Peer Review Opportunities With the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE); Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA); Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE); and Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)

• Published date: 19 April 2024
• Citation: 89 FR 28757
• Pages: 28757-28759
• FR Document: 2024-08341
• Section: Notices
• Issuer: Education Department

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Please note that the Institute of Education

Sciences (IES) uses different peer review processes

and procedures than those described in this notice.

More information on the IES peer review process

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application_review.asp. IES also administers its

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Peer Review Opportunities With the

U.S. Department of Education’s Office

of Elementary and Secondary

Education (OESE); Office of English

Language Acquisition (OELA); Office

of Postsecondary Education (OPE);

and Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS)

AGENCY

: Office of Elementary and

Secondary Education, Office of English

Language Acquisition, Office of

Postsecondary Education, and Office of

Special Education and Rehabilitative

Services, U.S. Department of Education.

ACTION

: Notice.

SUMMARY

: The U.S. Department of

Education (Department) announces

opportunities for individuals to

participate in its peer review process for

competitive grant funding under the

programs administered by OESE, OELA,

OPE, and OSERS.

DATES

: Requests to serve as a peer

reviewer for fiscal year 2024 will be

accepted on an ongoing basis, aligned

with this year’s grant competition

schedule. Requests to serve as a peer

reviewer should be submitted at least

four weeks prior to the program’s

application deadline noted on the

Department’s website under ‘‘Forecast

of Funding Opportunities’’ at

www2.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-

forecast.html. This notice highlights the

specific needs of OESE, OELA, OPE,

and OSERS.

ADDRESSES

: An individual interested in

serving as a peer reviewer must register

and upload his or her resume in the

Department’s grants management

system known as ‘‘G6’’ at www.g6.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

:

OESE: Andrew Brake, U.S.

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue SW, Room 4B168, Washington,

DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 453–6136.

Email: andrew.brake@ed.gov.

OELA: Francisco Javier Lo

´pez, U.S.

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202–

5076. Telephone: (202) 558–4880.

Email: NPD2024@ed.gov.

OPE: Tonya Hardin, U.S. Department

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue

SW, 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20202.

Telephone: (202) 453–7694. Email:

tonya.hardin@ed.gov.

OSERS: Kate Friday, U.S. Department

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue

SW, Room 4A–111, Potomac Center

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–5076.

Telephone: (202) 987–1439. Email:

kate.friday@ed.gov.

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or

have a speech disability and wish to

access telecommunications relay

services, please dial 7–1–1.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

: The

mission of the Department is to promote

student achievement and preparation

for global competitiveness by fostering

educational excellence and ensuring

equal access. The Department pursues

its mission by funding grant programs

that will improve access to high-quality

educational opportunities and programs

that pursue innovations in teaching and

learning with a focus on underserved

students. The Department also funds

programs in other areas as authorized by

statute. Grant funds are awarded to State

educational agencies; local educational

agencies (i.e., school districts); State,

local, or Tribal governments; nonprofit

organizations; institutions of higher

education; and other entities through a

competitive process referred to as a

grant competition.

Each year the Department convenes

panels of external education

professionals and practitioners to serve

as peer reviewers.

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Peer reviewers

evaluate and score submitted

applications against competition-

specific criteria and announced

priorities. Application scores are then

used to inform the Secretary’s funding

decisions.

Executive Order 13985, Advancing

Racial Equity and Support for

Underserved Communities Through the

Federal Government, directs Federal

agencies to ‘‘assess whether

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underserved communities and their

members face systemic barriers in

accessing benefits and opportunities

available pursuant to those policies and

programs.’’ The Department is

committed to increasing the racial and

ethnic diversity of peer reviewers—an

important element of the Department’s

efforts to implement this Executive

order. Moreover, the Department is

particularly interested in peer reviewers

who represent diverse experiences and

perspectives, including experiences

working with diverse and underserved

communities, and whose expertise

pertains to the Department’s grant

competitions. This emphasis on

increasing peer reviewer diversity is

included in the Department’s Agency

Equity Plan, available at www2.ed.gov/

documents/equity/2022-equity-plan.pdf.

This year, OESE is managing over 20

grant competitions to fund a range of

projects that support increasing the

number of mental health providers in

schools; education innovation and

research; educator preparation, growth,

and diversity; migratory or seasonal

farmworkers; magnet schools; charter

schools; literacy; Indian education; and

technical assistance, among others.

OELA is managing one grant

competition: National Professional

Development. Grants awarded under

this program may be used for effective

pre-service professional development

programs that will increase the number

and diversity of fully licensed or

certified bilingual or multilingual

teachers supporting ELs.

OPE is managing approximately 15

grant competitions to fund a wide range

of projects, including projects to support

improvements in educational quality,

management, and financial stability at

colleges and universities that enroll

high numbers of underserved students;

projects designed to increase college

enrollment among students in high-

poverty schools; projects to strengthen

multilingual education and foreign

language instruction, international

studies, teaching and research,

professional preparation and

development for educators, and

curriculum development at the K–12,

graduate, and postsecondary levels;

projects to fund fellowships to students

studying in a field designated as an area

of national need; projects designed to

support high-quality teacher preparation

at Historically Black Colleges and

Universities, Tribally Controlled

Colleges and Universities, and Minority

Serving Institutions; and projects to

build research and development

infrastructure at under resourced

institutions.

OSERS is managing nearly 20 grant

competitions. The competitions in

OSERS’ Office of Special Education

Programs (OSEP) include those under

the following programs: State Personnel

Development Grants; Personnel

Development; Technical Assistance and

Dissemination; Educational Technology,

Media, and Materials; and Technical

Assistance on State Data Collection. The

remaining competitions in OSERS’

Rehabilitation Services Administration

(RSA) are under the following programs:

Braille Training Program, American

Indian Vocational Rehabilitation

Services, and the Disability Innovation

Fund.

The Department seeks to expand its

pool of peer reviewers to ensure that

applications are evaluated by

individuals with up-to-date and relevant

knowledge of educational interventions

and practices across the learning

continuum, from early education to

college and career, in a variety of

learning settings. Department peer

reviewers are education professionals

and practitioners who have gained

subject matter expertise through their

education and work as teachers,

professors, principals, administrators,

school counselors, researchers,

evaluators, content developers, or

vocational rehabilitation professionals

or interpreters. Peer reviewers can be

active education professionals in any

educational level or sector, or those who

are retired but stay informed of current

educational content and issues. No prior

experience as a peer reviewer is

required.

Peer reviewers for each competition

will be selected based on several factors,

including each reviewer’s program-

specific expertise, the number of

applications to be reviewed, and the

diversity and availability of prospective

reviewers. Individuals selected to serve

as peer reviewers are expected to

participate in training; independently

read, score, and provide written

evaluative comments on assigned

applications; and participate in

facilitated panel discussions with other

peer reviewers. Panel discussions are

held via conference calls or in-person,

as identified for the specific

competition. The time commitment for

peer reviewers is usually several hours

a day over a period of two to four weeks.

Peer reviewers receive an honorarium

payment as monetary compensation for

successfully reviewing applications.

If you are interested in serving as a

peer reviewer for the Department, you

should first review the program web

pages of the grant programs that match

your area of expertise. You can access

information on each grant program from

the link provided on the Department’s

grants forecast page at www2.ed.gov/

fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html. If

you have documented experience that

you believe qualifies you to serve as a

peer reviewer for one or more specific

grant programs, please register in G6, at

www.g6.gov, which allows the

Department to manage and assign

potential peer reviewers to competitions

that may draw upon their professional

backgrounds and expertise. A toolkit

that includes helpful information on

how to be considered as a peer reviewer

for programs administered by the

Department can be found at

www2.ed.gov/documents/peer-review/

peer-reviewer-toolkit.pptx. Additional

information on becoming a peer

reviewer is available at www2.ed.gov/

fund/grant/about/discretionary/peer-

review-flyer-2024.pdf. Neither the

submission of a resume nor registration

in G6 guarantees you will be selected to

be a peer reviewer.

In addition to registering in G6, some

OPE and OSERS/RSA peer reviews may

require being registered in the System

for Award Management. Since

registration for this process can take

longer than a week, interested

individuals are encouraged to register in

advance of being contacted by the

Department. In addition to registering in

G6, some OSERS/OSEP peer reviews

require being approved to serve on the

Office of Special Education’s Standing

Panel. Individuals should express their

interest to serve as a peer reviewer for

OSEP competitions directly to the

competition manager listed in the notice

inviting applications for that

competition at least four weeks prior to

the application closing date.

If you have interest in serving as a

reviewer specifically for OESE

competitions (Chart 2 of the Forecast of

Funding Opportunities), you must also

send your resume to

OESEPeerReviewRecruitment@ed.gov.

If you have interest in serving as a

reviewer specifically for the OELA

competition (Chart 6 of the Forecast of

Funding Opportunities), you must also

send your resume to NPD2024@ed.gov.

The subject line of the email should

read ‘‘Prospective 2024 Peer Reviewer.’’

If you have interest in serving as a

reviewer specifically for RSA

competitions (Chart 4B of the Forecast

of Funding Opportunities), you must

also send your resume to

RSAPeerReview@ed.gov and osersprs@

ed.gov. The subject line of the email

should read ‘‘Prospective 2024 Peer

Reviewer.’’ In the body of the email, list

all programs for which you would like

to be considered to serve as a peer

reviewer.

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Requests to serve as a peer reviewer

should be submitted at least four weeks

prior to the program’s application

deadline, noted on the forecast page, to

provide program offices with sufficient

time to review resumes and determine

an individual’s suitability to serve as a

peer reviewer for a specific competition.

If you are selected to serve as a peer

reviewer, the program office will contact

you.

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Program Authority: Elementary and

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as

amended (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.);

Higher Education Act of 1965, as

amended (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.);

Individuals with Disabilities Education

Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.); and the

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended

by the Workforce Innovation and

Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.).

Roberto J. Rodriguez,

Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation

and Policy Development.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket No.: ED–2024–SCC–0025]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Submission to the Office of

Management and Budget for Review

and Approval; Comment Request;

Student Assistance General Provision

Subpart I Immigration Status

Confirmation

AGENCY

: Federal Student Aid (FSA),

Department of Education (ED).

ACTION

: Notice.

SUMMARY

: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of

1995, the Department is proposing an

extension without change of a currently

approved information collection request

(ICR).

DATES

: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before May 20,

2024.

ADDRESSES

: Written comments and

recommendations for proposed

information collection requests should

be submitted within 30 days of

publication of this notice. Click on this

link www.reginfo.gov/public/do/

PRAMain to access the site. Find this

information collection request (ICR) by

selecting ‘‘Department of Education’’

under ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then

check the ‘‘Only Show ICR for Public

Comment’’ checkbox. Reginfo.gov

provides two links to view documents

related to this information collection

request. Information collection forms

and instructions may be found by

clicking on the ‘‘View Information

Collection (IC) List’’ link. Supporting

statements and other supporting

documentation may be found by

clicking on the ‘‘View Supporting

Statement and Other Documents’’ link.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

: For

specific questions related to collection

activities, please contact Beth

Grebeldinger, 202–377–4018.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

: The

Department is especially interested in

public comment addressing the

following issues: (1) Is this collection

necessary to the proper functions of the

Department; (2) will this information be

processed and used in a timely manner;

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;

(4) how might the Department enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (5) how

might the Department minimize the

burden of this collection on the

respondents, including through the use

of information technology. Please note

that written comments received in

response to this notice will be

considered public records.

Title of Collection: Student Assistance

General Provision Subpart I Immigration

Status Confirmation.

OMB Control Number: 1845–0052.

Type of Review: An extension without

change of a currently approved ICR.

Respondents/Affected Public: Private

sector; State, local, and Tribal

governments; individuals and

households.

Total Estimated Number of Annual

Responses: 118,360.

Total Estimated Number of Annual

Burden Hours: 14,794.

Abstract: This request is for approval

of an extension of the reporting

requirements currently in the Student

Assistance General Provisions, 34 CFR

668, subpart I. This subpart governs the

Immigration-Status Confirmation, as

authorized by section 484(g) of the

Higher Education Act of 1965, as

amended (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 1091). The

regulations may be reviewed at 34 CFR

668, subpart I. The regulations are

necessary to determine eligibility to

receive program benefits and to prevent

fraud and abuse of program funds. This

collection updates the usage by

individuals and schools. While the

regulations refer to a secondary

confirmation process and completion of

the paper G–845 form these processes

are no longer in use. The Department of

Homeland Security/U.S. Citizen and

Immigration Services (DHS/USCIS)

replaced the paper secondary

confirmation method with a fully

electronic process, Systematic Alien

Verification for Entitlements (SAVE)

system and the use of the Third Step

Verification Process.

Dated: April 16, 2024.

Kun Mullan,

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and

Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division,

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of

Planning, Evaluation and Policy

Development.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Request for Information (RFI)

on Critical Materials Market Dynamics

AGENCY

: Office of Manufacturing and

Energy Supply Chains, Department of

Energy.

ACTION

: Request for information.

SUMMARY

: The Department of Energy

(DOE or the Department)’s Office of

Manufacturing and Energy Supply

Chains seeks public comment on market

dynamics for critical materials,

including non-competitive practices and

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