[Federal Register: November 19, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 224)]
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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: Tate.Gould@ed.gov.
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 alternative format
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the contact person listed in this section.
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 9607.
Dated: November 13, 2008.
Grover J. Whitehurst,
Director, Institute of Education Sciences.
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