67256 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 246 / Tuesday, December 23, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

School Improvement Programs—

Women’s Educational Equity Act

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Correction notice.

SUMMARY: On October 9, 1997, the

Department published a notice inviting

applications for new awards for fiscal

year 1998 for the Women’s Educational

Equity Act (WEEA) program (62 FR

52916). The deadline for receipt of

applications under that notice was

November 24, 1997. That notice

indicated that an estimated $1,500,000

would be available for new awards.

Because the Department received an

appropriation for the program that was

less than anticipated, it considered

canceling the competition and notified

applicants and potential applicants.

However, upon further consideration,

the Department has decided to run a

competition for the limited funds that

are available.

To allow potential applicants time to

respond, the Department is establishing

a new deadline for transmittal of

applications and is changing the

estimated number of awards for the

WEEA implementation and research

and development grants. Applications

that have already been submitted will be

considered under this competition.

However, if an applicant wishes to

amend its application, amendments

must be submitted by the new deadline

established by this notice.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications: January 21, 1998.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: March 31, 1998.

Estimated Available Funds: $500,000.

Estimated Number of Awards:

Implementation Grants: 2; Research and

Development Grants: 1–2.

Note: The Department is not bound by any

estimates in this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth

Baggett, U.S. Department of Education,

Room 4500, the Portals Building, 600

Independence Avenue, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20202. Telephone:

(202) 260–2502. 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, audio

tape, 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.

Note: The official application notice for a

discretionary grant competition is the notice

published in the Federal Register.

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:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm

http://ww.edgov/news.html.

To use the pdf you must have the

Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with

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.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7231–7238.

Dated: December 18, 1997.

Gerald N. Tirozzi,

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and

Secondary Education.

[FR Doc. 97–33446 Filed 12–12–97; 8:45 am]

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