Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Higher Education Disaster Relief; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, 3005-3009 [E9-958]
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may also require more frequent
performance reports under 34 CFR
75.720(c).
This annual report must also address
progress toward meeting the
performance and efficiency measures
established by the Secretary for this
program and described in the next
section of this notice.
At the end of the project period, a
final performance and financial report
must be submitted as specified by the
Secretary in 34 CFR 75.720. For specific
requirements on reporting, please go to
https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: The
Secretary has established the following
key performance measures for collecting
data to use in assessing the effectiveness
of PEP.
(a) Physical Activity.
(i) The percentage of students served
by the grant who engage in 150 minutes
of moderate to vigorous physical
activity per week (elementary school
students); and
(ii) The percentage of students served
by the grant who engage in 225 minutes
of moderate to vigorous physical
activity per week (middle and high
school students).
(b) Efficiency. The cost (based on
expenditures of the grant as well as
matching funds) per student who
achieves the level of physical activity
required to meet the physical activity
measure (150 minutes of moderate to
vigorous physical activity per week for
elementary school students, and 225
minutes of moderate to vigorous
physical activity per week for middle
and high school students).
These measures constitute the
Department’s measures of success for
this program. Consequently, applicants
for a grant under this program are
advised to give careful consideration to
these measures in conceptualizing the
approach and evaluation of their
proposed project. If funded, applicants
will be asked to collect and report data
in their performance and final reports
about progress toward these measures.
For specific requirements on grantee
reporting, please go to https://
www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
appforms/appforms.html.
VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or computer diskette)
on request to the program contact
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of
this notice.
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VII. Agency Contact
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carlette Huntley, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 10071, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202. Telephone:
202–245–7871 or by e-mail:
Carlette.Huntley@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
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Dated: January 12, 2009.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Overview Information; Higher
Education Disaster Relief; Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.938R.
DATES: Applications Available: January
16, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of PreApplications: January 27, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: February 26, 2009.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Higher
Education Disaster Relief Grants
Program provides funds to institutions
of higher education (IHEs) that are
located in an area affected by
hurricanes, floods, and other natural
disasters occurring during 2008 for
which the President declared a major
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disaster under Title IV of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act of 1974. The funds may
only be used to defray the expenses
incurred by IHEs that were forced to
close, or relocate, or whose operations
were impaired as a result of damage
directly caused by such hurricanes,
floods, and other natural disasters
occurring during 2008. Funds may be
used to cover lost revenue,
reimbursement for expenses already
incurred, and for construction. Funds
may also be used to enable these IHEs
to provide grants to their students who
attend the IHE for academic years
beginning on or after July 1, 2008.
Criteria for Awarding Funds: Under
the Consolidated Security, Disaster
Assistance, and Continuing
Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 110–
329), only IHEs as defined in section
101 or section 102(c) of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended
(HEA), that are located in an area in
which a major disaster was declared in
accordance with section 401 of the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act during
calendar year 2008, are eligible to apply
for funds under this program. A list of
these areas is available at: https://www.
gismaps.fema.gov/2008pages/
lcurrent.shtm.
Public Law 110–329 authorizes the
Department to make these funds
available based on criteria established
by the Secretary. Accordingly, the
Secretary establishes the following
factors as criteria that will be used in
allocating these funds:
(1) The expenses that would have
been covered by revenues lost by the
IHE as a direct result of the major
disaster;
(2) The expenses incurred by the IHE
in remedying the effects of the disaster;
(3) The costs of construction
associated with physical damage caused
by the disaster; and
(4) Any amount of any insurance
settlement or other reimbursement
received by the IHE including from a
Federal or other relief agency. An IHE
must include information responsive to
each of these criteria in its preapplication. After reviewing the preapplications, the Secretary may decide
to use the number or amount of Pell
Grants received at any time during the
2006–07 and 2007–08 award years, as
reflected in the Department’s records, as
a factor in determining the amount of
the individual grants to ensure a fair
distribution of funds in accordance with
statutory requirements.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking:
Under the Administrative Procedure Act
(APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), and section 437 of
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the General Education Provisions Act
(GEPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232), the
Department generally offers interested
parties the opportunity to comment on
proposed selection criteria. However,
Public Law 110–329 specifically
exempts the establishment of criteria by
the Secretary for the award of funds
under this program from the rulemaking
requirements of the APA and GEPA.
Program Authority: The Consolidated
Security, Disaster Assistance, and
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009
(Pub. L. 110–329) and 20 U.S.C. 1138.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 82, 84, 85,
86, 97, 98, and 99.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$15,000,000.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$10,000—$1,000,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$300,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 50.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: 12 months, except for
construction grants, which may be up to
36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs (as
defined in section 101 or section 102(c)
of the HEA) that are located in an area
affected by hurricanes, floods, and other
natural disasters occurring during 2008,
for which the President declared a major
disaster under Title IV of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act of 1974, are eligible to
apply for funds under this program. A
list of these areas is available at:
https://www.gismaps.fema.gov/
2008pages/lcurrent.shtm.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not require cost sharing or
matching.
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IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application or
Pre-Application Package: Cassandra
Courtney, Fund for the Improvement of
Postsecondary Education, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 6166, Washington, DC
20006–8544. Telephone: (202) 502–7506
or by e-mail: HEDR@ed.gov or
Cassandra.Courtney@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.
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Individuals with disabilities can
obtain a copy of the application or preapplication package in an accessible
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by
contacting the program contact person
listed in this section.
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.
Pre-Application: IHEs intending to
submit an application for funds under
the Higher Education Disaster Relief
Grant Program must first complete and
submit a pre-application data
information form from which
institutional allotments will be
calculated. Data forms and instructions
can be downloaded from: https://
www.ed.gov/OPE (click on the Higher
Education Disaster Relief link).
Complete the form and send it to:
HEDR@ed.gov by the date established
under Deadline for Transmittal of PreApplications. Within one week of the
Pre-Application Deadline, the
Department will calculate the applicant
IHE’s allotment and e-mail the amount
back to the contact person identified by
the IHE on the pre-application form.
The eligible IHEs will then have until
February 26, 2009 to submit their
application and budget information to
the Department through Grants.gov.
Page Limit: The application narrative
(Part III of the application) is where you,
the applicant, address the selection
criteria that reviewers use to evaluate
your application. You must limit the
application narrative [Part III] to the
equivalent of no more than 25 pages,
using the following standards:
• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ x 11″, on one side
only, with 1″ margins at the top, bottom,
and both sides.
• Double space (no more than three
lines per vertical inch) all text in the
application narrative, including titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, and captions, as well as all
text in charts, tables, figures, and
graphs.
• Use a font that is either 12 point or
larger; or, no smaller than 10 pitch
(characters per inch).
• Use one of the following fonts:
Times New Roman, Courier, Courier
New, or Arial. An application submitted
in any other font (including Times
Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be
accepted.
The page limit does not apply to Part
I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget
section, including the narrative budget
justification; Part IV, the assurances and
certifications; or the one-page abstract,
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the resumes, the bibliography, or the
letters of support. However, the page
limit does apply to all of the application
narrative section [Part III].
We will reject your application if you
exceed the page limit; or, if you apply
other standards and exceed the
equivalent of the page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: January 16,
2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of PreApplications: January 27, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: February 26, 2009.
Applications for grants under this
competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov
Apply site (Grants.gov). For information
(including dates and times) about how
to submit your application
electronically, or in paper format by
mail or hand delivery if you qualify for
an exception to the electronic
submission requirement, please refer to
Section IV. 6. Other Submission
Requirements of this notice.
We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.
Individuals with disabilities who
need an accommodation or auxiliary aid
in connection with the application
process should contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in Section VII of this notice. If
the Department provides an
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an
individual with a disability in
connection with the application
process, the individual’s application
remains subject to all other
requirements and limitations in this
notice.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is not subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
CFR part 79.
5. Funding Restrictions: Funds can be
used only to defray the expenses
(including lost revenue, reimbursement
for expenses already incurred, and for
construction) incurred by IHEs that
were forced to close, or relocate, or
whose operations were impaired as a
result of damage directly caused by
hurricanes, floods, and other natural
disasters occurring during 2008 for
which the President declared a major
disaster under Title IV of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act of 1974, and to enable
these IHEs to provide grants to their
students who attend the IHE for
academic years beginning on or after
July 1, 2008.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted
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electronically unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in
accordance with the instructions in this
section.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
Applications for grants under the
Higher Education Disaster Relief
Program, CFDA number 84.938R, must
be submitted electronically using the
Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site
at https://www.Grants.gov. Through this
site, you will be able to download a
copy of the application package,
complete it offline, and then upload and
submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant
application to us.
We will reject your application if you
submit it in paper format unless, as
described elsewhere in this section, you
qualify for one of the exceptions to the
electronic submission requirement and
submit, no later than two weeks before
the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you
qualify for one of these exceptions.
Further information regarding
calculation of the date that is two weeks
before the application deadline date is
provided later in this section under
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant
application for the Higher Education
Disaster Relief Grant Program at https://
www.Grants.gov. You must search for
the downloadable application package
for this program by the CFDA number.
Do not include the CFDA number’s
alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search
for 84.938, not 84.938R).
Please note the following:
• When you enter the Grants.gov site,
you will find information about
submitting an application electronically
through the site, as well as the hours of
operation.
• Applications received by Grants.gov
are date and time stamped. Your
application must be fully uploaded and
submitted and must be date and time
stamped by the Grants.gov system no
later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC
time, on the application deadline date.
Except as otherwise noted in this
section, we will not accept your
application if it is received—that is, date
and time stamped by the Grants.gov
system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington,
DC time, on the application deadline
date. We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements. When we retrieve your
application from Grants.gov, we will
notify you if we are rejecting your
application because it was date and time
stamped by the Grants.gov system after
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4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the application deadline date.
• The amount of time it can take to
upload an application will vary
depending on a variety of factors,
including the size of the application and
the speed of your Internet connection.
Therefore, we strongly recommend that
you do not wait until the application
deadline date to begin the submission
process through Grants.gov.
• You should review and follow the
Education Submission Procedures for
submitting an application through
Grants.gov that are included in the
application package for this competition
to ensure that you submit your
application in a timely manner to the
Grants.gov system. You can also find the
Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov at https://eGrants.ed.gov/help/Grantsgov
SubmissionProcedures.pdf.
• To submit your application via
Grants.gov, you must complete all steps
in the Grants.gov registration process
(see https://www.grants.gov/applicants/
get_registered.jsp). These steps include
(1) Registering your organization, a
multi-part process that includes
registration with the Central Contractor
Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself
as an Authorized Organization
Representative (AOR); and (3) getting
authorized as an AOR by your
organization. Details on these steps are
outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see https://
www.grants.gov/section910/
Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf).
You also must provide on your
application the same D–U–N–S Number
used with this registration. Please note
that the registration process may take
five or more business days to complete,
and you must have completed all
registration steps to allow you to submit
successfully an application via
Grants.gov. In addition, you will need to
update your CCR registration on an
annual basis. This may take three or
more business days to complete.
• You will not receive additional
point value because you submit your
application in electronic format, nor
will we penalize you if you qualify for
an exception to the electronic
submission requirement, as described
elsewhere in this section, and submit
your application in paper format.
• You must submit all documents
electronically, including all information
you typically provide on the following
forms: Application for Federal
Assistance (SF 424), the Department of
Education Supplemental Information for
SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all
necessary assurances and certifications.
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• You must attach any narrative
sections of your application as files in
a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or
.PDF (Portable Document) format. If you
upload a file type other than the three
file types specified in this paragraph or
submit a password-protected file, we
will not review that material.
• Your electronic application must
comply with any page-limit
requirements described in this notice.
• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive from
Grants.gov an automatic notification of
receipt that contains a Grants.gov
tracking number. (This notification
indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not
receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your
application from Grants.gov and send a
second notification to you by e-mail.
This second notification indicates that
the Department has received your
application and has assigned your
application a PR/Award Number (an
ED-specified identifying number unique
to your application).
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on forms at a later
date.
Application Deadline Date Extension
in Case of Technical Issues with the
Grants.gov System: If you are
experiencing problems submitting your
application through Grants.gov, please
contact the Grants.gov Support Desk,
toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must
obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case
Number and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from
electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline
date because of technical problems with
the Grants.gov system, we will grant you
an extension until 4:30:00 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, the following
business day to enable you to transmit
your application electronically or by
hand delivery. You also may mail your
application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this
notice.
If you submit an application after
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the application deadline date, please
contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in
section VII of this notice and provide an
explanation of the technical problem
you experienced with Grants.gov, along
with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case
Number. We will accept your
application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the
Grants.gov system and that that problem
affected your ability to submit your
application by 4:30:00 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. The
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Department will contact you after a
determination is made on whether your
application will be accepted.
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Note: The extensions to which we refer in
this section apply only to the unavailability
of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov
system. We will not grant you an extension
if you failed to fully register to submit your
application to Grants.gov before the
application deadline date and time or if the
technical problem you experienced is
unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission
requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are
unable to submit an application through
the Grants.gov system because—
• You do not have access to the
Internet; or
• You do not have the capacity to
upload large documents to the
Grants.gov system; and
• No later than two weeks before the
application deadline date (14 calendar
days or, if the fourteenth calendar day
before the application deadline date
falls on a Federal holiday, the next
business day following the Federal
holiday), you mail or fax a written
statement to the Department, explaining
which of the two grounds for an
exception prevent you from using the
Internet to submit your application.
If you mail your written statement to
the Department, it must be postmarked
no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the
Department, we must receive the faxed
statement no later than two weeks
before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your
statement to: Cassandra Courtney, Fund
for the Improvement of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
6166, Washington, DC 20006–8544.
Telephone: (202) 502–7506. Fax: (202)
502–7877.
Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
may mail (through the U.S. Postal
Service or a commercial carrier) your
application to the Department. You
must mail the original and two copies
of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the
Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
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You must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
postmark.
(2) A legible mail receipt with the
date of mailing stamped by the U.S.
Postal Service.
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or
receipt from a commercial carrier.
(4) Any other proof of mailing
acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Education.
If you mail your application through
the U.S. Postal Service, we do not
accept either of the following as proof
of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark.
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after
the application deadline date, we will
not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
relying on this method, you should check
with your local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications
by Hand Delivery.
If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
(or a courier service) may deliver your
paper application to the Department by
hand. You must deliver the original and
two copies of your application by hand,
on or before the application deadline
date, to the Department at the following
address: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.938R) 550 12th
Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260.
The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington,
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 Secretary will
award funds to eligible IHEs that submit
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applications under this program and
will allocate funds among the eligible
institutions using the following factors
as criteria for the distribution of funds:
(1) The expenses that would have
been covered by revenues lost by the
IHE as a direct result of the major
disaster;
(2) The expenses incurred by the IHE
in remedying the effects of the disaster;
the costs of construction associated with
physical damage caused by the disaster;
and
(3) Any amount of any insurance
settlement or other reimbursement
received including from a Federal or
other relief agency. After reviewing the
pre-applications, the Secretary may
decide to use the number or amount of
Pell Grants received at any time during
the 2006–07 and 2007–08 award years,
as reflected in the Department’s records,
as a factor in determining the amount of
the individual grants to ensure a fair
distribution of funds in accordance with
statutory requirements.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators, and
send you a Grant Award Notification
(GAN). We may notify you informally,
also.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy
requirements in the application package
and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
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.
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VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cassandra Courtney, Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room
6166, Washington, DC 20006–8544.
Telephone: (202) 502–7506 or by e-mail:
HEDR@ed.gov or
Cassandra.Courtney@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an accessible format (e.g. Braille, large
print, audiotape, or computer diskette)
on request to the program contact
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of
this notice.
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all other documents of this Department
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Dated: January 12, 2009.
Vickie L. Schray,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher
Education Programs.
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Privacy Act of 1974; System of
Records—Impact Evaluation of Title I
Supplemental Educational Services
AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of a new system of
records.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Privacy Act of 1974, as amended
(Privacy Act), the Department of
Education (Department) publishes this
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notice of a new system of records
entitled ‘‘Impact Evaluation of Title I
Supplemental Educational Services.’’
The National Center for Education
Evaluation and Regional Assistance at
the Department’s Institute of Education
Sciences (IES) commissioned this study
to evaluate the effectiveness of Title I
Supplemental Educational Services
(SES) in improving the reading or
mathematics achievement, or both, of
students in Title I schools that have
failed to make adequate yearly progress
for three years.
Section 1116 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as
amended by the No Child Left Behind
Act of 2001 (20 U.S.C. 6316), requires
districts with Title I schools that fail to
make adequate yearly progress for three
years or more to offer SES to students
from low-income families who attend
these schools. SES are tutoring and
other supplemental academic
enrichment services that are offered in
addition to instruction provided during
the regular school day and are provided
by State-approved providers free of
charge to eligible students. Parents can
choose the specific SES provider from
among a list approved to serve their
district. The Department has contracted
with Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
to evaluate the impact of SES on student
achievement in up to twelve school
districts across the country.
The study will address the following
questions:
(1) What is the impact of participation
in Title I SES on student achievement
in reading and mathematics?
(2) Are district characteristics and
practices, SES provider characteristics
and services, and student characteristics
related to the impact on student
achievement?
The evaluation will target school
districts where Title I SES are
oversubscribed. When more students
apply for SES than the district is able to
serve, under statute, the district must
give priority to the lowest-achieving
students. The students who apply but
do not meet the achievement level
criteria are an unbiased comparison
group for the students who do
participate in SES.
The system will contain information
about approximately 50,000 third- to
eighth-graders from up to twelve school
districts. The system of records will
include individually identifying
information about the student
applicants participating in the
evaluation, including names;
demographic information such as race,
ethnicity, gender, age, and educational
background; level of participation in
SES programs; and scores on State
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tests.
DATES: The Department seeks comment
on the new system of records described
in this notice, in accordance with the
requirements of the Privacy Act. We
must receive your comments on the
proposed routine uses for the system of
records referenced in this notice on or
before February 17, 2009.
The Department filed a report
describing the new system of records
covered by this notice with the Chair of
the Senate Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs, the
Chair of the House Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform, and
the Administrator of the Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) on January 13, 2009. This system
of records will become effective at the
later date of—(1) the expiration of the
40-day period for OMB review on
February 23, 2009 or (2) February 17,
2009, unless the system of records needs
to be changed as a result of public
comment or OMB review.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments about
the proposed routine uses to Dr. Audrey
Pendleton, Acting Associate
Commissioner, Evaluation Division,
National Center for Education
Evaluation and Regional Assistance,
Institute of Education Sciences, U.S.
Department of Education, 555 New
Jersey Avenue, NW., room 502E,
Washington, DC 20208–0001.
Telephone: (202) 208–7085. If you
prefer to send comments through the
Internet, use the following address:
comments@ed.gov.
You must include the term ‘‘Impact
Evaluation of Supplemental Educational
Services’’ in the subject line of the
electronic message.
During and after the comment period,
you may inspect all comments about
this notice at the U.S. Department of
Education in room 502D, 555 New
Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and
4:30 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through
Friday of each week except Federal
holidays.
Assistance to Individuals With
Disabilities in Reviewing the
Rulemaking Record
On request, we supply an appropriate
aid, such as a reader or print magnifier,
to an individual with a disability who
needs assistance to review the
comments or other documents in the
public rulemaking record for this notice.
If you want to schedule an appointment
for this type of aid, please contact the
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Higher
Education Disaster Relief; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.938R.
DATES: Applications Available: January 16, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Pre-Applications: January 27, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 26, 2009.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Higher Education Disaster Relief Grants
Program provides funds to institutions of higher education (IHEs) that
are located in an area affected by hurricanes, floods, and other
natural disasters occurring during 2008 for which the President
declared a major disaster under Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1974. The funds may
only be used to defray the expenses incurred by IHEs that were forced
to close, or relocate, or whose operations were impaired as a result of
damage directly caused by such hurricanes, floods, and other natural
disasters occurring during 2008. Funds may be used to cover lost
revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, and for
construction. Funds may also be used to enable these IHEs to provide
grants to their students who attend the IHE for academic years
beginning on or after July 1, 2008.
Criteria for Awarding Funds: Under the Consolidated Security,
Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L.
110-329), only IHEs as defined in section 101 or section 102(c) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), that are located in an
area in which a major disaster was declared in accordance with section
401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act during calendar year 2008, are eligible to apply for funds under
this program. A list of these areas is available at: https://www.gismaps.fema.gov/2008pages/lcurrent.shtm.
Public Law 110-329 authorizes the Department to make these funds
available based on criteria established by the Secretary. Accordingly,
the Secretary establishes the following factors as criteria that will
be used in allocating these funds:
(1) The expenses that would have been covered by revenues lost by
the IHE as a direct result of the major disaster;
(2) The expenses incurred by the IHE in remedying the effects of
the disaster;
(3) The costs of construction associated with physical damage
caused by the disaster; and
(4) Any amount of any insurance settlement or other reimbursement
received by the IHE including from a Federal or other relief agency. An
IHE must include information responsive to each of these criteria in
its pre-application. After reviewing the pre-applications, the
Secretary may decide to use the number or amount of Pell Grants
received at any time during the 2006-07 and 2007-08 award years, as
reflected in the Department's records, as a factor in determining the
amount of the individual grants to ensure a fair distribution of funds
in accordance with statutory requirements.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: Under the Administrative Procedure
Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), and section 437 of
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the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) (20 U.S.C. 1232), the
Department generally offers interested parties the opportunity to
comment on proposed selection criteria. However, Public Law 110-329
specifically exempts the establishment of criteria by the Secretary for
the award of funds under this program from the rulemaking requirements
of the APA and GEPA.
Program Authority: The Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance,
and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 (Pub. L. 110-329) and 20 U.S.C.
1138.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 82,
84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $15,000,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $10,000--$1,000,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $300,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 50.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: 12 months, except for construction grants, which
may be up to 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs (as defined in section 101 or section
102(c) of the HEA) that are located in an area affected by hurricanes,
floods, and other natural disasters occurring during 2008, for which
the President declared a major disaster under Title IV of the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1974, are
eligible to apply for funds under this program. A list of these areas
is available at: https://www.gismaps.fema.gov/2008pages/lcurrent.shtm.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application or Pre-Application Package:
Cassandra Courtney, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 6166,
Washington, DC 20006-8544. Telephone: (202) 502-7506 or by e-mail:
HEDR@ed.gov or Cassandra.Courtney@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 a copy of the application
or pre-application package in an accessible format (e.g., Braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program
contact person listed in this section.
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.
Pre-Application: IHEs intending to submit an application for funds
under the Higher Education Disaster Relief Grant Program must first
complete and submit a pre-application data information form from which
institutional allotments will be calculated. Data forms and
instructions can be downloaded from: https://www.ed.gov/OPE (click on
the Higher Education Disaster Relief link). Complete the form and send
it to: HEDR@ed.gov by the date established under Deadline for
Transmittal of Pre-Applications. Within one week of the Pre-Application
Deadline, the Department will calculate the applicant IHE's allotment
and e-mail the amount back to the contact person identified by the IHE
on the pre-application form. The eligible IHEs will then have until
February 26, 2009 to submit their application and budget information to
the Department through Grants.gov.
Page Limit: The application narrative (Part III of the application)
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that
reviewers use to evaluate your application. You must limit the
application narrative [Part III] to the equivalent of no more than 25
pages, using the following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1''
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger; or, no
smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial. An application submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman or Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II,
the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part
IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the
resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of support. However, the page
limit does apply to all of the application narrative section [Part
III].
We will reject your application if you exceed the page limit; or,
if you apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the page
limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: January 16, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Pre-Applications: January 27, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 26, 2009.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically, or in paper format by mail or hand delivery
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, please refer to Section IV. 6. Other Submission
Requirements of this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in Section VII
of this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the
application process, the individual's application remains subject to
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is not subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
5. Funding Restrictions: Funds can be used only to defray the
expenses (including lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already
incurred, and for construction) incurred by IHEs that were forced to
close, or relocate, or whose operations were impaired as a result of
damage directly caused by hurricanes, floods, and other natural
disasters occurring during 2008 for which the President declared a
major disaster under Title IV of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act of 1974, and to enable these IHEs to
provide grants to their students who attend the IHE for academic years
beginning on or after July 1, 2008.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this program must be submitted
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electronically unless you qualify for an exception to this requirement
in accordance with the instructions in this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
Applications for grants under the Higher Education Disaster Relief
Program, CFDA number 84.938R, must be submitted electronically using
the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at https://www.Grants.gov.
Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the
application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit
your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant
application to us.
We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant application for the Higher
Education Disaster Relief Grant Program at https://www.Grants.gov. You
must search for the downloadable application package for this program
by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in
your search (e.g., search for 84.938, not 84.938R).
Please note the following:
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through the
site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are date and time
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted and must
be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30:00
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as
otherwise noted in this section, we will not accept your application if
it is received--that is, date and time stamped by the Grants.gov
system--after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. We do not consider an application that does not comply
with the deadline requirements. When we retrieve your application from
Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting your application
because it was date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system after
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date.
The amount of time it can take to upload an application
will vary depending on a variety of factors, including the size of the
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline
date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov.
You should review and follow the Education Submission
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are
included in the application package for this competition to ensure that
you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov
system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov at https://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see https://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp). These steps include (1)
Registering your organization, a multi-part process that includes
registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR); (2)
registering yourself as an Authorized Organization Representative
(AOR); and (3) getting authorized as an AOR by your organization.
Details on these steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see https://www.grants.gov/section910/Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). You also must provide on your
application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please
note that the registration process may take five or more business days
to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to
allow you to submit successfully an application via Grants.gov. In
addition, you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual
basis. This may take three or more business days to complete.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your
application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
all information you typically provide on the following forms:
Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of
Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and
certifications.
You must attach any narrative sections of your application
as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable
Document) format. If you upload a file type other than the three file
types specified in this paragraph or submit a password-protected file,
we will not review that material.
Your electronic application must comply with any page-
limit requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates
receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send
a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification
indicates that the Department has received your application and has
assigned your application a PR/Award Number (an ED-specified
identifying number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues
with the Grants.gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov
Support Desk, toll free, at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline date because of technical
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension
until 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically or by hand
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC
time, on the application deadline date, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of this
notice and provide an explanation of the technical problem you
experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk
Case Number. We will accept your application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that
problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30:00
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The
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Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether
your application will be accepted.
Note: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply
only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the
Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed
to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before
the application deadline date and time or if the technical problem
you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov system; and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application.
If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be
postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline
date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must
receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Cassandra Courtney, Fund
for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 6166, Washington, DC 20006-8544.
Telephone: (202) 502-7506. Fax: (202) 502-7877.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail
the original and two copies of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.938R) LBJ Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202-4260.
You must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service.
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier.
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark.
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper
application to the Department by hand. You must deliver the original
and two copies of your application by hand, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.938R) 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 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 Secretary will award funds to eligible IHEs
that submit applications under this program and will allocate funds
among the eligible institutions using the following factors as criteria
for the distribution of funds:
(1) The expenses that would have been covered by revenues lost by
the IHE as a direct result of the major disaster;
(2) The expenses incurred by the IHE in remedying the effects of
the disaster; the costs of construction associated with physical damage
caused by the disaster; and
(3) Any amount of any insurance settlement or other reimbursement
received including from a Federal or other relief agency. After
reviewing the pre-applications, the Secretary may decide to use the
number or amount of Pell Grants received at any time during the 2006-07
and 2007-08 award years, as reflected in the Department's records, as a
factor in determining the amount of the individual grants to ensure a
fair distribution of funds in accordance with statutory requirements.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators, and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may notify you informally, also.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
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.
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VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cassandra Courtney, Fund for the
Improvement of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education,
1990 K Street, NW., room 6166, Washington, DC 20006-8544. Telephone:
(202) 502-7506 or by e-mail: HEDR@ed.gov or Cassandra.Courtney@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format
(e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request
to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in section VII of this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document: You can view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), on the
Internet at the following site: 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 (20) 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/.
Dated: January 12, 2009.
Vickie L. Schray,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs.
[FR Doc. E9-958 Filed 1-15-09; 8:45 am]
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