5276 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 23 / Tuesday, February 4, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Impact Aid and Grants; Special

Application, Amendment Filing Date

Extension

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Extension of notice announcing

a special application and amendment

filing date for certain Impact Aid fiscal

years (FYs) 1995 and 1996 section 8002

grants and FY 1997 section 8003 grants.

SUMMARY: On Friday, December 13,

1996, the Secretary announced in the

Federal Register (61 FR 65924) a special

filing date of January 31, 1997, for the

submission of applications or

amendments for certain Impact Aid FYs

1995 and 1996 section 8002 grants and

FY 1997 section 8003 grants. As a result

of several legislative amendments to the

Impact Aid statute (Title VIII of the

Elementary and Secondary Education

Act), it was necessary to provide

additional time to certain local

educational agencies (LEAs) described

below, which are affected by the

amendments, to file new or amended

applications for certain fiscal years for

which the general annual filing dates

have passed. Due to unavoidable delays

in the production and distribution of

those past year application packages,

the Secretary extends that special filing

date.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice announcing

an extension of a special filing date

until February 28, 1997, for the

specified Impact Aid FYs 1995 and 1996

section 8002 grants and FY 1997 section

8003 grants is effective February 4,

1997. The deadline date for the

transmittal of comments on those

applications by State Educational

Agencies is March 17, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

categories of Impact Aid applicants and

the basis and fiscal years for which new

or amended applications for past years

may be filed, were specified in detail in

the December 13 notice, and are

summarized again at the end of this

section. In all three cases, the specified

section 8002 or 8003 applications or

amendments for past fiscal years must

be filed by February 28, 1997. The 60-

day extended deadline provision (with

a 10 percent payment reduction penalty)

in section 8005(d) of the Impact Aid

statute is not applicable to applications

or amendments that are submitted

under this extension as a result of the

congressional amendments for the

otherwise closed fiscal years specified

in the following table.

NEW IMPACT AID APPLICATION AND AMENDMENT FILING DATES

Type of applicant Basis for extension Affected fiscal year New filing date

Section 8002 .......................... Eligibility based on former districts for consolidated districts previously eligible under section 2(c) of P.L. 81–874.FY 1995 or 1996,

or both.

Feb. 28, 1997.

Section 8003(f) ...................... Eligibility and payments for heavily impacted LEAs based on second preceding year student, revenue or tax data.FY 1997 ................. Feb. 28, 1997.

Section 8003 .......................... Eligibility and payment for children under section 8003(a)(1)(F) or

(G) based on such children numbering at least 1,000 in average

daily attendance or equal to at least 10 percent of total average

daily attendance.

FY 1997 ................. Feb. 28, 1997.

FOR APPLICATIONS OR INFORMATION

CONTACT: Impact Aid Program, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue SW, 4200

Portals, Washington, DC 20202–6244.

Telephone: (202) 260–3858. 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.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Number 84.041)

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7705.

Dated: January 29, 1997.

Gerald N. Tirozzi,

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and

Secondary Education.

[FR Doc. 97–2646 Filed 2–3–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Impact Aid; Grant Application Deadline

Extension

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice extending the

application deadline date for Impact

Aid fiscal year 1997 section 8002 grants

and fiscal year 1998 section 8003 grants.

SUMMARY: The Secretary extends the

deadline date for the submission of

applications for Impact Aid fiscal year

1997 section 8002 grants and fiscal year

1998 section 8003 grants to February 28,

1997. Impact Aid regulations at 34 CFR

222.3 specify that the annual

application deadline is January 31. Due

to unavoidable delays in the production

and the distribution of the application

packages, the Secretary extends the

deadline for the 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 1996–97 school year

and before the extended deadline of

February 28, 1997.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This notice extending

the application deadline date to

February 28, 1997, for Impact Aid fiscal

year 1997 section 8002 grants and fiscal

year 1998 section 8003 grants is

effective February 4, 1997. The deadline

date for the transmittal of comments on

those applications by State Educational

Agencies is March 17, 1997. The

Secretary will also accept and approve

for payment any otherwise approvable

application that is received on or before

the 60th calendar day after February 28,

1997, which is April 29, 1997. 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 February 28,

1997.

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) 260–3858. 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 unavoidable

delays in the production and

distribution of the application packages,

applicants may not have sufficient time