[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11295-11296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6074]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Impact Aid

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of 
Education.

ACTION: Notice extending the application deadline date for Impact Aid 
fiscal year 2003 section 8002 and 8003 grants.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary extends the deadline date for the submission of 
applications for Impact Aid fiscal year 2003 section 8002 and 8003 
grants to April 12, 2002. Impact Aid regulations at 34 CFR 222.3 
specify that the annual application deadline is January 31. Due to 
changes in the applications that were necessitated by legislative 
amendments in the fiscal year 2001 reauthorization of the program and 
the subsequent revision, production, and distribution of the 
application packages, the Secretary extends the deadline for the 
potential applicants under sections 8002 and 8003 for Impact Aid 
assistance for fiscal year 2003. Section 8003 applicants must still use 
a survey date for their student counts that is at least three days 
after the start of the 2001-2002 school year and before the extended 
deadline of April 12, 2002.

DATES: Effective Date: This notice extending the application deadline 
date to April 12, 2002, for Impact Aid fiscal year 2003 section 8002 
and 8003 grants is effective March 13, 2002. The deadline date for the 
transmittal of comments on those applications by State Educational 
Agencies is April 26, 2002. The Secretary will also accept and approve 
for payment any otherwise approvable application that is received on or 
before the 60th calendar day after April 12, 2002, which is June 11, 
2002, or the 60th day after the Secretary provides written notice to a 
local educational agency. However, any applicant meeting the conditions 
of the preceding sentence will have its payment reduced by 10 percent 
of the amount it would have received had its application been filed by 
April 12, 2002.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Impact Aid Program, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202-
6244. Telephone: (202) 260-3858.
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) you may 
call

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the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape or computer 
diskett) on request to the Impact Aid Program under For applications or 
information contact. Waiver of Rulemaking. Section 222.3 of CFR Title 
34, which establishes the annual January 31 Impact Aid application 
deadline, is currently in effect. However, due to changes in the 
applications that were necessitated by legislative amendments in the 
2001 reauthorization of the program and the related revision, 
production, and distribution of the application packages, the Secretary 
extends the deadline for the potential applicants under sections 8002 
and 8003. Because this amendment makes a procedural change for this 
year only as a result of unique circumstances, proposed rulemaking is 
not required under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A). In addition, the Secretary has 
determined under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) that proposed rulemaking on this 
one-time suspension of the regulatory deadline date is impracticable, 
unnecessary, and contrary to the public interest.

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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.041)

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7705.

    Dated: March 8, 2002.
Rod Paige,
Secretary of Education.
[FR Doc. 02-6074 Filed 3-12-02; 8:45 am]
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