[Federal Register: June 20, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 117)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education; Comprehensive Centers; Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005; Correction
SUMMARY: On June 3, 2005, the Department published in the Federal
Register (70 FR 32583) a notice inviting applications for new awards
for FY 2005 to establish and operate Comprehensive Centers under Title
II of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (TA Act).
On page 32589, third column, the additional requirement under the
heading ``6. Advisory Board'' is corrected to read as follows:
6. Advisory Board. Each application must propose, as part of its
technical assistance plan, establishing an advisory board to advise the
proposed comprehensive center on: (a) The activities of the center
relating to its allocation of resources to and within each State in a
manner that reflects the need for assistance in accordance with section
203(d) of Title II of the TA Act; (b) strategies for monitoring and
addressing the educational needs of the region, on an ongoing basis;
(c) maintaining a high standard of quality in the performance of the
center's activities; and (d) carrying out the center's duties in a
manner that promotes progress toward improving student academic
achievement.
The plan must (1) detail the composition of the board by name and
affiliation in accordance with the requirements described in section
203 of the TA Act and in the application instructions found in the
application package, and (2) include a letter of commitment from each
proposed board member. In the alternative to submitting a plan that
meets the requirements in (1) and (2) in the previous sentence, an
applicant may include, in its plan, a statement of commitment that it
will comply with section 203(g) of the TA Act as well as a narrative
statement of how the board will operate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Enid Simmons, Office of School Support
and Technology Programs, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E307, Washington, DC 20202-6135.
Telephone: (202) 708-9499 or via the Internet: enid.simmons@ed.gov.
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Dated: June 14, 2005.
Raymond Simon,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 05-12101 Filed 6-17-05; 8:45 am]
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