[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 127 (Monday, July 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16204]
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Part V
Department of Education
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Bilingual Education: Academic Excellence Awards; Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995; Notices
Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 127 / Monday, July 3, 1995 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.003G]
Bilingual Education: Academic Excellence Awards Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995
Note to Applicants: This notice is a complete application package.
Together with the statute authorizing the program and applicable
regulations governing the program, including the Education Department
General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), this notice contains all of
the information, application forms, and instructions needed to apply
for an award under this program.
Purpose of Program: This program provides assistance to promote the
adoption and implementation of bilingual education, special alternative
instruction programs, and professional development programs that
demonstrate promise of assisting limited English proficient (LEP)
children and youth to meet challenging State standards.
Eligible Applicants: Local educational agencies (LEAs), State
educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit
organizations.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 31, 1995.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 29, 1995.
Available Funds: $1 million.
Estimated Range of Awards: $125,000-$225,000.
Estimated Average Site of Awards: $175,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 6.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Applicable Regulations:
The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR)
as follows:
(1) 34 CFR part 74 (Administration of Grants and Agreements with
Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-profit
Organizations).
(2) 34 CFR part 75 (Direct Grant Programs).
(3) 34 CFR part 77 (Definitions that Apply to Department
Regulations).
(4) 34 CFR part 79 (Intergovernmental Review of Department of
Education Programs and Activities).
(5) 34 CFR part 80 (Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants
and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments).
(6) 34 CFR part 81 (General Education Provisions Act--Enforcement).
(7) 34 CFR part 82 (New Restrictions on Lobbying).
(8) 34 CFR part 85 (Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension
(Nonprocurement) and Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free
Workplace (Grants)).
(9) 34 CFR part 86 (Drug-Free Schools and Campuses).
Description of Program: Funds under this program must be used to
enhance the capacity of States and LEAs to provide high quality
academic programs for LEP children and youth.
In addition, recipients of funds must coordinate activities
assisted under this program with activities carried out by
comprehensive regional assistance centers assisted under part A of
title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as
amended.
Funding Priority and Selection Criteria: The priority and selection
criteria in the notice of funding priority and selection criteria for
this program, as published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal
Register, apply to this competition.
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs: This program is
subject to the requirements of Executive Order 12372 (Intergovernmental
Review of Federal Programs) and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
The objective of the Executive Order is to foster an
intergovernmental partnership and to strengthen federalism by relying
on State and local processes for State and local government
coordination and review of proposed Federal financial assistance.
Applicants must contact the appropriate State Single Point of
Contact to find out about, and to comply with, the State's process
under Executive Order 12372. If you want to know the name and address
of any State Single Point of Contact, see the list published in the
Federal Register on March 13, 1995 (60 FR 16713).
In States that have not established a process or chosen a program
for review, State, areawide, regional, and local entities may submit
comments directly to the Department.
Any State Process Recommendation and other comments submitted by a
State Single Point of Contact and any comments from State, areawide,
regional, and local entities must be mailed or hand-delivered by the
date indicated in this notice to the following address: The Secretary,
E.O. 12372--CFDA# 84.003G, U.S. Department of Education, Room 6213, 600
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202-6510.
Proof of mailing will be determined on the same basis as
applications (see 34 CFR 75.102). Recommendations or comments may be
hand-delivered until 4:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date indicated in
this notice.
Please note that the above address is not the same address as the
one to which the applicant submits its completed application. Do not
send applications to the above address. Instructions for transmittal of
applications:
(a) If an applicant wants to apply for a grant, the applicant
shall--
(1) Mail the original and two copies of the application on or
before the deadline date to: U.S. Department of Education, Application
Control Center, Attention: (CFDA# 84.003G), Washington, D.C. 20202-4725
or
(2) Hand deliver the original and two copies of the application by
4:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on or before the deadline date to: U.S.
Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA#
84.003G), Room #3633, Regional Office Building #3, 7th and D Streets
SW., Washington, D. C. 20202-4725.
(b) An applicant must show one of the following as proof of
mailing:
(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.
(c) If an application is mailed through the U.S. Postal Service,
the Secretary does not accept either of the following as proof mailing;
(1) A private metered postmark.
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
Notes: (1) The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a
dated postmark. Before relying on this method, an applicant should
check with its local post office.
(2) The Application Control Center will mail a Grant Application
Receipt Acknowledgement to each applicant. If an applicant fails to
receive the notification of application receipt within 15 days from the
date of mailing the application, the applicant should call the U.S.
Department of Education Application Control Center at (202) 708-9495.
(3) The applicant must indicate on the envelope and in Item 10 of
the Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424) the CFDA
number and suffix letter of the competition under which the application
is being submitted.
Application Instructions and Forms: The appendix to this
application is divided into three parts, plus a
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statement regarding estimated public reporting burden and various
assurances and certifications. These parts and additional materials are
organized in the same manner that the submitted application should be
organized. The parts and additional materials are as follows:
Part I: Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424 (Rev.
4-88)) and instructions.
Part II: Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs (ED Form No.
524) and instructions.
Part III: Application Narrative.
Additional Materials
a. Estimated Public Reporting Burden.
b. Assurances--Non-Construction Programs (Standard Form 424B) and
instructions.
c. Certifications Regarding Lobbying; Debarment, Suspension and
Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (ED
80-0013) and instructions.
d. Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and
Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions (ED 80-0014, 9/90)
and instructions. (NOTE: This form is intended for the use of grantees
and should not be transmitted to the Department.)
e. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Standard Form LLL) (if
applicable) and instructions; and Disclosure of Lobbying Activities
Continuation Sheet (Standard Form LLL-A).
All applicants must submit ONE original signed application,
including ink signatures on all forms and assurances, and TWO copies of
the application. Please mark each application as original or copy. No
grant may be awarded unless a complete application has been received.
For Further Information Contact: Mary T. Mahony, U.S. Department of
Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 5609, Switzer Building,
Washington, D.C. 20202-6510. Telephone (202) 205-8728. 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 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. 7453.
Dated: June 27, 1995.
Eugene E. Garcia,
Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs.
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