[Federal Register: December 17, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 242)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.194Q]

 
Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs; 
Bilingual Education: State Grant Program

    Notice extending the closing date for transmittal of applications 
for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 1998.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: The deadline date for 
transmittal of applications is extended from January 9, 1998, to 
January 30, 1998.
    On December 2, 1997, the Secretary published in the Federal 
Register (62 FR 63780) a notice inviting applications for new awards 
for fiscal year 1998 under the Bilingual Education: State Grant 
Program.
    The purpose of this notice is to extend the deadline date for 
transmittal of applications. This action is taken to increase the 
amount of time applicants have to prepare applications.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: March 31, 1998.
    For Applications: The notice published in the Federal Register on 
December 2, 1997 (62 FR 63780), was a complete application package, 
including all of the information, selection criteria, application 
forms, and instructions needed to apply for an award under this 
program.

For Further Information Contact: Luis A. Catarineau, U.S. Department of 
Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S. W., room 5623, Switzer Building, 
Washington, D.C. 20202-6510. Telephone: (202) 205-9907. 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.
    Electronic Access to This Document: Anyone may view this document, 
as well as all other Department of Education documents published in the 
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World Wide Web at either of the following sites:

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To use the pdf you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with 
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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. 7454.

    Dated: December 11, 1997.
Delia Pompa,
Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs.
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