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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SUMMARY: On November 21, 2006, we
published in the Federal Register (71
FR 67346) a notice inviting applications
for the AP Test Fee FY 2007
competition. That notice established a
January 5, 2007 deadline date for
eligible applicants to apply for funding
under this program. As a result of the
applications we received, thirty-four
awards were made on March 6, 2007.
In order to afford as many eligible
applicants as possible an opportunity to
receive funding under this program, we
are reopening the AP Test Fee FY 2007
competition to eligible applicants that
were not awarded funds on March 6,
2007. All information in the November
21, 2006 notice remains the same for
this notice reopening the competition,
except for the following updates to
DATES.
DATES: Applications Available: April 4,
2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 18, 2007.
Office of Postsecondary Education
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AGENCY:
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: March 30, 2007.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.
Junction, Alaska. The scoping process
will help identify possible alternatives,
potential environmental impacts, and
key issues of concern to be analyzed in
the EIS. Notification of the times and
locations for the scoping meetings will
be published in local newspapers.
Type of Review: Reinstatement.
Title: Robert C. Byrd Honors
Scholarship Program Performance
Report.
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 57.
Burden Hours: 570.
Abstract: This information is required
of State agencies that administer the
Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship
Program under Title IV, Part A, Subpart
6 of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended and administered under 34
CFR part 654. This information is used
to monitor the compliance of the state
educational agencies.
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making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or
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should be electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1–800–877–8339.
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Advanced Placement (AP) Test Fee
Program
Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education (OESE),
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice reopening the AP Test
Fee fiscal year (FY) 2007 competition.
AGENCY:
Note: Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted electronically
using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply
site at https://www.grants.gov. For information
about how to submit your application
electronically, please refer to Electronic
Submission of Applications in the November
21, 2006 notice (71 FR 67346–67348). We
encourage eligible applicants to submit their
applications as soon as possible to avoid any
problems with filing electronic applications
on the last day.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: May 4, 2007.
Ms.
Lynyetta Johnson, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202–6200.
Telephone: (202) 260–1990 or via
Internet:
advancedplacementprogram@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339. Individuals with
disabilities may obtain this notice in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large
print, audiotape, or computer diskette)
on request to the contact person listed
in this section.
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may view this document, as well as
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6531–6537.
Dated: March 30, 2007.
Kerri L. Briggs,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.
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Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information; Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary
Education—Special Focus
Competition: European Union-United
States Atlantis Program; Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.116J.
Dates: Applications Available: April
4, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 31, 2007.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: August 20, 2007.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education (IHEs) or combinations
of IHEs and other public and private
nonprofit institutions and agencies.
Estimated Available Funds:
$2,500,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000–
$102,000 for the first year only.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$50,000 for the first year only and
$408,000 for the four-year duration of a
grant.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget
exceeding $200,000 for a single budget
period of 12 months. The Assistant
Secretary for Postsecondary Education
may change the maximum amount
through a notice published in the
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Estimated Number of Awards: 14.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 48 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
this program is to provide grants or
enter into cooperative agreements with
eligible applicants to improve
postsecondary education opportunities
by developing and implementing
undergraduate joint or dual degree
programs or short-term exchange
programs. The EU-U.S. Atlantis program
is a revision of the European UnionUnited States Cooperation Program in
Higher Education and Vocational
Education and Training.
Priority: Under this competition, we
are particularly interested in
applications that address the following
priority.
Invitational Priority: For FY 2007 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 designed to
support the formation of educational
consortia of American and European
institutions to support cooperation in
the coordination of curricula, the
exchange of students, and the opening
of educational opportunities between
the United States and the European
Union. This priority relates to the
purpose of the program to develop and
implement undergraduate joint or dual
degree programs or short-term exchange
programs.
This invitational priority is
established in cooperation with the
European Union. These awards support
only the participation of U.S.
institutions and students in these
consortia. European Union institutions
participating in any consortium
proposal responding to the invitational
priority may apply, respectively, to the
Directorate-General for Education and
Culture (DG EAC), European
Commission for funding under a
separate but parallel EU competition.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1138–1138d.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84,
85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$2,500,000.
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Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000–
$102,000 for the first year only.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$50,000 for the first year only and
$408,000 for the four-year duration of a
grant.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget
exceeding $200,000 for a single budget
period of 12 months. The Assistant
Secretary for Postsecondary Education
may change the maximum amount
through a notice published in the
Federal Register.
Estimated Number of Awards: 14.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 48 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs or
combinations of IHEs and other public
and private nonprofit institutions and
agencies.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not involve cost sharing
or matching.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Frank Frankfort, Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th
floor, Washington, DC 20006–8544.
Telephone: (202) 502–7513.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at
1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
contact the 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), you may call (toll
free): 1–877–576–7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its
Web site: https://www.ed.gov/pubs/
edpubs.html or you may contact ED
Pubs at its e-mail address:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED
Pubs, be sure to identify this
competition as follows: CFDA number
84.116J.
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.
Page Limit: The application narrative
(Part III of the application) is where you,
the applicant, address the selection
criteria that reviewers use to evaluate
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.330B]
Advanced Placement (AP) Test Fee Program
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), Department
of Education.
ACTION: Notice reopening the AP Test Fee fiscal year (FY) 2007
competition.
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SUMMARY: On November 21, 2006, we published in the Federal Register (71
FR 67346) a notice inviting applications for the AP Test Fee FY 2007
competition. That notice established a January 5, 2007 deadline date
for eligible applicants to apply for funding under this program. As a
result of the applications we received, thirty-four awards were made on
March 6, 2007.
In order to afford as many eligible applicants as possible an
opportunity to receive funding under this program, we are reopening the
AP Test Fee FY 2007 competition to eligible applicants that were not
awarded funds on March 6, 2007. All information in the November 21,
2006 notice remains the same for this notice reopening the competition,
except for the following updates to DATES.
DATES: Applications Available: April 4, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 18, 2007.
Note: Applications for grants under this program must be
submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply
site at https://www.grants.gov. For information about how to submit
your application electronically, please refer to Electronic
Submission of Applications in the November 21, 2006 notice (71 FR
67346-67348). We encourage eligible applicants to submit their
applications as soon as possible to avoid any problems with filing
electronic applications on the last day.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 4, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lynyetta Johnson, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-6200.
Telephone: (202) 260-1990 or via Internet:
advancedplacementprogram@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339. Individuals
with disabilities may obtain this notice in an alternative format
(e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the contact person listed in this section.
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as
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other Department of Education documents published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: https://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: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/
nara/.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6531-6537.
Dated: March 30, 2007.
Kerri L. Briggs,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. E7-6255 Filed 4-3-07; 8:45 am]
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