[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 77 (Monday, April 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20109-20110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7684]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.336C]


Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants Program--Recruitment Grants 
for States and Partnerships

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of intent to fund down the grant slate for the Teacher 
Quality Enhancement Grants Program--Recruitment Grants for States and 
Partnerships.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary intends to use the grant slate developed for the

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Teacher Quality Enhancement Grants Program--Recruitment Grants for 
States and Partnerships in fiscal year (FY) 2005 to make new grant 
awards in FY 2007. The Secretary takes this action because a 
significant number of high-quality applications remain on the FY 2005 
grant slate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Luretha Kelley, U.S. Department of 
Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 
7906, Washington, DC 20006. Telephone: (202) 502-7645, Fax: 202-502-
7699 or 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.
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diskette) on request to the program contact person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 21, 2005, we published a notice in the Federal Register 
(70 FR 13486) inviting applications for new awards under the Teacher 
Quality Enhancement Grants Program--Recruitment Grants for States and 
Partnerships. We received a significant number of applications in this 
competition and made 20 new grant awards. Because such a large number 
of high-quality applications were received, many applications that were 
awarded high scores by peer reviewers did not receive funding in FY 
2005.
    The Department estimates that there will be approximately $2.6 
million available for new awards under this program in FY 2007. In 
order to conserve funding that would have been required for a peer 
review of new applications submitted under the program, we intend to 
select grantees in FY 2007 from the existing slate of applicants. This 
slate was developed during the FY 2005 competition using the selection 
criteria in the March 21, 2005 notice. No changes to the selection 
criteria will be required by this action.

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    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1024.

    Dated: April 18, 2007.
James F. Manning,
Delegated the Authority of Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 
Education.
[FR Doc. E7-7684 Filed 4-20-07; 8:45 am]
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