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Friday,

October 4, 2002

Part III

Department of
Education
Experimental and Innovative Training;
Notice

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62308 Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 193 / Friday, October 4, 2002 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION requirement of reducing regulatory considering responses to this notice and
burden that might result from this other information available to the
Experimental and Innovative Training proposed priority. Please let us know of Department. This notice does not
any further opportunities we should preclude us from proposing or funding
AGENCY: Office of Special Education and
take to reduce potential costs or increase additional priorities, subject to meeting
Rehabilitative Services, Department of
potential benefits while preserving the applicable rulemaking requirements.
Education.
effective and efficient administration of Note: This notice does not solicit
ACTION: Notice of proposed priority. the program. applications. In any year in which we choose
SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for
During and after the comment period, to use this proposed priority, we invite
the Office of Special Education and you may inspect all public comments applications through a notice in the Federal
about this proposed priority in room Register. When inviting applications we
Rehabilitative Services proposes a designate the priority as absolute,
3414, Switzer Building, 330 C Street,
priority under the Experimental and competitive preference, or invitational. The
SW., Washington, DC, between the
Innovative Training program. The effect of each type of priority follows:
hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., Eastern
Assistant Secretary may use this priority Absolute priority: Under an absolute
time, Monday through Friday of each
for competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2003 priority, we consider only applications
week except Federal holidays.
and later years. We take this action to that meet the priority (34 CFR
focus on training in an identified area of Assistance to Individuals With 75.105(c)(3)).
national need. We intend the priority to Disabilities in Reviewing the Competitive preference priority:
develop and disseminate rehabilitation Rulemaking Record Under a competitive preference priority,
training curriculum modules designed On request, we will supply an we give competitive preference to an
to increase student contact with appropriate aid, such as a reader or application by either (1) awarding
individuals with disabilities that may be print magnifier, to an individual with a additional points, depending on how
incorporated into rehabilitation training disability who needs assistance to well or the extent to which the
programs. The purpose of the review the comments or other application meets the priority (34 CFR
curriculum modules is to enhance documents in the public rulemaking 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting an
students’ understanding of disability record for this proposed priority. If you application that meets the priority over
culture and counselor skills that support want to schedule an appointment for an application of comparable merit that
the empowerment of vocational this type of aid, please contact the does not meet the priority (34 CFR
rehabilitation (VR) customers with person listed under FOR FURTHER 75.105(c)(2)(ii)).
disabilities. INFORMATION CONTACT. Invitational priority: Under an
DATES: We must receive your comments The Experimental and Innovative invitational priority, we are particularly
on or before November 4, 2002. Training program provides financial interested in applications that meet the
ADDRESSES: Address all comments about assistance— invitational priority. However, we do
this proposed priority to Edward Smith, (1) To develop new types of training not give an application that meets the
U.S. Department of Education, 400 programs for rehabilitation personnel priority a competitive or absolute
Maryland Ave, SW., Switzer Building, and to demonstrate the effectiveness of preference over other applications (34
room 3325, Washington, DC 20202– those new types of training programs for CFR 75.105(c)(1)).
2649. If you prefer to send your rehabilitation personnel in providing
Priority: Proposed Priority: Curriculum
comments through the Internet, use the rehabilitation services to individuals
Modules: Experiential Activities to
following address: with disabilities; and
(2) To develop new and improved Enhance Rehabilitation Empowerment
Edward.Smith@ed.gov.
methods of training rehabilitation Background: Over the history of the
You must include the term
personnel so that there may be a more Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended,
‘‘Experimental and Innovative Training’’
effective delivery of rehabilitation groups of individuals with disabilities
in the subject line of your electronic
services by State and other have expressed concern through public
message.
rehabilitation agencies. hearings regarding the expertise of
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: We propose this priority to increase counselors of the public VR system to
Edward Smith. Telephone: (202) 205– the knowledge and skills of understand the experience of
8926 or via Internet: rehabilitation personnel in disability individuals with disabilities and to
Edward.Smith@ed.gov. culture and customer empowerment. provide assistance to those individuals
If you use a telecommunications This proposed priority would support to develop the skills of empowerment.
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the development of rehabilitation The concept of empowerment is defined
the TDD number at (202) 205–8133. training curriculum modules that in a number of ways in the professional
Individuals with disabilities may provide students with the opportunity literature. For the purposes of this
obtain this document in an alternative to interact with individuals with priority, empowerment is defined as
format (e.g., Braille, large print, disabilities in a non-hierarchical individuals having the information,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on (student counselor to consumer) education, training, confidence, and
request to the contact person listed relationship. This will help to foster an high expectations needed to make
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION increase in the students’ knowledge of effective employment and life-related
CONTACT. and skills regarding the unique social decisions.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: and cultural experiences of individuals One method of increasing the VR
with disabilities and of the behaviors counselor’s understanding of
Invitation To Comment that enhance empowerment from the individuals with disabilities is to
We invite you to submit comments perspective of individuals with provide opportunities for individuals
regarding this proposed priority. We disabilities. preparing for careers in rehabilitation to
invite you to assist us in complying We will announce the final priority in interact with people with disabilities in
with the specific requirements of a notice in the Federal Register. We will a variety of settings. A review of
Executive Order 12866 and its overall determine the final priority after rehabilitation counseling training

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programs funded by the Rehabilitation student counselor to consumer Document Format (PDF) on the Internet
Services Administration (RSA) indicates relationships. at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/
that few programs provide curriculum Projects must include an evaluation of legislation/FedRegister.
modules that enable students to interact the impact of the course module or To use PDF you must have Adobe
with individuals with disabilities in modules and a dissemination plan to be Acrobat Reader, which is available free
settings that do not involve a counseling carried out in the last year of the project at this site. If you have questions about
relationship. period. using PDF, call the U.S. Government
Priority: This priority supports Intergovernmental Review Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–
projects that provide experiential This program is subject to Executive 888–293–6498; or in the Washington,
activities that increase the amount of Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
personal contact and experience of VR CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the Note: The official version of this document
students with individuals with Executive order is to foster an is the document published in the Federal
disabilities in non-counseling settings. intergovernmental partnership and a Register. Free Internet access to the official
This priority is intended to support the strengthened federalism. The Executive edition of the Federal Register and the Code
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
design, piloting, evaluation, and order relies on processes developed by
Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/
dissemination of course modules to be State and local governments for index.html.
incorporated into rehabilitation training coordination and review of proposed
program curricula that enhance student Federal financial assistance. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
understanding of the culture of This document provides early Number 84.263 Experimental and
individuals with disabilities and of the notification of our specific plans and Innovative Training)
behaviors that enhance empowerment actions for this program.
Applicable Program Regulations: 34 Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772.
from the perspective of individuals with
disabilities. CFR parts 385 and 387.
Dated: October 1, 2002.
Projects funded under this priority Electronic Access to This Document Robert H. Pasternack,
must incorporate experiential activities You may view this document, as well Assistant Secretary for Special Education and
in which students interact directly with as all other Department of Education Rehabilitative Services.
persons with disabilities in situations documents published in the Federal [FR Doc. 02–25326 Filed 10–3–02; 8:45 am]
other than traditional and hierarchical Register, in text or Adobe Portable BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

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