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These measures constitute the DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Maximum Award: The Secretary does
Department’s indicator of success for not intend to make awards for more
this program. Consequently, we advise Office of Special Education and than $400,000 for year one, $300,000 for
an applicant for a grant under this Rehabilitative Services; Overview year two, and $300,000 for year three.
program to give careful consideration to Information; Technical Assistance on We will reject any application that
these measures in conceptualizing the Data Collection—General Supervision proposes a budget exceeding the stated
approach and evaluation for its Enhancement Grants; Notice Inviting maximum award amount for years one,
proposed project. Each grantee will be Applications for New Awards for Fiscal two, or three of the budget period,
required to provide, in its annual and Year (FY) 2007 unless the application involves a
final performance reports, data about its consortium, or any other group of
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
progress in meeting these measures. (CFDA) Number: 84.373X.
eligible parties that meets the
requirements of 34 CFR 75.127 through
VII. Agency Contacts Dates: Applications Available: July 9, 75.129. The level of funding for a
2007. consortium, or any other group of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deadline for Transmittal of States, outlying areas (OAs), or freely
Michelle Padilla, U.S. Department of Applications: August 23, 2007. associated States (FAS) will reflect the
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Deadline for Intergovernmental combined total that the entities
Room 3E246, Washington, DC 20202– Review: September 24, 2007. comprising the consortium, or group,
6450. Telephone: (202) 260–2648 or by Full Text of Announcement would have received if they had applied
e-mail: [email protected]. separately. The Secretary does not
I. Funding Opportunity Description intend to make more than one award to
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
Purpose of Program: Under section serve a State, OA, or FAS. The Assistant
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
616(i)(2) of the Individuals with Secretary for Special Education and
VIII. Other Information Disabilities Education Act, as amended Rehabilitative Services may change the
(IDEA), the Department may make maximum amount through a notice
Alternative Format: Individuals with awards to provide technical assistance published in the Federal Register.
disabilities can obtain this document to improve the capacity of States to meet Estimated Average Size of Award:
and a copy of the application package in data collection requirements. $400,000.
an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large Priorities: This competition contains
print, audiotape, or computer diskette) Note: The Secretary is not bound by any
two absolute priorities. The priorities estimates in this notice.
on request to the program contact are from the notice of final priorities for
person listed under FOR FURTHER this program, published elsewhere in Project Period: Up to 36 months.
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this issue of the Federal Register. Estimated Number of Awards: 33.
this notice. Note: Eligible entities must submit separate
Electronic Access to This Document: applications under each of the priorities for III. Eligibility Information
You may view this document, as well as which they wish to apply.
1. Eligible Applicants: State
all other documents of this Department Absolute Priorities: For FY 2007 these educational agencies (SEAs), outlying
published in the Federal Register, in priorities are absolute priorities. Under areas (OAs), freely associated States
text or Adobe Portable Document 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only (FAS), and, if endorsed by the SEA to
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the applications that meet these priorities. apply and carry out the project on
following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ These priorities are: behalf of the SEA, local educational
fedregister. Priority A—Modified Academic agencies (LEAs), public charter schools
To use PDF you must have Adobe Achievement Standards that are LEAs under State law,
Acrobat Reader, which is available free Priority B—Alternate Academic institutions of higher education (IHEs),
at this site. If you have questions about Achievement Standards tribes or tribal organizations, other
using PDF, call the U.S. Government Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1411(c) and public agencies, private nonprofit
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 1416(i)(2). organizations, and for-profit
888–293–6498; or in the Washington, organizations.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
DC, area at (202) 512–1530. Education Department General Note: States, OAs, and FAS are encouraged
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in to form consortia with any other group of
Note: The official version of this document eligible parties that meet the requirements in
is the document published in the Federal 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,
34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129 to apply under
Register. Free Internet access to the official 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The notice Priority A or Priority B. A consortium is any
edition of the Federal Register and the Code of final priorities for this program, combination of eligible entities. The
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO published elsewhere in this issue of the Secretary views the formation of consortia as
Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ Federal Register. an effective and efficient strategy to address
index.html. Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 the requirements of the priorities in this
apply to all applicants except federally notice.
Dated: July 3, 2007. recognized Indian tribes.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
Deborah A. Price,
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 competition does not require cost
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug- apply to institutions of higher education sharing or matching.
Free Schools. only. 3. Other: General Requirements—The
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projects funded under this competition
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P II. Award Information must make positive efforts to employ,
Type of Award: Discretionary grants. and advance in employment, qualified
Estimated Available Funds: individuals with disabilities (see section
$13,500,000. 606 of the IDEA).

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IV. Application and Submission Applications for grants under this Enhancement Grants competition—
Information competition may be submitted CFDA number 84.373X at: http://
1. Address to Request Application electronically using the Grants.gov www.grants.gov. You must search for
Package: Education Publications Center Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper the downloadable application package
(ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD format by mail or hand delivery. For for this program by the CFDA number.
20794–1398. Telephone, toll free: 1– information (including dates and times) Do not include the CFDA number’s
877–433–7827. FAX: (301) 470–1244. If about how to submit your application alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search
electronically, or by mail or hand for 84.373, not 84.373X).
you use a telecommunications device
delivery, please refer to section IV.6. Please note the following:
for the deaf (TDD), call, toll free: 1–877– • Your participation in Grants.gov is
576–7734. You can contact ED Pubs at Other Submission Requirements in this
notice. voluntary.
its Web site, also: http://www.ed.gov/ • When you enter the Grants.gov site,
We do not consider an application
pubs/edpubs.html or at its e-mail you will find information about
that does not comply with the deadline
address: [email protected]. submitting an application electronically
If you request an application from ED requirements.
Individuals with disabilities who through the site, as well as the hours of
Pubs, be sure to identify this operation.
need an accommodation or auxiliary aid
competition as follows: CFDA number • Applications received by Grants.gov
in connection with the application
84.373X. are date and time stamped. Your
process should contact the person listed
Individuals with disabilities can application must be fully uploaded and
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
obtain a copy of the application package submitted, and must be date and time
CONTACT in section VII in this notice. If
in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, stamped by the Grants.gov system no
the Department provides an
large print, audiotape, or computer later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an
diskette) by contacting the person or time, on the application deadline date.
individual with a disability in
team listed under Alternative Format in Except as otherwise noted in this
connection with the application
section VIII of this notice. section, we will not consider your
process, the individual’s application
2. Content and Form of Application application if it is date and time
remains subject to all other
Submission: Requirements concerning stamped by the Grants.gov system later
requirements and limitations in this
the content of an application, together than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
notice.
with the forms you must submit, are in Deadline for Intergovernmental the application deadline date. When we
the application package for this Review: September 24, 2007. retrieve your application from
competition. 4. Intergovernmental Review: This Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are
Page Limit: The application narrative program is subject to Executive Order rejecting your application because it
(Part III of the application) is where you, 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR was date and time stamped by the
the applicant, address the selection part 79. Information about Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m.,
criteria that reviewers use to evaluate Intergovernmental Review of Federal Washington, DC time, on the
your application. You must limit Part III Programs under Executive Order 12372 application deadline date.
to the equivalent of no more than 40 is in the application package for this • The amount of time it can take to
pages, using the following standards: competition. upload an application will vary
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side 5. Funding Restrictions: We reference depending on a variety of factors,
only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom, regulations outlining funding including the size of the application and
and both sides. restrictions in the Applicable the speed of your Internet connection.
• Double space (no more than three Regulations section of this notice. Therefore, we strongly recommend that
lines per vertical inch) all text in the 6. Other Submission Requirements: you do not wait until the application
application narrative, including titles, Applications for grants under this deadline date to begin the submission
headings, footnotes, quotations, competition may be submitted process through Grants.gov.
references, and captions, as well as all electronically or in paper format by mail • You should review and follow the
text in charts, tables, figures, and or hand delivery. Education Submission Procedures for
graphs. a. Electronic Submission of submitting an application through
• Use a font that is either 12-point or Applications. Grants.gov that are included in the
larger or no smaller than 10 pitch To comply with the President’s application package for this competition
(characters per inch). Management Agenda, we are to ensure that you submit your
The page limit does not apply to Part participating as a partner in the application in a timely manner to the
I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. Grants.gov system. You can also find the
section, including the narrative budget The General Supervision Enhancement Education Submission Procedures
justification; Part IV, the assurances and Grants competition—CFDA number pertaining to Grants.gov at http://e-
certifications; or the one-page abstract, 84.373X is included in this project. We Grants.ed.gov/help/
the résumés, the bibliography, the request your participation in Grants.gov. GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
references, or the letters of support. If you choose to submit your • To submit your application via
However, you must include all of the application electronically, you must use Grants.gov, you must complete the steps
application narrative in Part III. the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply in the Grants.gov registration process
We will reject your application if— site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through (http://www.grants.gov/applicants/
• You apply these standards and this site, you will be able to download get_registered.jsp). These steps include
exceed the page limit; or a copy of the application package, (1) registering your organization, a
• You apply other standards and complete it offline, and then upload and multi-part process that includes
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exceed the equivalent of the page limit. submit your application. You may not registration with the Central Contractor
3. Submission Dates and Times: e-mail an electronic copy of a grant Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself
Applications Available: July 9, 2007. application to us. as an Authorized Organization
Deadline for Transmittal of You may access the electronic grant Representative (AOR); and (3) getting
Applications: August 23, 2007. application for the General Supervision authorized as an AOR by your

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organization. Details on these steps are date. Application Deadline Date Attention: (CFDA Number 84.373X),
outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step Extension in Case of System Technical 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD
Registration Guide (see http:// Issues with the Grant.Gov System: If you 20785–1506.
www.grants.gov/section910/ are experiencing problems submitting Regardless of which address you use,
Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). your application through Grants.gov, you must show proof of mailing
You also must provide on your please contact the Grants.gov Support consisting of one of the following:
application the same D–U–N–S Number Desk at 1–800–518–4726. You must (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
used with this registration. Please note obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case postmark.
that the registration process may take Number and must keep a record of it. (2) A legible mail receipt with the
five or more business days to complete, If you are prevented from date of mailing stamped by the U.S.
and you must have completed all electronically submitting your Postal Service.
registration steps to allow you to application on the application deadline (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or
successfully submit an application via date because of technical problems with receipt from a commercial carrier.
Grants.gov. In addition you will need to the Grants.gov system, we will grant you (4) Any other proof of mailing
update your CCR registration on an an extension until 4:30 p.m., acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.
annual basis. This may take three or Washington, DC time, the following Department of Education.
more business days to complete. business day to enable you to transmit If you mail your application through
• You will not receive additional your application electronically or by the U.S. Postal Service, we do not
point value because you submit your hand delivery. You also may mail your accept either of the following as proof
application in electronic format, nor application by following the mailing of mailing:
will we penalize you if you submit your instructions described elsewhere in this (1) A private metered postmark.
application in paper format. notice. (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
• If you submit your application If you submit an application after 4:30 the U.S. Postal Service.
electronically, you must submit all p.m., Washington, DC time, on the If your application is postmarked after
documents electronically, including all application deadline date, please the application deadline date, we will
information you typically provide on contact the person listed elsewhere in not consider your application.
the following forms: Application for this notice under FOR FURTHER Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
Federal Assistance (SF 424), the INFORMATION CONTACT and provide an uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
Department of Education Supplemental explanation of the technical problem relying on this method, you should check
Information for SF 424, Budget with your local post office.
you experienced with Grants.gov, along
Information—Non-Construction with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case c. Submission of Paper Applications
Programs (ED 524), and all necessary Number. We will accept your by Hand Delivery.
assurances and certifications. Please application if we can confirm that a If you submit your application in
note that two of these forms—the SF 424 technical problem occurred with the paper format by hand delivery, you (or
and the Department of Education Grants.gov system and that that problem a courier service) must deliver the
Supplemental Information for SF 424— affected your ability to submit your original and two copies of your
have replaced the ED 424 (Application application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, application by hand, on or before the
for Federal Education Assistance). DC time, on the application deadline application deadline date, to the
• If you submit your application date. The Department will contact you Department at the following address:
electronically, you must attach any after a determination is made on U.S. Department of Education,
narrative sections of your application as whether your application will be Application Control Center, Attention:
files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich accepted. (CFDA Number 84.373X), 550 12th
text), or .PDF (Portable Document) Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Note: The extensions to which we refer in
format. If you upload a file type other this section apply only to the unavailability
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260.
than the three file types specified in this of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov The Application Control Center
paragraph or submit a password- system. We will not grant you an extension accepts hand deliveries daily between 8
protected file, we will not review that if you failed to fully register to submit your a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
material. application to Grants.gov before the time, except Saturdays, Sundays and
• Your electronic application must application deadline date and time or if the Federal holidays.
comply with any page limit technical problem you experienced is
unrelated to the Grants.gov system. Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper
requirements described in this notice. Applications: If you mail or hand deliver
• After you electronically submit b. Submission of Paper Applications your application to the Department—
your application, you will receive from by Mail. (1) You must indicate on the envelope
Grants.gov an automatic notification of If you submit your application in and—if not provided by the Department—in
receipt that contains a Grants.gov paper format by mail (through the U.S. Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number,
tracking number. (This notification Postal Service or a commercial carrier), including suffix letter, if any, of the
indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not you must mail the original and two competition under which you are submitting
your application; and
receipt by the Department.) The copies of your application, on or before (2) The Application Control Center will
Department then will retrieve your the application deadline date, to the mail to you a notification of receipt of your
application from Grants.gov and send a Department at the applicable following grant application. If you do not receive this
second notification to you by e-mail. address: By mail through the U.S. Postal notification within 15 business days from the
This second notification indicates that Service: application deadline date, you should call
the Department has received your U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Department of Education
application and has assigned your Application Control Center, Attention: Application Control Center at (202) 245–
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application a PR/Award number (an ED- (CFDA Number 84.373X), 400 Maryland 6288.
specified identifying number unique to Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–
your application). 4260; or By mail through a commercial V. Application Review Information
• We may request that you provide us carrier: U.S. Department of Education, 1. Selection Criteria: The selection
original signatures on forms at a later Application Control Center—Stop 4260, criteria for this competition are from 34

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CFR 75.210 and are listed in the requirements on reporting, please go to DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
application package. http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
2. Review and Selection Process: appforms/appforms.html. Technical Assistance on Data
Treating A Priority As Two Separate 4. Performance Measures: To evaluate Collection—General Supervision
Competitions: In the past, there have Enhancement Grants
the overall success of projects awarded
been problems in finding peer reviewers under this competition, the Department AGENCY: Office of Special Education and
without conflicts of interest for will determine at the end of each grant Rehabilitative Services, Department of
competitions in which many entities
whether the grantee has been successful Education.
throughout the country submit
in achieving the purposes of its award. ACTION: Notice of final priorities.
applications. The Standing Panel
Grantees will also be required to report
requirements under the IDEA also have SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for
information on their projects’
placed additional constraints on the Special Education and Rehabilitative
performance in annual reports to the
availability of reviewers. Therefore, the Services announces three separate
Department. (34 CFR 75.590)
Department has determined that, for funding priorities under the Technical
some discretionary competitions, VII. Agency Contact Assistance on State Data Collection
applications may be separated into two program authorized under the
or more groups and ranked and selected FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Individuals with Disabilities Education
for funding within the specific group. Larry Wexler, U.S. Department of Act (IDEA). The Assistant Secretary may
This procedure will ensure the Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., use the priorities for competitions in
availability of a much larger group of room 4054, Potomac Center Plaza, fiscal year (FY) 2007 and later years. We
reviewers without conflicts of interest. It Washington, DC 20202–2600. take this action to focus attention on an
also will increase the quality, Telephone: (202) 245–7571. identified national need to provide
independence, and fairness of the If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll- technical assistance to improve the
review process and permit panel free, at 1–800–877–8339. capacity of States to meet data
members to review applications under collection requirements.
discretionary competitions for which VIII. Other Information
EFFECTIVE DATE: This priority is effective
they also have submitted applications.
Alternative Format: Individuals with August 8, 2007.
However, if the Department decides to
disabilities can obtain this document FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
select for funding an equal number of
applications in each group, this may and a copy of the application package in Larry Wexler, U.S. Department of
result in different cut-off points for an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
fundable applications in each group. print, audiotape, or computer diskette) room 4053, Potomac Center Plaza,
by contacting the Grants and Contracts Washington, DC 20202–2700.
VI. Award Administration Information Services Team, U.S. Department of Telephone: (202) 245–7571 or via
1. Award Notices: If your application Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Internet: [email protected].
is successful, we notify your U.S. room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC If you use a telecommunications
Representative and U.S. Senators and 20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245– device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
send you a Grant Award Notice (GAN). 7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
We may notify you informally, also. toll-free, at 1–800–877–8339. 800–877–8339.
If your application is not evaluated or Individuals with disabilities may
Electronic Access to This Document:
not selected for funding, we notify you. obtain this document in an alternative
You can view this document, as well as
2. Administrative and National Policy format (e.g., Braille, large print,
all other documents of this Department
Requirements: We identify audiotape, or computer diskette) on
published in the Federal Register, in
administrative and national policy request to the contact person listed
text or Adobe Portable Document
requirements in the application package under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the
and reference these and other CONTACT.
following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/
requirements in the Applicable fedregister. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Regulations section in this notice. Technical Assistance on State Data
We reference the regulations outlining To use PDF you must have Adobe
Collection program established under
the terms and conditions of an award in Acrobat Reader, which is available free
section 616(i)(2) of the IDEA, we make
the Applicable Regulations section in at this site. If you have questions about
awards to provide technical assistance
this notice and include these and other using PDF, call the U.S. Government
to improve the capacity of States to meet
specific conditions in the GAN. The Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–
the section 616 data collection
GAN also incorporates your approved 888–293–6498; or in the Washington,
requirements.
application as part of your binding DC, area at (202) 512–1530. We published a notice of proposed
commitments under the grant. Note: The official version of this document priorities (NPP) for this program in the
3. Reporting: At the end of your is the document published in the Federal Federal Register on March 30, 2007 (72
project period, you must submit a final Register. Free Internet access to the official FR 15126). This notice of final priorities
performance report, including financial edition of the Federal Register and the Code contains four changes from the NPP. We
information, as directed by the of Federal Regulations is available on GPO fully explain the changes in the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ Analysis of Comments and Changes
award, you must submit an annual index.html. section that follows.
performance report that provides the
Dated: July 3, 2007. Analysis of Comments and Changes
most current performance and financial
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expenditure information as specified by Jennifer Sheehy, In response to the Secretary’s

the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. The Director of Policy and Planning for Special invitation in the NPP, four parties
Secretary also may require more Education and Rehabilitative Services. submitted comments on the proposed
frequent performance reports under 34 [FR Doc. E7–13227 Filed 7–6–07; 8:45 am] priorities. An analysis of the comments
CFR 75.720(c). For specific BILLING CODE 4000–01–P and the changes we have made follows.

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