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751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 

Department to extend the deadline for 

the final results to a maximum of 180 

days after the date on which the 

preliminary results are published. 

In this proceeding, the Department 

agrees with the Petitioners that 

additional time is necessary to complete 

the final results of this administrative 

review. Because the Department had to 

reschedule its cost verification due to 

inclement weather, the Department 

intends to conduct its cost verification 

in July 2010. In order to ensure that 

interested parties have sufficient time to 

analyze and comment on the 

verification report, we determine it is 

not practicable to complete this 

administrative review within the 

original time limit. Consequently, the 

Department is extending the time limit 

for completion of the final results of this 

review by 60 days, in accordance with 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The final 

results are now due October 12, 2010, 

since the revised deadline falls on a 

Sunday and the following day is a 

federal holiday. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act. 

Dated: May 11, 2010. 

John M. Andersen, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11702 Filed 5–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services: Overview 

Information: National Interpreter 

Education Center for Training of 

Interpreters for Individuals Who Are 

Deaf or Hard of Hearing and 

Individuals Who are Deaf-Blind; Notice 

Inviting Applications for a New Award 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.160B 

Dates: 

Applications Available: May 17, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: July 1, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: August 29, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: This program 

provides a grant to an eligible entity to 

establish a national interpreter training 

program that will assist ongoing 

regional training centers to train a 

sufficient number of qualified 

interpreters in order to meet the 

communications needs of individuals 

who are deaf or hard of hearing and 

individuals who are deaf-blind. 

Priorities: These priorities are from 

the notice of final priorities for this 

program, published in the Federal 

Register on August 3, 2005 (70 FR 

44841). 

Definitions: For the purpose of these 

priorities, we use the following 

definitions: 

Deaf means individuals who are deaf, 

hard of hearing, late deafened, or deafblind. The term makes no reference or 

judgment of preferred mode of 

communication or language preference. 

Interpreter means individuals, both 

hearing and deaf, who provide 

interpreting or transliterating, or both, 

for deaf, hard of hearing, and deaf-blind 

individuals using a variety of languages 

and modes of communication including 

but not limited to American Sign 

Language, Conceptually Accurate 

Signed English, other forms of signed 

English, oral communication, tactile 

communication, and cued speech. 

National Interpreter Education Center 

means a project supported by the 

Rehabilitation Services Administration 

(RSA) to— (1) Coordinate the activities 

of the Regional Interpreter Education 

Centers; (2) ensure the effectiveness of 

the educational opportunities offered by 

the Regional Interpreter Education 

Centers; (3) ensure the effectiveness of 

the program as a whole by evaluating 

and reporting outcomes; (4) provide 

technical assistance to the field on 

effective practices in interpreter 

education; and (5) provide educational 

opportunities for interpreter educators. 

Novice interpreter means an 

interpreter who has graduated from an 

interpreter training program and 

demonstrates language fluency in 

American Sign Language and in English, 

but lacks experience working as an 

interpreter. 

Qualified interpreter means an 

interpreter who is able to interpret 

effectively, accurately, and impartially 

both receptively and expressively, using 

any necessary specialized vocabulary. 

This definition, which is mentioned in 

the Senate Report for the Rehabilitation 

Act Amendments of 1998, Senate Report 

105–106 (Second Session 1998), is one 

way for States to determine if 

interpreters are sufficiently qualified 

and is based on the standard specified 

in regulations implementing titles II and 

III of the Americans with Disabilities 

Act of 1990. 

Regional Interpreter Education Center 

means a coordinated regional center to 

provide quality educational 

opportunities for interpreters at all skill 

levels. 

Training and education will be used 

interchangeably. 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2010 this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Priority One—National Interpreter 

Education Center. 

The purpose of this priority is to 

support a National Interpreter Education 

Center (National Center) to coordinate 

the activities of the Regional Interpreter 

Education Center or Centers, to ensure 

the effectiveness of the educational 

opportunities offered by the Regional 

Interpreter Education Center or Centers, 

to ensure the effectiveness of the 

program as a whole by evaluating and 

reporting outcomes, to provide technical 

assistance to the field on effective 

practices in interpreter education, and 

to provide educational opportunities for 

interpreter educators. In conducting its 

activities, the National Center must 

ensure the provision of quality 

educational opportunities with 

substantial consumer involvement 

throughout the process and with a 

specific focus on interpreting for 

consumers of vocational rehabilitation 

(VR) services. 

The National Center funded under 

this priority must do the following: 

• Identify and promote effective 

practices in interpreter education and 

provide technical assistance to the 

Regional Interpreter Education Center or 

Centers and the field on effective 

practices in interpreter education. 

• Provide educational opportunities 

(based on the model curriculum 

developed for interpreter educators 

under Grant Number H160C030001, 

www.asl.neu.edu/TIEM.online/ 

mm_curriculum.html) to working 

interpreter educators who need to 

obtain, enhance, or update their training 

on effective practices in interpreter 

education and to new interpreter 

educators. 

• Promote improved education of 

interpreters and coordinate the 

interpreter education activities of the 

Regional Interpreter Education Center or 

Centers by— 

(1) Developing ‘‘Program Quality 

Indicators’’ for this program, including 

the Regional Interpreter Education 

Center or Centers, and measuring 

performance against these indicators; 

(2) Conducting education needs 

assessments and, based on the results, 

developing educational activities for 

delivery through the Regional 

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(3) Collecting, analyzing, and 

reporting to RSA the pre- and postassessment data of the educational 

activities conducted through the 

Regional Interpreter Education Center or 

Centers; 

(4) Ensuring that educational 

opportunities are available to 

individuals from a variety of cultural 

and linguistic backgrounds and are 

sensitive to the needs of those 

audiences; and 

(5) Ensuring that deaf consumers are 

involved in every aspect of the project. 

• Develop effective products for use 

by the Regional Interpreter Education 

Center or Centers in support of their 

educational activities for interpreters 

(e.g., CDs, DVDs, Web-based materials, 

etc.). 

• Promote the educational activities 

of the Regional Interpreter Education 

Center or Centers and disseminate 

information to the field through 

activities such as—developing and 

maintaining a program Web site; 

providing materials to the RSAsponsored National Clearinghouse on 

Rehabilitation Training Materials; 

developing and using Web-based 

activities such as e-newsletters, 

interpreter forums, consumer forums, 

events calendars, etc.; making 

presentations on results of project 

activities at national conferences related 

to interpreting and interpreter 

education; and making presentations on 

results of project activities at consumer 

conferences. 

• Collect, evaluate, and report to RSA 

qualitative and quantitative data on the 

educational activities of the Regional 

Interpreter Education Center or Centers. 

Data must be based on clear, measurable 

goals that are clearly linked to results. 

• Use the data about the individual 

educational activities to demonstrate 

overall program effectiveness. Data must 

be based on clear, measurable goals that 

are clearly linked to results. 

• Coordinate all activities conducted 

under this program, including the 

activities of the National Center and the 

Regional Interpreter Education Center or 

Centers, to ensure effective use of 

resources and consistency of quality 

interpreter educational opportunities to 

individuals in all geographic areas of 

the country. 

• Set aside 10 percent of the project’s 

annual budget submitted to RSA to 

cover the costs of specific collaborative 

activities between the National Center 

and the Regional Interpreter Education 

Center or Centers including, but not 

limited to, travel, communications, 

materials development, Web site 

development, and other collaborative 

efforts. 

Fourth and Fifth Years of Project: 

In deciding whether to continue this 

project for the fourth and fifth years, the 

Secretary will consider the requirements 

of 34 CFR 75.253(a) for continuation 

awards. The Secretary will also consider 

the following: 

• The recommendation of a review 

team consisting of experts selected by 

the Secretary. The team will conduct its 

review in Washington, DC, during the 

first half of the project’s third year. A 

project must budget for the travel 

associated with this one-day intensive 

review. 

• The timeliness and effectiveness 

with which all requirements of the 

award have been or are being met by the 

project. 

• Evidence of the degree to which the 

project’s activities have contributed to 

changed practices and improved the 

quality of interpreters. 

Competitive Preference Priority: For 

FY 2010 this priority is a competitive 

preference priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(ii) we give preference to an 

application that meets this priority over 

an application of comparable merit that 

does not meet the priority. 

This priority is: 

Priority Two—Programs Offering at 

Least a Bachelor’s Degree in Interpreter 

Education. 

Within the existing priority from 34 

CFR 396.33, we are establishing a 

priority to support applications from 

postsecondary institutions that offer and 

have awarded at least a bachelor’s 

degree in interpreter education. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 

84, 85, 86, and 99. (b) The regulations 

for this program in 34 CFR parts 385 

and 396. (c) The notice of final priorities 

for this program, published in the 

Federal Register on August 3, 2005 (70 

FR 44841). 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: $600,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $600,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary may change the maximum 

amount through a notice published in 

the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 1. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: States and 

public or nonprofit agencies and 

organizations, including institutions of 

higher education. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not involve cost sharing 

or matching. 

Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect 

cost reimbursement on a training grant is 

limited to the recipient’s actual indirect 

costs, as determined by its negotiated 

indirect cost rate agreement, or eight percent 

of a modified total direct cost base, 

whichever amount is less. Indirect costs in 

excess of the eight percent limit may not be 

charged directly, used to satisfy matching or 

cost-sharing requirements, or charged to 

another Federal award. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet or from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet, 

use the following address: http:// 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantaps/ 

index.htm. To obtain a copy from ED 

Pubs, write, fax, or call the following: 

ED Pubs, U.S. Department of Education, 

P.O. Box 22207, Alexandria, VA 22304. 

Telephone, toll free: 1–877–433–7827. 

FAX: (703) 605–6794. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), call, toll free: 1–877–576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: www.EDPubs.gov or at its email address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application package 

from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this 

program or competition as follows: 

CFDA 84.160B 

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 person or 

team listed under Accessible Format in 

section VIII 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 the 

application narrative [Part III] to the 


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equivalent of no more than 45 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 

(character 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 cover sheet; Part II, the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; Part IV, the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the bibliography, or the 

letters of support. However, the page 

limit does apply to all of the application 

narrative section [Part III]. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit or if you apply 

other standards and exceed the 

equivalent of the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: May 17, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: July 1, 2010. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition 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 in 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 29, 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 

National Interpreter Education Center 

for Training of Interpreters for 

Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of 

Hearing and Individuals Who are DeafBlind, CFDA number 84.160B 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. EApplication will not accept an 

application for this competition 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 

e-Grants 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 

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 for 

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 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 

e-Application is unavailable, we will 


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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 

e-Application and 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 

acknowledgement 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 eApplication; 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 prevent 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: Traci DiMartini, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 5027, Potomac 

Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 

20202–2800. FAX: (202) 245–7591. 

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 84.160B, 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 84.160B, 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. 

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 

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 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition are from 34 

CFR 75.210, 396.31, and 396.32 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 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. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Government Performance and Results 

Act (GPRA) of 1993 directs Federal 

departments and agencies to improve 


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the effectiveness of programs by 

engaging in strategic planning, setting 

outcome-related goals for programs, and 

measuring program results against those 

goals. 

The goal of the Training of 

Interpreters for Individuals Who Are 

Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals 

Who Are Deaf-Blind program is to 

establish interpreter training programs 

or to assist ongoing training programs to 

train a sufficient number of qualified 

interpreters in order to meet the 

communications needs of individuals 

who are deaf or hard of hearing and 

individuals who are deaf-blind. 

As required by the absolute priority, 

grantees must develop and implement 

quality indicators and measure their 

performance against these indicators. In 

addition, RSA will use the following 

indicators for the National Interpreter 

Education Center project: 

• The percentage of interpreter 

educators receiving educational 

opportunities (based on the model 

curriculum developed for interpreter 

educators under Grant Number 

H160C030001) from the National Center 

and who successfully completed those 

opportunities as demonstrated through 

pre- and post-activity assessments, the 

development of portfolios, etc. 

• The extent to which the educational 

activities and products for delivery 

through the five Regional Interpreter 

Education Centers meet the clear, 

measurable goals that the grantee is 

required to establish. This may include, 

but is not limited to, providing a 

detailed list of organizations, 

individuals, and State VR agencies that 

received information related to the 

activities of both the National and 

Regional Interpreter Education Center 

projects. 

• The degree to which the project’s 

activities have contributed to changed 

practices and improved the quality of 

interpreters. In order to effectively 

measure this outcome the National 

Center must provide quantitative and 

qualitative examples describing how its 

activities, trainings, and publications 

improved the quality of interpreters. 

• The percentage of all State VR 

agencies within a specific geographic 

region who receive publications, 

trainings, and technical assistance from 

both their Regional Interpreter 

Education Center and the National 

Center. 

The National Center grantee must 

report annually to RSA on these 

indicators through its annual 

performance report. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Traci DiMartini, U.S. Department of 

Education, Rehabilitation Services 

Administration, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., Room 5027, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2800. Telephone: (202) 245–6425 

or by e-mail: Traci.DiMartini@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service (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) 

by contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Service Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

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: 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: www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: May 12, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11715 Filed 5–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Advisory Committee on Student 

Financial Assistance: Meeting 

AGENCY: Advisory Committee on 

Student Financial Assistance, 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference 

meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming teleconference meeting of 

the Advisory Committee on Student 

Financial Assistance. Individuals who 

will need accommodations for a 

disability in order to attend the 

teleconference meeting (i.e., interpreting 

services, assistive listening devices, 

and/or materials in alternative format) 

should notify the Advisory Committee 

no later than Tuesday, June 1, 2010 by 

contacting Ms. Tracy Jones at (202) 219– 

2099 or via e-mail at 

tracy.deanna.jones@ed.gov. We will 

attempt to meet requests after this date, 

but cannot guarantee availability of the 

requested accommodation. The 

teleconference site is accessible to 

individuals with disabilities. This 

notice also describes the functions of 

the Advisory Committee. Notice of this 

hearing is required under Section 

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. This document is 

intended to notify the general public. 

Date and Time: Tuesday, June 8, 

2010, beginning at 1:00 p.m. and ending 

at approximately 3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Office of the Advisory 

Committee on Student Financial 

Assistance, Capitol Place, 80 F Street, 

NW., Room 412, Washington, DC 

20202–7582. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

William J. Goggin, Executive Director, 

Advisory Committee on Student 

Financial Assistance, Capitol Place, 80 F 

Street, NW., Suite 413, Washington DC 

20202–7582, (202) 219–2099. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Committee on Student 

Financial Assistance is established 

under Section 491 of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965 as amended by 

Public Law 100–50 (20 U.S.C. 1098). 

The Advisory Committee serves as an 

independent source of advice and 

counsel to the Congress and the 

Secretary of Education on student 

financial aid policy. Since its inception, 

the congressional mandate requires the 

Advisory Committee to conduct 

objective, nonpartisan, and independent 

analyses on important aspects of the 

student assistance programs under Title 

IV of the Higher Education Act. In 

addition, Congress expanded the 

Advisory Committee’s mission in the 

Higher Education Opportunity Act of 

2008 to include several important areas: 

access, Title IV modernization, early 

information and needs assessment and 

review and analysis of regulations. 

Specifically, the Advisory Committee is 

to review, monitor and evaluate the 

Department of Education’s progress in 

these areas and report recommended 

improvements to Congress and the 

Secretary. 

The Advisory Committee has 

scheduled this teleconference to finalize 

the findings and recommendations of its 

upcoming report to Congress and the 

Secretary of Education, and conduct 

other business related to new members. 


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