[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 19397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9444]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No.: 84.162A]
Emergency Immigrant Education Program; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 1995
Purpose of Program: This program provides grants to State
educational agencies (SEAs) to assist local educational agencies that
experience large increases in their student population due to
immigration. These grants are to be used to provide high-quality
instruction to immigrant children and youth and to help such children
and youth transition into American society and meet the same
challenging State performance standards expected of all children and
youth.
Eligible Applicants: State educational agencies.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 30, 1995.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 29, 1995.
Applications Available: April 21, 1995.
Available Funds: $50 million.
Project Period: Up to 16 months.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 76, 77, 79, 80, 81,
82, 85, and 86.
Programmatic Information: An SEA may apply for a grant if it meets
the eligibility requirements specified in section 7304 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the
Improving America's School's Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-82, enacted
October 20, 1994). An eligible SEA must provide a count, taken during
April 1995, of the number of immigrant children and youth enrolled in
public and nonpublic schools in accordance with the requirements
specified in section 7304 of the Act. Under section 7501 (7) of the
Act, the term ``immigrant children and youth'' means individuals who
are aged 3 through 21, were not born in any State, and have not been
attending one or more schools in any one or more States for more than
three full academic years.
For Applications or Information Contact: Ms. Harpreet K. Sandhu or
Ms. Soccoro Lara, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence
Avenue, SW., Room 5086, Switzer Building, Washington, DC 20202-6510.
Telephone: Harpreet Sandhu (202) 205-9808 or Socorro Lara (202) 205-
5711. 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.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7541-7549.
Dated: April 11, 1995.
Eugene E. Garcia,
Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs.
[FR Doc. 95-9444 Filed 4-17-95; 8:45 am]
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