[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 122 (Monday, June 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33074-33091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15531]




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Department of Education





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Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 1995; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.294A]


Elementary School Foreign Language Incentive Program; Notice 
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995

    Note to Applicants: This notice is a complete application package. 
Together with the statute authorizing the program and applicable 
regulations governing the program, including the Education Department 
General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), this notice contains all of 
the information, application forms, and instructions needed to apply 
for an award under this program.
    Purpose of Program: This program provides incentive payments for 
each public elementary school that provides students attending such 
school a program designed to lead to communicative competency in a 
foreign language.
    Eligible Applicants: Public elementary schools. The Secretary 
strongly recommends that local educational agencies apply on behalf of 
schools within their jurisdiction.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 24, 1995.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 22, 1995.
    Available Funds: $3,000,000.
    Project Period: 12 months.
    Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) as follows:
    (1) 34 CFR Part 75 (Direct Grant Programs).
    (2) 34 CFR Part 77 (Definitions that Apply to Department 
Regulations).
    (3) 34 CFR Part 79 (Intergovernmental Review of Department of 
Education Programs and Activities).
    (4) 34 CFR Part 80 (Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants 
and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments).
    (5) 34 CFR Part 81 (General Education Provisions Act--Enforcement).
    (6) 34 CFR Part 82 (New Restrictions on Lobbying).
    (7) 34 CFR Part 85 (Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension 
(Nonprocurement) and Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free 
Workplace (Grants)).

Description of Program

    In order to be eligible for an incentive payment under this 
program, a public elementary school must meet the requirements in 
section 7205 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 
amended by the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-
382, enacted October 20, 1994). A program shall be considered to be 
designed to lead to communicative competency in a foreign language if 
the program is comparable to one that provides at least 45 minutes of 
instruction in a foreign language at least four days per week 
throughout the academic year. The amount of a public elementary 
school's incentive payment is based on the number of students 
participating in the school's program that is designed to lead to 
communicative competency in a foreign language. An application must 
include the following: (1) Information that establishes the eligibility 
of the foreign language program at each of the elementary schools 
included in the application; and (2) the number of students 
participating in those programs at each of the elementary schools 
included in the application.
    As used in section 7205 of the Act, a program designed to lead to 
communicative competency in a foreign language refers to a program that 
has a primary focus on foreign language instruction and not on other 
subject matters. The Secretary does not award incentive payments for 
programs that teach Native American languages.
    To provide for the fair distribution of funds available under this 
program and for uniform counts across schools, the Secretary requests 
that a public elementary school indicate the number of students that 
were participating, as of the 1994-95 academic year, in its program 
that leads to communicative competency in a foreign language.

Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs

    This program is subject to the requirements of Executive Order 
12372 (Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs) and the 
regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
    The objective of the Executive order is to foster an 
intergovernmental partnership and to strengthen federalism by relying 
on State and local processes for State and local government 
coordination and review of proposed Federal financial assistance.
    Applicants must contact the appropriate State Single Point of 
Contact to find out about, and to comply with, the State's process 
under Executive Order 12372. If you want to know the name and address 
of any State Single Point of Contact, see the list published in the 
Federal Register on March 13, 1995 (60 FR 16713).
    In States that have not established a process or chosen a program 
for review, State, areawide, regional, and local entities may submit 
comments directly to the Department.
    Any State Process Recommendation and other comments submitted by a 
State Single Point of Contact and any comments from State, areawide, 
regional, and local entities must be mailed or hand-delivered by the 
date indicated in this notice to the following address: The Secretary, 
E.O. 12372--CFDA #84.294A, U.S. Department of Education, Room 6213, 600 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. 20202-6510.
    Proof of mailing will be determined on the same basis as 
applications (see 34 CFR 75.102). Recommendations or comments may be 
hand-delivered until 4:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date indicated in 
this notice.
    PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ABOVE ADDRESS IS NOT THE SAME ADDRESS AS THE 
ONE TO WHICH THE APPLICANT SUBMITS ITS COMPLETED APPLICATION. DO NOT 
SEND APPLICATIONS TO THE ABOVE ADDRESS. INSTRUCTIONS FOR TRANSMITTAL OF 
APPLICATIONS:
    (a) If an applicant wants to apply for a grant, the applicant 
shall--
    (1) Mail the original and two copies of the application on or 
before the deadline date to: U.S. Department of Education, Application 
Control Center, Attention: CFDA #84.294A, Washington, D.C. 20202-4725, 
or
    (2) Hand deliver the original and two copies of the application by 
4:30 p.m. (Washington, D.C. time) on or before the deadline date to: 
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: 
CFDA #84.294A, Room #3633, Regional Office Building #3, 7th and D 
Streets, SW., Washington, D.C. 20202-4725.
    (b) An applicant must show one of the following as proof of 
mailing:
    (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
    (2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the 
U.S. Postal Service.
    (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial 
carrier.
    (4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary.
    (c) If an application is mailed through the U.S. Postal Service, 
the Secretary does not accept either of the following as proof of 
mailing:
    (1) A private metered postmark.
    (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.

    Notes: (1) The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a 
dated postmark. Before relying on this method, an applicant should 
check with its local post office.
    (2) The Application Control Center will mail a Grant Application 
Receipt [[Page 33075]] Acknowledgment to each applicant. If an 
applicant fails to receive the notification of application receipt 
within 15 days from the date of mailing the application, the 
applicant should call the U.S. Department of Education Application 
Control Center at (202) 708-8493.
    (3) The applicant must indicate on the envelope and--if not 
provided by the Department--in Item 10 of the Application for 
Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424) the CFDA number of the 
competition under which the application is being submitted.

Application Instructions and Forms

    The appendix to this application is divided into three parts, plus 
a statement regarding estimated public reporting burden and various 
assurances and certifications. These parts and additional materials are 
organized in the same manner that the submitted application should be 
organized. The parts and additional materials are as follows:
    PART I: Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424 (Rev. 
4-88)) and instructions.
    PART II: Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs (ED Form 
524A) and instructions.
    PART III: Application Narrative.
Additional Materials

    Estimated Public Reporting Burden.
    School and Student Data Report Form.
    Assurances--Non-Construction Programs (Standard Form 424B).
    Certifications Regarding Lobbying; Debarment, Suspension, and Other 
Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (ED 80-
0013) and Instructions.
    Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and 
Voluntary Exclusion: Lower Tier Covered Transactions (ED 80-0014, 9/90) 
and Instructions. (NOTE: ED 80-0014 is intended for the use of grantees 
and should not be transmitted to the Department.)
    Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Standard Form LLL) (if 
applicable) and Instructions; and Disclosure of Lobbying Activities 
Continuation Sheet (Standard Form LLL-A.)
    All forms and instructions are included as Appendix A of this 
notice.
    All applicants must submit ONE original signed application, 
including ink signatures on all forms and assurances and TWO copies of 
the application. Please mark each application as original or copy. No 
grant may be awarded unless a complete application form has been 
received.
    For Further Information Contact: Petraine Johnson, Office of 
Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs, U.S. Department of 
Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW. (Room 5627, Switzer Building), 
Washington, D.C. 20202-7242. Telephone (202) 205-8766. 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. 7515.

    Dated: June 16, 1995.
Eugene E. Garcia,
Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs.

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[[Page 33082]] Instructions for Part III Application Narrative

    Before preparing the Application Narrative an applicant should read 
carefully the authorizing statute and the information in this notice.
    The narrative should provide sufficient information for the 
Secretary to determine that the foreign language program at each of the 
public elementary schools included in the application meets the 
requirements in section 7205 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act.
    The Secretary strongly suggests that the applicant submit charts or 
other visuals to provide information on the foreign language program at 
each of the public elementary schools included in the application.
    The application narrative must not exceed 5 double-spaced, typed 
(on one side only) pages. The page limit applies only to the 
application narrative and not to the application forms and assurances. 
Applications with narratives that exceed these page limits will not be 
considered for funding.
Instruction for Estimated Public Reporting Burden

    Under terms of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, as amended, and 
the regulations implementing that Act, the Department of Education 
invites comment on the public reporting burden in this collection of 
information. Public reporting burden for this collection of information 
is estimated to average 23 to 32 hours per response, with an average of 
25.5 hours, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching 
existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and 
completing and reviewing the collection of information. You may send 
comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this 
collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this 
burden, to the U.S. Department of Education, Information Management and 
Compliance Division, Washington, D.C. 20202-4651; and to the Office of 
Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction Project 1885-0531, 
Washington, D.C. 20503.

    (Information collection approved under OMB control number 1885-
0531. Expiration date: 6/98.)

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[FR Doc. 95-15531 Filed 6-23-95; 8:45 am]
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