[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 24 (Monday, February 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2326]
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Part III
Department of Education
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Impact Aid; Notice
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 24 / Monday, February 5, 1996 /
Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Impact Aid
AGENCY: Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice extending the application deadline date for Impact Aid
fiscal year 1996 section 8002 grants and fiscal year 1997 section 8003
grants.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary extends the deadline date for the submission of
applications for Impact Aid fiscal year 1996 section 8002 grants and
fiscal year 1997 section 8003 grants to March 15, 1996. Impact Aid
regulations at 34 CFR 222.3 specify that the annual application
deadline is January 31. Due to a lack of appropriated funds in November
and December resulting in the furlough of Department employees and
inclement weather in January, the Department of Education, like many
other Federal agencies, was closed for approximately five weeks. As a
result, application packages could not be mailed until the week of
January 15, 1996. Consequently, an extension is being granted to
potential applicants under sections 8002 and 8003 for Impact Aid
assistance for the respective years specified. Section 8003 applicants
should use a survey date for their student counts that is at least
three days after the start of the 1995-96 school year and before the
extended deadline of March 15, 1996.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice extending the application deadline date to
March 15, 1996, for Impact Aid fiscal year 1996 section 8002 grants and
fiscal year 1997 section 8003 grants is effective February 5, 1996. The
deadline date for the transmittal of comments by State Educational
Agencies is March 30, 1996. The Secretary will also accept and approve
for payment any otherwise approvable application that is received on or
before the sixtieth calendar day after March 15, 1996, which is May 14,
1996. However, any applicant meeting the conditions of the preceding
sentence will have its payment reduced by 10 percent of the amount it
would have received had its application been filed by March 15, 1996.
FOR APPLICATIONS OR INFORMATION CONTACT: Impact Aid Program, U.S.
Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue SW., Room 4200
Portals, Washington, DC 20202-6244. Telephone: (202) 260-3907.
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.
Waiver of rulemaking. Section 222.3, which establishes the annual
January 31 Impact Aid application deadline, is currently in effect.
However, due to the government furloughs affecting the Department and
inclement weather, the applications could not be mailed to applicants
on a timely basis, and applicants may not have sufficient time to
comply with the annual deadline. Because this amendment makes a
procedural change for this year only as a result of unique
circumstances, proposed rulemaking is not required under 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(A). In addition, the Secretary has determined under 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(B) that proposed rulemaking on this one-time suspension of the
regulatory deadline date is impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to
the public interest.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7705.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.041)
Dated: January 31, 1996.
Gerald N. Tirozzi,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 96-2326 Filed 2-2-96; 8:45 am]
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