[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 34 (Monday, February 23, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 8075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3812]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.129B]


Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term Training--
Rehabilitation Counseling

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, 
Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice reopening the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training--
Rehabilitation Counseling fiscal year (FY) 2009 competition.

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SUMMARY: On November 17, 2008, we published in the Federal Register (73 
FR 67852) a notice inviting applications for the Rehabilitation Long-
Term Training--Rehabilitation Counseling FY 2009 competition. That 
notice established a January 15, 2009 deadline date for eligible 
applicants to apply for funding under this program.
    In order to allow applicants the opportunity to respond to a 
correction in the selection criteria published in the Application 
Package, we are reopening the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training--
Rehabilitation Counseling FY 2009 competition to eligible applicants. 
Specifically, we inadvertently omitted a heading and the point value of 
the criterion on Quality of Project Services, worth 10 points. The 
requirements of this criterion were embedded at the end of the 
criterion on Nature and Scope of Curriculum, worth 20 points. By 
omitting the heading and points for the criterion on Quality of Project 
Services, applicants were given the mistaken impression that this 
criterion was part of the Nature and Scope of Curriculum criterion. We 
have corrected the selection criteria in the Application Package. This 
correction of the selection criteria increases the possible points an 
applicant may receive from 90 points to 100 points and makes it clear 
that there is a criterion on Quality of Project Services, worth 10 
points. We strongly recommend that any eligible applicant that 
submitted its application using the criteria in the original 
application package re-submit its application in order to ensure that 
there is a clear response to the criterion on Quality of Project 
Services. If an applicant that submitted its application by the January 
15, 2009 deadline does not choose to re-submit its application to 
address separately the Nature and Scope of Curriculum and Quality of 
Project Services criteria, we will increase the point value of the co-
joined criteria contained under the heading Nature and Scope of 
Curriculum from 20 to 30 points for that applicant and the selection 
criteria overall from 90 to 100 points. We will separate the 
applicant's response to the co-joined criteria under the heading of 
Nature and Scope of Curriculum, and each criteria will be rated 
separately with the total value of the Nature and Scope of Curriculum 
criteria being 20 points and the Quality of Project Services criteria 
being 10 points.
    All information in the November 17, 2008 notice remains the same 
for this notice reopening the competition, except for the following 
updates to Dates and to section IV. 3. Submission Dates and Times.
    Dates and section IV. 3. Submission Dates and Times:
    Applications Available: February 23, 2009.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 16, 2009.

    Note: Applications for grants under this program must be 
submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 
site at http://www.grants.gov. For information about how to submit 
your application electronically, please refer to Electronic 
Submission of Applications in the November 17, 2008 notice (73 FR 
67852-67856). We encourage eligible applicants to submit their 
applications as soon as possible to avoid any problems with filing 
electronic applications on the last day.

    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 8, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edwin Powell, U.S. Department of 
Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration, 400 Maryland Avenue, 
SW., room 5038, PCP, Washington, DC 20202-2800. Telephone: (202) 245-
7505 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 notice in an accessible format (e.g., 
braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to 
the contact person listed in this section.
    Electronic Access to This Document: You can view this document, as 
well as other Department of Education documents 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.
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    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
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    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772.
    Delegation of Authority: The Secretary of Education has delegated 
authority to Andrew J. Pepin, Executive Administrator for Special 
Education and Rehabilitative Services to perform the functions of the 
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

    Dated: February 18, 2009.
Andrew J. Pepin,
Executive Administrator for Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services.
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