[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 68 (Monday, April 10, 1995)]
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Department of Education





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National Diffusion Network (NDN)--Developer Demonstrators; New Awards; 
Notice Inviting Applications

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.073A-1]


National Diffusion Network (NDN)--Developer Demonstrators Notice 
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995

    Purpose of Program: To award grants to support nationwide 
dissemination of exemplary educational programs that have been 
previously approved by the Department of Education's Program 
Effectiveness Panel (PEP).
    Eligible Applicants: Public or private nonprofit agencies, 
organizations, or institutions (1) that have demonstrated expertise in 
the areas of applied education research and program dissemination and 
(2) that have developed programs, products, or practices (a) that the 
PEP has approved and (b) that are in use in sites that can be visited.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 26, 1995.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 25, 1995.
    Applications Available: April 10, 1995.
    Available Funds: $2,222,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $75,000--$180,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $125,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 18.

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

    Project Period: Up to 48 months.
    Budget Period: Up to 12 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; (b) The regulations in 34 CFR part 98 (Student 
Rights in Research, Experimental Programs, and Testing) and 34 CFR part 
99 (Family Educational Rights and Privacy); and (c) The regulations for 
this program in 34 CFR part 785 and 786.
    Supplementary Information: This notice announces a competition for 
the FY 1995 new Developer Demonstrator competition under the National 
Diffusion Network (NDN) program. The NDN program is authorized by Title 
XIII, Part B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 
amended (20 U.S.C. 8651). The Secretary has established a competitive 
preference priority for this competition to respond to mandates 
contained in the new statute for the National Diffusion Network. These 
mandates require the Secretary to give priority to identifying, 
validating, and disseminating effective schoolwide projects, programs 
addressing the needs of high poverty schools, and programs with the 
capacity to offer high quality, sustained technical assistance.
    The Secretary is concerned that American educators understand and 
learn from the effects of projects funded under this priority and 
suggests that such projects provide documentation of their impact on 
improving teaching and learning in one or more education sites. The 
Secretary also suggests that schoolwide projects aim to upgrade the 
entire educational program in a school.

Priorities

Competitive Preference Priority

    Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) and 20 U.S.C. 8651(g)(2) the Secretary 
gives preference to applications that meet the following competitive 
priority. The Secretary awards up to 25 points to an application that 
carries out in a particularly effective way all three activities cited 
in the priority, or up to 15 points to an application that executes in 
a particularly effective way two activities cited in the priority, or 
up to 5 points to an application that carries out in a particularly 
effective way one activity cited in the priority. These points are in 
addition to any points the application earns under the selection 
criteria for the program:
    The Secretary gives priority to projects that propose nationwide 
dissemination of validated educational projects that incorporate one or 
more of the following activities: (1) Effective schoolwide approaches, 
(2) approaches that address the needs of high poverty schools, (3) 
approaches with the capacity to offer high-quality, sustained technical 
assistance.

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:
    Projects that provide documentation of the project's impact on 
improving teaching and learning in one or more education sites.
    To Request an Application: Voice Mail: (202) 219-2133; Facsimile 
machine: (202) 219-1407; Mail: NDN/DD Application, 555 New Jersey 
Avenue, N.W., Room 506c, Washington, DC 20208-5643. 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 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. 8651.

    Dated: April 4, 1995.
Sharon P. Robinson,
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
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