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Officers and State Directors of Special 

Education, regarding the State funds 

that must be included in the calculation 

of State financial support for special 

education and related services. 

Topic Addressed: Children in Private 

Schools 

Æ Letter dated December 8, 2009 to 

New York Attorney Lawrence D. 

Weinberg, regarding whether parents 

can obtain reimbursement under Part B 

of the IDEA for the cost of a private 

placement for a child not previously 

found eligible for special education and 

related services. 

Section 613—Local Educational Agency 

Eligibility 

Topic Addressed: Maintenance of Effort 

Æ Letter dated October 29, 2009 to 

Learning Disabilities Association of 

Connecticut Board of Directors 

Secretary Diane Willcutts, regarding the 

use of ARRA Part B, IDEA funds by 

local educational agencies (LEAs) and 

LEA maintenance of effort requirements. 

Æ Letter dated November 13, 2009 to 

Iowa Department of Education Chief 

Lana Michelson and Legal Consultant 

Thomas A. Mayes, reaffirming the 

Department’s position that a State 

educational agency (SEA) must prohibit 

an LEA from taking advantage of the 

LEA maintenance of effort reduction if 

the SEA identifies the LEA as having 

significant disproportionality. 

Section 616—Monitoring, Technical 

Assistance, and Enforcement 

Topic Addressed: State Determinations 

on the Performance of Each Local 

Educational Agency 

Æ Letter dated October 21, 2009 to 

Chief State School Officers and State 

Directors of Special Education urging 

States to maintain high standards and 

not compromise the determination 

process under section 616(d)(2) of the 

IDEA. 

Æ Letter dated October 30, 2009 to 

Montana Office of Public Instruction 

Director of Special Education Tim 

Harris, clarifying that an SEA must 

prohibit an LEA that receives a 

determination of ‘‘needs assistance,’’ 

‘‘needs intervention,’’ or ‘‘needs 

substantial intervention’’ pursuant to 

section 616(d)(2) of the IDEA from 

taking advantage of the 50 percent LEA 

maintenance of effort reduction. 

Part C—Infants and Toddlers With 

Disabilities 

Section 635—Requirements for 

Statewide System 

Topic Addressed: Complaint Resolution 

Æ Letter dated October 27, 2009 to 

Nevada Aging and Disability Services 

Division Part C Coordinator Wendy 

Whipple, regarding the obligation of the 

State lead agency to provide 

compensatory services under Part C of 

the IDEA for children who were denied 

early intervention services, even after 

they moved out of the State. 

Section 639—Procedural Safeguards 

Topic Addressed: Evaluations, Parental 

Consent, and Reevaluations 

Æ Letter dated November 13, 2009 to 

California Early Start Part C Coordinator 

Rick Ingraham, regarding when parental 

consent must be obtained for changes in 

the individualized family service plan. 

Other Letters That Do Not Interpret the 

Idea But May Be of Interest To Readers 

Topic Addressed: Seclusion and 

Restraint 

Æ Letter dated December 8, 2009 to 

Senator Christopher J. Dodd, 

Representative George Miller, and 

Congresswoman Cathy McMorris 

Rodgers, outlining principles for 

Congress to consider in developing 

legislation to limit the use of physical 

restraint and seclusion in schools and 

other educational settings that receive 

Federal funds. 

Electronic Access To This Document 

You can view this document, as well 

as all other Department of Education 

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To use PDF you must have Adobe 

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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. 

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

Number 84.027, Assistance to States for 

Education of Children with Disabilities) 

Dated: May 24, 2010. 

Alexa Posny, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12946 Filed 5–27–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Director, 

Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of 

Management invites comments on the 

submission for OMB review as required 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before June 28, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments should 

be addressed to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Education Desk Officer, 

Office of Management and Budget, 725 

17th Street, NW., Room 10222, New 

Executive Office Building, Washington, 

DC 20503, be faxed to (202) 395–5806 or 

e-mailed to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov with a 

cc: to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. 

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 Acting 

Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory 

Information Management Services, 

Office of Management, 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 

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Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: May 25, 2010. 

James Hyler, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education 

Type of Review: New. 

Title: Striving Readers Comprehensive 

Literacy State Formula Grant 

Application. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 52. 

Burden Hours: 5,200. 

Abstract: The Striving Readers 

Comprehensive Literacy program is 

authorized as part of the FY 2010 

Consolidated Appropriations Act (Pub. 

L. No. 111–117) under the Title I 

demonstration authority (Part E, Section 

1502 of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act (ESEA). The FY 2010 

Appropriations Act provides $250 

million under Section 1502 of the ESEA 

for a comprehensive literacy 

development and education program to 

advance literacy skills for students from 

birth through grade 12. The Act reserves 

$10 million for formula grants to assist 

States in creating or maintaining a State 

Literacy Team with expertise in literacy 

development and education for children 

from birth through grade 12 and to assist 

States in developing a comprehensive 

literacy plan. This request includes 

information collection activity covered 

under the Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA). The activities consist of a new 

application for an SEA to submit to the 

Department to apply for FY 2010 funds 

under the 2010 Appropriations Act. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4262. 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., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@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. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12903 Filed 5–27–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Overview Information 

Race to the Top Fund Assessment 

Program 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.395B (Comprehensive 

Assessment Systems grants) and 84.395C 

(High School Course Assessment Programs 

grants). 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for 

new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2010; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: On April 9, 2010, the 

Department of Education published in 

the Federal Register (75 FR 18171) a 

notice inviting applications for new 

awards for FY 2010 (NIA) for the Race 

to the Top Fund Assessment Program. 

This notice makes two corrections to the 

April 9 NIA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

James Butler, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

room 3C108, Washington, DC 20202– 

6400. Telephone: (202) 453–7246 or by 

e-mail: racetothetop.assessment@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD), call the 

Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 

1–800–877–8339. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain this document in an accessible 

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

audiotape, or computer diskette) on 

request to the contact listed in this 

section. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Correction 

On page 18178, we provided a 

mailing address, telephone number, and 

fax number for the Education 

Publications Center (ED Pubs), from 

which prospective applicants can obtain 

an application package for either grant 

category under the Race to the Top 

Fund Assessment Program competition. 

The mailing address and fax number 

that we provided were incorrect. To 

correct these errors, the Department 

makes the following corrections to the 

April 9 NIA: 

On page 18178, in the third column, 

under the heading 

A. Address To Request Application 

Package: 

1. Correct the third sentence to read: 

‘‘To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, 

fax or call the following: Education 

Publications Center, P.O. Box 22207, 

Alexandria, VA 22304.’’ 

2. Correct the fifth sentence to read: 

‘‘FAX: (703) 605–6794.’’ 

Program Authority: American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Division A, 

Section 14006, Public Law 111–5. 

Electronic Access to This Document 

You may view this document, as well 

as all other Department of Education 

documents 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/index.html. To use 

PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat 

Reader, which is available free at this 

site. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/

index.html. 

Dated: May 25, 2010. 

Thelma Mele ́ndez de Santa Ana, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2010–12953 Filed 5–27–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Teacher Incentive Fund 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Numbers: 84.385 and 84.374. 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for 

new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2010; 

correction. 

SUMMARY: On May 21, 2010, the 

Department of Education published in 

the Federal Register (75 FR 28740) a 

notice inviting applications for new 

awards for FY 2010 (NIA) for the 

Teacher Incentive Fund. This notice 

makes a correction to the May 21 NIA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

April Lee, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 3E120, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 205–5224, or by email: TIF@ed.gov. 


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