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development projects that use rigorous 

scientific methodologies. To address 

this interest, applicants are encouraged 

to articulate goals, objectives, and 

expected outcomes for the proposed 

research or development activities. 

Proposals should describe how results 

and planned outputs are expected to 

contribute to advances in knowledge, 

improvements in policy and practice, 

and public benefits for individuals with 

disabilities. Applicants should propose 

projects that are designed to be 

consistent with these goals. We 

encourage applicants to include in their 

application a description of how results 

will measure progress towards 

achievement of anticipated outcomes 

(including a discussion of the proposed 

measures of effectiveness), the 

mechanisms that will be used to 

evaluate outcomes associated with 

specific problems or issues, and how the 

proposed activities will support new 

intervention approaches and strategies. 

Submission of the information 

identified in this section V. 2. Review 

and Selection Process is voluntary, 

except where required by the selection 

criteria listed in the application 

package. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Reporting: At the end of your 

project period, you must submit a final 

performance report, including financial 

information, as directed by the 

Secretary. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

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

appforms/appforms.html. 

Note: NIDRR will provide information by 

letter to grantees on how and when to submit 

the final performance report. 

4. Performance Measures: To evaluate 

the overall success of its research 

program, NIDRR assesses the quality of 

its funded projects through a review of 

grantee performance and products. Each 

year, NIDRR examines a portion of its 

grantees to determine: 

• The percentage of NIDRR-supported 

fellows, post-doctoral trainees, and 

doctoral students who publish results of 

NIDRR-sponsored research in refereed 

journals. 

• The number of accomplishments 

(e.g., new or improved tools, methods, 

discoveries, standards, interventions, 

programs, or devices) developed or 

tested with NIDRR funding that have 

been judged by expert panels to be of 

high quality and to advance the field. 

• The average number of publications 

per award based on NIDRR-funded 

research and development activities in 

refereed journals. 

• The percentage of new NIDRR 

grants that assess the effectiveness of 

interventions, programs, and devices 

using rigorous methods. 

• The number of new or improved 

NIDRR-funded assistive and universally 

designed technologies, products, and 

devices transferred to industry for 

potential commercialization. 

Each grantee must annually report its 

performance through NIDRR’s Annual 

Performance Report (APR) form. NIDRR 

uses APR information submitted by 

grantees to assess progress on these 

measures. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: 

Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 6029, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202. Telephone: (202) 245–7462 or by 

e-mail: Donna.Nangle@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800– 

877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 

and a copy of the application package in 

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

print, audiotape, or computer diskette) 

by contacting the Grants and Contracts 

Services Team, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– 

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

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: 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. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Andrew J. Pepin, Executive 

Administrator for the Office of Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services, 

to perform the functions of the Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

Dated: July 17, 2009. 

Andrew J. Pepin, 

Executive Administrator for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E9–17493 Filed 7–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education Overview Information; 

Training and Advisory Services 

Program—Technical Assistance for 

Student Assignment Plans; Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.004F. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: July 22, 2009. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent To 

Apply: August 6, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: August 21, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Training and 

Advisory Services program is 

authorized under Title IV of the Civil 

Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000c– 

2000c–2, 2000c–5. The February 23, 

2009 House and Senate Conference 

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2241, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 

2009, states that within the $9,489,000 

provided for Training and Advisory 

Services in FY 2009, the Congress made 

$2,500,000 available for one-time 

competitive grants to local educational 

agencies (LEAs) for technical assistance 

in preparing, adopting, or modifying, 

and implementing student assignment 

plans to avoid racial isolation and 

resegregation in the Nation’s schools, 

and to facilitate student diversity, 

within the parameters of current law. 

The Conference Report further called for 

LEAs to use the grant funds to seek 

assistance and expertise from student 

assignment specialists, demographers, 

community relations specialists, facility 

and other planners, or curriculum 

specialists and others in comparable 

LEAs with relevant and successful 

experience, as well as specialists and 

consultants from academia, non-profit 

organizations, civil rights organizations, 

and the private sector. 

Priorities: This notice contains one 

absolute priority and one competitive 

preference priority. We are establishing 

the absolute priority and the 

competitive preference priority for the 

FY 2009 grant competition only, in 

accordance with section 437(d)(1) of the 

General Education Provisions Act 

(GEPA), 20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1). 

Absolute Priority: This priority is an 

absolute priority. Under 34 CFR 

75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Absolute Priority—Technical 

Assistance for Facilitating Student 

Diversity. 

Applications from LEAs seeking to 

obtain technical assistance in preparing, 

adopting, or modifying, and 

implementing student assignment plans 

that use strategies to avoid racial 

isolation and resegregation in their 

schools, and to facilitate student 

diversity, that are permissible within 

the parameters of current law. LEAs 

must use the grant funds to seek 

assistance and expertise from student 

assignment specialists, demographers, 

community relations specialists, facility 

and other planners, or curriculum 

specialists and others in comparable 

LEAs with relevant and successful 

experience, as well as specialists and 

consultants from academia, non-profit 

organizations, civil rights organizations, 

and the private sector. 

Competitive Preference Priority: 

Within this absolute priority, we give 

preference to applications that address 

the following priority. 

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

award an additional five points to an 

application that meets this priority. This 

priority is: 

Competitive Preference Priority— 

School-Board-Approved Voluntary 

Plans. 

Applications from LEAs with existing 

school-board-approved voluntary 

student assignment plans, seeking to 

obtain technical assistance to modify or 

implement those plans. 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: 

Under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(5 U.S.C. 553) the Department generally 

offers interested parties the opportunity 

to comment on proposed priorities. 

Section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, however, 

allows the Secretary to exempt from 

rulemaking requirements, regulations 

governing the first grant competition 

under a new or substantially revised 

program authority. Public Law 111–8 

and its accompanying conference report 

appropriated, for the first time, funds 

specifically for competitive, technical 

assistance grants to school districts 

under Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 

1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000c–2000c–2, 2000c– 

5. Therefore, this grant competition 

qualifies for this exemption. In order to 

ensure timely grant awards, the 

Secretary has decided to forgo public 

comment on the priorities under section 

437(d)(1) of GEPA. These priorities will 

apply to the FY 2009 grant competition 

only. 

Program Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2000c– 

2000c–2, 2000c–5. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

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

84, 85, 97, 98, and 99. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR Part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$2,250,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$200,000–250,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$225,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $250,000 for a single budget 

period of up to 24 months. The 

Secretary may award grants for up to 24 

months but no grantee shall receive 

more than $250,000, regardless of the 

budget period. The Assistant Secretary 

for Elementary and Secondary 

Education may change the maximum 

amount through a notice published in 

the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 10. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 24 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Local 

educational agencies (school districts). 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package: 

You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet or from the 

program office. To obtain a copy via the 

Internet, use the following address: 

http://www.ed.gov/programs/tasap/ 

index.html. To obtain a copy from the 

program office, write, fax, or call the 

following: Fran Walter, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., room 3W113, Washington, DC 

20202–6400. Telephone: (202) 205–9198 

or by e-mail: fran.walter@ed.gov. Fax: 

(202) 205–5870. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), call, toll free: 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 the person listed 

under Accessible Format in section VIII 

of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

program. 

Notice of Intent To Apply: We will be 

able to develop a more efficient process 

for reviewing grant applications if we 

have a better understanding of the 

number of applications we will receive. 

Therefore, we strongly encourage each 

potential applicant to send an e-mail 

notice of its intent to apply for funding 

to the following address: 

fran.walter@ed.gov by August 6, 2009. 

The notice of intent to apply is optional 

and should not include information 

about the potential applicant’s proposal. 

LEAs that do not provide us with the 

notice of intent to apply may still 

submit an application. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

is where you, the applicant, address the 

selection criteria that reviewers use to 

evaluate your application. You must 

limit the application narrative to no 

more than 25 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 

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application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or 

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts: 

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. An application submitted 

in any other font (including Times 

Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be 

accepted. 

The page limit does not apply to the 

cover sheet; the budget section, 

including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the bibliography, or the 

letters of support. However, the page 

limit does apply to all of the application 

narrative section. 

We will reject your application if you 

exceed the page limit; or if you apply 

other standards and exceed the 

equivalent of the page limit. 

3. Submission Dates and Times: 

Applications Available: July 22, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: August 21, 2009. 

Applications for grants under this 

program must be submitted 

electronically using the Electronic Grant 

Application System (e-Application) 

accessible though the Department’s eGrants site. For information (including 

dates and times) about how to submit 

your application electronically, or in 

paper format by mail or hand delivery 

if you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, 

please refer to section IV. 6. Other 

Submission Requirements of this notice. 

We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. 

Individuals with disabilities who 

need an accommodation or auxiliary aid 

in connection with the application 

process should contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT in section VII 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. 

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 reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

6. 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 

Technical Assistance for Student 

Assignment Plans Program, CFDA 

number 84.004F, must be submitted 

electronically using e-Application, 

accessible through the Department’s 

e-Grants Web site at: http:// 

e-grants.ed.gov. 

We will reject your application if you 

submit it in paper format unless, as 

described elsewhere in this section, you 

qualify for one of the exceptions to the 

electronic submission requirement and 

submit, no later than two weeks before 

the application deadline date, a written 

statement to the Department that you 

qualify for one of these exceptions. 

Further information regarding 

calculation of the date that is two weeks 

before the application deadline date is 

provided later in this section under 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement. 

Please note the following: 

• You must complete the electronic 

submission of your grant application by 

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

the application deadline date. EApplication will not accept an 

application for this program after 

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

the application deadline date. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the application 

process. 

• The hours of operation of the eGrants Web site are 6:00 a.m. Monday 

until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 

a.m. Thursday until 8:00 p.m. Sunday, 

Washington, DC time. Please note that, 

because of maintenance, the system is 

unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on 

Sundays and 6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and 

between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 

6:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, 

DC time. Any modifications to these 

hours are posted on the e-Grants Web 

site. 

• You will not receive additional 

point value because you submit your 

application in electronic format, nor 

will we penalize you if you qualify for 

an exception to the electronic 

submission requirement, as described 

elsewhere in this section, and submit 

your application in paper format. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

You must attach any narrative sections 

of your application as files in a .DOC 

(document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF 

(Portable Document) format. If you 

upload a file type other than the three 

file types specified in this paragraph or 

submit a password-protected file, we 

will not review that material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgement that will 

include a PR/Award number (an 

identifying number unique to your 

application). 

• Within three working days after 

submitting your electronic application, 

fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center after 

following these steps: 

(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application. 

(2) The applicant’s Authorizing 

Representative must sign this form. 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424. 

(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on other forms at a 

later date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of e-Application Unavailability: 

If you are prevented from electronically 

submitting your application on the 

application deadline date because eApplication is unavailable, we will 

grant you an extension of one business 

day to enable you to transmit your 

application electronically, by mail, or by 

hand delivery. We will grant this 

extension if— 

(1) You are a registered user of eApplication and you have initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2) (a) E-Application is unavailable for 

60 minutes or more between the hours 

of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

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(b) E-Application is unavailable for 

any period of time between 3:30 p.m. 

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

on the application deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting you an extension. To request 

this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgment of any system 

unavailability, you may contact either 

(1) the person listed elsewhere in this 

notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) 

the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336– 

8930. If e-Application is unavailable 

due to technical problems with the 

system and, therefore, the application 

deadline is extended, an e-mail will be 

sent to all registered users who have 

initiated an e-Application. Extensions 

referred to in this section apply only to 

the unavailability of e-Application. 

Exception to Electronic Submission 

Requirement: You qualify for an 

exception to the electronic submission 

requirement, and may submit your 

application in paper format, if you are 

unable to submit an application through 

e-Application because— 

• You do not have access to the 

Internet; or 

• You do not have the capacity to 

upload large documents to eApplication; and 

• No later than two weeks before the 

application deadline date (14 calendar 

days or, if the fourteenth calendar day 

before the application deadline date 

falls on a Federal holiday, the next 

business day following the Federal 

holiday), you mail or fax a written 

statement to the Department, explaining 

which of the two grounds for an 

exception prevents 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: Fran Walter, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue, SW., room 3W113, LBJ 

Building, Washington, DC, 20202. fax: 

(202) 205–5870. 

Your paper application must be 

submitted in accordance with the mail 

or hand delivery instructions described 

in this notice. 

b. Submission of Paper Applications 

by Mail. 

If you qualify for an exception to the 

electronic submission requirement, you 

may mail (through the U.S. Postal 

Service or a commercial carrier) your 

application to the Department. You 

must mail the original and two copies 

of your application, on or before the 

application deadline date, to the 

Department at the following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.004F), 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 84.004F), 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 

grant 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 are from 34 CFR 

75.210. The maximum score for all of 

the selection criteria is 100 points. The 

maximum score for each criterion is 

indicated in parentheses. The selection 

criteria for this competition are as 

follows: 

(a) Need for project. (25 points) 

The Secretary considers the need for 

the proposed project. In determining the 

need for the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the following 

factors: 

(1) The magnitude of the need for the 

services to be provided or the activities 

to be carried out by the proposed 

project. 

(2) The extent to which specific gaps 

or weaknesses in services, 

infrastructure, or opportunities have 

been identified and will be addressed by 

the proposed project, including the 

nature and magnitude of those gaps or 

weaknesses. 

Note: Included in the need for assistance 

will be consideration of the complexity of the 

student assignment plan—the extent to 

which the applicant’s student assignment 

plan involves particular challenges because 

of either the size of the student body that is 

part of the plan, the diversity of the student 

population that is part of the plan, or the 

applicant’s current pattern for assigning 

students to schools. 

(b) Significance. (10 points) 

The Secretary considers the 

significance of the proposed project. In 

determining the significance of the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(1) The likelihood that the proposed 

project will result in system change or 

improvement. 

(2) The extent to which the proposed 

project is likely to build local capacity 

to provide, improve, or expand services 

that address the needs of the target 

population. 

Note: In evaluating the extent to which the 

proposed project is likely to build capacity to 

expand services that address the needs of the 

target population, the Secretary considers 

how the student assignment plan will 

address the needs of the students, teachers, 

and others who will be affected by the plan. 

(c) Quality of the project design. (15 

points) The Secretary considers the 

quality of the design of the proposed 

project. In determining the quality of the 

design of the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the following 

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(1) The extent to which the goals, 

objectives, and outcomes to be achieved 

by the proposed project are clearly 

specified and measurable. 

(2) The extent to which the proposed 

project is designed to build capacity and 

yield results that will extend beyond the 

period of Federal financial assistance. 

(d) Quality of project services. (15 

points) The Secretary considers the 

quality of services to be provided by the 

proposed project. In determining the 

quality of the services to be provided by 

the proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the quality and sufficiency of 

strategies for ensuring equal access and 

treatment for eligible project 

participants who are members of groups 

that have traditionally been 

underrepresented based on race, color, 

national origin, gender, age, or 

disability. In addition, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(1) The extent to which entities that 

are to be served by the proposed 

technical assistance project demonstrate 

support for the project. 

(2) The extent to which the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

reflect up-to-date knowledge from 

research and effective practice. 

(3) The likely impact of the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

on the intended recipients of those 

services. 

Note: ‘‘Project services’’ are the technical 

assistance activities provided to the LEA that 

are related to the student assignment plan. 

‘‘Project participants’’ are those individuals 

who would be participating in the technical 

assistance activities, who may include, as 

appropriate, teachers, principals, 

administrators, school board members, 

parents, and community leaders. 

(e) Quality of project personnel. (10 

points) 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the personnel who will carry out the 

proposed project. In determining the 

quality of project personnel the 

Secretary considers the extent to which 

the applicant encourages applications 

for employment from persons who are 

members of groups that have 

traditionally been underrepresented 

based on race, color, national origin, 

gender, age, or disability. 

In addition, the Secretary considers 

the qualifications, including relevant 

training and experience, of project 

consultants or subcontractors. 

(f) Adequacy of resources. (5 points) 

The Secretary considers the adequacy 

of resources for the proposed project. In 

determining the adequacy of resources 

for the proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the extent to which the costs 

are reasonable in relation to the 

objectives, design, and potential 

significance of the proposed project. 

(g) Quality of the management plan. 

(10 points) 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the management plan for the proposed 

project. In determining the quality of the 

management plan for the proposed 

project, the Secretary considers the 

following factors: 

(1) The adequacy of the management 

plan to achieve the objectives of the 

proposed project on time and within 

budget, including clearly defined 

responsibilities, timelines, and 

milestones for accomplishing project 

tasks. 

(2) How the applicant will ensure that 

a diversity of perspectives are brought to 

bear in the operation of the proposed 

project, including those of parents, 

teachers, the business community, a 

variety of disciplinary and professional 

fields, recipients or beneficiaries of 

services, or others as appropriate. 

(h) Quality of the project evaluation. 

(10 points) 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the evaluation to be conducted of the 

proposed project. In determining the 

quality of the evaluation, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(1) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation provide for examining the 

effectiveness of project implementation 

strategies. 

(2) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation will provide performance 

feedback and permit periodic 

assessment of progress toward achieving 

intended outcomes. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN). We may notify you informally, 

also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section 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. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Department has established the 

following Government Performance and 

Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) performance 

measure for the Technical Assistance for 

Student Assignment Plans program: The 

percentage of grantees that have school 

board-approved student assignment 

plans by the end of the project period 

that can be, or are being, implemented. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: Fran 

Walter, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 

3W113, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 205–9198 or by e-mail: 

fran.walter@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 

person 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. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Joseph C. Conaty, Director, Academic 


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Improvement and Teacher Quality 

Programs for the Office of Elementary 

and Secondary Education to perform the 

functions of the Assistant Secretary for 

Elementary and Secondary Education. 

Dated: July 16, 2009. 

Joseph C. Conaty, 

Director, Academic Improvement and 

Teacher Quality Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–17492 Filed 7–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services; Overview 

Information; National Institute on 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

(NIDRR)—Disability and Rehabilitation 

Research Projects and Centers 

Program—Rehabilitation Research and 

Training Centers (RRTCs)—Traumatic 

Brain Injury (TBI) Interventions; Notice 

Inviting Applications for New Awards 

for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.133B–11. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: July 22, 2009. 

Date of Pre-Application Meeting: 

August 6, 2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: August 21, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the RRTC program is to improve the 

effectiveness of services authorized 

under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as 

amended, through advanced research, 

training, technical assistance, and 

dissemination activities in general 

problem areas, as specified by NIDRR. 

Such activities are designed to benefit 

rehabilitation service providers, 

individuals with disabilities, and the 

family members or other authorized 

representatives of individuals with 

disabilities. 

Additional information on the RRTC 

program can be found at: http:// 

www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/resprogram.html#RRTC. 

Priorities: This notice contains two 

absolute priorities and one invitational 

priority. Absolute Priority 1–-General 

Rehabilitation and Training Centers 

(RRTC) Requirements is from the notice 

of final priorities for the Disability and 

Rehabilitation Research Projects and 

Centers Program, published in the 

Federal Register on February 1, 2008 

(73 FR 6132). Absolute Priority 2— 

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) 

Interventions is from the notice of final 

priorities for health and function 

outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities, published in the Federal 

Register on June 10, 2004 (69 FR 32824). 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2009, these 

priorities are absolute priorities. Under 

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

applications that meet both of the 

absolute priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1—General 

Rehabilitation Research and Training 

Centers (RRTC) Requirements. 

Absolute Priority 2—Traumatic Brain 

Injury (TBI) Interventions. 

Note: NIDRR strongly suggests proposing 

no more than three research projects under 

these absolute priorities. 

Invitational Priority: Within these 

absolute priorities, we are particularly 

interested in applications that address 

the following priority. For FY 2009, this 

priority is an invitational priority. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not 

give an application that meets this 

invitational priority a competitive or 

absolute preference over other 

applications. 

This priority is: 

Projects that coordinate with the 

NIDRR-funded Model Systems 

Knowledge Translation Center to 

provide scientific results and 

information for dissemination to clinical 

and consumer audiences, including 

vocational rehabilitation and 

independent living service providers. 

(Additional information on this center 

can be found at http:// 

uwctds.washington.edu. 

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) and 

764(b)(2). 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

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

85, 86, and 97. (b) The regulations for 

this program in 34 CFR part 350. (c) The 

notice of final priorities for the 

Disability and Rehabilitation Research 

Projects and Centers Program, published 

in the Federal Register on February 1, 

2008 (73 FR 6132). (d) The notice of 

final priorities for health and function 

outcomes for individuals with 

disabilities, published in the Federal 

Register on June 10, 2004 (69 FR 32824). 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

(IHEs) only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary Grant. 

Estimated Available Funds: $800,000. 

Maximum Award: We will reject any 

application that proposes a budget 

exceeding $800,000 for a single budget 

period of 12 months. The Assistant 

Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services may change the 

maximum amount through a notice 

published in the Federal Register. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 1. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: States; public 

or private agencies, including for-profit 

agencies; public or private 

organizations, including for-profit 

organizations; IHEs; and Indian tribes 

and tribal organizations. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

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 

program or competition as follows: 

CFDA number 84.133B–11. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

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

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the team or 

person listed under Accessible Format 

in section VIII of this notice. 

2. Content and Form of Application 

Submission: Requirements concerning 

the content of an application, together 

with the forms you must submit, are in 

the application package for this 

competition. 

Page Limit: The application narrative 

(Part III of the application) is where you, 

the applicant, address the selection 

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate 

your application. We recommend that 

you limit Part III to the equivalent of no 

more than 125 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. Single spacing 

may be used for titles, headings, 

footnotes, quotations, references, and 


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