[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 7, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 18362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7895]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA 84.060A]


Indian Education Formula Grants Program

AGENCY: Office of Indian Education, Education.

ACTION: Indian education formula grants to local education agencies--
notice inviting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2004.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    Purpose: The Indian Education Formula Grant Program provides grants 
to support local educational agencies (LEAs) and other eligible 
entities (described elsewhere in this notice) in their efforts to 
reform and improve elementary and secondary school programs that serve 
Indian students. The programs funded are to be based on challenging 
State academic content and student academic achievement standards used 
for all students, and be designed to assist Indian students to meet 
those standards. Section 7116 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) also authorizes, upon the Secretary's 
receipt of an acceptable plan for the integration of education and 
related services, the consolidation of funds for any Federal program 
exclusively serving Indian children, or the funds reserved under any 
Federal program to exclusively serve Indian children, that are awarded 
under a statutory or administrative formula, for the purposes of 
providing education and related services that would be used to serve 
Indian students. Instructions for submitting an integration of services 
plan are included in the application package.
    Eligible Applicants: LEAs, certain schools funded by the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs and Indian tribes under certain conditions, as 
prescribed by section 7112(c) of the ESEA.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 10, 2004. 
Applications not meeting the deadline will not be considered for 
funding in the initial allocation of awards. However, if funds become 
available after the initial allocation of funds, applications not 
meting the deadline may be considered for funding if the Secretary 
determines, under section 7118(d) of the ESEA, that reallocation of 
those funds to applicants filing after the deadline would best assist 
in advancing the purposes of the program. However, the amount and date 
of an individual award, if any, may be less than the applicant would 
have received had the application been submitted on time.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 9, 2004.
    Application Available: April 8, 2004.
    Available Funds: The appropriation for this program for fiscal year 
2004 is approximately $95,932,638.
    Estimated Range of Awards: $4,000 to $2,215,000.
    Estimated Average Size of Awards: $80,144.
    Estimated Number of Awards: 1,197.


    Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this 
notice.


    Project Period: Up to 36 months for new applications.
    Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR Parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.


    Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants 
except federally recognized Indian tribes.


    For Applications or Information Contact: Cathie Martin, Office of 
Indian Education, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, 
SW., room 3W11, Washington, DC. 20202-6335. Telephone: (202) 260-3774. 
An electronic version of the application is available at: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/oie/index.html.
    Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) 
may call the Federal Information Relay Services (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 
diskette) on request to the person listed in this preceding paragraph.
    Individuals with disabilities also may obtain a copy of the 
application package in an alternative format by contacting the person 
listed in this paragraph.

Electronic Access to This document

    You may view this document, as well as all other Department of 
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Abode 
Portable Document Formal (PDF) on the Internet at the following site: 
http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
    To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available 
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S. 
Government Printing Office toll free at 1-888-293-6498; or in the 
Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.


    Note: The official version of This document is the document 
published in the Fedeal Register. Free internet access to the 
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal 
Regulations available on GPO Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html.


    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7421.


    Dated: April 1, 2004.
Victoria Vasques,
Deputy Under Secretary and Director for Indian Education.
[FR Doc. 04-7895 Filed 4-6-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4000-01-M