24406 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 94 / Tuesday, May 14, 1996 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.163B]

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement—Library Services to

Indian Tribes and Hawaiian Natives

Program—Special Projects Grants

(Library Services and Construction

Act, Title IV); Notice Inviting

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal

Year 1996

Purpose of Program: Makes

competitive awards to eligible Indian

tribes to establish or improve public

library services. All available funds for

library services to Hawaiian natives are

awarded through the Library Services to

Indian Tribes and Hawaiian Natives

Program—Basic Grants (CFDA No.

84.163A).

Eligible Applicants: Indian Tribes and

Alaska Native villages or regional or

village corporations that have met

eligibility requirements for the Library

Services to Indian Tribes Program—

Basic Grants (CFDA No. 84.163A) and

received such Basic Grants in the same

fiscal year as the year of application.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: 7/15/96.

Applications Available: 6/3/96.

Estimated Available Funds: $950,000.

Estimated Range of Awards: $38,000–

106,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$68,000.

Estimated Number of Awards: 14.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: 12 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

regulations for this program in 34 CFR

Part 772; and (b) The Education

Department General Administrative

Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts

75, 77, 80, 81, and 85.

Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1),

the Secretary is particularly interested

in applications that meet one or more of

the following invitational priorities.

However, an application that meets an

invitational priority does not receive

competitive or absolute preference over

other applications.

Invitational Priority 1: To assess and

plan for tribal library needs.

Invitational Priority 2: To train or

retrain Indians as library personnel.

Invitational Priority 3: To utilize new

information technologies to expand

services to Indians in geographically

isolated areas.

Invitational Priority 4: To conduct

special library programs for Indians

such as summer reading programs for

children, outreach programs for elders,

literacy tutoring, and training in

computer use.

For Applications or Information

Contact: Kathy Price, U.S. Department

of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue

NW., Room 300, Washington, D.C.

20208–5571. Telephone (202) 219–1670.

For Users of TDD or FIRS: 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.

For Electronic Access to Information:

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) or the WWW server at http:/

/www.ed.gov/ (under Money Matters,

Funding Opportunities). However, the

official application notice for a

discretionary grant competition is the

notice published in the Federal

Register.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 351c(c)(2),

361(d), 364.

Dated: May 7, 1996.

Sharon P. Robinson,

Assistant Secretary for Educational Research

and Improvement.

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.163A]

Office of Educational Research and

Improvement—Library Services to

Indian Tribes and Hawaiian Natives

Program—Basic Grants (Library

Services and Construction Act, Title

IV); Notice Inviting Applications for

New Awards for Fiscal Year 1996

Purpose of Program: Provides

noncompetitive basic grants to eligible

Indian tribes and to eligible Hawaiian

native organizations to establish or

improve public library services for

Indian tribes and Hawaiian natives.

Eligible Applicants: (a) Indian tribes

recognized by the Secretary of the

Interior to be eligible for the special

programs and services provided by the

United States to Indians because of their

status as Indians; (b) Alaska Native

villages or regional or village

corporations as defined in or established

under the Alaska Native Claims

Settlement Act; however, two or more

Alaska Native villages, regional

corporations, or village corporations

may not receive basic grant allocations

to serve the same population; and (c)

Organizations primarily serving and

representing Hawaiian natives and

recognized by the Governor of Hawaii.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: 7/15/96.

Applications Available: 6/3/96.

Estimated Available Funds: $950,000.

Estimated Average Size of Awards:

$4,524.

Estimated Number of Awards: 210.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: 12 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

regulations for this program in 34 CFR

Part 771; and (b) the Education

Department General Administrative

Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 74

and 82 (for grants to Hawaiian native

organizations); 80 (for grants to Indian

tribes); 75, 77, 81 and 85 (for grants to

both Hawaiian natives and Indian

tribes).

For Applications or Information

Contact: Kathy Price, U.S. Department

of Education, 555 New Jersey Ave.

N.W., Room 300, Washington, DC

20208–5571. Telephone: (202) 219–

1670.

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) or on the WWW server at

http://www.ed.gov/ (under Money

Matters, Funding Opportunities).

However, the official application notice

for a discretionary grant competition is

the notice published in the Federal

Register.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 351c(c)(2),

361(d), 364.

Dated: May 7, 1996.

Sharon P. Robinson,

Assistant Secretary for Educational Research

and Improvement.

[FR Doc. 96–11829 Filed 5–13–96; 8:45 am]

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