[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10190-10191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4050]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Early Reading First Program; Notice Reopening the Deadline Date 
for Transmittal of Pre-Applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.359A/B.

SUMMARY: On January 22, 2007, we published in the Federal Register (72 
FR 2667) a notice inviting applications for the Early Reading First 
(ERF) FY 2007 competition. The deadline date for eligible applicants to 
transmit their pre-applications for funding under this competition was 
February 21, 2007. We are reopening the pre-application phase of the 
ERF FY 2007 competition for all eligible local educational agencies 
(LEAs) and for eligible entities located in communities served by those 
LEAs. Applicants must refer to the notice inviting applications that 
was published in the Federal Register (72 FR 2667) for all other 
requirements concerning this reopened competition.
    We are extending the pre-application phase of the ERF FY 2007 
competition for all eligible applicants, including non-LEAs, because 
the originally posted State lists of eligible LEAs did not include all 
LEAs that were eligible as of January 22, 2007, and included some LEAs 
that were ineligible as of that date. The new deadline date for 
applicants to submit pre-applications is:
    Deadline for Transmittal of Pre-Applications: March 23, 2007.
    Pre-applications for grants under this competition must be 
submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). 
For information about how to submit your pre-application 
electronically, or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify for an 
exception to the electronic submission requirement, please refer to the 
original application notice published in the Federal Register on 
January 22, 2007 (72 FR 2667).
    We do not consider a pre-application that does not comply with the 
deadline requirements.
    Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or 
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact 
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

    Note: Applicants that successfully submitted their complete pre-
applications on or before the original deadline date of February 21, 
2007, including those that were not timely because they submitted 
their pre-applications between 4:30 p.m. and midnight on that date, 
are not required to resubmit their applications. Any applicant that 
did not successfully submit its application must download, complete, 
and submit an entirely new application package through Grants.gov as 
specified in the original ERF application notice.

    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: The deadline date for 
Intergovernmental Review under Executive Order 12372 remains as 
originally published, July 30, 2007.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Eligible LEAs. Eligibility determinations are made as of January 
22, 2007. Corrected lists of eligible LEAs by State are posted for the 
convenience of applicants on the ERF Web site at http://www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/eligibility.html.
    We have contacted each State's Reading First office and the Bureau 
of Indian Education (BIE) and obtained lists of the LEAs that each 
State and the BIE considers to be eligible for a Reading First subgrant 
as of January 22, 2007, the date of publication of the original ERF 
notice inviting applications for this FY 2007 competition.
    Please note, however, that we consider it to be each applicant's 
own responsibility to verify with the Reading First office in its State 
or with the BIE the eligibility of a particular LEA for a Reading First 
subgrant as of January 22, 2007. A list of State and BIE contacts for 
this purpose is posted also at the ERF Web site at http://www.ed.gov/programs/earlyreading/eligibility.html.
    Ineligible LEAs. The originally posted eligible LEA lists included 
some LEAs that are not eligible. Any LEA that was not eligible for a 
Reading First subgrant in its State or through the BIE as of January 
22, 2007, is not eligible to receive an ERF subgrant in this FY 2007 
competition. Nor are any entities located in communities served by 
those ineligible LEAs eligible to receive an ERF subgrant in this 
competition on the basis of that location.
    Application Submission Information. Information concerning 
submission of pre-applications for grants under the ERF program (CFDA 
Number 84.359A) is described in section IV (Application and Submission 
Information) of the original application notice published in the 
Federal Register on January 22, 2007 (72 FR 2667). That notice is 
available at the following Web site: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 
fedregister/announce/index.html.

    Note: If you try to submit a pre-application package that was 
downloaded from Grants.gov before the original pre-application 
deadline of February 21, 2007, your submission will be rejected by 
the Grants.gov system.


    Note: If you wish to exercise the Exception to Electronic 
Submission Requirements, you must submit no later than March 9, 2007 
a statement to the Department requesting an exception to these 
requirements and explaining the grounds that prevent you from using 
the Internet to submit your pre-application.


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pilla Parker, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room

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3C136, Washington, DC 20202-6132. Telephone: (202) 260-3710 or by e-
mail: [email protected]; or Rebecca Marek, 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 
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    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
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    Dated: March 2, 2007.
Raymond Simon,
Deputy Secretary for Education, Delegated the Authority to Perform the 
Functions of the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary 
Education.
[FR Doc. E7-4050 Filed 3-6-07; 8:45 am]
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