[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61785]
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[FR Doc No: 04-23552]


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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT


Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, 
Office of Private Voluntary Cooperation/American Schools and Hospitals 
Abroad; Announcement of Draft Changes to Criterion 8 American 
Schools and Hospitals Abroad Program

    The U.S. Agency for International Development is announcing draft 
changes to Criterion 8 in the American Schools and Hospitals 
Abroad program, pursuant to section 214 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as amended. The program criteria serve as administrative 
guidance for considering the acceptability and relative merits of 
applicants.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. George Like (703) 712-1766, ASHA 
Agency for International Development, Washington, DC 20523.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 26, 1979, the U.S. Agency for 
International Development published 11 Program Criteria for the 
American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program. Criterion 8 
states ``The institution must be open to all persons regardless of 
race, religion, sex, color or national origin. (The above shall not be 
construed to require enrollment of students of both sexes at an 
educational institution enrolling males or females only.) Assistance 
may not be used to train persons for religious pursuits or to construct 
buildings or other facilities intended for worship or religious 
instruction.''
    On December 12, 2002, Executive Order 13279 ``Equal Protection of 
the Laws for Faith-Based and Community Organizations'' was signed. 
Accordingly, the U.S. Agency for International Development proposes to 
change Criterion 8 of the American Schools and Hospitals 
Abroad program to ``The institution must be open to all persons 
regardless of race, religion, sex, color or national origin. (The above 
shall not be construed to require enrollment of students of both sexes 
at an educational institution enrolling males or females only.) 
Assistance may not be used to support any inherently religious 
activities, such as worship, religious instruction or 
proselytization.''
    The sixty-day comment period will begin on the date that this 
announcement is published in the Federal Register.

G. Garrett Grigsby,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and 
Humanitarian Assistance.
[FR Doc. 04-23552 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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