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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Educational Research and Improvement

 

Library Services and Construction Act

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of promulgation of Federal shares.

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SUMMARY: Section 7(b) of the Library Services and Construction Act, 
Pub. L. 84-597, as amended (20 U.S.C. 351 et seq.), requires the 
Secretary of Education to promulgate the Federal share for each State 
every second fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1971. The Federal 
shares are in proportion to the State's per capita income and range 
from 33 to 66 percent. Per capita income data from the Department of 
Commerce for the years 1991, 1992, and 1993 have been used to establish 
the Federal shares applicable to Titles I and II of the Act. The 
Federal shares published in the table below are effective for the 
fiscal years ending September 30, 1996, and September 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Klassen, Director, State 
Programs Division, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Room 
402, Capitol Place, 555 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 
20208-5571, telephone (202) 219-1303. 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.

    Dated: November 23, 1994.
Sharon P. Robinson,
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.

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                                                                Federal 
                            State                                share  
                                                               (percent)
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Alabama......................................................      59.07
Alaska.......................................................      44.40
Arizona......................................................      56.45
Arkansas.....................................................      61.71
California...................................................      46.46
Colorado.....................................................      48.60
Connecticut..................................................      33.00
Delaware.....................................................      47.47
Florida......................................................      50.43
Georgia......................................................      53.99
Hawaii.......................................................      43.92
Idaho........................................................      58.35
Illinois.....................................................      45.99
Indiana......................................................      54.40
Iowa.........................................................      55.41
Kansas.......................................................      52.29
Kentucky.....................................................      59.38
Louisiana....................................................      60.48
Maine........................................................      54.86
Maryland.....................................................      42.11
Massachusetts................................................      41.03
Michigan.....................................................      50.99
Minnesota....................................................      49.41
Mississippi..................................................      65.09
Missouri.....................................................      52.90
Montana......................................................      58.76
Nebraska.....................................................      52.56
Nevada.......................................................      45.62
New Hampshire................................................      46.05
New Jersey...................................................      35.47
New Mexico...................................................      61.18
New York.....................................................      40.25
North Carolina...............................................      55.64
North Dakota.................................................      58.54
Ohio.........................................................      52.96
Oklahoma.....................................................      59.10
Oregon.......................................................      53.46
Pennsylvania.................................................      48.86
Rhode Island.................................................      49.36
South Carolina...............................................      59.70
South Dakota.................................................      56.96
Tennessee....................................................      56.31
Texas........................................................      54.23
Utah.........................................................      61.42
Vermont......................................................      53.37
Virginia.....................................................      48.02
Washington...................................................      47.40
West Virginia................................................      61.45
Wisconsin....................................................      52.67
Wyoming......................................................      52.68
District of Columbia.........................................      33.00
Puerto Rico..................................................      66.00
American Samoa...............................................      66.00
Northern Marianas............................................      66.00
Guam.........................................................      66.00
Virgin Islands...............................................      66.00
Palau........................................................      (\1\)
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\1\For fiscal year 1996, not to exceed 75% of its 1995 level; for fiscal
  year 1997, not to exceed 50% of its 1995 level; and in fiscal year    
  1998 (and final year); not to exceed 25% of its 1995 level. The       
  decreasing Federal shares reflect the provisions of the Compact of    
  Free Association between the U.S. and Palau and is the result of      
  Presidential Proclamation 6726, dated September 27, 1994, entitled    
  PLACING INTO FULL FORCE AND EFFECT THE COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION    
  WITH THE REPUBLIC OF PALAU.                                           

[FR Doc. 94-29399 Filed 11-29-94; 8:45 am]
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