[Federal Register: August 4, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 149)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA No. 84.358A]
Small, Rural School Achievement Program
AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education.
ACTION: Notice extending application deadline.
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SUMMARY: Under the Small, Rural School Achievement (SRSA) Program, we
will award grants on a formula basis to eligible local educational
agencies (LEAs) to address the unique needs of rural school districts.
In this notice, we are extending the deadline for eligible LEAs to
apply for fiscal year (FY) 2004 funding under the program.
Application Deadline: All applications must be received
electronically by August 6, 2004, 4:30 p.m. Eastern time.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 30, 2004, we published a notice in
the Federal Register (69 FR 39443-39444) establishing a July 30, 2004
deadline for LEAs to apply for funding under the program. As discussed
in that notice, some LEAs that are eligible for FY 2004 SRSA funding
are considered already to have met the application deadline based on
their previously submitted application and do not have to submit a new
application to the Department to receive their FY 2004 SRSA grant
awards. The Department's Web site at http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/
indicates which eligible LEAs must submit an application to receive a
FY 2004 SRSA grant award.
We have been informed that some eligible LEAs are unable to meet
the original July 30, 2004 deadline because of changes to the SRSA
eligibility spreadsheets and for other reasons. In order to afford as
many eligible LEAs as possible an opportunity to receive funding under
this program, we are extending the application deadline until August 6,
2004, 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. We have already notified each State
educational agency of this extension and have also posted the new
application deadline on the Department's Web site.
An eligible LEA that is required to submit a new SRSA application
in order to receive FY 2004 SRSA funding and that has not done so by
the original application deadline may apply for funds by the deadline
in this notice.
Electronic Submission of Applications: To receive its share of FY
2004 SRSA funding, an eligible LEA that is required to submit a new
SRSA application and that has not done so must submit an electronic
application to the Department by August 6, 2004, 4:30 p.m. Eastern
time. Submission of an electronic application involves the use of the
Department's Electronic Grant Application System (e-Application)
available through the Department's e-GRANTS system.
You can access the electronic application for the SRSA Program at:
http://e-grants.ed.gov.
Once you access this site, you will receive specific instructions
regarding the information to include in your application.
The regular hours of operation of the e-Grants Web site are 6 a.m.
Monday until 7 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 a.m. Thursday until midnight,
Saturday (Washington, DC time). Please note that the system is
unavailable on Sundays, Federal holidays, and after 7 p.m. on
Wednesdays for maintenance (Washington, DC time).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Hitchcock. Telephone: (202)
401-0039 or via Internet: reap@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this notice in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as other Department of Education documents 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. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll-free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
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Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7345-7345b.
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Dated: August 2, 2004.
Raymond J. Simon,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 04-17861 Filed 8-3-04; 8:45 am]
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