12/17/99: Office of Student Financial Assistance; Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study, and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Programs[OSFA]


[Federal Register: December 17, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 242)]
[Notices]               
[Page 70700-70701]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.038, 84.033, and 84.007]

 
Office of Student Financial Assistance; Federal Perkins Loan, 
Federal Work-Study, and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity 
Grant Programs

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of the closing date for institutions to file an 
Application for Approval to Participate in Federal Student Financial 
Aid Programs (ED Form E40-34P, OMB #1845-0012) to participate in the 
Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study, and Federal Supplemental 
Educational Opportunity Grant programs (known collectively as the 
campus-based programs) for the 2000-2001 award year.

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SUMMARY: We invite currently ineligible institutions of higher 
education that filed a Fiscal Operations Report and Application to 
Participate (FISAP) (ED Form 646-1) in one or more of the campus-based 
programs for the 2000-2001 award year to submit to us an Application 
for Approval to Participate and all required supporting documents for 
an eligibility and certification determination.
    The campus-based programs are the Federal Perkins Loan Program, the 
Federal Work-Study Program, and the Federal Supplemental Educational 
Opportunity Grant Program and are authorized by title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). The 2000-2001 award year is 
July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001.

CLOSING DATE: To participate in the campus-based programs in the 2000-
2001 award year, a currently eligible institution must mail or hand-
deliver its Application for Approval to Participate on or before 
January 21, 2000. The application, along with all required supporting 
documents for an eligibility and certification determination, must be 
submitted to the Institutional Participation and Oversight Service at 
one of the addresses indicated below.

ADDRESSES: Applications and Required Documents Delivered by Mail. The 
application for approval to participate and required supporting 
documents delivered by mail must be addressed to the U.S. Department of 
Education, Institutional Participation and Oversight Service, P.O. Box 
44805, L'Enfant Plaza Station, Washington D.C. 20026-4805.
    An applicant must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the 
following: (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark; (2) a 
legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the U.S. 
Postal service; (3) a dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a 
commercial carrier; or (4) any other proof of mailing acceptable to us.
    If an application is sent through the U.S. Postal Service, we do 
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing: (1) A private 
metered postmark, or (2) a mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. 
Postal Service.
    An applicant should note that the U.S. Postal Service does not 
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before relying on this method, an 
applicant should check with its local post office.
    An applicant is encouraged to use certified or at least first class 
mail. Institutions that submit applications for approval to participate 
and required supporting documents after the closing date of January 21, 
2000, will not be considered for funding under the campus-based 
programs for award year 2000-2001.

Applications and Required Documents Delivered by Hand.

    An application for approval to participate and required supporting 
documents delivered by hand must be taken to the U.S. Department of 
Education, Institutional Participation and Oversight Service, 7th and D 
Streets, S.W., Regional Office Building 3, (GSA Building), Room 3514, 
Washington, D.C. 20407. We will accept hand-delivered applications 
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Eastern time) daily, except Saturdays, 
Sundays, and Federal holidays. An application for approval to 
participate for the 2000-2001 award year that is delivered by hand will 
not be accepted after 4:30 p.m. on January 21, 2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the three campus-based programs, we 
allocate funds to eligible institutions of higher education. We will 
not allocate funds under the campus-based programs for award year 2000-
2001 to any currently ineligible institution unless the institution 
files its ``Application for Approval to Participate in Federal Student 
Financial Aid Programs'' and other required supporting documents by the 
closing date. If the institution submits its application for approval 
to participate or other required supporting documents after the January 
21, 2000 closing date, we will use this application in determining the 
institution's eligibility to participate in the campus-based programs 
beginning with the 2001-2002 award year.
    For purposes of this notice, ineligible institutions only include:

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    (1) An institution that has not been designated as an eligible 
institution by us but has previously filed a FISAP; or
    (2) An additional location of an eligible institution that is 
currently not included in the Department's eligibility certification 
for that eligible institution, but has been included in the 
institution's 2000-2001 FISAP.
    We wish to advise institutions that the institutional eligibility 
form, ``Application for Approval to Participate in Federal Student 
Financial Aid Programs,'' should not be confused with the FISAP form 
that institutions were required to submit electronically as of October 
1, 1998, in order to be considered for funds under the campus-based 
programs for the 2000-2001 award year.
    Applicable Regulations: The following regulations apply to the 
campus-based programs:
    (1) Student Assistance General Provisions, 34 CFR Part 668.
    (2) General Provisions for the Federal Perkins Loan Program, 
Federal Work-Study Program, and Federal Supplemental Educational 
Opportunity Grant Program, 34 CRF Part 673.
    (3) Federal Perkins Loan Program, 34 CFR Part 674.
    (4) Federal Work-Study Program, 34 CFR 675.
    (5) Federal Supplemental Opportunity Grant Program, 34 CFR Part 
676.
    (6) Institutional Eligibility Under the Higher Education Act of 
1965, as amended, 34 CFR Part 600.
    (7) New Restrictions on Lobbying, 34 CFR Part 82.
    (8) Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and 
Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants), 34 CFR 
Part 85.
    (9) Drug-Free Schools and Campuses, 34 CFR Part 86.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning designation 
of eligibility, contact the appropriate ED Institutional Participation 
and Oversight Service (IPOS) case management team by telephone, fax, or 
over the Internet. The case management teams are listed with telephone 
and fax numbers and Internet addresses in the Application for Approval 
to Participate in Federal Student Financial Aid Programs on pages 5, 6, 
and 7 of the Introduction.
    For technical assistance concerning the FISAP or other operational 
procedures of the campus-based programs, contact: Sandra K. Donelson, 
Title IV Delivery, Campus-Based Operations, U.S. Department of 
Education, P.O. Box 23781, Washington, D.C. 20026-0781. Telephone: 
(202) 708-9751. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the 
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-
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    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 2751 et 
seq.; and 20 U.S.C. 1070b et seq.)

    Dated: December 13, 1999.
Greg Woods,
Chief Operating Officer, Office of Student Financial Assistance.
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