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disability who needs assistance to

review the comments. If you want to

schedule an appointment for this type of

aid, you may call (202) 205–8113 or

(202) 260–9895. If you use a TDD, you

may call the Federal Information Relay

Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339.

Background

Research has shown that one of the

keys to improving the achievement

levels of children is increasing family

and community involvement in

children’s education. Strong schoolfamily-community partnerships include

practices such as the following: (1)

helping families establish home

environments that support children’s

academic success; (2) improving

communication among schools,

families, and the community concerning

all aspects of children’s education; (3)

encouraging effective volunteerism

among families and community

members to enhance classroom

activities and school functions; (4)

providing information to families on

how to encourage their children’s

learning and to assist with curriculumrelated activities; (5) including families

in various aspects of school governance;

and (6) facilitating cooperation and

interaction among schools, families, and

the community to achieve shared goals.

Title IV of the Goals 2000: Educate

America Act, authorizes Parental

Information and Resource Centers

(PIRCs), which seek to increase parents’

knowledge of and confidence in childrearing activities as well as help to build

and strengthen partnerships between

parents and schools in meeting the

educational needs of children. PIRCs are

currently providing information,

training and support services to parents

and professionals who work with

parents. They are also implementing

strategies that foster more frequent and

meaningful opportunities for parents

and schools to work together; this work

may include the full range of schools,

e.g. elementary, secondary, lowperforming, gifted and talented, magnet,

alternative, etc. One of the keys to

improving the achievement levels of

children in low-performing schools,

particularly at-risk children, is

implementing specific strategies to

enhance the involvement and

participation of parents in all aspects of

their children’s education. The

Assistant Secretary proposes to give a

competitive preference to applicants

that would implement comprehensive

strategies designed to enhance parental

involvement in low-performing

schools—in particular, in schools that

have been identified as in need of

improvement under Title I of the

Elementary and Secondary Education

Act. (These are schools that have been

identified as not making continuous and

sustained academic progress toward

meeting state standards. These schools

also tend to have high percentages of

minority and high-poverty students and

are frequently located in rural and urban

areas). To receive this preference, an

applicant must be a consortium that

includes a non-profit organization and

one or more LEAs. The schools to be

assisted by the grant must be lowperforming schools identified as in need

of improvement under Title I. The

Assistant Secretary believes that

consortia applications would be

particularly effective in helping LEAs

and low-performing schools build the

capacity to enhance and sustain highquality parental involvement programs.

The Department currently does not fund

any consortia grants under the Parental

Assistant Program.

The Assistant Secretary will

announce final priorities for these

competitions in a notice in the Federal

Register. The final priorities will be

determined by responses to this notice,

available funds, and other

considerations of the Department.

Competitive Preference

Under 34 CFR 75.105 (c)(2)(i) and

Title IV of the Goals 2000 Educate

America Act, the Assistant Secretary

proposes a competitive preference in the

FY 2001 competition under the Parental

Assistance Program. To receive this

preference, an applicant must—

(1) Consist of a consortium that

includes a non-profit organization and

one or more LEAs with low-performing

schools. The low-performing schools

must be schools identified as in need of

improvement under Section 1116(c) of

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary

Education Act.

(2) Propose to implement

comprehensive strategies designed to

strengthen school-family-community

partnerships in order to help children in

the low-performing schools reach

challenging academic standards. The

applicant must clearly describe the role

of the non-profit organization and the

LEA(s) in conducting these activities

with the identified low-performing

schools.

(3) Provide documentation from the

identified low-performing schools

demonstrating that the schools will

cooperate and coordinate with the

applicant in implementing the proposed

activities.

An applicant that meets the

competitive preference would receive

up to 10 points in the competition.

These points are in addition to any

points the applicant earns under the

selection criteria. The number of points

awarded would be determined on the

basis of how well the applicant

addresses the competitive preference.

Electronic Access to This Document

You may review 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:

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

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at either of the preceding sites. If you

have question about using 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. 59911 et seq.

Dated: January 8, 2001.

Michael Cohen,

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and

Secondary Education

[FR Doc. 01–1054 Filed 1–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER01–596–000]

Alabama Electric Marketing, LLC;

Notice of Issuance of Order

January 8, 2001.

Alabama Electric Marketing, LLC

(AEM) submitted for filing a rate

schedule under which AEM will engage

in wholesale electric power and energy

transactions at market-based rates. AEM

also requested waiver of various

Commission regulations. In particular,

AEM requested that the Commission

grant blanket approval under 18 CFR

Part 34 of all future issuance of

securities and assumptions of liability

by AEM.

On January 3, 2001, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under Part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

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or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by AEM should file a motion to

intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, AEM is authorized to issue

securities and assumes obligations or

liabilities as a guarantor, indorser,

surety, or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issuance or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the applicant, and

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of AEM’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is

February 2, 2001.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. The order may

also be viewed on the Internet at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–1015 Filed 1–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER01–129–001]

Consolidated Edison Company of New

York, Inc.; Notice of Filing

January 5, 2001.

Take notice that on December 29,

2000, Consolidated Edison Company of

New York, Inc. (Con Edison), tendered

for filing a revised rate schedule in the

above-listed docket.

Con Edison states that a copy of this

filing has been served by mail upon

NYPA.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest such filing should file a motion

to intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214). All such motions and protests

should be filed on or before January 19,

2001. Protests will be considered by the

Commission to determine the

appropriate action to be taken, but will

not serve to make protestants parties to

the proceedings. Any person wishing to

become a party must file a motion to

intervene. Copies of this filing are on

file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection. This

filing may also be viewed on the

Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). Comments and protests may

be filed electronically via the internet in

lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at

http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–1043 Filed 1–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER01–542–000]

STI Capital Company; Notice of

Issuance of Order

January 8, 2001.

STI Capital Company (STI) submitted

for filing a rate schedule under which

STI will engage in wholesale electric

power and energy transactions at

market-based rates. STI also requested

waiver of various Commission

regulations. In particular, STI requested

that the Commission grant blanket

approval under 18 CFR part 34 of all

future issuance of securities and

assumptions of liability by STI.

On January 3, 2001, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by STI should file a motion to

intervene or protest with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, STI is authorized to issue

securities and assume obligations or

liabilities as a guarantor, endorser,

surety, or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issuance or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the applicant, and

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such proposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of STI’s issuances of securities

or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is

February 2, 2001.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. The Order may

also be viewed on the Internet at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–1016 Filed 1–11–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–61–000]

Viking Gas Transmission Company;

Notice of Application

January 8, 2001.

On December 29, 2000, Viking Gas

Transmission Company (Viking), 825

Rice Street, St. Paul, Minnesota 55117,

filed in Docket No. CP01–61–000, an

abbreviated application pursuant to

Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act

(NGA) and the Commission’s Rules and

Regulations for a certificate of public

convenience and necessity authorizing

Viking to construct certain pipeline

facilities referred to as the Hallock

Project, all as more fully set forth in the

application which is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection. The filing may be viewed at

http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm

(call 202–208–2222 for assistance).

Viking proposes in the Hallock Project

to install 5.6 miles of 24-inch security

looping to provide a second line in the

first segment of its mainline from near

the Emerson Interconnect with

TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. (TCPL) to