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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

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84.162:  Immigrant Education

Objectives:  To provide assistance to States for educational services and costs for immigrant children enrolled in elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools. States provide funding to those local educational agencies (LEAs) where the enrollment of immigrant children in elementary and secondary public and nonpublic schools is at least 500 or three percent of the total enrollment. To be counted, immigrant children must have been enrolled in U.S. schools for less than 3 years.

PROGRAM AND AWARD	FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS	FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO.
APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS	INFORMATION CONTACTS
RELATED PROGRAMS	ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS
PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS	POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS

84.162 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

Applicant Eligibility:  State educational agencies are eligible to apply for a grant. U.S. Territories are also eligible to apply.

Beneficiary Eligibility:  Direct beneficiaries are local educational agencies. Indirect beneficiaries are immigrant children enrolled in public and non-public schools under the jurisdiction of or within the districts served by LEAs.

Credentials/Documentation:  Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments.

84.162 APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS:

Preapplication Coordination:  The standard application forms as furnished by the Federal agency and required by OMB Circular No. A-102 must be used for this program. This program is eligible for coverage under E.O. 12372, "Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs." An applicant should consult the office or official designated as the single point of contact in his or her State for more information on the process the State requires to be followed in applying for assistance, if the State has selected the program for review.

Application Procedure:  Applications must contain assurances and data on immigrant children and must be submitted to the Department of Education in accordance with Federal Register announcements. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110.

Award Procedure:  The Secretary determines the amount of awards to States based on the number of eligible children reported by the States.

Deadlines:  The closing date will be published in the Federal Register.

Range of Approval/Disapproval Time:  About 60 days.

Appeals:  The Secretary does not disapprove an application before providing the State with reasonable notice and an opportunity for a hearing. Procedures for appeal are set forth in accordance with 37 CFR 76.202.

Renewals:  Not applicable.

Criteria for Selecting Proposals:  The Secretary makes awards to State educational agencies that submit the required assurances and data on eligible immigrant children enrolled in eligible local educational agencies.

Examples of Funded Projects:  No examples are currently available.

Range and Average of Financial Assistance:  State awards ranged from $35,070 to $36,457,049. The average per child allocation was $186 in 1999.

84.162 RELATED PROGRAMS:

None.

84.162 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Forty States, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia and four outlying territories applied for and received assistance under this program to serve 808,391 immigrant children in fiscal year 1999.

84.162 FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO:

Federal Agency:  OFFICE OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND MINORITY LANGUAGES AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Type of Assistance:  Formula Grants.

Obligations:  (Formula grants) FY 99 $150,000,000; FY 00 est $150,000,000; and FY 01 est $150,000,000.

Budget Account Number:  91-1300-2-1-501.

Authorization:  Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title VII, Part C, as amended.

Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature:  Education Department's General Administrative Regulations 34 CFR 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 85, 86, and 581 apply.

84.162 INFO CONTACTS:

Regional or Local Office:  Not applicable.

Headquarters Office:  Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs, Department of Education, Switzer Bldg., 330 C Street, SW., Room 5615, Washington, DC 20202. Contact: Ms. Harpreet Sandhu. Phone: (202) 205-9808. Use the same number for FTS.

(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)

84.162 ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:

Formula and Matching Requirements:  The Secretary determines the amount a State is entitled to receive based on its share of the total number of eligible immigrant children reported by all States. A State may use up to 1.5 percent of the award for administrative costs. The remaining funds are allocated to LEAs.

Length and Time Phasing of Assistance:  If a State or subgrantee does not obligate all of its grant or subgrant funds by the end of the fiscal year for which funds were appropriated, it may obligate the remaining funds during a carryover period of one additional fiscal year.

Uses and Use Restrictions:  Funds may be used to: (1) Provide supplementary educational services for immigrant children to achieve a satisfactory level of performance; (2) provide basic instructional services directly attributable to the presence of immigrant children; and (3) provide inservice training for personnel instructing immigrant children.

84.162 POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Reports:  Reports are provided as required by the Education Department's General Administrative Regulations, 34 CFR 76.720-76.721. A biennial report is required by Section 7308 concerning the expenditures of funds.

Audits:  In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that receive financial assistance of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.

Records:  As required by the Education Department's General Administrative Regulations, 34 CFR 76.730-76.741.