[Federal Register: January 10, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 7)]
[Notices]
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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) 2001.
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Emergency Immigrant Education Program
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, 2001.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 15, 2001.
Applications Available: January 9, 2001.
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, 85, 86, 97, 98, 99; and (b) 34 CFR Part 299.
Application Procedures
Pilot Project for Electronic Submission of Applications
The U.S. Department of Education is expanding its pilot project of
electronic submission of applications to include certain formula grant
programs, as well as additional discretionary grant competitions. The
Emergency Immigrant Education Program, CFDA 84.162A, is one of the
programs included in the pilot project. If you are an applicant under
the Emergency Immigrant Education Program, you may submit your
application to us in either electronic or paper format.
The pilot project involves the use of the Electronic Grant
Application System (e-APPLICATION, formerly e-GAPS) portion of the
Grant Administration and Payment System (GAPS). We request your
participation in this pilot project. We shall continue to evaluate its
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success and solicit suggestions for improvement.
If you participate in this e-APPLICATION pilot, please note the
following:
Your participation is voluntary.
You will not receive any favorable consideration or
penalty because you submit a grant application in electronic or paper
format.
You can submit all documents electronically, including the
Application for Federal Assistance (ED 424), Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and
certifications.
Fax a signed copy of the Application for Federal
Assistance (ED 424) after following these steps:
1. Print ED 424 from the e-APPLICATION system.
2. Make sure that the institution's Authorizing Representative
signs this form.
3. Before faxing this form, submit your electronic application via
the e-APPLICATION system. You will receive an automatic
acknowledgement, which will include a PR/Award number (an identifying
number unique to your application).
4. Place the PR/Award number in the upper right hand corner of ED
424.
5. Fax ED 424 to the Application Control Center within three
working days of submitting your electronic application. We will
indicate a fax number in e-APPLICATION at the time of your submission.
We may request that you give us original signatures on all
other forms at a later date. You may access the electronic grant
application for the Emergency Immigrant Education Program at: http://e-
grants.ed.gov
If you want to apply for a grant and be considered for funding, you
must meet the following deadline requirements: March 16, 2001.
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 Schools 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 2001, 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 youths'' 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: Ki Lee, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 5632, Switzer Building,
Washington DC 20202-6510. Telephone (202) 205-8730. Individuals who use
a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audio tape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact persons listed in the preceding
paragraph.
Electronic Access to This Document
You may view this document, as well as all other Department of
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at either of the
following sites: http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.html or http://www.ed.gov/
news.html.
To use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader , which is available
free at either of the previous sites. If you have questions about using
PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office 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
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Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7541-7549.
Dated: January 5, 2001.
Arthur M. Love,
Acting Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages
Affairs.
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