Cooperative DemonstrationSchool-to-Work Opportunities State Implementation Grants Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1994

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Department of Labor

[CFDA No. 84.199-H]

Cooperative Demonstration--School-to-Work Opportunities State

Implementation Grants Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1994

Note to Applicants: This notice is a complete application package.

Together with the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology

Education Act (the statute authorizing the program), the applicable

regulations governing the program, including the Education Department

General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), and the notice of final

priority, selection criteria, and other requirements, published

elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register, this notice contains

all of the information, application forms, and instructions needed to

apply for a grant under this competition.

Purpose of Program: The Cooperative Demonstration--School-to-Work

Opportunities State Implementation Grants Program provides financial

assistance to States to establish comprehensive, statewide, School-to-

Work Opportunities systems. These systems will offer young Americans

access to education and training programs designed to prepare them for

a first job in high-skill, high-wage careers, and to increase their

opportunities for further education.

The Secretaries wish to highlight, for potential applicants, that

this program can help to further National Education Goals 3 and 5--Goal

3, American students will leave grades four, eight, and twelve having

demonstrated competency in challenging subject matter including

English, mathematics, science, 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 modern economy. The School-to-Work

Opportunities initiative also meets Goal 5 by helping to ensure that

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.

Eligible Applicants: States are eligible to apply for

Implementation Grants under this competition.

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 1, 1994.

Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 31, 1994.

Available Funds: $36,000,000 (funding for first 12 months).

Estimated Average Size of Awards: The amount of an award under this

competition will be determined on a case by case basis and will depend

upon the scope and quality of the application and the relative size of

the State.

Estimated Number of Awards: 4-8.

Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this

notice.

Project Period: Up to 5 years (5 twelve-month grant periods).

Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) as follows:

(1) 34 CFR Part 75 (Direct Grant Programs)

(2) 34 CFR Part 77 (Definitions that Apply to Department

Regulations).

(3) 34 CFR Part 79 (Intergovernmental Review of Department of

Education Programs and Activities).

(4) 34 CFR Part 80 (Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants

and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments).

(5) 34 CFR Part 81 (General Education Provisions Act-Enforcement).

(6) 34 CFR Part 82 (New Restrictions on Lobbying).

(7) 34 CFR Part 85 (Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension

(Nonprocurement) and Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free

Workplace (Grants)).

(8) 34 CFR Part 86 (Drug-Free Schools and Campuses).

(b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR parts 400 and 426.

Priority and Selection Criteria: The priority and selection

criteria in the notice of final priority, selection criteria, and other

requirements for this program, as published elsewhere in this issue of

the Federal Register, apply to this competition.

Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs: This program is

subject to the requirements of Executive Order 12372 (Intergovernmental

Review of Federal Programs) and the regulations in 34 CFR Part 79.

The objective of the Executive order is to foster an

intergovernmental partnership and to strengthen federalism by relying

on State and local processes for State and local government

coordination and review of proposed Federal financial assistance.

Applicants must contact the appropriate State Single Point of

contact to find out about, and to comply with, the State's process

under Executive Order 12372. Applicants proposing to perform activities

in more than one State should immediately contact the Single Point of

Contact for each of those States and follow the procedure established

in each State under the Executive order. If you want to know the name

and address of any State Single Point of Contact, see the list

published in the Federal Register on September 24, 1993 (58 FR 50162-

50164).

In States that have not established a process or chosen a program

for review, State, areawide, regional, and local entities may submit

comments directly to the Department.

Any State Process Recommendation and other comments submitted by a

State Single Point of Contact and any comments from State, areawide,

regional, and local entities must be mailed to the following address:

The Secretary, E.O. 12372--CFDA #84.199-H, U.S. Department of

Education, room 4161, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202-

0125.

Proof of mailing will be determined on the same basis as

applications (see 34 CFR 75.102). Recommendations or comments may be

hand-delivered until 4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on the date

indicated in this notice.

Please note that the above address is not the same address as the

one to which the applicant submits its completed application. Do not

send applications to the above address.

Instructions for Transmittal of Applications: (a) If an applicant

wants to apply for a grant, the applicant shall--

(1) Mail the original and six copies of the application on or

before the deadline date to:

U.S. Department of Education,

Application Control Center,

Attention: (CFDA #84.199-H),

Washington, DC 20202-4725, or

(2) Hand deliver the original and six copies of the application by

4:30 p.m. (Washington, DC time) on the deadline date to:

U.S. Department of Education,

Application Control Center,

Attention: (CFDA #84.199-H),

room #3633,

Regional Office Building #3,

7th and D Streets SW.,

Washington, DC.

(b) An applicant must show one of the following as proof of

mailing:

(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.

(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the

U.S. Postal Service.

(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial

carrier.

(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary.

(c) If an application is mailed through the U.S. Postal Service,

the Secretary does not accept either of the following as proof of

mailing:

(1) A private metered postmark.

(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.

Notes: (1) The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a

dated postmark. Before relying on this method, an applicant should

check with its local post office.

(2) The Application Control Center will mail a Grant Application

Receipt Acknowledgement to each applicant. If an applicant fails to

receive the notification of application receipt within 15 days from

the date of mailing the application, the applicant should call the

U.S. Department of Education Application Control Center at (202)

708-9494.

(3) The applicant must indicate on the envelope and--if not

provided by the Department--in Item 10 of the Application for

Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424) the CFDA number--and suffix

letter, if any--of the competition under which the application is

being submitted.

Application Instructions and Forms: The appendix to this

application is divided into five parts, plus a statement regarding

estimated public reporting burden. These parts and additional materials

are organized in the same manner that the submitted application should

be organized. The parts and additional materials are as follows:

Part I: Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424 [Rev.

4-88]) and instructions.

Part II: Budget Information.

Part III: Budget Narrative.

Part IV: Application Narrative.

Part V: Additional Assurances and Certifications:

a. Estimated Public Reporting Burden.

b. Assurances--Non Construction Programs (Standard Form 424B).

c. Certification regarding Lobbying: Debarment, Suspension, and

Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (ED

80-0013) and Instructions.

d. Certification regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and

Voluntary Exclusion: Lower Tier Covered Transactions (ED 80-0014, 9/90)

and Instructions. (NOTE: ED 80-0014 is intended for the use of grantees

and should not be transmitted to the Department.)

e. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Standard Form LLL) (if

applicable) and instructions, and Disclosure of Lobbying Activities

Continuation Sheet (Standard Form LLL-A).

All applicants must submit one original signed application,

including ink signatures on all forms and assurances and six copies of

the application. Please mark each application as original or copy.

No grant may be awarded unless a complete application form has been

received.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marian Banfield, U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW. (room 4517 MES), Washington, DC

20202-7327. Telephone (202) 205-8838. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8

p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

Information about the Department's funding opportunities, including

copies of application notices for discretionary grant competitions, can

be viewed on the Department's electronic bulletin board (ED Board),

telephone (202) 260-9950; or the Internet Gopher Server at

GOPHER.ED.GOV (under Announcements, Bulletins, and Press Releases).

However, the official application notice for any discretionary grant

competition is the application notice published in the Federal

Register.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2420a.

Dated: January 25, 1994.

Richard W. Riley,

Secretary of Education.

Robert B. Reich,

Secretary of Labor.

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