18294 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 68 / Monday, April 10, 1995 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA NO.: 84.073F]

National Diffusion Network—Private

School Facilitator Project; Notice

Inviting Applications for a New Award

for Fiscal Year 1995

Purpose of Program: To award a grant

to support a National Diffusion Network

(NDN) Private School Facilitator project.

Using a network of facilitators who

assist education service providers, the

NDN supports nationwide

dissemination of validated effective

educational programs and promising

practices. On a nationwide basis, the

Private School Facilitator project assists

interested private schools in gaining

access to the dissemination system

offered by the NDN.

Eligible Applicants: Any public or

private nonprofit agency, organization,

or institution with demonstrated

expertise in the areas of applied

education research and program

dissemination.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: May 26, 1995.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: July 25, 1995.

Applications Available: April 10,

1995.

Estimated Available Funds: $186,400.

Estimated Range of Awards: $175,000

to $186,400.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$186,400.

Estimated Number of Awards: 1.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 9 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

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

85, and 86; (b) The regulations in 34

CFR part 98 (Student Rights in

Research, Experimental Programs, and

Testing) and 34 CFR part 99 (Family

Educational Rights and Privacy); and (c)

The regulations for this program in 34

CFR parts 785 and 789.

Priorities

Competitive Preference Priority

In accordance with 20 U.S.C.

8651(g)(2) and 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(ii),

the Secretary gives preference to Private

School Facilitator projects that meet the

following competitive priority. An

application that meets this competitive

priority is selected by the Secretary over

applications of comparable merit that do

not meet the priority:

Private School Facilitator projects that

propose to disseminate effective

schoolwide projects, programs

addressing the needs of high poverty

schools (to the extent that such

nonpublic schools exist), and programs

with the capacity to offer high-quality,

sustained technical assistance.

Invitational Priority

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(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:

The Secretary encourages projects that

respond to the needs of private schools

that serve disadvantaged students.

To Request an Application: Voice

Mail: (202) 219–2133; Facsimile

machine: (202) 219–1407; Mail: NDN/

PSF Application, 555 New Jersey

Avenue, NW., Room 506c, Washington,

DC 20208–5643. 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.

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. 8651.

Dated: April 4, 1995.

Sharon P. Robinson,

Assistant Secretary for Educational Research

and Improvement.

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