[Federal Register: February 4, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 23)]
[Notices]               
[Page 5276-5277]
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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.

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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

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to comply with that annual deadline. Because this amendment makes a 
procedural change for this year only as a result of unique 
circumstances, proposed rulemaking is not required under 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(A). In addition, the Secretary has determined under 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B) that proposed rulemaking on this one-time suspension of the 
regulatory deadline date is impracticable, unnecessary, and contrary to 
the public interest.

(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. 97-2647 Filed 2-3-97; 8:45 am]
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