[Federal Register: December 7, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 234)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA Nos: 84.334A and 84.334S]
Office of Postsecondary Education, Teacher and Student
Development Program Service; Grants and Cooperative Agreements;
Availability, etc.
ACTION: Notice Announcing Technical Assistance Workshops for fiscal
year (FY) 2006 Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate
Programs (GEAR UP) program.
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SUMMARY: The Department expects to hold competitions for new State and
Partnership grants under the GEAR UP program in FY 2006. This notice
provides information about four one-day technical assistance workshops
to assist institutions of higher education, local educational agencies,
and States interested in preparing grant applications for FY 2006 new
awards under the Gaining Early. Program staff will present information
about the purpose of the GEAR UP Program, selection criteria,
application content, submission procedures, and reporting requirements.
Although the Department has not yet announced an application
deadline date in the Federal Register for the FY 2006 competitions, the
Department is holding these workshops to give potential applicants
guidance for preparing applications for the competitions we expect to
conduct in FY 2006. Specific requirements for the FY 2006
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competitions will be published in a separate Federal Register notice.
This notice announces the technical assistance workshops only.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angela K. Oliphant, Gaining Early
Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Program,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 6101,
Washington, DC 20006-8513. Telephone: (202) 502-7676.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative for (e.g., Braille, large print, audio tape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in this section.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The technical assistance workshops will be
held as follows:
1. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Monday, December 5, 2005, Hilton
Philadelphia, 4200 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19107, Telephone: 215-
879-4000.
2. St Louis, Missouri: Tuesday, December 6, 2005, Sheraton St.
Louis, 400 South 14th Street, St. Louis, MO 63105, Telephone: 314-231-
5007.
3. Atlanta, Georgia: Thursday, December 8, 2005, Holiday Inn Select
Conference Center, 450 Capitol Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30312, Telephone:
404-591-2000.
4. Los Angeles, California: Thursday, December 8, 2005, The
Wilshire Grand Los Angeles, 930 Wilshire Boulevard 90017, Telephone:
213-688-7777.
All Technical Assistance Workshop sessions will be conducted from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. Registration is 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. on the day of
the session. There is no fee for these workshops. However, space is
limited. Attendees are required to make their own reservations directly
with the hotel. The Department has reserved a limited number of rooms
at each of the hotel sites at a special government room rate. To
reserve this rate, be certain to inform the hotel that you are
attending the ``U.S. Department of Education GEAR UP Program Technical
Assistance Workshop.'' We encourage attendance from those who will be
responsible for providing technical support for uploading the
application materials onto the Department of Education's portal site
for electronic grants.
Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities Attending the Technical
Assistance Workshop
The technical assistance workshop site is accessible to individuals
with disabilities. If you need an 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 INFORMATON CONTACT. Although we
will attempt to meet a request, we may not be able to make available
the requested auxiliary aid or service because of insufficient time to
arrange it.
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister
To use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have any 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
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Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-21.
Dated: December 2, 2005.
Sally L. Stroup,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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