[Federal Register: June 17, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 116)] [Notices] [Page 33057] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr17jn98-48] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Elementary and Secondary Education Title I, Part C-- Education of Migratory Children AGENCY: Department of Education. ACTION: Notice of funding level for FY 1998 consortium incentive grants available under Part C of Title of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1995. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education reserves $1,800,000 for FY 1998 consortium incentive grant awards authorized under section 1308(d) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. (The 1998 Appropriations Act for the Department (Pub. L. 105-78) overrides the $1,500,000 ceiling in the authorizing statute). State educational agencies operating Migrant Education Programs (MEPs) are the only eligible entities for this grant program. Criteria for awarding consortium incentive grants were published in the Federal Register on April 8, 1996 (61 FR 15670). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. James English, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW, Portals Building, Room 4100, Washington, D.C. 20202-6135. Telephone: 202-260-1394. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay System (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an alternate form (e.g. Braille, large print, or computer diskette) on request of the contact person listed in the preceding paragraph. Electronic Access to This Document Anyone may view this document, as well as all other Department of Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or portable document format (pdf) on the World Wide Web at either of the following sites: http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm http://www.ed.gov/news.htnl To use the pdf your must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you have questions about using the pdf, call the U.S. Government Printing Office toll free at 1-888-293-6493. Anyone may also view this documents in text copy only on an electronic bulletin board of the Department. Telephone: (202) 219-1511 or toll free, 1-800-222-4922. The documents are located under Option G--Files/Announcements, Bulletins and Press Releases. Note: The official version of a document is the document published in the Federal Register. (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.144, Migrant Education Coordination Program) Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6398(d). Dated: June 10, 1998. Gerald N. Tirozzi, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. [FR Doc. 98-16076 Filed 6-16-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-M