[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 784-785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-76]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems; Reopening Fiscal Year (FY) 
2012 Competition

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

ACTION: Notice reopening the Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems fiscal 
year (FY) 2012 competition.

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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.372A

SUMMARY: On September 20, 2011, we published in the Federal Register 
(76 FR 58252) a notice inviting applications for the Statewide 
Longitudinal Data Systems FY 2012 competition. That notice established 
a December 15, 2012, deadline date for eligible applicants to apply for 
funding under this program. As a result of the notice published on 
September 20, 2011, 31 eligible entities submitted applications.
    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 
2012 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 
by December 15, 2011 (referred to as ``previously submitted 
applications'' in this notice), and will consider as timely any 
additional applications or revisions to any previously submitted 
application submitted by the new deadline date established in this 
notice. All information in the September 20, 2011 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.

DATES: Applications Available: January 6, 2012.

    Note: The application package for this competition and 
instructions are available at the following Internet address: http://ies.ed.gov/funding/slds.asp Deadline for Transmittal of 
Applications: January 13, 2012.

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 Paper 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 revisions 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.


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c. Submission of Paper 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 a.m. and 4:30 
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--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: Emily Anthony, U.S. Department of 
Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1990 K Street NW., 
room 9083, Washington, DC 20006-5651. Telephone: (202) 502-7495 or via 
Internet: [email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the 
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll-free, 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: 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 is 
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At this site you can view this document, as well as all other documents 
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    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9607.

    Dated: January 3, 2012.
John Q. Easton,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
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