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information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review these requirements if this 

grant plus all the other Federal funds 

you receive exceed $10,000,000. 

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), or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your GAN. We also may 

notify you informally. 

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. Open Licensing Requirements: 

Unless an exception applies, if you are 

awarded a grant under this competition, 

you will be required to openly license 

to the public grant deliverables created 

in whole, or in part, with Department 

grant funds. When the deliverable 

consists of modifications to pre-existing 

works, the license extends only to those 

modifications that can be separately 

identified and only to the extent that 

open licensing is permitted under the 

terms of any licenses or other legal 

restrictions on the use of pre-existing 

works. Additionally, a grantee that is 

awarded competitive grant funds must 

have a plan to disseminate these public 

grant deliverables. This dissemination 

plan can be developed and submitted 

after your application has been 

reviewed and selected for funding. For 

additional information on the open 

licensing requirements please refer to 2 

CFR 3474.20. 

4. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

should you receive funding under the 

competition. This does not apply if you 

have an exception. 

(b) 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 multiyear award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary. 

The Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports. For 

specific requirements on reporting, 

please go to www.ed.gov/fund/grant/ 

apply/appforms/appforms.html. 

(c) The Secretary may provide a 

grantee with additional funding for data 

collection analysis and reporting. In this 

case the Secretary establishes a data 

collection period. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award, the Secretary 

considers, among other things: whether 

a grantee has made substantial progress 

in achieving the goals and objectives of 

the project; whether the grantee has 

expended funds in a manner that is 

consistent with its approved application 

and budget; and, if the Secretary has 

established performance measurement 

requirements, whether the grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the performance targets in the grantee’s 

approved application. 

In making a continuation award, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department. 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Glenna Wright-Gallo, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29530 Filed 12–13–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0110] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Regional Educational Laboratory 

Midwest: Teacher Preparation Program 

Completion: What Factors Play a Role? 

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences 

(IES), Department of Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 

1995, the Department is proposing a 

new information collection request 

(ICR). 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

15, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be submitted within 30 days of 

publication of this notice. Click on this 

link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/ 

PRAMain to access the site. Find this 

information collection request (ICR) by 

selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’ 

under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then 

check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public 

Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov 

provides two links to view documents 

related to this information collection 

request. Information collection forms 

and instructions may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Information 

Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting 

statements and other supporting 

documentation may be found by 

clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting 

Statement and Other Documents’’ link. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Christopher 

Boccanfuso, (202) 219–0373. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Regional 

Educational Laboratory Midwest: 

Teacher Preparation Program 

Completion: What Factors Play a Role? 

OMB Control Number: 1850–NEW. 

Type of Review: New ICR. 

Respondents/Affected Public: 

Individuals or Households. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 421. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 220. 

Abstract: The U.S. Department of 

Education seeks clearance for the 

recruitment and data collection 

protocols for the Regional Educational 


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Laboratory (REL) Midwest research 

study, Teacher Preparation Program 

Completion: What Factors Play a Role? 

The study, scheduled for the 2024/25 

school year, will focus on 

understanding factors influencing the 

completion of traditional undergraduate 

teacher preparation programs. This is 

crucial as traditional teacher 

preparation programs are the main 

sources of new teachers, yet the number 

of bachelor’s degrees in education has 

declined by 18 percent between 2010 

and 2020. 

This study aims to address two main 

research questions: (1) How do the 

demographic and academic 

characteristics of students in traditional 

undergraduate teacher preparation 

programs differ between completers and 

noncompleters? and (2) How do 

personal and contextual factors relate to 

students’ completion of traditional 

teacher preparation programs? 

The study will collect quantitative 

survey data and qualitative interview 

data from students who completed and 

did not complete traditional 

undergraduate teacher preparation 

programs, supplemented by 

administrative data from teacher 

preparation programs. This approach 

will allow the study to gather 

information on personal and contextual 

factors not captured in administrative 

data, such as the ability to complete 

unpaid student teaching, perceptions of 

the teaching profession, and other 

intrinsic motivations and external 

conditions that influence completion. 

The urgency to improve teacher 

candidate retention and graduation rates 

is driven by long-standing teacher 

shortages and a desire to increase racial/ 

ethnic and gender diversity in the 

teacher workforce to mirror the 

composition of K–12 students in the 

United States. Findings from this study 

aim to inform program and policy-level 

solutions to support teaching 

candidates, particularly those from 

diverse backgrounds, ensuring they 

persist through their teacher preparation 

programs. 

Dated: December 11, 2024. 

Juliana Pearson, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

AGENCY: Election Assistance 

Commission. 

ACTION: Sunshine Act notice; Notice of 

public meeting agenda. 

SUMMARY: Public Meeting: U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission Technical 

Guidelines Development Committee 

Meeting. 

DATES: Tuesday, January14th, 2025, 9:00 

a.m.–5:00 p.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

person at the National Cybersecurity 

Center of Excellence, 9700 Great Seneca 

Highway, Rockville, MD 20850. Preregistration is required. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kristen Muthig, Telephone: (202) 897– 

9285, Email: kmuthig@eac.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose: In accordance with the 

Government in the Sunshine Act 

(Sunshine Act), Public Law 94–409, as 

amended (5 U.S.C. 552b), the U.S. 

Election Assistance Commission (EAC) 

will conduct annual meeting of the EAC 

Technical Guidelines Development 

Committee (TGDC) to discuss regular 

business of the board. 

Agenda: The EAC and TGDC 

members will hold an annual meeting to 

discuss program updates for EAC 

Testing and Certification and the 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology (NIST) Voting Program, and 

more. The full agenda will be posted in 

advance on the EAC website: https://

www.eac.gov/events/2025/01/14/eactechnical-guidelines-developmentcommittee-2024-annual-meeting. 

Registration is required to attend. Please 

register by January 6, 2025. 

The EAC will accept written 

comments and questions from members 

of the public. If you would like to 

participate, please email clearinghouse@

eac.gov with your full name and 

question or comment no later than 9:00 

a.m. E.T. on January 14, 2025. 

Background: Section 221 of the Help 

America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 (52 

U.S.C. 20971(b)) requires that the EAC 

adopt voluntary voting system 

guidelines, and provide for the testing, 

certification, decertification, and 

recertification of voting system 

hardware and software. 

The TGDC was established in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Section 221 of the Help America Vote 

Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107–252, codified 

at 52 U.S.C. 20961), to act in the public 

interest to assist the Executive Director 

of the EAC in the development of 

voluntary voting system guidelines. 

Status: This meeting will be open to 

the public. 

Camden Kelliher, 

General Counsel, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29672 Filed 12–12–24; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4810–71–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

AGENCY: Election Assistance 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice, request for comment. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

EAC announces an information 

collection and seeks public comment on 

the provisions thereof. The EAC intends 

to submit this proposed information 

collection (National Mail Voter 

Registration Form) to the Director of the 

Office of Management and Budget for 

approval. Section 9(a) of the National 

Voter Registration Act of 1993 

(‘‘NVRA’’) and Section 802 of the Help 

America Vote Act of 2002 (‘‘HAVA’’) 

requires the responsible agency to 

maintain a national mail voter 

registration form for U.S. citizens that 

want to register to vote, to update 

registration information due to a change 

of name, make a change of address or to 

register with a political party by 

returning the form to their state election 

office. 

DATES: Comments must be received by 

5 p.m. Eastern on Monday, February 17, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed 

information collection should be 

submitted electronically via https://

www.regulations.gov (docket ID: EAC– 

2024–0004) or by email at research@

eac.gov. Written comments on the 

proposed information collection can 

also be sent to the U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission, 633 3rd Street 

NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001, 

Attn: NVRA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Raymond Williams at 202–924–0794, or 

email research@eac.gov; U.S. Election 

Assistance Commission, 633 3rd Street 

NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20001. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Comments: Public comments are 

invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (c) 


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