39500 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 123 / Monday, June 26, 2000 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Institute on Disability and

Rehabilitation Research

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Competitive

Preference Points for Fiscal Years 2001–

2002 for Field Initiated competition.

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for

the Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services proposes adding

competitive preference points to the

Field Initiated Grant competition

(84.133G) for the National Institute on

Disability and Rehabilitation Research

(NIDRR) for fiscal years 2001–2002. This

notice contains proposed language for

adding competitive preference points.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before July 26, 2000.

ADDRESSES: All comments concerning

the addition of competitive preference

points should be addressed to Donna

Nangle, U.S. Department of Education,

400 Maryland Avenue, SW, room 3414,

Switzer Building, Washington, DC

20202–2645.

Comments may also be sent through

the Internet: donna_nangle@ed.gov

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Donna Nangle. Telephone: (202) 205–

5880.

Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the TDD number at (202)

205–4475. Internet:

Donna_Nangle@ed.gov

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Invitation To Comment

We invite you to submit comments

regarding this proposed notice. We

invite you to assist us in complying

with the specific requirements of

Executive Order 12866 and its overall

requirement of reducing regulatory

burden that might result from this

proposed notice. Please let us know of

any further opportunities we should

take to reduce potential costs or increase

potential benefits while preserving the

effective and efficient administration of

the program.

During and after the comment period,

you may inspect all public comments

about this notice in Room 3414, Switzer

Building, 330 C Street SW., Washington,

DC, between the hours of 9 a.m. and

4:30 p.m., Eastern time, Monday

through Friday of each week except

Federal holidays.

Assistance to Individuals With

Disabilities in Reviewing the

Rulemaking Record

On request, we will supply an

appropriate aid, such as a reader or

print magnifier, to an individual with a

disability who needs assistance to

review the comments or other

documents in the public rulemaking

record for the proposed language. If you

want to schedule an appointment for

this type of aid, you may call (202) 205–

8113 or (202) 260–9895. If you use a

TDD, you may call the Federal

Information Relay Service at 1–800–

877–8339.

This language supports the National

Education Goal that calls for every

American to possess the skills necessary

to compete in a global economy.

Proposed Additional Selection

Criterion

The Assistant Secretary will use the

selection criteria in 34 CFR 350.54 to

evaluate applications under this

program. The maximum score for all the

criteria is 100 points; however, the

Assistant Secretary will also use the

following criterion so that up to an

additional ten points may be earned by

an applicant for a total possible score of

110 points.

Within this Field Initiated

competition, we will give the following

competitive preference under 34 CFR

75.105(c)(2)(i) to applications that are

otherwise eligible for funding under this

competition.

Up to ten (10) points based on the

extent to which an application includes

effective strategies for employing and

advancing in employment qualified

individuals with disabilities in projects

awarded under this competition. In

determining the effectiveness of those

strategies, we will consider the

applicant’s prior success, as described

in the application, in employing and

advancing in employment qualified

individuals with disabilities.

Electronic Access to This Document

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as all other Department of Education

documents published in the Federal

Register, in text or Adobe Portable

Document Format (PDF) on the Internet

at either of the following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm

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at either of the preceding sites. If you

have questions about using the PDF, call

the U.S. Government Printing Office

(GPO), toll free, at 1–888–293–6498; or

in the Washington, DC area at (202)

512–1530.

Note: The official version of this document

is the document published in the Federal

Register. Free Internet access to the official

edition of the Federal Register and the Code

of Federal Regulations is available on GPO

Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/

index.html

Applicable Program Regulations: 34

CFR Part 350.Applicable Program

Regulations: 34 CFR Part 350.

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 764.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number: 84.133G, Field Initiated Research)

Dated: June 20, 2000.

Curtis L. Richards,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special

Education and Rehabilitative Services.

[FR Doc. 00–15992 Filed 6–23–00; 8:45 am]

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