97-3470. Title I Part CEducation of Migratory Children

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 6517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3470]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Title I Part C--Education of Migratory Children

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of funding level for FY 1997 consortium incentive grants 
available under Part C of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education 
reserves $1,500,000, the maximum permitted by the statute, for FY 1997 
consortium incentive grant awards authorized under section 1308(d) of 
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. 
State educational agencies operating Migrant Education Programs (MEPs) 
are the only eligible entities for this grant program. Criteria for 
awarding consortium incentive grants were published on April 8, 1996 
(61 FR 15670).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kristina Barber, U.S. Department 
of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW., Portals Building, Room 
4100, Washington, DC 20202-6235. Telephone: [phone]. Individuals 
who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the 
Federal Information Relay System (FIRS), at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 
a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.144, Migrant 
Education--Coordination Program)

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6398(d).

    Dated: February 4, 1997.
Gerald N. Tirozzi,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 97-3470 Filed 2-11-97; 8:45 am]
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