3632 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 11 / Wednesday, January 18, 1995 / Notices

[CFDA No.: 84.129C]

Rehabilitation Training—Rehabilitation

Long-Term Training; Notice Inviting

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal

Year (FY) 1995

Purpose of Program: To provide

grants for (1) projects that provide basic

or advanced training leading to an

academic degree in the field of study

identified in the Absolute Priority

section of this notice; and (2) projects

that provide a specified series of courses

or program of study leading to award of

a certificate in the field of study

identified in the Absolute Priority

section of this notice.

Eligible Applicants: State agencies

and other public or nonprofit private

agencies and organizations, including

institutions of higher education.

Deadline For Transmittal of

Applications: March 21, 1995.

Deadline For Intergovernmental

Review: May 20, 1995.

Applications Available: January 20,

1995.

Available Funds: $250,000.

Estimated Range of Awards:

$100,000–150,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$125,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 2.

Note: 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,

85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for

this program in 34 CFR Parts 385 and

386.

Priorities:

Absolute Priority: Under 34 CFR

75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 386.1, the

Secretary gives an absolute preference to

applications that meet the following

priority. The Secretary funds under this

competition only applications that meet

this absolute priority:

Projects that propose to provide

training in the following area of

personnel shortage:

Rehabilitation Administration.

Invitational priority: Under 34 CFR

75.105(c)(1) the Secretary is particularly

interested in applications that meet the

following invitational priority.

However, an application that meets this

invitational priority does not receive

competitive or absolute preference over

other applications:

Within the absolute priority of

Rehabilitation Administration, projects

that develop and demonstrate distance

learning strategies to significantly

expand training opportunities for

graduate students, particularly students

with disabilities and those from

minority backgrounds, to administer

rehabilitation placement programs.

For Applications or Information

Contact: Robert Werner, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

3322 Switzer Building, Washington,

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

8291. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

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: 29 U.S.C. 774.

Dated: January 11, 1995.

Judith E. Heumann,

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services.

[FR Doc. 95–1116 Filed 1–17–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

Office of Postsecondary Education

Federal Perkins Loan, Federal WorkStudy, and Federal Supplemental

Educational Opportunity Grant

Programs

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of the closing date for

institutions to submit a request for a

waiver of the allocation reduction for

the underuse of funds under the Federal

Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study

(FWS), or Federal Supplemental

Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)

programs (known collectively as the

campus-based programs).

SUMMARY: The Secretary gives notice to

institutions of higher education of the

deadline for an institution to submit a

written request for a waiver of the

allocation reduction being applied to its

Federal Perkins Loan, FWS, or FSEOG

allocation for the 1995–96 award year

(July 1, 1995 through June 30, 1996)

because the institution returned more

than 10 percent of its allocation for that

program for the 1993–94 award year

(July 1, 1993 through June 30, 1994).

DATE: Closing Date for Submitting a

Waiver Request and any Supporting

Information or Documents. For an

institution that returned more than 10

percent of its Federal Perkins Loan,

FWS, or FSEOG allocation for the 1993–

94 award year to be considered for a

waiver of the allocation reduction for its

1995–96 award year allocation, it must

mail or hand-deliver its waiver request

and any supporting information or

documents on or before February 21,

1995. The Department will not accept a

waiver request submitted by facsimile

transmission. The waiver request must

be submitted to the Campus-Based

Programs Financial Management

Division at one of the addresses

indicated below.

ADDRESSES: Waiver Request and any

Supporting Information or Documents

Delivered by Mail. The waiver request

and any supporting information or

documents delivered by mail must be

addressed to Sandra Donelson,

Financial Management Specialist, Fund

Control Branch, Campus-Based

Programs Financial Management

Division, Accounting and Financial

Management Service, Student Financial

Assistance Programs, U.S. Department

of Education, Room 4621, Regional

Office Building 3, 600 Independence

Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202–

5452. An applicant must show proof of

mailing consisting of one of the

following: (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; or (4)

any other proof of mailing acceptable to

the Secretary of Education.

If a waiver request is sent through the

U.S. Postal Service, the Secretary does

not accept either of the following as

proof of mailing: (1) A private metered

postmark, or (2) a mail receipt that is

not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.

An institution should note that the

U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly

provide a dated postmark. Before

relying on this method, an institution

should check with its local post office.

An institution is encouraged to use

certified or at least first class mail.

Institutions that submit waiver requests

and any supporting information or

documents after the closing date will

not be considered for a waiver of the

allocation reduction being applied to its

allocation under any of the campusbased programs for award year 1995–96.

Waiver Requests and any Supporting

Information or Documents Delivered by

Hand. A waiver request and any

supporting information or documents