Federal Register/Vol. 80, No. 166/Thursday, August 27, 2015/Notices

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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 166 / Thursday, August 27, 2015 / Notices

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Authority: Section 491 of the Higher

Education Act of 1965 as amended by Public

Law 100–50 (20 U.S.C. 1098).

William J. Goggin,

Executive Director, Advisory Committee on

Student Financial Assistance.

[FR Doc. 2015–20947 Filed 8–26–15; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Notice Inviting Publishers To Submit

Tests for a Determination of Suitability

for Use in the National Reporting

System for Adult Education

AGENCY

: Office of Career, Technical, and

Adult Education, Department of

Education.

ACTION

: Notice.

SUMMARY

: The Secretary of Education

invites publishers to submit tests for

review and approval for use in the

National Reporting System for Adult

Education (NRS) and announces the

date by which publishers must submit

these tests.

DATES

: Deadline for transmittal of

applications: October 1, 2015.

ADDRESSES

: Submit your application by

mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or

a commercial carrier) or deliver your

application by hand or by courier

service to: NRS Assessment Review,

c/o American Institutes for Research,

1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

: Jay

LeMaster, U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,

Room 11152, Potomac Center Plaza,

Washington, DC 20202–7240.

Telephone: (202) 245–6218 or by email:

[email protected].

If you use a telecommunications

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877–

8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

: The

Department’s regulations for Measuring

Educational Gain in the National

Reporting System for Adult Education,

34 CFR part 462 (NRS regulations),

include the procedures for determining

the suitability of tests for use in the

NRS.

Criteria the Secretary Uses: In order

for the Secretary to consider a test

suitable for use in the NRS, the test

must meet the criteria and requirements

established in § 462.13.

Submission Requirements

(a) In preparing your application, you

must comply with the requirements in

§ 462.11.

(b) In accordance with § 462.10, the

deadline for transmittal of applications

is October 1.

application by mail (through the U.S.

Postal Service or a commercial carrier)

or deliver your application by hand or

by courier service, you must mail or

deliver three copies of your application,

on or before the deadline date, to the

following address:

NRS Assessment Review, c/o

American Institutes for Research, 1000

Thomas Jefferson Street NW.,

Washington, DC 20007.

(d) If you submit your application by

mail or commercial carrier, 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 Education.

(e) 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.

(f) 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.

(g) If you submit your application by

hand delivery, you (or a courier service)

must deliver three copies of the

application by hand, on or before

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on

the application deadline date.

Accessible Format: Individuals with

disabilities can obtain this document in

an accessible format (e.g., braille, large

print, audiotape, or compact disc) on

request to the contact person listed in

this notice.