05/05/99: Reopening the Process for Designation as an Eligible Institution for Fiscal Year 1999 for the Following Programs: Strengthening Institutions, American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Hispanic-Serving Institutions[OPE]


[Federal Register: May 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 86)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No: 84.031]

 
Reopening the Process for Designation as an Eligible Institution 
for Fiscal Year 1999 for the Following Programs: Strengthening 
Institutions, American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and 
Universities, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, 
and Hispanic-Serving Institutions

SUMMARY: On February 8, 1999, the Department of Education published in 
the Federal Register (64 FR 6178) a closing date notice for 
applications from institutions that wish to be designated as eligible 
institutions under the following programs: Strengthening Institutions, 
American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, Alaska 
Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions, and Hispanic-Serving 
Institutions (HSI). The first three programs are authorized under Title 
III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). The HSI 
program is authorized under Title V of the HEA. The purpose of this 
notice is to provide additional time for institutions that wish to 
compete for new grants under these programs to obtain designation as 
eligible institutions.
    The closing date for eligibility applications is now May 17, 1999 
for institutions that wish to apply for new grant awards under these 
programs. The Department has announced a closing date of May 24, 1999 
for applications for new grant awards under the Strengthening 
Institutions, American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and 
Universities, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions 
Programs, and plans to announce a closing date of June 25, 1999 for the 
HSI Program. Because of time constraints, the Department does not 
guarantee that it will be able to notify an applicant for designation 
as an eligible institution of its status before the May 24, 1999 and 
June 25, 1999 grant award closing dates.
    However, the closing date of May 28, 1999 has not changed for 
applicant

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institutions that only wish to receive a wavier of certain non-Federal 
share requirements under the Federal Work Study or Federal Supplemental 
Education Opportunity Grant programs authorized under Title IV of the 
HEA and the Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language 
Program authorized under Title VI of the HEA.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 17, 1999.
    Applications Available: February 10, 1999.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Ellen M. Sealey, Margaret 
A. Wheeler, or Anne. S. Young, Institutional Development and 
Undergraduate Education Service, U.S. Department of Education, 400 
Maryland Avenue, SW (Suite CY-80, Portals Building), Washington, DC 
20202-5335. Telephones: (202) 708-8816, 708-8839 or 708-8866. 
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 office listed in the preceding paragraph.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application 
in an alternate format, also, by contacting that office. However, the 
Department is not able to reproduce in an alternate format the standard 
forms included in the application package.

Electronic Access To This Document

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    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
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Regulations is available on GPO Access at:

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    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057, 1059c and 1065a.

    Dated: April 29, 1999.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 99-11237 Filed 5-04-99; 8:45 am]
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