[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 19, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69618-69619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-27463]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.372A; 
Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems

AGENCY: Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice reopening the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems fiscal 
year (FY) 2009 competition.

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SUMMARY: On June 26, 2008, we published in the Federal Register (73 FR 
36305) a notice inviting applications for the Statewide Longitudinal 
Data Systems FY 2009 competition. That notice established a September 
25, 2008, deadline date for eligible applicants to apply for funding 
under this program. As a result of the notice published on June 26, 
2008, 34 eligible entities submitted applications. A number of 
applicants, however, experienced difficulty with submitting their 
applications electronically, and, as a result, a few applications were 
received shortly after the original deadline.
    In order to ensure fairness and afford as many eligible applicants 
as possible an opportunity to be considered for funding under this 
program, we are reopening the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems FY 
2009 competition to eligible applicants that were not able to submit 
applications by the original deadline date. Thus, we will consider as 
received timely, all of the applications we received through Grants.gov 
to this date, and will consider as timely any additional applications 
or amendments submitted through paper submission by the new deadline 
date established in this notice. All information in the June 26, 2008 
notice remains the same for new applications and revisions to 
previously submitted applications submitted in response to this 
reopening notice, except for the following updates to the DATES section 
and section V. Submission of Applications.

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DATES: Applications Available: November 19, 2008.

    Note: The application package for this competition and 
instructions are available at the following Internet address: http://nces.ed.gov/Programs/SLDS/grant_opportunities.asp.

    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: November 26, 2008.

V. Submission of New Applications or Revisions to Previously Submitted 
Applications

    New applications or revisions to previously submitted applications 
for grants under this program must be submitted in paper format by mail 
or hand delivery.

a. Submission of Applications by Mail

    If you submit your new application or revisions to a previously 
submitted application by mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a 
commercial carrier), you must mail the original and two copies of your 
new application or revisions to a previously submitted application, 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 84.372A), LBJ Basement Level 1, 400 
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260.
    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.
    (4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the 
U.S. Department of Education.
    If you mail your new application or revisions to a previously 
submitted application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do not accept 
either of the following as proof of mailing:
    (1) A private metered postmark.
    (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
    If your new application or revision to a previously submitted 
application is postmarked after the application deadline date, we will 
not consider your new application or revisions to a previously 
submitted 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.

b. Submission of Applications by Hand Delivery

    If you submit your new application or revisions to a previously 
submitted application by hand delivery, you (or a courier service) must 
deliver the original and two copies of your new application or 
revisions to a previously submitted 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: 84.372A), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, 
Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.
    The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily 
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 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 new application or revisions to a previously 
submitted application to the Department--
    (1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by the 
Department--in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including suffix 
letter, if any, of the competition under which you are submitting your 
application; and
    (2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a notification 
of receipt of your grant application. If you do not receive this 
notification 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tate Gould, U.S. Department of 
Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1990 K Street, 
NW., Room 9023, Washington, DC 20006-5651. Telephone: (202) 219-7080 or 
via Internet: [email protected].
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call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339. Individuals 
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    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9607.

    Dated: November 13, 2008.
Grover J. Whitehurst,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
[FR Doc. E8-27463 Filed 11-18-08; 8:45 am]
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