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Regulatory Compliance Related to the 

Personnel Preparation Program’s Service 

Obligation. 

OMB Control Number: 1820–0622. 

Agency Form Number(s): N/A. 

Frequency of Responses: On 

Occasion. 

Affected Public: Businesses or other 

for-profit; Individuals or households; 

Not-for-profit institutions. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 4,650. 

Total Estimated Annual Burden 

Hours: 6,750. 

Abstract: The data collection under 

this request are governed by 34 CFR 

304.1–304.32 of the The data collection 

under this request are governed by 34 

CFR 304.1–304.32 of the December 9, 

1999 regulations that implement section 

673(h) of the Individuals with 

Disabilities Education Act, 

Amendments of 1997 which requires 

that individuals who receive a 

scholarship through the Personnel 

Preparation Program funded under the 

Act subsequently provide special 

education and related services to 

children with disabilities for a period of 

two years for every year for which 

assistance was received. Scholarship 

recipients who do not satisfy the 

requirements of the regulations must 

repay all or part of the cost of assistance 

in accordance with regulations issued 

by the Secretary. These regulations 

implement requirements governing 

among other things, the service 

obligation for scholars, oversight by 

grantees, and repayment of scholarship. 

In order for the Federal government to 

ensure the goals of the program are 

achieved, certain data collection, record 

keeping, and documentation are 

necessary. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from the RegInfo.gov 

Web site at http://www.reginfo.gov/

public/do/PRAMain or from the 

Department’s Web site at http://

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 

‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4381. 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 and 

OMB Control Number when making 

your request. 

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. 2010–27750 Filed 11–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Postsecondary Education; 

Overview Information; Talent Search 

(TS) Program; Notice Inviting 

Applications For New Awards for 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.044A. 

Dates: Applications Available: 

November 3, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: December 28, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: February 28, 2011. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the TS Program is to identify qualified 

individuals with potential for education 

at the postsecondary level and 

encourage them to complete secondary 

school and undertake a program of 

postsecondary education. TS projects 

publicize the availability of, and 

facilitate the application for, student 

financial assistance for persons who 

seek to pursue postsecondary education 

and encourage persons who have not 

completed programs at the secondary or 

postsecondary level to enter or reenter 

and complete these programs. 

Priorities: Under this competition we 

are particularly interested in 

applications that address the following 

priorities. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2011 

these priorities are invitational 

priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we 

do not give an application that meets 

these invitational priorities a 

competitive or absolute preference over 

other applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1: The Secretary 

encourages applicants to propose 

projects that provide services to 

students enrolled in schools that are not 

currently being served by a Talent 

Search project, especially schools that 

the State has identified as the 

persistently lowest-achieving schools. 

Invitational Priority 2: The Secretary 

encourages applicants to work with 

appropriate State agencies to use data 

from State longitudinal data systems or 

to obtain data from reliable third-party 

sources when providing information on 

the implementation of their Talent 

Search projects and their participants’ 

outcomes. 

Invitational Priority 3: The Secretary 

encourages applicants to coordinate 

project services with school-level 

partners and other community resources 

in order to carry out projects that are 

cost-effective and best meet students’ 

needs. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a–11– 

1070a–12. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75 (except for 

§§ 75.215 through 75.221), 77, 79, 80, 

82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98 and 99. 

(b) The regulations for this program in 

34 CFR part 643. 

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: The 

Administration has requested $853.1 

million for the Federal TRIO Programs 

for FY 2011, of which we intend to use 

an estimated $142.1 million for the TS 

Program. The actual level of funding, if 

any, depends on final congressional 

action. However, we are inviting 

applications to allow enough time to 

complete the grant process if Congress 

appropriates funds for this program. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$230,000–$702,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$306,168. 

Maximum Award: 

• An applicant not currently 

receiving a TS Program grant: For an 

applicant who is not currently receiving 

a TS Program grant, the maximum 

award amount is $230,000 and the 

project must serve a minimum of 500 

participants, based upon a per 

participant cost of no more than (or not 

to exceed) $460. 

• An applicant currently receiving a 

TS Program grant: For an applicant who 

is currently receiving a TS Program 

grant, the maximum award amount is 

the greater of (a) $230,000 or (b) an 

amount equal to 103 percent of the 

applicant’s grant award amount for FY 

2009 or FY 2010, whichever is greater. 

The applicant must propose to serve a 

minimum of 500 participants and, 

regardless of the size of the award, the 

per participant cost may not exceed 

$460. If an applicant who is currently 

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more than 500 participants, the 

applicant is encouraged to continue to 

serve the same number of participants. 

However, if the applicant proposes to 

reduce the number of participants to be 

served, the applicant must propose to 

serve at least 500 participants and the 

per participant cost may not exceed 

$460 per participant. For example, if an 

applicant is eligible for a $460,000 grant 

(103 percent of the current funding 

level) the applicant must propose to 

serve at least 1,000 participants. 

The Department may choose to fund 

successful applicants who are currently 

receiving a TS Program grant at a level 

equal to the greater of the award amount 

FY 2009 or FY 2010 instead of an 

amount equal to 103 percent of the 

current award amount. However, in that 

situation, the Department will adjust the 

number of participants that the 

applicant will be required to serve 

accordingly. For example, an applicant 

with a current grant of $446,602 would 

be required to serve at least 971 

participants ($446,602 ÷ $460 = 971). 

We will reject any application that 

proposes a budget exceeding the 

maximum amount listed in this section 

for a single budget period of 12 months. 

We will also reject any application that 

proposes a budget to serve less than 500 

participants, and will reject any 

application that proposes a budget that 

exceeds the maximum per participant 

cost of $460. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 464. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Institutions of 

higher education, public and private 

agencies and organizations including 

community-based organizations with 

experience in serving disadvantaged 

youth, combinations of such 

institutions, agencies and organizations, 

and secondary schools, for planning, 

developing, or carrying out one or more 

of the services identified under this 

program. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

3. Other: An applicant may submit 

more than one application for a TS grant 

so long as each application describes a 

project that serves a different target area 

or target schools (34 CFR 643.10(a)). The 

term target area is defined as a 

geographic area served by a TS project, 

and the term target school is a school 

designated by the applicant as a focus 

of project services (34 CFR 643.7(b)). 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address to Request Application 

Package: Geraldine Smith or ReShone 

Moore, U.S. Department of Education, 

1990 K Street, NW., suite 7000, 

Washington, DC 20006–8510. 

Telephone: (202) 502–7600 or by e-mail: 

TRIO@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 a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting one of the 

program contact persons listed in this 

section. 

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 

program. 

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 no 

more than 65 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. Page numbers 

and an identifier may be within the 1′′ 

margin. 

• Double space (no more than three 

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, except titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, captions, and all text in 

charts, tables, figures and graphs. 

• Use a font that is 12 point or larger. 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

The page limit does not apply to Part 

I, the Application for Federal Assistance 

Face Sheet (SF 424); Part II, the budget 

information summary form (ED Form 

524); the TS Program Profile, the onepage Project Abstract narrative; and the 

assurances and certifications. The page 

limit also does not apply to a table of 

contents. If you include any attachments 

or appendices, these items will be 

counted as part of Part III, the 

application narrative, for purposes of 

the page-limit requirement. You must 

include your complete response to the 

selection criteria, which also includes 

the budget narrative in Part III, the 

application narrative. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: November 3, 

2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: December 28, 2010. 

Applications for grants under this 

program 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. 7. 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 of 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: February 28, 2011. 

4. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

program. 

5. Funding Restrictions: We specify 

unallowable costs in 34 CFR 643.31. We 

reference additional regulations 

outlining restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. Data Universal Numbering System 

Number, Taxpayer Identification 

Number, and Central Contractor 

Registry: To do business with the 

Department of Education, you must— 

a. Have a Data Universal Numbering 

System (DUNS) number and a Taxpayer 

Identification Number (TIN); 

b. Register both your DUNS number 

and TIN with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR), the Government’s 

primary registrant database; 

c. Provide your DUNS number and 

TIN on your application; and 

d. Maintain an active CCR registration 

with current information while your 

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Department and, if you are awarded a 

grant, during the project period. 

You can obtain a DUNS number from 

Dun and Bradstreet. A DUNS number 

can be created within one business day. 

If you are a corporate entity, agency, 

institution, or organization, you can 

obtain a TIN from the Internal Revenue 

Service. If you are an individual, you 

can obtain a TIN from the Internal 

Revenue Service or the Social Security 

Administration. If you need a new TIN, 

please allow 2–5 weeks for your TIN to 

become active. 

The CCR registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete. 

If you are currently registered with the 

CCR, you may not need to make any 

changes. However, please make certain 

that the TIN associated with your DUNS 

number is correct. Also note that you 

will need to update your CCR 

registration on an annual basis. This 

may take three or more business days to 

complete. 

In addition, if you are submitting your 

application via Grants.gov, you must (1) 

be designated by your organization as an 

Authorized Organization Representative 

(AOR); and (2) register yourself with 

Grants.gov as an AOR. Details on these 

steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3- 

Step Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

7. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications for grants under this 

program 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 

Talent Search Program, CFDA number 

84.044A, must be submitted 

electronically using the 

Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site 

at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, 

you will be able to download a copy of 

the application package, complete it 

offline, and then upload and submit 

your application. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

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. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the Talent Search 

Program at http://www.Grants.gov. You 

must search for the downloadable 

application package for this program by 

the CFDA number. Do not include the 

CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your 

search (e.g., search for 84.326, not 

84.326A). 

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 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 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 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the 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 program 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 under News and Events on 

the Department’s G5 system home page 

at http://www.G5.gov. 

• 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 .PDF (Portable Document) format only. 

If you upload a file type other than a 

.PDF file or submit a passwordprotected 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 4:30:00 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 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in 

section VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

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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 4:30:00 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: Geraldine Smith, U.S. 

Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 

NW., room 7000, Washington, DC 

20006–8510. FAX: (202) 502–7857. 

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 three 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 84.044A), 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 84.044A), 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 

1. Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this program competition are 

in 34 CFR 643.21 and listed in the 

application package. 

Note: With the changes made to the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended, by the 

Higher Education Opportunity Act, the TS 

Program objectives have been standardized. 

Please note that applicants are required to 

use these objectives to measure performance 

under the program. Specifically, under the 

‘‘Objectives’’ selection criterion, 34 CFR 

643.21(b), worth eight points, applicants 

should address the standardized objectives 

related to the participants’ academic 

achievements, including secondary school 

persistence, secondary school graduation 

with a regular secondary school diploma, 

secondary school graduation from a rigorous 

secondary school program of study, 

postsecondary education enrollment, and 

postsecondary degree attainment. 

2. Review and Selection Process: A 

panel of non-federal readers will review 

each application on the basis of the 

selection criteria in 34 CFR 643.21. The 

individual scores of the readers will be 

added and the sum divided by the 

number of readers to determine the 

reader score received in the review 

process. In accordance with 34 CFR 

643.22, the Secretary will award prior 

experience points to applicants that 

have conducted a TS Program project 

during budget periods 2007–08, 2008– 

09, and 2009–10, based on their 

documented experience. Prior 

experience points, if any, will be added 

to the application’s averaged reader 

score to determine the total score for 

each application. If there are insufficient 

funds for all applications with the same 

total scores, per 34 CFR 643.20(c), the 

Secretary will choose among the tied 

applications so as to serve geographical 

areas that have been underserved by the 

TS Program. 

We remind potential applicants that 

in reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary also requires 

various assurances including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

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or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department of 

Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 

108.8, and 110.23). 

3. Special Conditions: Under 34 CFR 

74.14 and 80.12, the Secretary may 

impose special conditions on a grant if 

the applicant or grantee is not 

financially stable; has a history of 

unsatisfactory performance; has a 

financial or other management system 

that does not meet the standards in 34 

CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has 

not fulfilled the conditions of a prior 

grant; or is otherwise not responsible. 

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 will 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: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) 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. 

4. Performance Measures: The success 

of the TS Program will be measured by 

secondary school persistence and 

graduation rates of TS Program 

participants, as well as postsecondary 

enrollment and completion rates. All TS 

Program grantees will be required to 

submit an annual performance report 

documenting secondary school 

persistence, secondary school 

graduation, and postsecondary 

enrollment of their participants. 

Because students may take different 

lengths of time to complete their 

postsecondary education, multiple years 

of performance report data are needed to 

determine the postsecondary 

completion rates of TS Program 

participants. The Department will 

aggregate the data provided in the 

annual performance reports from all 

grantees to determine the performance 

level of the overall TS Program. 

5. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award, the Secretary may 

consider, under 34 CFR 75.253, the 

extent to which a grantee has made 

‘‘substantial progress toward meeting the 

objectives in its approved application.’’ 

This consideration includes the review 

of a grantee’s progress in meeting the 

targets and projected outcomes in its 

approved application, and whether the 

grantee has expended funds in a manner 

that is consistent with its approved 

application and budget. In making a 

continuation grant, the Secretary also 

considers whether the grantee is 

operating in compliance with the 

assurances in its approved application, 

including those applicable to Federal 

civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Agency Contacts 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Geraldine Smith or ReShone Moore, 

U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K 

Street, NW., suite 7000, Washington, DC 

20006–8510. Telephone: (202) 502–7600 

or by e-mail: TRIO@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the 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) 

on request to the program contact 

persons listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of 

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. 

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: October 29, 2010. 

Eduardo M. Ochoa, 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27732 Filed 11–2–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

National Assessment Governing 

Board; Meeting 

AGENCY: National Assessment 

Governing Board, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting and 

Partially Closed Sessions. 

SUMMARY: The notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming meeting of the National 

Assessment Governing Board. This 

notice also describes the functions of 

the Board. Notice of this meeting is 

required under Section 10 (a) (2) of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act. This 

document is intended to notify members 

of the general public of their 

opportunity to attend. Individuals who 

will need special accommodations in 

order to attend the meeting (e.g.: 

interpreting services, assistive listening 

devices, materials in alternative format) 

should notify Munira Mwalimu at 202– 

357–6938 or at 

Munira.Mwalimu@ed.gov no later than 

November 5, 2010. We will attempt to 

meet requests after this date, but cannot 

guarantee availability of the requested 

accommodation. The meeting site is 

accessible to individuals with 

disabilities. 

DATES: November 18–20, 2010. 

Times 

November 18: Committee Meetings 

Assessment Development Committee: 

Open Session—12:00 p.m–1:00 p.m..; 

Closed Session 1:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. 

Executive Committee: Open Session— 

4:30 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.; Closed Session— 

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