19820 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 76 / Thursday, April 20, 1995 / Notices

[CFDA No. 84.292B]

Bilingual Education: Field-Initiated

Research Program; Notice Inviting

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal

Year (FY) 1995

Purpose of Program: The purpose of

this program is to provide grants for

field-initiated research conducted by

current or recent recipients of grants

under subpart 1 or 2 of Part A of Title

VII of the Elementary and Secondary

Education Act (ESEA) (or Part A or B of

Title VII of ESEA, as in effect prior to

its amendment on October 20, 1994)

who have received these grants within

the previous five years. The Department

assists research activities related to the

improvement of bilingual education and

special alternative instructional

programs for limited English proficient

children and youth.

Eligible Applicants: Institutions of

higher education, nonprofit

organizations, State educational

agencies and local educational agencies

that are current or recent recipients of

grants under subpart 1 or 2 of Part A of

Title VII of the Elementary and

Secondary Education Act (or Part A or

B of Title VII of P.L. 100–297, the

predecessor to Title VII of the ESEA). In

order to be eligible for a grant under this

program, an applicant must have

received a grant under subpart 1 or 2 of

Part A of Title VII, or Part A or B of Title

VII of Pub. L. 100–297, within the

previous five years.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: May 30, 1995.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: July 31, 1995.

Applications Available: April 21,

1995.

Available Funds: $1,000,000.

Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000–

$150,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$100,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 10.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 36 months.

Applicable Regulations: The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

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

85, and 86.

Selection Criteria

In evaluating applications for grants

under this program, the Secretary uses

the selection criteria in 34 CFR 75.210.

The regulations in 34 CFR 75.210

provide that the Secretary may award

up to 100 points for the selection

criteria, including a reserved 15 points.

For this competition, the Secretary

distributes the 15 points as follows:

Meeting the purposes of the

authorizing statute (34 CFR

75.210(b)(1)). Seven points are added to

this criterion for a possible total of 37

points.

Plan of operation (34 CFR

75.210(b)(3)). Eight points are added to

this criterion for a possible total of 23

points.

For Applications or Information

Contact: Cecile Kreins, U.S. Department

of Education, 600 Independence

Avenue, SW., Room 5090, Switzer

Building, Washington, D.C. 20202–6510.

Telephone: Cecile Kreins (202) 205–

5568. 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. 7452.

Dated: April 7, 1995.

Eugene E. Garcia,

Director, Office of Bilingual Education and

Minority Languages Affairs.

Sharon Robinson,

Assistant Secretary, Office for Educational

Research and Improvement.

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