[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-8406]
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[Federal Register: April 8, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Institute for International Public Policy
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of proposed definitions and proposed priority for fiscal
year 1994.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary proposes a competitive priority for fiscal year
(FY) 1994 under the Institute for International Public Policy program.
This program is designed to significantly increase the number of
African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and other underrepresented
minorities in the international service. The Secretary takes this
action to focus Federal financial assistance on this identified
national need. The priority is intended to encourage applicants to
develop consortial arrangements that include historically Black
colleges and universities, institutions of higher education serving
substantial numbers of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, or other
underrepresented minority students, and institutions of higher
education with programs to train foreign service professionals.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before May 9, 1994.
ADDRESSES: All comments concerning this proposed priority should be
addressed to Ralph Hines, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202-5332.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph Hines. Telephone: (202) 732-
6066. 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Institute for International Public
Policy program will provide a grant to a consortium of institutions of
higher education to conduct a program designed to significantly
increase the number of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and other
underrepresented minorities in the international service.
Title VI, Part C, section 621 of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended, states that an eligible recipient is a consortium that
consists of at least one or more from each of the following categories:
(1) An institution eligible for assistance under Part B of title III of
the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended; (2) an institution of
higher education that serves substantial numbers of African Americans
or other underrepresented minority students; and (3) an institution of
higher education with programs in training foreign service
professionals.
Many of the students this program is designed to serve are enrolled
in institutions in categories (1) and (2). The Secretary believes that
the purposes of the legislation can be best carried out by a consortium
that includes at least one institution from categories (1), (2), and
(3). Therefore, the Secretary proposes to establish a competitive
priority for applications from consortia that include historically
Black colleges and universities, institutions serving substantial
numbers of African Americans, Hispanic Americans or other
underrepresented minorities, and institutions that offer programs to
train foreign service professionals.
The Secretary will announce the final priority in a notice in the
Federal Register. The final priority will be determined by responses to
this notice, and other considerations of the Department. Funding of the
grant depends on the nature of the final priority and the quality of
the applications received. The publication of this proposed priority
does not preclude the Secretary from proposing additional priorities,
nor does it limit the Secretary to funding only this priority, subject
to meeting applicable rulemaking requirements.
Note: This notice of proposed priority does not solicit
applications. A notice inviting applications under this competition
will be published in the Federal Register concurrent with or
following publication of the notice of final priority.
Priority
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) the Secretary proposes to give
preference to applications that meet the following competitive
priority. The Secretary proposes to award 15 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:
Consortia that include at least one institution from each of the
following categories: (1) Historically Black colleges and universities
as defined in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended; (2) institutions of higher education that serve substantial
numbers of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, or other
underrepresented minority students; and (3) institutions of higher
education with programs in training foreign service professionals.
Definitions
The statute states that one of the members of an eligible
consortium may be an institution of higher education that serves
substantial numbers of African American or other underrepresented
minority students. The Secretary proposes to define ``substantial'' to
mean at least 25 percent of the enrolled undergraduate student
population at an institution. The Secretary also proposes to define
``underrepresented minorities'' to include African Americans, Hispanic
Americans, Asian Americans, American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Native
Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
Intergovernmental Review
This program is subject to the requirements of Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. The objective of the
Executive order is to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a
strengthened federalism by relying on processes developed by State and
local governments for coordination and review of proposed Federal
financial assistance.
In accordance with this order, this document is intended to provide
early notification of the Department's specific plans and actions for
this program.
Invitation to Comment
Interested persons are invited to submit comments and
recommendations regarding this proposed priority.
All comments submitted in response to this notice will be available
for public inspection, during and after the comment period, in suite
2100, 490 L'Enfant Plaza East, Washington, DC, between the hours of
8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday of each week except Federal
holidays.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1131-1131f.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.269)
Dated: March 31, 1994.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 94-8406 Filed 4-7-94; 8:45 am]
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