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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and
Humanitarian Assistance; Office of
Private Voluntary Cooperation/
American Schools and Hospitals
Abroad; Announcement of Changed
Criterion # 8 of the American Schools
and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA)
Program; Notice
The U.S. Agency for International
Development is announcing changed
Criterion # 8 of the American Schools
and Hospitals Abroad program,
pursuant to section 214 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
The program criteria serve as
administrative guidance for considering
the acceptability and relative merits of
applicants.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
George Like (202) 712–1766, ASHA,
U.S. Agency for International
Development, Washington, DC 20523.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
November 26, 1979, the U.S. Agency for
International Development published 11
Program Criteria for the American
Schools and Hospitals Abroad program.
Originally Criterion # 8 stated ‘‘The
institution must be open to all persons
regardless of race, religion, sex, color or
national origin. (The above shall not be
construed to require enrollment of
students of both sexes at an educational
institution enrolling males or females
only.) Assistance may not be used to
train persons for religious pursuits or to
construct buildings or other facilities
intended for worship or religious
instruction.’’
On December 16, 2002, Executive
Order 13279 ‘‘Equal Protection of the
Laws for Faith-Based and Community
Organizations’’ was published in the
Federal Register (67 FR 77145). In
partial fulfillment of that Executive
Order, on October 21, 2004, the U.S.
Agency for International Development
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announced in the Federal Register (69
FR 61785) proposed changes to
Criterion # 8 of the American Schools
and Hospitals Abroad program. The
Agency provided a 60-day comment
period on the announced proposed
changes, which ended on December 20,
2004. No public comments on the
proposed changes were received.
Accordingly, Criterion # 8 of the
American Schools and Hospitals Abroad
program is changed to ‘‘The institution
must be open to all persons regardless
of race, religion, sex, color or national
origin. (The above shall not be
construed to require enrollment of
students of both sexes at an educational
institution enrolling males or females
only.) Direct assistance may not be used
to support any inherently religious
activities, such as worship, religious
instruction or proselytization.’’
Leonard M. Rogers,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for
Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian
Assistance.
[FR Doc. 05–14866 Filed 7–26–05; 8:45 am]
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AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance;
Office of Private Voluntary Cooperation/American Schools and Hospitals
Abroad; Announcement of Changed Criterion 8 of the American
Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) Program; Notice
The U.S. Agency for International Development is announcing changed
Criterion 8 of the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad
program, pursuant to section 214 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
as amended. The program criteria serve as administrative guidance for
considering the acceptability and relative merits of applicants.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. George Like (202) 712-1766, ASHA,
U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, DC 20523.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 26, 1979, the U.S. Agency for
International Development published 11 Program Criteria for the
American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program. Originally Criterion
8 stated ``The institution must be open to all persons
regardless of race, religion, sex, color or national origin. (The above
shall not be construed to require enrollment of students of both sexes
at an educational institution enrolling males or females only.)
Assistance may not be used to train persons for religious pursuits or
to construct buildings or other facilities intended for worship or
religious instruction.''
On December 16, 2002, Executive Order 13279 ``Equal Protection of
the Laws for Faith-Based and Community Organizations'' was published in
the Federal Register (67 FR 77145). In partial fulfillment of that
Executive Order, on October 21, 2004, the U.S. Agency for International
Development announced in the Federal Register (69 FR 61785) proposed
changes to Criterion 8 of the American Schools and Hospitals
Abroad program. The Agency provided a 60-day comment period on the
announced proposed changes, which ended on December 20, 2004. No public
comments on the proposed changes were received.
Accordingly, Criterion 8 of the American Schools and
Hospitals Abroad program is changed to ``The institution must be open
to all persons regardless of race, religion, sex, color or national
origin. (The above shall not be construed to require enrollment of
students of both sexes at an educational institution enrolling males or
females only.) Direct assistance may not be used to support any
inherently religious activities, such as worship, religious instruction
or proselytization.''
Leonard M. Rogers,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and
Humanitarian Assistance.
[FR Doc. 05-14866 Filed 7-26-05; 8:45 am]
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