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a Federal Perkins Loan or National

Direct Student Loan and promises to

repay the loan. This notice was first

published on April 20, 2001. Due to

technical difficulties some of the public

was not able to electronically obtain this

collection. Hence, we are extending the

comment period until July 9, 2001.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, or

should be addressed to Vivian Reese,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW, Room 4050, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIO_IMG_Issues@ed.gov or

faxed to 202–708–9346. Please specify

the complete title of the information

collection when making your request.

Comments regarding burden and/or the

collection activity requirements should

be directed to Joseph Schubart at (202)

708–9266 or via his internet address

Joe.Schubart@ed.gov. Individuals who

use a telecommunications device for the

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.258]

Even Start Family Literacy Program

Grants for Indian Tribes and Tribal

Organizations

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for

new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2001

funds for Even Start Family Literacy

Program grants for Indian tribes and

tribal organizations.

SUMMARY: Purpose of Competition: The

Secretary of Education announces the

availability of applications and an

application deadline for federally

recognized Indian tribes and tribal

organizations to apply for FY 2001 new

awards under the Even Start Family

Literacy Program grant authority for

Indian tribes and tribal organizations.

Even Start Family Literacy Program

grants for Indian tribes and tribal

organizations are awarded under

Section 1202(a)(1)(C) of the Elementary

and Secondary Education Act of 1965

(ESEA). The purpose of these grants is

to help break the cycle of poverty and

illiteracy by improving the educational

opportunities of low-income families by

integrating early childhood education,

adult literacy or adult basic education,

and parenting education into a unified

family literacy program for federally

recognized Indian tribes and tribal

organizations.

Eligible Applicants: Federally

recognized Indian tribes and tribal

organizations. (The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’

and ‘‘tribal organization’’ have the

meanings given those terms in section 4

of the Indian Self-Determination and

Education Assistance Act.)

Applications Available: May 9, 2001.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: July 9, 2001.

Available Funds: The Secretary

estimates that there will be sufficient FY

2001 funds for 6–10 new grants.

Matching and Use of Funds

Requirements

Federal and local funding: An Even

Start Family Literacy project’s funding

is comprised of both a Federal portion

of funds (Federal share) and a portion

contributed by the eligible applicant

(local project share). The local share of

the project may be provided in cash or

in kind and may be obtained from any

source, including other Federal

programs funded by the ESEA. The

Federal share of the project may not

exceed—

• 90 percent of the total cost of the

project in the first year;

• 80 percent in the second year;

• 70 percent in the third year;

• 60 percent in the fourth year;

• 50 percent in the fifth through

eighth years; and

• 35 percent in any subsequent year.

Any grantee that wishes to reapply at

the end of a project period (up to 48

months) must recompete for funding

with new applicants.

Indirect costs: Recipients of an Even

Start Indian tribe and tribal organization

grant may not use funds awarded under

this competition for the indirect costs of

a project, or claim indirect costs as part

of the local project share. Grant

recipients may request the Secretary to

waive this requirement. To obtain a

waiver, however, the recipient must

demonstrate to the Secretary’s

satisfaction that the recipient otherwise

would not be able to participate in the

Even Start Family Literacy Program.

(Section 1204(b)(2), ESEA.)

Estimated Range of Awards:

$100,000–$200,000 per year.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$175,000 per year.

Estimated Number of Awards: 6–10.

Note: This Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 48 months.

Applicable Regulations: The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 80, 81, 82, 85, 86,

97, 98, and 99.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background: As required by Section

1202(a)(1)(C) of the ESEA, the Assistant

Secretary of Elementary and Secondary

Education (Assistant Secretary) awards

grants to eligible Indian tribe and tribal

organization applicants for projects

that—

• Improve the educational

opportunities of low-income families by

integrating early childhood education,

adult literacy or adult basic education,

and parenting education into a unified

family literacy program;

• Are implemented through

cooperative activities that build on highquality existing community resources to

create a new range of services for

federally recognized Indian tribe and

tribal organization projects;

• Promote the academic achievement

of children and adults;

• Assist children and adults from

low-income families to achieve to

challenging State content standards and

challenging State student performance

standards; and

• Use instructional programs based

on scientifically based reading research

(as defined in section 2252 of the ESEA)

and the prevention of reading

difficulties for children and adults, to

the extent such research is available.

Each project must use the grant funds

to provide intensive family literacy

services that involve parents and

children, from birth through age seven,

in a cooperative effort to help parents

become full partners in the education of

their children and to assist children in

reaching their full potential as learners.

(Section 1204(a), ESEA.)

‘‘Family literacy services’’ means

services provided to participants on a

voluntary basis that are of sufficient

intensity in terms of hours, and of

sufficient duration, to make sustainable

changes in a family, and that integrate

all of the following activities:

(A) Interactive literacy activities

between parents and their children.

(B) Training for parents regarding how

to be the primary teacher for their

children and full partners in the

education of their children.

(C) Parent literacy training that leads

to economic self-sufficiency.

(D) An age-appropriate education to

prepare children for success in school

and life experiences. (Section 14401(15),

ESEA.)

Each Even Start family literacy project

must include fifteen specific program

elements (listed in the application

package). (Section 1205, ESEA.) Those

elements include in part the following:

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• identifying, recruiting, and

providing services to families that are

the most in need of family literacy

services, as indicated by a low level of

income, a low level of adult literacy or

English language proficiency of the

eligible parent or parents, and other

need-related indicators;

• providing high-quality, intensive

instructional programs that promote

adult literacy (adult basic or secondary

education or English language training)

and empower parents to support the

educational growth of their children

(parenting education and interactive

literacy-based activities between parents

and their children), developmentally

appropriate early childhood educational

services, and preparation of children for

success in regular school programs;

• providing home-based instructional

services to participating parents and

children;

• operating on a year-round basis,

including providing both instructional

and enrichment services during the

summer months;

• using instructional programs based

on scientifically based reading research

for children and adults to the extent that

research is available;

• encouraging participating families

to attend regularly and to remain in the

program a sufficient time to meet their

program goals; and

• providing for an independent

evaluation of the project to be used for

program improvement.

Note: Applicants should refer to the

application package for a specific description

of all of the required program elements.

Staff qualifications: All instructional

staff in new Even Start projects (and all

new staff in existing Even Start projects)

whose salaries are paid in whole or part

with Federal Even Start funds must

have obtained an associate’s, bachelor’s,

or graduate degree in a field related to

early childhood education, elementary

or secondary school education, or adult

education, and, if applicable, meet State

qualifications for that respective field.

For continuing Even Start projects that

are applying for a second or third

project period, the majority of

instructional staff must meet these

qualifications by December 2004 (in

addition to new instructional staff

meeting the qualifications immediately).

Instructional staff include any staff who

are hired to provide instructional

services in any of the four core

instructional components (early

childhood education, adult basic or

secondary education, parenting

education, and interactive activities

between parents and their children).

In addition, by December 2004, all

individuals who are responsible for

administering Even Start family literacy

projects and who are paid in whole or

part with Federal Even Start funds must

have received training in the operation

of family literacy programs, and all

paraprofessionals who provide support

for the instructional components of an

Even Start program and who are paid in

whole or part with Federal Even Start

funds must have a high school diploma

or its recognized equivalent. (Section

1205(5), ESEA.)

Eligible participants: In general,

eligible participants are families with

children and their parents who meet the

following qualifications specified in

section 1206(a) of the ESEA:

(1) The parent or parents must be

eligible for participation in adult

education and literacy activities under

the Adult Education and Family

Literacy Act, be within the State’s

compulsory school attendance age range

(in which case a local educational

agency must provide or ensure the

availability of the basic education

component), or be attending secondary

school; and

(2) The child or children must be

younger than eight years of age.

National and Local Evaluations: The

Department conducts a national

evaluation of Even Start family literacy

projects as required by section 1209 of

the ESEA. Although the current national

evaluation is ending in summer of 2001,

a new national evaluation is scheduled

to begin in fall 2002. The new national

evaluation is planned to be based upon

data collected from a sample of Even

Start family literacy projects.

Every Even Start project must conduct

an independent local evaluation for

program improvement. (Section

1205(15), ESEA.) The application

package includes additional information

about this local evaluation, and about

performance objectives and indicators

that the Department encourages

applicants to use when developing their

proposed programs.

FOR APPLICATIONS AND FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Sligh, U.S.

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202–

6132. Telephone: (202) 260–0999, or via

Internet: Doris.Sligh@ed.gov

The application package also is

available on the Department’s Web site

at: www.ed.gov/GrantApps/#84.258.

If you use a telecommunications

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call

the Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. 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.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternative format by contacting

that person. However, the Department is

not able to reproduce in an alternative

format the standard forms included in

the application package.

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 the following site: www.ed.gov/

legislation/fedregister.

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Acrobat Reader, which is available free

at the previous site. If you have

questions 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.

6362(a)(1)(C).

Dated: May 3, 2001.

Thomas M. Corwin,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for

Elementary and Secondary Education.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Hanford

AGENCY: Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

meeting of the Environmental

Management Site-Specific Advisory

Board (EM SSAB), Hanford. The Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public

notice of these meetings be announced

in the Federal Register.

DATES: Thursday, June 7, 2001, 9 a.m.–

5 p.m., Friday, June 8, 2001, 8:30 a.m.–

4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: West Coast hotel (formerly

Cavanaugh’s) 1101 North Columbia

Center Boulevard Kennewick, WA (509–

783–0611)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gail

McClure, Public Involvement Program

Manager, Department of Energy

Richland Operations Office, P.O. Box

550 (A7–75), Richland, WA, 99352;