Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 76 / Thursday, April 20, 1995 / Notices 19817

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:

Plan of operation (34 CFR

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

this criterion for a possible total of 23

points.

Evaluation plan (34 CFR 75.210(b)(6)).

Seven points are added to this criterion

for a possible total of 12 points.

For Applications or Information

Contact: Rebecca Richey or Alex Stein,

U.S. Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, SW., room 5090,

Switzer Building, Washington, D.C.

20202–6510. Telephone: Rebecca

Richey (202) 205–9717 or Alex Stein

(202) 205–5717. 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. 7424.

Dated: April 11, 1995.

Eugene E. Garcia,

Director, Office of Bilingual Education and

Minority Languages Affairs.

[FR Doc. 95–9717 Filed 4–19–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

[CFDA No. 84.291R]

Bilingual Education: Systemwide

Improvement Grants; Notice Inviting

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal

Year (FY) 1995

Purpose of Program: The purpose of

this program is to provide grants to

implement districtwide bilingual

education programs or special

alternative instructional programs to

improve, reform, and upgrade relevant

programs and operations, within an

entire local educational agency (LEA),

that serve a significant number of

limited English proficient (LEP)

children and youth in one or more LEAs

with significant concentrations of these

children and youth.

Eligible Applicants: (1) One or more

LEAs; or (2) one or more LEAs in

collaboration with an institution of

higher education, community-based

organizations, other LEAs, or a State

educational agency.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: May 30, 1995.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: July 31, 1995.

Applications Available: April 21,

1995.

Available Funds: $17.4 million.

Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000

- $1,000,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$700,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 25.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: 60 months.

Applicable Regulations: The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

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

85, and 86.

Priorities

Absolute Priority: The following

absolute priority, as published in the

Federal Register on March 2, 1995 (60

FR 11864) in a notice of final priority for

this program, applies to this

competition:

Projects that serve only LEAs in

which the number of LEP students, in

each LEA served, is at least 1,000 or at

least 25 percent of the total student

enrollment.

Competitive Priority: The competitive

priority in the notice of final priorities

for this program, as published elsewhere

in this issue of the Federal Register,

applies to this competition. The notice

announces a competitive preference to

be given to projects providing program

services in a designated Empowerment

Zone or Enterprise Community.

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:

Plan of operation (34 CFR

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

this criterion for a possible total of 23

points.

Evaluation plan (34 CFR 75.210(b)(6)).

Seven points are added to this criterion

for a possible total of 12 points.

For Applications or Information

Contact: Harry Logel or James Lockhart,

U.S. Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, SW., Room

5090, Switzer Building, Washington,

D.C. 20202–6510. Telephone: Harry

Logel (202) 205–5530 or James Lockhart

(202) 205–5426. 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. 7425.

Dated: April 11, 1995.

Eugene E. Garcia,

Director, Office of Bilingual Education and

Minority Languages Affairs.

[FR Doc. 95–9718 Filed 4–19–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

[CFDA No. 84.289P]

Bilingual Education: Program

Enhancement Grants; Notice Inviting

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal

Year (FY) 1995

Purpose of Program: The purpose of

this program is to provide grants to

carry out highly-focused, innovative,

locally-designed projects to expand or

enhance existing bilingual education or

special alternative instructional

programs for limited English proficient

students.

Eligible Applicants: (a) One or more

local educational agencies (LEAs); (b)

one or more LEAs in collaboration with

an institution of higher education (IHE),

community-based organization (CBO),

other LEAs, or a State educational

agency; or (c) a CBO or an IHE that has

an application approved by the LEA to

enhance early childhood education or

family education programs or to

conduct an instructional program that

supplements the educational services

provided by an LEA.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: May 30, 1995.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: July 31, 1995.

Applications Available: April 21,

1995.