[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 3632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1116]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.129C]


Rehabilitation Training--Rehabilitation Long-Term Training; 
Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995

    Purpose of Program: To provide grants for (1) projects that provide 
basic or advanced training leading to an academic degree in the field 
of study identified in the Absolute Priority section of this notice; 
and (2) projects that provide a specified series of courses or program 
of study leading to award of a certificate in the field of study 
identified in the Absolute Priority section of this notice.
    Eligible Applicants: State agencies and other public or nonprofit 
private agencies and organizations, including institutions of higher 
education.
    Deadline For Transmittal of Applications: March 21, 1995.
    Deadline For Intergovernmental Review: May 20, 1995.
    Applications Available: January 20, 1995.
    Available Funds: $250,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $100,000-150,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $125,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 2.

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

    Project Period: Up to 60 months.
    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 Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 386.1, 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:
    Projects that propose to provide training in the following area of 
personnel shortage:
    Rehabilitation Administration.
    Invitational 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:
    Within the absolute priority of Rehabilitation Administration, 
projects that develop and demonstrate distance learning strategies to 
significantly expand training opportunities for graduate students, 
particularly students with disabilities and those from minority 
backgrounds, to administer rehabilitation placement programs.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Robert Werner, U.S. 
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 3322 
Switzer Building, Washington, D.C. 20202-2649. Telephone: (202) 205-
8291. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf 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 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.

    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 774.

    Dated: January 11, 1995.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 95-1116 Filed 1-17-95; 8:45 am]
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