8126 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 28 / Friday, February 10, 1995 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.133D]

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services; National

Institute on Disability and

Rehabilitation Research; Notice

Reinviting Applications and of a PreApplication Meeting for a New Award

Under the Knowledge Dissemination

and Utilization Program (D&U) for

Fiscal Year (FY) 1995

Purpose: On June 8, 1994 a notice was

published in the Federal Register at 59

FR 29664 inviting applications for new

awards under the D&U program for

fiscal year 1995 to train persons with

rights and duties under the Americans

with Disabilities Act (ADA). Satisfactory

applications were not received for the

priority areas of (1) ADA Training for

Independent Living Centers and (2)

State and Local ADA Coordinators and

Policymakers. On October 18, 1994 at 59

FR 52524 a notice was published in the

Federal Register reinviting applications

for the priority areas of (1) ADA

Training for Independent Living Centers

and (2) State and Local ADA

Coordinators and Policymakers.

Satisfactory applications were not

received for the priority area of ADA

Training for Independent Living

Centers. There is a continuing need for

the training project.

The purposes of this notice are to

reinvite applications for an ADA

training project for Independent Living

Centers for fiscal year 1995 and to invite

interested parties to participate in a preapplication meeting to discuss the

funding priority and receive technical

assistance through individual

consultation and information about the

funding priority. The notice of final

funding priority establishing the

required activities for this project was

published on June 8, 1994 in the

Federal Register at 59 FR 29664.

Note: The Rehabilitation Act Amendments

of 1992 require that each applicant for a

project under this competition must

demonstrate in its application how it will

address the needs of individuals from

minority backgrounds who have disabilities.

Eligible Applicants: Parties eligible to

apply for grants under this program are

public and private nonprofit and forprofit agencies and organizations,

including institutions of higher

education and Indian tribes and tribal

organizations.

Applications Available: April 11,

1995.

Pre-Application Meeting: March 2,

1995. Interested parties are invited to

participate in a pre-application meeting

to discuss the funding priority for an

ADA training project for Independent

Living Centers or to receive technical

assistance through individual

consultation and information about the

funding priority. The pre-application

meeting to discuss the funding priority

will be held at the Department of

Education, Office of Special Education

and Rehabilitative Services, Switzer

Building, Room 3065, 330 C St. SW,

Washington, DC between 9 a.m. and 11

a.m. NIDRR staff will also be available

at this location from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

on that same day to provide technical

assistance through individual

consultation and information about the

funding priority. NIDRR will make

alternate arrangements to accommodate

interested parties who are unable to

attend the pre-application meeting in

person.

Application Deadline: April 17, 1995.

Available Funds: $250,000 per year.

Estimated Number of Awards: 1.

Note: The estimates of funding levels and

awards in this notice do not bind the

Department of Education to a specific level

of funding or number of grants, unless the

amount is otherwise specified by statute or

regulation.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Priority: The D&U ADA Training

Project general requirements and final

priority on Independent Living Centers

published in the Federal Register on

June 8, 1994 at 59 FR 29664 applies to

this competition.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR),

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82,

85, 86; (b) the regulations for this

program in 34 CFR parts 350 and 355;

and (c) the notice of final priorities

published in the Federal Register on

June 8, 1994 at 59 FR 29664.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: In

order to obtain further information

about the funding priority and the preapplication meeting on March 2, 1995,

contact David Esquith, U.S. Department

of Education, Room 3424 Switzer

Building, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20202. Telephone:

(202) 205–8801. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the TDD number at (202)

205–8133.

In order to obtain an application

package, contact Dianne Villines, U.S.

Department of Education, Room 3417

Switzer Building, 600 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202.

Telephone: (202) 205–9141. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD

number at (202) 205–8887.

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. 761a and

762.

Dated: February 6, 1995.

Howard R. Moses,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special

Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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