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funds. The Department has developed a

single document that provides common

guidance for all competitive and

formula grant applicants on how they

can meet this requirement. The language

in this common guidance document is

nearly identical to language that the

Department has previously used in

separate guidance documents applicable

to discretionary grant applicants and to

States that have previously applied for

formula grants on the basis of

consolidated plans available under Title

XIV of the Elementary and Secondary

Education Act.

[FR Doc. 98–12461 Filed 5–11–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Chief

Information Officer, Office of the Chief

Information Officer, invites comments

on the submission for OMB review as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before June 12,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503. Requests for copies of the

proposed information collection

requests should be addressed to Patrick

J. Sherrill, Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5624, Regional Office Building 3,

Washington, DC 20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill (202) 708–8196.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires

that the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB) provide interested

Federal agencies and the public an early

opportunity to comment on information

collection requests. OMB may amend or

waive the requirement for public

consultation to the extent that public

participation in the approval process

would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations. The Acting Deputy

Chief Information Officer, Office of the

Chief Information Officer, publishes this

notice containing proposed information

collection requests prior to submission

of these requests to OMB. Each

proposed information collection,

grouped by office, contains the

following: (1) Type of review requested,

e.g., new, revision, extension, existing

or reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary

of the collection; (4) Description of the

need for, and proposed use of, the

information; (5) Respondents and

frequency of collection; and (6)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. OMB invites public comment at

the address specified above. Copies of

the requests are available from Patrick J.

Sherrill at the address specified above.

Dated: May 5, 1998.

Hazel Fiers,

Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer,

Office of the Chief Information Officer.

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement

Type of Review: Extension.

Title: Integrated Postsecondary

Education Data System (IPEDS).

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; Not-for-profit institutions.

Reporting Burden and Recordkeeping:

Responses: 10,036.

Burden Hours: 277,809.

Abstract: IPEDS constitutes the core

of NCES postsecondary education data

collection program and helps NCES

meet its mandate to report full and

complete statistics on the condition of

postsecondary education in the U.S.

IPEDS provides data on a broad range of

topics including postsecondary

enrollments, faculty and staff, programs,

degrees awarded, numbers and types of

institutions, finances and information

on time to degree/graduation rates.

Because IPEDS is a system of surveys,

it makes it possible to develop a more

comprehensive perspective of

postsecondary education than any

single component could provide.

[FR Doc. 98–12368 Filed 5–11–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.132A–4]

Centers for Independent Living; Notice

Inviting Applications for New Awards

for Fiscal Year (FY) 1998.

Purpose of Program: This program

provides support for planning,

conducting, administering, and

evaluating centers for independent

living (centers) that comply with the

standards and assurances in section 725

of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as

amended (Act), consistent with the State

plan for establishing a statewide

network of centers. Centers are

consumer-controlled, community-based,

cross-disability, nonresidential, private

nonprofit agencies that are designed and

operated within local communities by

individuals with disabilities and

provide an array of independent living

(IL) services.

Eligible Applicants: To be eligible to

apply, an applicant must be a consumercontrolled, community-based, crossdisability, nonresidential, private

nonprofit agency as defined in 34 CFR

364.4(b); have the power and authority

to meet the requirements in 34 CFR

366.2(a)(1); be able to plan, conduct,

administer, and evaluate a center

consistent with the requirements of

section 725(b) and (c) of the Act and

Subparts F and G of 34 CFR Part 366;

and either—(1) not currently be

receiving funds under Part C of Chapter

1 of Title VII of the Act; or (2) propose

the expansion of an existing center

through the establishment of a separate

and complete center (except that the

governing board of the existing center

may serve as the governing board of the

new center) in a different geographical

location. Eligibility under this

competition is limited to entities that

meet the requirements of 34 CFR 366.24

and propose to serve areas that are

unserved or underserved in the States

and territories listed under ‘‘Available

Funds.’’

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

current grantee under this program that

is eligible for a grant under the statute

has withdrawn its application.

Therefore, the funds are available to

other applicants.

Deadline For Transmittal of

Applications: June 30, 1998.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: August 29, 1998.

Applications Available: May 14, 1998.

Available Funds: $93,421 as

distributed in the following manner:

Maryland—$93,421.

Estimated Number of Awards: 1 per

eligible State.