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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 submit your application in
paper format by hand delivery, you (or
a courier service) 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 84.326K) 550 12th
Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260.
The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between 8
a.m. and 4:30 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 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
Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this competition are from 34
CFR 75.210 and are listed in the
application package.
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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 Notice (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
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and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section in 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 award.
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
https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: Under the
Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993 (GPRA), the Department has
developed measures that will yield
information on various aspects of the
Technical Assistance and Dissemination
to Improve Services and Results for
Children with Disabilities program.
These measures focus on: The extent to
which projects provide high quality
products and services, the relevance of
project products and services to
educational and early intervention
policy and practice, and the use of
products and services to improve
educational and early intervention
policy and practice.
The awardee will be required to
provide information related to these
measures.
The awardee also will be required to
report information on the project’s
performance in annual reports to the
Department (34 CFR 75.590).
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact:
Debra Price-Ellingstad, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., room 4097, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202–2550.
Telephone: (202) 245–7481.
If you use a TDD, call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1–800–
877–8339.
VIII. Other Information
Alternative Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large
print, audiotape, or computer diskette)
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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 may view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
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following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/
fedregister.
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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.
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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/
index.html.
Dated: July 31, 2007.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services; List of
Correspondence
Department of Education.
List of correspondence from
January 2, 2007 through March 31, 2007.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Secretary is publishing
the following list pursuant to section
607(f) of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, as amended
by the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Improvement Act of 2004
(IDEA). Under section 607(f) of IDEA,
the Secretary is required, on a quarterly
basis, to publish in the Federal Register
a list of correspondence from the U.S.
Department of Education (Department)
received by individuals during the
previous quarter that describes the
interpretations of the Department of
IDEA or the regulations that implement
IDEA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melisande Lee or JoLeta Reynolds.
Telephone: (202) 245–7468.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
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the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at
1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain a copy of this notice in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large
print, audiotape, or computer diskette)
on request to the contact persons listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
The
following list identifies correspondence
from the Department issued from
January 2, 2007 through March 31, 2007.
Included on the list are those letters that
contain interpretations of the
requirements of IDEA and its
implementing regulations, as well as
letters and other documents that the
Department believes will assist the
public in understanding the
requirements of the law and its
regulations. The date of and topic
addressed by a letter are identified, and
summary information is also provided,
as appropriate. To protect the privacy
interests of the individual or individuals
involved, personally identifiable
information has been deleted, as
appropriate.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Part A—General Provisions
Section 602—Definitions
Topic Addressed: Child With a
Disability.
Æ Letter dated March 8, 2007 to
American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Director Catherine D. Clark,
regarding criteria for determining
whether a speech or language
impairment adversely affects a child’s
educational performance, how public
agencies may respond when speech/
language pathology sessions are missed
due to the student’s absence or the
provider’s absence, and an explanation
of the requirements governing the
continuum of alternative placements.
Part B—Assistance for Education of All
Children With Disabilities
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Section 612—State Eligibility
Topic Addressed: Methods of
Ensuring Services.
Æ Letter dated January 23, 2007 to
Volusia County, Florida Superintendent
of Schools Margaret A. Smith, and letter
dated February 9, 2007 to Houston,
Texas Independent School District Staff
Member Carolyn Guess, clarifying
requirements for obtaining parental
consent when a public agency seeks
access to a child’s public benefits or
public insurance to pay for required
special education and related services
for Medicaid-eligible children.
Æ Letter dated March 8, 2007 to
Indiana Department of Education
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Chairman John D. Hill, clarifying
requirements for obtaining parental
consent when a public agency seeks
access to a child’s public benefits or
public insurance to pay for required
special education and related services
for Medicaid-eligible children and
explaining that the local educational
agency (LEA) does not have to obtain a
separate parental consent if parental
consent is given directly to another
agency, such as a State’s Medicaid
Agency.
Topic Addressed: Children With
Disabilities Enrolled by Their Parents in
Private Schools.
Æ Letter dated March 9, 2007 to
Massachusetts Department of Education
State Director of Special Education
Marsha Mittnacht, regarding parentallyplaced children with disabilities who
reside out-of-State and attend private
schools located in school districts in
Massachusetts.
Æ Letter dated March 23, 2007 to
Association of Educational Service
Agencies Executive Director Brian L.
Talbot and letter dated March 23, 2007
to Association of Educational Services
Agencies President Lee Warne,
regarding the role of sending and
receiving LEAs in completing child find
activities and implementing equitable
services for children with disabilities
enrolled by their parents in private
schools.
Topic Addressed: Access to
Instructional Materials.
Æ Letter dated March 16, 2007 to
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
President and CEO John Kelly, regarding
the benefits of giving all qualified
accessible media producers anticipatory
access to the National Instructional
Materials Accessibility Standard files
sets deposited at the National
Instructional Materials Access Center.
Æ Letter dated March 6, 2007 to
Wyoming Protection and Advocacy for
Individual Rights Program Attorney
Buck Gwyn, regarding State criteria for
determining whether a child has a
specific learning disability.
Æ Letter dated March 6, 2007 to
Lehigh University Professor Perry A.
Zirkel, regarding new requirements in
the final regulations for Part B of IDEA
that govern whether States may use the
severe discrepancy model and clarifying
the role of response to intervention in
determining whether a child has a
specific learning disability.
Section 614—Evaluations, Eligibility
Determinations, Individualized
Education Programs, and Educational
Placements
Topic Addressed: Evaluations and
Reevaluations.
Æ Letter dated February 6, 2007 to
individual (personally identifiable
information redacted), regarding the
relationship of the requirements for
review of existing evaluation data to the
requirements for reevaluation.
Æ Letter dated March 1, 2007 to
Harcourt Assessment Inc. Publisher
Aurelio Prifitera, responding to
Harcourt Assessment’s overview of the
requirements in the final regulations for
Part B of IDEA for evaluating children
suspected of having specific learning
disabilities.
Part C
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Section 615—Procedural Safeguards
Topic Addressed: Maintenance of
Current Educational Placement.
Æ Letter dated February 2, 2007 to
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Staff Member Gerald L. Zahorchak,
regarding the child’s status during the
pendency of administrative or judicial
proceedings when a child who is no
longer eligible for services under Part C
of IDEA seeks initial services under Part
B of IDEA.
Topic Addressed: Discipline
Procedures.
Æ Letter dated March 8, 2007 to
University of Utah Professor Dixie Snow
Huefner, regarding when a parent or an
LEA may request an expedited due
process hearing and the child’s
placement during an appeal.
Æ Letter dated February 9, 2007 to
Washoe County, Nevada Assistant
Superintendent Dr. Kris Christiansen,
regarding whether a functional
behavioral assessment (FBA) triggers the
procedural safeguards applicable to an
evaluation or an independent
educational evaluation and whether
parent consent is required prior to
conducting an FBA.
Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities
Section 643—Allocation of Funds
Topic Addressed: State Allocation
Formula.
Æ Letter dated March 6, 2007 to Texas
Governor Rick Perry, clarifying that
allocations to each State under Part C of
IDEA are made based on the ratio of the
number of infants and toddlers in that
State to the number of infants and
toddlers in all States and that the
calculations are based on the most
recent data available from the Census
Bureau. The Department cannot make
adjustments in the formula allocations
to States based on data provided by an
individual State.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
Topic Addressed: Assessment and
Accountability.
Æ Letter dated February 7, 2007 to
Chief State School Officers regarding the
assessment and accountability
requirements of Title I and extending
flexibility for determining annual yearly
progress for the students with
disabilities subgroup.
Topic Addressed: Transition to
Postsecondary Education.
Æ Letters dated March 16, 2007 to
Dear Colleague and Dear Parent from
Office for Civil Rights Assistant
Secretary Stephanie Monroe, regarding
the legal rights and responsibilities of
students with disabilities as they
transition from secondary to
postsecondary education settings.
[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2004–0006; FRL–8450–8]
Electronic Access To This Document
You may view this document, as well
as all 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/
index.html.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 84.027, Assistance to States for
Education of Children with Disabilities).
Dated: July 31, 2007.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Community RightTo-Know Reporting Requirements
Under Sections 311 and 312 of the
Emergency Planning and Community
Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA), EPA ICR
Number 1352.11, OMB Control Number
2050–0072
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document
announces that EPA is planning to
submit a request to renew an existing
approved Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This
ICR is scheduled to expire on January
31, 2008. Before submitting the ICR to
OMB for review and approval, EPA is
soliciting comments on specific aspects
of the proposed information collection
as described below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 5, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–
SFUND–2004–0006, by one of the
following methods:
• https://www.regulations.gov: Follow
the on-line instructions for submitting
comments.
• E-mail: superfund.docket@epa.gov.
• Fax: 202–566–0224.
• Mail: Superfund Docket,
Environmental Protection Agency,
Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460
• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center,
EPA West Building, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. Such
deliveries are only accepted during the
Docket’s normal hours of operation, and
special arrangements should be made
for deliveries of boxed information.
Instructions: Direct your comments to
Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–SFUND–2004–
0006. EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change and may be
made available online at https://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes information
claimed to be Confidential Business
Information (CBI) or other information
whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
Do not submit information that you
consider to be CBI or otherwise
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protected through www.regulations.gov
or e-mail. The https://
www.regulations.gov Web site is an
‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which
means EPA will not know your identity
or contact information unless you
provide it in the body of your comment.
If you send an e-mail comment directly
to EPA without going through https://
www.regulations.gov your e-mail
address will be automatically captured
and included as part of the comment
that is placed in the public docket and
made available on the Internet. If you
submit an electronic comment, EPA
recommends that you include your
name and other contact information in
the body of your comment and with any
disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA
cannot read your comment due to
technical difficulties and cannot contact
you for clarification, EPA may not be
able to consider your comment.
Electronic files should avoid the use of
special characters, any form of
encryption, and be free of any defects or
viruses. For additional information
about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA
Docket Center homepage at https://
www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sicy
Jacob, Office of Emergency
Management, 5104A, Environmental
Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania
Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460;
telephone number: (202) 564–8019; fax
number: (202) 564–2625; E-mail
address: jacob.sicy@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
How Can I Access the Docket and/or
Submit Comments?
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–
HQ–2004–0006, which is available for
online viewing at https://
www.regulations.gov, or in person
viewing at the Superfund Docket in the
EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA
West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution
Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/
DC Public Reading Room is open from
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, excluding legal holidays. The
telephone number for the Reading Room
is 202–566–1744, and the telephone
number for the Superfund Docket is
202–566–0276.
Use https://www.regulations.gov to
obtain a copy of the draft collection of
information, submit or view public
comments, access the index listing of
the contents of the docket, and to access
those documents in the public docket
that are available electronically. Once in
the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in
the docket ID number identified in this
document.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; List of
Correspondence
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: List of correspondence from January 2, 2007 through March 31,
2007.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary is publishing the following list pursuant to
section 607(f) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, as
amended by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act
of 2004 (IDEA). Under section 607(f) of IDEA, the Secretary is
required, on a quarterly basis, to publish in the Federal Register a
list of correspondence from the U.S. Department of Education
(Department) received by individuals during the previous quarter that
describes the interpretations of the Department of IDEA or the
regulations that implement IDEA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melisande Lee or JoLeta Reynolds.
Telephone: (202) 245-7468.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call
[[Page 43635]]
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of this notice in
an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or
computer diskette) on request to the contact persons listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following list identifies correspondence
from the Department issued from January 2, 2007 through March 31, 2007.
Included on the list are those letters that contain interpretations of
the requirements of IDEA and its implementing regulations, as well as
letters and other documents that the Department believes will assist
the public in understanding the requirements of the law and its
regulations. The date of and topic addressed by a letter are
identified, and summary information is also provided, as appropriate.
To protect the privacy interests of the individual or individuals
involved, personally identifiable information has been deleted, as
appropriate.
Part A--General Provisions
Section 602--Definitions
Topic Addressed: Child With a Disability.
[cir] Letter dated March 8, 2007 to American Speech-Language-
Hearing Association Director Catherine D. Clark, regarding criteria for
determining whether a speech or language impairment adversely affects a
child's educational performance, how public agencies may respond when
speech/language pathology sessions are missed due to the student's
absence or the provider's absence, and an explanation of the
requirements governing the continuum of alternative placements.
Part B--Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities
Section 612--State Eligibility
Topic Addressed: Methods of Ensuring Services.
[cir] Letter dated January 23, 2007 to Volusia County, Florida
Superintendent of Schools Margaret A. Smith, and letter dated February
9, 2007 to Houston, Texas Independent School District Staff Member
Carolyn Guess, clarifying requirements for obtaining parental consent
when a public agency seeks access to a child's public benefits or
public insurance to pay for required special education and related
services for Medicaid-eligible children.
[cir] Letter dated March 8, 2007 to Indiana Department of Education
Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman John D. Hill, clarifying
requirements for obtaining parental consent when a public agency seeks
access to a child's public benefits or public insurance to pay for
required special education and related services for Medicaid-eligible
children and explaining that the local educational agency (LEA) does
not have to obtain a separate parental consent if parental consent is
given directly to another agency, such as a State's Medicaid Agency.
Topic Addressed: Children With Disabilities Enrolled by Their
Parents in Private Schools.
[cir] Letter dated March 9, 2007 to Massachusetts Department of
Education State Director of Special Education Marsha Mittnacht,
regarding parentally-placed children with disabilities who reside out-
of-State and attend private schools located in school districts in
Massachusetts.
[cir] Letter dated March 23, 2007 to Association of Educational
Service Agencies Executive Director Brian L. Talbot and letter dated
March 23, 2007 to Association of Educational Services Agencies
President Lee Warne, regarding the role of sending and receiving LEAs
in completing child find activities and implementing equitable services
for children with disabilities enrolled by their parents in private
schools.
Topic Addressed: Access to Instructional Materials.
[cir] Letter dated March 16, 2007 to Recording for the Blind and
Dyslexic President and CEO John Kelly, regarding the benefits of giving
all qualified accessible media producers anticipatory access to the
National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard files sets
deposited at the National Instructional Materials Access Center.
Section 614--Evaluations, Eligibility Determinations, Individualized
Education Programs, and Educational Placements
Topic Addressed: Evaluations and Reevaluations.
[cir] Letter dated February 6, 2007 to individual (personally
identifiable information redacted), regarding the relationship of the
requirements for review of existing evaluation data to the requirements
for reevaluation.
[cir] Letter dated March 1, 2007 to Harcourt Assessment Inc.
Publisher Aurelio Prifitera, responding to Harcourt Assessment's
overview of the requirements in the final regulations for Part B of
IDEA for evaluating children suspected of having specific learning
disabilities.
[cir] Letter dated March 6, 2007 to Wyoming Protection and Advocacy
for Individual Rights Program Attorney Buck Gwyn, regarding State
criteria for determining whether a child has a specific learning
disability.
[cir] Letter dated March 6, 2007 to Lehigh University Professor
Perry A. Zirkel, regarding new requirements in the final regulations
for Part B of IDEA that govern whether States may use the severe
discrepancy model and clarifying the role of response to intervention
in determining whether a child has a specific learning disability.
Section 615--Procedural Safeguards
Topic Addressed: Maintenance of Current Educational Placement.
[cir] Letter dated February 2, 2007 to Pennsylvania Department of
Education Staff Member Gerald L. Zahorchak, regarding the child's
status during the pendency of administrative or judicial proceedings
when a child who is no longer eligible for services under Part C of
IDEA seeks initial services under Part B of IDEA.
Topic Addressed: Discipline Procedures.
[cir] Letter dated March 8, 2007 to University of Utah Professor
Dixie Snow Huefner, regarding when a parent or an LEA may request an
expedited due process hearing and the child's placement during an
appeal.
[cir] Letter dated February 9, 2007 to Washoe County, Nevada
Assistant Superintendent Dr. Kris Christiansen, regarding whether a
functional behavioral assessment (FBA) triggers the procedural
safeguards applicable to an evaluation or an independent educational
evaluation and whether parent consent is required prior to conducting
an FBA.
Part C
Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities
Section 643--Allocation of Funds
Topic Addressed: State Allocation Formula.
[cir] Letter dated March 6, 2007 to Texas Governor Rick Perry,
clarifying that allocations to each State under Part C of IDEA are made
based on the ratio of the number of infants and toddlers in that State
to the number of infants and toddlers in all States and that the
calculations are based on the most recent data available from the
Census Bureau. The Department cannot make adjustments in the formula
allocations to States based on data provided by an individual State.
[[Page 43636]]
Other Letters that Do Not Interpret the Idea but May Be of Interest to
Readers
Topic Addressed: Assessment and Accountability.
[cir] Letter dated February 7, 2007 to Chief State School Officers
regarding the assessment and accountability requirements of Title I and
extending flexibility for determining annual yearly progress for the
students with disabilities subgroup.
Topic Addressed: Transition to Postsecondary Education.
[cir] Letters dated March 16, 2007 to Dear Colleague and Dear
Parent from Office for Civil Rights Assistant Secretary Stephanie
Monroe, regarding the legal rights and responsibilities of students
with disabilities as they transition from secondary to postsecondary
education settings.
Electronic Access To This Document
You may view this document, as well as all 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/.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.027, Assistance to
States for Education of Children with Disabilities).
Dated: July 31, 2007.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. E7-15226 Filed 8-3-07; 8:45 am]
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