94-4543. Programs to Encourage Minority Students to Become Teachers; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1994.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.262]

 

Programs to Encourage Minority Students to Become Teachers; 
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1994.

    Purpose of Program: To improve recruitment and training 
opportunities in education for minority teachers in elementary and 
secondary schools; to increase the number of minority teachers, 
including language minority teachers, in elementary and secondary 
schools; and to identify and encourage minority students in the 7th 
through 12th grades to aspire to, and to prepare for, careers in 
elementary and secondary school teaching. The program is comprised of 
two components: the Teacher Partnerships Program and the Teacher 
Placement Program.
    Eligible Applicants: Partnership grants are awarded to partnerships 
between: (1) One or more institutions of higher education which have a 
demonstrated record and special expertise in carrying out the purposes 
of this program and (2) one or more local educational agencies; a State 
educational agency or a State higher education agency; or community-
based organizations. Placement grants are awarded to institutions of 
higher education that have schools or departments of education.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 15, 1994.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 14, 1994.
    Applications Available: March 2, 1994.
    Available Funds: $490,800.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000--$250,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $225,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: Two.

    Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice.

    Project Period: Up to 24 months, comprising 12-month budget 
periods.
    Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 
85, and 86.
    Supplementary Information: The Federal share for carrying out the 
purposes of the Teacher Partnerships Program and the Teacher Placement 
Program shall be 50 percent. In any fiscal year, the Secretary may, 
based upon evaluation and monitoring results of projects under the 
Teacher Placement Program, increase the Federal share of a grant under 
this program for the succeeding fiscal year to 75 percent if the 
Secretary determines that there is demonstrated success in the 
operation of the project.
    Selection Criteria: In evaluating applications for grants under 
this program, the Secretary uses the selection criteria in 20 U.S.C. 
1112b(c) and EDGAR, 34 CFR 75.210.
    The regulations in 34 CFR 75.210(a) and (c) provide that the 
Secretary may award up to 100 points for the selection criteria, 
including an additional 15 points. The Secretary distributes the 
additional 15 points as follows:
    Meeting the purposes of the authorizing statute (34 CFR 75.210 
(b)). Ten points are added to this criterion for a possible total of 40 
points.
    Evaluation plan (34 CFR 75.210 (6)). Five points are added to this 
criterion for a possible total of 10 points.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Janice Wilcox, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202. 
Telephone: [phone]. 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.
    Information about the Department's funding opportunities, including 
copies of application notices for discretionary grant competitions, can 
be viewed on the Department's electronic bulletin board (ED Board), 
telephone [phone]; or on the Internet Gopher Server at 
GOPHER.ED.GOV (under Announcements, Bulletins, and Press Releases). 
However, the official application notice for a discretionary grant 
competition is the notice published in the Federal Register.

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1112, 1112a-1112e.

    Dated: February 23, 1994.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 94-4543 Filed 2-28-94; 8:45 am]
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