Direct Grant Programs and Fellowship Programs; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 1994
Federal RegisterJun 10, 1994
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SUMMARY: The Secretary invites applications for new awards for fiscal
year (FY) 1995 under some of the Department's direct grant and
fellowship programs and announces deadline dates for the transmittal of
applications under these programs. This combined application notice
contains fiscal and programmatic information for potential applicants
under the Department's programs announced in this issue of the Federal
Register. This notice also lists FY 1995 programs previously announced
in the Federal Register.
DATES: The chart for each principal office (Charts 1 through 6)
includes the following dates for each program or competition: the date
on which applications will be available, the deadline for submission of
applications, and--for programs subject to Executive Order (EO) 12372
(Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs)--the deadline date for
transmittal of State Process Recommendations by State Single Points of
Contact (SPOCs) and comments by other interested parties.
ADDRESSES: For Applications or Further Information: The address and
telephone number for obtaining applications for, or further information
about, a program are in the application notice for that program.
For Users of TDD or FIRS: Individuals who use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD number, if any, listed in
the individual application notices. If a TDD number is not listed for a
given program, individuals who use a 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 Intergovernmental Review: The address for transmitting
recommendations and comments under intergovernmental review is in the
appendix to this notice. The appendix also contains the addresses of
individual SPOCs.
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). However, the official
application notice for a discretionary grant competition is the notice
published in the Federal Register.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department's first combined application
notice was published in September 1989. It was based on the idea--
subsequently affirmed by numerous parties in the educational
community--that placing as many application notices as possible in a
single notice would assist potential applicants in planning projects
and activities. In the intervening years, other issues affecting the
application and grant award processes were identified, including the
view of a number of potential applicants that the Department's schedule
for grant awards did not allow grantees sufficient time to implement
departmentally assisted projects before the start of the academic year.
As part of the Administration's goal to ``reinvent'' the Federal
Government, a departmentwide Quality Improvement Team examined the
Department's grant procedures and how these procedures affect the
timely award of grants. The team's recommendations, which have been
adopted by the Secretary, will result in a number of changes in the way
the Department announces and awards grants under the Department's
programs.
In order to announce and award grants to accommodate the academic
year, the Secretary determined that grants should be awarded during the
preceding spring, to the maximum extent possible. To allow applicants
more time to prepare applications and the Department the necessary time
to process those applications, the Secretary further determined that
application announcements should be published in the spring preceding
the year in which the grants will be awarded.
Thus, it is the Secretary's intent to publish the Department's
annual combined application notice in the spring rather than in
September, as has been the case until now. This policy will take full
effect with the announcement of grants for FY 1996. For this transition
year the combined notice for FY 1995 is being published in two
sections--one now, announcing as many programs and competitions as
possible at this time, and the other in September, announcing the
remainder of the Department's programs and competitions.
Thus, this notice contains those application announcements that the
Department is able to publish at this time, and references application
notices for FY 1995 that were published before this combined notice.
Readers should note that, unlike previous combined notices, this notice
does not list--or give estimated dates for--programs and competitions
for which application notices are to be published at a later date.
Those programs and competitions will be listed in the September
combined notice.
Among the programs and competitions omitted from this notice are
those governed by statutes that are undergoing congressional
reauthorization. These include programs administered by the Office of
Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs and the Office of
Elementary and Secondary Education, and some programs of the Office of
Educational Research and Improvement.
Also omitted from this notice are programs and competitions to be
governed by new regulations or funding priorities that have not yet
been issued in final form. In addition, this notice does not contain
programs and competitions that will use application forms not yet
approved by the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1980.
The Secretary anticipates that most of the Department's remaining
application notices for new awards for FY 1995 will be included in the
second section of the combined notice, to be issued in September 1994,
or published as separate application notices before then. The September
document will reference all programs and competitions announced in this
notice, as well as any for which application notices will have been
published in the interim.
Within the next month the Secretary intends to publish in the
Federal Register amendments to the Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) that will change how the Department
makes non-competing continuation discretionary grant awards for multi-
year projects. The amendments will eliminate the requirement that a
recipient submit an application for a continuation award. Instead, the
due dates for performance reports will be adjusted so that they can be
used to determine whether the recipient has met the criteria for
receiving the continuation award. This action is being taken to improve
the effectiveness, integrity, and quality of the grant award process
and the projects that the Department funds.
The amendments will affect the information that an applicant must
submit to the Department when it applies for a new grant for a multi-
year project. Specifically, the applicant would submit a detailed
budget for the entire project period, rather than for only the first
budget period of the project. This combined application notice
announces the amount the Secretary intends to award for only the first
budget period of a multi-year project. In the application package for
an individual program or competition, applicants will receive
information about the amount the Secretary intends to make available
for each year of a multi-year project. That will enable an applicant to
provide a detailed budget for each year of the grant, as will be
required by the amended regulations.
Organization of Notice
Each principal program office is assigned a separate chart as
follows:
Chart 1--Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages
Affairs.
Chart 2--Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
Chart 3--Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Chart 4--Office of Postsecondary Education.
Chart 5--Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
Chart 6--Office of Vocational and Adult Education.
Each of the charts that lists individual programs or competitions
contains the following information:
The CFDA number and the name of each affected program.
The date of availability of applications.
The deadline date for transmitting applications.
For any program subject to the requirements of EO 12372
and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79, the deadline date for
transmitting comments under intergovernmental review.
The estimated range of awards.
The estimated average size of awards.
The estimated number of awards.
For programs or competitions that have already published in the
Federal Register application notices for FY 1995 grants, the chart
references the date and page number of the notice.
Following the chart for each principal program office are
additional details for each affected program with an application notice
in this combined notice, including--
A brief statement of the purpose of the program;
A list of eligible applicants;
A list of regulations applicable to the program;
Information regarding priorities, if any;
Supplemental information, if necessary, regarding
selection criteria, any fiscal matters peculiar to the program or
competition, or other matters;
The project period in months;
The name, address, and telephone number of the person or
office at the Department to contact for applications or information;
and
A citation of the statutory or other legal authority for
the program.
In addition, some programs have listed an estimated award date.
Available Funds
The Congress has not yet enacted a fiscal year 1995 appropriation
for the Department of Education. However, the Department is publishing
this notice in order to give potential applicants adequate time to
prepare applications. Estimates of the amount of funds available for
these programs are based in part on the President's 1995 budget request
and in part on the level of funding available for fiscal year 1994. The
Department of Education is not Bound by any of the Estimates in this
Notice.
National Education Goals
On March 31, 1994, the President signed into law the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act (Pub. L. 103-227). The Act enunciates eight
National Education Goals for the year 2000:
All children in America will start school ready to learn.
The high school graduation rate will increase to at least
90 percent.
All students will leave grades 4, 8, and 12 having
demonstrated competency in challenging subject matter, including
English, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and
government, economics, arts, history, and geography; and every school
in America will ensure that all students learn to use their minds well,
so they may be prepared for responsible citizenship, further learning,
and productive employment in our Nation's modern economy.
United States students will be first in the world in
mathematics and science achievement.
Every adult American will be literate and will possess the
knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global economy and
exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
Every school in the United States will be free of drugs,
violence, and the unauthorized presence of firearms and alcohol and
will offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning.
The Nation's teaching force will have access to programs
for the continued improvement of their professional skills and the
opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to instruct and
prepare all American students for the next century.
Every school will promote partnerships that will increase
parental involvement and participation in promoting the social,
emotional, and academic growth of children.
In developing this combined application notice the Department has
sought to ensure that programs awarding grants during FY 1995 will
further achievement of the National Education Goals. The Secretary
encourages applicants under these programs to consider the National
Education Goals in developing their applications.
Applicability of Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988
Some programs included in this combined application notice may
provide that a grant, fellowship, traineeship, or other monetary
benefit may be awarded to an individual. This award may be made to the
individual either directly by the Department or by a grantee that
receives Federal funds for the purpose of providing, for example,
fellowships, traineeships, or other awards to individuals.
Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-690;
redesignated as section 421 of the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C.
862) provides that a sentencing court may deny eligibility for certain
Federal benefits to an individual convicted of drug trafficking or
possession. Thus, an individual who applies for a grant, fellowship, or
other monetary benefit under a program covered by this notice should
understand that, if convicted of drug trafficking or possession, he or
she is subject to denial of eligibility for that benefit if the
sentencing court imposes such a sanction.
This denial applies whether the Federal benefit is provided to the
individual directly by the Department or is provided through a grant,
fellowship, traineeship, or other award made available with Federal
funds by a grantee.
Any persons determined to be ineligible for Federal benefits under
the provisions of section 5301 are listed in the General Services
Administration's ``Lists of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement
or Nonprocurement Programs.''
Applicability of the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act of 1990
The programs announced in this notice make discretionary awards
subject to the eligibility requirements of the Federal Debt Collection
Procedures Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-647; 28 U.S.C. 3201). The Act
provides that if there is a judgment lien against a debtor's property
for a debt to the United States, the debtor is not eligible to receive
a Federal grant or loan, except direct payments to which the debtor is
entitled as beneficiary, until the judgment is paid in full or
otherwise satisfied.
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs
Certain programs in this notice are subject to the requirements of
EO 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. These programs are
identified in Charts 1 through 6 with a date in the column headed
``Deadline for intergovernmental review.'' For further information, an
applicant under a program subject to the Executive order and other
parties interested in that program--are directed to the appendix to
this notice.
Chart 1.--Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs
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Deadline for
Applications Application intergovern- Estimated range Estimated Estimated
CFDA No. and name available deadline mental of awards avg. size number of
date review of awards awards
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Application notices for all
programs will be published
at a future date.......... ............ ........... ............ ................ ........... ...........
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Chart 2.--Office of Educational Research and Improvement
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Deadline for
Applications Application intergovern- Estimated range Estimated Estimated
CFDA No. and name available deadline mental of awards avg. size number of
date review of awards awards
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Library programs:
Application notices for
all programs will be
published at a future
date.................. ............ ........... ............ ................ ........... ...........
Fund for the improvement
and reform of schools and
teaching (FIRST):
Application notices for
all programs will be
published at a future
date.................. ............ ........... ............ ................ ........... ...........
Office of research:
Application notices for
all programs will be
published at a future
date.................. ............ ........... ............ ................ ........... ...........
Programs for the
improvement of practice:
Application notices for
all programs will be
published at a future
date.................. ............ ........... ............ ................ ........... ...........
National center for
education statistics:
Application notices for
all programs will be
published at a future
date.................. ............ ........... ............ ................ ........... ...........
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Chart 3.--Office of Elementary and Secondary Education
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Deadline for
Applications Application intergovern- Estimated range Estimated Estimated
CFDA No. and Name available deadline mental of awards avg. size number of
date review of awards awards
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Application notices for all
programs will be published
at a future date.......... ............ ........... ............ ................ ........... ...........
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Chart 4.--Office of Postsecondary Education
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Application Deadline for Estimated Estimated
CFDA No. and Name Applications deadline intergovernmental Estimated range avg. size number of
available date review of awards of awards awards
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84.016AUndergraduate
international studies
and foreign language
program.............. 8/22/94 11/4/94 1/3/95 $30,000-85,000 $62,000 31
84.017AInternational
research and studies
program.............. 9/2/94 11/4/94 N/A 30,000-140,000 95,588 15
84.019AFulbright-Hays
faculty research
abroad program....... 8/12/94 10/28/94 N/A 17,000-75,000 38,000 22
84.021AFulbright-Hays
group projects abroad
program.............. 8/26/94 10/21/94 N/A 30,000-70,000 52,000 25
84.022AFulbright-Hays
doctoral dissertation
research abroad
program.............. 8/12/94 10/28/94 N/A 9,000-72,000 \1\29,000 \2\61
84.031GEndowment
challenge grant
program.............. 4/17/95 6/16/95 N/A 50,000-500,000 350,000 20
84.055ACooperative
education program--
administration, part
a projects........... 10/21/94 1/6/95 3/6/95 25,000-300,000 78,125 18
84.055BCooperative
education program--
demonstration
projects............. 10/21/94 1/6/95 3/6/95 20,000-150,000 100,000 2
84.055CCooperative
education program--
research projects.... 10/21/94 1/6/95 3/6/95 20,000-150,000 100,000 2
84.055DCooperative
education program--
training and resource
center Projects...... 10/21/94 1/6/95 3/6/95 20,000-150,000 100,000 2
84.055ECooperative
education program--
administration, part
B projects........... 10/21/94 1/6/95 3/6/95 1,000-75,000 15,000 60
84.097ALaw school
clinical experience
program.............. 12/12/94 2/28/95 4/28/95 27,000-250,000 125,000 13
84.120Minority science
improvement program--
institutional,
design, special, and
cooperative projects. 8/12/94 10/14/94 12/14/95 \3\100,000-300,0
00 120,000 13
\4\16,000-20,0
00 18,000 ...........
\5\20,000-150
,000 25,000 10
\6\200,000-50
0,000 175,000 2
84.153ABusiness and
international
education program.... 8/26/94 11/7/94 1/9/95 50,000-100,000 80,000 18
84.202AGrants to
institutions and
consortia to
encourage women and
minority
participation in
graduate education
program.............. 8/8/94 10/19/94 12/19/94 25,000-100,000 80,000 50
84.220ACenters for
international
business education
program.............. 8/22/94 11/10/94 1/9/95 150,000-350,000 272,000 12
84.261Dwight D.
Eisenhower leadership
development program.. 11/21/94 1/20/95 3/20/95 100,000-225,000 162,500 16
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\1\Per fellow.
\2\Individual fellowships.
\3\Institutional projects.
\4\Design projects.
\5\Special projects.
\6\Cooperative projects.
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
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Application Deadline for Estimated Estimated
CFDA No. and Name Applications deadline intergovernmental Estimated range avg. size number of
available date review of awards of awards awards
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84.116FFund for the
improvement of
postsecondary
education--Innovative
projects for
community service.... 10/14/94 12/20/94 2/20/95 $25,000-75,000 $60,000 29
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84.016A Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language
Program
Purpose of Program: To provide grants to strengthen and improve
undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign
languages in the United States.
Eligible applicants: Institutions of higher education; combinations
of institutions of higher education; and public and nonprofit private
agencies and organizations, including professional and scholarly
associations.
Applicable regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
85 and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR parts 655
and 658, as amended in the Federal Register on June 10, 1993 (58 FR
32574).
Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), 34 CFR 658.35, and section
604(a)(4) of title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended
by the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, the Secretary gives
preference to applications that meet the following competitive
priority. The Secretary awards five points to an application that meets
this competitive priority in a particularly effective way. These points
are in addition to any points the application earns under the selection
criteria for the program:
Applications from institutions of higher education or combinations
of institutions that--
(a) Require entering students to have successfully completed at
least two years of secondary school foreign language instruction;
(b) Require each graduating student to earn two years of
postsecondary credit in a foreign language or have demonstrated
equivalent competence in the foreign language; or
(c) In the case of a two-year degree granting institution, offer
two years of postsecondary credit in a foreign language.
Supplementary information: An institutional grantee shall pay a
minimum of 50 percent of the cost of the project for each fiscal year.
Project period: 24 to 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Christine Corey, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20202-5332. Telephone: (202) 732-6061.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1124.
84.017A International Research and Studies Program
Purpose of Program: To provide grants to conduct research and
studies to improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign
languages, area studies, and other international fields to provide full
understanding of the places in which the foreign languages are commonly
used.
Eligible Applicants: Public and private agencies, organizations,
and institutions; and individuals.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 82,
85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR parts
655 and 660, as amended in the Federal Register on June 10, 1993 (58 FR
32574).
Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105 (c)(2)(i), and 34 CFR 660.34 and
660.10, the Secretary gives preference to applications that meet either
of the following competitive priorities. The Secretary awards five
points to an application that meets either of these competitive
priorities in a particularly effective way. These points are in
addition to any points the application earns under the selection
criteria for the program:
(a) Studies and surveys to determine needs for increased or
improved instruction in foreign language, area studies, or other
international fields, including the demand for foreign language, area,
and international specialists in government, education, and the private
sector.
(b) Studies and surveys to assess the use of graduates of programs
supported under title VI of the Higher Education Act, as amended, by
governmental, educational, and private sector organizations; and other
studies assessing the outcomes and effectiveness of programs supported
under title VI.
Project Period: 12 to 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Jose L. Martinez, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20202-5331. Telephone: (202) 732-6072.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1125.
84.019A Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program
84.022A Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program
Purpose of Programs: (a) The Faculty Research Abroad Program offers
opportunities to faculty members of higher education for research and
study in modern foreign languages and area studies. (b) The Doctoral
Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program provides opportunities
for graduate students to engage in full time dissertation research
abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 81, 82, 85
and 86; and (b) The regulations for these programs in 34 CFR parts 662
and 663.
Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), 34 CFR 663.32(c) (Higher
Education Programs in Modern Foreign Language Training and Area
Studies--Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program), and 34 CFR
662.32(c) (Higher Education Programs in Modern Foreign Language
Training and Area Studies--Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad
Fellowship Program) the Secretary gives an absolute preference to
applications that meet the following priority. The Secretary funds only
applications that meet this absolute priority:
Research projects that focus on one or more of the following:
Africa, East Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, the Near
East, East Central Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere.
Note: Applications that propose projects focused on Western
Europe will not be funded.
Project Period: Three to 12 months for Faculty Research Abroad; and
6 to 12 months for Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad.
For Applications or Information Contact: For Faculty Research
Abroad Program: Eliza Washington, U.S. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-5331. Telephone: (202) 732-
6075.
For Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program: Karla Ver Bryck
Block, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202-5331. Telephone: (202) 732-6073.
Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6).
84.021A Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program
Purpose of Program: To provide grants to support overseas projects
in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign
languages and area studies by teachers, students, and faculty engaged
in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars,
curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced intensive
language projects.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education; State
departments of education; nonprofit private educational organizations;
and consortia of these types of institutions, departments, and
organizations.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81,
82, 85, and 86; (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part
664.
Priorities:
Absolute Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 664.32
the Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet
the following priority. The Secretary funds only applications that meet
this absolute priority:
Group projects that focus on one or more of the following: Africa,
East Asia, the Western Hemisphere, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, East
Central Europe and Eurasia, the Near East, and South Asia.
Note: Applications that propose projects focused on Western
Europe will not be funded.
Competitive Priority: Within the absolute priority specified in
this notice, the Secretary, under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) and 34 CFR
664.32, gives preference to applications that meet the following
competitive priority. The Secretary awards up to five points to an
application that meets this competitive priority in a particularly
effective way. These points are in addition to any points the
application earns under the selection criteria for the program:
Short-term seminars that develop and improve foreign language and
area studies at elementary and secondary schools.
Invitational Priority: Within the absolute priority for and the
Western Hemisphere, the Secretary is particularly interested in
applications that meet the following invitational priority. However,
under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(i) an application that meets this invitational
priority does not receive competitive or absolute preference over other
applications:
Projects that focus on Mexico.
Project Periods:
For short-term seminar projects: five weeks.
For curriculum development projects: six to eight weeks.
For group research or study projects: two to twelve months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Dr. Lungching Chiao, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20202-5332. Telephone: (202) 732-6061.
Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6).
84.031G Endowment Challenge Grant Program
Purpose of Program: To provide matching grants to eligible
institutions of higher education to establish or increase their
endowment funds.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education that are
designated as eligible. The Secretary publishes separately in the
Federal Register a notice informing interested parties how to be
designated as eligible to apply for Endowment Challenge Grant funds.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR 74.61(h) or 34 CFR 80.26
and the appendix to 34 CFR part 80, as applicable; 74.80, 74.84 and
74.85; 75.100 through 75.102 and 75.217; and in 34 CFR parts 82, 85,
and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 628.
Project Period: 240 months (20 years).
Fundraising Period: 18 months (September 1995-March 1997).
For Applications or Information Contact: Anne Price-Collins, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3042, ROB-3,
Washington, DC 20202-5337. Telephone: (202) 708-8866. Applications will
be sent to those institutions designated as eligible under the title
III programs.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1065.
84.055A Cooperative Education Program--Administration, Part A Projects
Purpose of Program: To provide grants for new projects to encourage
institutions of higher education to offer their students work
experiences that will aid these students in their future careers and
support them financially while in school.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs), as
defined in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended; and combinations of IHEs.
Note: The Secretary awards a grant for a new project to an
institution, or combination of institutions, that has not received
an administration project grant in the 10-year period immediately
preceding the date for which the institution, or combination of
institutions, requests a grant under this part.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR
parts 631 and 632, published in the Federal Register on August 11, 1993
(58 FR 42651).
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Dr. John E. Bonas, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Courtyard Suite C-
80, Portals Building, Washington, DC 20202-5329. Telephone: (202) 260-
3265.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1133-1133b.
84.055B Cooperative Education Program--Demonstration Projects
Purpose of Program: To provide grants to demonstrate or determine
the feasibility or value of innovative cooperative education projects,
as well as to disseminate information about effective innovative
projects.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs), as
defined in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended; combinations of IHEs; and public and nonprofit private
agencies and organizations.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR
parts 631 and 633, published in the Federal Register on August 11, 1993
(58 FR 42651).
Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 633.21(a) the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet one or
more of the following priorities. The Secretary funds under this
competition only applications that meet one or more of these absolute
priorities:
Absolute Priority 1: Model cooperative education projects in the
fields of science and mathematics for women and minorities who are
underrepresented in those fields.
Absolute Priority 2: Model cooperative education projects
specializing in developing technical and professional work force skills
for nontraditional students and students from special or
underrepresented populations.
Absolute Priority 3: Model cooperative education projects that
focus on developing and establishing articulation and other cooperative
arrangements between or among secondary and postsecondary educational
institutions.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Dr. John E. Bonas, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Courtyard Suite C-
80, Portals Building, Washington, DC 20202-5329. Telephone: (202) 260-
3265.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1133, 1133a, 1133c.
84.055C Cooperative Education Program--Research Projects
Purpose of Program: To provide grants to conduct studies to
improve, develop, or evaluate methods of cooperative education for the
benefit of the cooperative education community.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs), as
defined in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended; combinations of IHEs; and public and nonprofit private
agencies and organizations.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR
parts 631 and 634, published in the Federal Register on August 11, 1993
(58 FR 42651).
Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 634.21(a) the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet one or
more of the following priorities. The Secretary funds under this
competition only applications that meet one or more of these absolute
priorities:
Absolute Priority 1: Longitudinal studies on former cooperative
education students and non-cooperative education students to determine
the relationship between the students' cooperative education work
experiences and one or more of the following:
(a) Initial job placement.
(b) Job advancement.
(c) Long-term earnings.
Absolute Priority 2: Assessment of the impact of cooperative
education on college retention rates and on the academic achievement of
students participating in cooperative education, compared to
nonparticipants.
Absolute Priority 3: Assessment of the impact of comprehensive
cooperative education projects on--
(a) The institution;
(b) Students at the institution;
(c) Faculty;
(d) Employment opportunities; and
(e) Factors influencing the successes and failures of comprehensive
cooperative education projects.
Absolute Priority 4: Identification and assessment of incentives
and factors that influence an IHE to continue its cooperative education
project successfully after Federal financial assistance has ended.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Dr. John E. Bonas, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Courtyard Suite C-
80, Portals Building, Washington, DC 20202-5329. Telephone: (202) 260-
3265.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1133, 1133a, 1133c.
84.055D Cooperative Education Program--Training and Resource Center
Projects
Purpose of Program: To provide grants to train and assist
individuals who participate in or are planning to participate in the
planning, establishment, and administration of cooperative education
projects.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs), as
defined in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended; combinations of IHEs; and public and private nonprofit
agencies and organizations.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR
parts 631 and 635, published in the Federal Register on August 11, 1993
(58 FR 42651).
Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(ii) and 34 CFR 635.4(b)(5) and
34 CFR 635.21(a) the Secretary gives preference to applications 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:
Supporting partnerships in which an institution with an existing
comprehensive cooperative education program assists one or more
institutions to--
(a) Improve their existing cooperative education program; or
(b) Establish, expand, or improve a comprehensive cooperative
education program.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Dr. John E. Bonas, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Courtyard Suite C-
80, Portals Building, Washington, DC 20202-5329. Telephone: (202) 260-
3265.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1133, 1133a, 1133c.
84.055E Cooperative Education Program--Administration, Part B Projects
Purpose of Program: To provide grants for existing projects to
encourage individual institutions of higher education to offer their
students work experiences that will aid these students in their future
careers and support them financially while in school.
Eligible Applicants: Individual institutions of higher education,
as defined in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended.
Note: The Secretary awards a grant for an existing project to an
institution that is operating a cooperative education program, as
defined under 34 CFR 631.5(b).
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR
parts 631 and 632, published in the Federal Register on August 11, 1993
(58 FR 42651).
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Dr. John E. Bonas, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Courtyard Suite C-
80, Portals Building, Washington, DC 20202-5329. Telephone: (202) 260-
3265.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1133-1133b.
84.097A Law School Clinical Experience Program
Purpose of Program: To provide grants to continue, expand, or
establish programs that provide clinical experience to students in the
practice of law.
Eligible Applicants: Individual law schools that have been
accredited by a nationally recognized agency approved by the Secretary;
and combinations and consortiums of accredited law schools.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
85, and 86; and (b) the regulations of this program in 34 CFR part 639.
Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c) and 34 CFR 639.11 the Secretary
gives an absolute preference to applications that meet both of the
following priorities. The Secretary funds under this program only those
competing applications that meet both of these absolute priorities:
Projects that--
(a) Provide legal experience in the preparation and trial of actual
cases, including administrative cases and the settlement of
controversies outside the courtroom; and
(b) Provide service to persons who have difficulty in gaining
access to legal representation.
Supplementary Information: The authorizing statute for the program
permits the Secretary to pay up to 90 percent of the costs of projects
at law schools (20 U.S.C. 1134u(a)). The program regulations permit the
Secretary to establish annually a lower maximum Federal share (34 CFR
639.40(a)(2)). For fiscal year 1995 the Secretary sets the maximum
Federal share at 65 percent to establish programs, 50 percent to expand
programs, and 35 percent to continue programs of legal clinical
experience.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: John J. Lank, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Courtyard Suite C-
80, Portals Building, Washington, DC 20202-5329. Telephone: (202) 260-
3281.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1134u, 1134v.
84.120 Minority Science Improvement Program--Institutional, Design,
Special, and Cooperative Projects
Purpose of Program: To effect long-range improvement in science
education at predominantly minority institutions and to increase the
flow of underrepresented ethnic minorities, particularly minority
women, into scientific careers.
Eligible Applicants:
(a) For institutional, design, and special projects described in 34
CFR 637.14(a), (b) and (c): Public and nonprofit private minority
institutions.
Note: A minority institution is defined in 34 CFR 637.4(b) as an
accredited college or university whose enrollment of a single
minority group or combination of minority groups, as defined in 34
CFR 637.4(b), exceeds 50 percent of the total enrollment.
(b) For institutional, design, and special projects described in 34
CFR 637.14(b) and (c): Non-profit science-oriented organizations;
professional scientific societies; and nonprofit accredited colleges
and universities that render a needed service to a group of eligible
minority institutions, as defined in 34 CFR 637.4(b), or that provide
inservice training of project directors, scientists, and engineers from
eligible minority institutions.
(c) For cooperative projects: Groups of nonprofit accredited
colleges and universities whose primary fiscal agent is an eligible
minority institution, as defined in 34 CFR 637.4(b).
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part
637.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Dr. Argelia Velez-
Rodriguez, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Courtyard Suite C-80, Portals Building, Washington, DC 20202-5329.
Telephone: (202) 260-3261.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135b-1135b-3, 1135d-1135d-6.
84.153A Business and International Education Program
Purpose of Program: To provide grants both to enhance international
business education programs and expand the capacity of the business
community to engage in international economic activities.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education that have
entered into agreements with business enterprises, trade organizations,
or associations engaged in international economic activity.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
85 and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR parts 655
and 661.
Supplementary Information: A grantee shall pay a minimum of 50
percent of the cost of the project for each fiscal year.
Project Period: 24 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Susanna C. Easton or Sarah
T. Beaton, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20202-5332. Telephone: (202) 732-6061.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1130-1130b.
84.220A Centers for International Business Education Program
Purpose of Program: To provide grants to eligible applicants to pay
the Federal share of the cost of planning, establishing, and operating
centers for international business.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education; and
combinations of institutions of higher education.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82,
85, 86; and (b) Because there are no program-specific regulations for
this program, applicants are encouraged to read the authorizing statute
for the Centers for International Business Education Program, under
section 612 of part B, title VI, of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended by section 6261 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (Pub.L. 100-418).
Project Period: 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Susanna C. Easton, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20202-5332. Telephone: (202) 732-6061.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1130-1.
For Applications or Additional Information Contact: Vicki V. Payne,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Courtyard Suite
C-80, Portals Building, Washington, DC 20202-5329. Telephone: (202)
260-3291.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1134-1134c-2.
84.261A Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Development Program
Purpose of Program: To provide grants that establish prototypes
that reach out to young Americans and promote the practical study and
teachings of leadership through programs specially prepared to foster
the development of new generations of leaders in the areas of national
and international affairs.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs), as
defined in section 1201 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended; and nonprofit private organizations in combination with IHEs.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 85, 86; and (b) Because there are no program-specific regulations
for this program, applicants are encouraged to read the authorizing
statute for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Leadership Development Act, under
part D, title X of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (Pub.
L. 102-325).
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Dr. Donald N. Bigelow,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC
20202-5247. Telephone: (202) 732-6070.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1135f.
84.116F Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education--
Innovative Projects for Community Service
Purpose of Program: To provide grants to support projects
encouraging students to participate in community service activities.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs);
combinations of IHEs; and other public and nonprofit private
institutions and agencies.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
82, 85, and 86, with the exceptions noted in 34 CFR 630.4(a); and (b)
The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 630.
Selection Criteria: In evaluating applications for grants under
this program competition, the Secretary uses the following selection
criteria chosen from those listed in 34 CFR 630.32.
(a) Significance for Postsecondary Education. The Secretary reviews
each proposed project for its significance in improving postsecondary
education by determining the extent to which it would--
(1) Achieve the purpose of the Innovative Projects for Community
Service Program as referenced in 34 CFR 630.11(c);
(2) Address an important problem or need;
(3) Represent an improvement upon, or important departure from,
existing practice; and
(4) Achieve far-reaching impact through improvements that will be
useful in a variety of ways and in a variety of settings.
(b) Feasibility. The Secretary reviews each proposed project for
its feasibility by determining the extent to which--
(1) The proposed project represents an appropriate response to the
problem or need addressed;
(2) The applicant is capable of carrying out the proposed project
as evidenced by, for example--
(i) The applicant's understanding of the problem or need;
(ii) The quality of the project design, including objectives,
approaches, and evaluation plan;
(iii) The adequacy of resources, including money, personnel,
facilities, equipment, and supplies;
(iv) The qualifications of key personnel who would conduct the
project; and
(v) The applicant's relevant prior experience;
(3) The applicant and any other participating organizations are
committed to the success of the proposed project, as evidenced by, for
example--
(i) Contribution of resources by the applicant and by participating
organizations;
(ii) Their prior work in the area; and
(iii) The potential for continuation of the proposed project beyond
the period of funding (unless the project would be self-terminating);
and
(4) The proposed project demonstrates potential for dissemination
to or adaptation by other organizations, and shows evidence of interest
by potential users.
(c) Appropriateness of funding projects. The Secretary reviews each
application to determine whether support of the proposed project by the
Secretary is appropriate in terms of the availability of other funding
sources for the proposed activities.
The Secretary gives equal weight to the selection criteria on
significance, feasibility, and appropriateness. Within each of these
criteria, the Secretary gives equal weight to each of the subcriteria.
In applying the criteria, the Secretary first analyzes an application
in terms of each individual criterion. The Secretary then bases the
final judgment of an application on the overall assessment of the
degree to which the applicant addresses all selection criteria.
Project Period: 12 to 36 months.
For Applications and Information Contact: FIPSE, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 3100, ROB-3, Washington, DC 20202-5175. Telephone:
(202) 205-0082 to order applications; or (202) 708-5750 for
information.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1137-1137a.
Chart 5.--Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
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Estimated
Applications Application Deadline for Estimated range avg. size Estimated
CFDA No. and name available deadline intergovernmental of awards (per of awards number of
date review year) (per year) awards
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Office of Special
Education Programs:
84.023Research in
education of
individuals with
disabilities
program.......... ............ ........... ................. ................ ........... ...........
84.023AAdvancing
and improving the
research
knowledge base... 6/30/94 12/16/94 N/A $70,000-100,000 $85,000 8
84.023CField-
initiated
research projects 6/30/94 10/24/94 N/A 100,000-180,000 140,000 17
84.023ESynthesize
and communicate a
professional
knowledge base:
contributions to
research and
practice......... 6/30/94 10/17/94 N/A 145,000-150,000 147,500 3
84.023NInitial
career awards.... 6/30/94 9/6/94 N/A 72,000-75,000 73,500 4
84.024Early
education program
for children with
disabilities..... ............ ........... ................. ................ ........... ...........
84.024BModel
demonstration
projects for
young children
with disabilities 6/30/94 9/12/94 11/12/94 120,000-140,000 130,000 8
84.024PEarly
childhood model
inservice
training projects 6/30/94 9/19/94 11/19/95 120,000-140,000 130,000 10
84.025Services for
children with
deaf-blindness
program.......... ............ ........... ................. ................ ........... ...........
84.025AState and
multi-state
projects for
children who are
deaf-blind....... 6/30/94 12/9/94 2/9/95 30,000-800,000 175,000 49
84.025AOptional
pilot projects
for children who
are deaf-blind\1\ 6/30/94 12/9/94 2/9/95 60,000-75,000 70,000 10
84.025ETechnical
assistance for
transitional
services for
children and
youth who are
deaf-blind....... 6/30/94 10/17/94 12/17/94 650,000 650,000 1
84.029Training
personnel for the
education of
individuals with
disabilities--gra
nts for personnel
training and
parent training
and information
centers.......... ............ ........... ................. ................ ........... ...........
84.029ATraining
personnel to
service low-
incidence
disabilities..... 6/30/94 10/7/94 12/7/94 75,000-115,000 90,000 23
84.029BPreparation
of personnel for
careers in
special education 6/30/94 9/30/94 11/30/94 75,000-100,000 90,000 23
84.029DPreparation
of leadership
personnel........ 6/30/94 9/16/94 11/16/94 75,000-100,000 90,000 23
84.029EMinority
institutions
personnel........ 6/30/94 10/21/94 12/21/94 75,000-100,000 90,000 11
84.029FPreparation
of related
services
personnel........ 6/30/94 9/23/94 11/23/94 75,000-115,000 90,000 11
84.029KSpecial
projects......... 6/30/94 10/28/94 12/28/94 75,000-115,000 90,000 17
84.029LTraining
educational
interpreters..... 6/30/94 10/28/94 12/28/94 75,000-115,000 90,000 6
84.029MParent
training and
information
centers.......... 6/15/94 8/19/94 11/19/94 100,000-300,000 150,000 17
84.029PExperimenta
l parent centers. 6/15/94 8/19/94 10/19/94 25,000-35,000 30,000 5
84.029QTraining
early
intervention and
preschool
personnel........ 6/30/94 10/14/94 12/14/94 75,000-115,000 90,000 23
84.078Postsecondar
y education
programs for
individuals with
disabilities..... ............ ........... ................. ................ ........... ...........
84.078CModel
demonstration
projects to
improve the
delivery and
outcomes of
postsecondary
education for
individuals with
disabilities..... 6/30/94 11/4/94 1/4/95 90,000-110,000 100,000 14
84.086Program for
children with
severe
disabilities..... ............ ........... ................. ................ ........... ...........
84.086DResearch
project for
educating
children with
severe
disabilities in
inclusive
settings......... 6/30/94 12/2/94 2/2/95 165,000-175,000 175,000 3
84.086JStatewide
system change:
children with
severe
disabilities..... 6/30/94 10/17/94 12/17/94 210,000-260,000 250,000 6
84.086UOutreach
projects: serving
children with
severe
disabilities in
general education
and community
settings......... 6/30/94 1/23/95 3/23/95 125,000-140,000 130,000 3
84.158State
systems for
transition
services for
youth with
disabilities
program.......... ............ ........... ................. ................ ........... ...........
84.158AState
systems for
transition
services for
youth with
disabilities
program.......... 6/30/94 1/27/95 3/27/95 N/A 500,000 4
84.158Secondary
education and
transitional
services for
youth with
disabilities
program.......... ............ ........... ................. ................ ........... ...........
84.158DModel
demonstration
projects to
identify and
develop
alternatives for
youth with
disabilities who
have dropped out
of school or are
at risk of
dropping out of
school........... 6/30/94 10/7/94 12/7/94 100,000-115,000 106,000 5
84.158QOutreach
projects for
services for
youth with
disabilities..... 6/30/94 10/7/94 12/7/94 90,000-110,000 100,000 7
84.159Special
studies program.. ............ ........... ................. ................ ........... ...........
84.159AState
agency-federal
evaluation
studies projects. 10/7/94 12/9/94 N/A 74,000-80,000 77,000 2
84.159DState and
local education
efforts to
implement the
transition
requirements in
the individuals
with disabilities
education act.... 6/17/94 8/19/94 N/A 300,000 300,000 1
84.159FState
agency-federal
evaluation
studies projects. 10/7/94 12/9/94 N/A 50,000 50,000 1
84.180Technology,
educational
media, and
materials for
individuals with
disabilities
program.......... ............ ........... ................. ................ ........... ...........
84.180GTechnology,
educational media
materials
research project
that promote
literacy......... 7/11/94 9/12/94 11/14/94 192,000-200,000 196,000 4
84.237Program for
children and
youth with
serious emotional
disturbance...... ............ ........... ................. ................ ........... ...........
84.237FPreventing
the development
of serious
emotional
disturbance among
children and
youth with
emotional and
behavioral
problems......... 7/15/94 9/16/94 11/14/94 173,000-175,000 174,000 5
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\1\With regard to CFDA 84.025A, only successful applicants under State and Multi-State Projects are considered
for funding under Optional Pilot Projects.
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Deadline for
Applications Application intergovern- Estimated range Estimated Estimated
CFDA No. and Name available deadline mental of awards avg. size number of
date review of awards awards
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National institute on
disability and
rehabilitation research:
84.133FResearch
fellowships\1\........ ............ ........... ............ ................ ........... ...........
84.133GField-initiated
research\1\........... ............ ........... ............ ................ ........... ...........
84.133NSpecial projects
and demonstrations for
spinal cord
injuries\1\........... ............ ........... ............ ................ ........... ...........
84.133PResearch
training and career
development program\1\ ............ ........... ............ ................ ........... ...........
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\1\The application notices for these programs were published in the Federal Register on June 3, 1994 (Part V).
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Deadline for
CFDA No. and name Applications Application intergovern-mental Estimated range Estimated avg. Estimated number
available deadline date review of awards size of awards of awards
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Rehabilitation Services
Administration:
84.128GVocational
rehabilitation service
projects for migratory
agricultural and seasonal
farmworkers with
disabilities................ 10/19/94 1/25/95 3/27/95 $150,000-175,000 $162,500 3
84.128TSpecial projects and
demonstrations for providing
supported employment to
individuals with the most
severe disabilities and
technical assistance
projects--community-based
projects.................... 10/19/94 1/16/95 3/16/95 175,000-225,000 200,000 9
84.129A-1Rehabilitation long-
term training--
rehabilitation medicine..... 8/22/94 10/14/94 12/14/94 90,000-110,000 100,000 2
84.129A-5Rehabilitation long-
term training--prosthetics
and orthotics............... 8/22/94 10/14/94 12/14/94 165,000-185,000 175,000 2
84.129BRehabilitation long-
term training--
rehabilitation counseling... 8/22/94 10/14/94 12/14/94 60,000-110,000 86,000 20
129D-1Rehabilitation long-
term training--physical
therapy..................... 8/22/94 10/14/94 12/14/94 90,000-110,000 100,000 4
84.129ERehabilitation long-
term training--
rehabilitation technology... 8/22/94 10/14/94 12/14/94 90,000-110,000 100,000 3
84.129FRehabilitation long-
term training--vocational
evaluation and work
adjustment.................. 8/22/94 10/14/94 12/14/94 90,000-110,000 100,000 3
84.129HRehabilitation long-
term training--
rehabilitation of
individuals who are mentally
ill......................... 8/22/94 10/14/94 12/14/94 90,000-110,000 100,000 2
84.129LRehabilitation long-
term training--undergraduate
education in rehabilitation
services.................... 8/22/94 10/14/94 12/14/94 65,000-85,000 75,000 5
84.129PRehabilitation long-
term training--specialized
personnel for rehabilitation
of individuals who are blind
or have vision impairment
(currently: rehabilitation
long-term training--
rehabilitation of
individuals who are blind).. 8/22/94 10/14/94 12/14/94 90,000-110,000 100,000 6
84.129QRehabilitation long-
term training--
rehabilitation of
individuals who are deaf or
hard of hearing (currently:
rehabilitation long-term
training--rehabilitation of
individuals who are deaf)... 8/22/94 10/14/94 12/14/94 90,000-110,000 100,000 6
84.129RRehabilitation long-
term training--
rehabilitation job
development and placement... 8/22/94 10/14/94 12/14/94 90,000-110,000 100,000 2
84.250EVocational
rehabilitation service
projects for American
Indians with disabilities... 10/19/94 4/10/95 N/A 200,000-300,000 250,000 15
84.263ARehabilitation
training--experimental and
innovative training......... 8/1/94 10/14/94 12/14/94 90,000-110,000 100,000 5
84.264A-1Rehabilitation
training--rehabilitation
continuing education
programs (for region V
only.)...................... 8/22/94 10/14/94 12/14/94 490,000-530,000 510,000 1
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84.023A, C, E, and N Research in Education of Individuals With
Disabilities Program
Purpose of Program: To advance and improve the knowledge base and
improve the practice of professionals, parents, and others providing
early intervention, special education, and related services--including
professionals in regular education environments--to provide children
with disabilities effective instruction and enable these children to
learn successfully.
Eligible Applicants: State and local educational agencies;
institutions of higher education; and other public agencies and
nonprofit private organizations.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81,
82, 85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part
324.
Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 324.10 the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the
following priorities. The Secretary funds under these competitions only
applications that meet one of these absolute priorities:
Absolute Priority 1--Advancing and Improving the Research Knowledge
Base (84.023A). This priority supports a wide range of research and
related activities that support innovation, development, exchange, and
use of advancements in knowledge and practice designed to contribute to
the improvement of instruction and learning of infants, toddlers,
children, and youth with disabilities.
Invitational Priority: Within Absolute Priority 1 the Secretary is
particularly interested in applications that meet one or more of the
following invitational priorities. However, under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1)
an application that meets one or more of these invitational priorities
does not receive competitive or absolute preference over other
applications:
The Secretary is particularly interested in pilot studies, projects
that employ new methodologies, descriptive studies, projects to advance
assessment, projects that synthesize state-of-the-art research and
practice, projects for research dissemination and utilization, and
projects that analyze extant data bases. The Secretary further
encourages studies that use these approaches to foster the full
participation and maximize the achievement of students with
disabilities in education reform efforts related to the Goals 2000:
Educate America Act.
Project Period: Up to 12 months.
Supplementary Information: No project will be funded at an amount
more than the high end of the range specified in Chart 5. Any project
approved by reviewers that exceeds this amount will be required to be
performed, as proposed, within the award amount.
Absolute Priority 2--Field-Initiated Research Projects (84.023C).
This priority provides support for field-initiated research projects
focusing on special education and related services for children and
youth with disabilities and early intervention services for infants and
toddlers, consistent with the purposes of the program, as described in
34 CFR 324.1.
Supplementary Information: No project will be funded at an amount
more than the high end of the range specified in Chart 5. Any project
approved by reviewers that exceeds this amount will be required to be
performed, as proposed, within the award amount.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Absolute Priority 3--Synthesize and Communicate a Professional
Knowledge Base: Contributions to Research and Practice (84.023E). A
project must--
(a) In conducting a synthesis of the literature--
(1) Identify and implement rigorous social science methods for
synthesizing the professional knowledge base (e.g., integrative reviews
(Cooper, 1982), best-evidence synthesis (Slavin, 1989), meta-analysis
(Glass, 1977), multi-vocal approach (Ogawa & Malen, 1991), and National
Institute of Mental Health consensus development program (Huberman,
1977));
(2) Identify the topical focus and the relevant and irrelevant
concepts under review, and pose hypotheses around which the synthesis
would be conducted;
(3) Develop hypotheses with input from potential consumers of the
synthesis to enhance the usability and validity of project efforts.
Consumers include researchers, policymakers, educators, other relevant
practitioners, individuals with disabilities, and parents;
(4) Develop and implement procedures for locating and organizing
the extant literature and ensure that these procedures address and
guard against potential threats to the integrity and generalizability
of findings;
(5) Establish criteria and procedures for judging the
appropriateness of studies;
(6) Meet with the Office of Special Education Programs and with the
other projects funded under this priority to review their topical focus
and methodological approach for conducting the synthesis prior to the
start of their respective synthesis; and
(7) Analyze and interpret the professional knowledge base,
including identification of general trends in the literature, points of
consensus and conflict among the findings, and areas of evidence where
the literature base is lacking. The interpretation of the literature
base must address the contributions of the findings for improving the
practice of professionals educating children and youth with
disabilities; and
(b) In communicating its findings--
(1)(i) Cooperate with OSEP to convene a forum--to be held in
Washington, DC between the 18th and 21st months of the project--at
which the project would exchange findings from the synthesis activity
with researchers, policymakers, educators, other relevant
practitioners, individuals with disabilities, and parents; and
(ii) Provide draft copies of its analysis and interpretations to
participants;
(2) Based on discussion and feedback from forum participants,
prepare final synthesis documents; and
(3)(i) Develop the information products that have the greatest
potential for use by national professional education and parent
organizations in their existing communication systems and member
networks;
(ii) In developing the information products the project must
propose products appropriate for the topical focus and audience,
provide a rationale for those proposed types of products, and propose
communication strategies for fostering the use of the products by the
appropriate audience; and
(iii) The project must coordinate with OSEP to finalize information
products for various systems and networks.
Each project must budget for--
(1) A two-day meeting in Washington, DC, during the first year, as
described under paragraph (b)(1) of this priority;
(2) The two-day Research Project Directors' meeting to be held in
Washington, DC, each year of the project; and
(3) Two trips for up to two days each to Washington, DC for the
activity described under paragraph (b)(3)(iii) of this priority.
Supplementary Information: The estimated average size of award
specified in Chart 5 is for year one only. Year two is estimated at
$50,000.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
Absolute Priority 4--Initial Career Awards (84.023N).
(a) To be considered for funding under this priority, a project
must--
(a) Pursue a line of inquiry that reflects a programmatic strand of
research emanating either from theory or a conceptual framework. The
line of research must be evidenced by a series of related questions
that establish directions for designing future studies extending beyond
the support of this award. The project is not intended to represent all
inquiry related to the particular theory or conceptual framework;
rather, it is expected to initiate a new line or advance an existing
one;
(b) Include, in its design and conduct, sustained involvement with
nationally recognized experts having substantive or methodological
knowledge and expertise relevant to the proposed research. Experts do
not have to be at the same institution or agency at which the project
is located, but the interaction must be sufficient to develop the
capacity of the researcher to effectively pursue the research into mid-
career activities. At least 50 percent of the researcher's time must be
devoted to the project;
(c) Prepare its procedures, findings, and conclusions in a manner
that informs other interested researchers and is useful for advancing
professional practice or improving programs and services to infants,
toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and their families; and
(d) Disseminate project procedures, findings, and conclusions to
appropriate research institutes, clearinghouses, and technical
assistance providers.
A project must budget for the two-day Research Project Directors'
meeting to be held in Washington, DC each year of the project.
Competitive Priority: Within Absolute Priority 4, the Secretary,
under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), gives preference to applications that
meet the following competitive priority. The Secretary awards up to 10
points to an application that meets this competitive priority in a
particularly effective way. These points are in addition to any points
the application earns under the selection criteria for the program:
A project that would give a priority to providing support for
individuals who are members of groups that have been underrepresented
in the field of special education research, such as members of racial
or ethnic minority groups (e.g. Black, Hispanic, American Indian, or
Alaskan Native, Asian or Pacific Islander), and individuals with
disabilities.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications and General Information Contact: Darlene Crumblin,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3525,
Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2641. Telephone (202) 205-8953,
or FAX: (202) 205-8105.
For Technical Information Contact: For Advancing and Improving the
Research Knowledge Base (CFDA 84.023A): Judith Fein, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3524, Switzer Building,
Washington, DC 20202-2641. Telephone: (202) 205-8116.
For Field-Initiated Research Projects (CFDA 84.023C): Dr. Tom V.
Hanley, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room
3526, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2641. Telephone: (202)
205-8110.
For Synthesize and Communicate a Professional Knowledge Base:
Contributions to Research and Practice (CFDA 84.023E): Ellen Schiller,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3523,
Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2641. Telephone: (202) 205-8123.
For Initial Career Awards (84.023N): Melville J. Appell, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3525, Switzer
Building, Washington, DC 20202-2640. Telephone: (202) 205-8113.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1441-1443.
84.024B and P Early Education Program for Children With Disabilities
Purpose of Program: To provide Federal financial assistance (a) to
address the special needs of children with disabilities, birth through
age eight, and their families; and (b) to assist State and local
entities in expanding and improving programs and services for these
children and their families.
Eligible Applicants: Public agencies and nonprofit private
organizations. In addition, profit-making organizations are eligible to
apply under Early Childhood Model Inservice Training Projects
(84.024P).
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 309.
Priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR part 309 the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the
following priorities. The Secretary funds under these competitions only
applications that meet one of these absolute priorities:
Absolute Priority 1--Model Demonstration Projects for Young
Children with Disabilities (84.024B). (a) A model demonstration project
funded under this priority must--
(1) Address a specific service problem or issue;
(2) Address specific components or strategies and the rationale--
based on theory, research, or evaluation--for those components or
strategies;
(3) Delineate a specific population of children--i.e., by age,
disability, diagnosis, level of functioning, and membership in a
special population, if appropriate--and their families;
(4) Produce detailed procedures and materials that enable others to
replicate the model as implemented at the original site;
(5) As appropriate, develop and evaluate the model in integrated,
age-appropriate settings that facilitate the interaction between
project participants and their peers without disabilities, including
models developed for use in home or in hospital settings (such as
neonatal intensive care units); and
(6) Evaluate the model at the original model development site and--
if approved for funding beyond the initial three years of the project
period--at other sites to determine whether the model can be adopted by
other sites and yield similar positive results. In its evaluation, a
project must use multiple outcome measures to determine the
effectiveness of the model and its component strategies, including
measures of multiple, functional child and family outcomes, other
indices of the effects of the model, and cost data associated with
implementing the model.
(b) In determining whether to continue a project for the fourth and
fifth years of the project period, in addition to considering factors
in 34 CFR 75.253(a), the Secretary considers the following:
(1) The degree to which the model developed by the project is, or
would be by the end of year three, designed soundly and replicable by
other agencies, and provides state-of-the-art interventions for the
target population.
(2) The extent to which dissemination of the model would meet a
significant or unique service need in other geographic locations.
(3) The degree to which the project has initially produced
compelling, quantifiable evidence of the effectiveness of the model as
implemented at the original development site.
(4) Availability of funding for the model from sources other than
the Early Education Program for Children with Disabilities to support
the operation of the model at the original development site during
years four and five.
(5) The extent to which the project has documented the commitment
of other agencies not affiliated with the original project to adopt its
model and participate in evaluation of the model during years four and
five of the project period.
(6) The extent to which the project has sound plans for aiding in
replication and for evaluating its model at replication sites during
years four and five of the project period.
A project that applies for funding for the fourth and fifth years
must set aside in its budget for the third year funds to cover costs
associated with the services to be performed by the review team
appointed by the Secretary to evaluate the project in the third year.
These funds are estimated to be approximately $4,000.
Competitive Priority. Within Absolute Priority 1, the Secretary,
under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), gives preference to applications that
meet the following competitive priority. The Secretary awards up to 10
points to an application that meets this competitive priority in a
particularly effective way. These points are in addition to any points
the application earns under the selection criteria for the program:
Projects designed to develop, implement, evaluate, and disseminate
models that--
(a) Incorporate the appropriate use of assistive technology to
enhance services to young children with disabilities; or
(b) Address the unique needs of young children with low incidence
disabilities, such as deaf-blindness.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Absolute Priority 2--Early Childhood Model Inservice Training
Projects (84.024P). A model inservice training project considered for
funding under this priority must--
(a) Identify the target population to be trained, including their
roles and responsibilities, and the national needs addressed by the
model;
(b) Delineate a conceptual framework upon which the training model
is to be based, including the changes in personnel roles and
responsibilities and the skills needed to implement the new roles or
responsibilities;
(c) Identify the content of training and the format for delivery of
training and other activities of the model;
(d) Develop and demonstrate an inservice training model for
professionals, paraprofessionals, or both, who are currently providing
services to infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children with
disabilities and their families, or to those individuals who through
retraining could provide those services;
(e) Include goals, objectives, and activities to ensure that
personnel participating in the training acquire skills to work
effectively with children and families who are members of cultural,
linguistic, and racial minority groups.
(f) Include within the model an array of follow-up and support
activities that ensure that personnel participating in the training
acquire the skills being taught and use that knowledge in meeting the
service needs of young children with disabilities and their families;
(g) Coordinate with the State agencies responsible for the
Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD) under part H or
part B of IDEA, and arrange for credit to be granted to trainees by
appropriate agencies, organizations, or institutions of higher
education; and
(h) Evaluate the inservice training model through direct assessment
of participants' skills following the training and, after a period of
time, include some direct observation measures of trainees in the
service setting using standardized observational rating techniques.
Competitive Priority. Within Absolute Priority 2, the Secretary,
under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), gives preference to applications that
meet the following competitive priority. The Secretary awards up to 10
points to an application that meets this competitive priority in a
particularly effective way. These points are in addition to any points
the application earns under the selection criteria for the program:
Projects that provide evidence that they will develop, demonstrate,
evaluate, and disseminate models that--
(a) Incorporate collaborative, multi-disciplinary, team training
approaches to personnel development; or
(b) Focus on paraprofessionals and address their unique training
needs.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications and General Information Contact: Sonja Jenkins,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4716,
Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2732. Telephone (202) 205-9377.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the TDD number at (202) 205-8169.
For Technical Information Contact: Gail Houle, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4613, Switzer Building,
Washington, DC 20202-2644. Telephone: (202) 205-9045. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD
number at (202) 205-8169.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1423.
84.025A and E Services for Children With Deaf-Blindness Program
Purpose of Program: To provide Federal assistance to address the
special needs of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with deaf-
blindness.
Eligible Applicants: Public or nonprofit private agencies,
institutions, or organizations, including an Indian tribe and the
Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior (if acting
on behalf of schools operated by the Bureau for children and students
on Indian reservations); and tribally controlled schools funded by the
Department of the Interior.
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 307.
Priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR part 307, the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the
following priorities. The Secretary funds under these competitions only
applications that meet one of these absolute priorities:
Absolute Priority 1(a)--State and Multi-State Projects for Children
Who Are Deaf-Blind; and 1(b)--Optional Pilot Projects for Children Who
Are Deaf-Blind (84.025A). This priority supports two types of projects:
(a) State and Multi-State Projects for Children who are Deaf-Blind.
These projects may provide services to infants, toddlers, children, and
youth with deaf-blindness and technical assistance to public and
private agencies, institutions, and organizations providing early
intervention, educational, transitional, vocational, early
identification, and related services to children with deaf-blindness,
as described in 34 CFR 307.11.
(b) Optional Pilot Projects for Children who are Deaf-Blind.
(Note: Only successful applicants under State and Multi-State
Projects (Absolute Priority 1(a)) are considered for funding under
Optional Pilot Projects (Absolute Priority 1(b).) These projects are
designed to expand local educational agency capabilities by
providing services to children with deaf-blindness that supplement
services already provided to children and youth through State and
local resources, and encourage eventual assumption of funding
responsibility by State and local authorities, as described in 34
CFR 307.10(d) and 307.14.
Invitational Priority. Within Absolute Priority 1(b) (Optional
Pilot Projects for Children Who Are Deaf-Blind), the Secretary is
particularly interested in applications that meet one or more of the
following invitational priorities. However, under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1),
an application that meets one or more of these invitational priorities
does not receive competitive or absolute preference over other
applications:
Projects that propose to provide validated effective practices
related to--
(a) Transition from school to adult life in the community;
(b) Early identification and intervention for infants and toddlers
who are deaf-blind;
(c) Strategies that facilitate the integration of students who are
deaf-blind into neighborhood schools;
(d) Acquisition of communication or orientation and mobility
skills; or
(e) Facilitation of family involvement.
Supplementary Information: Applicants seeking support for both 1(a)
State and Multi-State Projects for Children who are Deaf-Blind and 1(b)
Optional Pilot Projects for Children who are Deaf-Blind must submit a
two-part application, each complete by itself and containing its
individual budget.
The Secretary evaluates applications for State and Multi-State
Projects using criteria in 34 CFR 307.33.
The Secretary evaluates applications for Optional Pilot Projects
using criteria in 34 CFR 307.36.
Project Period: Up to 48 months.
Absolute Priority 2--Technical Assistance for Transitional Services
for Children and Youth Who Are Deaf-Blind (84.025E). This priority
supports a project to provide technical assistance to State educational
agencies in making available to adolescents and young adults who are
deaf-blind, programs and services to facilitate their transition from
education to employment and other services such as vocational,
independent living, and other postsecondary services. The project must
provide technical assistance, training or inservice training, and
assistance in the development or replication of successful innovative
approaches, to assist adolescents and young adults who are deaf-blind
transition to adult living. (34 CFR 307.13)
Project Period: 12 months.
For Applications and General Information Contact: Robin Buckler,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4617,
Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2732. Telephone (202) 205-8168.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the TDD number at (202) 205-8169.
For Technical Information Contact: Charles Freeman, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4617, Switzer Building,
Washington, DC 20202-2644. Telephone: (202) 205-8165. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD
number at (202) 205-8169.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1422.
84.029A-Q Training Personnel for the Education of Individuals With
Disabilities--Grants for Personnel Training and Parent Training and
Information Centers
Purpose of Program: (a) The purpose of Grants for Personnel
Training is to increase the quantity and improve the quality of
personnel available to serve infants, toddlers, children, and youth
with disabilities. (b) The purpose of Parent Training and Information
Centers is to enable parents to work more effectively with
professionals in meeting the needs of infants, toddlers, children, and
youth with disabilities.
Eligible Applicants: Under Absolute Priorities 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7,
and 10 (Grants for Personnel Training): institutions of higher
education; and appropriate nonprofit agencies.
Under Absolute Priority 6 (Special Projects): institutions of
higher education; State agencies; and other appropriate nonprofit
agencies.
Under Absolute Priorities 8 (Parent Training and Information
Centers) and 9 (Experimental Parent Centers): parent organizations, as
defined in 34 CFR 316.5(a).
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 76, 77, 79,
80, 81, 82, 85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34
CFR parts 316 and 318.
Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), 34 CFR 316, and 34 CFR 318,
the Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet
the following priorities. The Secretary funds under this program only
those applications that meet any one of these absolute priorities:
(Note: If an applicant wishes to apply under more than one of
these absolute priorities, the applicant must submit a separate
application under each affected priority.)
Absolute Priority 1--Training Personnel to Serve Low Incidence
Disabilities (84.029A). This priority supports projects to train
teachers of children with visual impairments, including blindness;
hearing impairments, including deafness; orthopedic impairments, other
health impairments, autism, traumatic brain injury, and severe and
multiple disabilities. (34 CFR 318.11(a)(10)).
Competitive Priorities: Within Absolute Priority 1, the Secretary,
under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), gives preference to applications that
meet one or more of the following competitive priorities. The Secretary
awards up to 10 additional points to an application that meets one or
more of these competitive priorities in a particularly effective way.
These points are in addition to any points the application earns under
the selection criteria for the program:
(a) Training personnel to provide transition assistance from school
to adult roles (34 CFR 318.11(a)(12)).
(b) Preparing personnel to meet the National Education Goals (34
CFR 318.11(a)(17)).
(c) Utilizing innovative recruitment and retention strategies (34
CFR 318.11(a)(8)).
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Absolute Priority 2--Preparation of Personnel for Careers in
Special Education (84.029B). This priority supports preservice
preparation of personnel for careers in special education. Preservice
training includes additional training for currently employed teachers
seeking additional degrees, certifications, or endorsements. Training
at the baccalaureate, masters, or specialist level is appropriate.
Under this priority, ``personnel'' includes special education teachers,
speech-language pathologists, audiologists, adapted physical education
teachers, vocational educators, and instructive and assistive
technology specialists (34 CFR 318.11(a)(1)).
Competitive Priorities: Within Absolute Priority 2, the Secretary,
under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), gives preference to applications that
meet one or more of the following competitive priorities. The Secretary
awards up to 10 additional points to an application that meets one or
more of these competitive priorities in a particularly effective way.
These points are in addition to any points the application earns under
the selection criteria for the program:
(a) Training personnel to provide transition assistance from school
to adult roles (34 CFR 318.11(a)(12)).
(b) Preparing personnel to meet the National Education Goals (34
CFR 318.11(a)(17)).
(c) Promoting full qualifications for personnel serving infants,
toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities (34 CFR 318.11(a)(9).
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Absolute Priority 3--Preparation of Leadership Personnel (84.029D).
This priority supports projects designed to provide preservice
professional preparation of leadership personnel in special education,
related services, and early intervention. Leadership training is
considered to be preparation in--
(a) Supervision and administration at the advanced graduate,
doctoral, and post-doctoral levels;
(b) Research; and
(c) Personnel preparation at the doctoral and post-doctoral levels
(34 CFR 318.11(a)(4)).
Competitive Priorities: Within Absolute Priority 3, the Secretary,
under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), gives preference to applications that
meet one or more of the following competitive priorities. The Secretary
awards up to 10 additional points to an application that meets one or
more of these competitive priorities in a particularly effective way.
These points are in addition to any points the application earns under
the selection criteria for the program:
(a) Training personnel to provide transition assistance from school
to adult roles (34 CFR 318.11(a)(12)).
(b) Preparing personnel to meet the National Education Goals (34
CFR 318.11(a)(17)).
Project Period: Up to 48 months.
Absolute Priority 4--Minority Institutions Personnel (84.029E).
This priority supports awards to Historically Black Colleges and
Universities and other institutions of higher education whose minority
student enrollment is at least 25 percent. Awards may provide training
of personnel in all areas noted in Sec. 318.10(a)(1) and (2) and must
be designed to increase the capabilities of the institution in
appropriate training areas (34 CFR 318(a)(17)).
Competitive Priorities: Within Absolute Priority 4, the Secretary,
under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), gives preference to applications that
meet one or more of the following competitive priorities. The Secretary
awards up to 10 additional points to an application that meets one or
more of these competitive priorities in a particularly effective way.
These points are in addition to any points the application earns under
the selection criteria for the program:
(a) Training personnel to provide transition assistance from school
to adult roles (34 CFR 318.11(a)(12)).
(b) Preparing personnel to meet the National Education Goals (34
CFR 318.11(a)(17)).
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Absolute Priority 5--Preparation of Related Services Personnel
(84.029F). This priority supports preservice preparation of individuals
to provide developmental, corrective, and other supportive services
that assist children and youth with disabilities to benefit from
special education. These include paraprofessional personnel,
therapeutic recreation specialists, school social workers, health
service providers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, school
psychologists, counselors (including rehabilitation counselors),
interpreters, orientation and mobility specialists, respite care
providers, art therapists, volunteers, physicians, and other related
services personnel.
Projects to train personnel identified as special
education personnel in the regulations in this part are not
appropriate, even if those personnel may be considered related services
personnel in other settings.
This priority is not designed for general training.
Projects must include inducements and preparation to increase the
probability that graduates will direct their efforts toward supportive
services to special education. For example, a project in occupational
therapy (OT) might support a special component on pediatric or juvenile
psychiatric OT, support those students whose career goal is OT in the
schools, or provide for practica and internships in school settings.
(See 34 CFR 318.11(a)(2).)
Competitive Priorities: Within Absolute Priority 5, the Secretary,
under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), gives preference to applications that
meet one or more of the following competitive priorities. The Secretary
awards up to 10 additional points to an application that meets one or
more of these competitive priorities in a particularly effective way.
These points are in addition to any points the application earns under
the selection criteria for the program:
(a) Training personnel to provide transition assistance from school
to adult roles (34 CFR 318.11(a)(12)).
(b) Preparing personnel to meet the National Education Goals (34
CFR 318.11(a)(17)).
(c) Utilizing innovative recruitment and retention strategies (34
CFR 318.11(a)(8)).
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Absolute Priority 6: Special Projects (84.029K). This priority
supports projects that include development, evaluation, and
distribution of innovative approaches to personnel preparation;
development of curriculum materials to prepare personnel to educate or
provide early intervention services; and other projects of national
significance related to the preparation of personnel needed to serve
infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities.
(a) Appropriate areas of interest include--
(1) Preservice training programs to prepare regular educators to
work with children and youth with disabilities and their families;
(2) Training teachers to work in community and school settings with
children and youth with disabilities and their families;
(3) Inservice and preservice training of personnel to work with
infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and their
families;
(4) Inservice and preservice training of personnel to work with
minority infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities and
their families;
(5) Preservice and inservice training of special education and
related services personnel in instructive and assistive technology to
benefit infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities; and
(6) Recruitment and retention of special education, related
services, and early intervention personnel.
(b) Both inservice and preservice training must include a component
that addresses the coordination among all service providers, including
regular educators. (See 34 CFR 318(a)(5).)
Competitive Priorities: Within Absolute Priority 6, the Secretary,
under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), gives preference to applications that
meet one or more of the following competitive priorities. The Secretary
awards up to 10 additional points to an application that meets one or
more of these competitive priorities in a particularly effective way.
These points are in addition to any points the application earns under
the selection criteria for the program:
(a) Training personnel to provide transition assistance from school
to adult roles (34 CFR 318.11(a)(12)).
(b) Preparing personnel to meet the National Education Goals (34
CFR 318.11(a)(17)).
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Absolute Priority 7--Training Educational Interpreters (84.029L).
This priority supports projects to establish or continue programs to
train educational interpreters to meet effectively the various
communication needs of elementary and secondary students who are deaf
or deaf-blind. These programs may also support training or retraining
on the role of educational interpreters (including short-term and
inservice training) of regular education teachers who are not certified
teachers of individuals who are deaf and other personnel who teach or
work with them (34 CFR 318.11(a)(18)).
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Absolute Priority 8--Parent Training and Information Centers
(84.029M). Parent training and information centers assisted under
Sec. 316.3(a) must assist parents to--
(a) Better understand the nature and needs of the disabling
conditions of their children with disabilities;
(b) Provide follow-up support for the educational programs of their
children with disabilities;
(c) Communicate more effectively with special and regular
educators, administrators, related services personnel, and other
relevant professionals;
(d) Participate fully in educational decision-making processes,
including the development of the individualized education program, for
a child with a disability;
(e) Obtain information about the range of options, programs,
services, and resources available at the national, State, and local
levels to children with disabilities and their families; and
(f) Understand the provisions for educating children with
disabilities under the [Individuals with Disabilities Education] Act
(34 CFR 316.3(a)).
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Absolute Priority 9--Experimental Parent Centers (84.029P). This
priority supports both experimental urban and rural parent centers.
Experimental urban centers must serve large numbers of parents of
children with disabilities located in high density areas. Experimental
rural centers must serve large numbers of parents of children with
disabilities located in rural areas. The centers may focus on
particular aspects of parent training and information services,
including but not limited to those activities required under 34 CFR
316.10(a). Experimental projects may include a planning and development
phase. (See 34 CFR 316.10(b).)
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Absolute Priority 10--Training Early Intervention and Preschool
Personnel (84.029Q). This priority supports projects that are designed
to provide preservice preparation of personnel who serve infants,
toddlers, and preschool children with disabilities, and their families.
Personnel may be prepared to provide short-term services or long-term
services that extend into a child's school program. The proposed
training program must have a clear and limited focus on the special
needs of children within the age range from birth through five, and
must include consideration that this priority must have a significant
interdisciplinary focus. (See 34 CFR 318(a)(3).)
Competitive Priorities: Within Absolute Priority 10, the Secretary,
under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), gives preference to applications that
meet one or more of the following competitive priorities. The Secretary
awards up to 10 additional points to an application that meets one or
more of these competitive priorities in a particularly effective way.
These points are in addition to any points the application earns under
the selection criteria for the program:
(a) Preparing personnel to meet the National Education Goals (34
CFR 318.11(a)(17)).
(b) Promoting full qualifications for personnel serving infants,
toddlers, children and youth with disabilities (34 CFR 318.11(a)(9)).
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications Contact: Cecelia Aldridge, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., room 3072, Switzer Building,
Washington, DC 20202-2651. Telephone: 205-9979. Individuals who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD number at
(202) 205-9999.
For Technical Information Contact: Dr. Norm Howe, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., room 3072, Switzer Building,
Washington, DC 20202-2651. Telephone: (202) 205-9554. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD
number at (202) 205-9999.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1431.
84.078 Postsecondary Education Programs for Individuals With
Disabilities
Purpose of Program: To provide assistance for the development,
operation, and dissemination of specially designed model programs of
postsecondary, vocational, technical, continuing, or adult education
for individuals with disabilities.
Eligible Applicants: State educational agencies; institutions of
higher education; junior and community colleges; vocational and
technical institutions; and other appropriate nonprofit educational
agencies.
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 338.
Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR part 338, 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:
Absolute Priority--Model Demonstration Projects to Improve the
Delivery and Outcomes of Postsecondary Education for Individuals with
Disabilities (84.078C). A model demonstration project must--
(a) Develop and implement programs that address one or more of the
three specific service issues described in the background of this
priority (for background, see notice of final funding priority for
fiscal years 1994 and 1995, published in the Federal Register on
September 14, 1993 (58 FR 48250));
(b) Develop and implement programs with specific project components
or strategies that are based on theory, research, or evaluation;
(c) Produce detailed procedures and materials that would enable
others to successfully replicate the model as implemented in the
original site. Materials must include a manual or guide describing the
components or strategies developed to address the specific issues; and
(d) Evaluate the model by using multiple outcome measures to
determine the effectiveness of the model and its components or
strategies, as well as a design that includes measures of multiple,
functional student outcomes, other indices of the effects of the model,
and cost data associated with implementing the model.
Competitive Priority. Within the absolute priority in this notice,
the Secretary, under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), gives preference to
applications that meet the following competitive priority. The
Secretary awards up to 10 points to an application that meets this
competitive priority in a particularly effective way. These points
would be in addition to any points the application earns under the
selection criteria for this program:
Projects that would develop models for serving students with
disabilities who are also members of minority groups (e.g., Black,
Hispanic, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian or Pacific
Islander).
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications and General Information Contact: Oneida Jennings,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4627,
Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2732. Telephone (202) 205-9058.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the TDD number at (202) 205-8169.
For Technical Information Contact: Joseph Clair, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4622, Switzer Building,
Washington, DC 20202-2644. Telephone: (202) 205-9503. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD
number at (202) 205-8169.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1424a.
84.086D, J, and U Program for Children With Severe Disabilities
Purpose of Program: To provide Federal assistance to address the
special needs of infants, toddlers, children, and youth with severe
disabilities--including children with deaf-blindness--and their
families.
Eligible Applicants: Public or nonprofit private organizations and
institutions.
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 315.
Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR part 315, the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the
following priorities. The Secretary funds under these competitions only
applications that meet one of these absolute priorities:
Absolute Priority 1--Research Projects for Educating Children with
Severe Disabilities in Inclusive Settings (84.086D). To be considered
for funding under this priority, a research project must--
(a) Address one or more of the issues identified in the background
section of this priority (for background, see notice of final funding
priorities for fiscal years 1994 and 1995, published in the Federal
Register on September 22, 1993 (58 FR 49394));
(b) Identify specific interventions or strategies to be
investigated;
(c) Design the research activities in a manner that is likely to
improve services for students with severe disabilities and, if
appropriate, their families.
(d) Carry out the research within a conceptual framework, based on
previous research or theory, that provides a basis for the
interventions or strategies to be studied, the research design, and the
target population;
(e) Conduct the research in typical, inclusive school and, if
appropriate, community settings;
(f) Conduct the research using methodological procedures designed
to produce unambiguous findings--
(1) Regarding the effects of the interventions or strategies and
interaction effects between particular approaches and particular groups
of students or particular contexts; and
(2) For use in national, State, and local policy analysis contexts;
and
(g) Produce a variety of descriptive and outcome data, including--
(1) Information regarding the settings, the service providers, the
students, and, if applicable, their families, targeted by the project
(e.g., age, disabilities, skill and ability levels, and membership in a
special population, if appropriate); and
(2) Multiple, performance outcome data regarding the students who
are the focus of the interventions or strategies.
Competitive Priority. Within Absolute Priority 1, the Secretary,
under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), gives preference to applications that
meet the following competitive priority. The Secretary awards up to 10
points to an application that meets this competitive priority in a
particularly effective way. These points are in addition to any points
the application earns under the selection criteria for this program:
Research projects that identify effective interventions or
strategies enabling students with severe disabilities to be educated in
general education classes--
(a) At the middle or secondary school levels; or
(b) In urban or rural school districts, or both.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Absolute Priority 2--Statewide Systems Change: Children with Severe
Disabilities (84.086J). To be considered for funding under this
priority, a Statewide systems change project must--
(a) Establish a project advisory board that--
(1) Is responsible for providing significant recommendations on
project planning, implementation, and evaluation activities; and
(2) Has representation by parents of children participating in the
project, service providers (both general education and special
education, and providers of related services), institutions of higher
education, relevant professional organizations, and State agency staff;
(b) Determine the resources, both human and fiscal, available at
the community level to provide quality services to children with severe
disabilities as well as resources available through other agencies or
parties;
(c) Carry out activities that would assist children with severe
disabilities to achieve their highest potential outcomes in general
education settings within their neighborhoods--or, in the case of
infants and toddlers, in natural environments, including nonsegregated
settings--by implementing planned, capacity building activities that
result in systematic and systemic change. These activities must
include, but need not be limited to--
(1) Policy analysis and, if necessary, policy revision or further
policy development, including development of necessary interagency
agreements;
(2) Public awareness;
(3) Product development and dissemination;
(4) Site development;
(5) Staff and parent training;
(6) Technical assistance; and
(7) Analysis and, if necessary, revision of existing teacher
training programs, including inservice training of faculty of
institutions of higher education;
(d) Disseminate formal, written policies and procedures to relevant
State agencies, institutions of higher education, local education
agencies, other relevant community agencies, and professional and
parent organizations for coordinating services to the target population
of children with severe disabilities;
(e) Coordinate activities with the State and Multi-State Services
Projects for Children with Deaf-Blindness, the State educational agency
(including the State coordinator of services for children with severe
disabilities, the coordinator for the comprehensive system of personnel
development, and the State's transition project, if the State has a
federally funded grant under State Systems for Transition Services),
the lead agency for part H of IDEA for early intervention services,
other relevant State agencies, and institutions of higher education, as
well as with technical assistance, information, and personnel
development networks within the State, the Early Childhood Research
Institute on Integration, the National Early Childhood Technical
Assistance System, and the Institute on Implementing Inclusive
Education for Children with Severe Disabilities; and
(f) Implement an evaluation plan that includes performance measures
for--
(1) Changes in the delivery of special education and related
services to the target population, and, in the case of infants and
toddlers, changes in the delivery of early intervention services;
(2) The movement of children and youth with severe disabilities in
the State from segregated settings to neighborhood general education
settings--alongside their peers of the same age--and, in the case of
infants and toddlers, to natural environments;
(3) The effectiveness of the training and technical assistance
products and procedures; and
(4) The types and numbers of sites where activities are conducted,
number and types of persons trained, types of follow-up activities, and
number of children and families served at the site where activities
were conducted.
Competitive Priority: Within Absolute Priority 2, the Secretary,
under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), gives preference to applications that
meet the following competitive priority. The Secretary awards up to 10
points to an application that meets this competitive priority in a
particularly effective way. These points are in addition to any points
the application earns under the selection criteria for this program:
Statewide Systems Change projects from States that have not
received a new Statewide System Change award since 1987.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Absolute Priority 3--Outreach Projects: Serving Children with
Severe Disabilities in General Education and Community Settings
(84.086U). To be considered for funding under this priority, an
outreach project must--
(a) Disseminate information about and assist in replicating a
proven model or models--or proven components of models--that provide or
improve services for children with severe disabilities;
(b) Coordinate its dissemination and replication activities with--
(1) The lead agency for part H of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA) for early intervention services or the State
educational agency for special education; as well as
(2) Technical assistance, information, and personnel development
networks within the State;
(c) Include--
(1) Approaches relevant to programming in general education and
local community settings;
(2) Active involvement of children and their families in the
design, implementation, and evaluation of project activities; and
(3) Interagency coordination if multiple agencies are involved in
the provision of services;
(d) Ensure that the model or components of models are consistent
with part B of the IDEA, are state-of-the-art, match the needs of the
proposed sites, and have recent unambiguous evaluation information
supporting their effectiveness;
(e) Use activities that include, but need not be limited to, public
awareness, product development and dissemination, site development,
training, and technical assistance;
(f) Describe the effects of model components (e.g., expected costs,
needed personnel, staff training, equipment) on potential users, the
sequence of implementation activities, and the criteria for selecting
cooperating sites; and
(g) Evaluate the outreach activities to determine their
effectiveness. The evaluation must include measures on the number of
children and families served at each site, child and family progress,
types and numbers of sites where outreach activities are conducted,
number of persons trained, types of follow-up activities, and any
changes in the model made by sites.
Competitive Priority: Within Absolute Priority 3, the Secretary,
under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), gives preference to applications that
meet the following competitive priority. The Secretary awards up to 10
points to an application that meets this competitive priority in a
particularly effective way. These points are in addition to any points
the application earns under the selection criteria for this program:
Outreach projects that provide evidence that they will establish
implementation sites in urban or rural areas, or both.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications and General Information Contact: Robin Buckler,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4617,
Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2732. Telephone (202) 205-8168.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the TDD number at (202) 205-8169.
For Technical Information Contact: Dawn Hunter, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4620, Switzer Building,
Washington, DC 20202-2644. Telephone: (202) 205-5809. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD
number at (202) 205-8169.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1424.
84.158A State Systems for Transition Services for Youth With
Disabilities Program
Purpose of Program: To assist States to develop, implement, and
improve systems to provide transition services for youth with
disabilities from age 14 through the age they exit school.
Eligible Applicants: A State education agency (SEA) and a State
vocational rehabilitation agency that submit a joint application; or,
if a vocational rehabilitation agency does not choose to participate,
an SEA and a State agency that provides transition services to
individuals who are leaving programs under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, that submit a joint application.
Note: Because this is a one-time grant, States that have
previously received a grant under this program are not eligible to
apply (34 CFR 325.2).
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81,
82, 85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part
325.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
For Applications and General Information Contact: Oneida Jennings,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4627,
Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2732. Telephone (202) 205-9058.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the TDD number at (202) 205-8169.
For Technical Information Contact: Dr. William Halloran, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4622, Switzer
Building, Washington, DC 20202-2644. Telephone: (202) 205-8112.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the TDD number at (202) 205-8169.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1425(e)
84.158D and Q Secondary Education and Transitional Services for Youth
with Disabilities Program
Purpose of Program: To assist youth with disabilities in the
transition from secondary school to postsecondary environments.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education; State
education agencies; local education agencies; and other public and
nonprofit private institutions or agencies (including the State job
training coordinating councils and service delivery area administrative
entities established under the Job Training Partnership Act).
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 326.
Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR part 326 the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the
following priorities. The Secretary funds under these competitions only
applications that meet one of these absolute priorities:
Absolute Priority 1--Model Demonstration Projects To Identify and
Develop Alternatives for Youth with Disabilities Who Have Dropped Out
of School or Are At Risk of Dropping Out of School (84.158D). A model
demonstration project must--
(a) Build upon specific components or strategies based on theory,
research, or evaluation. These components or strategies must include
procedures to identify youth who are at risk of dropping out of school
and to recruit youth with disabilities who have already dropped out of
school;
(b) Include alternatives for engaging students in programs that
provide functional literacy skills and employment training and for
serving students who refuse to return to their previous school;
(c) Develop working relationships with the private sector,
especially employers, rehabilitation personnel, and local Private
Industry Councils authorized by the Job Training Partnership Act;
(d) Target services to specific students (i.e., by age, disability,
level of functioning, and membership in a special population, if
appropriate);
(e) Produce detailed procedures and materials that enable others to
successfully replicate the model as implemented in the original site;
and
(f) Evaluate the model at the original model development site and,
if implemented at other sites, at those sites to determine whether the
model can be adopted by other sites and yield similar results. The
project must determine the effectiveness of the model and its component
or strategies, including multiple, functional student outcomes
measures, other indices of the effects of the model, and cost data
associated with implementing the model.
Invitational Priority: Within Absolute Priority 1 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
competitive or absolute preference over other applications:
Projects designed to serve minority youth (e.g., Black, Hispanic,
American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian or Pacific Islander) or youth
from urban areas with recognized high drop out rates.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Absolute Priority 2--Outreach Projects for Services for Youth with
Disabilities (84.158Q). An outreach project for services must--
(a) Disseminate information about and assist in replicating proven
models, components of models, or exemplary practices that provide or
improve transition services for students with disabilities based on the
specific needs of the sites selected for outreach;
(b) Develop written plans for implementation;
(c) Coordinate its dissemination and replication activities with
relevant State and local educational agencies, consumer organizations,
administrative entities established in the service delivery area under
the Job Training Partnership Act, and, if appropriate, projects funded
under the State Systems for Transition Services for Youth with
Disabilities Program, as well as with technical assistance,
information, and personnel development networks within the State;
(d) Include--
(1) Services in community-based settings;
(2) Effective involvement of students and adults with disabilities
in the design, implementation, and evaluation of project activities;
(3) Coordination with schools, vocational rehabilitation agencies,
adult service providers, and potential employers, if appropriate; and
(4) Assistance in identifying funding for assistive devices and
services;
(e) Ensure that the model, components of models, or exemplary
practices are consistent with part B of the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act, are state-of-the-art, and have recent,
unambiguous evaluation information supporting their effectiveness;
(f) Employ activities that include, but need not be limited to,
public awareness, product development and dissemination, site
development, training, and technical assistance;
(g) Describe the effects of model components (e.g., expected costs,
needed personnel, staff training, equipment) on potential users, the
sequence of implementation activities, and the criteria for selecting
cooperating sites; and
(h) Evaluate the outreach activities to determine their
effectiveness. The evaluation designs must include, but need not be
limited to, measures of types and numbers of sites where outreach
activities are conducted, number of persons trained, types of follow-up
activities, number of youth and families served at the site where
models were adopted or adapted, youth and family progress information,
and changes in the model made by sites.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications and General Information Contact: Oneida Jenkins,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4627,
Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2732. Telephone (202) 205-9058.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the TDD number at (202) 205-8169.
For Technical Information Contact: Dr. William Halloran, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4622, Switzer
Building, Washington, DC 20202-2644. Telephone: (202) 205-8112.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the TDD number at (202) 205-8169.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1425.
84.159A, D, and F Special Studies Program
Purpose of Program: To support the collection of data, studies,
investigations, and evaluations to assess the impact and effectiveness
of programs and projects assisted under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Eligible Applicants: Under Absolute Priorities 1 and 3 (State
Agency-Federal Evaluation Studies Projects) (84.159A and 84.159F):
State educational agencies (SEA's); and those State agencies designated
by the Governor in each State for the purpose of administering an early
intervention program under part H of IDEA.
Under Absolute Priority 2 (State and Local Education Efforts to
Implement the Transition Requirements in the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act) (84.159D): Public or private agencies,
institutions, and organizations; and other appropriate parties.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 80, 81, 82,
85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part
327.
Note: Absolute Priorities 1 and 3 are based on 34 CFR 327.10(c).
Absolute Priority 2 is based on 34 CFR 327.10(f) and the notice of
final priorities for the Special Studies Program for fiscal years
1994-1995 published in the Federal Register on January 20, 1994 (59
FR 3079).
Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR part 327 the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the
following priorities. The Secretary funds under these competitions only
applications that meet one of these absolute priorities:
Absolute Priority 1--State Agency-Federal Evaluation Studies
Projects (84.159A). This priority supports cooperative agreements that
assess the impact and effectiveness of programs, policies, and
procedures assisted under the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA) in accordance with sections 618(d)(1) and (2) of the Act.
Invitational Priorities: Within Absolute Priority 1 the Secretary
is particularly interested in applications that meet one or more of the
following invitational priorities. However, under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1)
an application that meets one or more of these invitational priorities
does not receive competitive or absolute preference over other
applications:
The Secretary particularly invites projects that evaluate the
impact and effectiveness of--
(a) Management and regulatory flexibility that encourages
innovative management of schools to expand opportunities for the
inclusion of children with disabilities;
(b) Student outcomes and performance of comprehensive, community-
based, family-oriented systems of education and support;
(c) Community-supported schools focusing on family participation in
activities and services;
(d) Reconfigured relationships and responsibilities of regular and
special education staff, and redesigned programs that train personnel
for work in schools, for the continued development of all regular and
special education personnel in the education of children with
disabilities; or
(e) Expanded multi-agency solutions to the collaborative delivery
of services for individual children with disabilities and their
families.
Supplementary Information: An award under this competition provides
not more than 60 percent of the total cost of the project. The State
agency receiving the award shall provide an amount not less than 40
percent of the total cost of the project (34 CFR 327.40(a)).
Project Period: Up to 24 months.
Absolute Priority 2--State and Local Education Efforts to Implement
the Transition Requirements in the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (84.159D).
(a) A project funded under this priority must include substudies--
or compile extant information that obviates the need for a study--in
the following areas:
(1) The range and variation in State and local policies related to
the definitional components of transition services;
(2) Student participation in transition planning, and student
outcomes associated with implementation of transition services;
(3) State and local policies, practices and procedures related to
the implementation of the transition services, with information
obtained from local service providers (the substudy may include visits
to illustrative sites);
(4) Interagency involvement in transition planning and services,
including a description of the impediments associated with interagency
involvement in transition planning and provision of services; and
(5) Federal program services (including those of the Department of
Labor and the Social Security Administration) and relevant policies
related to meeting the transition requirements, including special
education, vocational education, rehabilitation services, adult
education, postsecondary education, the Job Training Partnership Act,
and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
(b) In planning and implementing the substudies, the project must
include appropriate policymakers, administrators, and service providers
involved in the design and delivery of transition services to youth
with disabilities.
(c) The project must submit for approval--
(1) A plan for conducting the substudies and disseminating reports
within 60 days of the start of the project;
(2) A report for substudy (1) by the end of year one;
(3) Reports for substudies (2), (3), and (4) by the end of year
two;
(4) A report for substudy (5) by the middle of year 3; and
(5) A final report at the end of year three. The final report must
include the following: an executive summary, introduction, project
objectives, methodology, findings organized by substudy, summary, and
conclusions regarding the progress being made by State and local
agencies to implement the IDEA transition requirements.
The project must budget for two trips annually to Washington, DC
for (1) a two-day Research Project Directors' meeting; and (2) another
two-day meeting to meet with the project officer of the Office of
Special Education Programs (OSEP) and with other OSEP work groups, as
appropriate, to plan and review project activities and progress.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Absolute Priority 3--State Agency-Federal Evaluation Studies
Projects (84.159F). This priority supports cooperative agreements that
assess the impact and effectiveness of programs, policies, and
procedures assisted under the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA) in accordance with sections 618(d)(1) and (2) of the Act.
Invitational Priority: Within Absolute Priority 3 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
competitive or absolute preference over other applications:
The Secretary particularly invites projects that perform
feasibility studies that develop the conceptual framework for an
evaluation study about a specific issue or question concerning the
impact and effectiveness of special education and related services, and
determine if the conceptual framework is workable. Feasibility studies
identify topics that have significant potential for evaluation, but
that require preliminary study to determine feasibility related to
identification of the issue, study designs, measurement, and analysis.
While collection and reporting of generalizable impact and
effectiveness data are not expected for feasibility studies, the
Secretary particularly encourages pilot tests of data collection
instruments and procedures to determine the implications of these
results for the study design, measurement and analysis.
The Secretary particularly encourages projects that address the
feasibility of designs to evaluate the impact and effectiveness of:
(a) Management and regulatory flexibility that encourages
innovative management of schools to expand opportunities for the
inclusion of children with disabilities;
(b) Student outcomes and performance of comprehensive, community-
based, family-oriented systems of education and support;
(c) Community-supported schools focusing on family participation in
activities and services;
(d) Reconfigured relationships and responsibilities of regular and
special education staff, and redesigned programs that train personnel
for work in schools, for the continued development of all regular and
special education personnel in the education of children with
disabilities; or
(e) Expanded multi-agency solutions to the collaborative delivery
of services for individual children with disabilities and their
families.
Supplementary Information: An award under this competition provides
not more than 60 percent of the total cost of the project. The State
agency receiving the award shall provide an amount not less than 40
percent of the total cost of the project (34 CFR 327.40(a)).
Project Period: Up to 12 months.
For Applications and General Information Contact: Darlene Crumblin,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3525,
Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2641. Telephone (202) 205-8953;
or FAX: (202) 205-8105.
For Technical Information Contact: Susan Sanchez, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3528, Switzer Building,
Washington, DC 20202-2641. Telephone: (202) 205-8998.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1418.
84.180 Technology, Educational Media, and Materials for Individuals
with Disabilities Program
Purpose of Program: To support projects and centers for advancing
the availability, quality, use, and effectiveness of technology,
educational media, and materials in the education of children and youth
with disabilities and the provision of related services and early
intervention services to infants and toddlers with disabilities.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education; State
educational agencies; local educational agencies; public agencies; and
nonprofit or for-profit private organizations.
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 333.
Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 333.1 and 333.3, the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the
following priority. The Secretary funds under this program only
applications that meet this absolute priority:
Absolute Priority--Technology, Educational Media, and Materials
Research Projects that Promote Literacy (84.180G). This priority
provides support for research projects that examine how advancing the
availability, quality, use, and effectiveness of technology,
educational media, and materials can address the problem of illiteracy
among individuals with disabilities.
Invitational Priority: Within the absolute priority specified 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 competitive or absolute preference over other applications:
The Secretary is particularly interested in projects that--
(a) Define literacy as: to read, to communicate, to compute, to
make judgments, and to take appropriate action;
(b) Are of rigorous design and employ clearly explicated
quantitative or qualitative methodologies, or both, appropriate to the
purpose of the project; and
(c) Consider learning and psycho-social factors in examining the
availability, quality, and use of specified technology, educational
media, and materials, and in examining their effectiveness in providing
experiences and opportunities that improve the literacy of children and
youth with disabilities.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications and General Information Contact: Darlene Crumblin,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3525,
Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2641. Telephone (202) 205-8953;
or FAX: (202) 205-8105.
For Technical Information Contact: Jane Hauser, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3521, Switzer Building,
Washington, DC 20202-2640. Telephone: (202) 205-8126.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1461.
84.237 Program for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional
Disturbance
Purpose of Program: To support projects designed to improve special
education and related services to children and youth with serious
emotional disturbance. Types of projects that may be supported under
the program include, but are not limited to, research, development, and
demonstration projects. Funds may also be used to develop and
demonstrate approaches to assist and prevent children with emotional
and behavioral problems from developing serious emotional disturbance.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education; State
educational agencies; local educational agencies; and other appropriate
public and nonprofit private institutions or agencies.
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 328.
Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 328.3(a)(5) the
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the
following priority. The Secretary will fund under this competition only
applications that meet this absolute priority:
Absolute Priority--Preventing the Development of Serious Emotional
Disturbance Among Children and Youth with Emotional and Behavioral
Problems (84.237F). To be considered for funding under this priority, a
project must--
(a) Provide a conceptual framework for the proposed preventive
approach. The conceptual framework must reflect findings from multi-
disciplinary research, as well as validated interventions and
strategies relevant for promoting personal and social development of
children with emotional and behavioral problems;
(b) As part of the conceptual framework--
(1) Address the challenge and diversity of mental health,
psychological, and social characteristics so as to assist children with
emotional and behavioral problems from developing serious emotional
disturbance;
(2) Identify and define the outcomes related to personal and social
development that would comprise the basis for the design of the
proposed preventive components;
(3) Document the rationale for each outcome construct; and
(4) describe means for measuring these outcomes;
(c) Propose interventions that--
(1) Are comprehensive and positive;
(2) Promote the social and emotional development of students with
emotional and behavioral problems; and
(3) Provide the cornerstone for building school-wide capacity for
meeting the social and emotional needs of children with emotional and
behavioral problems. The interventions must encompass an array of
experiences that ensure that children with emotional and behavioral
problems acquire and demonstrate in various settings the competencies
needed to achieve the measurable desired outcomes related to personal
and social development;
(d) Provide and assess interventions within the general education
environment and expand these to include home-based and community-based
components appropriate to the proposed approach;
(e) Implement interventions that involve the active participation
of a broad range of constituents, including school personnel, parents,
and community agencies, and that acknowledge and consider the
interaction between regular and special education;
(f) Assess the efficacy of the proposed interventions for improving
personal and social outcomes for students with emotional and behavioral
problems; and
(g) Evaluate the implementation of the proposed interventions to
enhance the personal and social adjustment of students with emotional
and behavioral problems across school environments.
A project must budget for two trips annually to Washington, DC for
(1) a two-day Research Project Directors' meeting; and (2) another two-
day meeting to meet with the project director of the Office of Special
Education Programs and the other projects funded under this priority to
share their approaches, designs, and experiences, and to design
collaborative products.
Project Period: Up to 48 months.
For Applications and General Information Contact: Darlene Crumblin,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3525,
Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2641. Telephone: (202) 205-8953;
or FAX: (202) 205-8105.
For Technical Information Contact: Dr. Helen Thornton, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3520, Switzer
Building, Washington, DC 20202-2641. Telephone: (202) 205-5910.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1426.
Rehabilitation Services Administration
84.128G Vocational Rehabilitation Service Projects for Migratory
Agricultural and Seasonal Farmworkers With Disabilities
Purpose of Program: To provide grants for vocational rehabilitation
services for migratory agricultural workers or seasonal farmworkers
with disabilities.
Eligible Applicants: State vocational rehabilitation agencies
(SVRAs); nonprofit agencies working in collaboration with SVRAs; local
agencies administering vocational rehabilitation programs under written
agreements with SVRAs; and SVRAs that enter into agreements with the
State vocational rehabilitation agencies of one or more other States to
develop cooperative programs for the provision of vocational
rehabilitation services.
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
parts 369 and 375.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Tony Cavataio, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3411, Switzer
Building, Washington, DC 20202-2650. Telephone: (202) 205-9343 to order
applications; or (202) 205-8206 for information.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 777b.
84.128T Special Projects and Demonstrations for Providing Supported
Employment Services to Individuals with the Most Severe Disabilities
and Technical Assistance Projects--Community-Based Projects
Purpose of Program: To provide grants for community-based special
projects and demonstrations to (a) stimulate the development of
innovative approaches for improving and expanding the provision of
supported employment services to individuals with the most severe
disabilities; and (b) enhance local capacity to provide supported
employment services.
Eligible Applicants: Public and nonprofit community rehabilitation
programs; designated State units; and other public and private agencies
and organizations.
Applicable Regulations: 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 380.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Ted Gonzales, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3320, Switzer
Building, Washington, DC 20202-2650. Telephone: (202) 205-9343 to order
applications; or (202) 205-8321 for information.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 777a(c).
84.129A-R Rehabilitation Training--Rehabilitation Long-Term Training
Purpose of Program: To provide grants for (1) projects that provide
basic or advanced training leading to an academic degree in one of the
fields of study identified in the Absolute Priorities section of this
notice; (2) projects that provide a specified series of courses or
program of study leading to award of a certificate in one of the fields
of study identified in the Absolute Priorities section of this notice;
and (3) projects that provide support for medical residents enrolled in
residency training programs in the specialty of physical medicine and
rehabilitation.
Eligible Applicants: State agencies; and other public or nonprofit
private agencies and organizations, including institutions of higher
education.
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
parts 385 and 386.
Priorities:
Absolute Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 386.1,
the Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet
one of the following priorities. The Secretary funds under this
competition only applications that meet one of these absolute
priorities:
Projects that propose to provide training in one of the following
areas of personnel shortages:
Rehabilitation medicine (CFDA No. 84.129A-1).
Prosthetics and orthotics (CFDA No. 84.129A-5).
Rehabilitation counseling (CFDA No. 84.129B).
Physical therapy (CFDA No. 129D-1).
Rehabilitation technology (CFDA No. 129E).
Vocational evaluation and work adjustment (CFDA No. 84.129F).
Rehabilitation of individuals who are mentally ill (CFDA No.
84.129H).
Undergraduate education in rehabilitation services (CFDA No.
84.129L).
Specialized personnel for individuals who are blind or have vision
impairment (currently: Rehabilitation of individuals who are blind)
(CFDA No. 84.129P).
Rehabilitation of individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing
(currently: Rehabilitation of individuals who are deaf) (CFDA No.
84.129Q).
Rehabilitation job development and placement (CFDA No. 84.129R).
Invitational Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) the Secretary is
particularly interested in applications that meet one of the following
invitational priorities. However, an application that meets one of
these invitational priorities does not receive competitive or absolute
preference over other applications:
Invitational Priority 1: Within the absolute priorities specified
in this notice, projects designed to provide financial assistance to
individuals with disabilities from minority backgrounds for long-term
academic training in certificate- or degree-granting courses of study.
Invitational Priority 2: Within the absolute priority of
Rehabilitation Counseling, projects that provide academic training to
individuals at both the master's degree level and the doctoral degree
level.
Project Period: Up to 36 months, except for Rehabilitation
Counseling (84.129B), which is up to 60 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Richard Melia, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3324, Switzer
Building, Washington, DC 20202-2649. Telephone: (202) 205-9343 to order
applications; or (202) 205-9400 for information.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 774.
84.250E Vocational Rehabilitation Services Projects for American
Indians With Disabilities
Purpose of Program: To provide grants for vocational rehabilitation
services to American Indians with disabilities who reside on Federal or
State reservations.
Eligible Applicants: Governing bodies of Indian tribes; and
consortia of these governing bodies located on Federal and State
reservations.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 80, 81, 82,
and 85; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR parts 369
and 371.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Barbara Sweeney, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3225, Switzer
Building, Washington, DC 20202-2650. Telephone: (202) 205-9343 to order
applications; or (202) 205-9544 for information.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 750.
84.263 Rehabilitation Training--Experimental and Innovative Training
Purpose of Program: To support pilot projects that develop new
types of training programs for rehabilitation personnel or that develop
new and improved methods of training rehabilitation personnel.
Eligible Applicants: State agencies; and other public or nonprofit
private agencies and organizations, including institutions of higher
education.
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
parts 385 and 387.
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:
Projects designed to train rehabilitation counselors,
practitioners, educators, and individuals with disabilities on
rehabilitation needs of individuals who are HIV positive or who have
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
For Applications or Information Contact: Beverly Brightly, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3322, Switzer
Building, Washington, DC 20202-2649. Telephone: (202) 205-9343 to order
applications; or (202) 205-9561 for information.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 774.
84.264A Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs (for Region V
Only)
Purpose of Program: To support cooperative agreements for training
centers that (1) serve either a Federal region or another geographic
area and (2) provide a broad, integrated sequence of training
activities that focus on meeting recurrent and common training needs of
employed rehabilitation personnel throughout a multi-State geographical
area.
Eligible Applicants: State agencies and other public or nonprofit
agencies and organizations, including institutions of higher education.
Note: Applications are invited for the provision of training for
Department of Education Region V only.
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
parts 385 and 389, as amended on
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