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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: July 16, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Institute of Education Sciences 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: Evaluation of Moving HighPerforming Teachers To LowPerforming Schools. 

Frequency: On Occasion. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

household; Not-for-profit institutions. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 495. 

Burden Hours: 560. 

Abstract: This is the second 

submission of a two-stage clearance 

request for approval of data collection 

activities that will be used to support 

An Impact Evaluation of Moving HighPerforming Teachers to Low-Performing 

Schools. The evaluation aims to 

estimate the impact of a program, 

labeled the Talent Transfer Initiative 

(TTI) program, on student achievement. 

This program identifies teachers with 

consistently high performance using 

value-added student learning gains and 

offers them monetary incentives to 

transfer to schools identified as lowperforming based on average student 

test scores. 

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 4024. When 

you access the information collection, 

click on ‘‘Download Attachments’’ to 

view. Written requests for information 

should be addressed to U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 

SW., LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to the Internet address 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. E9–17390 Filed 7–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Notice of Proposed Information 

Collection Requests 

AGENCY: Department of Education. 

SUMMARY: The Director, Information 

Collection Clearance Division, 

Regulatory Information Management 

Services, Office of Management, invites 

comments on the proposed information 

collection requests as required by the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before 

September 21, 2009. 

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. 

The Department of Education is 

especially interested in public comment 

addressing the following issues: (1) Is 

this collection necessary to the proper 

functions of the Department; (2) will 

this information be processed and used 

in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate 

of burden accurate; (4) how might the 

Department enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (5) how might the 

Department minimize the burden of this 

collection on the respondents, including 

through the use of information 

technology. 

Dated: July 16, 2009. 

Angela C. Arrington, 

Director, Information Collection Clearance 

Division, Regulatory Information 

Management Services, Office of Management. 

Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education 

Type of Review: Revision. 

Title: State Fiscal Stabilization Fund 

Grant Application. 

Frequency: Once. 

Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal 

Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs. 

Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour 

Burden: 

Responses: 52. 

Burden Hours: 305. 

Abstract: On February 17, 2009, the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009 (ARRA) became law. A 

major part of ARRA is the new State 

Fiscal Stabilization Fund (Stabilization) 

program. The program provides 

$53,600,000,000 to States to keep 

teachers in the classroom, prevent the 

cutting of valuable education programs, 

and help mitigate college tuition 

increases. Additionally, the 

Stabilization program will provide 

resources that States and districts may 

use to implement important education 

reforms, such as launching strategies 

that address inequities in the 

distribution of highly qualified teachers, 

building robust data systems that allow 

districts to better track student 

achievement, raising standards and 

strengthening student assessments, and 

turning around failing schools. We are 

requesting approval of the amended 

version of this application so that States 

can provide updated information on 

State support for elementary and 

secondary education and public 

institutions of higher education in fiscal 

years 2009, 2010 and 2011. This is 


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necessary to ensure that States are 

fulfilling the requirements and 

obligations of the SFSF program. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on 

link number 4093. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. E9–17392 Filed 7–21–09; 8:45 am] 

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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)—Secondary 

Conditions in Rehabilitation of 

Individuals With Spinal Cord Injury 

(SCI); Notice Inviting Applications for 

New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.133B–12. 

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: 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 Research and Training 

Centers (RRTC) Requirements is from 

the notice of final priorities for this 

program published in the Federal 

Register on February 1, 2008 (73 FR 

6132). Absolute Priority 2-–Secondary 

Conditions in Rehabilitation of 

Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury 

(SCI) is from the notice of final priorities 

for this program published in the 

Federal Register on July 25, 2003 (68 FR 

44059). 

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—Secondary 

Conditions in Rehabilitation of 

Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury 

(SCI). 

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:// 

msktc.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 this program 

published in the Federal Register on 

February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6132). (d) The 

notice of final priorities for this program 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 25, 2003 (68 FR 44059). 

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–12. 

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 or 

team 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 


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