[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 91 (Thursday, May 12, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-11500]
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[Federal Register: May 12, 1994]
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No: 84.272]
National Early Intervention Scholarship and Partnership (NEISP)
Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year
1994
Purpose of Program: Under the NEISP Program, the Secretary provides
grants to States to--
(a) Encourage the States to provide or maintain a guaranteed amount
of financial assistance necessary to permit eligible low-income
students who obtain high school diplomas or the equivalent to attend an
institution of higher education; and
(b) Provide financial incentives to enable States, in cooperation
with local educational agencies, institutions of higher education,
community organizations, and businesses, to provide--
(1) Additional counseling, mentoring, academic support, outreach,
and supportive services to preschool, elementary, middle, and secondary
school students who are at risk of dropping out of school; and
(2) Information to students and their parents about the advantages
of obtaining a postsecondary education and their college financing
options.
Eligible Applicants: The Secretary is authorized to accept
applications from the 50 States, the District of Columbia, American
Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the Republic of
Palau, and the Virgin Islands.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 27, 1994.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: August 26, 1994.
Applications Available: May 12, 1994.
Avaliable Funds: The Administration's budget request for fiscal
year 1994 did not include funds for this program. However, the Congress
has appropriated $1,875,000 in fiscal year 1994 for the early
intervention component of the NEISP Program to be allocated to States
on a competitive basis. Please note that for fiscal year 1994 no
Federal funds are provided for the postsecondary educational
scholarship component of the program.
Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000 to $375,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $187,500.
Estimated Number of Awards: 5-10.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Product Period: Up to 60 months.
Budget Period: 12 months.
Applicable Regualtions: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 76, 77 79, 80,
82, 85 and 86; (b) the regulations in 34 CFR part 600; (c) the
regulations in 34 CFR part 668; and (d) the regulations for this
program in 34 CFR part 693, as published in this issue of the Federal
Register.
Supplementary Information: The Secretary strongly requests the
applicant to limit the application narrative to no more than 50 double-
spaced, typed pages (on one side only) although the Secretary will
consider applications of greater length. The Department anticipates
that successful applications under this program generally will meet
this page limit.
Priority: None.
Selection Criteria: In evaluating applications for grants under
this program competition, the Secretary uses the selection criteria in
34 CFR 693.22 (d)(1) through (d)(10) of the program regulations.
For Further Information Contact: Daniel Sullivan or Priscilla Zink
Mulford, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room
4018, ROB-3, Washington, DC 20202-5447. Telephone: (202) 708-4607.
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 (202) 260-9950; or on 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. 1070a-21 to 1070a-27.
Dated: May 6, 1994.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 94-11500 Filed 5-11-94; 8:45 am]
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