[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 127 (Monday, July 3, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34768-34785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Part V





Department of Education





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Bilingual Education: Academic Excellence Awards; Inviting Applications 
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995; Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.003G]


Bilingual Education: Academic Excellence Awards 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 assistance to promote the 
adoption and implementation of bilingual education, special alternative 
instruction programs, and professional development programs that 
demonstrate promise of assisting limited English proficient (LEP) 
children and youth to meet challenging State standards.
    Eligible Applicants: Local educational agencies (LEAs), State 
educational agencies, institutions of higher education, and nonprofit 
organizations.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 31, 1995.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 29, 1995.
    Available Funds: $1 million.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $125,000-$225,000.
    Estimated Average Site of Awards: $175,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 6.

    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) 
as follows:
    (1) 34 CFR part 74 (Administration of Grants and Agreements with 
Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Non-profit 
Organizations).
    (2) 34 CFR part 75 (Direct Grant Programs).
    (3) 34 CFR part 77 (Definitions that Apply to Department 
Regulations).
    (4) 34 CFR part 79 (Intergovernmental Review of Department of 
Education Programs and Activities).
    (5) 34 CFR part 80 (Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants 
and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments).
    (6) 34 CFR part 81 (General Education Provisions Act--Enforcement).
    (7) 34 CFR part 82 (New Restrictions on Lobbying).
    (8) 34 CFR part 85 (Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension 
(Nonprocurement) and Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free 
Workplace (Grants)).
    (9) 34 CFR part 86 (Drug-Free Schools and Campuses).
    Description of Program: Funds under this program must be used to 
enhance the capacity of States and LEAs to provide high quality 
academic programs for LEP children and youth.
    In addition, recipients of funds must coordinate activities 
assisted under this program with activities carried out by 
comprehensive regional assistance centers assisted under part A of 
title XIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 
amended.
    Funding Priority and Selection Criteria: The priority and selection 
criteria in the notice of funding priority and selection criteria for 
this program, as published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 
Register, apply to this competition.
    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# 84.003G, U.S. Department of Education, Room 6213, 600 
Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 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# 84.003G), Washington, D.C. 20202-4725 
or
    (2) Hand deliver the original and two copies of the application by 
4:30 p.m. (Eastern time) on or before the deadline date to: U.S. 
Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA# 
84.003G), 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 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 Acknowledgement 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) 708-9495.
    (3) The applicant must indicate on the envelope and in Item 10 of 
the Application for Federal Assistance (Standard Form 424) the CFDA 
number and suffix letter 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 

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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 No. 
524) and instructions.
    Part III: Application Narrative.

Additional Materials

    a. Estimated Public Reporting Burden.
    b. Assurances--Non-Construction Programs (Standard Form 424B) and 
instructions.
    c. Certifications Regarding Lobbying; Debarment, Suspension and 
Other Responsibility Matters; and Drug-Free Workplace Requirements (ED 
80-0013) and instructions.
    d. Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and 
Voluntary Exclusion--Lower Tier Covered Transactions (ED 80-0014, 9/90) 
and instructions. (NOTE: This form is intended for the use of grantees 
and should not be transmitted to the Department.)
    e. Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Standard Form LLL) (if 
applicable) and instructions; and Disclosure of Lobbying Activities 
Continuation Sheet (Standard Form LLL-A).
    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 has been received.
    For Further Information Contact: Mary T. Mahony, U.S. Department of 
Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Room 5609, Switzer Building, 
Washington, D.C. 20202-6510. Telephone (202) 205-8728. 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. 7453.

    Dated: June 27, 1995.
Eugene E. Garcia,
Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs.

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