24908 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 86 /Tuesday, May 5, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84–297A]

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education; The Native Hawaiian

Curriculum Development, Teacher

Training, and Recruitment Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of Final Priorities.

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces final

priorities for fiscal year (FY) 1998 under

the Native Hawaiian Curriculum

Development, Teacher Training, and

Recruitment Program. The priorities are

intended to focus activities in one of

three major areas in which there is a

need for additional support: (1) waste

management innovation; (2) Native

Hawaiian language revitalization

curricula and teacher training and

recruitment activities; and (3) prisoner

education programs.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 4, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth

Baggett, U.S. Department of Education,

600 Independence Avenue, SW, Portals

4500, Washington, D.C. 20202–6140.

Telephone (202) 260–2502. 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.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March

6, 1998, the Secretary published in the

Federal Register (63 FR 11329–11330) a

notice of proposed funding priorities

announcing that the Secretary intended

to use $2 million of the FY 1998 funds

available under this program to fund

one or two projects in each of the three

priority categories: (1) waste

management innovation; (2) Native

Hawaiian language revitalization

curricula and teacher training and

recruitment; and (3) prisoner education

programs that target juvenile offenders

and/or youth at risk of becoming

juvenile offenders.

In response to the Secretary’s notice

of proposed funding priorities, eight

parties submitted comments. Five of the

comments specifically addressed the

proposed funding priorities, and were

generally supportive of the priorities.

Included in these comments were

recommendations for specific program

design elements. The Secretary believes

that many of these recommendations,

which form the basis for the additional

program design information provided in

the notice inviting applications for new

awards published elsewhere in this

issue of the Federal Register, can be

incorporated into applications as part of

the proposed projects.

Three commenters requested the

Secretary to reinstate aquaculture

education as a funding priority.

Aquaculture education remains a very

significant part of the Native Hawaiian

Curriculum Development, Teacher

Training, and Recruitment Program. The

Department is currently funding three

aquaculture education projects and, as

discussed in the notice of proposed

funding priorities, has reserved funds to

continue these projects. The remaining

funds available for this program will be

used to support projects in the new

priority areas.

Note: This notice of final priorities

does not solicit applications. A notice

inviting applications under this

competition is published in a separate

notice in this issue of the Federal

Register.

Absolute Priorities

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), the

Secretary gives an absolute preference to

applications that focus entirely on

activities in one of the following three

areas:

(1) Waste management innovation to

study and document traditional

Hawaiian practices of sustainable waste

management and to prepare teaching

materials for educational purposes and

for demonstration of the use of native

Hawaiian plants and animals for waste

treatment and environmental

remediation;

(2) Native Hawaiian language

revitalization curricula and teacher

training and recruitment activities,

including K–12 language immersion

programs, preservice and inservice

teacher training programs, and programs

designed to increase the number of

Native Hawaiian teachers; or

(3) Prisoner education programs that

target juvenile offenders and/or youth at

risk of becoming juvenile offenders.

Comprehensive and culturally sensitive

strategies for reaching the target

population will include family

counseling, basic education/job skills

training, and the involvement of

community elders as mentors.

The Secretary funds under the FY

1998 competition under this program

only applicants that meet one of these

absolute priorities.

Intergovernmental Review

This program is subject to the

requirements of Executive Order 12372

and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.

The objective of the Executive Order is

to foster an intergovernmental

partnership and a strengthened

federalism by relying on processes

developed by State and local

governments for coordination and

review of proposed Federal financial

assistance.

In accordance with the order, this

document is intended to provide early

notification of the Department’s specific

plans and actions for this program.

Electronic Access to This Document

Anyone may view this document, as

well as all other Department of

Education documents published in the

Federal Register, in text or portable

document format (pdf) on the World

Wide Web at either of the following

sites:

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

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free at 1–888–293–6498.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7909.

Dated: May 1, 1998.

Gerald N. Tirozzi,

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and

Secondary Education.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.297A]

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education; The Native Hawaiian

Curriculum Development, Teacher

Training and Recruitment Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for

new awards for fiscal year (FY) 1998.

Purpose of Program:

To award grants to Native Hawaiian

educational organizations or

educational entities with experience in

developing or operating Native

Hawaiian programs or programs of

instruction conducted in the Native

Hawaiian language for: (1) The

development of curricula to address the

needs of Native Hawaiian elementary

and secondary students, which may

include programs of instruction

conducted in the Native Hawaiian

language and mathematics and science

curricula incorporating the relevant

application of Native Hawaiian culture

and traditions; (2) preservice teacher