[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9718]



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[CFDA No. 84.291R]


Bilingual Education: Systemwide Improvement Grants; Notice 
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995

    Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to provide 
grants to implement districtwide bilingual education programs or 
special alternative instructional programs to improve, reform, and 
upgrade relevant programs and operations, within an entire local 
educational agency (LEA), that serve a significant number of limited 
English proficient (LEP) children and youth in one or more LEAs with 
significant concentrations of these children and youth.
    Eligible Applicants: (1) One or more LEAs; or (2) one or more LEAs 
in collaboration with an institution of higher education, community-
based organizations, other LEAs, or a State educational agency.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 30, 1995.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 31, 1995.
    Applications Available: April 21, 1995.
    Available Funds: $17.4 million.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000 - $1,000,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $700,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 25.

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

    Project Period: 60 months.
    Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 
81, 82, 85, and 86.

Priorities

    Absolute Priority: The following absolute priority, as published in 
the Federal Register on March 2, 1995 (60 FR 11864) in a notice of 
final priority for this program, applies to this competition:
    Projects that serve only LEAs in which the number of LEP students, 
in each LEA served, is at least 1,000 or at least 25 percent of the 
total student enrollment.
    Competitive Priority: The competitive priority in the notice of 
final priorities for this program, as published elsewhere in this issue 
of the Federal Register, applies to this competition. The notice 
announces a competitive preference to be given to projects providing 
program services in a designated Empowerment Zone or Enterprise 
Community.

Selection Criteria

    In evaluating applications for grants under this program, the 
Secretary uses the selection criteria in 34 CFR 75.210.
    The regulations in 34 CFR 75.210 provide that the Secretary may 
award up to 100 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 75.210(b)(3)). Eight points are added to 
this criterion for a possible total of 23 points.
    Evaluation plan (34 CFR 75.210(b)(6)). Seven points are added to 
this criterion for a possible total of 12 points.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Harry Logel or James 
Lockhart, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Room 5090, Switzer Building, Washington, D.C. 20202-6510. Telephone: 
Harry Logel (202) 205-5530 or James Lockhart (202) 205-5426. 
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. 7425.

    Dated: April 11, 1995.
Eugene E. Garcia,
Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs.
[FR Doc. 95-9718 Filed 4-19-95; 8:45 am]
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