[Federal Register: August 17, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 158)]
[Notices]
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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.
DATES: Application Deadline: All applications must be received
electronically by August 25, 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. We
subsequently published a notice extending that deadline until August 6,
2004 (69 FR 47127 to 47128). As discussed in the initial 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 recently learned that some eligible LEAs were unable to
meet the extended deadline of August 6, 2004, because of unavailability
of district personnel 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 to August 25, 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.
We encourage eligible LEAs to submit their applications as soon as
possible to avoid any problems with filing electronic applications on
the last day. The deadline for submission of applications will not be
extended any further as we must make awards by September 30, 2004.
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 25, 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.
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7345-7345b.
Dated: August 11, 2004.
Raymond J. Simon,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 04-18808 Filed 8-16-04; 8:45 am]
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