[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Part II
Department of Education
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Impact Aid: Extension of Notice Announcing a Special Application and
Amendment Filing for Certain Fiscal Years (FYs) 1995 and 1996 Section
8002 Grants and (FY) 1997 Section 8003 Grants and Notice Extending
Application Deadline Date for (FY) 1997 Section 8002 Grants and (FY)
1998 Section 8003 Grants; Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Impact Aid and Grants; Special Application, Amendment Filing Date
Extension
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Extension of notice announcing a special application and
amendment filing date for certain Impact Aid fiscal years (FYs) 1995
and 1996 section 8002 grants and FY 1997 section 8003 grants.
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SUMMARY: On Friday, December 13, 1996, the Secretary announced in the
Federal Register (61 FR 65924) a special filing date of January 31,
1997, for the submission of applications or amendments for certain
Impact Aid FYs 1995 and 1996 section 8002 grants and FY 1997 section
8003 grants. As a result of several legislative amendments to the
Impact Aid statute (Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act), it was necessary to provide additional time to certain
local educational agencies (LEAs) described below, which are affected
by the amendments, to file new or amended applications for certain
fiscal years for which the general annual filing dates have passed. Due
to unavoidable delays in the production and distribution of those past
year application packages, the Secretary extends that special filing
date.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice announcing an extension of a special filing
date until February 28, 1997, for the specified Impact Aid FYs 1995 and
1996 section 8002 grants and FY 1997 section 8003 grants is effective
February 4, 1997. The deadline date for the transmittal of comments on
those applications by State Educational Agencies is March 17, 1997.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The categories of Impact Aid applicants and
the basis and fiscal years for which new or amended applications for
past years may be filed, were specified in detail in the December 13
notice, and are summarized again at the end of this section. In all
three cases, the specified section 8002 or 8003 applications or
amendments for past fiscal years must be filed by February 28, 1997.
The 60-day extended deadline provision (with a 10 percent payment
reduction penalty) in section 8005(d) of the Impact Aid statute is not
applicable to applications or amendments that are submitted under this
extension as a result of the congressional amendments for the otherwise
closed fiscal years specified in the following table.
New Impact Aid Application and Amendment Filing Dates
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Type of applicant Basis for extension Affected fiscal year New filing date
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Section 8002......................... Eligibility based on former districts for FY 1995 or 1996, or both......... Feb. 28, 1997.
consolidated districts previously eligible
under section 2(c) of P.L. 81-874.
Section 8003(f)...................... Eligibility and payments for heavily FY 1997.......................... Feb. 28, 1997.
impacted LEAs based on second preceding
year student, revenue or tax data.
Section 8003......................... Eligibility and payment for children under FY 1997.......................... Feb. 28, 1997.
section 8003(a)(1)(F) or (G) based on such
children numbering at least 1,000 in
average daily attendance or equal to at
least 10 percent of total average daily
attendance.
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FOR APPLICATIONS OR INFORMATION CONTACT: Impact Aid Program, U.S.
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue SW, 4200 Portals,
Washington, DC 20202-6244. Telephone: (202) 260-3858. 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.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.041)
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7705.
Dated: January 29, 1997.
Gerald N. Tirozzi,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
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