[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19819]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9722]



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[CFDA No. 84.195A]


Bilingual Education: Teachers and Personnel Grants; Notice 
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995

    Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to provide 
grants for preservice and inservice professional development for 
bilingual education teachers, administrators, pupil services personnel, 
and other educational personnel who are either involved in, or 
preparing to be involved in, the provision of educational services for 
children and youth of limited English proficiency (LEP).
    Eligible Applicants: (a) Institutions of higher education (IHEs) 
that have entered into consortia arrangements with local educational 
agencies (LEAs) or State educational agencies (SEAs). (b) SEAs 
proposing inservice professional development programs. (c) LEAs 
proposing inservice professional development programs.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 30, 1995.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 31, 1995.
    Applications Available: April 21, 1995.
    Available Funds: $5,630,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $140,000-$200,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $170,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 33.

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

    Project Period: Up to 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

    Invitational Priority: The Secretary is particularly interested in 
applications that meet the following invitational priority. However, 
under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) an application that meets this invitational 
priority does not receive competitive or absolute preference over other 
applications:
    IHEs with experience in providing bilingual education teacher 
training programs that propose to assist other IHEs to develop new 
training programs for bilingual education teachers.
    Competitive Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) and 20 U.S.C. 
7473(b), the Secretary gives a competitive preference to applications 
that meet the following priority:
    IHEs, in consortia with SEAs or LEAs, which offer degree programs 
that prepare new bilingual education teachers, in order to increase the 
availability of educators to provide high-quality education to LEP 
students.
    The Secretary awards an additional 10 points to applications that 
meet the priority.

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: Cindy Ryan, U.S. 
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 5090, 
Switzer Building, Washington, D.C. 20202-6510. Telephone: (202) 205-
8842. 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. 7473.

    Dated: April 11, 1995.
Eugene E. Garcia,
Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs.
[FR Doc. 95-9722 Filed 4-19-95; 8:45 am]
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