[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70720-70721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29977]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CDFA Nos: 84.116A and 84.116B]


Office of Postsecondary Education, Fund for the Improvement of 
Postsecondary Education (FIPSE); Notice Announcing Technical Assistance 
Workshops on Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 Comprehensive Program

SUMMARY: This notice provides information about a workshop to assist 
individuals interested in learning more about the FY 2003 programs of 
the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). 
Program staff will present program information and answer questions 
about FIPSE's programs. The workshop will focus primarily on the 
Comprehensive Program, which provides grants for innovative reform 
projects that hold promise as models for the resolution of important 
issues and problems in postsecondary education. Additional information 
about FIPSE's programs can be found on the Internet at the following 
site: http://www.ed.gov/FIPSE.
    Although the Department has not yet announced in the Federal 
Register a closing date for its FY 2003 FIPSE grant competitions, the 
Department is holding this workshop to give potential applicants 
relevant background information on FIPSE programs for which grant 
competitions are expected to be held in FY 2003. Specific requirements 
for grant competitions will be announced in the Federal Register.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The technical assistance workshop will be 
held as follows:

Ontario/Los Angeles, California: Monday, December 2, 1-4 p.m.
    [sbull] Hilton Ontario Airport, 700 North Haven Avenue, Ontario, CA 
91764.

    Registration: Space at the workshop is limited. Interested 
individuals are invited to register by sending an e-mail message with 
the subject ``Workshop 2002'' to: [email protected]. You will 
receive an e-mail reply confirming the status of your registration 
along with exact information on the workshop

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location. All confirmed registrants are asked to bring their printed e-
mail confirmation to the workshop.

Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities Attending the Technical 
Assistance Workshops

    The technical assistance workshop site is accessible to individuals 
with disabilities. If you will need an 1 auxiliary aid or service to 
participate in the workshop (e.g., interpreting service, assistive 
listening device, or materials in an alternative format) notify the 
contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT at least 
two weeks before the scheduled workshop date. Although we will attempt 
to meet a request received after this date, we may not be able to make 
available the requested auxiliary aid or service because of 
insufficient time to arrange it.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Levenia Ishmell, U.S. Department of 
Education, 1990 K Street NW., room 8031, Washington, DC 20006-8544. 
Telephone: (202) 502-7668 or by e-mail: [email protected]. 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 program contact person listed under FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

Electronic Access to this Document

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Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe 
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free at either site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the 
U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free at 1-888-293-6498, or 
in the Washington, DC area at (202) 512-1530.

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


    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1138-1138d.

    Dated: November 21, 2002.
Jeffrey R. Andrade,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Planning, and Innovation.
[FR Doc. 02-29977 Filed 11-25-02; 8:45 am]
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