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waiver and extension. The Secretary has
therefore determined to waive the
delayed effective date to ensure a timely
continuation grant to the current
National Center and continuation of the
valuable services the National Center
provides.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that this final
waiver and extension of the project
period will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. The only
entity that will be affected is the current
grantee receiving Federal funds to serve
as the National Center and any other
potential applicants.
The Secretary certifies that the final
waiver and extension will not have a
significant economic impact on this
entity because the extension of an
existing project period imposes minimal
compliance costs, and the activities
required to support the additional year
of funding will not impose additional
regulatory burdens or require
unnecessary Federal supervision.
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This final waiver and extension of the
project period does not contain any
information collection requirements.
Intergovernmental Review
This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
CFR part 79. However, under 34 CFR
79.8(a), we waive intergovernmental
review in order to make an award by the
end of FY 2015.
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or compact disc) on
request to the contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
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Dated: July 27, 2015.
Michael K. Yudin,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 2015–18725 Filed 7–29–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Part 75
Final Waiver and Extension of the
Project Period; Regional Interpreter
Education Centers for the Training of
Interpreters for Individuals Who Are
Deaf or Hard of Hearing and
Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind
Rehabilitation Services
Administration (RSA), Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services,
Department of Education.
ACTION: Final waiver and extension of
the project period.
AGENCY:
[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.160A]
The Secretary waives the
requirements that generally prohibit
project periods exceeding five years and
extensions of project periods involving
the obligation of additional Federal
funds for five 60-month projects
initially funded in fiscal year (FY) 2010.
The Secretary also extends the project
period for these projects for one year.
This waiver and extension enables the
currently funded Regional Interpreter
Education Centers for the training of
interpreters for individuals who are deaf
or hard of hearing and individuals who
are deaf-blind (Regional Centers) to
receive funding through September 30,
2016.
DATES: The waiver and extension of the
project period are effective July 30,
2015.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristen Rhinehart-Fernandez, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW., Room 5027, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–
2800. Telephone: (202) 245–6103 or by
email: Kristen.Rhinehart@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf or a text telephone,
call the Federal Relay Service, toll-free,
at 1–800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April
17, 2015, the Department published a
notice in the Federal Register (80 FR
21195) proposing an extension of the
project period and a waiver of 34 CFR
75.250 and 34 CFR 75.261(c)(2)
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(proposed waiver and extension) in
order to—
(1) Enable the Secretary to provide
additional funds to the Regional Centers
for an additional 12-month period, from
September 30, 2015, through September
30, 2016; and
(2) Invite comments on the proposed
waiver and extension.
There are no substantive differences
between the proposed waiver and
extension and this final waiver and
extension.
Public Comment: In response to our
invitation in the proposed waiver and
extension, two parties submitted
comments.
Analysis of Comments and Changes:
An analysis of the comments received in
response to the proposed waiver and
extension and of any changes in the
waiver and extension since publication
of the proposed waiver and extension
follows.
Comment: Two commenters
supported extending the Regional
Centers’ project period for one year to
avoid the loss of an essential source of
training and training materials tailored
to the needs of the five regions served.
Discussion: We appreciate the
commenters’ support.
Changes: None.
Final Waiver and Extension
In the proposed waiver and extension,
we discuss the background and
purposes of the Regional Centers and
our reasons for proposing the waiver
and extension. For the reasons
discussed there, we conclude that it
would be contrary to the public interest
to have a lapse in the provision of the
training currently provided by the
Regional Centers. Allowing funding to
lapse before a new interpreter education
delivery system can be implemented
would leave individuals who are deaf or
hard of hearing and individuals who are
deaf-blind without necessary supports
in the event that critical needs arise.
The Secretary waives the
requirements in 34 CFR 75.250, which
prohibit project periods exceeding five
years, and the requirements in 34 CFR
75.261(c)(2), which limits the extension
of a project period if the extension
involves the obligation of additional
Federal funds. This will allow the five
current grantees to request and continue
to receive Federal funding through
September 30, 2016. With this waiver
and extension of the project period,
each Regional Center will be required to
develop a plan to demonstrate how it
will continue to carry out activities
during the year of the continuation
award consistent with the scope, goals,
and objectives of the grantee’s
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application as approved in the 2010
competition. These plans must be
submitted to RSA for review and
approval by September 1, 2015.
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 have not made any
substantive changes to the proposed
waiver and extension. The Secretary has
therefore determined to waive the
delayed effective date to ensure timely
continuation grants to the entities
affected and continuation of the
valuable services the Regional Centers
provide.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that this final
waiver and extension of the project
period will not have a significant
economic impact on a substantial
number of small entities. The only
entities that will be affected are the five
current grantees receiving Federal funds
to serve as the Regional Centers and any
other potential applicants.
The Secretary certifies that the waiver
and extension will not have a significant
economic impact on these entities
because the extension of an existing
project period imposes minimal
compliance costs, and the activities
required to support the additional year
of funding will not impose additional
regulatory burdens or require
unnecessary Federal supervision.
Lhorne on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with RULES
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This final waiver and extension of the
project period does not contain any
information collection requirements.
Intergovernmental Review
This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
CFR part 79. However, under 34 CFR
79.8(a), we waive intergovernmental
review in order to make awards by the
end of FY 2015.
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or compact disc) on
request to the contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you
VerDate Sep<11>2014
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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
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Specifically, through the advanced
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your search to documents published by
the Department.
Dated: July 27, 2015.
Michael K. Yudin,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education
andRehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 2015–18726 Filed 7–29–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Chapter III
[CFDA Number: 84.264H.]
Final Priority; Rehabilitation Training:
Vocational Rehabilitation Technical
Assistance Center—Youth With
Disabilities
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Final priority.
AGENCY:
The Assistant Secretary for
Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services announces a priority under the
Rehabilitation Training program. The
Assistant Secretary may use this priority
for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2015
and later years. This priority is designed
to ensure that professionals working in
State vocational rehabilitation (VR)
agencies receive the technical assistance
(TA) they need to provide youth with
disabilities with services and supports
that lead to postsecondary education
and competitive integrated employment.
DATES: This priority is effective August
31, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara
Jordan, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5040,
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP),
Washington, DC 20202–2800.
Telephone: (202) 245–7341 or by email:
tara.jordan@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–
8339.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Purpose of Program: Under the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
(Rehabilitation Act), as amended by the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act (WIOA), the Rehabilitation Services
Administration (RSA) makes grants to
States and public or nonprofit agencies
and organizations (including
institutions of higher education) to
support projects that provide training,
traineeships, and TA designed to
increase the numbers of, and improve
the skills of, qualified personnel,
especially rehabilitation counselors,
who are trained to: provide vocational,
medical, social, and psychological
rehabilitation services to individuals
with disabilities; assist individuals with
communication and related disorders;
and provide other services authorized
under the Rehabilitation Act.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C.
772(a)(1).
Applicable Program Regulations: 34
CFR part 385.
We published a notice of proposed
priority for this competition in the
Federal Register on May 15, 2015 (80
FR 27868). That notice contained
background information and our reasons
for proposing the particular priority.
There are differences between the
proposed priority and this final priority,
and we explain those differences in the
Analysis of Comments and Changes
section of this notice.
Public Comment: In response to our
invitation in the notice of proposed
priority, three parties submitted
comments on the proposed priority.
Generally, we do not address
technical and other minor changes.
Analysis of Comments and Changes:
An analysis of the comments and of any
changes in the priority since publication
of the notice of proposed priority
follows.
Comment: One commenter suggested
that the Vocational Rehabilitation
Technical Assistance Center—Youth
with Disabilities (VRTAC–Y) include as
a focus of the training and TA to be
provided by the Center best practices for
improving services and supports for
children with disabilities who are home
schooled as well as children with
disabilities in foster care. In addition,
the commenter noted that, like youth
without disabilities, youth with
disabilities need support in obtaining
work experience in intermediate jobs
while they are still being encouraged to
seek careers requiring postsecondary
education or training. The commenter
also suggested that the VRTAC–Y
consult with adults with disabilities
who are successful in order to identify
practices they found to be helpful.
Finally, the commenter suggested that
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Part 75
Final Waiver and Extension of the Project Period; Regional
Interpreter Education Centers for the Training of Interpreters for
Individuals Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Individuals Who Are
Deaf-Blind
AGENCY: Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
ACTION: Final waiver and extension of the project period.
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[Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.160A]
SUMMARY: The Secretary waives the requirements that generally prohibit
project periods exceeding five years and extensions of project periods
involving the obligation of additional Federal funds for five 60-month
projects initially funded in fiscal year (FY) 2010. The Secretary also
extends the project period for these projects for one year. This waiver
and extension enables the currently funded Regional Interpreter
Education Centers for the training of interpreters for individuals who
are deaf or hard of hearing and individuals who are deaf-blind
(Regional Centers) to receive funding through September 30, 2016.
DATES: The waiver and extension of the project period are effective
July 30, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Rhinehart-Fernandez, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 5027, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2800. Telephone: (202) 245-6103 or
by email: Kristen.Rhinehart@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf or a text
telephone, call the Federal Relay Service, toll-free, at 1-800-877-
8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 17, 2015, the Department published
a notice in the Federal Register (80 FR 21195) proposing an extension
of the project period and a waiver of 34 CFR 75.250 and 34 CFR
75.261(c)(2) (proposed waiver and extension) in order to--
(1) Enable the Secretary to provide additional funds to the
Regional Centers for an additional 12-month period, from September 30,
2015, through September 30, 2016; and
(2) Invite comments on the proposed waiver and extension.
There are no substantive differences between the proposed waiver
and extension and this final waiver and extension.
Public Comment: In response to our invitation in the proposed
waiver and extension, two parties submitted comments.
Analysis of Comments and Changes: An analysis of the comments
received in response to the proposed waiver and extension and of any
changes in the waiver and extension since publication of the proposed
waiver and extension follows.
Comment: Two commenters supported extending the Regional Centers'
project period for one year to avoid the loss of an essential source of
training and training materials tailored to the needs of the five
regions served.
Discussion: We appreciate the commenters' support.
Changes: None.
Final Waiver and Extension
In the proposed waiver and extension, we discuss the background and
purposes of the Regional Centers and our reasons for proposing the
waiver and extension. For the reasons discussed there, we conclude that
it would be contrary to the public interest to have a lapse in the
provision of the training currently provided by the Regional Centers.
Allowing funding to lapse before a new interpreter education delivery
system can be implemented would leave individuals who are deaf or hard
of hearing and individuals who are deaf-blind without necessary
supports in the event that critical needs arise.
The Secretary waives the requirements in 34 CFR 75.250, which
prohibit project periods exceeding five years, and the requirements in
34 CFR 75.261(c)(2), which limits the extension of a project period if
the extension involves the obligation of additional Federal funds. This
will allow the five current grantees to request and continue to receive
Federal funding through September 30, 2016. With this waiver and
extension of the project period, each Regional Center will be required
to develop a plan to demonstrate how it will continue to carry out
activities during the year of the continuation award consistent with
the scope, goals, and objectives of the grantee's
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application as approved in the 2010 competition. These plans must be
submitted to RSA for review and approval by September 1, 2015.
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 have not
made any substantive changes to the proposed waiver and extension. The
Secretary has therefore determined to waive the delayed effective date
to ensure timely continuation grants to the entities affected and
continuation of the valuable services the Regional Centers provide.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that this final waiver and extension of the
project period will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. The only entities that will be
affected are the five current grantees receiving Federal funds to serve
as the Regional Centers and any other potential applicants.
The Secretary certifies that the waiver and extension will not have
a significant economic impact on these entities because the extension
of an existing project period imposes minimal compliance costs, and the
activities required to support the additional year of funding will not
impose additional regulatory burdens or require unnecessary Federal
supervision.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This final waiver and extension of the project period does not
contain any information collection requirements.
Intergovernmental Review
This program is subject to Executive Order 12372 and the
regulations in 34 CFR part 79. However, under 34 CFR 79.8(a), we waive
intergovernmental review in order to make awards by the end of FY 2015.
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print,
audiotape, or compact disc) on request to the contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
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: 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:
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published
by the Department.
Dated: July 27, 2015.
Michael K. Yudin,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education andRehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 2015-18726 Filed 7-29-15; 8:45 am]
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