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guidelines on the conduct of computer
matching programs, notice is hereby
given of the establishment of a computer
matching program between the U.S.
Department of Education (ED) (recipient
agency), and the U.S. Office of
Personnel Management (OPM) (source
agency). This matching program will
become effective as explained in this
notice.
In accordance with the Privacy Act of
1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the
Computer Matching and Privacy
Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100–503)
and the Computer Matching and Privacy
Protections Amendments of 1990 (Pub.
L. 101–508) (Privacy Act), Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Guidelines on the Conduct of Matching
Programs published in the Federal
Register on June 19, 1989 (54 FR 25818),
and OMB Circular No. A–130,
Transmittal Memorandum #4,
Management of Federal Information
Resources (Nov. 28, 2000), we provide
the following information:
1. Names of Participating Agencies
The U.S. Department of Education
and the U.S. Office of Personnel
Management.
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2. Purpose of the Match
The purpose of this matching program
between ED and OPM is to assist ED in
detecting improper disbursements or
overpayments of need-based student
financial assistance funds under Title IV
of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (HEA), to Federal employees
or their dependents. Overpayments may
occur when Federal employee
applicants underreport family income
on the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid (FAFSA). Financial need is
determined by using a standard formula,
established by Congress, to evaluate the
financial information reported on the
FAFSA and to determine the expected
family contribution (EFC). A
fundamental element in this standard
formula is the student’s or parents’
income. This program will assist in
verifying the income information
reported by Federal employees on the
FAFSA. ED will compare the FAFSA
income to the income listed in OPM/
GOVT–1 General Personnel Records
System (71 FR 35342, June 29, 2006).
3. Authority for Conducting the
Matching Program
ED is authorized to participate in the
matching program under the Inspector
General Act (IG Act) (5 U.S.C. App.).
Section 2 of the IG Act authorizes ED’s
Office of Inspector General (OIG) to
conduct audits and investigations
relating to the programs and operations
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of ED. Section 4(a)(3) of the IG Act
provides that it shall be the duty and
responsibility of each Inspector General
to coordinate other activities carried out
or financed by ED for the purpose of
preventing and detecting fraud and
abuse in its programs and operations. In
addition, under section 4(a)(4) of the IG
Act it is the responsibility of ED’s
Inspector General to coordinate
relationships between ED and other
Federal agencies with respect to all
matters relating to the prevention and
detection of fraud and abuse in
programs and operations administered
or financed by ED.
4. Categories of Records and
Individuals Covered by the Match
The Office of Inspector General Data
Analytics System (ODAS) (18–10–02),
which downloads data from the
National Student Loan Data System
(NSLDS) (18–11–06) and contains
FAFSA information that ED uses to
determine eligibility for need-based
student financial assistance, will be
matched against OPM’s General
Personnel Records System, which
maintains records of current and former
Federal employees, including grades,
dates, and salaries for all Federal
positions held.
5. Effective Dates of the Matching
Program
The matching program will become
effective: (1) Thirty days after
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register; or (2) forty days after a report
concerning the matching program has
been transmitted to the Office of
Management and Budget and the
Congress, whichever date occurs last.
The matching program will continue for
18 months and can be extended for an
additional 12 months thereafter if the
conditions specified in 5 U.S.C.
552a(o)(2)(D) have been met.
6. Address for Receipt of Public
Comments or Inquiries
Individuals wishing to comment on
this matching program or obtain
additional information about the
program, including requesting a copy of
the computer matching agreement
between ED and OPM, should contact
Ms. Shelley Shepherd, Assistant
Counsel to the Inspector General, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: (202) 245–7077. 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 may
obtain this document in an accessible
format (e.g., braille, large print,
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audiotape or computer diskette) on
request to the contact person listed in
the preceding paragraph.
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Dated: August 9, 2011.
Kathleen S. Tighe,
Inspector General.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.325F]
National Center To Enhance the
Professional Development of School
Personnel Who Share Responsibility
for Improving Results for Children
With Disabilities; Final Extension of
Project Period and Waiver
Office of Special Education
Programs, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Department
of Education.
ACTION: Notice of final extension of
project period and waiver for the
National Center to Enhance the
Professional Development of School
Personnel Who Share Responsibility for
Improving Results for Children with
Disabilities.
AGENCY:
The Secretary issues this
notice to waive the requirements in the
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR)
that generally prohibit project periods
exceeding five years and extensions of
project periods involving the obligation
of additional Federal funds. This
extension of project period and waiver
enables the currently funded National
Center to Enhance the Professional
Development of School Personnel Who
SUMMARY:
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Share Responsibility for Improving
Results for Children with Disabilities to
receive funding from October 1, 2011,
through September 30, 2012.
DATES: The extension of project period
and waiver is effective August 12, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shedeh Hajghassemali, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW., room 4091, Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Washington, DC 20202–2550.
Telephone: (202) 245–7506.
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: On June 7,
2011, the Department published a notice
in the Federal Register (76 FR 32968–
32969) proposing an extension of
project period and a waiver of 34 CFR
75.250 and 75.261(a) and (c) in order
to—
(1) Enable the Secretary to provide
additional funds to the currently funded
National Center to Enhance the
Professional Development of School
Personnel Who Share Responsibility for
Improving Results for Children with
Disabilities (Center) for an additional
12-month period, from October 1, 2011,
through September 30, 2012; and
(2) Request comments on the
proposed extension of project period
and waiver.
There are no substantive differences
between the notice of proposed
extension of project period and waiver
and this notice of final extension of
project period and waiver.
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Public Comment
In response to our invitation in the
notice of proposed project period and
waiver, we did not receive any
substantive comments. Generally, we do
not address comments that do not
express views on the substance of the
notice of proposed extension of project
period and waiver.
Waiver of Delayed Effective Date
The Administrative Procedure Act
requires that a substantive rule must be
published at least 30 days before its
effective date, except as otherwise
provided for good cause (5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3)). We received no substantive
comments on the proposed extension of
project period and waiver, and we have
not made any substantive changes to the
proposal. The Secretary has therefore
determined to waive the delayed
effective date to ensure a timely
continuation grant to the entity affected.
Background
On June 19, 2006, the Department
published a notice in the Federal
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Register (71 FR 35260) inviting
applications for new awards for fiscal
year (FY) 2006 for a National
Professional Development Enhancement
Center (Center), funded under the
Personnel Development to Improve
Services and Results for Children with
Disabilities program authorized under
section 662 of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 20
U.S.C. 1462.
The purpose of the Center is to
provide pre-service training and
professional development programs
with high-quality instructional modules,
materials, and resources in order to
improve the overall quality of special
education personnel training and
professional development. The Center’s
goals are to help ensure that local
educational agencies (LEAs) and schools
have the capacity to implement school
improvement programs; to close
achievement gaps between students
with disabilities and their peers; and to
promote access to, and greater
participation and progress in, the
general education curriculum in the
least restrictive environment for
students with disabilities.
Based on the 2006 notice inviting
applications, the Department made one
award to Vanderbilt University to serve
as the Center. The project period was 60
months, and it is scheduled to end on
September 30, 2011.
We believe that it is not in the public
interest to hold a new competition
under this program in 2011 to fund a
new Center as the Department is
currently working on changes to the
entire Personnel Development to
Improve Services and Results for
Children with Disabilities program. The
program’s new design will ensure that
all projects the program supports are
more strategically aligned with each
other and that all projects better meet
the needs of LEAs and schools for
effective personnel. The Department is
currently shaping these changes and
expects to fund a new competition in
FY 2012. However, we also have
concluded that it is not in the public
interest for the Center to have a lapse in
the provision of the resources currently
provided by the Center.
For these reasons, the Secretary
waives the requirements in 34 CFR
75.250, which prohibit project periods
exceeding five years; waives the
requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(a) and
(c), which limit the extension of a
project period if the extension involves
the obligation of additional Federal
funds; and is issuing a continuation
award under 34 CFR 75.253 in the
amount of $1,350,000 to Vanderbilt
University (H325F060003) to operate
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the Center for an additional 12-month
period.
Waiving these regulations and issuing
this continuation award ensure that preservice and professional development
programs will continue to receive
instructional modules, materials, and
resources to improve the overall quality
of training for individuals who provide
services to students with disabilities.
With this final extension of project
period and waiver, the Center will
conduct the following activities during
FY 2012:
(a) Build on the previous work of the
project by developing additional
products, and disseminating both new
and previously developed products to
an increased number of institutions of
higher education, State educational
agencies, LEAs, and any other entities
that provide training and professional
development to individuals who
provide services to students with
disabilities.
(b) Develop products and services
based on the input obtained from the
comprehensive needs-assessments,
textbook analyses, focus groups, and
consumer-input processes previously
conducted by the Center that tapped the
experiences and expertise of an array of
partners, consumers, and advisors,
including staff from the Department’s
Office of Special Education Programs. In
addition, the Center must continue to
seek recommendations from consumers
and the Department to guide the
development of enhancements (e.g.,
interactive modules, case studies,
activities, information briefs) and
services (e.g., technical assistance to
faculty, training of trainers, training
sessions, and dissemination activities)
provided by the Center.
(c) Continue to disseminate project
products to instructors and their
students through a cost-free, dedicated
Web site that meets accessibility
standards under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act. (See https://
www.section508.gov for additional
information on these standards.)
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that this final
extension of project period and waiver
will not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small
entities. The only entities that will be
affected are the current grantee serving
as the Professional Development
Enhancement Center and any other
potential applicants.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
The final extension of project period
and the waiver do not contain any
information collection requirements.
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Intergovernmental Review
This program is subject to the
requirements of Executive Order 12372
and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
One of the objectives of the Executive
order is to foster an intergovernmental
partnership and a strengthened
federalism. The Executive order relies
on processes developed by State and
local governments for coordination and
review of proposed Federal financial
assistance. This document provides
early notification of our specific plans
and actions for this program.
Accessible Format
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain this document in an accessible
format (e.g., braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the contact person listed in
this section.
Electronic Access to This Document
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 via the Federal
Digital System at: https://www.gpo.gov/
fdsys. At this site 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). To use PDF you must
have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
available free at the site.
You may also access documents of the
Department published in the Federal
Register by using the article search
feature at: https://
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically,
through the advanced search feature at
this site, you can limit your search to
documents published by the
Department.
Dated: August 9, 2011.
Alexa Posny,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 2011–20605 Filed 8–11–11; 8:45 am]
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[CFDA No. 84.326H]
National Early Childhood Technical
Assistance Center; Final Extension of
Project Period and Waiver
Office of Special Education
Programs, Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services, Department
of Education.
AGENCY:
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Notice of final extension of
project period and waiver for the
National Early Childhood Technical
Assistance Center.
ACTION:
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The Secretary issues this
notice to waive the requirements in the
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR)
that generally prohibit project periods
exceeding five years and extensions of
project periods involving the obligation
of additional Federal funds. This
extension of project period and waiver
enables the currently funded National
Early Childhood Technical Assistance
Center to receive funding from October
1, 2011 through September 30, 2012.
DATES: The extension of project period
and waiver is effective August 12, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
Martin Eile, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 4056, Potomac Center Plaza (PCP),
Washington, DC 20202–2550.
Telephone: (202) 245–7431.
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: On June 7,
2011, the Department published a notice
in the Federal Register (76 FR 32967)
proposing an extension of project period
and a waiver of 34 CFR 75.250 and
75.261(a) and (c) in order to—
(1) Enable the Secretary to provide
additional funds to the currently funded
National Early Childhood Technical
Assistance Center (NECTAC) for an
additional 12-month period, from
October 1, 2011, through September 30,
2012; and
(2) Request comments on the
proposed extension of project period
and waiver.
There are no substantive differences
between the notice of proposed
extension of project period and waiver
and this notice of final extension of
project period and waiver.
SUMMARY:
Public Comment
In response to our invitation in the
notice of proposed extension of project
period and waiver, we did not receive
any substantive comments. Generally
we do not address comments that do not
express views on the substance of the
notice of proposed extension of project
period and waiver.
Waiver of Delayed Effective Date
The Administrative Procedure Act
requires that a substantive rule must be
published at least 30 days before its
effective date, except as otherwise
provided for good cause (5 U.S.C.
553(d)(3)). We received no substantive
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comments on the notice of proposed
extension of project period and waiver,
and we have not made any substantive
changes to the proposal. The Secretary
has therefore determined to waive the
delayed effective date to ensure a timely
continuation grant to the entity affected.
Background
On April 28, 2006, the Department
published a notice in the Federal
Register (71 FR 25163) inviting
applications for new awards for fiscal
year (FY) 2006 for NECTAC. The
purpose of the NECTAC, which was
funded under the Technical Assistance
and Dissemination to Improve Services
and Results for Children with
Disabilities (TA&D) program, authorized
under section 663 of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),
20 U.S.C. 1463, is to ensure that eligible
infants, toddlers, and children with
disabilities (ages birth through five
years) receive, as appropriate, services
under Parts B and C of IDEA that
ultimately improve their developmental
and early learning outcomes. Another
purpose of the NECTAC is to ensure that
the families of eligible infants, toddlers,
and children receiving services under
Part C of IDEA receive services
necessary to enhance families’ capacity
to meet the developmental needs of
their infants, toddlers, or children.
Based on the 2006 notice inviting
applications, the Department made one
award for a period of 60 months to the
University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill to carry out the activities of the
NECTAC.
Currently, the NECTAC focuses on
providing technical assistance to
strengthen State and local early
childhood systems and improve
outcomes for infants, toddlers, and
children with disabilities and families
of infants, toddlers, and children
receiving services under Part C of IDEA.
The NECTAC’s current project period
is scheduled to end on September 30,
2011. We believe that it is not in the
public interest to hold a new
competition under this program in 2011
to fund a new NECTAC. An extension
of the current grantee’s project will align
the end of the current NECTAC project
period with the expiration of the project
period for the Technical Assistance
Center on Social-Emotional Intervention
for Young Children (CFDA No. 84.326B)
and allow for the Department to develop
a strategic and better coordinated
approach to early childhood special
education technical assistance without
there being a lapse in the provision of
technical assistance services currently
provided by the NECTAC. We also have
concluded that it is not in the public
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.325F]
National Center To Enhance the Professional Development of School
Personnel Who Share Responsibility for Improving Results for Children
With Disabilities; Final Extension of Project Period and Waiver
AGENCY: Office of Special Education Programs, Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of final extension of project period and waiver for the
National Center to Enhance the Professional Development of School
Personnel Who Share Responsibility for Improving Results for Children
with Disabilities.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary issues this notice to waive the requirements in
the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR)
that generally prohibit project periods exceeding five years and
extensions of project periods involving the obligation of additional
Federal funds. This extension of project period and waiver enables the
currently funded National Center to Enhance the Professional
Development of School Personnel Who
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Share Responsibility for Improving Results for Children with
Disabilities to receive funding from October 1, 2011, through September
30, 2012.
DATES: The extension of project period and waiver is effective August
12, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shedeh Hajghassemali, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4091, Potomac Center Plaza
(PCP), Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone: (202) 245-7506.
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: On June 7, 2011, the Department published a
notice in the Federal Register (76 FR 32968-32969) proposing an
extension of project period and a waiver of 34 CFR 75.250 and 75.261(a)
and (c) in order to--
(1) Enable the Secretary to provide additional funds to the
currently funded National Center to Enhance the Professional
Development of School Personnel Who Share Responsibility for Improving
Results for Children with Disabilities (Center) for an additional 12-
month period, from October 1, 2011, through September 30, 2012; and
(2) Request comments on the proposed extension of project period
and waiver.
There are no substantive differences between the notice of proposed
extension of project period and waiver and this notice of final
extension of project period and waiver.
Public Comment
In response to our invitation in the notice of proposed project
period and waiver, we did not receive any substantive comments.
Generally, we do not address comments that do not express views on the
substance of the notice of proposed extension of project period and
waiver.
Waiver of Delayed Effective Date
The Administrative Procedure Act requires that a substantive rule
must be published at least 30 days before its effective date, except as
otherwise provided for good cause (5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3)). We received no
substantive comments on the proposed extension of project period and
waiver, and we have not made any substantive changes to the proposal.
The Secretary has therefore determined to waive the delayed effective
date to ensure a timely continuation grant to the entity affected.
Background
On June 19, 2006, the Department published a notice in the Federal
Register (71 FR 35260) inviting applications for new awards for fiscal
year (FY) 2006 for a National Professional Development Enhancement
Center (Center), funded under the Personnel Development to Improve
Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program authorized
under section 662 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
(IDEA), 20 U.S.C. 1462.
The purpose of the Center is to provide pre-service training and
professional development programs with high-quality instructional
modules, materials, and resources in order to improve the overall
quality of special education personnel training and professional
development. The Center's goals are to help ensure that local
educational agencies (LEAs) and schools have the capacity to implement
school improvement programs; to close achievement gaps between students
with disabilities and their peers; and to promote access to, and
greater participation and progress in, the general education curriculum
in the least restrictive environment for students with disabilities.
Based on the 2006 notice inviting applications, the Department made
one award to Vanderbilt University to serve as the Center. The project
period was 60 months, and it is scheduled to end on September 30, 2011.
We believe that it is not in the public interest to hold a new
competition under this program in 2011 to fund a new Center as the
Department is currently working on changes to the entire Personnel
Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with
Disabilities program. The program's new design will ensure that all
projects the program supports are more strategically aligned with each
other and that all projects better meet the needs of LEAs and schools
for effective personnel. The Department is currently shaping these
changes and expects to fund a new competition in FY 2012. However, we
also have concluded that it is not in the public interest for the
Center to have a lapse in the provision of the resources currently
provided by the Center.
For these reasons, the Secretary waives the requirements in 34 CFR
75.250, which prohibit project periods exceeding five years; waives the
requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(a) and (c), which limit the extension of
a project period if the extension involves the obligation of additional
Federal funds; and is issuing a continuation award under 34 CFR 75.253
in the amount of $1,350,000 to Vanderbilt University (H325F060003) to
operate the Center for an additional 12-month period.
Waiving these regulations and issuing this continuation award
ensure that pre-service and professional development programs will
continue to receive instructional modules, materials, and resources to
improve the overall quality of training for individuals who provide
services to students with disabilities.
With this final extension of project period and waiver, the Center
will conduct the following activities during FY 2012:
(a) Build on the previous work of the project by developing
additional products, and disseminating both new and previously
developed products to an increased number of institutions of higher
education, State educational agencies, LEAs, and any other entities
that provide training and professional development to individuals who
provide services to students with disabilities.
(b) Develop products and services based on the input obtained from
the comprehensive needs-assessments, textbook analyses, focus groups,
and consumer-input processes previously conducted by the Center that
tapped the experiences and expertise of an array of partners,
consumers, and advisors, including staff from the Department's Office
of Special Education Programs. In addition, the Center must continue to
seek recommendations from consumers and the Department to guide the
development of enhancements (e.g., interactive modules, case studies,
activities, information briefs) and services (e.g., technical
assistance to faculty, training of trainers, training sessions, and
dissemination activities) provided by the Center.
(c) Continue to disseminate project products to instructors and
their students through a cost-free, dedicated Web site that meets
accessibility standards under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
(See https://www.section508.gov for additional information on these
standards.)
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that this final extension of project period
and waiver will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. The only entities that will be affected are
the current grantee serving as the Professional Development Enhancement
Center and any other potential applicants.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
The final extension of project period and the waiver do not contain
any information collection requirements.
[[Page 50201]]
Intergovernmental Review
This program is subject to the requirements of Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. One of the objectives of
the Executive order is to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a
strengthened federalism. The Executive order relies on processes
developed by State and local governments for coordination and review of
proposed Federal financial assistance. This document provides early
notification of our specific plans and actions for this program.
Accessible Format
Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document in an
accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in this section.
Electronic Access to This Document
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
via the Federal Digital System at: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this
site 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). To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader,
which is available free at the site.
You may also access documents of the Department published in the
Federal Register by using the article search feature at: https://www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Dated: August 9, 2011.
Alexa Posny,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 2011-20605 Filed 8-11-11; 8:45 am]
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