[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 239 (Monday, December 14, 1998)]
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Part V
Department of Education
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Fund for the Improvement of Education: Partnerships in Character
Education Pilot Projects; Inviting Applications for New Awards for
Fiscal Years (FY) 1999 and 2000; Notice
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 239 / Monday, December 14, 1998 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.215V]
Fund for the Improvement of Education: Partnerships in Character
Education Pilot Projects; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Years (FY) 1999 and 2000
Purpose of Program: The purpose of the Fund for the Improvement of
Education (FIE) is to support nationally significant programs to
improve the quality of education, assist all students to meet
challenging State content standards, and contribute to the achievement
of the National Education Goals. The purpose of this competition is to
support pilot projects that design and implement character education
programs as a way to address the broader FIE objectives.
Eligible Applicants: Only State educational agencies, in
partnership with one or more local educational agencies, may apply for
grants under this program. A State educational agency means the State
board of education or other agency or officer primarily responsible for
the supervision of public elementary and secondary schools in a State.
In the absence of this officer or agency, it is an officer or agency
designated by the Governor or State law (20 U.S.C. 8801(28) and 34 CFR
77.1(c)).
Applications Available: 12/17/98.
Deadline for Transmittal of Application: 2/12/99.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: 4/13/99.
Available Funds: Up to $4,000,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000-$1,000,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: Up to 10.
Maximum Award: The Secretary will not consider an application that
proposes a budget for the entire project period exceeding a total of
$1,000,000.
Budget Period: 12 months.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81,
82, 85, and 86; and (b) the regulations in 34 CFR parts 98, 99, and
299.
Supplementary Information: It is the Department's intent to fund
two cycles of awards from this competition. The first cycle of awards
will be made from FY 1999 funds. If applications of high quality remain
unfunded, additional awards will be made in the second cycle in FY
2000, pending availability of FY 2000 funds.
The statute governing the Partnerships in Character Education Pilot
Projects program limits the total amount awarded to any State to
$1,000,000 and the funding period to five years, of which not more than
one year may be used for planning and program design. Each applicant,
operating within these parameters, may, in designing character
education activities, determine the combination of funds and time that
is most appropriate. For example, one applicant may request $500,000
per year for two years, another may request $100,000 for the first
year, $400,000 for the second and third years, and $100,000 for the
fourth year, and a third may request $200,000 per year for five years.
In preparing an application, each applicant should take special
care to provide a timeline and a narrative that explains the costs
requested for each budget period.
Under the Character Education program, State educational agencies
provide technical and professional assistance to local educational
agencies in the development and implementation of curriculum materials,
teacher training, and other activities related to character education.
Applicants must propose projects designed to develop character
education programs that incorporate the following elements of
character:
(a) Caring.
(b) Civic virtue and citizenship.
(c) Justice and fairness.
(d) Respect.
(e) Responsibility.
(f) Trustworthiness.
(g) Any other elements deemed appropriate by the members of the
partnership.
Other program requirements are described in the application
package.
For Applications or Information Contact: To request an application:
Facsimile machine: 202-219-2053; Voice Mail: 202-219-2116; E-Mail:
Judy__Collins@ed.gov; or Mail: OERI/FIE Application, 555 New Jersey
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20208-5645. 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., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
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) via Internet 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 at (202) 512-1530 or, 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.
Note: The official version of a document is the document
published in the Federal Register.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 8003.
Dated: December 9, 1998.
C. Kent McGuire,
Assistant Secretary, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
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