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Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

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

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

this program in 34 CFR part 612.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

program is authorized under Title IV,

section 4122, of the Elementary and

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as

amended by the Improving America’s

Schools Act of 1994, Pub. L. 103–382

(October 20, 1994)(to be codified at 20

U.S.C. 7132, formerly at 20 U.S.C. 3211).

This FY 1995 competition supports the

sixth cohort of grants under the

program.

The FY 1994 amendment of the

statute modified the scope of authorized

programs. Projects may now address

violence prevention, in addition to

alcohol and other drug abuse. Such

projects must also serve as models for

the field. This competition is covered by

the scope of the amended statute and

the application procedures in 34 CFR

part 612. In the case of any

inconsistency between the program

regulations and the new statutory

provisions, the statute will control.

Priorities

Absolute Priority. Under 34 CFR

75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 612.21(d) 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 designed to analyze

successful project designs, policies, and

results of projects supported under

Institution-Wide or Special Focus

Program competitions.

Invitational Priority: Within the

absolute priority in this notice, the

Secretary is particularly interested in

applications that meet one or both of the

following invitational priorities.

However, under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) an

application that meets one or both of

these invitational priorities does not

receive absolute or competitive

preference over other applications:

Invitational Priority 1. Applications

by current or former recipients of grants

under Institution-Wide or Special Focus

Program competitions proposing to

analyze the direct and indirect impacts

of one or more fiscal-year cohorts of

Institution-Wide or Special Focus

projects for which departmental

assistance has ended.

Invitational Priority 2. Applications

by current or former recipients of grants

under Institution-Wide or Special Focus

Program competitions proposing to

analyze special topics or issues related

to the effectiveness of Institution-Wide

or Special Focus projects, examples of

which have been selected from

Institution-Wide or Special Focus

projects for which departmental

assistance has ended.

Topics or issues may include, among

others—

(a) Multi-site data resulting from the

use of the Environmental Assessment

Instrument by selected Institution-Wide

projects;

(b) Multi-site data resulting from the

use by Institution-Wide projects of the

Core Survey Instrument developed by

selected Institution-Wide projects;

(c) The use by IHEs of student peers

as a means of influencing other peers to

reduce alcohol and other drug problems;

(d) The approaches used in IHEs to

plan student social activities not

involving alcohol or other drugs and the

success of those approaches;

(e) IHE activities or organizational

changes associated with empowering

students, staff, and faculty to set

positive social norms; and

(f) The role of the IHE president,

chancellor, or other senior policy

makers in preventing alcohol and other

drug problems in IHEs.

Selection Criteria

In evaluating applications for grants

under the Analysis and Dissemination

Program, the Secretary uses the

selection criteria in 34 CFR 612.23(c)(3).

The program regulations in 34 CFR

612.22(b) 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:

Key personnel (34 CFR

612.23(c)(3)(iii)). Ten points are added

to this criterion for a possible total of 25

points.

Evaluation (34 CFR 612.23(c)(3)(iv)).

Five points are added to this criterion

for a possible total of 15 points.

For Applications or Information

Contact: FIPSE, FY 1995–F

Competition, U. S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

SW, Washington, D.C. 20202–5175.

Telephone: (202) 205–0082 to order

applications; or (202) 708–5750 for

information. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

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

between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.,

Eastern time, Monday through Friday of

each week except Federal holidays.

Information about the Department’s

funding opportunities, including copies

of the 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. 7132.

Dated: April 17, 1995.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 95–9851 Filed 4–20–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

[CFDA No. 84.183D]

Drug and Violence Prevention Program

in Higher Education—Special Focus

Program Competition: Specific

Approaches to Prevention Projects

(Invitational Priority: Higher Education

Consortia for Drug and Violence

Prevention); Notice Inviting

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal

Year (FY) 1995

Purpose of Program: To provide

grants to develop, implement, validate,

and disseminate model programs and

strategies to promote the safety of

students attending institutions of higher

education (IHEs) by preventing the

illegal use of alcohol and other drugs

and by preventing violent behavior by

such students.

Eligible Applicants: IHEs; and

consortia of IHEs.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: June 5, 1995.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: August 4, 1995.

Applications Available: April 21,

1995.

Available Funds: $1,400,000.

Estimated Range of Awards: Up to

$45,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$36,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 30 to

60.

Project Period: 28 months.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

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 program in 34 CFR part 612.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

program is authorized under Title IV,

section 4122, of the Elementary and

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as

amended by the Improving America’s

Schools Act of 1994, Pub. L. 103–382

(October 20, 1994) (to be codified at 20

U.S.C. 7132, formerly at 20 U.S.C. 3211).
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This FY 1995 competition supports the

seventh cohort of grants under the

program.

The FY 1994 amendment of the

statute modified the scope of authorized

programs. Projects may now address

violence prevention, in addition to

alcohol and other drug abuse. Such

projects must also serve as models in

the field. This competition is covered by

the scope of the amended statute and

the application procedures in 34 CFR

part 612. In the case of any

inconsistency between the program

regulations and the new statutory

provisions, the statute will control.

Priorities

Absolute Priority: Under 34 CFR

75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR

612.21(c)(2)(iii)(B) 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 designed to develop,

implement, validate, or disseminate

model programs or strategies that

concentrate on specific approaches to

the prevention of illegal use of alcohol

and other drugs and the prevention of

violent behavior by students.

Invitational Priority: Within the

absolute priority in this notice, the

Secretary is particularly interested in

applications that meet the following

invitational priority. However, under 34

CFR 75.105(c)(1) an application that

meets this invitational priority does not

receive absolute or competitive

preference over other applications:

Applications proposing to develop or

implement higher education consortia

for the prevention of illegal alcohol and

other drug use and the prevention of

violent behavior by students.

Applicants are invited to propose

consortium arrangements to assist either

(a) local IHE alcohol and other drug and

violence professionals, or (b) IHE chief

executive officers and other senior

administrators. In these types of

arrangements, participants would be

expected to meet monthly to work

toward the development,

implementation, validation, or

dissemination of their own

comprehensive, institution-wide

programs to prevent the illegal use of

alcohol and other drugs and the

prevention of violent behavior by

students.

Selection Criteria

In evaluating applications for Specific

Approaches to Prevention grants, the

Secretary uses the selection criteria in

34 CFR 612.23(c)(2)(iii).

The program regulations in 34 CFR

612.22(b) 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:

Need (34 CFR 612.23(c)(2)(iii)(A)).

Five points are added to this criterion

for a possible total of 20 points.

Methods and management plan (34

CFR 612.23(c)(2)(iii)(C)). Five points are

added to this criterion for a possible

total of 20 points.

Evaluation (34 CFR

612.23(c)(2)(iii)(E)). Five points are

added to this criterion for a possible

total of 15 points.

For Applications or Information

Contact: FIPSE, FY 1995–D

Competition, U.S. Department of

Education, 600 Independence Avenue,

SW., Washington, DC 20202–5175.

Telephone: (202) 205–0082 to order

applications; or (202) 708–5750 for

information. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

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

between the hours of 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.,

Eastern time, Monday through Friday of

each week except Federal holidays.

Information about the Department’s

funding opportunities, including copies

of the 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. 7132.

Dated: April 17, 1995.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 95–9850 Filed 4–20–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–M

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services; Paperwork

Burden Reduction

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of Paperwork Burden

Reduction.

SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary,

Office of Special Education and

Rehabilitative Services (OSERS),

provides notice that prior approval is no

longer required for certain categories of

costs for formula grant programs

authorized by the Rehabilitation Act of

1973, as amended (the Rehabilitation

Act) and the Individuals with

Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This

change is intended to reduce paperwork

burdens on grantees.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This change takes effect

on April 21, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg

March, U.S. Department of Education,

600 Independence Avenue, SW, Room

3124 Switzer Building, Washington, DC

20202–2551. Telephone: (202) 205–

8441. 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

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), in

34 CFR 74.27 and 80.30(b), require prior

approval from the Secretary before

various categories of otherwise

allowable costs may be charged to any

ED grant or subgrant. The following

formula grant programs authorized by

the Rehabilitation Act are covered by

this requirement: Vocational

Rehabilitation (VR) State Grants (Title I);

Client Assistance Program (Title I, Part

B); Innovation and Expansion (Title I,

Part C), which is currently unfunded;

Protection and Advocacy of Individual

Rights (Title V, Section 509); Supported

Employment (Title VI–C); Independent

Living State Grants (Title VII–B);

Centers for Independent Living (Title

VII–C, Section 723); and Independent

Living Services for Older Individuals

Who Are Blind (Title VII, Chapter 2),

once the appropriation level reaches $13

million. The following formula grant

programs authorized by IDEA are also

covered by this requirement: Assistance

to States for the Education of Children

with Disabilities (Part B); Preschool

Grants for Children with Disabilities

(Section 619); and Early Intervention

Program for Infants and Toddlers with

Disabilities (Part H). The Assistant

Secretary, OSERS, believes that it is no

longer necessary to require prior

approval for these formula grant

programs with respect to certain cost

categories and has authority, under a

delegation from the Secretary, to exempt

these programs from this paperwork

requirement. The Assistant Secretary

has decided that the prior approval is no

longer required for seven cost categories

and, under certain conditions, for an

eighth cost category. The seven cost

categories are—(1) Automatic data

processing; (2) Capital expenditures; (3)

Management studies; (4) Professional

services; (5) Building space and related

facilities; (6) Insurance and

indemnification; and (7) Proposal costs.