[Federal Register: March 31, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 61)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Innovation and Improvement (OII)

 
Notice Reopening the Excellence in Economic Education Program 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Competition

    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.215B.

Summary: On January 28, 2005, we published in the Federal Register (70 
FR 4107) a notice inviting applications for the Excellence in Economic 
Education program's FY 2005 competition. The original notice for this 
FY 2005 competition established a March 23, 2005, deadline date for 
eligible applicants to apply for funding under this program.
    In order to afford as many eligible applicants as possible an 
opportunity to receive funding under this program, we are reopening the 
Excellence in Economic Education program FY 2005 competition. The new 
application deadline date for the competition is April 8, 2005.

Dates: Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 8, 2005 
(applications must be received at the Grants.gov/Apply Web site by 4:30 
p.m., Washington, DC time).


    Note: Applications for grants under the Excellence in Economic 
Education program must be submitted electronically using the 
Grants.gov Apply site. Through this site, you will be able to 
download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and 
then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an 
electronic copy of a grant application to us. For information about 
how to submit your application electronically, please refer to 
Section IV. 6. Other Submission Requirements in the January 28, 
2005, notice (70 FR 4109). We have not extended the deadline for 
submitting a statement that an applicant qualifies for an exception 
to the electronic submission requirement.


    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: The deadline date for 
Intergovernmental Review under Executive Order 12732 is extended to 
June 7, 2005.

For Further Information Contact: Carolyn J. Warren, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 4W209, Washington, DC 20202-
5930. Telephone: (202) 205-5443 or by e-mail: carolyn.warren@ed.gov.
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may 
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the program contact person listed in this 
section.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any eligible applicant may apply for funding 
under this program by the deadline date in this notice. Eligible 
applicants that submitted their applications in a timely manner for the 
Excellence in Economic Education program FY 2005 competition to the 
Department prior to the competition's original deadline date of March 
23, 2005, are not required to re-submit their applications or re-apply 
in order to be considered for FY 2005 awards under this program. We 
encourage eligible applicants 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.
    Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as 
well as all other documents of this Department 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.

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Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html
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    Dated: March 28, 2005.
Michael J. Petrilli,
Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and Improvement.
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