[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 210 (Thursday, October 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 58874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28826]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
National Awards Program for Model Professional Development;
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1998
Purpose of the Program: To recognize a variety of schools and
school districts with model professional development activities in the
pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade levels that have led to
increases in student achievement. The FY 1998 competition focuses on
schools and school districts that meet the eligibility and selection
criteria for this program, as published elsewhere in this issue of the
Federal Register.
Eligible Applicants: Schools (public and private) and school
districts in the States (including schools located on Indian
reservations, and in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the
outlying areas).
Deadline for the Transmittal of Applications: January 15, 1998.
Applications Available: November 3, 1997.
Estimated Range of Awards: Not less than $5,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 10.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Eligibility and Selection Criteria: The eligibility and selection
criteria and selection procedures in the notice of final eligibility
and selection criteria for this program, as published elsewhere in this
issue of the Federal Register, apply to this competition.
For Application Information Contact: To obtain a copy of the
application or to obtain information on the program, call or write
Sharon Horn, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S.
Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW--Room 506e,
Washington, DC 20208-5644. Telephone: 202-219-2203 or 202-219-2187.
Inquiries also may be sent by e-mail to sharon__horn@ed.gov or by FAX
at 202-219-2198. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding
paragraph.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternate format, also, by contacting that person.
However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an alternate format
the standard forms included in the application package.
Electronic Access to This Document: Anyone may view this document,
as well as all other Department of Education documents published in the
Federal Register, in text or portable document format (pdf) on the
World Wide Web at either of the following sites:
http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
http://www.ed.gov/news.html
To use the pdf you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with
Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you
have questions about using the pdf, call the U.S. Government Printing
Office toll free at 1-888-293-6498.
Anyone may also view these documents in text copy only on an
electronic bulletin board of the Department. Telephone: (202) 219-1511
or, toll free, 1-800-222-4922. The documents are located under Option
G--Files/Announcements, Bulletins and Press Releases.
Dated: October 24, 1997.
Note: The official version of a document is the document
published in the Federal Register.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 8001.
Ricky T. Takai,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
[FR Doc. 97-28826 Filed 10-29-97; 8:45 am]
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