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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: January 29, 2008. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Postsecondary Education 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Title: Annual Student Activities 

Report for the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship 

Program. 

Frequency: Annually. 

Affected Public: Not-for-profit 

institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 190. 

Burden Hours: 570. 

Abstract: This information collection 

provides the U.S. Department of 

Education with information needed to 

determine if fellows have made 

substantial progress toward meeting the 

program’s objectives and allows 

program staff to monitor and evaluate 

time-to-degree completion and the 

graduation rate. The Congress has 

mandated (through the Government 

Performance and Results Act of 1993) 

that the U.S. Department of Education 

provide documentation about the 

progress being made by the program. 

Program staff have made minor 

adjustments to the report to improve the 

clarity of the document, and to ensure 

more effective data collection and 

evaluation of program performance. 

However, the current burden estimate of 

three hours per response remains the 

same, pending feedback from 

respondents after the approved Annual 

Student Activities Report is extended 

and implemented. 

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 3571. 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 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. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education Overview Information; 

Enhanced Assessment Instruments; 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards Using Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 

Funds 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.368A. 

DATES: Applications Available: Feburary 

4, 2007. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 4, 2008. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program is to enhance the quality 

of assessment instruments and systems 

used by States for measuring the 

achievement of all students. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

four absolute priorities and three 

competitive preference priorities. In 

accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), the absolute priorities 

are from section 6112 of the Elementary 

and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 

as amended (ESEA). The competitive 

preference priorities are from Appendix 

E to the notice of final requirements for 

optional State consolidated applications 

submitted under section 9302 of the 

ESEA, published in the Federal Register 

on May 22, 2002 (67 FR 35967). 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2007 

funds, these priorities are absolute 

priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we 

consider only applications that meet 

one or more of these priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1. Collaborate with 

institutions of higher education, other 

research institutions, or other 

organizations to improve the quality, 

validity, and reliability of State 

academic assessments beyond the 

requirements for these assessments 

described in section 1111(b)(3) of the 

ESEA. 

Absolute Priority 2. Measure student 

academic achievement using multiple 

measures of student academic 

achievement from multiple sources. 

Absolute Priority 3. Chart student 

progress over time. 

Absolute Priority 4. Evaluate student 

academic achievement through the 

development of comprehensive 

academic assessment instruments, such 

as performance and technology-based 

academic assessments. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award 

up to an additional 35 points to an 

application, depending on the extent to 

which an application meets competitive 

preference priorities. 

For FY 2007 funds, these priorities 

are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1. 

Accommodations and alternate 

assessments (up to 20 points). 

Applications that can be expected to 

advance practice significantly in the 

area of increasing accessibility and 

validity of assessments for students with 

disabilities or limited English 

proficiency, or both, including strategies 

for test design, administration with 

accommodations, scoring, and 

reporting. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2. 

Collaborative efforts (up to 10 points). 

Applications that are sponsored by a 

consortium of States. 

Competitive Preference Priority 3. 

Dissemination (up to 5 points). 

Applications that include an effective 

plan for dissemination of results. 

Note: The full text of the competitive 

preference priorities is included in the notice 

of final requirements published in the 

Federal Register on May 22, 2002 (67 FR 

35967). 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7301a 

and 7842. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The notice of 

final requirements published in the 

Federal Register on May 22, 2002 (67 

FR 35967). 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$7,500,000 in FY 2007 funds. 


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Estimated Range of Awards: 

$500,000–$2,000,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$1,500,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 5. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 18 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: State 

educational agencies (SEAs) as defined 

in section 9101(41) of the ESEA and 

consortia of such SEAs. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

3. Other: An application from a 

consortium of SEAs must designate one 

SEA as the fiscal agent. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: You can access the electronic 

grant application for the Enhanced 

Assessment Grants Program at http:// 

www.Grants.gov. You must search for 

the downloadable application package 

for this competition by the CFDA 

number. Do not include the CFDA 

number’s alpha suffix in your search 

(e.g., search for 84.368, not 84.368A). 

You can also obtain a copy of the 

application package by contacting the 

program contact persons listed under 

Agency Contact in section VII of this 

notice. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the person or 

team listed under Agency 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 and the absolute and 

competitive preference priorities. You 

must limit Part III to the equivalent of 

no more than 40 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. 

• A font no smaller than 10.0 point 

for 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. (Font sizes that round up to 

10, such as 9.7 point, will be considered 

as smaller than 10.0.) 

The page limit does not apply to the 

cover sheet, budget section (chart and 

narrative), assurances and certifications, 

response regarding research activities 

involving human subjects, GEPA 427 

response, one-page abstract, personnel 

resumes, and letters of support; 

however, discussion of how the 

application meets the absolute 

priorities, how well the application 

meets the competitive preference 

priorities, and how well the application 

addresses each of the selection criteria 

must be included within the application 

narrative and therefore is subject to the 

page limit. 

Our reviewers will not read any pages 

of your application that exceed the page 

limit if you apply these standards; or 

exceed the equivalent of the page limit 

if you apply other standards. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: February 4, 

2008. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 4, 2008. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition must be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (Grants.gov). 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 in 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. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition is not subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section in 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. If duplicate applications are 

submitted, the last application 

submitted will be considered and not 

the application submitted earlier. 

a. Electronic Submission of 

Applications. 

Applications for grants under the 

Enhanced Assessment Grants Program, 

CFDA Number 84.368A, must be 

submitted electronically using the 

Governmentwide 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 email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

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. 

Please note the following: 

• 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 date and time stamped. 

Your application must be fully 

uploaded and submitted and must be 

date and 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 section, we will 

not consider your application if it is 

date and 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 and time stamped by the 

Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., 


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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 submission 

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://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must 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, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three 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 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: 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. 

Please note that two of these forms—the 

SF 424 and the Department of Education 

Supplemental Information for SF 424—

have replaced the ED 424 (Application 

for Federal Education Assistance). 

• 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. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified 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 Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

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 described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 4:30 

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

application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII in this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. 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: The extensions to which we refer 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 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

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 

the Grants.gov system because—

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to the 

Grants.gov system; 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: Gregory Dennis, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., Room 3W243, 

Washington, DC 20202–6200. Fax: (202) 

205–4921. 

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 


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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 84.368A), 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 84.368A), 

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. 

(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 84.368A), 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 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 

Appendix E to the notice of final 

requirements published in the Federal 

Register on May 22, 2002 (67 FR 35967) 

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 Notice (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 in this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section in 

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 

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

appforms/appforms.html. Grantees will 

be expected to include in performance 

reports documentation of their success 

in addressing the performance measures 

identified in section 4 below. ED will 

provide grant recipients with the 

appropriate form and related 

instructions for addressing these 

reporting requirements. In addition, ED 

staff will contact grantees periodically 

for informal updates during the period 

of the grant. 

4. Performance Measures: Under the 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has 

developed three measures for evaluating 

the effectiveness of the Enhanced 

Assessment Grants: (1) The number of 

States that participate in pilot activities 

described in each grant application; (2) 

the number of States that participate in 

Enhanced Assessment Grants projects 

funded by this competition; and (3) the 

number of presentations on grant 

activities made by grantees at national 

conferences sponsored by professional 

education organizations, the number of 

papers on grant activities submitted for 

publication in refereed journals, and the 

number of other products disseminated 

to the assessment community. 

In addition, under GPRA, the 

Department has established the 

following measures to evaluate the 

overall effectiveness of the Enhanced 

Assessment Grants Program: (1) For 

each grant cycle and as determined by 

an expert panel, the percentage of 

Enhanced Assessment Grants that 

address program priorities by producing 

significant research regarding 

assessment systems, assessments, or 

related methodologies, products, or 

tools; (2) the percentage of grantees that 

twice during the period of their grants 

make available to SEA staff in nonparticipating States and to assessment 

researchers information on 

advancements in assessments resulting 

from the Enhanced Assessment Grants 

through presentations at national 

conferences, publications in refereed 

journals, or other products disseminated 

to the assessment community; and (3) 

for each grant cycle and as determined 

by an expert panel, the percentage of 

Enhanced Assessment Grants that yield 

significant research, methodologies, 

products, or tools specifically regarding 

accommodations and alternate 

assessments for students with 

disabilities and limited English 

proficient students. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Valeria Ford or Collette Roney, Office of 

Elementary and Secondary Education, 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3W118, 

Washington, DC 20202–6132. 

Telephone: (202) 260–0934, or by email: Valeria.Ford@ed.gov or 

Collette.Roney@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, tollfree, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Alternative Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

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

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 


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on request to one of the program contact 

persons listed under For Further 

Information Contact in section VII in 

this notice. 

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: 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: January 30, 2008. 

Kerri L. Briggs, 

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; Vocational Rehabilitation 

Services Projects for American Indians 

With Disabilities; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.250D. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: February 11, 

2008. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 5, 2008. 

Eligible Applicants: The governing 

bodies of Indian tribes (and consortia of 

those governing bodies) located on 

Federal and State reservations. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$11,000,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$350,000–$1,000,000. 

Maximum Award: For applicants that 

are current grantees under the 

Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Projects for American Indians with 

Disabilities program (i.e., applicants that 

received funding in FY 2007), the 

maximum award amount for the first 

project year is the greater of (a) $365,000 

or (b) an amount equal to 102.8 percent 

of the applicant’s approved budget for 

the applicant’s FY 2007 grant (an 

increase of 2.8 percent). For applicants 

that are not current grantees under the 

Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Projects for American Indians with 

Disabilities program, the maximum 

award amount for the first project year 

is $360,000. 

In addition, the Secretary may limit 

any proposed increases in funding for 

project years two through five to the 

annual estimated percentage change in 

the Consumer Price Index for all Urban 

Consumers (CPIU). The estimated 

percentage increase in the CPIU over the 

prior year for project year two (FY 2009) 

is approximately 3 percent and for 

project years three through five (FY 

2010–FY 2012) is approximately 2.3 

percent. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 21–22. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

this program is to provide vocational 

rehabilitation (VR) services to American 

Indians with disabilities who reside on 

or near Federal or State reservations, 

consistent with their individual 

strengths, resources, priorities, 

concerns, abilities, capabilities, and 

informed choice, so that they may 

prepare for and engage in gainful 

employment, including selfemployment, telecommuting, or 

business ownership. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), this priority is from 

section 121(b)(4) of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973, as amended (29 U.S.C. 

741). 

Competitive Preference Priority: For 

FY 2008, this priority is a competitive 

preference priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(2)(i), we award up to an 

additional 10 points to an application, 

depending on how well the application 

meets this priority. 

This priority is: Continuation of 

Previously-Funded Tribal Programs 

In making new awards under this 

program, we give priority consideration 

to applications for the continuation of 

tribal programs that have been funded 

under this program. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 741. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 

and 97. (b) The regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 369 and 371. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$11,000,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$350,000–$1,000,000. 

Maximum Award: For applicants that 

are current grantees under the 

Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Projects for American Indians with 

Disabilities program (i.e., applicants that 

received funding in FY 2007), the 

maximum award amount for the first 

project year is the greater of (a) $365,000 

or (b) an amount equal to 102.8 percent 

of the applicant’s approved budget for 

the applicant’s FY 2007 grant (an 

increase of 2.8 percent). For applicants 

that are not current grantees under the 

Vocational Rehabilitation Services 

Projects for American Indians with 

Disabilities program, the maximum 

award amount for the first project year 

is $360,000. 

In addition, the Secretary may limit 

any proposed increases in funding for 

project years two through five to the 

annual estimated percentage change in 

the CPIU. The estimated percentage 

increase in the CPIU over the prior year 

for project year two (FY 2009) is 

approximately 3 percent and for project 

years three through five (FY 2010–FY 

2012) is approximately 2.3 percent. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 21–22. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: The governing 

bodies of Indian tribes (and consortia of 

those governing bodies) located on 

Federal and State reservations. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: See 34 

CFR 371.40. 

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), call, toll free: 1–877–

576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ 

edpubs.html or at its e-mail address: 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application package 

from ED Pubs, be sure to identify this 

competition as follows: CFDA number 

84.250D. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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


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