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Reporting and/or Recordkeeping
burden. OMB invites public comment.
Dated: January 5, 2009.
Angela C. Arrington,
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Management Services, Office of Management.
Office of Elementary and Secondary
Education
Type of Review: Extension.
Title: Rural Education Achievement
Program (REAP).
Frequency: Annually.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal
Gov’t, SEAs or LEAs.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 5,052.
Burden Hours: 4,830.
Abstract: This data collection is
pursuant to the Secretary’s authority
under Part B of Title VI of the
Elementary and Secondary Education
Act (ESEA), to award funds under two
grant programs designed to address the
unique needs of rural school districts—
the Small, Rural School Achievement
Program (ESEA Section 6212) and the
Rural and Low-Income School Program
(ESEA Section 6221).
Under the Small, Rural School
Achievement Program, the Secretary
awards grants directly to eligible local
educational agencies (LEAs) on a
formula basis. Under the Rural and
Low-income School Program, eligible
school districts are sub-recipients of
funds the Department awards to SEAs
on a formula basis. For both grant
programs, the Department awards funds
based a determination of the eligibility
of individual school districts and
calculating formula allocations each
eligible district should receive.
The Department has devised a twotier strategy to accomplish the funding
process for the REAP program: (1) the
Department collects from SEAs the
information the Department needs to
make eligibility and funds allocation
determinations, and (2) LEAs submit
applications for grant funding.
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by clicking on link number 3904. When
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click on ‘‘Download Attachments ‘‘ to
view. Written requests for information
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Requests may also be electronically
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title of the information collection when
making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or
the collection activity requirements
should be electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Homeless Education Disaster
Assistance Program (CFDA No.
84.383A)
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice inviting applications.
SUMMARY: The Homeless Education
Disaster Assistance program is a new,
one-year program authorized under the
Consolidated Security, Disaster
Assistance, and Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2009. This program
provides assistance to local educational
agencies (LEAs) or consortia of LEAs
located within the same State whose
enrollment of homeless students has
increased as a result of a natural disaster
that occurred in calendar year 2008
(2008).
DATES: Application Deadline: February
9, 2009, 4:30:00 p.m. Eastern time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under this
program, the Department will award
funds directly to eligible LEAs based on
demonstrated need. (Except where
specifically noted, the term LEA as used
in this notice refers to a single LEA or
a consortium of LEAs located in the
same State.) In determining an LEA’s
need for assistance, the Department will
consider the number of students
enrolled in the LEA in kindergarten
through grade twelve who became
homeless as a result of a natural disaster
(as defined elsewhere in this notice) that
occurred in 2008. To be eligible for
funding under this program, an LEA
(individually or in consortium) must
have at least fifty of these homeless
students enrolled.
The LEA must use program funds to
support activities that are allowable
under section 723(d) of the McKinney-
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Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42
U.S.C. 11433(d)). The services provided
must comply with paragraphs (2) and
(3) of section 723(a) of that law, and the
LEA must comply with paragraphs (3)
through (7) of section 722(g) of the law.
The LEA may use program funds to
assist any homeless individual, of
school or pre-school age in the LEA, and
not just those students who became
homeless as a result of a natural
disaster. The LEA may use the funds to
support future activities, as well as to
reimburse itself for costs incurred in
carrying out activities during 2008 or
2009, designed to help homeless
students enroll in, attend, or succeed in
school. The funds will remain available
for obligation by an LEA through
September 30, 2010.
Eligible Applicants: Under this
program, eligible applicants are LEAs
that have a total of at least fifty students
enrolled in one or more grades,
kindergarten through grade twelve, who
became homeless as a result of a natural
disaster that occurred during 2008. Due
to the limited amount of funding
available under this program, only LEAs
or consortia that meet this minimum
threshold are eligible for a grant.
Required submission of eligibility
information: As part of its application,
the LEA must submit data, for which it
has verifiable and auditable
documentation, on the number of
students enrolled in kindergarten
through grade twelve in the LEA who
became homeless as a result of a natural
disaster that occurred during 2008. If a
group of LEAs applies for these funds as
a consortium, the LEA members of the
group must designate one member to
submit with the application data on the
number of students enrolled in
kindergarten through grade twelve in all
of the consortium member LEAs and
who became homeless as a result of a
natural disaster that occurred in 2008.
For purposes of this program, the count
of enrolled students who became
homeless as a result of a natural disaster
that occurred in 2008 can include:
Students already enrolled in the LEA
who became homeless due to a natural
disaster, or students made homeless by
a natural disaster who are identified as
such at the time of enrollment in the
LEA.
Determination of award amount:
Congress has appropriated $15 million
for this program. The Department will
award these funds, based on
demonstrated need, to eligible LEAs that
submit applications that meet the
requirements of this notice and of the
application package. Each LEA will
receive a proportionate share of funds
based on the number of students
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enrolled in the LEA in kindergarten
through grade twelve who became
homeless as a result of a natural disaster
that occurred in 2008. Specifically, the
Department will calculate each LEA’s
award amount based on the quotient
obtained by dividing the number of its
students enrolled in kindergarten
through grade twelve who became
homeless as a result of a natural disaster
that occurred in 2008 by the total
number of such students for all eligible
LEAs submitting an application.
For consortia of LEAs that apply for
funds, the Department will treat each
consortium as a single LEA when
determining grant award amounts. The
designated LEA that submits an
application to the Department on behalf
of the consortium members must (a)
distribute any funds received by the
consortium to each member LEA based
on its proportionate share of the total
number of children made homeless as a
result of a natural disaster in 2008 for
the consortium as a whole, or (b)
distribute the funds based on an
alternative need-based method agreed
upon in writing by all member LEAs.
Definition of natural disaster: For
purposes of this program, a natural
disaster is defined as a disaster for
which the President declared a major
disaster under title IV of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act of 1974. Those disasters
are listed on the Web site of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) at https://www.fema.gov/news/
disasters.fema?year=2008.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84,
85, 98, and 99.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79
apply to all applicants except federally
recognized Indian tribes.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking:
Under the Administrative Procedure Act
(APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), the Department
generally offers interested parties the
opportunity to comment on proposed
program requirements. Section 437(d)(2)
of the General Education Provisions Act
(20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(2)), however, allows
the Secretary of Education to exempt
from rulemaking requirements
regulations where the Secretary
determines that conducting rulemaking
would cause extreme hardship to the
intended beneficiaries of the program or
programs affected by the regulations.
The Secretary has determined that
conducting rulemaking for the Homeless
Education Disaster Assistance program,
including rulemaking on an LEA’s
eligibility for assistance and the process
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for allocating funds, would cause
extreme hardship to the beneficiaries of
the program. LEAs throughout the
country have needs and expenses
related to educating students who
became homeless as a result of natural
disasters that occurred in 2008. It is
essential, therefore, that the Department
award funding under the program at the
earliest possible date. Furthermore, the
legislation authorizing the program
recognizes the need for timely awards
and directs the Department to make
grants to LEAs on the basis of
demonstrated need within 120 days of
the date of enactment of that legislation.
LEAs need sufficient time to collect and
submit data that demonstrate their need
for assistance. In order to avoid harm
and hardship to applicants under the
program, and to the students they are
serving, the Secretary is waiving
rulemaking for this program.
Application and Submission
Information: To receive funding, an
eligible LEA must submit an application
electronically by the deadline
established in this notice. Submission of
an electronic application involves the
use of the Department’s Electronic Grant
Application System (e-Application)
accessible through the Department’s eGrants system.
You can access the electronic
application for the Homeless Education
Disaster Assistance program at:
https://e-grants.ed.gov.
Once you access this site, you will
receive specific instructions regarding
the information to include in your
application.
The regular hours of operation of the
e-Grants Web site are 6 a.m. Monday
until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m.
Thursday until 8 p.m., Sunday
(Washington, DC time). Any
modifications to these hours are posted
on the e-grants Web site.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
John McLaughlin, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3C130, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: (202) 260–0826 or via e-mail
at john.mclaughlin@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at
1–800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain this notice in an accessible
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
other Department of Education
documents published in the Federal
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Program Authority: Consolidated Security,
Disaster Assistance, and Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2009 at Div. B, Title I,
Chapter 7, Pub. L. 110–329, 122 Stat. 3595
(Sept. 30, 2008).
Dated: January 6, 2009.
Kerri L. Briggs,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.
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ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
Notice of Request for Public Comment
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AGENCY: United States Election
Assistance Commission.
ACTION: Notice: Request for public
comment.
SUMMARY: The EAC seeks public
comment on a proposed policy entitled
‘‘Proposed Working Group Policy.’’ This
policy is designed to set procedures and
requirements for the formation and use
of working groups to assist the United
States Election Assistance Commission
in developing proposed policies,
including advisories, guidance,
opinions, regulations and rules
regarding the implementation of the
Help American Vote Act (HAVA) and
the National Voter Registration Act of
1993 (NVRA). EAC issues this notice
according to a policy adopted on
September 18, 2008 that requires EAC to
provide notice and an opportunity for
public comment on, among other things,
advisories being considered for
adoption by the U.S. Election Assistance
Commission.
DATES: Comments must be received by
5 p.m. EST on February 9, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be
submitted: Via e-mail at
havainfo@eac.gov, Via mail addressed
to the U.S. Election Assistance
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Commission, 1225 New York Ave., NW.,
Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20005, or
by fax at 202/566–3127. Commenters are
encouraged to submit comments
electronically and include ‘‘Working
Group Policy’’ in the subject line, to
ensure timely receipt and consideration.
Person to Contact for Information:
Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566–
3100.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following is the complete text of the
proposed Working Group Policy the
EAC is seeking public comment on. The
proposed policy may also be viewed on
the EAC Web site at https://www.eac.gov.
Proposed Working Group Policy
I. Purpose
This document sets policy concerning
the use, makeup and administration of
working groups. For the purposes of this
policy, a working group is a collection
of persons with unique experience and
expertise gathered to provide their
individual opinions on matters
impacting EAC’s mission. Working
groups do not vote or otherwise provide
a consensus opinion on matters
presented. They are assembled either to
provide individual advice on a common
issue or exchange information. Working
groups are not permanent and meet only
for a limited purpose and time.
The United States Election Assistance
Commission (EAC) believes that seeking
diverse input from qualified individuals
is critical to developing sound public
policy. As EAC works meet its mission
under the Help America Vote Act of
2002 (HAVA) and the National Voter
Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) the
agency must utilize the experience of
technical experts, election
administrators and nongovernmental
organizations in developing its policies.
II. Roles and Responsibilities
The Executive Director is hereby
directed to develop internal procedures
concerning the use, make-up,
administration and product of working
groups. These procedures must reflect
and implement the policy goals adopted
in this directive.
III. Membership, Use and Product of
Working Group
Diversity of Opinion and Membership.
The membership of EAC working
groups shall reflect the diversity of
opinion on a given issue. This
commitment to diversity of opinion
requires EAC staff to seek out new
voices in the debate. Therefore, when
reasonable, EAC will openly recruit
candidates to be considered and may
limit participation of an individual or
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organization in consecutive working
groups. EAC has various important
constituencies that should be
represented on working groups formed
under this policy. These may include
state and local election officials, state
and local legislative bodies and
nongovernmental organizations. EAC
working groups must include a fairly
balanced membership. Members of the
working group should represent a crosssection of the election or other
communities that are directly affected
by the topic under consideration and
academics and/or technical experts who
are uniquely qualified as appropriate to
the nature and functions of the working
group. The reasonable credibility of the
individual and the organization
represented will be considered in the
selection process.
Limited Use. Working groups should
only be used in the development of EAC
policy or other matters where gathering
of a variety of technical expertise or
stakeholder opinions are essential to
meeting agency objectives. Other
determining factors for the creation of a
working group shall include EAC’s
strategic plan and its annual operating
budget, goals and objectives. The
creation of working groups shall be
subject to the approval of the Executive
Director. Any request for a working
group must be submitted to the
Executive Director in writing and
identify the need for the working group,
the proposed charge of the working
group, the identification of the various
opinions or interests that must be
represented, a proposed composition of
the group, an approximate length of
time that the working group will be in
place.
Group Focus. Any working group
established by the EAC must be
provided a clear focus in the form of a
written agenda or group mandate. Staff
must be assigned to the group to
facilitate discussion, maintain group
focus and document opinion or facts
expressed.
Publication of Working Group
Discussion Points. In reporting on the
activities of a working group, the EAC
shall capture the opinions or facts
expressed by the working group and
make that information available to the
Commissioners and EAC program staff
for use in making a final policy
determination. This information will
also be made available to the public.
Gracia Hillman,
Commissioner, U.S. Election Assistance
Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Homeless Education Disaster Assistance Program (CFDA No. 84.383A)
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice inviting applications.
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SUMMARY: The Homeless Education Disaster Assistance program is a new,
one-year program authorized under the Consolidated Security, Disaster
Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009. This program
provides assistance to local educational agencies (LEAs) or consortia
of LEAs located within the same State whose enrollment of homeless
students has increased as a result of a natural disaster that occurred
in calendar year 2008 (2008).
DATES: Application Deadline: February 9, 2009, 4:30:00 p.m. Eastern
time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under this program, the Department will
award funds directly to eligible LEAs based on demonstrated need.
(Except where specifically noted, the term LEA as used in this notice
refers to a single LEA or a consortium of LEAs located in the same
State.) In determining an LEA's need for assistance, the Department
will consider the number of students enrolled in the LEA in
kindergarten through grade twelve who became homeless as a result of a
natural disaster (as defined elsewhere in this notice) that occurred in
2008. To be eligible for funding under this program, an LEA
(individually or in consortium) must have at least fifty of these
homeless students enrolled.
The LEA must use program funds to support activities that are
allowable under section 723(d) of the McKinney-
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Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11433(d)). The services
provided must comply with paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 723(a) of
that law, and the LEA must comply with paragraphs (3) through (7) of
section 722(g) of the law. The LEA may use program funds to assist any
homeless individual, of school or pre-school age in the LEA, and not
just those students who became homeless as a result of a natural
disaster. The LEA may use the funds to support future activities, as
well as to reimburse itself for costs incurred in carrying out
activities during 2008 or 2009, designed to help homeless students
enroll in, attend, or succeed in school. The funds will remain
available for obligation by an LEA through September 30, 2010.
Eligible Applicants: Under this program, eligible applicants are
LEAs that have a total of at least fifty students enrolled in one or
more grades, kindergarten through grade twelve, who became homeless as
a result of a natural disaster that occurred during 2008. Due to the
limited amount of funding available under this program, only LEAs or
consortia that meet this minimum threshold are eligible for a grant.
Required submission of eligibility information: As part of its
application, the LEA must submit data, for which it has verifiable and
auditable documentation, on the number of students enrolled in
kindergarten through grade twelve in the LEA who became homeless as a
result of a natural disaster that occurred during 2008. If a group of
LEAs applies for these funds as a consortium, the LEA members of the
group must designate one member to submit with the application data on
the number of students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve in
all of the consortium member LEAs and who became homeless as a result
of a natural disaster that occurred in 2008. For purposes of this
program, the count of enrolled students who became homeless as a result
of a natural disaster that occurred in 2008 can include: Students
already enrolled in the LEA who became homeless due to a natural
disaster, or students made homeless by a natural disaster who are
identified as such at the time of enrollment in the LEA.
Determination of award amount: Congress has appropriated $15
million for this program. The Department will award these funds, based
on demonstrated need, to eligible LEAs that submit applications that
meet the requirements of this notice and of the application package.
Each LEA will receive a proportionate share of funds based on the
number of students enrolled in the LEA in kindergarten through grade
twelve who became homeless as a result of a natural disaster that
occurred in 2008. Specifically, the Department will calculate each
LEA's award amount based on the quotient obtained by dividing the
number of its students enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve
who became homeless as a result of a natural disaster that occurred in
2008 by the total number of such students for all eligible LEAs
submitting an application.
For consortia of LEAs that apply for funds, the Department will
treat each consortium as a single LEA when determining grant award
amounts. The designated LEA that submits an application to the
Department on behalf of the consortium members must (a) distribute any
funds received by the consortium to each member LEA based on its
proportionate share of the total number of children made homeless as a
result of a natural disaster in 2008 for the consortium as a whole, or
(b) distribute the funds based on an alternative need-based method
agreed upon in writing by all member LEAs.
Definition of natural disaster: For purposes of this program, a
natural disaster is defined as a disaster for which the President
declared a major disaster under title IV of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1974. Those disasters
are listed on the Web site of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) at https://www.fema.gov/news/disasters.fema?year=2008.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81,
82, 84, 85, 98, and 99.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: Under the Administrative Procedure
Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), the Department generally offers interested
parties the opportunity to comment on proposed program requirements.
Section 437(d)(2) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C.
1232(d)(2)), however, allows the Secretary of Education to exempt from
rulemaking requirements regulations where the Secretary determines that
conducting rulemaking would cause extreme hardship to the intended
beneficiaries of the program or programs affected by the regulations.
The Secretary has determined that conducting rulemaking for the
Homeless Education Disaster Assistance program, including rulemaking on
an LEA's eligibility for assistance and the process for allocating
funds, would cause extreme hardship to the beneficiaries of the
program. LEAs throughout the country have needs and expenses related to
educating students who became homeless as a result of natural disasters
that occurred in 2008. It is essential, therefore, that the Department
award funding under the program at the earliest possible date.
Furthermore, the legislation authorizing the program recognizes the
need for timely awards and directs the Department to make grants to
LEAs on the basis of demonstrated need within 120 days of the date of
enactment of that legislation. LEAs need sufficient time to collect and
submit data that demonstrate their need for assistance. In order to
avoid harm and hardship to applicants under the program, and to the
students they are serving, the Secretary is waiving rulemaking for this
program.
Application and Submission Information: To receive funding, an
eligible LEA must submit an application electronically by the deadline
established in this notice. Submission of an electronic application
involves the use of the Department's Electronic Grant Application
System (e-Application) accessible through the Department's e-Grants
system.
You can access the electronic application for the Homeless
Education Disaster Assistance program at: https://e-grants.ed.gov.
Once you access this site, you will receive specific instructions
regarding the information to include in your application.
The regular hours of operation of the e-Grants Web site are 6 a.m.
Monday until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m. Thursday until 8 p.m., Sunday
(Washington, DC time). Any modifications to these hours are posted on
the e-grants Web site.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. John McLaughlin, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3C130, Washington, DC
20202. Telephone: (202) 260-0826 or via e-mail at
john.mclaughlin@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain this notice in an
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Dated: January 6, 2009.
Kerri L. Briggs,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
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