[Federal Register: July 27, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 143)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.264]
Rehabilitation Continuing Education Programs; Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000
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.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: September 17, 1999.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: November 16, 1999.
Applications Available: July 27, 1999.
Estimated Available Funds: $400,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $90,000-$100,000.
Note: Applicants should apply for level funding for each project
year. Also, applicants are subject to a 10 percent cost-share
requirement on awards.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $100,000.
Estimated Number of Awards:
84.264C (Independent living)--2
84.264D (Upgrading skills of State agency personnel)--2
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Maximum Award: In no case does the Secretary make an initial award
greater than $100,000 for a single budget period of 12 months. The
Secretary rejects and does not consider an application that proposes a
budget exceeding this maximum amount.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Page Limit: Part III of the application, the application narrative,
is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria used by
reviewers in evaluating the 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) You must 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.
If you use a proportional computer font, you may not use a font
smaller than a 12-point font or an average character density greater
than 18 characters per inch. If you use a nonproportional font or a
typewriter, you may not use more than 12 characters per inch.
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.
If, in order to meet the page limit, you use print size, spacing,
or margins smaller than the standards specified in this notice, we will
not consider your application for funding.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 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.
Priorities
Absolute Priority 1 (84.264C)
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 389.10(c) 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:
Projects that would develop and conduct training programs for staff
of centers for independent living.
Absolute Priority 2 (84.264D)
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) and 34 CFR 389.10(b) 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:
Projects that would provide training opportunities for experienced
State agency personnel at all levels of State agency practice to
upgrade their skills and to develop mastery of new program developments
dealing with significant issues and priorities and legislative thrusts
of the public vocational rehabilitation program.
Invitational Priority--Rehabilitation Technology
Within Absolute Priority 2, the Secretary is particularly
interested in applications that meet the following invitational
priority. However, under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) an application that meets
this invitational priority does not receive competitive or absolute
preference over other applications:
Projects that would offer certificate training to State vocational
rehabilitation (VR) agency staff on matters regarding rehabilitation
technology as it applies to the needs of customers of the public VR
program.
Rehabilitation technology, as defined in section 7(30) of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, means, ``* * * the systematic
application of technologies, engineering methodologies, or scientific
principles to meet the needs of and address the barriers confronted by
individuals with disabilities in areas which include education,
rehabilitation, employment, transportation, independent living, and
recreation. The term includes rehabilitation engineering, assistive
technology devices, and assistive technology services.''
Selection Criteria: In evaluating an application for a new grant
under these competitions, the Secretary uses selection criteria chosen
from the general selection criteria in 34 CFR 75.210 of EDGAR. The
selection criteria to be used for these competitions will be provided
in the application package for these competitions.
For Applications Contact: Education Publications Center (ED Pubs),
P.O. 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 via its web site (http://www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html)
or its E-mail address (edpubs@inet.ed.gov).
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Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternate format by contacting the Grants and Contracts
Service Team, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.
room 3317, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-2550. Telephone:
(202) 205-9817. 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
alternate format the standard forms included in the application
package.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Beverly Brightly, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW. (room 3318, Switzer Building),
Washington, DC 20202-2649. Telephone (202) 205-9561. 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
alternate 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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Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 774.
Dated: July 22, 1999.
Curtis L. Richards,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative
Services.
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