[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19879-19880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5782]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.359A/B]


Notice Extending Full Application Deadline Date for the Early 
Reading First (ERF) Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 Competition

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of 
Education.

SUMMARY: On January 18, 2006, we published in the Federal Register (71 
FR 2916) a notice inviting applications for the Early Reading First FY 
2006 competition. The deadline date for eligible applicants to transmit 
their full applications for funding under this competition was May 8, 
2006. Due to the reopening of the pre-application phase of the ERF FY 
2006 competition, we now are extending the deadline date for full 
applications for the ERF FY 2006 competition to May 31, 2006 for all 
applicants invited to submit those applications.
    This notice also clarifies the requirements for the submission of 
full applications under this competition. The new deadline date for 
applicants invited to submit full applications is:
    Deadline for Transmittal of Full Applications: May 31, 2006 (by 
4:30 p.m., Washington DC time).
    Full applications for grants under this competition must be 
submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov) 
unless you otherwise qualify for an exception to the electronic 
submission requirement. This includes applicants that previously 
submitted their pre-applications electronically through Grants.gov and 
applicants that previously submitted their pre-applications in paper 
format. For information (including dates and times) about how to submit 
your application, please refer to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section 
in this notice.
    We do not consider a full application that does not comply with the 
extended full application deadline and submission requirements 
announced in this notice.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: The deadline date for 
Intergovernmental Review under Executive Order 12372 is extended to 
July 31, 2006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

a. Electronic Submission Requirements

    All applicants that are invited to submit a full application for a 
grant under the ERF program--CFDA Number 84.359B must submit their full 
applications electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site at: http://www.grants.gov as specified in the January 18, 2006 Federal Register 
notice inviting applications (71 FR 2916) (Application Notice). This 
Application Notice is available at the following Web site: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2006-1/011806c.html.
    We will reject your full application if you submit it in paper 
format unless you are invited to submit a full application and you 
qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement for 
the full application as described in section IV.6.a. of the January 18, 
2006 Application Notice (71 FR 2916). Those qualification requirements 
include, in part, that no later than two weeks before the extended full 
application deadline date (14 calendar days) you mail or fax a written 
statement to the Department as described in that notice explaining the 
basis for the exception.
    Applicants that submitted the pre-application in paper format and 
therefore have not registered previously via Grants.gov must complete 
all of the

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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 full 
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 submit successfully a full application via Grants.gov.

b. Additional Application Information

1. Address to Request Application Package

    You may obtain an application package via the Internet or from the 
Education Publications Center (ED Pubs). To obtain an application via 
the Internet, use the following Web address: http://www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/applicant.html.
    To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write or call the Education 
Publications Center, 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: 
[email protected].
    If you request an application package from ED Pubs, be sure to 
identify this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.359A/B.
    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 program contact 
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in this notice.

2. Content and Form of Full Application Submission

    All requirements concerning the content of the full application, 
including page-limit and limited appendices requirements, a competitive 
preference priority, and the selection criteria, together with the 
forms you must submit, are in the application package for this 
competition. Please also refer to the January 18, 2006 Application 
Notice (71 FR 2916) for further information governing this grant 
competition. This Application Notice is available at the following Web 
site: http://www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/announcements/2006-1/011806c.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jill Stewart, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3C136, Washington, DC 20202-
6132. Telephone: (202) 260-2533 or by e-mail: [email protected]; or 
Rebecca Haynes, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 
room 3C138, Washington, DC 20202-6132. Telephone: (202) 260-0968 or by 
e-mail: [email protected].
    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 to the program contact person listed in this 
section.
    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: April 12, 2006.
Henry L. Johnson,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
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