U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

                    [CFDA Nos.84.117G and 84.215A]

         RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTERS PROGRAM AND FUND FOR
       INNOVATION IN EDUCATION:  INNOVATION IN EDUCATION PROGRAM

ACTION:  Notice of Cancellation of Competitions.

The Secretary published a notice in the Federal Register on March 11,
1991 (56 FR 10346), inviting applications for a new award for fiscal
year 1991 for operation of a center under the Research and Development
Centers Program to conduct research on dissemination and knowledge
utilization.  On March 19, 1991, the Secretary published a notice in
the Federal Register (56 FR 11549) inviting applications under the Fund
for Innovation in Education:  Innovation in Education Program for new
awards for fiscal year 1991.  Those notices are hereby withdrawn, and
the competitions are hereby canceled.
On April 18, 1991, the President announced AMERICA 2000:  An Education
Strategy, a bold, complex, and comprehensive strategy to move America
toward the National Education Goals.  The Secretary plans to redirect
funds under these programs in order to implement the strategy, which is
to (1) create better and more accountable schools for today's students;
(2) help invent a new generation of American schools for tomorrow's
students; (3) transform America's adults into a nation of students; and
(4) help make communities places where learning can happen.  High
priority research, development, dissemination, and training activities
will be funded to support the strategy.

For further information contact:

Regarding the Research and Development Centers Program:

     Milton Goldberg
     U.S. Department of Education
     555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Room 610
     Washington, DC    20208-5573
     (202) 219-2079

Regarding the Fund for Innovation in Education:

     Margo Anderson
     U.S. Department of Education
     555 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Room 522
     Washington, DC   20208-5524
     (202) 219-1496

Deaf and hearing impaired individuals may call the Federal Dual Party
Relay Service at 1-800-877-8399 (in the Washington, DC 202 area code,
telephone 708-9300) between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., Eastern time.

     Dated:  April 29, 1991

Bruno V. Manno,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational
Research and Improvement
     

This Notice appeared in the Federal Register, Vol. 56, No. 65 dated
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