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Responses: 100,000. Burden Hours:

50,000.

Abstract: This application form and

promissory note is the means by which

a parent borrower applies for a Federal

PLUS Loan and promises to repay the

loan, and a school, lender, and guaranty

agency certifies the parent borrower’s

eligibility to receive a PLUS loan.

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, D.C.

20202–4651. Requests may also be

electronically mailed to the internet

address OCIOlIMGlIssues@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

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.

[FR Doc. 01–14174 Filed 6–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA Nos.: 84.129A, 84.129C, and 84.129L]

Rehabilitation Training: Rehabilitation

Long-Term Training Notice Inviting

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal

Year (FY) 2001

Purpose of Program: The

Rehabilitation Long-Term Training

program provides financial assistance

for—

(1) Projects that provide basic or

advanced training leading to an

academic degree in areas of personnel

shortages in rehabilitation as identified

by the Assistant Secretary;

(2) Projects that provide a specified

series of courses or program of study

leading to award of a certificate in areas

of personnel shortages in rehabilitation

as identified by the Assistant Secretary;

and

(3) Projects that provide support for

medical residents enrolled in residency

training programs in the specialty of

physical medicine and rehabilitation.

Eligible Applicants: States and other

public or nonprofit agencies and

organizations, including Indian tribes

and institutions of higher education.

Applications Available: June 29, 2001.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: August 31, 2001.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: October 30, 2001.

Estimated Available Funds: The

Administration has requested

$39,629,000 for the Rehabilitation

Training Program for FY 2002, of which

an estimated $1,100,000 would be

allocated for this competition. The

actual level of funding, if any, depends

on final congressional action. However,

we are inviting applications to allow

enough time to complete the grant

process if Congress appropriates funds

for this program.

Note: This competition is being conducted

in FY 2001 for grants that will be awarded

using FY 2002 funds.

Estimated Range of Awards: $75,000

to $100,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$85,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 13.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Page Limit: The application narrative

(Part III of the application) is where you,

the applicant, address the selection

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate

your application. You must limit Part III

to the equivalent of no more than 45

pages, using the following standards:

(1) A page is 8.5 inches by 11 inches,

on one side only, with 1-inch margins

at the top, bottom, and both sides.

(2) Double space (no more than three

lines per vertical inch) all text in the

application narrative, including titles,

headings, footnotes, quotations,

references, and captions, as well as all

text in charts, tables, figures, and

graphs.

(3) Use a font that is either 12-point

or larger or no smaller than 10 pitch

(characters per inch).

The page limit does not apply to Part

I, the cover sheet; Part II, the budget

section, including the narrative budget

justification; Part IV, the assurances and

certifications; or the one-page abstract,

the re ́sume ́s, the bibliography, or the

letters of support. However, you must

include all of the application narrative

in Part III.

We will reject your application if—

• You apply these standards and

exceed the page limit; or

• You apply other standards and

exceed the equivalent of the page limit.

Project Period, Maximum Number of

Awards, Maximum Level of Awards,

and Absolute Prorities: We are

conducting a single competition to

select a total of 13 awards across the 3

priority areas of personnel shortages

related to the vocational rehabilitation

program (section 302(b)(1) of the

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended).

The project period and maximum level

of awards to be made in each priority

area are listed in the following chart.

The maximum number of awards to be

made are listed in parentheses following

each priority area. Applicants must

submit a separate application for each

priority area in which they are

interested. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3)

and 34 CFR 386.1, we consider only

applications that propose to provide

training in one of the following areas of

personnel shortage:

CFDA number Priority Area

(Maximum number of awards in parentheses) Project period

Maximum

level of

award

84.129A ..................................................... Rehabilitation medicine (3) ............................................. Up to 60 months ................ $100,000

84.129C ..................................................... Rehabilitation administration (4) ..................................... Up to 60 months ................ $100,000

84.129L ..................................................... Undergraduate education in the rehabilitation services

(9).

Up to 60 months ................ $75,000

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

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

85, 86, and 99; and (b) The regulations

for this program in 34 CFR parts 385

and 386.

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.

Selection Criteria: In evaluating an

application for a new grant under this

competition, we use the selection

criteria in 34 CFR 385.31 and 386.20.

The selection criteria to be used for this

competition will be provided in the

application package for this

competition.

The maximum score for all these

criteria is 100 points; however, we will

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also use the competitive preference

priority so that up to an additional 10

points may be earned by an applicant

for a total possible score of 110 points.

Priority

Competitive Preference Priority

Within the absolute priorities for this

competition for FY 2001, this

competition focuses on projects

designed to meet the competitive

preference priority in the notice of final

competitive preference for this program,

published in the Federal Register on

August 31, 2000 (65 FR 52996). Under

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up to

an additional 10 points to an

application that is otherwise eligible for

funding under this competition based

on the extent to which an application

includes effective strategies for

employing and advancing in

employment qualified individuals with

disabilities in projects awarded under

the competition. In determining the

effectiveness of those strategies, we will

consider the applicant’s prior success,

as described in the application, in

employing and advancing in

employment qualified individuals with

disabilities.

For Applications Contact: Education

Publications Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box

1398, Jessup, MD 20794–1398.

Telephone (toll free): 1–877–433–7827.

FAX: (301) 470–1244. If you use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD), you may call (toll free): 1–877–

576–7734.

You may also contact ED Pubs at its

Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/

edpubs.html.

Or you may contact ED Pubs at its email address: edpubs@inet.ed.gov.

If you request an application from ED

Pubs, be sure to identify this

competition as follows: CFDA numbers

84.129A, 84.129C, and 84.129L.

Applicants must submit a separate

application for each priority area in

which they are interested.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternative format by contacting

the Grants and Contracts Services Team,

U.S. Department of Education, 400

Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3317,

Switzer Building, Washington, DC

20202–2550. Telephone: (202) 205–

8351. If you use a telecommunications

device for the deaf (TDD), you may call

the Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339. However,

the Department is not able to reproduce

in an alternative format the standard

forms included in the application

package.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beverly Steburg, U.S. Department of

Education, Rehabilitation Services

Administration, 61 Forsyth Street SW.,

Suite 19T91, Atlanta, GA 30303.

Telephone: (404) 562–6336. 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 in

the preceding paragraph.

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.

To use PDF you must have Adobe

Acrobat Reader, which is available free

at this 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: 29 U.S.C. 772.

Dated: June 1, 2001.

Francis V. Corrigan,

Deputy Director, National Institute on

Disability and Rehabilitative Research.

[FR Doc. 01–14223 Filed 6–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.264B]

Rehabilitation Continuing Education

Programs (RCEP); Notice Inviting

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal

Year (FY) 2001

Purpose of Program: To support

training centers that serve either a

Federal region or another geographical

area and provide for a broad, integrated

sequence of training activities that focus

on meeting recurrent and common

training needs of employed

rehabilitation personnel throughout a

multi-State geographical area.

Eligible Applicants: States and public

or nonprofit agencies and organizations,

including Indian tribes and institutions

of higher education. Applications under

this notice are invited for the provision

of training for Department of Education

Regions II, IV, and X only.

Applications Available: June 29, 2001.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: August 31, 2001.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: October 30, 2001.

Estimated Available Funds: The

Administration has requested

$39,629,000 for the Rehabilitation

Training Program for FY 2002, of which

an estimated $1,499,500 would be

allocated for this competition. The

actual level of funding, if any, depends

on final congressional action. However,

we are inviting applications to allow

enough time to complete the grant

process if Congress appropriates funds

for this program.

Note: This competition is being conducted

in FY 2001 for grants that will be awarded

using FY 2002 funds.

Estimated Range of Awards:

$475,000—$500,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$499,000.

Maximum Awards by Rehabilitation

Services Administration (RSA) Region:

We will reject any application that

proposes a budget exceeding the

following stated maximum award

amount for a single budget period of 12

months.

Maximum Level of Awards by RSA

Region

Region II—$500,000

Region IV—$500,000

Region X—$499,000

Estimated Number of Awards

Region II—1

Region IV—1

Region X—1

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 60 months.

Page Limit: The application narrative

(Part III of the application) is where you,

the applicant, address the selection

criteria that reviewers use to evaluate

your application. You must limit Part III

to the equivalent of no more than 45

pages, using the following standards:

(1) A page is 8.5 inches by 11 inches,

on one side only, with 1-inch margins

at the top, bottom, and both sides.

(2) Double space (no more than three

lines per vertical inch) all text in the

application narrative, including titles,

headings, footnotes, quotations,

references, and captions, as well as all

text in charts, tables, figures, and

graphs.

(3) Use a font that is either 12-point

or larger or no smaller than 10 pitch

(characters per inch).