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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.
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