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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Number 84.027, Assistance to States for
Education of Children with Disabilities)
Delegation of Authority: The Secretary
of Education has delegated authority to
Andrew J. Pepin, Executive
Administrator for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services to perform the
functions of the Assistant Secretary for
Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services.
Dated: February 18, 2009.
Andrew J. Pepin,
Executive Administrator for Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. E9–3814 Filed 2–20–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing
Board: Proposed Information
Collection
AGENCY: National Assessment
Governing Board.
ACTION: Agency Information Collection
Activities: Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request.
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
the National Assessment Governing
Board is publishing the following
summary of a proposed information
collection for public comment.
Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding this burden
estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any
of the following subjects: (1) The
necessity and utility of the proposed
information collection for the proper
performance of the Agency’s function;
(2) the accuracy of the estimated
burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; (4) ways to minimize the
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burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated collection techniques
or other forms of information
technology; and (5) estimates of capital
or start-up costs and costs of operation,
maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information.
Type of Information Collection
Request: New information collection.
Title of Information Collection:
Survey of Placement Tests and CutScores in Higher Education Institutions.
Use: The congressionally authorized
National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP) reports to the public on
the achievement of students at grades 4,
8, and 12 in core subjects. The National
Assessment Governing Board oversees
and sets policy for NAEP. NAEP and the
Governing Board are authorized under
the National Assessment of Educational
Progress Authorization Act (Pub. L.
107–279).
Among the Board’s responsibilities is
‘‘to improve the form, content, use, and
reporting of [NAEP results].’’ Toward
this end, the Governing Board plans to
enable NAEP at the 12th grade to report
on the academic preparedness of 12th
grade students in reading and
mathematics for entry level college
credit coursework.
The Governing Board has planned a
program of research studies to support
the validity of statements about 12th
grade student preparedness that would
be made in NAEP reports, beginning
with the 2009 assessments in 12th grade
reading and mathematics. Among the
studies planned is a survey of 2-year
and 4-year institutions of higher
education about the tests and test scores
used to place students into entry level
college credit coursework leading to a
degree and into non-credit remedial or
developmental programs in reading
and/or mathematics. The data resulting
from this survey will be used to help
develop valid statements that can be
made about the preparedness of 12th
grade students in NAEP reports.
Frequency: One time only; Affected
Public: State, Local or Tribal
Governments (2-year and 4-year public
higher education institutions); Private
Sector Not-For-Profit Institutions (2-year
and 4-year private higher education
institutions); Number of Respondents:
3,700; Total Annual Responses: 3,700;
Total Annual Hours: 1,542.
To obtain copies of the proposed
survey and/or supporting statement for
the proposed paperwork collection
referenced above, e-mail your request,
including your address and phone
number, to Ray.Fields@ed.gov or call
202–357–0395.
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To be assured consideration,
comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection must
be received by the OMB desk officer at
the address below, no later than 5 p.m.
on March 25, 2009:
OMB, Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Education
Desk Officer, New Executive Office
Building, 725 17th St, NW., Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503, Fax
Number: (202) 395–6974, E-mail
(OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: February 18, 2009.
Ray Fields,
Authorized Agency Paperwork Contact,
National Assessment Governing Board.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.129B]
Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation
Long-Term Training—Rehabilitation
Counseling
AGENCY: Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice reopening the
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training—
Rehabilitation Counseling fiscal year
(FY) 2009 competition.
On November 17, 2008, we
published in the Federal Register (73
FR 67852) a notice inviting applications
for the Rehabilitation Long-Term
Training—Rehabilitation Counseling FY
2009 competition. That notice
established a January 15, 2009 deadline
date for eligible applicants to apply for
funding under this program.
In order to allow applicants the
opportunity to respond to a correction
in the selection criteria published in the
Application Package, we are reopening
the Rehabilitation Long-Term
Training—Rehabilitation Counseling FY
2009 competition to eligible applicants.
Specifically, we inadvertently omitted a
heading and the point value of the
criterion on Quality of Project Services,
worth 10 points. The requirements of
this criterion were embedded at the end
of the criterion on Nature and Scope of
Curriculum, worth 20 points. By
omitting the heading and points for the
criterion on Quality of Project Services,
applicants were given the mistaken
impression that this criterion was part
of the Nature and Scope of Curriculum
criterion. We have corrected the
selection criteria in the Application
Package. This correction of the selection
criteria increases the possible points an
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applicant may receive from 90 points to
100 points and makes it clear that there
is a criterion on Quality of Project
Services, worth 10 points. We strongly
recommend that any eligible applicant
that submitted its application using the
criteria in the original application
package re-submit its application in
order to ensure that there is a clear
response to the criterion on Quality of
Project Services. If an applicant that
submitted its application by the January
15, 2009 deadline does not choose to resubmit its application to address
separately the Nature and Scope of
Curriculum and Quality of Project
Services criteria, we will increase the
point value of the co-joined criteria
contained under the heading Nature
and Scope of Curriculum from 20 to 30
points for that applicant and the
selection criteria overall from 90 to 100
points. We will separate the applicant’s
response to the co-joined criteria under
the heading of Nature and Scope of
Curriculum, and each criteria will be
rated separately with the total value of
the Nature and Scope of Curriculum
criteria being 20 points and the Quality
of Project Services criteria being 10
points.
All information in the November 17,
2008 notice remains the same for this
notice reopening the competition,
except for the following updates to
Dates and to section IV. 3. Submission
Dates and Times.
Dates and section IV. 3. Submission
Dates and Times:
Applications Available: February 23,
2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 16, 2009.
Note: Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted electronically
using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply
site at https://www.grants.gov. For information
about how to submit your application
electronically, please refer to Electronic
Submission of Applications in the November
17, 2008 notice (73 FR 67852–67856). We
encourage eligible applicants to submit their
applications as soon as possible to avoid any
problems with filing electronic applications
on the last day.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: May 8, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Edwin Powell, U.S. Department of
Education, Rehabilitation Services
Administration, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., room 5038, PCP, Washington, DC
20202–2800. Telephone: (202) 245–7505
or by e-mail: Edwin.Powell@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339. Individuals with
disabilities may obtain this notice in an
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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 can view this document, as well as
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.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772.
Delegation of Authority: The Secretary
of Education has delegated authority to
Andrew J. Pepin, Executive
Administrator for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services to perform the
functions of the Assistant Secretary for
Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services.
Dated: February 18, 2009.
Andrew J. Pepin,
Executive Administrator for Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Energy Information Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
AGENCY: Energy Information
Administration (EIA), Department of
Energy (DOE).
ACTION: Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request.
SUMMARY: The EIA is soliciting
comments on the proposed
reinstatement and three-year approval of
Form EIA–457A-G, ‘‘Residential Energy
Consumption Survey (RECS).’’
DATES: Comments must be filed by April
24, 2009. If you anticipate difficulty in
submitting comments within that
period, contact the person listed below
as soon as possible.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Assessment Governing Board: Proposed Information
Collection
AGENCY: National Assessment Governing Board.
ACTION: Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB
Review; Comment Request.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the National Assessment Governing
Board is publishing the following summary of a proposed information
collection for public comment. Interested persons are invited to send
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including any of the following subjects: (1)
The necessity and utility of the proposed information collection for
the proper performance of the Agency's function; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and (5) estimates of capital or start-up costs
and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services to
provide information.
Type of Information Collection Request: New information collection.
Title of Information Collection: Survey of Placement Tests and Cut-
Scores in Higher Education Institutions.
Use: The congressionally authorized National Assessment of
Educational Progress (NAEP) reports to the public on the achievement of
students at grades 4, 8, and 12 in core subjects. The National
Assessment Governing Board oversees and sets policy for NAEP. NAEP and
the Governing Board are authorized under the National Assessment of
Educational Progress Authorization Act (Pub. L. 107-279).
Among the Board's responsibilities is ``to improve the form,
content, use, and reporting of [NAEP results].'' Toward this end, the
Governing Board plans to enable NAEP at the 12th grade to report on the
academic preparedness of 12th grade students in reading and mathematics
for entry level college credit coursework.
The Governing Board has planned a program of research studies to
support the validity of statements about 12th grade student
preparedness that would be made in NAEP reports, beginning with the
2009 assessments in 12th grade reading and mathematics. Among the
studies planned is a survey of 2-year and 4-year institutions of higher
education about the tests and test scores used to place students into
entry level college credit coursework leading to a degree and into non-
credit remedial or developmental programs in reading and/or
mathematics. The data resulting from this survey will be used to help
develop valid statements that can be made about the preparedness of
12th grade students in NAEP reports.
Frequency: One time only; Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal
Governments (2-year and 4-year public higher education institutions);
Private Sector Not-For-Profit Institutions (2-year and 4-year private
higher education institutions); Number of Respondents: 3,700; Total
Annual Responses: 3,700; Total Annual Hours: 1,542.
To obtain copies of the proposed survey and/or supporting statement
for the proposed paperwork collection referenced above, e-mail your
request, including your address and phone number, to Ray.Fields@ed.gov
or call 202-357-0395.
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To be assured consideration, comments and recommendations for the
proposed information collection must be received by the OMB desk
officer at the address below, no later than 5 p.m. on March 25, 2009:
OMB, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention:
Education Desk Officer, New Executive Office Building, 725 17th St,
NW., Room 10235, Washington, DC 20503, Fax Number: (202) 395-6974, E-
mail (OIRA_submission@omb.eop.gov).
Dated: February 18, 2009.
Ray Fields,
Authorized Agency Paperwork Contact, National Assessment Governing
Board.
[FR Doc. E9-3793 Filed 2-20-09; 8:45 am]
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