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(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
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the terms and conditions of an award in
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Note: NIDRR will provide information by
letter to grantees on how and when to submit
the final performance report.
4. Performance Measures: To evaluate
the overall success of its research
program, NIDRR assesses the quality of
its funded projects through a review of
grantee performance and products. Each
year, NIDRR examines a portion of its
grantees to determine:
• The percentage of NIDRR-supported
fellows, post-doctoral trainees, and
doctoral students who publish results of
NIDRR-sponsored research in refereed
journals.
• The number of accomplishments
(e.g., new or improved tools, methods,
discoveries, standards, interventions,
programs, or devices) developed or
tested with NIDRR funding that have
been judged by expert panels to be of
high quality and to advance the field.
• The average number of publications
per award based on NIDRR-funded
research and development activities in
refereed journals.
• The percentage of new NIDRR
grants that assess the effectiveness of
interventions, programs, and devices
using rigorous methods.
• The number of new or improved
NIDRR-funded assistive and universally
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designed technologies, products, and
devices transferred to industry for
potential commercialization.
Each grantee must annually report on
its performance through NIDRR’s
Annual Performance Report (APR) form.
NIDRR uses APR information submitted
by grantees to assess progress on these
measures.
Dated: July 15, 2009.
Andrew J. Pepin,
Executive Administrator for Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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VII. Agency Contact
National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)—
Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Projects and Centers Program—
Rehabilitation Research and Training
Centers (RRTCs) Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number:
84.133B.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Room 6029, PCP, Washington, DC
20202. Telephone: (202) 245–7462 or by
e-mail: Donna.Nangle@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the Federal
Relay Service (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)
by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC
20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245–
7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS,
toll-free, at 1–800–877–8339.
Electronic Access to This Document:
You can view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
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of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
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Delegation of Authority: The Secretary
of Education has delegated authority to
Andrew J. Pepin, Executive
Administrator for the Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services,
to perform the functions of the Assistant
Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
AGENCY: Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services (OSERS),
Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of final priorities.
SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for
Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services announces two priorities under
the RRTC program administered by
NIDRR. The Assistant Secretary may use
one or both of these priorities for
competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2009
and later years. We take this action to
focus research attention on areas of
national need. We intend these
priorities to improve rehabilitation
services and outcomes for individuals
with disabilities.
DATES: Effective Date: These priorities
are effective August 20, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Room 6029, Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2700.
Telephone: (202) 245–7462 or by e-mail:
donna.nangle@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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice of final priorities is in concert
with NIDRR’s Final Long-Range Plan for
FY 2005–2009 (Plan). The Plan, which
was published in the Federal Register
on February 15, 2006 (71 FR 8165), can
be accessed on the Internet at the
following site: https://www.ed.gov/
about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/
policy.html.
Through the implementation of the
Plan, NIDRR seeks to: (1) Improve the
quality and utility of disability and
rehabilitation research; (2) foster an
exchange of expertise, information, and
training to facilitate the advancement of
knowledge and understanding of the
unique needs of traditionally
underserved populations; (3) determine
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representatives, providers, and other
interested parties; and
• Serve as centers of national
excellence in rehabilitation research for
individuals with disabilities, their
representatives, providers, and other
interested parties.
Applicants for RRTC grants must also
demonstrate in their applications how
they will address, in whole or in part,
the needs of individuals with
disabilities from minority backgrounds.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g)
and 764(b)(2).
Applicable Program Regulations: 34
CFR part 350.
We published a notice of proposed
priorities (NPP) for NIDRR’s Disability
and Rehabilitation Research Projects
and Centers Program in the Federal
Register on August 31, 2007 (72 FR
50516). The NPP included a background
statement that described our rationale
for each priority proposed in that notice,
including the two priorities announced
RRTC Program
in this notice.
There are no differences between the
The purpose of the RRTC program is
two final priorities announced in this
to improve the effectiveness of services
notice and the version of these priorities
authorized under the Rehabilitation Act
proposed in the NPP.
of 1973, as amended, through advanced
Public Comment: In response to our
research, training, technical assistance,
invitation in the NPP, 90 parties
and dissemination activities in general
submitted comments on the proposed
problem areas, as specified by NIDRR.
priorities. Because none of these
Such activities are designed to benefit
comments involved the two priorities
rehabilitation service providers,
announced in this notice, we do not
individuals with disabilities, and the
address any comments here. (In a notice
family members or other authorized
of final priorities, published in the
representatives of individuals with
Federal Register on February 1, 2008
disabilities. In addition, NIDRR intends
(73 FR 6132), the Department responded
to require all RRTC applicants to meet
to all comments on priorities from the
the requirements of the General
NPP that were included in that February
Rehabilitation Research and Training
1, 2008 notice.)
Centers (RRTC) Requirements priority
Final Priorities:
that it published in a notice of final
Priority 1—Enhancing the Health and
priorities in the Federal Register on
Wellness of Individuals With
February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6132).
Neuromuscular Diseases.
Additional information on the RRTC
The Assistant Secretary for Special
program can be found at: https://
Education and Rehabilitative Services
www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/res- establishes a priority for a Rehabilitation
program.html#RRTC.
Research and Training Center (RRTC) on
Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Enhancing the Health and Wellness of
Persons with Neuromuscular Diseases
of RRTCs
(NMDs). This RRTC must conduct
RRTCs must—
rigorous research, training, technical
• Carry out coordinated advanced
assistance, and dissemination activities
programs of rehabilitation research;
to improve rehabilitation outcome
• Provide training, including
measures and rehabilitation
graduate, pre-service, and in-service
interventions that can be applied in
training, to help rehabilitation
clinical or community-based settings.
personnel more effectively provide
In doing so, the RRTC must focus on
rehabilitation services to individuals
no more than two of the following
with disabilities;
dimensions: Prevention or reduction of
• Provide technical assistance to
secondary conditions (e.g., pain, fatigue,
individuals with disabilities, their
muscle weakness, associated sleep
representatives, providers, and other
disorders, metabolic complications);
interested parties;
improved mobility; emotional well• Disseminate informational materials being; and access to community-based
health promotion services and programs
to individuals with disabilities, their
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what are the best strategies and
programs to improve rehabilitation
outcomes for underserved populations;
(4) identify research gaps; (5) identify
mechanisms of integrating research and
practice; and (6) disseminate findings.
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the Disability and Rehabilitation
Research Projects and Centers Program
is to plan and conduct research,
demonstration projects, training, and
related activities, including
international activities, to develop
methods, procedures, and rehabilitation
technology, that maximize the full
inclusion and integration into society,
employment, independent living, family
support, and economic and social selfsufficiency of individuals with
disabilities, especially individuals with
the most severe disabilities, and to
improve the effectiveness of services
authorized under the Rehabilitation Act
of 1973, as amended.
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(e.g., fitness, recreation, and nutrition).
Under this priority, the RRTC must be
designed to contribute to the following
outcomes:
(a) Improved outcome measures for
use with individuals with NMDs. The
RRTC must contribute to this outcome
by identifying or developing and testing
methods and measures to assess health
and rehabilitation outcomes,
participation in community-based
programs, or both.
(b) Improved medical rehabilitation or
community-based rehabilitation
interventions. The RRTC must
contribute to this outcome by
identifying or developing and testing
new rehabilitation interventions,
replicating promising practices or
programs, or both.
Priority 2—Enhancing the Health and
Wellness of Individuals With Arthritis.
The Assistant Secretary for Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services
establishes a priority for a Rehabilitation
Research and Training Center (RRTC) on
Enhancing the Health and Wellness of
Individuals with Arthritis. This RRTC
must conduct rigorous research,
training, technical assistance, and
dissemination activities to improve
rehabilitation outcome measures and
rehabilitation interventions that can be
applied in clinical or community-based
settings.
In doing so, the RRTC must focus on
no more than two of the following
dimensions: Prevention or reduction of
secondary conditions (e.g., pain, fatigue,
depression); improved mobility;
emotional well-being; and access to
community-based health promotion
services and programs (e.g., fitness,
recreation, and nutrition). Under this
priority, the RRTC must be designed to
contribute to the following outcomes:
(a) Improved outcome measures for
use with persons with arthritis. The
RRTC must contribute to this outcome
by identifying or developing and testing
methods and measures to assess health
and rehabilitation outcomes,
participation in community-based
programs, or both.
(b) Improved medical rehabilitation or
community-based rehabilitation
interventions. The RRTC must
contribute to this outcome by
identifying or developing and testing
new rehabilitation interventions,
replicating promising practices or
programs, or both.
Types of Priorities:
When inviting applications for a
competition using one or more
priorities, we designate the type of each
priority as absolute, competitive
preference, or invitational through a
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notice in the Federal Register. The
effect of each type of priority follows:
Absolute priority: Under an absolute
priority, we consider only applications
that meet the priority (34 CFR
75.105(c)(3)).
Competitive preference priority:
Under a competitive preference priority,
we give competitive preference to an
application by (1) awarding additional
points, depending on the extent to
which the application meets the priority
(34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting
an application that meets the priority
over an application of comparable merit
that does not meet the priority (34 CFR
75.105(c)(2)(ii)).
Invitational priority: Under an
invitational priority, we are particularly
interested in applications that meet the
priority. However, we do not give an
application that meets the priority a
preference over other applications (34
CFR 75.105(c)(1)).
This notice does not preclude us from
proposing additional priorities,
requirements, definitions, or selection
criteria, subject to meeting applicable
rulemaking requirements.
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Note: This notice does not solicit
applications. In any year in which we choose
to use these priorities, we invite applications
through a notice in the Federal Register.
Executive Order 12866: This notice
has been reviewed in accordance with
Executive Order 12866. Under the terms
of the order, we have assessed the
potential costs and benefits of this final
regulatory action.
The potential costs associated with
this final regulatory action are those
resulting from statutory requirements
and those we have determined as
necessary for administering this
program effectively and efficiently.
In assessing the potential costs and
benefits—both quantitative and
qualitative—of this final regulatory
action, we have determined that the
benefits of the final priorities justify the
costs.
We have determined, also, that this
final regulatory action does not unduly
interfere with State, local, and tribal
governments in the exercise of their
governmental functions.
Summary of potential costs and
benefits:
The benefits of the RRTC program
have been well-established over the
years in that other RRTC projects have
been completed successfully. The
priorities announced in this notice will
generate new knowledge through
research and development activities.
Another benefit of these final
priorities is that establishing new
RRTCs will improve the lives of
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individuals with disabilities. These new
RRTCs will generate, disseminate, and
promote the use of new information that
will improve the options for individuals
with disabilities to achieve improved
education, employment, and
independent living outcomes.
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or computer diskette)
by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC
20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 245–
7363. If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
Electronic Access to This Document:
You 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 (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.
Delegation of Authority: The Secretary
of Education has delegated authority to
Andrew J. Pepin, Executive
Administrator for the Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services,
to perform the functions of the Assistant
Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
Dated: July 15, 2009.
Andrew J. Pepin,
Executive Administrator for Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
(NIDRR)--Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers
Program--Rehabilitation Research and Training Centers (RRTCs) Catalog
of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.133B.
AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
(OSERS), Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of final priorities.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services announces two priorities under the RRTC program
administered by NIDRR. The Assistant Secretary may use one or both of
these priorities for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2009 and later
years. We take this action to focus research attention on areas of
national need. We intend these priorities to improve rehabilitation
services and outcomes for individuals with disabilities.
DATES: Effective Date: These priorities are effective August 20, 2009.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donna Nangle, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 6029, Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Washington, DC 20202-2700. Telephone: (202) 245-7462 or by e-
mail: donna.nangle@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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice of final priorities is in
concert with NIDRR's Final Long-Range Plan for FY 2005-2009 (Plan). The
Plan, which was published in the Federal Register on February 15, 2006
(71 FR 8165), can be accessed on the Internet at the following site:
https://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/nidrr/policy.html.
Through the implementation of the Plan, NIDRR seeks to: (1) Improve
the quality and utility of disability and rehabilitation research; (2)
foster an exchange of expertise, information, and training to
facilitate the advancement of knowledge and understanding of the unique
needs of traditionally underserved populations; (3) determine
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what are the best strategies and programs to improve rehabilitation
outcomes for underserved populations; (4) identify research gaps; (5)
identify mechanisms of integrating research and practice; and (6)
disseminate findings.
Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Disability and
Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program is to plan and
conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related
activities, including international activities, to develop methods,
procedures, and rehabilitation technology, that maximize the full
inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living,
family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals
with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe
disabilities, and to improve the effectiveness of services authorized
under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
RRTC Program
The purpose of the RRTC program is to improve the effectiveness of
services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended,
through advanced research, training, technical assistance, and
dissemination activities in general problem areas, as specified by
NIDRR. Such activities are designed to benefit rehabilitation service
providers, individuals with disabilities, and the family members or
other authorized representatives of individuals with disabilities. In
addition, NIDRR intends to require all RRTC applicants to meet the
requirements of the General Rehabilitation Research and Training
Centers (RRTC) Requirements priority that it published in a notice of
final priorities in the Federal Register on February 1, 2008 (73 FR
6132). Additional information on the RRTC program can be found at:
https://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/res-program.html#RRTC.
Statutory and Regulatory Requirements of RRTCs
RRTCs must--
Carry out coordinated advanced programs of rehabilitation
research;
Provide training, including graduate, pre-service, and in-
service training, to help rehabilitation personnel more effectively
provide rehabilitation services to individuals with disabilities;
Provide technical assistance to individuals with
disabilities, their representatives, providers, and other interested
parties;
Disseminate informational materials to individuals with
disabilities, their representatives, providers, and other interested
parties; and
Serve as centers of national excellence in rehabilitation
research for individuals with disabilities, their representatives,
providers, and other interested parties.
Applicants for RRTC grants must also demonstrate in their
applications how they will address, in whole or in part, the needs of
individuals with disabilities from minority backgrounds.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 762(g) and 764(b)(2).
Applicable Program Regulations: 34 CFR part 350.
We published a notice of proposed priorities (NPP) for NIDRR's
Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program in
the Federal Register on August 31, 2007 (72 FR 50516). The NPP included
a background statement that described our rationale for each priority
proposed in that notice, including the two priorities announced in this
notice.
There are no differences between the two final priorities announced
in this notice and the version of these priorities proposed in the NPP.
Public Comment: In response to our invitation in the NPP, 90
parties submitted comments on the proposed priorities. Because none of
these comments involved the two priorities announced in this notice, we
do not address any comments here. (In a notice of final priorities,
published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2008 (73 FR 6132), the
Department responded to all comments on priorities from the NPP that
were included in that February 1, 2008 notice.)
Final Priorities:
Priority 1--Enhancing the Health and Wellness of Individuals With
Neuromuscular Diseases.
The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services establishes a priority for a Rehabilitation Research and
Training Center (RRTC) on Enhancing the Health and Wellness of Persons
with Neuromuscular Diseases (NMDs). This RRTC must conduct rigorous
research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities
to improve rehabilitation outcome measures and rehabilitation
interventions that can be applied in clinical or community-based
settings.
In doing so, the RRTC must focus on no more than two of the
following dimensions: Prevention or reduction of secondary conditions
(e.g., pain, fatigue, muscle weakness, associated sleep disorders,
metabolic complications); improved mobility; emotional well-being; and
access to community-based health promotion services and programs (e.g.,
fitness, recreation, and nutrition). Under this priority, the RRTC must
be designed to contribute to the following outcomes:
(a) Improved outcome measures for use with individuals with NMDs.
The RRTC must contribute to this outcome by identifying or developing
and testing methods and measures to assess health and rehabilitation
outcomes, participation in community-based programs, or both.
(b) Improved medical rehabilitation or community-based
rehabilitation interventions. The RRTC must contribute to this outcome
by identifying or developing and testing new rehabilitation
interventions, replicating promising practices or programs, or both.
Priority 2--Enhancing the Health and Wellness of Individuals With
Arthritis.
The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services establishes a priority for a Rehabilitation Research and
Training Center (RRTC) on Enhancing the Health and Wellness of
Individuals with Arthritis. This RRTC must conduct rigorous research,
training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities to improve
rehabilitation outcome measures and rehabilitation interventions that
can be applied in clinical or community-based settings.
In doing so, the RRTC must focus on no more than two of the
following dimensions: Prevention or reduction of secondary conditions
(e.g., pain, fatigue, depression); improved mobility; emotional well-
being; and access to community-based health promotion services and
programs (e.g., fitness, recreation, and nutrition). Under this
priority, the RRTC must be designed to contribute to the following
outcomes:
(a) Improved outcome measures for use with persons with arthritis.
The RRTC must contribute to this outcome by identifying or developing
and testing methods and measures to assess health and rehabilitation
outcomes, participation in community-based programs, or both.
(b) Improved medical rehabilitation or community-based
rehabilitation interventions. The RRTC must contribute to this outcome
by identifying or developing and testing new rehabilitation
interventions, replicating promising practices or programs, or both.
Types of Priorities:
When inviting applications for a competition using one or more
priorities, we designate the type of each priority as absolute,
competitive preference, or invitational through a
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notice in the Federal Register. The effect of each type of priority
follows:
Absolute priority: Under an absolute priority, we consider only
applications that meet the priority (34 CFR 75.105(c)(3)).
Competitive preference priority: Under a competitive preference
priority, we give competitive preference to an application by (1)
awarding additional points, depending on the extent to which the
application meets the priority (34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2)
selecting an application that meets the priority over an application of
comparable merit that does not meet the priority (34 CFR
75.105(c)(2)(ii)).
Invitational priority: Under an invitational priority, we are
particularly interested in applications that meet the priority.
However, we do not give an application that meets the priority a
preference over other applications (34 CFR 75.105(c)(1)).
This notice does not preclude us from proposing additional
priorities, requirements, definitions, or selection criteria, subject
to meeting applicable rulemaking requirements.
Note: This notice does not solicit applications. In any year in
which we choose to use these priorities, we invite applications
through a notice in the Federal Register.
Executive Order 12866: This notice has been reviewed in accordance
with Executive Order 12866. Under the terms of the order, we have
assessed the potential costs and benefits of this final regulatory
action.
The potential costs associated with this final regulatory action
are those resulting from statutory requirements and those we have
determined as necessary for administering this program effectively and
efficiently.
In assessing the potential costs and benefits--both quantitative
and qualitative--of this final regulatory action, we have determined
that the benefits of the final priorities justify the costs.
We have determined, also, that this final regulatory action does
not unduly interfere with State, local, and tribal governments in the
exercise of their governmental functions.
Summary of potential costs and benefits:
The benefits of the RRTC program have been well-established over
the years in that other RRTC projects have been completed successfully.
The priorities announced in this notice will generate new knowledge
through research and development activities.
Another benefit of these final priorities is that establishing new
RRTCs will improve the lives of individuals with disabilities. These
new RRTCs will generate, disseminate, and promote the use of new
information that will improve the options for individuals with
disabilities to achieve improved education, employment, and independent
living outcomes.
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Room 5075, PCP, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone: (202) 245-7363.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
Electronic Access to This Document: You 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 (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/.
Delegation of Authority: The Secretary of Education has delegated
authority to Andrew J. Pepin, Executive Administrator for the Office of
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, to perform the functions
of the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services.
Dated: July 15, 2009.
Andrew J. Pepin,
Executive Administrator for Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services.
[FR Doc. E9-17233 Filed 7-20-09; 8:45 am]
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