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B -- TRANSFER OF READING SKILLS IN LIMITED ENGLISH-PROFICIENT (LEP) STUDENTS POC Janet V. Wears, Contract Specialist, 202-260-0092, or Max LeQuang, Contracting Officer, 202-708-7654 The purpose of this notice is to inform all interested parties that a Draft Performance Work Statement for the procurement entitled"Transfer of Reading Skills in LEP Students" has been posted on the Internet for comments at the Department of Education's website since 4/28/98. This is not a Request for Proposal. Please submit any comments regarding this Draft Performance Work Statement in writing to Janet Wears at Janet_Wears@ed.gov. The deadline for submission of comments is 5/13/98. The government's response to comments will be consolidated and presented at this website on the date that the RFP is issued. (0126)

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