[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54338-54339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27259]



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Part VII





Department of Education





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Direct Grant Programs; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Direct Grant Programs

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice reopening application deadline dates for certain direct 
grant and fellowship programs.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary reopens the deadline dates for the submission of 
applications by certain applicants (see ELIGIBILITY) under certain 
direct grant programs. All of the affected competitions are among those 
under which the Secretary is making new awards for fiscal year (FY) 
1999. If necessary, the Secretary also revises the deadlines for 
intergovernmental review for those programs subject to Executive Order 
12372 (Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs). The Secretary 
takes this action to allow more time for the preparation and submission 
of applications by potential applicants adversely affected by severe 
weather conditions resulting from Hurricane Georges. The reopenings are 
intended to help these potential applicants compete fairly with other 
applicants under these programs.

    Note: Five of the affected programs or competitions are under 
the Office of Special Education Programs of the Office of Special 
Education and Rehabilitative Services. You can find information 
related to each of these under Group I. Three of the programs or 
competitions are under the National Institute on Disability and 
Rehabilitation Research of the Office of Special Education and 
Rehabilitative Services. You can find information related to each of 
these under Group II. Two of the programs or competitions are under 
Higher Education Programs of the Office of Postsecondary Education. 
You can find information related to each of these under Group III.

    ELIGIBILITY: The extension of deadline dates in this notice applies 
to you if you are a potential applicant in an area that the President 
declared a disaster area as a result of Hurricane Georges. These areas 
include the following:

--Puerto Rico.
--The Virgin Islands.
--The following counties in Alabama: Baldwin, Clarke, Coffee, 
Covington, Crenshaw, Escambia, Geneva, Mobile, Washington.
--The following counties in Florida: Bay, Escambia, Gadsden, Holmes, 
Monroe, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Suwannee, Walton, Washington.
--The following parishes in Louisiana: Ascension, Assumption, 
Jefferson, LaFourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, 
St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. 
Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Vermilion, Washington.
--The following counties in Mississippi: Forest, George, Greene, 
Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jones, Lamar, Pearl River, Perry, Stone.

DATES: The new deadline date for transmitting applications under each 
competition is listed with that competition. If the program in which 
you are interested is subject to Executive Order 12372, we have listed 
with that program the deadline date for the transmittal of State 
process recommendations by State Single Points of Contact (SPOCs) and 
comments by other interested parties.

ADDRESSES: The address and telephone number for obtaining applications 
for, or information about, an individual program are in the application 
notice for that program. We have listed the date and Federal Register 
citation of the application notice for each program.
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may 
call the TDD number, if any, listed in the individual application 
notice. If we have not listed a TDD number, you may call the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FERS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 
p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
    If you want to transmit a recommendation or comment under Executive 
Order 12372, you can find the addresses of individual SPOCs in the 
appendix to a notice--announcing direct grant programs and fellowship 
programs--published in the Federal Register on October 7, 1997 (62 FR 
52430).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following is specific information about 
each of the programs or competitions covered by this notice:

Group I--Office of Special Education Programs, Office of Special 
Education and Rehabilitative Services

--CFDA No. 84.323A State Improvement Grants Program. Application notice 
published: May 18, 1998 (63 FR 27408). Original deadline date for the 
submission of applications: October 1, 1998. New deadline date: October 
19, 1998. New deadline for intergovernmental review: December 30, 1998.
--CFDA No. 84.324C Field Initiated Research Projects. Application 
notice published: August 13, 1998 (63 FR 43597). Original deadline date 
for the submission of applications: September 28, 1998. New deadline 
date: October 13, 1998. New deadline for intergovernmental review: 
December 14, 1998.
--CFDA No. 84.324M Model Demonstration Projects for Children with 
Disabilities. Application notice published: August 13, 1998 (63 FR 
43597). Original deadline date for the submission of applications: 
October 5, 1998. New deadline date: October 19, 1998. New deadline for 
intergovernmental review: December 21, 1998.
--CFDA No. 84.324N Initial Career Awards. Application notice published: 
August 13, 1998 (63 FR 43597). Original deadline date for the 
submission of applications: September 28, 1998. New deadline date: 
October 13, 1998. New deadline for intergovernmental review: December 
14, 1998.
--CFDA No. 84.324R Outreach Projects for Children with Disabilities. 
Application notice published: August 13, 1998 (63 FR 43597). Original 
deadline date for the submission of applications: October 5, 1998. New 
deadline date: October 19, 1998. New deadline for intergovernmental 
review: December 21, 1998.

Group II--National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation 
Research, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

--CFDA No. 84.133F Research Fellowships. Application notice published: 
June 18, 1998 (63 FR 33500). Original deadline date for the submission 
of applications: September 30, 1998. New deadline date: October 16, 
1998.
--CFDA No. 84.133G Field-Initiated Projects. Application notice 
published: June 18, 1998 (63 FR 33500). Original deadline date for the 
submission of applications: September 30, 1998. New deadline date: 
October 16, 1998.
--CFDA No. 84.133P Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Projects. 
Application notice published: June 18, 1998 (63 FR 33500). Original 
deadline date for the submission of applications: September 30, 1998. 
New deadline date: October 16, 1998.

Group III--Office of Postsecondary Education

--CFDA No. 84.047M Upward Bound Math/Science Program. Application 
notice published: July 15, 1998 (63 FR 38249).

    The notice is also on the HEP Website at: http://www.ed.gov/
offices/OPE/OHEP/ubnotice.html
    Original deadline date for the submission of applications: October 
2, 1998. New deadline date: October 13, 1998.

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    Deadline for intergovernmental review: December 31, 1998.

--CFDA No. 84.217 Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Program. 
Application notice published: July 15, 1998 (63 FR 38248). The notice 
is also on the HEP Website at: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OPE/OHEP/
mcnair.html

    Original deadline date for the submission of applications: October 
2, 1998. New deadline date: October 13, 1998.
    Deadline for intergovernmental review: December 31, 1998.
    If you are an individual with a disability, you may obtain a copy 
of this notice in an alternate format (e.g. Braille, large print, 
audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the contact person 
listed in the individual application notices.

Electronic Access to This Document

    You may view this document, as well as all other Department of 
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or 
portable document format (pdf) on the Internet at either of the 
following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
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To use the pdf you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with 
Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you 
have questions about using the pdf, call the U.S. Government Printing 
Office at (202) 512-1530 or, toll free, at 1-888-293-6498.
    You may also view these documents in text copy only on an 
electronic bulletin board of the Department. Telephone: (202) 219-1511 
or, toll free, 1-800-222-4922. The documents are located under Option 
G--Files/Announcements, Bulletins, and Press Releases.

    Note: The official version of a document is the document 
published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: October 6, 1998.
Donald Rappaport,
Chief Financial and Chief Information Officer.
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