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Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Certification: The Secretary certifies that this 

proposed regulatory action will not have 

a significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The small entities that this proposed 

regulatory action will affect are small 

LEAs receiving funds under this 

program and small IHEs. This proposed regulatory action will 

not have a significant economic impact 

on small LEAs because they will be able 

to meet the costs of compliance with 

this regulatory action using the funds 

provided under this program. With respect to small IHEs, the U.S. 

Small Business Administration Size 

Standards define these institutions as 

‘‘small entities’’ if they are for-profit or 

nonprofit institutions with total annual 

revenue below $5,000,000 or if they are 

institutions controlled by small 

governmental jurisdictions, which are 

comprised of cities, counties, towns, 

townships, villages, school districts, or 

special districts, with a population of 

less than 50,000. Based on data from the 

Department’s Integrated Postsecondary 

Education Data System (IPEDS), up to 

532 small IHEs with revenues of less 

than $5 million may be affected by this 

proposed requirement. These small IHEs 

represent only 15 percent of degreegranting IHEs. In addition, only 161,155 

students (0.7 percent) enrolled in 

degree-granting IHEs in fall 2007 

attended these small institutions. As the 

burden for indicators (c)(12) and (c)(13) 

is driven by the number of students for 

whom IHEs would be required to submit 

data, small IHEs will require 

significantly less effort to adhere to 

these proposed regulations than would 

be the case for larger IHEs. Based on 

IPEDS data, the Department estimates 

that 18,050 of these students are firsttime freshmen. As stated earlier in the 

Summary of Costs and Benefits section 

of this notice, the Department estimates 

that, as required by proposed indicator 

(c)(12), IHEs will be able confirm the 

enrollment of 20 first-time freshmen per 

hour. Applying this estimate to the 

estimated number of first-time freshmen 

at small IHEs, the Department estimates 

that these IHEs would need to spend 

8,058 hours to respond to this proposed 

requirement at a total cost of $201,450 

(assuming a cost of $25 per hour). The effort involved in reporting the 

number of students enrolling in a public 

IHE who complete at least one year’s 

worth of college credit applicable 

toward a degree within two years as 

required by indicator (c)(13) would also 

apply to small IHEs. For this proposed 

requirement, the Department also 

estimates that IHEs will be able to report 

the credit completion status of 20 firsttime freshmen per hour. Again applying 

this data entry rate to the estimated 

number of first-time freshmen at small 

IHEs, the Department estimates that 

these IHEs would need to spend 8,058 

hours to respond to this proposed 

requirement at a total cost of $201,450. 

The total cost of these proposed 

requirements for small IHEs is, 

therefore, $402,900, and the estimated 

cost per small IHE is $757. The 

Department has, therefore, determined 

that the regulations would not represent 

a significant burden on small 

not-for-profit IHEs. 

It is also important to note that States 

may use their Government Services 

Fund allocations to help small IHEs 

meet the costs of complying with the 

requirements that affect them, and 

public IHEs may use Education 

Stabilization Fund dollars they receive 

for that purpose. 

In addition, the Department believes 

the benefits provided under this 

proposed regulatory action will 

outweigh the burdens on these 

institutions of complying with the 

proposed requirements. One of these 

benefits will be the provision of better 

information on student success in 

postsecondary education to 

policymakers, educators, parents, and 

other stakeholders. The Department 

believes that the information gathered 

and reported as a result of these 

requirements will improve public 

accountability for performance; help 

States, LEAs, and schools learn from 

one another and improve their decisionmaking; and inform Federal 

policymaking. 

A second major benefit is that better 

public information on State and local 

progress in the four reform areas will 

likely spur more rapid progress on those 

reforms, because States and LEAs that 

appear to be lagging in one area or 

another may see a need to redouble their 

efforts. The Department believes that 

more rapid progress on the essential 

educational reforms will have major 

benefits nationally, and that these 

reforms have the potential to drive 

dramatic improvements in student 

outcomes. The proposed requirements 

that apply to IHEs should, in particular, 

spur more rapid implementation of P– 

16 State longitudinal data systems. 

The Secretary invites comments from 

small IHEs and small LEAs as to 

whether they believe this proposed 

regulatory action would have a 

significant economic impact on them 

and, if so, requests evidence to support 

that belief. 

Assessment of Educational Impact: 

In accordance with section 411 of the 

General Education Provisions Act, 20 

U.S.C. 1221e–4, the Department invites 

comment on whether these 

requirements do not require 

transmission of information that any 

other agency or authority of the United 

States gathers or makes available. Intergovernmental Review: This 

program is subject to Executive Order 

12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR 

part 79. One of the objectives of the 

Executive Order is to foster an 

intergovernmental partnership and a 

strengthened federalism. The Executive 

Order relies on processes developed by 

State and local governments for 

coordination and review of proposed 

Federal financial assistance. 

This document provides early 

notification of our specific plans and 

actions for this program. Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 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. Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: July 22, 2009. 

Arne Duncan, 

Secretary of Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Institute of Education Sciences; 

Overview Information; Grant Program 

for Statewide Longitudinal Data 

Systems; Notice Inviting Applications 

for New Awards Under the American 

Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 

2009. 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.384A. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: July 24, 2009 

(Request for Applications [RFA]); 

August 10, 2009 (Application Package). 

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Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: November 19, 2009. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

assistance under this program is to 

enable State educational agencies to 

design, develop, and implement 

statewide, longitudinal data systems to 

efficiently and accurately manage, 

analyze, disaggregate and use individual 

student data. The goal of the program is 

to enable all States to create 

comprehensive systems that permit the 

generation and use of accurate and 

timely data, support informed decisionmaking at all levels of the education 

system, increase the efficiency with 

which data may be analyzed to support 

the continuous improvement of 

education services and outcomes, 

facilitate research to improve student 

achievement and close achievement 

gaps, and support education 

accountability systems and public 

reporting. 

This competition is being conducted 

with funds appropriated under the 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009, Public Law No. 111–5 

(ARRA). The purposes of the ARRA 

include the following: 

(a) To preserve and create jobs and 

promote economic recovery. 

(b) To assist those most impacted by 

the recession. 

(c) To provide investments needed to 

increase economic efficiency by 

spurring technological advances in 

science and health. 

(d) To invest in transportation, 

environmental protection, and other 

infrastructure that will provide longterm economic benefit. 

(e) To stabilize State and local 

government budgets in order to 

minimize and avoid reductions in 

essential services and 

counterproductive State and local tax 

increases. 

Funding provided under this 

competition is to be used for statewide 

data systems that, in addition to P–12 

data, also include postsecondary and 

workforce information. Grants will 

support the development and 

implementation of P–20 systems that 

have the capacity to link individual 

student data across time and across 

databases, including matching teachers 

to students, promote interoperability for 

easy matching and linking of data across 

institutions and States, and protect 

student privacy consistent with 

applicable privacy protection laws. This 

additional one-time funding provided 

by the ARRA will permit grantee State 

educational agencies (SEAs) to 

accelerate the development of their data 

systems, to include not only data related 

to K–12 education, but also data on 

preschool and postsecondary education 

and workforce information, and to 

promote linkages with other data 

systems where such linkages may 

inform education policy and practice. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9607; 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act of 2009, Division A, Title VIII, 

Public Law No. 111–5. 

Applicable Regulations: The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 77, 80, 81, 82, 84, 85, 97, 

98, and 99. In addition, the regulations 

in 34 CFR part 75 are applicable, except 

for the provisions in 34 CFR 75.100, 

75.101(b), 75.102, 75.103, 75.105, 

75.109(a), 75.200, 75.201, 75.209, 

75.210, 75.211, 75.217, 75.219, 75.220, 

75.221, 75.222, and 75.230. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Cooperative 

agreements. 

Available Funds: $245,000,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

Grants will range from $2,000,000 to 

$20,000,000 for the entire project 

period. 

Estimated Number of Awards: The 

number of awards made under this 

competition will depend upon the 

nature and quality of the applications 

received. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Not to exceed 3 years. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: Eligible 

applicants are limited to SEAs. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

b. Supplement-Not-Supplant: This 

competition involves supplement-notsupplant funding requirements. Funds 

made available under this grant program 

are to be used to supplement, and not 

supplant, other State or local funds used 

for developing State data systems. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. RFA and Other Information: 

Information regarding program and 

application requirements for this 

competition will be contained in the 

RFA package, which will be available 

on July 24, 2009, at the following Web 

site: http://ies.ed.gov/funding. 

2. Application Package: The 

application package with forms and 

instructions for applying to this 

competition will be available no later 

than August 10, 2009, at the 

Department’s e-Grants Web site at: 

http://e-grants.ed.gov. 

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. 

Note: Interested potential applicants 

should periodically check the Institute’s Web 

site at http://ies.ed.gov/funding. 

3. 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 

Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems 

competition, CFDA Number 84.384A, 

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. 

While completing your electronic 

application, you will be entering data 

online that will be saved into a 

database. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

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. E– 

Application will not accept an 

application for this competition 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, 

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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: 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. If you 

upload a file type other than the file 

type 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 acknowledgment 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. 

(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 

date; or 

(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: Elizabeth Payer, U.S. 

Department of Education, 555 New 

Jersey Avenue, NW., room 602C Capital 

Place, Washington, DC 20208. FAX: 

(202) 219–1466. 

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 84.384A), 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 84.384A), 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, 

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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 for 

this competition, 84.384A; 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. 

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 IX of 

this notice. 

Note: Interested potential applicants 

should periodically check the Institute’s Web 

site at http://ies.ed.gov/funding. 

V. Application Review Information 

Selection Criteria: Information 

regarding selection criteria and review 

procedures for this competition will be 

provided in the RFA 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. 

In addition, the GAN includes terms 

and conditions necessary for effective 

implementation of data collection and 

accountability requirements under the 

ARRA. 

3. Reporting: The ARRA requires 

accountability and transparency in the 

use of funds provided under the law. To 

meet the reporting requirements under 

the ARRA, you must (a) ensure that 

funds provided by the ARRA are clearly 

distinguishable from other funds and (b) 

no later than ten days after the end of 

each calendar quarter, starting on July 

10, 2009, submit a report to the 

Department that contains— 

(1) The total amount of recovery funds 

received from the Department; 

(2) The amount of recovery funds that 

were expended or obligated to projects 

or activities; 

(3) A detailed list of all projects or 

activities for which recovery funds were 

expended or obligated, including— 

(i) The name of the project or activity; 

(ii) A description of the project or 

activity; 

(iii) An evaluation of the completion 

status of the project or activity; 

(iv) An estimate of the number of jobs 

created and the number of jobs retained 

by the project or activity; and 

(v) For infrastructure investments 

made by State and local governments, 

the purpose, total cost, and rationale of 

the agency for funding the infrastructure 

investment with funds made available 

under the ARRA, and the name of the 

person to contact at the agency if there 

are concerns with respect to the 

infrastructure investment; and 

(4) Detailed information on any 

subcontracts or subgrants that you 

awarded to include the data elements 

required to comply with the Federal 

Funding Accountability and 

Transparency Act of 2006, allowing 

aggregate reporting on awards below 

$25,000 or to individuals, as prescribed 

by the Director of the Office of 

Management and Budget. 

More specific and detailed reporting 

requirements will be included in the 

terms and conditions of the grant 

contained in the GAN. At the end of 

your project period, you also must 

submit a final performance report, 

including financial information, as 

directed by the Secretary. For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

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

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measures: The 

Request for Applications for this 

competition outlines seven data system 

capabilities and 12 data system 

elements that are required of all 

statewide, longitudinal data systems 

developed with funds under this 

program. To evaluate the overall success 

of the program, the Institute will 

consider two performance measures. For 

the first measure, the Institute will 

determine annually and at the end of 

your grant whether you have in 

operation a statewide, longitudinal (P– 

20) data system that has achieved each 

of the seven required system capabilities 

set out in the RFA, and based on this 

information, we will determine how 

many States have achieved each 

capability. For the second measure, the 

Institute will determine annually and at 

the end of your grant whether your 

system includes each of the 12 elements 

required by the RFA, and based on this 

information, how many States have 

included each element in its system. 

The 12 required data system elements 

are those prescribed by the America 

COMPETES Act. 

States will be reporting on the 

implementation of these elements in the 

context of reporting for the State Fiscal 

Stabilization Fund, and these State 

reports will be one source of data for the 

second measure. In your annual 

performance reports for a grant under 

this program, you will be expected to 

report on the status of your achievement 

of each of the required data system 

capabilities and on the inclusion of each 

of the required data system elements. In 

your final performance report, you will 

be expected to report on whether you 

have achieved each of the capabilities 

and whether you have included each of 

the elements in your operational data 

system. The Institute will also collect 

information on your progress with these 

requirements via its monitoring over the 

course of your grant. 

The Department recognizes that 

requests for data and information 

should reflect an integrated and 

coordinated approach among the 

various Recovery Act programs, 

particularly the Stabilization, Race to 

the Top, School Improvement Grants, 

and Statewide, Longitudinal Data 

Systems grant programs. Accordingly, 

the Department will continue to 

evaluate our requests for data and 

information under this program in 

context with other Recovery Act 

programs. 

5. Grant Administration: Applicants 

should budget for a two-day meeting for 

project directors to be held in 

Washington, DC. 

VII. Agency Contact 

For Further Information Contact: Tate 

Gould, U.S. Department of Education, 

National Center for Education Statistics, 

1990 K Street, NW., room 9023, 

Washington, DC 20006–5651. 

Telephone: (202) 219–7080 or via 

Internet: Tate.Gould@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service, 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) 

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on request to the program contact 

person listed here under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

You can view this document, as well as 

all other documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Adobe Portable Document 

Format (PDF) on the Internet at the 

following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. 

To use PDF you must have Adobe 

Acrobat Reader, which is available free 

at this site. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

888–293–6498; or in the Washington, 

DC, area at (202) 512–1530. 

Note: The official version of this document 

is the document published in the Federal 

Register. Free Internet access to the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the Code 

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO 

Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: July 22, 2009. 

John Q. Easton, 

Director, Institute of Education Sciences. 

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