[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 129 (Wednesday, July 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41448-41449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16906]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Postsecondary Education

[CFDA No. 84.347]


Community Scholarship Mobilization Program; Notice Inviting 
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 Under the 
Community Scholarship Mobilization Program

    Purpose of Program: The Community Scholarship Mobilization Program 
is designed to establish and support regional, State, or community 
program centers, and to enable such centers to foster the development 
of local entities in high poverty areas that promote higher education 
goals for students from low-income families by:
    (1) Providing academic support, including guidance, counseling, 
mentoring, tutoring, and recognition; and (2) Providing scholarship 
assistance for the cost of postsecondary education.
    Eligible Applicants: National organizations as defined in the 
statute. A National organization may receive funds on a competitive 
basis to enable it to support the establishment or ongoing work of 
regional, State or community program centers. These centers foster the 
development of local entities in high poverty areas to improve 
secondary school graduation rates and postsecondary attendance through 
the provision of academic support services, including guidance, 
counseling, mentoring, tutoring, and recognition, and scholarship 
assistance for the cost of postsecondary education.
    Applications Available: July 10, 2000.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 16, 2000.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 15, 2000.
    Estimated Available Funds: The amount referenced below is advisory 
and represents the Department's best estimate at this time. This will 
be the first year for the program. The estimated FY 2000 average size 
of an award will be $990,000.
    Estimated Range of Awards: Up to $990,000.
    Estimated Size of Awards: Up to $990,000.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1 or more.

    Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice.

    Project Period: Up to 60 months.
    Applicable Regulations: Regulations applicable to this program are 
the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 85, 97, 98, 99 and the Higher 
Education Amendments of 1998, Title VIII, Part C. That statute defines 
several key terms used in this notice.
    Selection Criteria: In evaluating an application for a new grant 
under this competition, the Secretary uses selection criteria under 34 
CFR 75.210 of EDGAR. The Secretary informs applicants in the 
application package of the selection criteria and factors, if any, to 
be used for this competition and of the maximum weight assigned to each 
criterion.
    For Further Information or Applications Contact: Ms. Marion 
Steward, Institutional Development and Undergraduate Education Service, 
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, 
DC 20006-8517. Telephone: (202) 502-7594. The e-mail address for Ms. 
Steward is:[email protected].
    We encourage applicants to send facsimile requests for applications 
to (202) 502-7861.
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding 
paragraph. However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an 
alternative format the standard forms included in the application 
package.

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    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the 
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Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html


    Program Authority: Pub. L. 105-244, the Higher Education 
Amendments of 1998, Title VIII, Part C.


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    Dated: June 29, 2000.
Claudio Prieto,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 00-16906 Filed 7-3-00; 8:45 am]
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