[Federal Register: July 18, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 138)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.358A]
Small, Rural School Achievement Program
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice extending application deadline.
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SUMMARY: Under the Small, Rural School Achievement Program, we will
award grants on a formula basis to eligible local educational agencies
(LEAs) to address the unique needs of rural school districts. In this
notice, we are extending the deadline for eligible LEAs to apply for
fiscal year (FY) 2002 funding under the program.
Application Deadline: All applications must be received
electronically by July 24, 2002, 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 7, 2002, we published in the Federal
Register (67 FR 39375-39376) a notice establishing a July 9, 2002
deadline for LEAs to apply for funding under the program. Some LEAs
have informed us that they failed to meet this deadline because of
natural disasters, changes in personnel, or other circumstances. In
order to afford as many eligible LEAs as possible an opportunity to
receive funding under this program, we are extending the application
deadline until July 24, 2002, 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.
Any eligible LEA that seeks funding under this program and that
failed to submit an application by the previously established deadline
may apply for funds by the deadline in this notice. An LEA that
previously submitted an application by the original application
deadline should not re-apply for funding in response to this notice. If
you have received a PR-award number (for example, S358A025999), you
have already applied for funding and should not respond to this notice.
Electronic Submission of Applications: To receive its share of FY
2002 funding, an eligible LEA must submit an electronic application to
the Department by July 24, 2002, 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. Submission of
an electronic application involves the use of the Electronic Grant
Application
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System (e-APPLICATION, formerly e-GAPS) portion of the Grant
Administration and Payment System (GAPS).
You can access the electronic application for the Small, Rural
School Achievement Program at: http://e-grants.ed.gov.
Once you access this site, you will receive specific instructions
regarding the information to include in your application.
The regular hours of operation of the e-Grants Web site are from 6
a.m. until 12 midnight (Washington, DC time) on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays; and from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Wednesdays and
Saturdays. The system is unavailable on the second Saturday of every
month, Sundays, and Federal holidays.
Note: On the application deadline date, the e-Grants Web site is
available only until 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. Eligible LEAs are
encouraged to submit their applications prior to the deadline date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Milagros Lanauze. Telephone: (202)
401-0039 or via Internet: reap@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this notice in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed above.
Electronic Access To This Document: You may view this document, as
well as other Department of Education documents published in the
Federal Register in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: www.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll-free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official version of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO access at: http://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html.
Program Authority: Section 6212 of the ESEA, as amended by the
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Pub. L. 107-110).
Dated: July 15, 2002.
Susan B. Neuman,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 02-18166 Filed 7-17-02; 8:45 am]
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