of investigation and its impact on handicapped children. Related investigations and pertinent results thereof may be reported here.

(2) Goals and objectives. The focus of the planned investigation and, as specifically as possible, the anticipated outcome should be described. Planned products and long-range outcomes may be described and their potential uses, applications, costs and benefits discussed. The anticipated outcomes of the investigation are usually related to their potential impact on handicapped children and to bureau objectives. When possible, the number of handicapped children expected to benefit from the activity should be indicated.

(3) Procedures. The applicant should outline the planned activities of the proposed project with as much precision as possible. For example, applied research proposals usually describe the experimental design, numbers and characteristics of participating individuals, characteristics of data to be collected, statistical analysis, etc. Proposals for production of educational materials, curricula, etc., describe the process of production, the planned products, and evaluation procedures. Although the amount and kind of procedural description will vary with proposed activities, sufficient detail to permit reviewers to assess the likelihood of satisfactory outcome is usually critical.

(4) Project schedule. Time lines for specific activities give particular attention to target dates for completion of project tasks or products.

(5) Demonstrated and relevant capabilities of applicant. Proposals are welcome from representatives of many disciplines (e.g., education, special education, psychology, sociology, anthropology, neurophysiology, engineering, government, economics, etc.) and interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged. Applications are usually expected to demonstrate familiarity with the area of exceptionality addressed by the proposal and with the proposed procedures to be used. When large groups of subjects are to be drawn from population subgroups such as schools, clinic populations, and States, written assurances of cooperation may be appended.

(b) Appended items. Additional information may be included in the proposal if pertinent.

(1) If this or a similar proposal has been submitted elsewhere, an applicant should give details.

(2) If this is a proposed extension of, or in addition to, a previous or current project supported by the Office of Education or any other Federal agency, the agency's name and the related grant or contract numbers should be provided.

(3) If there has been any previous communication with the Office of Education on this proposal, the name of the staff member concerned should be given.

(4) If the proposal is a resubmission of a previous formal proposal to the Bureau of Education for the handicapped, the ap

plicant should give the number assigned to the original proposal, and describe the major revisions which have been made. (This does not apply to preliminary statements submitted for informal review.)

(5) If any of the primary personnel have a current or uncompleted project with the Office of Education or other Federal agency, an appended statement should indicate the status of the project, the amount of time devoted to it, and relationship between the current project and the proposed project.

(6) If any of the personnel have completed a research or related project supported by the Office of Education, information should be given to identify it. If findings of the previous projects are related to the current proposal, they should be briefly summarized.

(20 U.S.C. 1441, 1442; 45 CFR 100a.16, 100a.26, 121h.2)

SEC. 3.3 Common pitfalls in proposals. A listing of the following commonly noted failings of proposals may be helpful to the prospective applicant:

(a) A failure to specify objectives of the study and relate them to the impact on education of handicapped children;

(b) A failure to specify the anticipated outcomes and products of the study related to the education of handicapped children. When improved scientific understanding is the intended outcome, attention should be directed toward avenues for translating this understanding to usable educational practices. (This is to say, journal articles alone may not be viewed as sufficient outcomes.):

(c) A failure to relate the planned project to other published or recently completed work, including similarities, differences, and new contributions of the proposed project;

(d) A failure to outline the specific plans for conducting the project. Objectives, as well as planned procedures or strategies for achieving specificity and measurable results or objectives, procedures, and intended products or outcomes during the course of the planned project are often critical;

(e) A failure to utilize available expertise. Most university or geographic communities have available many individuals with skills in experimental design, test, and measurement, child development, etc., to name only a few specialties which frequently relate to proposals. Prospective applicants are urged to seek the best staff and consultants available, which frequently means pooling reacross department, organizational, or discipline lines;

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(f) A failure to append assurances from facilities or schools whose cooperation is necessary for project success. For some activities, it is also appropriate to discuss plans and elicit feedback from the staff of the State Educational Agency;

(g) A failure to propose a realistic time frame for the planned project. If staff must be recruited, instruments designed, forms clearances obtained, etc., the project time

schedule should take such activities into account. Although time extensions may be arranged in special circumstances, prospective applicants are advised to plan realistically. Particularly if time must be allowed for clearance of forms or for bureau review of documents, either other activities should be planned for those time periods, or staff should be temporarily assigned other duties; (h) A failure to follow principles of good design. Most frequently overlooked are validity and reliability of collected data in surveys, test protocols, etc. Controls for experimenter's bias, Hawthorne and halo effects, and the issue of generalizing beyond the group of project participants often deserve attention. Appropriate statistical analyses do not necessarily require highly complex procedures. Levels of significance in statistical tests should not be violated by multiple reanalyzing of the same data. An appropriate ratio of subjects or respondents to variables under study should be planned;

(1) A failure to plan for evaluation of materials or procedures developed under the grant or contract. Although major development projects may require evaluation by an independent third party, the applicant usually outlines detailed procedures for evaluation of materials, curricula, or hardware devices. In some instances it may be appropriate to include both evaluation steps during product development and a final, overall evaluation procedure. When new procedures, curricula, materials, or other products are to be developed, the proposed evaluation should plan to obtain estimates of costs (including dollar amounts) and benefits expected to accrue if the product were placed in service. (20 U.S.C. 1441, 1442; 45 CFR 100a.16, 100a.26, 121h.2)

SEC. 3.4 Review. Although procedures and time schedules of the bureau's divisions may differ, all proposals are read by substantive experts from within and outside the bureau. These reviews may be supplemented by onsite visits, advisory group reviews, or other procedures. Recommendations of program and division staff are forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner who, in conjunction with the Bureau Research Advisory Committee renders final decisions.

(20 U.S.C. 1443: 45 CFR 121h.6)

1211.11 Application for direct loan service. 1211.12 Obligations of borrowers.

1211.13 Reports.

1211.14 Exhibitions for individuals.

Priority for exemplary uses of media. Consultation with the state director of special education.

Subpart D-Research and Training

"ALRC" means area learning resource center.

"Area Learning Resource Center" means a regional center funded under Part F of the Act for the purposes set forth in Subpart E of this part.

"Borrower" means an individual deaf person, parents of a deaf person, a group of deaf persons, or a group of persons working closely with the deaf.

"Deaf person" means a person whose hearing is so severely impaired as to be nonfunctional for the ordinary purposes of living.

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"Educational media" "media" means sound or silent motion pictures, kinescopes, filmstrips (with or without accompanying sound and/or captions), slides, transparencies, videotapes, materials, to be used for educational purposes.

"Film" means sound or silent motion pictures, filmstrips (with or without accompanying sound), slides and transparencies.

"Group of deaf persons” means a class, club, school, association, or other gathering of six or more deaf persons.

"NCEMMH" means the National Center on Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped which is funded under Part F of the Act.

"Nonprofit purposes" means that the exhibition of media borrowed pursuant to this part is not intended to result in monetary gain or other tangible economic benefit to the individual, institution, or organization borrowing such media. Funds collected for the payment of reasonable rent for the use of equipment or for a meeting place for such an exhibition, or for reasonable payment for the hire of a projectionist does not prevent an exhibition from being one for nonprofit purposes.

"S 1", "S 2", "S 3", and "S 4" refer to the Special Offices funded under Part F of the Act for the purposes set forth in Subpart G of this part.

(20 U.S.C. 1451)

Subpart B-Loan Service for the Deaf § 121i.10 Purpose of loan service.

(a) It is the purpose of the loan service of captioned films and educational media for the deaf to promote the general welfare of deaf persons by:

(1) Bring to such persons understanding and appreciation of those films and

other educational media which play such an important part in the general, cultural, and educational advancement of hearing persons;

(2) Providing to deaf persons, through such films and other educational media, enriched educational and cultural experiinto better touch with the realities of ences through which they can be brought their environment;

(3) Providing to deaf persons a wholesome and rewarding experience which they may share together; and

(4) Providing to parents of deaf persons and to persons working with the deaf as employers or in other significant roles, better means of communicating with the deaf and assisting the deaf toward full participation in society.

(b) It is also the purpose of the loan service to the deaf to provide a demonstration of the use of modern communication technology in improving the general welfare of handicapped persons. (20 U.S.C. 1451(a))

§ 121i.11 Application for loan service.

An application for loan service to the deaf shall be submitted on a form which will be provided by the Commissioner. (20 U.S.C. 1452(b) (3)) § 121i.12

Obligations of borrowers.

(a) The borrower shall be responsible for assuring that:

(1) No admission or other fee will be charged to anyone for the purpose of viewing the borrowed film or other educational media;

(2) The borrowed film or other educational media will not be exhibited by television without the prior approval of the Commissioner;

(3) The borrowed film or other educacational media will not be used in any manner that will infringe upon or violate any copyright interest;

(4) In accordance with contractual agreements with film producers, exhibition of captioned theatrical, recreational, or general interest type films will be limited to groups of deaf persons (except provided in § 1211.14); and

(5) Except as provided in § 1211.14, educational and training films or other educational media for deaf persons will be exhibited only to groups of deaf persons, to groups working or training to work with the deaf in a professional capacity, to parents of deaf children, or to actual or potential employers of the deaf.

(b) To protect borrowed films and other educational media and expedite their use the borrower shall:

(1) Pay transportaiton costs for the return of the media (but will not be required to pay for their use);

(2) Be responsible for the safekeeping of the borrowed media from the time of its receipt until it is returned or delivered to the common carrier;

(3) Exercise care in the projection of film, providing for 16mm film a sound projector in good operating condition operated by an experienced and capable projectionist;

(4) Not repair a borrowed film that is damaged nor rewind a borrowed film prior to its return;

(5) Return theatrical or recreational films on the first day (not counting Sundays and holidays) following the scheduled date of exhibition (Return may be delayed if the exhibition is postponed because of late receipt of the film, but in any event the film shall be returned 72 hours after its receipt);

(6) Return educational media within two weeks of the scheduled date of the first showing;

(7) Provide that a person will be present at the designated address for receipt of films or other educational media during normal hours of postal delivery; and (8) Give prompt notice of any change of address (including zip code) of any certified group and of any change in designation of the person authorized to order and receive media.

(c) The Commissioner may suspend or cancel loan service to any borrower in the event of violations of the regulations contained in this subpart.

(20 U.S.C. 1542 (a))

§1211.13 Reports.

The borrower shall:

(a) Complete the report form provided with each theatrical or general interest type film and post the report when the film is posted for return; and

(b) Make a cumulative report on the form provided every three months on the utilization of educational films and other educational media loaned for use in the education of the deaf. (20 U.S.C. 1452(a))

81211.14 Exhibitions for individuals.

when there are extenuating circumstances which preclude the individual deaf person from attending an exhibition for a group of deaf persons. Such extenuating circumstances may include, among other reasons:

Borrowed media may be exhibited to individual deaf persons only with the prior approval of the Commissioner,

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(a) A demonstrated need for purposes of the education or training of a deaf person for the exhibition of media in his home rather than at an exhibition for a group of deaf persons, or

(b) The physical disability, quarantine, isolation, or extreme youth of the individual deaf person such as to make it impractical for him to attend an exhibition for a group of deaf persons. (20 U.S.C. 1452(a))

Subpart C-Loan Service for the
Handicapped

§ 1211.30 Purpose of loan service.

The purpose of the loan service for the handicapped is to make available on a loan basis educational media or ancil lary equipment, or both, to be used in the education of the handicapped. (20 U.S.C. 1451(a)(2))

§ 1211.31

Applications.

(a) Any public or private agency, organization, or institution engaged or preparing to engage in providing educational services to the handicapped may make application to the Commissioner to participate in the program under this subpart.

(b) Each application under this subpart shall:

(1) Describe the educational services which such agency, organization or institution is providing or preparing to provide to the handicapped;

(2) Describe the type of handicap of persons to whom such agency, organization, or institution is or will be providing educational services and give the number of such persons;

(3) Describe the type and quantity of educational media or ancillary equipment, or both, which such agency, organization, or institution seeks to borrow and the period for which it wishes to borrow such media or equipment; and

(4) Describe the manner in which such agency, organization, or institution intends to use such media or equipment in providing educational services to the handicapped, giving particular emphasis to any exemplary or innovative aspects of the intended use.

(20 U.S.C. 1452 (a), (b) (4))

§ 1211.35 Priority for exemplary uses of media.

In the event that appropriations of Federal funds are insufficient to permit entering into a contract with each applicant for the loan of educational media or related equipment, or both, in providing educational services to the handicapped, priority will be given to those applications which show the greatest promise of making the most innovative or exemplary use of educational media or ancillary equipment, or both, in providing educational services to the handicapped.

(20 U.S.C. 1452 (a), (b) (4))

§ 1211.36 Consultation with the State director of special education.

An agreement will not be entered into with any public agency, organization, or institution without consultation with the state director of special education in the State in which such agency, organization, or institution is located.

(20 U.S.C. 1451)

Subpart D-Research and Training § 121i.50 Purpose.

Projects assisted under this subpart may include such activities as:

(a) Research to identify and meet the full range of special needs of the handicapped relative to instructional materials and instructional technology;

(b) Needs assessment to determine needed instructional materials, needed media training, needed media information systems, and needed curricular materials delivery system;

(c) Impact and appraisal studies to determine the extent and competency with which needs are being met;

(d) Development or demonstration of new, or improvements in existing methods, approaches, or techniques, which would contribute to the adjustment and education of such persons through use of instructional materials, media, and/ or technology;

(e) Training (either directly or otherwise) of professional and allied personnel engaged or preparing to engage in programs specifically designed for such persons.

(f) Dissemination of materials and information about practices found effective in working with such persons in regard to instructional materials, media and technology usage; and

(g) Creation or adaptation of instructional materials and development of delivery systems for the distribution of instructional materials designed for such persons.

(20 U.S.C. 1452(b) (5))

§ 121i.51 Priority for research.

In awarding contracts under this subpart, priority will be given to research in the application of films, other educational media, and ancillary equipment to the education of the handicapped. Such research may include projects designed to:

(a) Adapt existing films, educational media, and ancillary equipment to the education of the handicapped;

(b) Develop new films, educational media, and ancillary equipment for use in the education of the handicapped; and

(c) Evaluate existing films, education media, and ancillary equipment with respect to the effectiveness of such materials in meeting specific educational objectives determined for persons with specific handicapping conditions. (20 U.S.C. 1452(b) (5))

§ 121i.52 Training projects.

Training projects may include:

(a) Projects to familiarize professional personnel with the use of educational media and materials equipment in the education of handicapped children; and

(b) Projects to update the knowledge of professional personnel with respect to new developments in educational media and materials suitable for use in the education of handicapped children. (20 U.S.C. 1452(b) (5))

Subpart E-Area Learning Resource
Centers

§ 1211.80 Purpose.

(a) Payment of Federal funds under this subpart may be made for the purpose of providing for the establishment of regional centers (ALRC's) which will: (1) Provide services designed to strengthen the capacity of State and local public and private agencies and institutions to serve the needs of the handicapped in the area of educational media, and (2) train persons in the use of educational media for the instruction of the handicapped.

(b) The ALRC's will be part of a system which will also include the Special