[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5896]




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Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program; Final 
Priorities and Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 
Year 1995; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 206A-1]


Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program

    Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year 1995.
    Purpose of Program: To provide grants to help build a nationwide 
capability in elementary and secondary schools to identify and meet the 
special educational needs of gifted and talented students; to encourage 
the development of rich and challenging curricula for all students; and 
to supplement and make more effective the expenditures of State and 
local funds for the education of gifted and talented students.
    Eligible Applicants: State educational agencies; local educational 
agencies; institutions of higher education; and other public and 
private agencies and organizations, including Indian tribes and 
organizations--as defined by the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act--and Native Hawaiian organizations.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 25, 1995.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 26, 1995.
    Applications Available: March 27, 1995.
    Estimated Available Funds: $5,000,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: For Absolute Priority 1: $100,000-
$250,000; For Absolute Priority 2: $150,000-$300,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: For Absolute Priority 1: 
$200,000; For Absolute Priority 2: $225,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: For Absolute Priority 1: 19; For 
Absolute Priority 2: 5.

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

    Project Period: Up to 36 months. Please note that all applicants 
for multi-year awards are required to provide detailed budget 
information for the total grant period requested. The Department will 
negotiate at the time of the initial award the funding levels for each 
year of the grant award.
    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 grant program in 
34 CFR part 791, subject to the revised definitions of ``institutions 
of higher education'', ``local educational agency'' and ``state 
educational agency'' set forth in 20 U.S.C. 8801.
    Priorities: The notice of final priorities as published in this 
issue of the Federal Register applies to this competition.
    Selection Criteria: In evaluating applications for grants under 
this program, the Secretary uses the selection criteria in 34 CFR 
791.21.
    The program regulations in 34 CFR 791.20 provide that the Secretary 
may award up to 115 points for the selection criteria, including a 
reserved 15 points. For this competition, the Secretary distributes the 
15 points as follows:
    Plan of Operation (34 CFR 791.21(c)). 5 points are added to this 
criterion for a possible total of 35 points.
    Evaluation Plan (34 CFR 791.21(f)). 10 points are added to this 
criterion for a possible total of 25 points.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Carolyn Warren, U.S. 
Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, NW., room 504, 
Washington, DC 20208-5644. Telephone: (202) 219-2206.
    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: 20 U.S.C. 8031-8036.

    Dated: March 6, 1995.
Sharon P. Robinson,
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
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