Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCU), and Alaska Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH) Programs; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY 2009), CFDA Numbers 84.031T, 84.031N and 84.031W. [OPE]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; American
Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCU), and Alaska
Native-Serving and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH)
Programs; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year
(FY 2009)

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Numbers: 84.031T,
84.031N and 84.031W.

DATES: Applications Available: April 3, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 4, 2009.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 2, 2009.

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Purpose of Program: The TCCU and the ANNH programs authorized by
Title III, Part A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended
by the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA), Public Law 110-
315, provide grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs)
to help them become self sufficient and expand their capacity to serve
low-income students by providing funds to improve and strengthen their
academic quality, institutional management and fiscal stability.
Section 371 of the HEA makes funds available in FY 2009 to certain
minority-serving institutions eligible for Title III Part A programs
including an additional $30 million to the TCCU program, of which $7
million is available for new awards; and $15 million to the ANNH
program, of which $10 million is available for new awards. Awards under
these programs are hereafter referred to as ``TCCU--Section 371 and
ANNH--Section 371.''

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057-1059d and Public Law 110-84.

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Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations for this
program in 34 CFR Part 607.

II. Award Information

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. TCCU one-year construction
grants, ANNH five-year individual development grants, and ANNH one-year
renovation grants will be awarded in FY 2009. Planning grants will not
be awarded in FY 2009.
Estimated Available Funds: $7,172,000 for the TCCU program and
$14,345,000 for the ANNH program for FY 2009.
Average Size of Awards: See following chart.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: See following chart.
Estimated Number of Awards: See following chart.

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Estimated Estimated
Program name and type of award Maximum award number of average award
amount awards amount
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Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities Program (84.031T)
1-year TCCU-Section 371 Construction Grants................. $1,000,000 7 $1,000,000
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Program (84.031N and 84.031W)
5-year Individual Development Grants........................ 700,000 7 600,000
1-year ANNH-Section 371 Renovation Grants................... 2,000,000 10 1,000,000
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Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.

Project Period: Up to 60 months for development and cooperative
arrangement, and 12 months for one-year TCCU-Section 371 construction
grants and ANNH-Section 371 renovation grants.

III. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Applicants: An IHE that qualifies as an eligible
institution under the TCCU and the ANNH programs may apply for grants
under this notice. These programs are authorized by Title III, Part A,
of the HEA. To qualify as an eligible institution under any Title III,
Part A program, an institution must, among other requirements--
(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to
be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training
offered;
(2) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be
a junior college or to provide an educational program for which it
awards a bachelor's degree;
(3) Be designated as an ``eligible institution'' by demonstrating
that it: (A) Has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR
607.3; and (B) has low average educational and general expenditures per
full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR
607.4.
Relationship between the Title III, Part A programs and the
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) program.

Note 1: A grantee under the Developing Hispanic-Serving
Institutions (HSI) program, which is authorized under Title V of the
HEA, may not receive a grant under any HEA, Title III, Part A
program. The Title III, Part A programs include the Strengthening
Institutions Program (SIP), TCCU and ANNH. Further, a current HSI
program grantee may not give up its HSI grant in order to receive a
grant under any Title III, Part A program.

Note 2: An eligible HSI that does not fall within the limitation
described in Note 1 (i.e., is not a current grantee under the HSI
program) may apply for a FY 2009 grant under all Title III, Part A
programs for which it is eligible, as well as receive consideration
for a grant under the HSI program. However, a successful applicant
may receive only one grant.

Note 3: An eligible IHE that submits more than one application
may only be awarded one individual development grant or one
cooperative arrangement development grant in a fiscal year.
Furthermore, we will not award a second cooperative arrangement
development grant to an otherwise eligible IHE for the same award
year as the IHE's existing cooperative arrangement development grant
award.

Note 4: The Department will make five-year awards for individual
development grants and five-year awards for cooperative arrangement
development grants in rank order from separate funding slates
according to the average score received from a panel of three
readers. The Department will make 1-year construction grants under
the TCCU-Section 371 program, and 1-year ANNH-Section 371 renovation
grants in rank order from separate funding slates according to the
average score received from a panel of three readers.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not require cost
sharing or matching unless the grantee uses a portion of its grant for
establishing or improving an endowment fund. If a grantee uses a
portion of its grant for endowment fund purposes, it must match those
grant funds with non-Federal funds (20 U.S.C. 1059c(c)(3)(B)).

IV. Application and Submission Information

1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an
application via the Internet using the following address:
http://www.grants.gov. If you do not have access to the Internet, please
contact Darlene B. Collins, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K
Street, NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006-8513. Telephone: (202)
502-7576 or by e-mail: darlene.collins@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact
person listed in this section.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for these programs.
Page Limits: We have established mandatory page limits for the
applications to be submitted under this notice. You must limit your
application to the equivalent of no more than 50 pages for an
individual development grant, 70 pages for a cooperative arrangement
development grant and 35 pages for a construction or renovation grant
under the TCCU or the ANNH programs, using the following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5 x 11, on one side
only, with 1 inch margins at the top, bottom, and both sides. Page
numbers and an identifier may be outside the 1 margin.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the

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application narrative, except titles, headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, captions and all text in charts, tables, figures, and
graphs. Charts, tables, figures, and graphs in the application
narrative may be single spaced and will count toward the page limit.
Use a font that is either 12 point or larger, and no
smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch).
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New or Arial. Applications submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II,
the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part
IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the
resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of support. However, the page
limit does apply to all of the application narrative section (Part
III), application for Federal Assistance face sheet (SF 424); the
supplemental information for SF 424 form required by the Department of
Education; Part II, the Budget Information Summary Form (ED Form 524);
and Part IV, the Assurances and Certifications. The page limit also
does not apply to a Table of Contents and the Program Abstract. If you
include any attachments or appendices, these items will be counted as
part of the Program Narrative (Part III of the application) for
purposes of the page limit requirement. You must include your complete
response to the selection criteria in the program narrative.
We will reject your application if you apply these standards and
exceed the page limit.
You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the
page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: April 3, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 4, 2009.
Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically, or in paper format by mail or hand delivery
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, please refer to Section IV.6. Other Submission
Requirements in this notice:
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in Section VII
in this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the
application process, the individual's application remains subject to
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 2, 2009.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for these programs.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference the regulations outlining
funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this
notice.
Applicability of Executive Order 13202. Applicants that apply for
construction funds under the Title III, Part A programs, must comply
with Executive Order 13202 signed by former President George W. Bush on
February 17, 2001, and amended on April 6, 2001. This Executive Order
provides that recipients of Federal construction funds may not
``require or prohibit bidders, offerors, contractors, or subcontractors
to enter into or adhere to agreements with one or more labor
organizations, on the same or other construction project(s)'' or
``otherwise discriminate against bidders, offerors, contractors, or
subcontractors for becoming or refusing to become or remain signatories
or otherwise adhere to agreements with one or more labor organizations,
on the same or other construction project(s).'' However, the Executive
Order does not prohibit contractors or subcontractors from voluntarily
entering into these agreements. Projects funded under these programs
that include construction activity will be provided a copy of this
Executive Order and will be asked to certify that they will adhere to
it.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under the
TCCU and ANNH programs must be submitted electronically unless you
qualify for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the
instructions in this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
Applications for grants under the TCCU and ANNH programs (CFDA
numbers 84.031T, 84.031N and 84.031W), must be submitted electronically
using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at http://www.Grants.gov.
Through this site, you will be able to download a copy
of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and
submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a
grant application to us.
We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant application for the TCCU and
ANNH programs at http://www.Grants.gov. You must search for the
downloadable application package for this program competition by the
CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your
search (e.g., search for 84.031, not 84.031N).
Please note the following:
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through the
site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are date and time
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and
must be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than
4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date.
Except as otherwise noted in this section, we will not accept your
application if it is received--that is, date and time stamped by the
Grants.gov system--after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. We do not consider an application that does
not comply with the deadline requirements. When we retrieve your
application from Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting
your application because it was date and time stamped by the Grants.gov
system after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date.
The amount of time it can take to upload an application
will vary depending on a variety of factors, including the size of the
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline
date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov.

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You should review and follow the Education Submission
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are
included in the application package for this competition to ensure that
you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov
system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov at
http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see
http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp). These steps include
(1) registering your organization, a multi-part process that includes
registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR); (2)
registering yourself as an Authorized Organization Representative
(AOR); and (3) getting authorized as an AOR by your organization.
Details on these steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see
http://www.grants.gov/section910/Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf).
You also must provide on your
application the same D-U-N-S number used with this registration. Please
note that the registration process may take five or more business days
to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to
allow you to submit successfully an application via Grants.gov. In
addition, you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual
basis. This may take three or more business days to complete.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your
application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
all information typically provided on the following forms: Application
for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of Education
Supplemental Information for SF 424; Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and
certifications.
You must attach any narrative sections of your application
as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable
Document) format. If you upload a file type other than the three file
types specified above or submit a password protected file, we will not
review that material.
Your electronic application must comply with any page
limit requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates
receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send
a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification
indicates that the Department has received your application and has
assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specified
identifying number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues
with the Grants.gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov
Support Desk, toll free, at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
If you are prevented from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline date because of technical
problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension
until 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically or by hand
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30:00 p.m., please contact the
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in Section VII in
this notice and provide an explanation of the technical problem you
experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk
Case Number. We will accept your application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that
problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30:00
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The
Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether
your application will be accepted.

Note: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply
only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the
Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed
to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before
the application deadline date and time; or, if the technical problem
you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.

Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement and may submit your
application in paper format if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov system; and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days; or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application.
If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be
postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline
date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must
receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the
application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Darlene B. Collins, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th floor, Washington, DC
20006-8513. FAX: (202) 502-7861.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail
the original and two copies of your 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 84.031T, 84.031N or 84.031W), 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.

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If you mail your 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 application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your 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.

c. Submission of Paper Applications By Hand Delivery.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper
application to the Department by hand. You must deliver the original
and two copies of your 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 84.031T, 84.031N or 84.031W), 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 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.

V. Application Review Information

1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for these programs
are in 34 CFR 607.22(a)-(g). Applicants must address each of the
following selection criteria (separately for each proposed activity).
The total weight of the selection criteria is 100 points; the maximum
score for each criterion is noted in parentheses.
(a) Quality of The Applicant's Comprehensive Development Plan
(Maximum 25 Points).
(b) Quality of Activity Objectives (Maximum 15 Points).
(c) Quality of Implementation Strategy (Maximum 20 Points).
(d) Quality of Key Personnel (Maximum 7 Points).
(e) Quality of Project Management Plan (Maximum 10 Points).
(f) Quality of Evaluation Plan (Total 15 Points).
(g) Budget (Total 8 Points).
2. Review and Selection Process: For five-year individual
development grants and one-year construction and renovation grants,
awards will be made in rank order according to the average score
received from a panel of three readers.
Tie-breaker for Development Grants. In tie-breaking situations for
development grants described in 34 CFR 607.23(b), the regulations for
the Title III Part A programs require that we award one additional
point to an application from an IHE that has an endowment fund or which
the current market value, per full time equivalent (FTE) enrolled
student, is less than the comparable average current market value of
the endowment funds, per FTE enrolled student at comparable
institutions that offer similar instruction. We award one additional
point to an application from an IHE that had expenditures for library
materials per FTE enrolled student that are less than the average
expenditures per FTE enrolled student at comparable institutions that
offer similar instruction. We also add one additional point to an
application from an IHE that proposes to carry out one or more of the
following activities--
(i) Faculty development;
(ii) Funds and administrative management;
(iii) Development and improvement of academic programs;
(iv) Acquisition of equipment for use in strengthening management
and academic programs;
(v) Joint use of facilities; and
(vi) Student services.
For the purpose of these funding considerations, we use 2006-2007
data.
If a tie remains after applying the tie-breaker mechanism above,
priority will be given in the case of applicants for: (a) Individual
development grants to applicants that have the lowest endowment values
per FTE student; and (b) cooperative arrangement development grants to
applicants in accordance with Section 394(b) of the HEA, if the
Secretary determines that the cooperative arrangement is geographically
and economically sound or will benefit the applicant institution.

VI. Award Administration Information

1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may notify you informally, also.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section in this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual performance report that provides the most current performance
and financial expenditure information as directed by the Secretary in
34 CFR 75.118 and 34 CFR 607.31. The Secretary may also require more
frequent performance reports under 34 CFR 75.720. For specific
requirements on reporting, please go to
http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: The Secretary has established the
following key performance measures for assessing the effectiveness of
the Title III, Part A programs:
a. The number of full-time degree-seeking undergraduates enrolling
at IHEs. Note that this is a long-term measure, which will be used to
periodically gauge performance, beginning in FY 2009;
b. The percentage of full-time undergraduate students who were in
their first year of postsecondary enrollment in the previous year and
are enrolled in the current year at the same institution;
c. The percentage of students enrolled at 4-year IHEs graduating
within 6 years of enrollment; and
d. The percentage of students enrolled at 2-year IHEs graduating
within 3 years of enrollment.

VII. Agency Contacts

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darlene B. Collins, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20006-8513.
Telephone: (202) 502-7576 or by e-mail: darlene.collins@ed.gov.

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If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.

VIII. Other Information

Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person listed in Section VII of this
notice.
Electronic Access to This Document: You can view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department 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.
To use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.

Note: 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 and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at:
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary of Education has delegated
authority to Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, Forecasting and Policy
Analysis for the Office of Postsecondary Education, to perform the
functions of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.

Dated: March 31, 2009.
Daniel T. Madzelan,
Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis.
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