[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 3225]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1398]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA NO.: 84.162A]


Emergency Immigrant Education Program; Notice Inviting 
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000

AGENCY: Department of Education.
    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 Applicants: March 17, 2000.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 19, 2000.
    Applications Available: January 24, 2000.
    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, and 85; and (b) 34 CFR Part 299.

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 2000, 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 youth 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: Darlene Miles, U.S. Department 
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 5620, Switzer Building, 
Washington, D.C. 20202-6510. Telephone: (202) 205-8259. Harpreet 
Sandhu, U.S. Department of Education, Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 5617, 
Switzer Building, Washington D.C. 20202-6510. Telephone (202) 205-9808. 
Brenda Turner, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 
Room 5629, Switzer Building, Washington, D.C. 20202-6510. Telephone: 
(202) 205-9839. 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, Audiotape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the contact persons listed in the preceding 
paragraph.

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    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7541-7549.

    Dated: January 14, 2000.
Art Love,
Acting Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages 
Affairs.
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