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Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Leader, Information 

Management Case Services Team, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of the Chief Information 

Officer, invites comments on the 

proposed information collection 

requests as required by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before January 

9, 2006. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

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

that the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) provide interested 

Federal agencies and the public an early 

opportunity to comment on information 

collection requests. OMB may amend or 

waive the requirement for public 

consultation to the extent that public 

participation in the approval process 

would defeat the purpose of the 

information collection, violate State or 

Federal law or substantially interfere 

with any agency’s ability to perform its 

statutory obligations. The Leader, 

Information Management Case Services 

Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of the 

Chief Information Officer, publishes that 

notice containing proposed information 

collection requests prior to submission 

of these requests to OMB. Each 

proposed information collection, 

grouped by office, contains the 

following: (1) Type of review requested, 

e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or 

reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of 

the collection; (4) Description of the 

need for, and proposed use of, the 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

The Department of Education is 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following issues: (1) Is 

this collection necessary to the proper 

functions of the Department; (2) will 

this information be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

Department enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (5) how might the 

Department minimize the burden of this 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Dated: November 3, 2005. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Leader, Information Management Case 

Services Team, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services 

Type of Review: Extension. 

Title: Quarterly Cumulative Caseload 

Report. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 320. 

Burden Hours: 320. 

Abstract: State VR agencies who 

administer vocational programs provide 

key caseload indicator data on this form, 

including numbers of persons who are 

applicants, determined eligible/ 

ineligible, waiting for services, and also 

their program outcomes. This data is 

used for program, planning, 

management, budgeting and general 

statistical purposes. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

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

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 2840. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, 

DC 20202–4700. Requests may also be 

electronically mailed to the Internet 

address OCIO_RIMG@ed.gov or faxed to 

202–245–6621. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be directed to Sheila Carey at her 

e-mail address Sheila.Carey@ed.gov. 

Individuals who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may call the Federal Information 

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–

8339. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; Training and Information 

for Parents of Children With 

Disabilities—Parent Training and 

Information Centers; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2006 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.328M. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: November 8, 

2005. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: January 12, 2006. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: March 12, 2006. 

Eligible Applicants: Parent 

organizations, as defined in section III. 

Eligibility Information in this notice. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$25,964,000 for the Training and 

Information for Parents of Children with 

Disabilities program for FY 2006, of 

which we intend to use an estimated 

$5,187,290 for the Parent Training and 

Information Centers competition. The 

actual level of funding, if any, depends 

on final congressional action. However, 

we are inviting applications to allow 

enough time to complete the grant 

process if Congress appropriates funds 

for this program. 

Information concerning funding 

amounts for individual States is 

provided in a chart elsewhere in this 

notice under section II. Award 

Information. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$288,182. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 18. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: With the exception of 

Mississippi and Oklahoma, projects will 

be funded for a period up to 60 months. 

Mississippi will be funded for a period 

up to 36 months and Oklahoma will be 

funded for a period up to 48 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program is to ensure that parents of 

children with disabilities receive 

training and information to help 

improve results for their children. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv) and (v), this priority is 

from allowable activities specified in 

the statute, or otherwise authorized in 

the statute (see sections 671 and 681(d) 

of the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act (IDEA)). 

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Absolute Priority: For FY 2006 this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Parent Training and Information 

Centers (PTI Centers) Background: This 

priority supports parent training and 

information centers that will provide 

parents of children with disabilities, 

including low-income parents, parents 

of limited English proficient children, 

and parents with disabilities, with the 

training and information they need to 

enable them to participate effectively in 

helping their children with disabilities 

to: 

(a) Meet developmental and 

functional goals, and challenging 

academic achievement goals that have 

been established for all children; and 

(b) Be prepared to lead productive, 

independent adult lives, to the 

maximum extent possible. 

In addition, a purpose of this priority 

is to ensure that children with 

disabilities and their parents receive 

training and information on their rights, 

responsibilities, and protections under 

IDEA in order to develop the skills 

necessary to cooperatively and 

effectively participate in planning and 

decision making relating to early 

intervention, educational, and 

transitional services. 

Text of Priority: Each Parent Training 

and Information Center (PTI Center) 

assisted under this program shall: 

(a) Provide training and information 

that meets the needs of parents of 

children with disabilities living in the 

area served by the PTI Center, 

particularly underserved parents and 

parents of children who may be 

inappropriately identified as having a 

disability when they may not have one, 

to enable their children with disabilities 

to: 

(1) Meet developmental and 

functional goals and challenging 

academic achievement goals established 

for all children; and 

(2) Be prepared to lead productive 

independent adult lives, to the 

maximum extent possible; 

(b) Serve the parents of infants, 

toddlers, and children, from ages birth 

through 26, with the full range of 

disabilities described in section 602(3) 

of IDEA; 

(c) Familiarize themselves with the 

provision of special education, related 

services, and early intervention services 

in the areas they serve to help ensure 

that children with disabilities are 

receiving appropriate services; 

(d) Ensure that the training and 

information provided meets the needs of 

low-income parents and parents of 

limited English proficient children; 

(e) Assist parents to: 

(1) Better understand the nature of 

their children’s disabilities and their 

educational, developmental, and 

transitional needs; 

(2) Communicate effectively and work 

collaboratively with personnel 

responsible for providing special 

education, early intervention services, 

transition services, and related services; 

(3) Participate in decision making 

processes, including those regarding 

participation in State and local 

assessments, and the development of 

individualized education programs 

under Part B of IDEA and 

individualized family service plans 

under Part C of IDEA; 

(4) Obtain appropriate information 

about the range, type and quality of: 

(A) options, programs, services, 

technologies, practices and 

interventions that are based on 

scientifically based research, to the 

extent practicable; and 

(B) resources available to assist 

children with disabilities and their 

families in school and at home, 

including information available through 

the Office of Special Education 

Programs’ (OSEP) technical assistance 

network and Communities of Practice; 

(5) Understand the provisions of IDEA 

for the education of, and the provision 

of early intervention services to, 

children with disabilities; 

(6) Participate in activities at the 

school level that benefit their children; 

and 

(7) Participate in school reform 

activities. 

(f) In States where the State elects to 

contract with the PTI Center, contract 

with the State educational agencies to 

provide, consistent with paragraphs (B) 

and (D) of section 615(e)(2) of IDEA, 

individuals to meet with parents in 

order to explain the mediation process; 

(g) Assist parents in resolving 

disputes in the most expeditious and 

effective way possible, including 

encouraging the use, and explaining the 

benefits, of alternative methods of 

dispute resolution, such as the 

mediation process described in section 

615(e) of IDEA; 

(h) Assist parents and students with 

disabilities to understand their rights 

and responsibilities under IDEA, 

including those under section 615(m) of 

IDEA upon the student’s reaching the 

age of majority (as appropriate under 

State law); 

(i) Assist parents to understand the 

availability of, and how to effectively 

use, procedural safeguards under IDEA, 

including the resolution session 

described in section 615(e) of IDEA; 

(j) Assist parents in understanding, 

preparing for, and participating in, the 

resolution session as described in 

section 615(f)(1)(B) of IDEA; 

(k) Establish cooperative partnerships 

with other PTI Centers in the State and 

any Community Parent Resource 

Centers (CPRCs) in the State funded 

under section 672 of IDEA; 

(l) Network with appropriate 

clearinghouses, including organizations 

conducting national dissemination 

activities under section 663 of IDEA and 

the Institute of Education Sciences, and 

with other national, State, and local 

organizations and agencies, such as 

protection and advocacy agencies, that 

serve parents and families of children 

with the full range of disabilities 

described in section 602(3) of IDEA; 

(m) Annually report to the Assistant 

Secretary on: 

(1) The number and demographics of 

parents to whom the PTI Center 

provided information and training in 

the most recently concluded fiscal year, 

including additional information 

regarding their unique needs and levels 

of service provided to them; 

(2) The effectiveness of strategies used 

to reach and serve parents, including 

underserved parents of children with 

disabilities by providing evidence of 

how those parents were served 

effectively; and 

(3) The number of parents served who 

have resolved disputes through 

alternative methods of dispute 

resolution. 

(n) Respond to requests from the 

National Technical Assistance Center 

(NTAC) and Regional Parent Technical 

Assistance Centers (PTACs) and use the 

technical assistance services of the 

NTAC and PTACs in order to serve the 

families of infants, toddlers, and 

children with disabilities as efficiently 

as possible. PTACs are charged with 

assisting parent centers with 

administrative and programmatic issues; 

(o) If there is more than one PTI 

Center or one or more CPRC in a 

particular State, demonstrate in the 

application how it will coordinate its 

services and supports with the other 

center or centers to ensure the most 

effective assistance to parents in that 

State; 

(p) Budget for a two-day Project 

Directors’ meeting in Washington, D.C. 

during each year of the project. In 

addition, a project’s budget must 

include funds for the center’s project 

director to attend a Regional Project 

Directors’ meeting to be held each year 

of the project; 

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(q) If the PTI Center maintains a Web 

site, include relevant information and 

documents in a format that meets a 

government or industry-recognized 

standard for accessibility; 

(r) Prior to developing any new 

product, whether paper or electronic, 

submit for approval a proposal 

describing the content and purpose of 

the product to the document review 

board of OSEP’s Dissemination Center; 

(s) In collaboration with OSEP and the 

NTAC, participate in an annual 

collection of program data for PTI 

Centers and CPRCs; and 

(t) Identify with specificity in its 

application the special efforts it will 

make to: 

(1) Ensure that the needs for training 

and information of underserved parents 

of children with disabilities in the area 

to be served are effectively met; and 

(2) Work with community based 

organizations, including those that work 

with low-income parents and parents of 

limited English proficient children. 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: 

Under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA) (5 U.S.C. 553) the Department 

generally offers interested parties the 

opportunity to comment on proposed 

priorities. However, section 681(d) of 

IDEA makes the public comment 

requirements in the APA inapplicable to 

the priority in this notice. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1471. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 97, 98, and 99. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$25,964,000 for the Training and 

Information for Parents of Children with 

Disabilities program for FY 2006, of 

which we intend to use an estimated 

$5,187,290 for the Parent Training and 

Information Centers competition. The 

actual level of funding, if any, depends 

on final congressional action. However, 

we are inviting applications to allow 

enough time to complete the grant 

process if Congress appropriates funds 

for this program. 

Information concerning funding 

amounts for individual States is 

provided elsewhere in this section of 

this notice. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$288,182. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 18. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: With the exception of 

Mississippi and Oklahoma, projects will 

be funded for a period up to 60 months. 

Mississippi will be funded for a period 

up to 36 months and Oklahoma will be 

funded for a period up to 48 months. 

In order to allocate resources 

equitably, create a unified system of 

service delivery, and provide the 

broadest coverage for the parents and 

families in every State, the Assistant 

Secretary is making awards in five-year 

cycles for each State. In FY 2006, 

applications for 5-year awards will be 

accepted for the following States: 

Alaska, Alabama, Colorado, Florida, 

Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, 

New York, North Dakota, Puerto Rico, 

Vermont, and Wisconsin. Awards also 

may be made to eligible applicants in 

Guam, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, and the freely 

associated States; however, maximum 

funding levels for these areas have not 

been specified. Applications for a 4-year 

award will be accepted for Oklahoma 

and applications for a 3-year award will 

be accepted for Mississippi. 

The Assistant Secretary took into 

consideration current funding levels 

and population distribution when 

determining the award amounts for 

grants under this competition. 

In the following States, one award 

may be made for up to the amounts 

listed in the chart to a qualified 

applicant for a PTI Center to serve the 

entire State: Alaska, Alabama, Colorado, 

Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, 

Mississippi, Nevada, North Dakota, 

Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, Vermont, and 

Wisconsin. 

To ensure maximum coverage for this 

competition, the Assistant Secretary has 

adopted regional designations in Florida 

and New York, and has identified 

corresponding maximum award 

amounts. Regions were identified in 

Florida and New York by utilizing the 

educational services breakdown 

operational within the States. Any 

applicant that applies for grants for 

more than one region must complete a 

separate application for each region. In 

Florida, up to three awards will be made 

to qualified applicants for a PTI Center 

to serve Regions 1 through 3 in the 

following amounts: 

Region 1—$100,000. 

Region 2—$290,000. 

Region 3—$195,000. 

The total of the awards for the three 

Regions will not exceed the maximum 

amount listed in the chart included 

elsewhere in this notice. A list of the 

counties that are included in each 

region follows the chart. 

In New York, up to three awards will 

be made to qualified applicants for a PTI 

Center to serve Region 1 (the 5 Boroughs 

of Manhattan) and one award will be 

made to a qualified applicant for a PTI 

Center to serve Region 2 (the remainder 

of the State) in the following amounts: 

Region 1—$648,554. 

Region 2—$538,250. 

The total of the awards for the two 

Regions will not exceed the maximum 

amount listed in the following chart. 

INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT APPLICATION NOTICE

FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 

CFDA number and name 

Maximum 

award 

(per year)** 

84.328M Parent Training 

and Information Centers*: 

Alaska .......................... $269,820 

Alabama ...................... 280,940 

Colorado ...................... 277,330 

Florida .......................... 585,000 

—Region 1—

$100,000.

—Region 2—

$290,000.

—Region 3—

$195,000.

Kentucky ...................... 253,760 

Maine ........................... 193,350 

Maryland ...................... 297,890 

Mississippi ................... 244,050 

Nevada ........................ 210,280 

New York ..................... 1,186,804 

—Region 1—

$648,554.

—Region 2—

$538,250.

North Dakota ............... 210,170 

Oklahoma .................... 255,566 

Puerto Rico .................. 278,880 

Vermont ....................... 193,870 

Wisconsin .................... 449,580 

* Awards may also be made to eligible applicants in Guam, the Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands, and the freely associated States. However, maximum funding levels for these areas have not been specified. 

** We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding the funding level 

for a single budget period of 12 months. 

Florida Regions 

Region 1 includes the following 28 

counties: Escambia, Santa Rosa, 

Okaloosa, Walton, Holmes, Washington, 

Bay, Jackson, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty, 

Franklin, Gadsden, Leon, Wakulla, 

Jefferson, Madison, Taylor, Hamilton, 

Suwannee, Lafayette, Dixie, Alachua, 

Columbia, Baker, Union, Bradford, 

Gilchrist. 

Region 2 includes the following 30 

counties: Nassau, Duval, Clay, St. Johns, 

Putnam, Flagler, Levy, Marion, Citrus, 

Sumpter, Volusia, Lake, Hernando, 

Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, 

Sarasota, Charlotte, DeSoto, Highlands, 

Hardee, Okeechobee, St. Lucie, Brevard, 

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Indian River, Polk, Osceola, Orange, 

Seminole. 

Region 3 includes the following 9 

counties: Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, 

Monroe, Collier, Lee, Hendry, Martin, 

Glades. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Parent 

organizations, as defined in section 

671(a)(2) of IDEA. A parent organization 

is a private nonprofit organization (other 

than an institution of higher education) 

that: 

(a) Has a board of directors: 

(1) The majority of whom are parents 

of children with disabilities ages birth 

through 26; 

(2) That includes: 

(i) Individuals working in the fields of 

special education, related services, and 

early intervention; and 

(ii) Individuals with disabilities; and 

(iii) The parent and professional 

members of which are broadly 

representative of the population to be 

served including low-income parents 

and parents of limited English proficient 

children; and 

(b) Has as its mission serving families 

of children with disabilities who are 

ages birth through 26, and have the full 

range of disabilities described in section 

602(3) of IDEA. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not involve cost 

sharing or matching. 

3. Other: General Requirements: (a) 

The projects funded under this 

competition must make positive efforts 

to employ and advance in employment 

qualified individuals with disabilities 

(see section 606 of IDEA). 

(b) Applicants and grant recipients 

funded under this competition must 

involve individuals with disabilities or 

parents of individuals with disabilities 

ages birth through 26 in planning, 

implementing, and evaluating the 

projects (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of 

IDEA). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Education Publications Center 

(ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 

20794–1398. Telephone (toll free): 1–

877–433–7827. FAX: (301) 470–1244. If 

you use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll 

free): 1–877–576–7734. 

You may also contact ED Pubs at its 

Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ 

edpubs.html or you may contact ED 

Pubs at its e-mail address: 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.328M. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the Grants and 

Contracts Services Team listed under 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

competition. 

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 Part III 

to the equivalent of no more than 60 

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). 

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; the one-page abstract, the 

resumes, the bibliography, the 

references, or the letters of support. 

However, you must include all of the 

application narrative in Part III. 

We will reject your application if: 

• You apply these standards and 

exceed the page limit; or 

• You apply other standards and 

exceed the equivalent of the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: November 8, 

2005. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: January 12, 2006. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition may be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper 

format by mail or hand delivery. For 

information (including dates and times) 

about how to submit your application 

electronically, or by mail or hand 

delivery, please refer to section IV. 6. 

Other Submission Requirements in this 

notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: March 12, 2006. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

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 may be submitted 

electronically or in paper format by mail 

or hand delivery. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

We have been accepting applications 

electronically through the Department’s 

e-Application system since FY 2000. In 

order to expand on those efforts and 

comply with the President’s 

Management Agenda, we are continuing 

to participate as a partner in the new 

government wide Grants.gov Apply site 

in FY 2006. Parent Training and 

Information Centers-CFDA Number 

84.328M is one of the competitions 

included in this project. We request 

your participation in Grants.gov. 

If you choose to submit your 

application electronically, you must use 

the 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 e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for Parent Training and 

Information Centers-CFDA Number 

84.328M competition 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. 

Please note the following: 

• Your participation in Grants.gov is 

voluntary. 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are time and date stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted, and must be date/time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

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section, we will not consider your 

application if it is date/time stamped by 

the Grants.gov system later than 4:30 

p.m., Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. When we 

retrieve your application from 

Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are 

rejecting your application because it 

was date/time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system after 4:30 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 application 

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/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete the steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://www.Grants.gov/GetStarted) 

and 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. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you submit your 

application in paper format. 

• You may submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

typically included on the Application 

for Federal Education Assistance (ED 

424), Budget Information-NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

If you choose to submit your application 

electronically, you must attach any 

narrative sections of your application as 

files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich 

text), or .PDF (portable document) 

format. If you upload a file type other 

than the three file types specified above 

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 an 

automatic acknowledgment from 

Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. The Department will 

retrieve your application from 

Grants.gov and send you a second 

confirmation by e-mail that will include 

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 System Unavailability 

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 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 as described elsewhere in 

this notice. If you submit an application 

after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the deadline date, please contact the 

person listed elsewhere in this notice 

under For Further Information Contact, 

and provide an explanation of the 

technical problem you experienced with 

Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov 

Support Desk Case Number (if 

available). 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 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. The Department will contact you 

after a determination is made on 

whether your application will be 

accepted. 

Note: Extensions referred to 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 deadline 

date and time or if the technical problem you 

experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov 

system. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you submit your application in 

paper format by mail (through the U.S. 

Postal Service or a commercial carrier), 

you must mail the original and two 

copies of your application, on or before 

the application deadline date, to the 

Department at the applicable following 

address: 

By mail through the U.S. Postal 

Service: U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.328M), 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–

4260. or 

By mail through a commercial carrier: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center—Stop 4260, 

Attention: (CFDA Number 84.328M), 

7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 

20785–1506. 

Regardless of which address you use, 

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, or 

(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, or 

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by 

the U.S. Postal Service. 

If your application is postmarked after 

the application deadline date, we will 

not consider your application. 

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not 

uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before 

relying on this method, you should check 

with your local post office. 

c. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Hand Delivery. 

If you submit your application in 

paper format by hand delivery, you (or 

a courier service) must deliver the 

original and two copies of your 

application by hand, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.328M), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 

a.m. and 4:30 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 4 of the ED 424 the 

CFDA number—and suffix letter, if 

any—of the competition under which 

you are submitting your application. 

(2) The Application Control Center 

will mail a grant application receipt 

acknowledgment to you. If you do not 

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receive the grant application receipt 

acknowledgment 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 selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210 and are listed in the 

application package. 

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 also 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. 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 specified by 

the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA), the Department is currently 

developing measures that will yield 

information on various aspects of the 

quality of the Training and Information 

for Parents of Children with Disabilities 

program. The measures will focus on: 

The extent to which projects provide 

high quality products and services, the 

relevance of project products and 

services to educational and early 

intervention policy and practice, and 

the use of products and services to 

improve educational and early 

intervention policy and practice. 

Once the measures are developed, we 

will notify grantees if they will be 

required to provide any information 

related to these measures. 

Grantees will also be required to 

report information on their projects’

performance in annual reports to the 

Department (34 CFR 75.590). 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Donna Fluke, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 4059, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–2550. 

Telephone: (202) 245–7345. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call 

the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–

800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities may 

obtain this document in an alternative 

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

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request by contacting the following 

office: The Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245–

7363. 

VIII. Other Information 

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. 

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: November 3, 2005. 

John H. Hager, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 05–22257 Filed 11–7–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; Training and Information 

for Parents of Children With 

Disabilities—Community Parent 

Resource Centers; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2006 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.328C. 

DATES: Applications Available: 

November 8, 2005. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: January 3, 2006. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: March 4, 2006. 

Eligible Applicants: Local parent 

organizations, as defined in section III. 

Eligibility Information in this notice. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration has requested 

$25,964,000 for the Training and 

Information for Parents of Children with 

Disabilities program for FY 2006, of 

which we intend to use an estimated 

$1,000,000 for the Community Parent 

Resource Centers competition. The 

actual level of funding, if any, depends 

on final congressional action. However, 

we are inviting applications to allow 

enough time to complete the grant 

process if Congress appropriates funds 

for this program. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$100,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $100,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services 

may change the maximum amount 

through a notice published in the 

Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 10. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program is to ensure that parents of 

children with disabilities receive 

training and information to help 

improve results for their children. 

Priorities: This competition contains 

an absolute priority and a competitive 

preference priority. In accordance with 

34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(iv) and (v), these 

priorities are from allowable activities 

specified in the statute, or otherwise 

authorized in the statute (see sections 

672 and 681(d) of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)).