[Federal Register: January 22, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 14)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.162A]
Emergency Immigrant Education Program
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year
(FY) 1999.
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Purpose of Program: This program provides grants to State
educational agencies (SEAs) to assist local educational agencies (LEAs)
that experience unexpectedly large increases in their student
population due to immigration. These grants are to be used to provide
high-quality instruction to immigrant children and youth and to help
those children and youth make the transition into American society and
meet the same challenging State performance standards expected of all
children and youth.
Eligible Applicants: State educational agencies.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 16, 1999.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 15, 1999.
Applications Available: January 20, 1999.
Available Funds: $150 million.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 17 months.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 76, 77, 79, 80, 81,
82, and 85; and (b) 34 CFR Part 299.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An SEA is eligible for a grant if it meets
the eligibility requirements specified in sections 7304 and 7305 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (the Act), as amended by
the Improving America's School's Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-382, enacted
October 20, 1994). (20 U.S.C. 7544 and 7545). In order to receive an
award under this program, an SEA must provide a count, taken during
February 1999, of the number of immigrant children and youth enrolled
in public and nonpublic schools in eligible LEAs in accordance with the
requirements specified in section 7304 of the Act. An eligible LEA is
one in which the number of immigrant children and youth enrolled in the
public and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools within the
district is at least either 500 or 3 percent of the total number of
students enrolled in those public and nonpublic schools. (20 U.S.C.
7544(b)(2)). Under section 7501(7) of the Act, the term ``immigrant
children and youth'' means individuals who are aged 3 through 21, were
not born in any State, and have not been attending one or more schools
in any one or more States for more than 3 full academic years. (20
U.S.C. 7601(7)).
FOR APPLICATIONS OR INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Harpreet Sandhu, U.S.
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 5086,
Switzer Building, Washington, D.C. 20202-6510. Telephone: (202) 205-
9808. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (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 format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding
paragraph.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternate format, also, by contacting that person.
However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an alternate format
the standard forms included in the application package.
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.html
To use the pdf you 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 1-888-293-6498.
Anyone may also view these 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.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7541-7549.
Dated: January 19, 1999.
Delia Pompa,
Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Language Affairs.
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