[Federal Register: August 2, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 147)] [Notices] [Page 41920-41921] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr02au99-78] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION [CFDA No.: 84.033] Federal Work-Study Programs AGENCY: Department of Education. ACTION: Notice of the closing date for institutions that participate in the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program to submit the Campus-Based Reallocation Form (ED Form E40-4P). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Secretary gives notice to institutions of higher education of the deadline for an institution that participated in the FWS Program for the 1998-1999 award year (July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999) to request supplemental FWS funds for the 1999-2000 award year (July 1, 1999 through June 30, 2000). The information collected is used to determine whether an institution is eligible to receive supplemental FWS funds for the 1999-2000 award year. DATES: Closing Date and Method for Submitting a Campus-Based Reallocation Form. If you participated in the FWS Program for the 1998- 99 award year and want to ensure that you will be considered for supplemental FWS funds for the 1999-2000 award year, you must submit the electronic Campus-Based Reallocation Form by August 27, 1999. The new Fiscal Operations Report for 1998-1999 and Application to Participate for 2000-2001 (FISAP) software that you will receive in July 1999 also contains the Campus-Based Reallocation Form (E-40-4P). The Campus-Based Reallocation Form electronic data must be transmitted via the Department's Title IV Wide Area Network (Title IV WAN) using EDConnect. Specific information on this electronic transmission is provided in ``Dear Colleague'' letter CB-99-11 that was issued in July 1999. Transmit the Reallocation Form data to us only if you are releasing campus-based funds or are requesting supplemental 1999-2000 FWS funds. Although the FISAP is not due until October 1, 1999, you must complete the Campus-Based Reallocation Form electronic data transmission prior to midnight, Eastern time, on August 27, 1999. (For purposes of this notice, this deadline means that an institution has all of August 27, 1999, to transmit electronically.) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will reallocate unexpended FWS Federal funds from the 1998-99 award year as supplemental allocations for the 1999-2000 award year under the FWS Program. Supplemental allocations will be issued this fall in accordance with the reallocation procedures contained in the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). Under section 442(e) of the HEA, unexpended FWS funds returned to the Secretary must be reallocated to eligible institutions that used at least 10 percent of the total FWS Federal funds granted to the institution to compensate students employed in community services. Because reallocated FWS funds will be distributed on the basis of fair share shortfall criteria, you must also have a fair share shortfall to receive these funds. A fair share shortfall means that you have an unmet need for FWS funds as determined by the FWS allocation formula in the HEA that uses data reported on the FISAP. You must use all the reallocated FWS Federal funds to compensate students employed in community services. To ensure consideration for supplemental FWS Federal funds for the 1999-2000 award year, you must submit the Campus-Based Reallocation Form data by August 27, 1999. Applicable Regulations The following regulations apply to the Federal Work-Study Program: (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 CFR part 673. (3) Federal Work-Study Programs, 34 CFR part 675. (4) Institutional Eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, 34 CFR part 600. [[Page 41921]] (5) New Restrictions on Lobbying, 34 CFR part 82. (6) Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants), 34 CFR part 85. (7) Drug-Free Schools and Campuses, 34 CFR part 86. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical assistance concerning the Campus-Based Reallocation Form or other operational procedures of the campus-based programs, contact Mr. Milton Thomas, Jr., Institutional Financial Management Division, U.S. Department of Education, PO Box 23781, Washington, DC 20026-0781. Telephone (202) 708-9756. 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, audiotape or computer diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding paragraph. Electronic Access to This Document You may view this document, as well as all other Department of Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text of Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at either of the following sites: http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm http://www.ed.gov/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 (GPO), toll free at 1-888-293-6498 or in the Washington, DC area at (202) 512-1530. Note: The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http:// www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html Program Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2752. Dated: July 27, 1999. Greg Woods, Chief Operating Officer, Office of Student Financial Assistance. [FR Doc. 99-19723 Filed 7-30-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-U