[Federal Register: May 14, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 94)] [Notices] [Page 24405-24406] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [[Page 24405]] _______________________________________________________________________ Part IV Department of Education _______________________________________________________________________ Grants and Cooperative Agreements; Availability, etc.; Library Services to Indian Tribes and Hawaiian Natives Program; Notices [[Page 24406]] DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [CFDA No. 84.163B] Office of Educational Research and Improvement--Library Services to Indian Tribes and Hawaiian Natives Program--Special Projects Grants (Library Services and Construction Act, Title IV); Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 1996 Purpose of Program: Makes competitive awards to eligible Indian tribes to establish or improve public library services. All available funds for library services to Hawaiian natives are awarded through the Library Services to Indian Tribes and Hawaiian Natives Program--Basic Grants (CFDA No. 84.163A). Eligible Applicants: Indian Tribes and Alaska Native villages or regional or village corporations that have met eligibility requirements for the Library Services to Indian Tribes Program--Basic Grants (CFDA No. 84.163A) and received such Basic Grants in the same fiscal year as the year of application. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: 7/15/96. Applications Available: 6/3/96. Estimated Available Funds: $950,000. Estimated Range of Awards: $38,000-106,000. Estimated Average Size of Awards: $68,000. Estimated Number of Awards: 14. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. Project Period: 12 months. Applicable Regulations: (a) The regulations for this program in 34 CFR Part 772; and (b) The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 75, 77, 80, 81, and 85. Priorities: Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), the Secretary is particularly interested in applications that meet one or more of the following invitational priorities. However, an application that meets an invitational priority does not receive competitive or absolute preference over other applications. Invitational Priority 1: To assess and plan for tribal library needs. Invitational Priority 2: To train or retrain Indians as library personnel. Invitational Priority 3: To utilize new information technologies to expand services to Indians in geographically isolated areas. Invitational Priority 4: To conduct special library programs for Indians such as summer reading programs for children, outreach programs for elders, literacy tutoring, and training in computer use. For Applications or Information Contact: Kathy Price, U.S. Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue NW., Room 300, Washington, D.C. 20208-5571. Telephone (202) 219-1670. For Users of TDD or FIRS: Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday. For Electronic Access to Information: Information about the Department's funding opportunities, including copies of application notices for discretionary grant competitions can be viewed on the Department's electronic bulletin board (ED Board), telephone (202) 260- 9950; or on the Internet Gopher Server at GOPHER.ED.GOV (under Announcements, Bulletins and Press Releases) or the WWW server at http://www.ed.gov/ (under Money Matters, Funding Opportunities). However, the official application notice for a discretionary grant competition is the notice published in the Federal Register. Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 351c(c)(2), 361(d), 364. Dated: May 7, 1996. Sharon P. Robinson, Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement. [FR Doc. 96-11830 Filed 5-13-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P