[Federal Register: December 22, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 245)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Overview
Information, Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services
and Results for Children with Disabilities and Personnel Development to
Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities--National
Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center for Children Who Are
Deaf-Blind Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2006
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.326T.
Dates:
Applications Available: December 22, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 10, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: April 11, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: State educational agencies (SEAs), local
educational agencies (LEAs), public charter schools that are LEAs under
State law, institutions of higher education (IHEs), other public
agencies, private nonprofit organizations, outlying areas, freely
associated States, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, and for-
profit organizations.
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Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$49,397,000 for the Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve
Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program for FY
2006, of which we intend to use an estimated $1,850,000 for the
National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center for Children who
are Deaf-Blind competition. The Administration has also requested
$90,626,000 for the Personnel Development to Improve Services and
Results for Children with Disabilities program, of which we intend to
use an estimated $250,000 to support the personnel training activities
of the National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center for
Children who are Deaf-Blind. The actual levels of funding, if any,
depend on final congressional action. However, we are inviting
applications to allow enough time to complete the grant process if
Congress appropriates funds for this program.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget exceeding $2,100,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. A
minimum of $250,000 must be budgeted in each budget period of 12 months
for the personnel training activities described under the heading
Activity Area (3) in the Priority section of this notice because the
Secretary intends to support these activities of the project from funds
provided under section 662 of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA). The Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services may change these maximum amounts through a
notice published in the Federal Register.
Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The Technical Assistance and Dissemination to
Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program
promotes academic achievement and improves results for children with
disabilities by supporting technical assistance, model demonstration
projects, dissemination of useful information, and implementation
activities that are supported by scientifically based research. The
purposes of the Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results
for Children with Disabilities program are to (1) help address State-
identified needs for highly qualified personnel--in special education,
related services, early intervention, and regular education--to work
with children with disabilities; and (2) ensure that those personnel
have the skills and knowledge--derived from practices that have been
determined through research and experience to be successful--that are
needed to serve those children.
Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority
is from allowable activities specified in the statute (see sections
662(b)(2)(C), 663, and 681(d) of IDEA).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005 this priority is an absolute
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that
meet this priority.
This priority is: National Technical Assistance and Dissemination
Center for Children who are Deaf-Blind.
Background
IDEA requires that each child with a disability be provided
appropriate special education and related services that meet the
child's individual educational needs. For children who are deaf and
blind to receive such services, intensive technical assistance is
needed to enable SEAs and LEAs to appropriately address the special
needs of these children. In addition, given the low-incidence nature of
the deaf-blind population, many early intervention programs and
educational agencies lack personnel with the training or experience to
serve the unique needs of these children.
Priority
This priority supports one center (the Center) to provide
specialized technical assistance, training, dissemination, and
informational services to States, families, and agencies and
organizations that are responsible for the provision of early
intervention, special education, and related and transitional services
for children through age 26 who are deaf-blind. This priority
emphasizes building capacity and the implementation of systems
interventions so that quality outcomes can be achieved for all children
who are deaf-blind. Under this priority, the Center's activities must
address gaps in the knowledge of service providers, including knowledge
of evidence-based practices to improve outcomes for the deaf-blind
population. The Center must accomplish this mission through a
combination of activities in the following areas: (1) Technical
assistance, (2) information and dissemination, and (3) personnel
training.
Activity Area (1): The Center's technical assistance activities
must include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Identifying specific project goals, objectives, and activities
for providing an array of services to States, families, and agencies
and organizations that are responsible for providing services to
children who are deaf-blind.
(b) Assisting SEAs and LEAs, including those receiving funds under
the Projects for Children who are Deaf-Blind competition--CFDA 84.326C
(State Projects), and other related agencies and organizations, in
developing and implementing systemic-change goals supported by
available evidence-based research for children with deaf-blindness.
(c) Providing assistance to State Projects and agencies to increase
the States' capacities to improve early intervention, special
education, and related and transitional services to improve outcomes
for children who are deaf-blind and their families.
(d) Facilitating activities and enhancing collaborative
partnerships that build the capacity of children who are deaf-blind and
their families for advocacy, empowerment, and increased knowledge.
(e) Communicating, collaborating, and forming partnerships as
appropriate, and as directed by the Office of Special Education
Programs (OSEP), with others to improve results for children who are
deaf-blind and their families.
(f) Gathering, maintaining, and analyzing demographic information
of children who are deaf-blind for the purpose of developing project
priorities based on data documenting the needs of these children.
(g) Convening topical meetings, at the request of OSEP, to study
issues and develop recommendations for addressing challenges related to
issues in the field of deaf-blindness.
(h) Assisting State Projects, agencies, and organizations to
strengthen collaborative partnerships with parents and families, and
developing strategies to more effectively serve families representing
different cultural, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds.
(i) Assisting State Projects in identifying effective evaluation
strategies for collecting and analyzing data to improve results for
children.
(j) Promoting the improvement of student achievement in language
arts, science, and math for children who are deaf-blind.
Activity Area (2): The Center's information and dissemination
activities must include, but are not limited to, the following:
(a) Identifying, collecting, organizing, and disseminating
information related
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to deaf-blindness, including research-based and other practices that
are supported by evidence-based research that demonstrates their
effectiveness in improving results for children who are deaf-blind.
(b) Responding to information requests from professionals, parents,
students, institutions of higher education, and others, and developing
and implementing appropriate strategies for disseminating information
to under-represented groups, including those with limited English
proficiency.
(c) Developing a broad, coordinated network of professionals,
parents, related organizations and associations, mass media, and others
for promoting awareness of issues related to deaf-blindness. This may
include using the Internet and other cost-effective methods to share
information with the international deaf-blindness community.
(d) Expanding and broadening the use of current informational
resources by developing materials that synthesize evidence-based
research, best practices, and emerging knowledge into easily
understandable products with accessible formats.
(e) Developing and disseminating materials and products to
supplement technical assistance and training, including synthesized
research findings on relevant topics such as communication,
assessments, accommodations, alternate assessments, and data analysis.
(f) Maintaining a Web site, with a dedicated URL, on which all
ongoing, and completed products, as well as related information, are
available in a format that meets a government or industry-recognized
standard for accessibility. The Web site also must contain other
features that facilitate communication and links to other Web sites
that are appropriate and helpful to users.
Activity Area (3): The Center's personnel training activities must
consist of activities authorized under section 662(b)(2)(C) of IDEA,
including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) Implementing and maintaining an assessment of the needs of
individual States and the overall needs of States to determine the
array, type, and intensity of personnel training to be provided.
(b) Providing personnel training that focuses on the implementation
of IDEA specific to children who are deaf-blind and their families.
(c) Providing personnel training that focuses on the implementation
of research-based, effective practices that will result in improved
capacity of SEAs and LEAs to provide appropriate assessment, planning,
placement, and transitional services.
(d) Assisting personnel training programs to work collaboratively
in order to assist a greater number of teachers and paraprofessionals.
This includes facilitating career development activities by promoting
internships, mentorships, and other strategies to address the shortage
of leadership and highly qualified personnel in the field of deaf-
blindness.
General Activities. The Center also must:
(a) Annually, provide OSEP with a report analyzing policies and
emerging issues that are of significant national concern in the field
of deaf-blindness. This report must include a narrative description
that reflects important demographic characteristics, data, and trends;
(b) Annually, establish and implement a comprehensive system of
evaluation to determine the impact of the Center's activities on
children with deaf-blindness, identify relevant achievements, and
identify strategies for improvement;
(c) Collaborate with the OSEP Project Officer in planning and
conducting the annual Project Directors' Meeting in Washington, DC, and
budget funds for that purpose; and
(d) Establish and maintain an advisory committee to assist in
promoting project activities. The committee must include at least one
individual with deaf-blindness, one parent of a child with deaf-
blindness, one representative of an SEA, and at least three
professionals with training and experience in serving children with
deaf-blindness.
Fourth and Fifth Years of the Project
In deciding whether to continue funding the Center for the fourth
and fifth years, the Secretary will consider the requirements of 34 CFR
75.253(a), and in addition:
(a) The recommendation of a review team consisting of experts
selected by the Secretary, which review will be conducted during the
last half of the project's second year in Washington, DC. Projects must
budget for travel expenses associated with this one-day intensive
review;
(b) The timeliness and effectiveness with which all requirements of
the negotiated cooperative agreement have been or are being met by the
Center.
(c) The degree to which the project promotes best practices in the
area of services to children who are deaf-blind.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: Under the Administrative Procedure
Act (APA) (5 U.S.C. 553), the Department generally offers interested
parties the opportunity to comment on a proposed priority. However,
section 681(d) of IDEA makes the public comment requirements under the
APA inapplicable to the priority in this notice.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1462(b)(2)(C), 1463, and 1481(d).
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to IHEs only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Cooperative agreement.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$49,397,000 for the Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve
Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program for FY
2006, of which we intend to use an estimated $1,850,000 for the
National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center for Children who
are Deaf-Blind competition. The Administration has also requested
$90,626,000 for the Personnel Development to Improve Services and
Results for Children with Disabilities program, of which we intend to
use an estimated $250,000 to support the personnel training activities
of the National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center for
Children who are Deaf-Blind. The actual levels of funding, if any,
depend on final congressional action. However, we are inviting
applications to allow enough time to complete the grant process if
Congress appropriates funds for this program.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget exceeding $2,100,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. A
minimum of $250,000 must be budgeted in each budget period of 12 months
for the personnel training activities described under the heading
Activity Area (3) in the Priority section of this notice because the
Secretary intends to support these activities of the project from funds
provided under section 662 of IDEA. The Assistant Secretary for Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services may change these maximum amounts
through a notice published in the Federal Register.
Number of Awards: 1.
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Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: SEAs, LEAs, public charter schools that are
LEAs under State law, IHEs, other public agencies, private nonprofit
organizations, outlying areas, freely associated States, Indian tribes
or tribal organizations, and for-profit organizations.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This competition does not involve cost
sharing or matching.
3. Other: General Requirements--(a) The projects funded under this
competition must make positive efforts to employ and advance in
employment qualified individuals with disabilities (see section 606 of
IDEA).
(b) Applicants and grant recipients funded under this competition
must involve individuals with disabilities or parents of individuals
with disabilities ages birth through 26 in planning, implementing, and
evaluating the projects (see section 682(a)(1)(A) of IDEA).
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Education Publications
Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll
free): 1-877-433-7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free):
1-877-576-7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html
or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify
this competition as follows: CFDA Number 84.326T.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Services Team listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section
VII of this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this competition.
Page Limit: The application narrative (part III of the application)
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that
reviewers use to evaluate your application. You must limit part III to
the equivalent of no more than 70 pages, using the following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5 x 11, on one side
only, with 1 margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller
than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
The page limit does not apply to part I, the cover sheet; part II,
the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; part
IV, the assurances and certifications; the one-page abstract, the
resumes, the bibliography, the references, or the letters of support.
However, you must include all of the application narrative in part III.
We will reject your application if:
You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or
You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the
page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: December 22, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 10, 2006.
Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov), or in
paper format by mail or hand delivery. For information (including dates
and times) about how to submit your application electronically, or by
mail or hand delivery, please refer to section IV. 6. Other Submission
Requirements in this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: April 11, 2006.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for this competition.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this competition may be submitted electronically or in paper format by
mail or hand delivery.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
We have been accepting applications electronically through the
Department's e-Application system since FY 2000. In order to expand on
those efforts and comply with the President's Management Agenda, we are
continuing to participate as a partner in the new government wide
Grants.gov Apply site in FY 2006. The National Technical Assistance and
Dissemination Center for Children who are Deaf-Blind-CFDA Number
84.326T is one of the competitions included in this project. We request
your participation in Grants.gov.
If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must
use the Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov Through this
site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package,
complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You
may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
You may access the electronic grant application for The National
Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center for Children who are
Deaf-Blind at: http://www.grants.gov. You must search for the
downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number.
Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search.
Please note the following:
Your participation in Grants.gov is voluntary.
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through the
site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are time and date
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and
must be date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as
otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your application
if it is date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. When we
retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are
rejecting your application because it was date/time stamped by the
Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
The amount of time it can take to upload an application
will vary depending on a variety of factors including the size of the
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application
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deadline date to begin the application process through Grants.gov.
You should review and follow the Education Submission
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are
included in the application package for this competition to ensure that
you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov
system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov at http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf
.
To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all of the steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see
http://www.Grants.gov/GetStarted). These steps include (1) registering
your organization, (2) registering yourself as an Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR), and (3) getting authorized as an AOR
by your organization. Details on these steps are outlined in the
Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see http://www.grants.gov/assets/GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf
). You also must provide on your
application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please
note that the registration process may take five or more business days
to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to
allow you to successfully submit an application via Grants.gov.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you submit your application in paper format.
You may submit all documents electronically, including all
information typically included on the Application for Federal Education
Assistance (ED 424), Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs (ED
524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. If you choose to
submit your application electronically, you must attach any narrative
sections of your application as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich
text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format. If you upload a file type
other than the three file types specified above or submit a password
protected file, we will not review that material.
Your electronic application must comply with any page
limit requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive an automatic acknowledgment from Grants.gov that contains a
Grants.gov tracking number. The Department will retrieve your
application from Grants.gov and send you a second confirmation by e-
mail that will include a PR/Award number (an ED-specified identifying
number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of System
Unavailability: If you are prevented from electronically submitting
your application on the application deadline date because of technical
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension
until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically, or by hand
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing
instructions as described elsewhere in this notice. If you submit an
application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the deadline date,
please contact the person listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, and provide an explanation of the
technical problem you experienced with Grants.gov, along with the
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number (if available). We will accept your
application if we can confirm that a technical problem occurred with
the Grants.gov system and that that problem affected your ability to
submit your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. The Department will contact you after a
determination is made on whether your application will be accepted.
Note: Extensions referred to in this section apply only to the
unavailability of or technical problems with the Grants.gov system.
We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register
to submit your application to Grants.gov before the deadline date
and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to
the Grants.gov system.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you submit your application in paper format by mail (through the
U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), you must mail the
original and two copies of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable
following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.326T), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260, or
By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center--Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.326T), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506.
Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark,
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a
dated postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with
your local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.
If you submit your application in paper format by hand delivery,
you (or a courier service) must deliver the original and two copies of
your application by hand, on or before the application deadline date,
to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.326T), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily between 8
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays and
Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you
mail or hand deliver your application to the Department:
(1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by
the Department--in Item 4 of ED 424 the CFDA number--and suffix
letter, if any--of the competition under which you are submitting
your application.
(2) The Application Control Center will mail a grant application
receipt acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive the grant
application receipt acknowledgment within 15 business days from the
application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288.
V. Application Review Information
Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this competition are
from 34
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CFR 75.210 and are listed in the application package.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may also notify you informally.
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 requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual performance report that provides the most current performance
and financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in
34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: Under the Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA), the Department has developed measures that will
yield information on various aspects of the Technical Assistance and
Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with
Disabilities program. These measures focus on: the extent to which
projects provide high quality products and services, the relevance of
project products and services to educational and early intervention
policy and practice, and the use of products and services to improve
educational and early intervention policy and practice.
We will notify grantees if they will be required to provide any
information related to these measures.
Grantees will also be required to report information on their
projects' performance in annual reports to the Department (34 CFR
75.590).
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Freeman, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4097, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone: (202) 245-7347.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request by contacting the following office: The Grants and
Contracts Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-2550.
Telephone: (202) 245-7363.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document: You may 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: http://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: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html
.
Dated: December 19, 2005.
John H. Hager,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
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