[Federal Register: October 20, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 202)] [Notice] [Page 56069-56070] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr20oc98-144] [[Page 56069]] _______________________________________________________________________ Part II Department of Education _______________________________________________________________________ Pre-Application Technical Assistance Workshops for Those Submitting a Fiscal Year 1999 Planning Grant or Development Grant Application Under the Strengthening Institutions Program and the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program; Notice [[Page 56070]] DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [CFDA Nos: 84.031A-84.031S] Notice Inviting Participants to Pre-Application Technical Assistance Workshops for Those Submitting a Fiscal Year (FY) 1999 Planning Grant or Development Grant Application Under the Strengthening Institutions Program and the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program SUMMARY: The Department of Education will conduct three pre-application technical assistance workshops for those intending to submit Fiscal Year 1999 applications under the Strengthening Institutions Program, and the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program. At these workshops, Department of Education staff will assist prospective planning grant or developing grant applicants in preparing eligibility data and in developing a project design in the form of an application. They will provide budget information as well as deal with project design issues. The Department is holding these workshops to give early assistance to potential applicants even though we have not yet officially announced a closing date for receipt of applications. However, Congress recently reauthorized the Higher Education Act (HEA) and both programs were modified. The Department will discuss those modifications and their impact on the development of institutional applications for funding. The technical assistance workshops will be held as follows: 1. East Coast Region Date: Friday, October 30, 1998. Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Location: Valencia Community College, East Campus, Performing Arts Center, 701 North Econlockhatchee Trail, Orlando FL 32825. Contact: e:mail lwhipple@valencia.cc.fl.us Fax 407-426-8970 Lorraine Whipple. Telepone: 407-299-5000 Ext. 3417. Please Contact Valencia Community College. 2. Middle States Region Date: Friday, November 6, 1998. Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Location: University of Missouri, JC Penney Building, Main Auditorium, 8001 National Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63121. Contact: e:mail karl__beeler@UMSL.edu Telephone: 314-516-5211. Please Contact Ms. Anne Young. 3. West Coast Region Date: Saturday, November 21, 1998. Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Location: Portland State University, Smith Memorial Center, Rooms 294-8, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR. Contact: e:mail ostrogorskyt@nh1.nh,pdx.edu Telephone: 503-725-8545. Please Contact Ms. Anne Young. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: While the Department is publishing the name of a contact person at the hosting institutions, we ask that you contact that person only if it is an emergency. Instead, please contact the Department of Education Contact person cited below if you have any questions about the details of the meetings. You do not need to pre- register and there is no registration fee. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anne S. Young, Institutional Development Undergraduate Education Service, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Ave. S.W., The Portals Building, Courtyard 80, Washington, D.C. 20202-5335. Telephone number (202 260-3362 or by e:mail to Anne__Young@ed.gov. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Services (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8330 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday. Individials 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. Electronic Access to this Document: Anyone may view this document, as well as all other Department of Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or portable document format (PDF) on the World Wide Web at either of the following sites: http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm http://www.ed.gov/news.html To use the pdf you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you have questions about using the pdf, call the U.S. Government Printing Office toll free at 1-888-293-6498. Anyone may also view these documents in text copy on an electronic bulletin board of the Department. Telephone (202) 219-1511 or toll free, 1-800-222-4922. The documents are located under Option G--Files/ Announcements, Bulletins and Press releases. Note: The official version of a document is the document published in the Federal Register. Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057. Dated: October 16, 1998. David A. Longanecker, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. [FR Doc. 98-28223 Filed 10-19-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-M