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A -- NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR BILINGUAL EDUCATION SOL ED-00-R-0047 DUE 070300 POC Brenda Smiley, (202) 708-7947 The Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA), of the U.S. Department of Education, seeks to solicit applications to establish a national clearinghouse for bilingual education. The purpose of the Clearinghouse is to serve as OBEMLA's principal agent for the collection, organization and dissemination of information. Specifically, the Clearinghouse shall collect, analyze, and disseminate information for the use of educational institutions serving the K-12 language minority and limited English-proficient student population, including public schools, public school districts, state educational agencies, and private schools in the United States. The audience for the Clearinghouse are teachers and school administrators, researchers, policymakers, and the general public. Requests for copies of the Statement of Work may be made by telephone, mail, telegram, internet or in person. The anticipated issue date is 6/01/00, the closing date is 7/3/00. All requests shall reference the number and title of the RFP (National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education, RFP ED-00-R-0047). Telephone requests may only be placed at (202/708-6498). Mail or telegram requests shall be sent to the address given above. Internet address is: Yolanda_Abney@ed.gov. Website address is: http://ocfo.ed.gov/. Copies may be picked up in person on the issue date at the same address.***** Posted 05/15/00 (W-SN454874). (0136)

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