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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: March 16, 1998.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: May 15, 1998.

Applications Available: January 5,

1998.

Available Funds: $150 million.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

Project Period: Up to 17 months.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The

Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR parts 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, and

85; and (b) 34 CFR part 299, General

Provisions, Elementary and Secondary

Education Act, published on May 22,

1997 in the Federal Register (62 FR

28247).

Programmatic Information: An SEA is

eligible for a grant if it meets the

eligibility requirements specified in

sections 7304 and 7305 of the

Elementary and Secondary Education

Act of 1965 (the Act), as amended by the

Improving America’s School’s Act of

1994 (Pub. L. 103–382, enacted October

20, 1994). (20 U.S.C. 7544 and 7545). In

order to receive an award under this

program, an SEA must provide a count,

taken during February 1998, of the

number of immigrant children and

youth enrolled in public and nonpublic

schools in eligible LEAs in accordance

with the requirements specified in

section 7304 of the Act. An eligible LEA

is one in which the number of

immigrant children and youth enrolled

in the public and nonpublic elementary

and secondary schools within the

district is at least either 500 or 3 percent

of the total number of students enrolled

in those public and nonpublic schools.

(20 U.S.C. 7544(b)(2)). 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 3 full

academic years. (20 U.S.C. 7601(7)).

FOR APPLICATIONS OR INFORMATION

CONTACT: Ms. Harpreet Sandhu, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W., Room

5086, Switzer Building, Washington,

D.C. 20202–6510. Telephone: (202) 205–

9808. 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.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternate

format (e.g., Braille, large print,

audiotape, or computer diskette) on

request to the contact person listed in

the preceding paragraph.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternate format, also, by

contacting that person. However, the

Department is not able to reproduce in

an alternate format the standard forms

included in the application package.

Electronic Access to This Document:

Anyone may view this document, as

well as all other Department of

Education documents published in the

Federal Register, in text or portable

document format (pdf) on the World

Wide Web at either of the following

sites:

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To use the pdf you must have the

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Search, which is available free at either

of the previous sites. If you have

questions about using the pdf, call the

U.S. Government Printing Office toll

free at 1–888–293–6498.

Anyone may also view these

documents in text copy only on an

electronic bulletin board of the

Department. Telephone: (202) 219–1511

or, toll free, 1–800–222–4922. The

documents are located under Option

G—Files/Announcements, Bulletins and

Press Releases.

Note: The official version of a document is

the document published in the Federal

Register.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7541–7549.

Dated: December 11, 1997.

Delia Pompa,

Director, Office of Bilingual Education and

Minority Language Affairs.

[FR Doc. 97–32801 Filed 12–15–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

National Assessment Governing

Board; Meeting

AGENCY: National Assessment

Governing Board; Education.

ACTION: Notice of teleconference

meeting.

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the

schedule and proposed agenda of a

forthcoming teleconference meeting of

the Joint Subject Area Committees 1 and

2 of the National Assessment Governing

Board. This notice also describes the

functions of the Board. Notice of this

meeting is required under Section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act.

DATES: December 18, 1997.

TIME: 1:00 p.m.

LOCATION: National Assessment

Governing Board, Suite 825, 800 North

Capitol Street, NW., Washington, D.C.

20002–4233, Telephone: (202) 357–

6938.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mary Ann Wilmer, Operations Officer,

National Assessment Governing Board,

Suite 825, 800 North Capitol Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20002–4233,

Telephone: (202) 357–6938.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

National Assessment Governing Board

is established under section 412 of the

National Education Statistics Act of

1994 (Title IV of the Improving

America’s Schools Act of 1994), (Pub. L.

103–382).

The Board is established to formulate

policy guidelines for the National

Assessment of Educational Progress.

The Board is responsible for selecting

subject areas to be assessed, developing

assessment objectives, identifying

appropriate achievement goals for each

grade and subject tested, and

establishing standards and procedures

for interstate and national comparisons.

Under Pub. L. 105–78, the National

Assessment Governing Board is granted

exclusive authority over developing

Voluntary National Tests pursuant to

contract number RJ97153001 and is

required to review within 90 days (i.e.,

by February 11, 1998) and modify the

contract to the extent the Board

determines necessary, if the contract

cannot be modified to the extent the

Board determines necessary, the

contract shall be terminated, and a new

contract negotiated.

On December 18 between the hours of

1:00 p.m. the Joint Subject Area

Committees #1 and #2 of the National

Assessment Governing Board will hold

a teleconference meeting to provide an

update on progress for review of

Voluntary National Tests specifications

in reading and math, and to finalize

plans for technical analysis and peer

reviewers of this information. Because

this is a teleconference meeting,

facilities will be provided so the public

will have access to the Committee’s

deliberations.

Records are kept of all Board

proceedings and are available for public

inspection at the U.S. Department of

Education, National Assessment

Governing Board, Suite 825, 800 North

Capital Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.,

from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Dated: December 11, 1997.

Roy Truby,

Executive Director, National Assessment

Governing Board.

[FR Doc. 97–32726 Filed 12–15–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–171–000]

Energy 2000 Incorporated, Notice of

Issuance of Order

December 11, 1997.

Energy 2000 Incorporated (Energy

2000) submitted for filing a rate

schedule under which Energy 2000 will

engage in wholesale electric power and

energy transactions as a marketer.

Energy 2000 also request waiver of

various Commission regulations. In

particular, Energy 2000 requested that

the Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liability by Energy 2000.

On November 25, 1997, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Rate Applications, Office of

Electric Power Regulation, granted

requests for blanket approval under Part

34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by Energy 2000 should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, Energy 2000 is authorized to

issue securities and assume obligations

or liabilities as a guarantor, endorser,

surety, or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issuance or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the applicant, and

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of Energy 2000’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is

December 29, 1997. Copies of the full

text of the order are available from the

Commission’s Public Reference Branch,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32764 Filed 12–15–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER98–13–000]

Enron Energy Services Power, Inc.;

Notice of Issuance of Order

December 11, 1997.

Enron Energy Services Power, Inc.

(Enron Energy), is a power marketing

affiliate of Enron Corporation and

Portland General Electric Company. It

also is an affiliate of Enron Power

Marketing, Inc., another power-marketer

with market-based rate authorization.

Enron Energy filed an application for

authorization to sell electric energy and

capacity at market-based rates, and for

certain waivers and authorizations. In

particular, Enron Energy requested that

the Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liabilities by Enron Energy. On

November 26, 1997, the Commission

issued an Order Conditionally

Accepting For Filing Proposed MarketBased Rates (Order), in the abovedocketed proceeding.

The Commission’s November 26, 1997

Order granted the request for blanket

approval under Part 34, subject to the

conditions found in Ordering

Paragraphs (D), (E), and (G):

(D) Within 30 days of the date of

issuance of this order, any person

desiring to be heard or to protest the

Commission’s blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liabilities by Enron Energy should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214.

(E) Absent a request to be heard

within the period set forth in Ordering

Paragraph (D) above, Enron Energy is

hereby authorized, pursuant to section

204 of the FPA, to issue securities and

assume obligations and liabilities as

guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issue or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of Enron

Energy, compatible with the public

interest, and reasonably necessary or

appropriate for such purposes.

(G) The Commission reserves the right

to modify this order to require a further

showing that neither public nor private

interests will be adversely affected by

continued Commission approval of

Enron Energy’s issuances of securities or

assumptions of liabilities. * * *

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is

December 29, 1997.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32765 Filed 12–15–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER97–4787–000]

High Island Marketing, Inc.; Notice of

Issuance of Order

December 11, 1997.

High Island Marketing, Inc. (High

Island) submitted for filing a rate

schedule under which High Island will

engage in wholesale electric power and

energy transactions as a marketer. High

Island also requested waiver of various

Commission regulations. In particular,

High Island requested that the

Commission grant blanket approval

under 18 CFR Part 34 of all future

issuances of securities and assumptions

of liability by High Island.

On November 25, 1997, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Rate Applications, Office of

Electric Power Regulation, granted

requests for blanket approval under Part

34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by High Island should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, High Island is authorized to