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organizations, community groups, social

service agencies, and other public or

private entities to enhance the program

and promote school-linked services

integration; describe collaborative

efforts with institutions of higher

education which specifically seek to

enhance or improve graduate programs

specializing in the preparation of

elementary school counselors, school

psychologists, and school social

workers; and

(2) Document that the applicant has

the personnel qualified to develop,

implement, and administer the program.

(6) Adequacy of resources. (10 points)

Applicants must describe the

resources committed to the proposed

project.

In determining the adequacy of

resources for the proposed project, the

following factors are considered:

(A) The relevance and demonstrated

commitment of each partner in the

proposed project to the implementation

and success of the project.

(B) The extent to which the costs are

reasonable in relation to the number of

persons to be served and to the

anticipated results and benefits.

(C) The potential for the incorporation

of the project purposes, activities, or

benefits into the ongoing program of the

agency or organization at the end of

Federal funding.

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking

It is the Assistant Secretary’s practice,

in accordance with the Administrative

Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 553), to offer

interested parties the opportunity to

comment on proposed rules. Section

437(d)(1) of the General Education

Provision Act (GEPA), however,

exempts from this requirement rules

that apply to the first competition under

a new or substantially revised program.

This is the first competition under the

Elementary School Counseling

Demonstration Program since that

program was authorized as part of the

Elementary and Secondary Education

Act of 1965 as amended by the

Improving America’s Schools Act of

1994.

Intergovernmental Review

This program is subject to the

requirements of Executive Order 12372

and the regulations in 34 CFR Part 79.

One of the objectives of the Executive

Order is to foster an intergovernmental

partnership and a strengthened

federalism. The Executive Order relies

on processes developed by State and

local government for coordination and

review of proposed Federal financial

assistance.

This document provides early

notification of our specific plans and

actions for this program.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 8002

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(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number: 84.215E, Elementary School

Counseling Demonstration Program)

Dated: April 14, 2000.

Michael Cohen,

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and

Secondary Education.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.215E]

Elementary School Counseling

Demonstration Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for

new awards for Fiscal Year 2000.

Purpose of Program: To assist local

educational agencies to establish or

expand elementary school counseling

programs.

Absolute Priority: Under 34 CFR

75.105(c)(3) and Title X, Section 10102

of the Elementary and Secondary

Education Act, the Assistant Secretary

gives an absolute preference to

applications that meet the following

priority. The Assistant Secretary funds

under this competition only

applications that meet this absolute

priority.

Under the absolute funding priority

for this grant competition, LEA projects

must establish or expand elementary

school counseling programs at schools

with at least one grade below fifth and

no grade higher than eighth.

Eligible Applicants: Local educational

agencies.

Applications Available: April 18,

2000.

Deadline for Receipt of Applications:

June 9, 2000.

Note: We must receive all applications no

later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on the

deadline date. Applications received after

that date and time will not be read.

Postmarked dates will not be accepted. This

requirement takes exception to the Education

Department General Administrative

Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR 75.102. Under

the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.

553), the Department generally offers

interested parties the opportunity to

comment on proposed regulations. However,

this exception to EDGAR makes procedural

changes only and does not establish new

substantive policy. Therefore, under 5 U.S.C.

553 (b)(A), the Assistant Secretary for OESE

has determined that proposed rulemaking is

not required. Applications by mail should be

sent to: U.S. Department of Education,

Application Control Center, Attention: CFDA

#84.215E, Room 3633, ROB #3, Washington,

D.C. 20202–4725. The address for

applications delivered by hand is: U.S.

Department of Education, Application

Control Center, Attention: CFDA #84.215E,

Regional Office Building #3, Room 3633, 7th

and D Streets, SW, Washington, DC 20202–

4725.

Deadline For Intergovernmental

Review: June 19, 2000.

Available Funds: $20,000,000.

Maximum Grant: $400,000.

Estimated Range of Awards:

$250,000–$400,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$325,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 60.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR Parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85,

97, 98, 99; and (b) the Notice of Final

Priority and Selection Criteria for FY

2000 published elsewhere in this issue

of the Federal Register.

FOR APPLICATIONS OR INFORMATION

CONTACT: Loretta Riggans, Safe and

Drug-Free Schools Program, 400

Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 3E220,

Washington, DC 20202–6123.

Telephone: (202) 260–2661. The e-mail

address is:

loretta—riggans@ed.gov.

Internet: www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/

SDFS.

If you use a telecommunications

device for the deaf (TDD) may call the

Federal Information Relay Service at 1–

800–877–8339.

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Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternative

format, (e.g., Braille, large print,

audiotape, or computer diskette) on

request to the contact person listed in

this section.

Electronic Access to This Document:

You may view this document, as well

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:

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To use the PDF you must have the

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Search, which is available free at either

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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

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 8002.

Michael Cohen,

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and

Secondary Education.

[FR Doc. 00–9782 Filed 4–14–00; 1:52 pm]

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