[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
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Part V





Department of Education





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Rehabilitation Short-Term Training; Inviting Applications for New 
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000; Notices

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Rehabilitation Short-Term Training

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, 
Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of final priority for fiscal year (FY) 2000 and 
subsequent fiscal years.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary announces a final funding priority for FY 2000 
and subsequent fiscal years under the Rehabilitation Short-Term 
Training program. The Secretary takes this action to support special 
seminars, institutes, workshops, and other short-term courses in 
technical matters relating to the vocational, medical, social, and 
psychological rehabilitation programs, independent living services 
programs, and client assistance programs.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This priority is effective on March 16, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beverly Steburg, U.S. Department of 
Education, 61 Forsyth Street, SW, Room 18T91, Atlanta, Georgia 30303. 
Telephone: (404) 562-6336. If you use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD), you may call the TDD number at (404) 562-6347. Internet 
address: [email protected]
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding 
paragraph.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice contains a final priority under 
the Rehabilitation Short-Term Training program. The Short-Term Training 
program is authorized under section 302(a) of the Rehabilitation Act of 
1973, as amended.
    On October 22, 1999 the Secretary published a notice of proposed 
priority for this program in the Federal Register (64 FR 57352).

    Note: This notice of final priority does not solicit 
applications. A notice inviting applications under this competition 
is published in a separate notice in this issue of the Federal 
Register.

Public Comment

    In response to the Secretary's invitation in the notice of proposed 
priority, seven parties submitted comments. All seven commenters 
supported the priority, and several provided examples of how similar 
training has been of benefit in the past. One commenter suggested 16 
specific training topics, all of which could be addressed under the 
priority as written. Technical and other minor changes--and suggested 
changes the Secretary is not legally authorized to make under the 
applicable statutory authority--are not addressed.
    The Secretary has made no changes in this priority since 
publication of the notice of proposed priority.

Priority

    Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), the Secretary gives an absolute 
preference to applications that meet the following priority. The 
Secretary funds under this competition only applications that meet this 
absolute priority:
    A project must--
     Provide training to Client Assistance Program (CAP) 
personnel on an as-needed basis, including--
    (1) Management training on skills needed for strategic and 
operational planning and direction of CAP services;
    (2) Advocacy training on skills and knowledge needed by CAP staff 
to assist persons with disabilities to gain access to and to use the 
services and benefits available under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 
as amended, with particular emphasis on new statutory and regulatory 
requirements;
    (3) Systemic advocacy training on skills and knowledge needed by 
CAP staff to address programmatic issues of concern;
    (4) Training and technical assistance on CAP best practices; and
    (5) Training on skills and knowledge needed by CAP staff to perform 
additional responsibilities required by the Workforce Investment Act of 
1998, as amended.
     Coordinate training efforts with other training supported 
by the Rehabilitation Services Administration, as well as with the 
training supported by the Center for Mental Health Services and the 
Administration on Developmental Disabilities on common areas such as 
protection and advocacy, financial management, and trial advocacy.
     Include both national and regional training seminars in 
each project year.

Goals 2000: Educate America Act

    The Goals 2000: Educate America Act (Goals 2000) focuses the 
Nation's education reform efforts on the eight National Education Goals 
and provides a framework for meeting them. Goals 2000 promotes new 
partnerships to strengthen schools and expands the Department's 
capacities for helping communities to exchange ideas and obtain 
information needed to achieve the goals.
    This final priority addresses the National Education Goal that 
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. The final priority furthers 
the objectives of this Goal by focusing available funds on projects 
that improve the skills of Client Assistance Program personnel, which 
will improve the responsiveness of the vocational rehabilitation system 
to adults with disabilities and their vocational pursuits.

Intergovernmental Review

    This program is subject to the requirements of Executive Order 
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. The objective of the 
Executive order is to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a 
strengthened federalism by relying on processes developed by State and 
local governments for coordination and review of proposed Federal 
financial assistance.
    In accordance with the order, this document is intended to provide 
early notification of the Department's specific plans and actions for 
this program.
    Applicable Program Regulations: 34 CFR parts 385 and 390.
    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 721 (b) and (e) and 796(e).
    Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as 
well as all other Department of Education documents published in the 
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http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
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    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.246K. 
Rehabilitation Short-Term Training)

    Dated: February 9, 2000.
Judith E. Heumann,
Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 00-3442 Filed 2-14-00; 8:45 am]
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