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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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