Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 57 / Friday, March 24, 1995 / Notices 15545

loans; and to capture quarterly data

from a lender’s loan portfolio for

financial and budgetary projections.

[FR Doc. 95–7280 Filed 3–23–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

Notice of Proposed Information

Collection Requests

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of proposed information

collection requests.

SUMMARY: The Director, Information

Resources Group, invites comments on

proposed information collection

requests as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1980.

DATES: An expedited review has been

requested in accordance with the Act,

since allowing for the normal review

period would adversely affect the public

interest. Approval by the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) has

been requested by March 24, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Dan Chenok, Desk Officer,

Department of Education, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street NW., Room 3208, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request should be

addressed to Patrick J. Sherrill,

Department of Education, 400 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Room 5624, Regional

Office Building 3, Washington, DC

20202–4651.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patrick J. Sherrill, (202) 708–9915.

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: Section

3517 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1980 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 3517) requires

that the Director of OMB provide

interested Federal agencies and persons

an early opportunity to comment on

information collection requests. OMB

may amend or waive the requirement

for public consultation to the extent that

public participation in the approval

process would defeat the purpose of the

information collection, violate State or

Federal law, or substantially interfere

with any agency’s ability to perform its

statutory obligations.

The Director, Information Resources

Group, publishes this notice with the

attached proposed information

collection request prior to submission of

this request to OMB. This notice

contains the following information: (1)

Type of review requested, e.g.,

expedited; (2) Title; (3) Abstract; (4)

Additional Information; (5) Frequency

of collection; (6) Affected public; and (7)

Reporting and/or Recordkeeping

burden. Because an expedited review is

requested, a description of the

information to be collected is also

included as an attachment to this notice.

Dated: March 20, 1995.

Gloria Parker,

Director, Information Resources Group.

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Type of Review: Expedited.

Title: Urban/Rural Local Reform

Initiative.

Frequency: Annually.

Affected Public: State, Local or Tribal

Governments.

Reporting Burden:

Responses: 100.

Burden Hours: 5,000.

Recordkeeping Burden:

Recordkeepers: 0.

Burden Hours: 0.

Abstract: The Secretary requests

applications for local reform grants to

be awarded under the National

Leadership provisions of the Goals

2000: Education America Act. The

Department will use the information

to determine which applicants are

best qualified to receive Federal funds

under the law.

Additional Information: Clearance for

this information collection is

requested for March 24, 1995. An

expedited review is requested in order

to quickly distribute the application

notice to potential applicants.

[FR Doc. 95–7281 Filed 3–23–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

[CFDA No. 84.116P]

Fund for Improvement of

Postsecondary Education Special

Focus Competition: Disseminating

Proven Reforms; Notice Inviting

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal

Year (FY) 1995

Purpose of Program: To provide

grants or enter into cooperative

agreements to improve postsecondary

education opportunities.

Eligible Applicants: Institutions of

higher education or combinations of

such institutions and other public and

private nonprofit educational

institutions and agencies.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: May 25, 1995.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: July 24, 1995.

Applications Available: March 24,

1995.

Available Funds: $1,000,000.

Estimated Range of Wards: $60,000–

$90,000 for two years.

Estimated Average size of Awards:

$85,000 for two years.

Estimated Number of Awards: 12.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 24 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR Parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 85,

and 86; and (b) The regulations for this

program in 34 CFR Part 630, with the

exception noted in 34 CFR 630.4a(2).

Priorities

Absolute Priority

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), 34 CFR

630.12 and 34 CFR 630.11(a), the

Secretary gives an absolute preference to

applications that meet the following

priority. The Secretary funds under this

competition only applications that meet

this absolute priority:

Projects that respond to immediate

problems or issues and that seek to

improve postsecondary education

opportunities.

Invitational Priorities

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) and 34

CFR 630.11(b)(1), the Secretary is

particularly interested in applications

that meet the following invitational

priority. However, an application that

meets this invitational priority does not

receive competitive or absolute

preference over other applications.

Institutions with innovative

postsecondary projects that became

integrated into the administrative

structure of the institution between

1988 and 1994 and that are expected to

continue into the foreseeable future, are

invited to apply for funds to

disseminate their practices to other

campuses.

Selection Criteria

In evaluating applications for grants

under this program competition, the

Secretary uses the following selection

criteria chosen from those listed in 34

CFR 630.32:

(a) Significance for Postsecondary

Education. The Secretary reviews each

proposed project for its significance in

improving postsecondary education by

determining the extent to which it

would—

(1) Achieve the purposes of the

particular program competition as

referenced in 34 CFR 630.11;