[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30439-30440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14224]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.264B]


Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs (RCEP); Notice 
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2001

    Purpose of Program: To support training centers that serve either a 
Federal region or another geographical area and provide for a broad, 
integrated sequence of training activities that focus on meeting 
recurrent and common training needs of employed rehabilitation 
personnel throughout a multi-State geographical area.
    Eligible Applicants: States and public or nonprofit agencies and 
organizations, including Indian tribes and institutions of higher 
education. Applications under this notice are invited for the provision 
of training for Department of Education Regions II, IV, and X only.
    Applications Available: June 29, 2001.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 31, 2001.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: October 30, 2001.
    Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested 
$39,629,000 for the Rehabilitation Training Program for FY 2002, of 
which an estimated $1,499,500 would be allocated for this competition. 
The actual level of funding, if any, depends on final congressional 
action. However, we are inviting applications to allow enough time to 
complete the grant process if Congress appropriates funds for this 
program.

    Note: This competition is being conducted in FY 2001 for grants 
that will be awarded using FY 2002 funds.

    Estimated Range of Awards: $475,000--$500,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $499,000.
    Maximum Awards by Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) 
Region: We will reject any application that proposes a budget exceeding 
the following stated maximum award amount for a single budget period of 
12 months.

Maximum Level of Awards by RSA Region

Region II--$500,000
Region IV--$500,000
Region X--$499,000

Estimated Number of Awards

Region II--1
Region IV--1
Region X--1

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

    Project Period: Up to 60 months.
    Page Limit: The application narrative (Part III of the application) 
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that 
reviewers use to evaluate your application. You must limit Part III to 
the equivalent of no more than 45 pages, using the following standards:
    (1) A page is 8.5 inches by 11 inches, on one side only, with 1-
inch margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
    (2) Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch) all 
text in the application narrative, including titles, headings, 
footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in 
charts, tables, figures, and graphs.
    (3) Use a font that is either 12-point or larger or no smaller than 
10 pitch (characters per inch).

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    The page limit does not apply to Part I, the cover sheet; Part II, 
the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; Part 
IV, the assurances and certifications; or the one-page abstract, the 
resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of support. However, you must 
include all of the application narrative in Part III.
    We will reject your application if--
     You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or
     You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the 
page limit.
    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) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR 
parts 385 and 389.

    Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants 
except federally recognized Indian tribes.


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

    Selection Criteria: In evaluating an application for a new grant 
under this competition, we use the selection criteria in 34 CFR 385.31 
and 389.30. The selection criteria to be used for this competition will 
be provided in the application package for this competition.
    The maximum score for all these criteria is 100 points; however, we 
will also use the competitive preference priority so that up to an 
additional 10 points may be earned by an applicant for a total possible 
score of 110 points.

Priority

Competitive Preference Priority

    This competition focuses on projects designed to meet the 
competitive preference priority in the notice of final competitive 
preference for this program, published in the Federal Register on 
August 31, 2000 (65 FR 52996). Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award up 
to an additional 10 points to an application that is otherwise eligible 
for funding under this competition based on the extent to which an 
application includes effective strategies for employing and advancing 
in employment qualified individuals with disabilities in projects 
awarded under the competition. In determining the effectiveness of 
those strategies, we will consider the applicant's prior success, as 
described in the application, in employing and advancing in employment 
qualified individuals with disabilities.
    For Applications Contact: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs), 
PO Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll free): 1-877-433-
7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use a telecommunications device for 
the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free): 1-877-576-7734.
    You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html.
    Or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address: 
[email protected].
    If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify 
this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.264B.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application 
package in an alternative format by contacting the Grants and Contracts 
Services Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 
room 3317, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone: 
(202) 205-8351. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf 
(TDD), you may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
800-877-8339. However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an 
alternative format the standard forms included in the application 
package.
    For Information Contact: Michael Winter, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3332 Switzer Building, 
Washington, DC 20202-2649. Telephone: (202) 205-8286. 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.

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    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
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    Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772.

    Dated: June 1, 2001.
Francis V. Corrigan,
Deputy Director, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitative 
Research.
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