[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18361-18362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7893]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.293B]


Foreign Language Assistance Program (Local Educational Agencies)

AGENCY: Office of English Language Acquisition, Department of 
Education.

ACTION: Notice of intent to fund down the grant slate for the Foreign 
Language Assistance program.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary intends to use the grant slate developed for the 
Foreign Language Assistance program in Fiscal Year (FY) 2003 to make 
new grant awards in FY 2004. The Secretary takes this action because a 
significant number of high-quality applications remain on the last 
year's grant slate and limited funding is available for new grant 
awards in FY 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Richey, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 5617, Switzer Building, 
Washington, DC 20202-6510. Telephone: (202) 205-9717 or via Internet: 
[email protected].
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call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
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INFORMATION CONTACT.

Background

    On May 9, 2003, we published a notice in the Federal Register (68 
FR 24978) inviting applications for new awards under the Foreign 
Language Assistance program. This notice indicated that the selection 
criteria, competitive preference priorities, and application 
requirements contained in the notice would apply to the FY 2003 grant 
competition only.
    We received a significant number of applications for grants under 
the Foreign Language Assistance program in

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FY 2003 and made 74 new grants. Because such a large number of high-
quality applications were received, many applications that were awarded 
high scores by peer reviewers did not receive funding last year.
    Limited funding is available for new awards under this program in 
FY 2004. In order to conserve funding that would have been required for 
a peer review of new applications submitted under the program, we 
intend to select grantees in FY 2004 from the existing slate of 
applicants. This slate was developed during the FY 2003 competition 
using the selection criteria, competitive preference priorities, and 
application requirements included in the May 9, 2003 notice. No changes 
to selection criteria, competitive preference priorities, or 
application requirements will be required by this action.

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    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7259-7259b.

    Dated: April 1, 2004.
Marina Tse,
Principal Associate Deputy Under Secretary, Office of English Language 
Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited 
English Proficient Students.
[FR Doc. 04-7893 Filed 4-6-04; 8:45 am]
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