

also amended to use the term ‘‘distance 

education technologies’’ in place of ‘‘distance 

learning academic instruction capabilities.’’ 

Applicants may include these activities in 

their proposals. 

For this competition, the Notice 

Inviting Applications for Designation as 

Eligible Institutions for FY 2010 was 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 7, 2009 (74 FR 64059) and the 

deadline for application was January 6, 

2010. Only institutions that submitted 

the required application and received 

designation through that process are 

eligible to submit an application for this 

competition. 

Relationship Between HSI and Title III, 

Part A Programs 

Note 1: A grantee under the HSI Program, 

which is authorized by Title V of the HEA, 

may not receive a grant under any HEA, Title 

III, Part A Program. The Title III, Part A 

Programs include: the Strengthening 

Institutions Program; the American Indian 

Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities 

Program; the Alaska Native and Native 

Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Programs; the 

Asian American and Native American Pacific 

Islander-Serving Institutions Program; and 

the Native American-Serving Non-Tribal 

Institutions Program. Further, a current HSI 

Program grantee may not give up its HSI 

grant in order to receive a grant under any 

Title III, Part A Program. 

Note 2: An HSI that does not fall within 

the limitation described in Note 1 may apply 

for a FY 2010 grant under all Title III, Part 

A Programs for which it is eligible, as well 

as under the HSI Program. However, a 

successful applicant may receive only one 

grant. 

Note 3: An eligible HSI that submits more 

than one application may only be awarded 

one Individual Development Grant or one 

Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant 

in a fiscal year. Furthermore, we will not 

award a second Individual Development 

Grant to an otherwise eligible HSI for the 

same award year as the HSI’s existing 

Individual Development Grant as described 

in 34 CFR 606.9(3)(b)(1). 

Note 4: An eligible HSI that submits a 

Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant 

with a partnering branch campus that is a 

part of the same institution will not be 

awarded a grant. 

Note 5: Applicants must provide, as an 

attachment to the application, the 

documentation that the IHE relied upon in 

determining that at least 25 percent of the 

IHE’s undergraduate FTE students are 

Hispanic, as defined in section 502(a)(4) of 

the HEA. The Department will crossreference for verification, data reported to the 

Department’s Integrated Postsecondary 

Education Data System (IPEDS), the IHE’s 

State-reported enrollment data, and the 

institutional annual report. If there are any 

differences in the percentages reported in 

IPEDS and the percentages reported in the 

grant application, the IHE should explain the 

differences as a part of its eligibility 

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2. Cost Sharing or Matching: There are 

no cost sharing or matching 

requirements unless the grantee uses a 

portion of its grant for establishing or 

improving an endowment fund. If a 

grantee uses a portion of its grant for 

endowment fund purposes, it must 

match those grant funds with nonFederal funds. (20 U.S.C. 1101b(c)(2)). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Carnisia M. Proctor, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 6060, Washington, DC 

20006–8513. Telephone: (202) 502–7606 

or by e-mail: Carnisia.Proctor@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 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. 

Page Limits: The application narrative 

(Part III of the application) is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate 

your application. We have established 

mandatory page limits for both the 

Individual Development Grant and the 

Cooperative Arrangement Development 

Grant applications. You must limit the 

section of the narrative that addresses 

the selection criteria to no more than 50 

pages for the Individual Development 

Grant application and 70 pages for the 

Cooperative Arrangement Development 

Grant application, 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, except titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, captions and all text in 

charts, tables, and graphs. These items 

may be single-spaced. Charts, tables, 

figures, and graphs in the application 

narrative count toward the page limit. 

• 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 Application for Federal Assistance 

(SF 424); the Department of Education 

Supplemental Information form (SF 

424); Part II, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524); Part 

IV, the assurances and certifications; or 

the one-page project abstract, program 

activity budget detail form and 

supporting narrative, and the five-year 

plan. However, the page limit does 

apply to all of the application narrative 

section (Part III), including the budget 

narrative of the selection criteria. If you 

include any attachments or appendices 

not specifically requested in the 

application package, these items will be 

counted as part of your application 

narrative (Part III) for purposes of the 

page limit requirement. You must 

include your complete response to the 

selection criteria in the application 

narrative. 

Note: The narrative response to the budget 

selection criteria is not the same as the 

activity detail budget form and supporting 

narrative. The supporting narrative for the 

activity detail budget form details the 

requested budget items line by line. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: May 13, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: June 14, 2010. 

Applications for grants under this 

program 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 11, 2010. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition 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 HSI 

Program CFDA Number 84.031S must 

be submitted electronically using eApplication, 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. 

E-Application 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 


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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 

form 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 eApplication 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 eApplication 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 

of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, 

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 

e-Application; 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: Carnisia M. Proctor, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., Room 6060, Washington, DC 

20006–8513. FAX: (202) 502–7861. 

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 84.031S), 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 84.031S), 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. 


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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 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program are in 34 CFR 

606.22. In addition to these selection 

criteria, we evaluate an applicant’s 

performance under a previous 

development grant under 34 CFR 

606.24. 

2. Review and Selection Process: 

Additional factors we consider in 

selecting an application for an award are 

as follows: 

(A) Applicants must provide, as an 

attachment to the application, the 

documentation the IHE relied upon in 

determining that at least 25 percent of 

the IHE’s undergraduate FTE students 

are Hispanic. 

Note: The 25 percent requirement applies 

only to undergraduate Hispanic students and 

is calculated based upon FTE students as 

defined in Section 502(a)(4) of the HEA. 

Instructions for formatting and submitting 

the verification documentation to eApplication are in the application package 

for this competition. 

(B) Tiebreaker for Development 

Grants. In tie-breaking situations for 

development grants described in 34 CFR 

606.23(b), the HSI Program regulations 

require that we award one additional 

point to an application from an IHE that 

has an endowment fund of which the 

current market value, per FTE enrolled 

student, is less than the average current 

market value of the endowment funds, 

per FTE enrolled student, at comparable 

institutions that offer similar 

instruction. We also award one 

additional point to an application from 

an IHE that had expenditures for library 

materials per FTE enrolled student that 

are less than the average expenditures 

for library materials per FTE enrolled 

student at comparable institutions that 

offer similar instruction. 

For the purpose of these funding 

considerations, we use 2007–2008 data. 

If a tie remains after applying the 

tiebreaker mechanism above, priority 

will be given (a) for Individual 

Development Grants, to applicants that 

addressed the statutory priority found in 

section 521(d) of the HEA, as amended; 

and (b) for Cooperative Arrangement 

Development Grants, to applicants in 

accordance with section 524(b) of the 

HEA, under which the Secretary 

determines that the cooperative 

arrangement is geographically and 

economically sound or will benefit the 

applicant HSI. 

If a tie still remains after applying the 

additional point(s), and the relevant 

statutory priority, we will determine the 

ranking of applicants based on the 

lowest endowment values per FTE 

enrolled student. 

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, 34 

CFR 75.720, and 34 CFR 606.31. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Secretary has established the following 

key performance measures for assessing 

the effectiveness of the HSI Program: 

1. The percentage change, over the 

five-year grant period, of the number of 

full-time degree-seeking undergraduate 

students enrolled at HSIs. 

2. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students who were in their first year of 

postsecondary enrollment in the 

previous year and are enrolled in the 

current year at the same Hispanicserving institution. 

3. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students who were in their first year of 

postsecondary enrollment in the 

previous year and are enrolled in the 

current year at the same four-year 

Hispanic-serving institution. 

4. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students who were in their first year of 

postsecondary enrollment in the 

previous year and are enrolled in the 

current year at the same two-year 

Hispanic-serving institution. 

5. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students enrolled at four-year HSIs 

graduating within six years of 

enrollment. 

6. The percentage of first-time, fulltime degree-seeking undergraduate 

students enrolled at two-year HSIs 

graduating within three years of 

enrollment. 

7. Federal cost per undergraduate and 

graduate degree at institutions in the 

HSI Program. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carnisia M. Proctor, U.S. Department of 

Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 

6060, Washington, DC 20006–8513. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7606 or by e-mail: 

Carnisia.Proctor@ed.gov. 

If you use 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. 

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. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions and duties of the 


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26952 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 92 / Thursday, May 13, 2010 / Notices 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

Dated: May 7, 2010. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11403 Filed 5–12–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Institute on Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)— 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program— 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers (RRTCs)—Center on 

Employment Policy and Measurement 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.133B–4. 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed priority. 

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for 

Special Education and Rehabilitative 

Services proposes a priority for the 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program 

administered by NIDRR. Specifically, 

this notice proposes a priority for an 

RRTC on Employment Policy and 

Measurement. The Assistant Secretary 

may use this priority for competitions in 

fiscal year (FY) 2010 and later years. We 

take this action to focus research 

attention on areas of national need. We 

intend this priority to improve 

rehabilitation services and outcomes for 

individuals with disabilities. 

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before June 14, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

this notice to Marlene Spencer, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 5133, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–2700. 

If you prefer to send your comments 

by e-mail, use the following address: 

Marlene.Spencer@ed.gov. You must 

include the term ‘‘Proposed Priority for 

a Center on Employment Policy and 

Measurement’’ in the subject line of your 

electronic message. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marlene Spencer. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7532 or by e-mail: 

Marlene.Spencer@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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of proposed priority is in concert 

with NIDRR’s Final Long-Range Plan for 

FY 2005–2009 (Plan). The Plan, which 

was published in the Federal Register 

on February 15, 2006 (71 FR 8165), can 

be accessed on the Internet at the 

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

about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/ 

policy.html. 

Through the implementation of the 

Plan, NIDRR seeks to: (1) Improve the 

quality and utility of disability and 

rehabilitation research; (2) foster an 

exchange of expertise, information, and 

training to facilitate the advancement of 

knowledge and understanding of the 

unique needs of traditionally 

underserved populations; (3) determine 

best strategies and programs to improve 

rehabilitation outcomes for underserved 

populations; (4) identify research gaps; 

(5) identify mechanisms of integrating 

research and practice; and (6) 

disseminate findings. 

Invitation To Comment: We invite 

you to submit comments regarding this 

notice. 

We invite you to assist us in 

complying with the specific 

requirements of Executive Order 12866 

and its overall requirement of reducing 

regulatory burden that might result from 

this proposed priority. Please let us 

know of any further ways we could 

reduce potential costs or increase 

potential benefits while preserving the 

effective and efficient administration of 

the program. 

During and after the comment period, 

you may inspect all public comments 

about this notice in room 5142, 550 12th 

Street, SW., PCP, Washington, DC, 

between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:00 

p.m., Washington, DC time, Monday 

through Friday of each week except 

Federal holidays. 

Assistance to Individuals With 

Disabilities in Reviewing the 

Rulemaking Record: On request we will 

provide an appropriate accommodation 

or auxiliary aid to an individual with a 

disability who needs assistance to 

review the comments or other 

documents in the public rulemaking 

record for this notice. If you want to 

schedule an appointment for this type of 

accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Project and Centers Program is 

to plan and conduct research, 

demonstration projects, training, and 

related activities, including 

international activities, to develop 

methods, procedures and rehabilitation 

technology that maximize the full 

inclusion and integration into society, 

employment, independent living, family 

support, and economic and social selfsufficiency of individuals with 

disabilities, especially individuals with 

the most severe disabilities, and to 

improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

of 1973, as amended. 

RRTC Program 

The purpose of the RRTC program is 

to improve the effectiveness of services 

authorized under the Rehabilitation Act 

through advanced research, training, 

technical assistance, and dissemination 

activities in general problem areas, as 

specified by NIDRR. Such activities are 

designed to benefit rehabilitation 

service providers, individuals with 

disabilities, and the family members or 

other authorized representatives of 

individuals with disabilities. In 

addition, NIDRR intends to require all 

RRTC applicants to meet the 

requirements of the General 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers (RRTC) Requirements priority 

that it published in a notice of final 

priorities in the Federal Register on 

February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6132). 

Additional information on the RRTC 

program can be found at: http:// 

www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/resprogram.html#RRTC. 

Statutory and Regulatory Requirements 

of RRTCs 

RRTCs must— 

• Carry out coordinated advanced 

programs of rehabilitation research; 

• Provide training, including 

graduate, pre-service, and in-service 

training, to help rehabilitation 

personnel more effectively provide 

rehabilitation services to individuals 

with disabilities; 

• Provide technical assistance to 

individuals with disabilities, their 

representatives, providers, and other 

interested parties; 

• Disseminate informational materials 

to individuals with disabilities, their 

representatives, providers, and other 

interested parties; and 

• Serve as centers of national 

excellence in rehabilitation research for 

individuals with disabilities, their 

representatives, providers, and other 

interested parties. 

Applicants for RRTC grants must 

demonstrate in their applications how 

they will address, in whole or in part, 

the needs of individuals from minority 

backgrounds. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) 

and 764(b)(2). 

Applicable Program Regulations: 34 

CFR part 350. 

Proposed Priority: This notice 

contains one proposed priority. 


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