13326 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 47 / Friday, March 10, 1995 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 206A–1]

Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented

Students Education Program

Notice inviting applications for new

awards for fiscal year 1995.

Purpose of Program: To provide

grants to help build a nationwide

capability in elementary and secondary

schools to identify and meet the special

educational needs of gifted and talented

students; to encourage the development

of rich and challenging curricula for all

students; and to supplement and make

more effective the expenditures of State

and local funds for the education of

gifted and talented students.

Eligible Applicants: State educational

agencies; local educational agencies;

institutions of higher education; and

other public and private agencies and

organizations, including Indian tribes

and organizations—as defined by the

Indian Self-Determination and

Education Assistance Act—and Native

Hawaiian organizations.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: April 25, 1995.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: June 26, 1995.

Applications Available: March 27,

1995.

Estimated Available Funds:

$5,000,000.

Estimated Range of Awards: For

Absolute Priority 1: $100,000–$250,000;

For Absolute Priority 2: $150,000–

$300,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

For Absolute Priority 1: $200,000; For

Absolute Priority 2: $225,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: For

Absolute Priority 1: 19; For Absolute

Priority 2: 5.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Please note that all applicants for multiyear awards are required to provide

detailed budget information for the total

grant period requested. The Department

will negotiate at the time of the initial

award the funding levels for each year

of the grant award.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

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

85, and 86; and (b) the regulations for

this grant program in 34 CFR part 791,

subject to the revised definitions of

‘‘institutions of higher education’’,

‘‘local educational agency’’ and ‘‘state

educational agency’’ set forth in 20

U.S.C. 8801.

Priorities: The notice of final priorities

as published in this issue of the Federal

Register applies to this competition.

Selection Criteria: In evaluating

applications for grants under this

program, the Secretary uses the

selection criteria in 34 CFR 791.21.

The program regulations in 34 CFR

791.20 provide that the Secretary may

award up to 115 points for the selection

criteria, including a reserved 15 points.

For this competition, the Secretary

distributes the 15 points as follows:

Plan of Operation (34 CFR 791.21(c)).

5 points are added to this criterion for

a possible total of 35 points.

Evaluation Plan (34 CFR 791.21(f)). 10

points are added to this criterion for a

possible total of 25 points.

For Applications or Information

Contact: Carolyn Warren, U.S.

Department of Education, 555 New

Jersey Avenue, NW., room 504,

Washington, DC 20208–5644.

Telephone: (202) 219–2206.

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: 20 U.S.C. 8031–8036.

Dated: March 6, 1995.

Sharon P. Robinson,

Assistant Secretary for Educational Research

and Improvement.

[FR Doc. 95–5896 Filed 3–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented

Students Education Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of final priorities.

SUMMARY: The Secretary announces

absolute priorities and a competitive

preference priority under the Jacob K.

Javits Gifted and Talented Students

Education Program. The Secretary takes

this action to focus Federal financial

assistance on specific approaches to

identifying and serving gifted and

talented students and to developing

ways in which the programs and

services developed for gifted and

talented students can be used to benefit

all children. The priorities bring special

attention to programs and services for

students (including economically

disadvantaged individuals, individuals

of limited-English proficiency, and

individuals with disabilities) who may

not be identified and served through

traditional gifted and talented programs.

The priorities also encourage programs

and projects to develop and improve the

capability of schools in an entire State

or region of the Nation to plan, conduct,

and improve programs in schools using,

where appropriate, methods and

materials developed in gifted and

talented programs to improve the

educational opportunities for all

children. These projects must involve

cooperative efforts and participation of

State and local educational agencies,

institutions of higher education, and

other public and private agencies and

organizations, such as business,

industry, and labor.

EFFECTIVE DATE: These priorities take

effect April 10, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Carolyn Warren, U.S. Department of

Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue

NW., Room 504, Washington, DC

20208–5572. Telephone: (202) 219–

2206. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339

between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern time,

Monday through Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Jacob

K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students

Education Program is designed to build

nationwide capability in gifted and

talented education and encourage rich

and challenging curricula for all

children.

The Secretary seeks to improve the

education of gifted and talented

children, and to use the strategies

developed in gifted and talented

education programs to improve the

education of all children in a school.

The Secretary believes that this is an

integral part of the National Education

Goals, which require that every student

attain higher standards of academic

excellence. Gifted and talented

education programs can contribute to

systemic reform by modeling a

coordinated system of high standards,

assessments, challenging curricula, and

teacher preparation to improve

education. In addition, the Secretary

believes that the educational needs of

gifted and talented students from

populations historically underserved by

gifted and talented education programs

must be addressed.

In order to carry out these

improvements, the Secretary announces

a priority that would support the