40006 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 142 / Friday, July 24, 1998 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.264A]

Rehabilitation Continuing Education

Programs; Notice Inviting Applications

for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)

1999

Purpose of Program: To support

cooperative agreements for training

centers that serve either a Federal region

or another geographic area and provide

a broad, integrated sequence of training

activities throughout a multi-State

geographical area.

Eligible Applicants: State and public

or nonprofit agencies and organizations,

including Indian tribes and institutions

of higher education.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: September 25, 1998.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: November 24, 1998.

Applications Available: July 24, 1998.

Available Funds: $1,034,270.

Maximum Awards by Rehabilitation

Services Administration (RSA) Region:

In no case does the Secretary make an

initial award greater than the amount

listed for each of the following RSA

regions for a single budget period of 12

months. The Secretary rejects and does

not consider an application that

proposes a budget exceeding this

amount.

Maximum Level of Awards by RSA

Region: Region I—$369,079; Region

IV—$355,000.

Estimated Range of Awards:

$310,191–$369,079.

Note: Applicants should apply for level

funding for each project year. Also,

applicants are subject to a four percent costshare requirement on awards.

Estimated Number of Awards: 3.

Note: Applications are invited for the

provision of training for Department of

Education Regions I and IV only. The

Department expects to make two awards in

region IV, due to the size of the region. The

Department is not bound by any estimates in

this notice.

Project Period: Up to 60 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,

and 86; and (b) The regulations for this

program in 34 CFR Parts 385 and 389.

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR Part 79

apply to all applicants except federally

recognized Indian tribes.

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR Part 86

apply to institutions of higher education

only.

For Applications Contact: The Grants

and Contracts Service Team (GCST),

U.S. Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

3317 Switzer Building, Washington,

D.C. 20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 205–

8351. 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. The preferred

method for requesting applications is to

FAX your request to (202) 205–8717.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternate format by contacting the

GCST. However, the Department is not

able to reproduce in an alternate format

the standard forms included in the

application.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary C.

Lynch, U.S. Department of Education,

600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

3318 Switzer Building, Washington,

D.C. 20202–2649. Telephone: (202) 205–

9481.

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.

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.htm

http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the pdf you must have the Adobe

Acrobat Reader Program with Search,

which is available free at either of the

previous sites. If you have questions

about using the pdf, call the U.S.

Government Printing Office toll free at

1–888–293–6498.

Anyone may also view these

documents in text copy only on an

electronic bulletin board of the

Depatment. Telephone: (202) 219–1511

or toll free, 1–800–222–4922. The

documents are located under Option

G—Files/Announcements, Bulletin and

Press Releases.

Note: The official version of a document is

the document published in the Federal

Register.

Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 771a.

Dated: July 21, 1998.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

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