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Dated: April 17, 2009.
Efrain Gonzalez,
Chief, Office of Business Development,
Minority Business Development Agency.
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Comment Request
Department of Education.
Correction notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: On April 15, 2009, the
Department of Education published a
comment period notice in the Federal
Register (Page 17459, Column 1) for the
information collection, ‘‘Documents
Associated with the Notice of Terms
and Conditions of Additional Purchase
of Loans under the ‘‘Ensuring Continued
Access to Student Loans Act of 2008’’.
This notice amends the total annual
responses to 8,395. The IC Clearance
Official, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of
Management, hereby issues a correction
notice as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
Dated: April 20, 2009.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Innovation and Improvement;
Overview Information; DC School
Choice Incentive Program; Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
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Dates:
Applications Available: April 23,
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Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply:
May 8, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 26, 2009.
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I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The DC School
Choice Incentive Program, established
under the DC School Choice Incentive
Act of 2003 (Act), provides low-income
parents residing in the District of
Columbia (District) with expanded
options for the education of their
children.
Background: For FY 2009, the
Department will be awarding one grant
on a competitive basis to an eligible
applicant to continue a scholarship
program to provide students who
currently have scholarships under this
program with scholarships for the 2009–
2010 school year. Students are eligible
to receive scholarships under this
program if they (1) are residents of the
District, and (2) come from households
whose income does not exceed 200
percent (or, in the case of an eligible
student whose first year of participation
in the program was an academic year
ending in June 2005 or June 2006 and
whose second or succeeding year is an
academic year ending on or before June
2009, 300 percent) of the poverty line.
These scholarships may be used to pay
tuition and fees and transportation
expenses, if any, to enable students to
attend a participating District nonpublic
elementary or secondary school.
Under the absolute priority
established in this notice, funds
awarded under this competition may
only be used to award scholarships to
students currently participating in this
program. Accordingly, in addition to the
requirements described in the preceding
paragraph, to be eligible for a
scholarship for the 2009–2010 school
year, a student must currently be
receiving a scholarship through the DC
School Choice Incentive Program.
We are establishing this absolute
priority in light of the prohibition in
Public Law 111–8, the Omnibus
Appropriations Act, 2009, against using
funds appropriated under that law, or
any other law, for scholarships under
this program after the conclusion of the
2009–2010 school year and the direction
in the Joint Explanatory Statement for
Public Law 111–8 to limit scholarships
for 2009–2010 to students who are
currently receiving scholarships under
this program. Specifically, Public Law
111–8 provides, with respect to this
program that ‘‘use of any funds in this
Act or any other [law] for opportunity
scholarships after school year 2009–
2010 shall only be available upon
enactment of reauthorization of that
program by Congress and the adoption
of legislation by the District of Columbia
approving such reauthorization.’’ In
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addition, the Joint Explanatory
Statement for Public Law 111–8 directs
that ‘‘[f]unding provided for the private
scholarship program shall be used for
currently-enrolled participants rather
than new applicants.’’ The Chancellor of
the District of Columbia Public Schools
is directed to ‘‘promptly take steps to
minimize potential disruption and
ensure smooth transition for any
students seeking enrollment in the
public school system as a result of any
changes made to the private scholarship
program affecting periods after school
year 2009–2010.’’ See the Joint
Explanatory Statement, Division D, Title
VIII, Federal Payment for School
Improvement, at https://thomas.loc.gov/
home/approp/app09.html.
Priorities: We are establishing this
priority for the FY 2009 grant
competition only in accordance with
section 437(d)(2) of the General
Education Provisions Act (GEPA), 20
U.S.C. 1232(d)(2).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2009, this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Scholarships for Currently Enrolled
Participants During the 2009–2010
School Year.
Scholarship funds must be used to
provide scholarships during the 2009–
2010 school year only to currently
enrolled participants who are DC
residents and meet the eligibility
requirements related to family income.
Funds awarded under this competition
may not be used to provide scholarships
for new applicants or for current
scholarship recipients after the 2009–
2010 school year.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking:
Under the Administrative Procedure Act
(5 U.S.C. 553), the Department generally
offers interested parties the opportunity
to comment on proposed priorities,
selection criteria, and non-statutory
requirements. Section 437(d)(2) of
GEPA, however, allows the Secretary to
exempt from rulemaking requirements,
regulations where application of those
requirements will cause extreme
hardship to the intended beneficiaries of
the program. Conducting notice-andcomment rulemaking for the absolute
priority, selection criteria, and nonstatutory requirement (in section
III.3.(c)) established in this notice would
preclude timely implementation of this
program for the 2009–2010 school year
and, thereby, cause extreme hardship to
the intended beneficiaries of this
program, namely those students who are
currently receiving scholarships under
this program and are eligible to receive
scholarships in the 2009–2010 school
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Correction notice.
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SUMMARY: On April 15, 2009, the Department of Education published a
comment period notice in the Federal Register (Page 17459, Column 1)
for the information collection, ``Documents Associated with the Notice
of Terms and Conditions of Additional Purchase of Loans under the
``Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008''. This notice
amends the total annual responses to 8,395. The IC Clearance Official,
Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management,
hereby issues a correction notice as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995.
Dated: April 20, 2009.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services,
Office of Management.
[FR Doc. E9-9316 Filed 4-22-09; 8:45 am]
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