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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 July 17, 

2009. 

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 

send e-mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.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 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 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: June 11, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Electronic Debit Payment 

Option for Student Loans. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 1,600. 

Burden Hours: 133. 

Abstract: The Pre-Authorized Debit 

Account (PDA) payment option allows 

borrowers with defaulted federal 

student loans that are held by the U.S. 

Department of Education’s (ED’s) 

Federal Student Aid Collections 

(Collections) unit to have their loan 

payments automatically debited from 

their checking or savings accounts and 

sent to ED. Borrowers who choose the 

use the PDA option to make their loan 

payments must authorize ED to debit 

their bank accounts. 

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 4003. 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The 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 July 17, 

2009. 

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 

send e-mail to 

oira_submission@omb.eop.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 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 

information; (5) Respondents and 

frequency of collection; and (6) 

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping 

burden. OMB invites public comment. 

Dated: June 11, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Federal Student Aid 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Federal Perkins Loan Program 

Master Promissory Note. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household; Businesses or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 690,000. 

Burden Hours: 345,000. 

Abstract: The Federal Perkins Loan 

Master Promissory Note (MPN) is a 

promissory note under which a 

borrower may receive loans for a single 

academic year or multiple academic 

years. The adoption of the MPN in the 

Perkins Loan Program has simplified the 

loan process by eliminating the need for 

institutions to prepare, and students to 

sign, a promissory note each award year. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection submission for OMB review 

may be accessed from http:// 

edicsweb.ed.gov, by selecting the 


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‘‘Browse Pending Collections’’ link and 

by clicking on link number 4005. 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; Technical Assistance and 

Dissemination To Improve Services 

and Results for Children With 

Disabilities—State Technical 

Assistance Projects To Improve 

Services and Results for Children Who 

Are Deaf-Blind; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2009 

Note: This notice inviting applications is 

open to qualified applicants to serve the 

following areas only: the District of 

Columbia; Puerto Rico; and the Virgin 

Islands. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.326C. 

Note: On March 25, 2008, we published a 

Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for FY 2008 in the Federal Register (73 FR 

15744) inviting applications for CFDA 

Number 84.326C using the Technical 

Assistance and Dissemination To Improve 

Services and Results for Children With 

Disabilities—State Technical Assistance 

Projects To Improve Services and Results for 

Children Who Are Deaf-Blind priority. We 

invited applications in that notice for 

projects in all 50 States, the District of 

Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and the 

outlying areas and the Freely Associated 

States (FAS) of the Pacific Basin. No 

applications were submitted to serve the 

District of Columbia or the Virgin Islands and 

the single application that was submitted to 

serve Puerto Rico proposed a budget that 

exceeded the amount allocated to that area 

and, therefore, the application was not 

eligible for review. Through this notice, we 

invite applications for another competition 

for State Technical Assistance Projects To 

Improve Services and Results for Children 

Who Are Deaf-Blind to serve the District of 

Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin 

Islands. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: June 17, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: July 17, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: September 15, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Technical Assistance and 

Dissemination To Improve Services and 

Results For Children With Disabilities 

program is to promote academic 

achievement and to improve results for 

children with disabilities by providing 

technical assistance (TA), supporting 

model demonstration projects, 

disseminating useful information, and 

implementing activities that are 

supported by scientifically based 

research. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

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

allowable activities specified in the 

statute or otherwise authorized in the 

statute (see sections 663 and 681(d) of 

the Individuals with Disabilities 

Education Act, as amended (IDEA) (20 

U.S.C. 1400, et seq.). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2009 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards based on the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Technical Assistance and 

Dissemination To Improve Services and 

Results for Children With Disabilities— 

State Technical Assistance Projects To 

Improve Services and Results for 

Children Who Are Deaf-Blind 

Background: 

Children who are deaf-blind represent 

one of the lowest incidence and most 

diverse groups of learners receiving 

early intervention, special education, 

and related services (Muller, 2006). In 

addition to having combined hearing 

and vision loss, 90 percent of these 

children experience concomitant 

physical or intellectual disabilities and 

may experience complex medical and 

behavioral challenges (Killoran, 2007). 

Children who are deaf-blind are often 

isolated and disconnected from people 

and activities in their homes, schools, 

and communities both because they 

cannot access visual and auditory 

information and because they are not 

given the individualized supports 

necessary to access this information. 

Without individualized supports to 

access visual and auditory information 

(i.e., environmental information, such as 

who is present, what is being said, and 

what activities are occurring), children 

who are deaf-blind are at greater risk for 

not attaining age-appropriate milestones 

in communication and language, social 

skills, and activities of daily living, 

which in turn affects their educational 

outcomes. Consequently, students who 

are deaf-blind often exit school at age 22 

without viable postsecondary education, 

employment, or independent living 

options (Killoran, 2007). 

Most State educational agencies 

(SEAs), Part C State lead agencies, and 

local educational agencies (LEAs) lack 

sufficient numbers of personnel with 

the specialized training, experience, and 

skills that are needed to provide 

appropriate early intervention, special 

education, and related services to 

children who are deaf-blind (Collins, 

1992; Markowitz, 2001; McLetchie, 

1992). The critical shortage of personnel 

to serve children who are deaf-blind can 

limit access to a free appropriate public 

education for these children. 

Since its inception, the Office of 

Special Education Programs (OSEP) has 

funded TA projects and personnel 

preparation programs to build State and 

local capacity to serve children who are 

deaf-blind and their families. As a result 

of those projects and programs, 

professionals, advocates, individuals 

who are deaf-blind, and parents have 

collaborated to make progress in 

identifying evidence-based intervention 

practices for children who are deafblind, developing high-quality training 

materials and resources, and developing 

networks across States to share 

information (Killorin, Davies, & 

McNulty, 2006). However, the National 

Deaf-Blind Child Count Registry data 

show that eighty-five percent of schoolage children still continue to receive 

their services in separate settings. More 

work is needed to ensure that early 

intervention, special and regular 

education, and related services 

personnel have adequate skills to 

appropriately serve infants and toddlers 

in natural environments, which may 

include home and community settings, 

and school-age children in the least 

restrictive environment (Warner, 2007). 

Under this priority, the projects to be 

funded will create or strengthen 

collaborative partnerships among 

families, SEAs, State lead agencies, and 

LEAs to enhance services and improve 

outcomes for children who are deafblind. Projects will assist SEAs, State 

lead agencies, and LEAs in ensuring that 

children served under Part C of IDEA 


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