[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 68 (Friday, April 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19758-19759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8441]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Small, Rural School Achievement Program

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

ACTION: Notice announcing application deadline.

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    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.358A.

SUMMARY: Under the Small, Rural School Achievement (SRSA) program, the 
U.S. Department of Education (Department) awards grants on a formula 
basis to eligible local educational agencies (LEAs) to address the 
unique needs of rural school districts. In this notice, we establish 
the deadline for submission of fiscal year (FY) 2011 SRSA grant 
applications.

DATES: The deadline for transmittal of electronic applications is June 
30, 2011, 4:30:00 p.m. Washington, DC time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Eric Schulz, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3W107, Washington, DC 20202. 
Telephone: (202) 401-0039 or by e-mail: [email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the 
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Which LEAs are eligible for an award under the SRSA program?

    An LEA (including a public charter school that is considered an LEA 
under State law) is eligible for an award under the SRSA program if--
    (a) The total number of students in average daily attendance at all 
of the schools served by the LEA is fewer than 600, or each county in 
which a school served by the LEA is located has a total population 
density of fewer than 10 persons per square mile; and
    (b) All of the schools served by the LEA are designated with a 
school locale code of 7 or 8 by the Department's National Center for 
Education Statistics (NCES), or the Secretary has determined, based on 
a demonstration by the LEA and concurrence of the State educational 
agency, that the LEA is located in an area defined as rural by a 
governmental agency of the State.
    The school locale codes are the locale codes determined on the 
basis of the NCES school code methodology in place on the date of 
enactment of section 6211(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965, as amended.

Which eligible LEAs must submit an application to receive an FY 2011 
SRSA grant award?

    An eligible LEA must submit an application to receive an FY 2011 
SRSA grant award if that LEA has never submitted an application for 
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funds in any prior year. All eligible LEAs that need to submit an 
application to receive an SRSA grant award in a given year are 
highlighted in yellow on the SRSA eligibility spreadsheets, which are 
posted annually on the SRSA program Web site at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/reapsrsa/eligibility.html.
    Under the regulations in 34 CFR 75.104(a), the Secretary makes 
grants only to an eligible party that submits an application. Given the 
limited purpose served by the application under the SRSA program, the 
Secretary considers the application requirement to be met if an LEA 
submitted an SRSA application for any prior year. In this circumstance, 
unless an LEA advises the Secretary by the application deadline that it 
is withdrawing its application, the Secretary deems the application 
that an LEA previously submitted to remain in effect for FY 2011 
funding, and the LEA does not have to submit an additional application.
    We intend to provide, by April 7, 2011, a list of LEAs eligible for 
FY 2011 funds on the Department's Web site at http://www.ed.gov/programs/reapsrsa/eligibility.html. The Web site will indicate which 
eligible LEAs must submit an electronic application to the Department 
to receive an FY 2011 SRSA grant award, and which eligible LEAs are 
considered already to have met the application requirement.
    Eligible LEAs that need to submit an application in order to 
receive FY 2011 SRSA funds must do so electronically by the deadline 
established in this notice.

Electronic Submission of Applications

    An eligible LEA that is required to submit an application to 
receive FY 2011 SRSA funds must submit an electronic application by 
June 30, 2011, 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time. If it submits its 
application after this deadline, the LEA will receive a grant award 
only to the extent that funds are available after the Department awards 
grants to other eligible LEAs under the program.
    Submission of an electronic application involves the use of the 
Department's G5 system. You can access the electronic application for 
the SRSA Program at: http://www.g5.gov. When you access this site, you 
will receive specific instructions regarding the information to include 
in your application.
    The hours of operation of the G5 Web site are 6:00 a.m. Monday 
until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 a.m. Thursday until 8:00 p.m. 
Sunday, Washington, DC time. Please note that, because of maintenance, 
the system is unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on Sundays and 6:00 a.m. on 
Mondays, and between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 6:00 a.m. on 
Thursdays, Washington, DC time. Any modifications to these hours are 
posted on the G5 Web site.
    Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this 
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format 
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on 
request to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Electronic Access to This Document: You can view this document, as 
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal 
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (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.


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    Program Authority:  20 U.S.C. 7345-7345b.

    Dated: April 5, 2011.
Thelma Mel[eacute]ndez de Santa Ana,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2011-8441 Filed 4-7-11; 8:45 am]
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