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interests of the individual or individuals 

involved, personally identifiable 

information has been deleted, as 

appropriate. 

Part B—Assistance for Education of All 

Children With Disabilities 

Section 611—Authorization; Allotment; 

Use of Funds; Authorization of 

Appropriations 

Topic Addressed: Reallocation of Funds 

Æ Letter dated June 14, 2007 to 

Louisiana Division of Educational 

Improvement and Assistance Director 

Dr. Susan A. Aysenne, confirming that 

the Louisiana Department of Education 

has the authority to reallocate funds that 

are not needed by one local educational 

agency (LEA) to provide a free 

appropriate public education to 

children with disabilities to a single 

LEA or multiple LEAs in the State. 

Section 612—State Eligibility 

Topic Addressed: Free Appropriate 

Public Education 

Æ Letter dated June 14, 2007 to 

individual (personally identifiable 

information redacted), clarifying that 

the same requirements in Part B of IDEA 

governing personnel qualifications and 

access to instructional materials that 

apply to special education and related 

services provided pursuant to a 

student’s individualized education 

program (IEP) in a regular school 

program apply to special education and 

related services provided pursuant to a 

student’s IEP as compensatory services. 

Topic Addressed: Methods of Ensuring 

Services 

Æ Office of Special Education (OSEP) 

Memorandum 07–10 dated May 3, 2007 

to State Directors of Special Education, 

clarifying requirements for obtaining 

parental consent when a public agency 

seeks access to a child’s public benefits 

or public insurance to pay for required 

special education and related services 

for Medicaid-eligible children and 

explaining that the LEA does not have 

to obtain a separate parental consent if 

parental consent is given directly to 

another agency, such as a State’s 

Medicaid Agency. 

Topic Addressed: Disproportionality 

Æ OSEP Memorandum 07–09 dated 

April 24, 2007 to State Directors of 

Special Education, clarifying the 

requirements governing 

overidentification and 

disproportionality under section 

612(a)(24) of IDEA and the requirements 

governing significant disproportionality 

under section 618(d) of IDEA. 

Section 614—Evaluations, Eligibility 

Determinations, Individualized 

Education Programs, and Educational 

Placements 

Topic Addressed: Evaluations and 

Reevaluations 

Æ Letter dated May 10, 2007 to U.S. 

Representative Doris O. Matsui, 

regarding how determinations are made 

about a child’s eligibility for special 

education and related services under 

Part B of IDEA, including whether 

factors such as family history of 

substance abuse and other medical 

information can be considered as part of 

the eligibility determination. 

Section 615—Procedural Safeguards 

Topic Addressed: Maintenance Of 

Current Educational Placement 

Æ Letter dated April 12, 2007 to North 

Carolina Exceptional Children Division 

Director Mary D. Watson, clarifying that 

the requirements of Part B of IDEA for 

annual review of a child’s IEP remain 

fully applicable while administrative or 

judicial proceedings regarding a 

complaint are pending. 

Æ Letter dated April 12, 2007 to 

Community Alliance for Special 

Education Service Coordinator Paul S. 

Foreman, regarding the child’s status 

during the pendency of administrative 

or judicial proceedings when a child 

who is no longer eligible for services 

under Part C of IDEA seeks initial 

services under Part B of IDEA. 

Section 674—Technology Development, 

Demonstration, and Utilization; Media 

Services; and Instructional Materials 

Topic Addressed: National Instructional 

Materials Access Center 

Æ Letter dated May 7, 2007 to 

American Printing House for the Blind, 

Inc. President Dr. Tuck Tinsley, 

explaining the Department’s 

interpretation of section 674(e)(5) of the 

IDEA and clarifying the extent to which 

that section provides any protection for 

the National Instructional Materials 

Access Center from lawsuits contesting 

its grant activities. 

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index.html. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 84.027, Assistance to States for 

Education of Children with Disabilities) 

Dated: September 24, 2007. 

William W. Knudsen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E7–19264 Filed 9–27–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: United States Election 

Assistance Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting 

(amended). 

DATE & TIME: Thursday, October 4, 2007, 

10 a.m.–1 p.m. 

PLACE: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 1225 New York Ave., NW., 

Suite 150, Washington, DC 20005, 

(Metro Stop: Metro Center). 

AGENDA: Commissioners will receive 

the following presentations: 

Commissioners will receive updates on 

the next iteration of the Voluntary 

Voting System Guidelines (VVSG) and a 

report on a recommendation from the 

National Voluntary Laboratory 

Accreditation Program (NVLAP); 

Commissioners will consider an internal 

policy for handling State requests to 

change State-specific instructions to the 

National Voter Registration Form; 

Commissioners have granted a request 

from Secretary of State of Arizona to 

make a statement before the 

Commission; Commissioners will 

discuss other administrative matters. 

This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566–

3100. 

Thomas R. Wilkey, 

Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commision. 

[FR Doc. 07–4834 Filed 9–26–07; 2:44 am] 

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