[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 150 (Tuesday, August 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42108-42112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20716]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Office of Postsecondary Education: Direct Grant Programs and 
Fellowship Programs

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year 
1998.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education invites 
applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 1998 under a number of 
the Department's direct grant and fellowship programs and announces 
deadline dates for the transmittal of applications under these 
programs. This combined notice also lists other programs and 
competitions of the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE) under which 
application notices for new awards for FY 1998 will be published at a 
later date.

DATES: For each program and competition announced in this notice, the 
chart includes the following dates: the date on which applications will 
be available, the deadline for submission of applications, and--for 
programs subject to Executive Order (EO) 12372 (Intergovernmental 
Review of Federal Programs)--the deadline date for transmittal of State 
Process Recommendations by State Single Points of Contact (SPOCs) and 
comments by other interested parties.

ADDRESSES: For Applications or Further Information: The address and 
telephone number for obtaining applications for, or further information 
about, an individual program are in the application notice for that 
program.
    For Users of TDD or FIRS: Individuals who use a telecommunications 
device for the deaf (TDD) may call the TDD number, if any, listed in 
the individual application notices. If a TDD number is not listed for a 
given program, individuals who use a 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.
    For Intergovernmental Review: The address for transmitting 
recommendations and comments under Executive Order 12372 is in the 
appendix to this notice.
    For Electronic Access to Information: 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 World Wide Web (at http://gcs.ed.gov/). However, the 
official application notice for a discretionary grant competition is 
the notice published in the Federal Register.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This combined application notice contains 
those application announcements that the Assistant Secretary for 
Postsecondary Education is able to publish at this time.
    The Assistant Secretary has announced, or intends to announce, 
separately the following additional program competitions for the Office 
of Postsecondary Education under which the Department plans to make new 
awards for FY 1998:
     CFDA No. 84.031A. Strengthening Institutions Program.
     CFDA No. 84.031H. Designation as an Eligible Institution 
for the Strengthening Institutions and Endowment Challenge Grant 
Programs.
     CFDA No. 84.200. Graduate Assistance in Areas of National 
Need Program.
     CFDA No. 84.262. Programs to Encourage Minority Students 
to Become Teachers.
     CFDA No. 84.103. Training Program for Federal TRIO 
Programs
     CFDA No. 84.066. Educational Opportunity Centers Program
     CFDA No. 84.031G. Endowment Challenge Grant Program
     CFDA No. 84.044. Talent Search Program
     CFDA No. 84.116A&B. Comprehensive Program.
     CFDA No. 84.116J. European Community/United States of 
America Joint Consortia for Cooperation in Higher Education and 
Vocational Education.
     CFDA No. 84.116N. Program for North American Mobility in 
Higher Education.
     CFDA No. 84.116P. Disseminating Proven Reforms.
     CFDA No. 84.116R. Institutional Restructuring in Higher 
Education.

Available Funds

    The Congress has not yet enacted a FY 1998 appropriation for the 
Department of Education. The Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 
Education is publishing this notice in order to give potential 
applicants adequate time to prepare applications. The estimates of the 
amounts of funds that will be available for these programs are based on 
the President's FY 1998 budget request.
    Potential applicants should note, however, that the Congress may 
increase, eliminate, or reduce funding in FY 1998 for some of the 
discretionary grant programs administered by the Department. Final 
action on the FY 1998 appropriation may require the Department to 
cancel some of the competitions announced in this notice, as well as 
some of those the notice indicates will be announced at a later date.
    The Department of Education is not bound by any of the Estimates in 
this notice.

National Education Goals

    In developing this combined application notice the Assistant 
Secretary for Postsecondary Education has sought to ensure that 
programs awarding grants during FY 1998 will further achieve the 
National Education Goals, as found in Pub. L. 103-227 (the Goals 2000: 
Educate America Act, enacted March 31, 1994). The Secretary encourages 
applicants under these programs to consider the National

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Education Goals in developing their applications.
    The National Education Goals for the year 2000 are as follows:
     All children in America will start school ready to learn.
     The high school graduation rate will increase to at least 
90 percent.
     All students will leave grades 4, 8, and 12 having 
demonstrated competency in challenging subject matter, including 
English, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and 
government, economics, arts, history, and geography; and every school 
in America will ensure that all students learn to use their minds well, 
so they may be prepared for responsible citizenship, further learning, 
and productive employment in our Nation's modern economy.
     United States students will be first in the world in 
mathematics and science achievement.
     Every adult American will be literate and will possess the 
knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global economy and 
exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
     Every school in the United States will be free of drugs, 
violence, and the unauthorized presence of firearms and alcohol and 
will offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning.
     The Nation's teaching force will have access to programs 
for the continued improvement of their professional skills and the 
opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to instruct and 
prepare all American students for the next century.
     Every school will promote partnerships that will increase 
parental involvement and participation in promoting the social, 
emotional, and academic growth of children.

Applicability of Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988

    A number of programs listed in this announcement provide that a 
grant, fellowship, traineeship, or other monetary benefit may be 
awarded to an individual. This award may be made to the individual 
either directly by the Department or by a grantee that receives Federal 
funds for the purpose of providing, for example, fellowships, 
traineeships, or other awards to individuals.
    Section 5301 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-690; 
21 U.S.C. 862) provides that a sentencing court may deny eligibility 
for certain Federal benefits to an individual convicted of drug 
trafficking or possession. Thus, an individual who applies for a grant, 
fellowship, or other monetary benefit under a program covered by this 
notice should understand that, if convicted of drug trafficking or 
possession, he or she is subject to denial of eligibility for that 
benefit if the sentencing court imposes such a sanction. This denial 
applies whether the Federal benefit is provided to the individual 
directly by the Department or is provided through a grant, fellowship, 
traineeship, or other award made available with Federal funds by a 
grantee.
    Any persons determined to be ineligible for Federal benefits under 
the provisions of section 5301 are listed in the General Services 
Administration's ``Lists of Parties Excluded from Federal Procurement 
or Nonprocurement Programs.''

Applicability of the Federal Debt Collection Procedures Act of 1990

    The programs listed in the chart make discretionary awards subject 
to the eligibility requirements of the Federal Debt Collection 
Procedures Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101-647; 28 U.S.C. 3201). The Act 
provides that if there is a judgment lien against a debtor's property 
for a debt to the United States, the debtor is not eligible to receive 
a Federal grant or loan, except direct payments to which the debtor is 
entitled as beneficiary, until the judgment is paid in full or 
otherwise satisfied.

Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs

    Certain programs in this notice are subject to the requirements of 
EO 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. These programs are 
identified in the chart by a date in the column headed ``Deadline for 
intergovernmental review.'' For further information, an applicant under 
a program subject to the Executive order--and other parties interested 
in that program--are directed to the appendix to this notice.

                                                       Chart 5.--Office of Postsecondary Education                                                      
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                                      Applications  Application     Deadline for                                                    average    Estimated
          CFDA No. and Name             available     deadline   intergovernmental            Estimated range of awards             size of    number of
                                                        date           review                                                        awards      awards 
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84.016A--Undergraduate International      8/29/97       11/3/97          1/2/98     Single institutions: $40,000-90,000.........      $64,000         22
 Studies and Foreign Language                                                                                                                           
 Program.                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                    Consortia and associations:.................       90,000          4
                                                                                    75,000-100,000                                                      
84.017A--International Research and       8/29/97      10/31/97             N/A     40,000-150,000..............................       83,000         10
 Studies Program.                                                                                                                                       
84.019A--Fulbright-Hays Faculty           8/29/97      10/27/97             N/A     18,000-70,000...............................   \1\ 41,000     \2\ 31
 Research Abroad Program.                                                                                                                               
84.021A--Fulbright-Hays Group             8/22/97      10/20/97             N/A     35,000-65,000...............................       58,000         24
 Projects Abroad Program.                                                                                                                               
84.022A--Fulbright-Hays Doctoral          8/29/97      10/27/97             N/A     12,000-60,000...............................   \1\ 24,000     \2\ 75
 Dissertation Research Abroad                                                                                                                           
 Program.                                                                                                                                               
84.153A--Business and International       8/29/97       11/7/97          1/6/98     50,000-90,000...............................       75,000         27
 Education Program.                                                                                                                                     
84.220A--Centers for International        8/29/97      11/10/97          1/9/98     200,000-310,000.............................      276,000         13
 Business Education Program.                                                                                                                            
84.316A--Native Hawaiian Higher          10/31/97      01/30/98        04/01/98     500,000-1,000,000...........................      500,000          2
 Education Program.                                                                                                                                     
84.120A--Minority Science                10/15/97      12/22/97        02/13/97     Institutional Projects:.....................      120,000         15
 Improvement Program--Institutional,                                                100,000-200,000.............................                        
 Design, Special, and Cooperative                                                                                                                       
 Projects.                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                    Design Projects:............................       18,000          2
                                                                                    15,000-20,000                                                       

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                                                                                    Special Projects:...........................       25,000         12
                                                                                    20,000-150,000                                                      
                                                                                    Cooperative Projects:.......................      280,000          3
                                                                                    20,000-500,000                                                      
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\1\ Per fellow.                                                                                                                                         
\2\ Indiv. fellowships.                                                                                                                                 

84.016A  Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language 
Program

    Purpose of Program: To provide grants to strengthen and improve 
undergraduate instruction in international studies and foreign 
languages in the United States.
    Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education; combinations 
of institutions of higher education; and public and nonprofit private 
agencies and organizations, including professional and scholarly 
associations.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 
85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR parts 
655 and 658.

    Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of 
higher education only.

    Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i), 34 CFR 658.35, and section 
604(a)(4) of title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended 
by the Higher Education Amendments of 1992, the Secretary gives 
preference to applications that meet the following competitive 
priority. The Secretary awards five points to an application depending 
upon how well the application meets the priority. These points are in 
addition to any points the application earns under the selection 
criteria for the program:
    Applications from institutions of higher education or combinations 
of institutions that--
    (a) Require entering students to have successfully completed at 
least two years of secondary school foreign language instruction;
    (b) Require each graduating student to earn two years of 
postsecondary credit in a foreign language or have demonstrated 
equivalent competence in the foreign language;
    (c) In the case of a two-year degree granting institution, offer 
two years of postsecondary credit in a foreign language.
    Supplementary Information: An institutional grantee shall pay a 
minimum of 50 percent of the cost of the project for each fiscal year.
    Project Period: 24 months for single institutions; and 36 months 
for consortia and associations.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Christine Corey, U.S. 
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20202-5332. Telephone: (202) 401-9798.

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1124.

84.017A  International Research and Studies Program

    Purpose of Program: To provide grants to conduct research and 
studies to improve and strengthen instruction in modern foreign 
languages, area studies, and other international fields to provide full 
understanding of the places in which the foreign languages are commonly 
used.
    Eligible applicants: Public and private agencies, organizations, 
and institutions; and individuals.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 82, 
85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR parts 
655 and 660.

    Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of 
higher education only.

    Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) and 34 CFR 660.34 and 
660.10, the Secretary gives preference to applications that meet the 
following competitive priority. The Secretary awards five points to an 
application depending upon how well the application meets the priority. 
These points are in addition to any points the application earns under 
the selection criteria for the program:
    Studies and surveys to assess the use of graduates of programs 
supported under title VI of the Higher Education Act, as amended, by 
governmental, educational, and private sector organizations; and other 
studies assessing the outcomes and effectiveness of programs supported 
under title VI.
    Project Period: Up to 36 months; and up to 60 months for projects 
addressing the priority.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Jose L. Martinez, U.S. 
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20202-5331. Telephone: (202) 401-9784.

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1125.

84.019A  Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Program

84.022A  Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad 
Program

    Purpose of Programs: (a) The Faculty Research Abroad Program offers 
opportunities to faculty members of higher education for research and 
study in modern foreign languages and area studies. (b) The Doctoral 
Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship Program provides opportunities 
for graduate students to engage in full-time dissertation research 
abroad in modern foreign languages and area studies.
    Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 81, 82, 
85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for these programs in 34 CFR parts 
662 and 663.
    Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), 34 CFR 663.32(c) (Higher 
Education Programs in Modern Foreign Language Training and Area 
Studies--Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship Program), and 34 CFR 
662.32(c) (Higher Education Programs in Modern Foreign Language 
Training and Area Studies--Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad 
Fellowship Program) the Secretary gives an absolute preference to 
applications that meet the following priority. The Secretary funds only 
applications that meet this absolute priority:
    Research projects that focus on one or more of the following: 
Africa, East Asia,

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Southeast Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, the Near East, East Central 
Europe and Eurasia, and the Western Hemisphere (Central and South 
America and the Caribbean).

    Note: Applications that propose projects focused on Western 
Europe will not be funded.

    Project Period: Three to 12 months for Faculty Research Abroad; and 
6 to 12 months for Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad.
    For Applications or Information Contact:
    For Faculty Research Abroad Program: Eliza Washington, U.S. 
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20202-5331. Telephone: (202) 401-9777.
    For Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program: Karla Ver Bryck 
Block, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20202-5331. Telephone: (202) 401-9774.

    Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6).

84.021A  Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Program

    Purpose of Program: To provide grants to support overseas projects 
in training, research, and curriculum development in modern foreign 
languages and area studies by teachers, students, and faculty engaged 
in a common endeavor. Projects may include short-term seminars, 
curriculum development, group research or study, or advanced intensive 
language projects.

    Note: Applications for advanced intensive language projects will 
not be accepted under this competition.

    Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education; State 
departments of education; nonprofit private educational organizations; 
and consortia of these types of institutions, departments, and 
organizations.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 80, 81, 
82, 85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 
664.
    Priorities:
    Absolute Priority: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 664.32 the 
Secretary gives an absolute preference to applications that meet the 
following priority. The Secretary funds only applications that meet 
this absolute priority:
    Group projects that focus on one or more of the following: Africa, 
East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Western 
Hemisphere (Central and South America and the Caribbean), East Central 
Europe and Eurasia, and the Near East.

    Note: Applications that propose projects focused on Western 
Europe will not be funded.

    Competitive Priority: Within the absolute priority specified in 
this notice, the Secretary, under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) and 34 CFR 
664.32, gives preference to applications that meet the following 
competitive priority. The Secretary awards up to five points to an 
application depending upon how well the application meets the priority. 
These points are in addition to any points the application earns under 
the selection criteria for the program:
    Short-term seminars that develop and improve foreign language and 
area studies at elementary and secondary schools.
    Project Period:
    For short-term seminars and curriculum development projects: four 
to six weeks.
    For group research or study projects: two to twelve months.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Dr. Lungching Chiao, U.S. 
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 
20202-5332. Telephone: (202) 401-9772.

    Program Authority: 22 U.S.C. 2452(b)(6).

84.120A  Minority Science Improvement Program--Institutional, Design, 
Special, and Cooperative Projects

    Purpose of Program: To effect long-range improvement in science 
education at predominantly minority institutions and to increase the 
flow of under represented ethnic minorities, particularly minority 
women, into scientific careers.
    Eligible Applicants:
    (a) For institutional, design, and special projects described in 34 
CFR 637.14 (a), (b) and (c): Public and nonprofit private minority 
institutions.

    Note: A minority institution is defined in 34 CFR 637.4(b) as an 
accredited college or university whose enrollment of a single 
minority group or combination of minority groups, as defined in 34 
CFR 637.4(b), exceeds 50 percent of the total enrollment.
    (b) For special projects described in 34 CFR 637.14(b) and (c): 
Non-profit science-oriented organizations; professional scientific 
societies; and nonprofit accredited colleges and universities that 
render a needed service to a group of eligible minority institutions, 
as defined in 34 CFR 637.4(b), or that provide in service training of 
project directors, scientists, and engineers from eligible minority 
institutions.
    (c) For cooperative projects: Groups of nonprofit accredited 
colleges and universities whose primary fiscal agent is an eligible 
minority institution, as defined in 34 CFR 637.4(b).
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 
85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR part 
637.

    Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of 
higher education only.

    Project Period: Up to 36 months.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Dr. Argelia Velez-
Rodriguez, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Courtyard Suite C-80, Portals Building, Washington, DC 20202-5329. 
Telephone: (202) 260-3261 or by internet to 
[email protected]. The Department encourages applicants 
to FAX requests for applications to: (202) 260-7615.

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1135b-1135b-3, 1135d-1135d-6.

84.153A  Business and International Education Program

    Purpose of Program: To provide grants both to enhance international 
business education programs and expand the capacity of the business 
community to engage in international economic activities.
    Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education that have 
entered into agreements with business enterprises, trade organizations, 
or associations engaged in international economic activity.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 
85, and 86; and (b) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR parts 
655 and 661.
    Supplementary Information: A grantee shall pay a minimum of 50 
percent of the cost of the project for each fiscal year.
    Project Period: 24 months.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Sarah T. Beaton, U.S. 
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 
20202-5332. Telephone: (202) 401-9798.


    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1130-1130b.

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84.220A  Centers for International Business Education Program

    Purpose of Program: To provide grants to eligible applicants to pay 
the Federal share of the cost of planning, establishing, and operating 
centers for international business.
    Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education; and 
combinations of institutions of higher education.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 
85, and 86; and (b) Because there are no program-specific regulations 
for this program, applicants are encouraged to read the authorizing 
statute for the Centers for International Business Education Program, 
under section 612 of part B, title VI, of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, as amended.
    Selection Criteria: In evaluating applications for grants under 
this program, the Secretary uses new EDGAR selection criteria in 34 CFR 
75.209 and 75.210. Applicants may obtain a copy of these criteria from 
the individual listed as the information contact for this program. The 
criteria also will be listed in the application.
    Project Period: 48 months.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Susanna C. Easton, U.S. 
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 
20202-5332. Telephone: (202) 708-4804.

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1130-1.

84.316  Native Hawaiian Higher Education Program

    Purpose of Program: To provide direct grants for a program of 
baccalaureate and postbaccalaureate fellowship assistance to Native 
Hawaiian students. Program activities may include--(a) Full or partial 
fellowship support for Native Hawaiian students enrolled at two-or 
four-year degree-granting institutions of higher education with awards 
to be based on academic potential and financial need; (b) full or 
partial fellowship support for Native Hawaiian students enrolled at 
postbaccalaureate degree-granting institutions of higher education with 
priority given to providing fellowship support for professions in which 
Native Hawaiians are under represented and with fellowship awards to be 
based on academic potential and financial need; (c) counseling and 
support services for students receiving fellowship assistance under 
this program; (d) college preparation and guidance counseling at 
secondary school level for students who may be eligible for fellowship 
support under this program; (e) appropriate research and evaluation of 
the activities authorized under this program; and (f) implementation of 
faculty development programs for the improvement and matriculation of 
Native Hawaiian students.
    Eligible Applicants: Native Hawaiian private nonprofit educational 
organizations or educational entities with experience in developing or 
operating Native Hawaiian programs or programs of instruction conducted 
in the Native Hawaiian language are eligible, as defined in Section 
9212 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 
81, 82, 85, and 86; and (b) Because there are no program-specific 
regulations for this program, applicants are encouraged to read the 
authorizing statute for the Native Hawaiian Higher Education Program 
under sections 9206 and 9212 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act.
    Selection Criteria: In evaluating applications for grants under 
this program, the Secretary uses new EDGAR selection criteria in 34 CFR 
75.209 and 75.210. Applicants may obtain a copy of these criteria from 
the individual listed as the information contact for this program. The 
criteria also will be listed in the application.
    Project Period: Up to 36 months.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Collie Pollock, U.S. 
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20202. Telephone: (202) 708-4804


    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7905 Sec. 9206.

    Dated: August 1, 1997.
Maureen A. McLaughlin,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.

Appendix

Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs
    This appendix applies to each program that 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. Applicants proposing to perform 
activities in more than one State should immediately contact the 
Single Point of Contact for each of those States and follow the 
procedure established in each of those States under the Executive 
Order.
    In States that have not established a process or chosen a 
program for review, State, area-wide, 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, area-
wide, regional, and local entities must be mailed or hand-delivered 
by the date indicated in this notice to the following address: The 
Secretary, EO 12372--CFDA# (commenter must insert number--including 
suffix letter, if any), U.S. Department of Education, Room 6213, 600 
Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-0124.
    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. (Washington, DC 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.

State Single Points of Contact

    Note: In accordance with Executive Order 12372, this listing 
represents the designated State Single Points of Contact. Because 
participation is voluntary some States no longer participate in the 
process. These include: Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, 
Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, 
Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, 
Virginia, and Washington. The list of designated State Single Points 
of Contact was published in the Federal Register on August 20, 1996 
at 61 FR 43133.

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