Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, CFDA Number: 84.031S [OPE]

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[Federal Register: January 24, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 15)]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information;
Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Program; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.031S.

DATES: Applications Available: January 24, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 10, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: March 27, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs) that
qualify as eligible HSIs are eligible to apply for new Individual
Development Grants and Cooperative Arrangement Development Grants under
the HSI Program. To be an eligible HSI, an IHE must--
(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to
be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training
offered;
(2) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be
a junior college or to provide an educational program for which it
awards a bachelor's degree;
(3) Be designated as an ``eligible institution'' by demonstrating
that it: (A) Has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR
606.3; and (B) has low average educational and general expenditures per
full-time equivalent (FTE) undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR
606.4;
(4) At the time of application, have an enrollment of undergraduate
FTE students that is at least 25 percent Hispanic students; and
(5) Provide assurances that not less than 50 percent of its
Hispanic students are low-income individuals.
For purposes of making the determinations described in paragraphs
(4) and (5) above, IHEs shall use student enrollments for the fall 2005
academic year.
The Notice Inviting Applications for Designation as Eligible
Institutions for FY 2006 was published in the Federal Register on
December 16, 2005 (70 FR 74781). The HSI eligibility requirements are
in 34 CFR 606.2 through 606.5 and can be accessed from the following
Web site: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_01/34cfr606_01.html.

Relationship Between HSI and Title III, Part A Programs

Note 1: A grantee under the HSI Program, which is authorized by
Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), may
not receive a grant under any HEA, Title III, Part A Program. The
Title III, Part A Programs include: the Strengthening Institutions
Program, the American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and
Universities Program; and the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-
Serving Institutions Programs. Further, a current HSI Program
grantee may not give up its HSI grant in order to receive a grant
under any Title III, Part A Program.

Note 2: An eligible HSI that does not fall within the limitation
described in Note 1, i.e., is not a current grantee under the HSI
Program, may apply for a FY 2006 grant under all Title III, Part A
Programs for which it is eligible, as well as under the HSI Program.
However, a successful applicant may receive only one grant.

Note 3: An eligible HSI that previously received a five-year
Individual Development Grant under the HSI Program must wait for two
years after the date the five-year grant ended, including any time
extensions the grant may have received, to apply for another
Individual Development Grant under the HSI Program.

Note 4: An eligible HSI that submits more than one application
may only be awarded one Individual Development Grant or one
Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant in a fiscal year.
Furthermore, we will not award a second Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grant to an otherwise eligible HSI for the same award
year as the institution's existing Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grant award.

Estimated Available Funds: $20,433,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: Individual Development Grant: $300,000-
$575,000. Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant: $400,000-$700,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: Individual Development Grant:
$500,000. Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant: $600,000.
Maximum Awards: Individual Development Grant: $575,000 per year;
Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant: $700,000 per year.
We will not fund any application at an amount exceeding the maximum
amounts specified above for a single budget period of 12 months. We may
choose not to further consider or review applications with budgets that
exceed the maximum amounts specified above, if we conclude, during our
initial review of the application, that the proposed goals and
objectives cannot be obtained with the specified maximum amount.
Estimated Number of Awards: Individual Development Awards: 22.
Cooperative Arrangement Development Awards: 14.

Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice. Applicants should periodically check the HSI Program Web
site for further information. The address is: http://www.ed.gov/programs/idueshsi/index.html.

Project Period: Up to 60 months.

Full Text of Announcement

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Purpose of Program: The HSI Program provides grants to assist HSIs
to expand educational opportunities for, and improve the academic
attainment of, Hispanic students. The HSI Program grants also enable
HSIs to expand and enhance their academic offerings, program quality,
and institutional stability.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1101-1101d, 1103-1103g.

Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations for this program in
34 CFR part 606.

II. Award Information

Type of Award: Discretionary grant. Five-year Individual
Development Grants and Five-year Cooperative Arrangement Development
Grants will be awarded in FY 2006. Planning grants will not be awarded
in FY 2006.
Estimated Available Funds: $20,433,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: Individual Development Grant: $300,000-
$575,000. Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant: $400,000-$700,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: Individual Development Grant:
$500,000. Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant: $600,000.
Maximum Awards: Individual Development Grant: $575,000. Cooperative
Arrangement Development Grant: $700,000.
We will not fund any application at an amount exceeding the maximum
amounts specified above for a single budget period of 12 months. We may
choose not to further consider or review applications with budgets that
exceed the maximum amounts specified above, if we conclude, during our
initial review of the application, that the proposed goals and
objectives cannot be obtained with the specified maximum amount.
Estimated Number of Awards: Individual Development Awards: 22.
Cooperative Arrangement Development Awards: 14.

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Project Period: Up to 60 months.

III. Eligibility Information

Eligible Applicants: IHEs that qualify as eligible HSIs are
eligible to apply for new Individual Development Grants and Cooperative
Arrangement Development Grants under the HSI Program. To be an eligible
HSI, an IHE must--
(1) Be accredited or preaccredited by a nationally recognized
accrediting agency or association that the Secretary has determined to
be a reliable authority as to the quality of education or training
offered;
(2) Be legally authorized by the State in which it is located to be
a junior college or to provide an educational program for which it
awards a bachelor's degree;
(3) Be designated as an ``eligible institution'' by demonstrating
that it: (A) Has an enrollment of needy students as described in 34 CFR
606.3; and (B) has low average educational and general expenditures per
FTE undergraduate student as described in 34 CFR 606.4;
(4) At the time of application, have an enrollment of undergraduate
FTE students that is at least 25 percent Hispanic students; and
(5) Provide assurances that not less than 50 percent of its
Hispanic students are low-income individuals.
For purposes of making the determinations described in paragraphs
(4) and (5) above, IHEs shall use student enrollments for the fall 2005
academic year.
The Notice Inviting Applications for Designation as Eligible
Institutions for FY 2006 was published in the Federal Register on
December 16, 2005 (70 FR 74781). The HSI eligibility requirements are
in 34 CFR 606.2 through 606.5 and can be accessed from the following
Web site: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_01/34cfr606_01.html.

Relationship Between HSI and Title III, Part A Programs

Note 1: A grantee under the HSI Program, which is authorized by
Title V of the HEA, may not receive a grant under any HEA, Title
III, Part A Program. The Title III, Part A Programs include: the
Strengthening Institutions Program; the American Indian Tribally
Controlled Colleges and Universities Program; and the Alaska Native
and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Programs. Further, a
current HSI Program grantee may not give up its HSI grant in order
to receive a grant under any Title III, Part A Program.

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: There are no cost sharing or matching
requirements, unless the grantee uses a portion of its grant for
establishing or improving an endowment fund. If a grantee uses a
portion of its grant for endowment fund purposes, it must match those
grant funds with non-Federal funds. (20 U.S.C. 1101c).

IV. Application and Submission Information

1. Address to Request Application Package: J. Alexander Hamilton,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor,
Washington, DC 20006-8513. Telephone: (202) 502-7583 or by e-mail:
Josephine.Hamilton@ed.gov

If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact
person listed in this section.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission:
a. Applicants must provide, as an attachment to the application,
the documentation the institution relied upon in determining that, for
the fall 2005 academic year, at least 25 percent of the institution's
undergraduate FTE students are Hispanic, and at least 50 percent of the
enrolled Hispanic students are low-income individuals.

Note: The 25 percent requirement applies only to undergraduate
Hispanic students and is calculated based upon FTE students. The 50
percent low-income requirement includes the institution's total
enrollment of Hispanic students and is calculated based upon head
count. Instructions for formatting and submitting the verification
documentation to Grants.gov are in the application package.

b. Additional requirements concerning the content of an
application, together with the forms you must submit, are in the
application package for this program.
Page Limits: The program narrative (Part III of the application) is
where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers
use to evaluate your application. We have established mandatory page
limits for both the Individual Development Grant and the Cooperative
Arrangement Development Grant applications. You must limit the section
of the narrative that addresses the selection criteria to no more than
50 pages for the Individual Development Grant application and 70 pages
for the Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant application, using
the following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1 inch
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch)
all text in the application narrative, except titles, headings,
footnotes, quotations, references, captions and all text in charts,
tables, and graphs.
Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier,
Courier New, or Arial. Applications submitted in any other font
(including Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will not be accepted.
Use font size 12.
The page limit does not apply to Part I, the application for
federal assistance face sheet (SF 424); the supplemental information
form required by the Department of Education; Part II, the budget
information summary form (ED Form 524); and Part IV, the assurances and
certifications. The page limit also does not apply to a table of
contents or the program abstract. If you include any attachments or
appendices other than those specifically requested, these items will be
counted as part of the program narrative (Part III) for purposes of the
page limit requirement. You must include your complete response to the
selection criteria in the program narrative.
We will reject your application if--
You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or
You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the
page limit.
3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications Available: January 24,
2006. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 10, 2006.

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Applications for grants under this program competition must be
submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov).
For information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify
for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, please refer
to section IV. 6. Other Submission Requirements in this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: March 27, 2006.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for this program.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference the regulations outlining
funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this
notice.
Applicability of Executive Order 13202. Applicants that
apply for construction funds under the HSI Program must comply with
Executive Order 13202, signed by President Bush on February 17, 2001
and amended on April 6, 2001. This Executive order provides that
recipients of Federal construction funds may not ``require or prohibit
bidders, offerors, contractors, or subcontractors to enter into or
adhere to agreements with one or more labor organizations, on the same
or other construction project(s)'' or ``otherwise discriminate against
bidders, offerors, contractors, or subcontractors for becoming or
refusing to become or remain signatories or otherwise adhere to
agreements with one or more labor organizations, on the same or other
construction project(s).'' However, the Executive order does not
prohibit contractors or subcontractors from voluntarily entering into
these agreements. Projects funded under this program that include
construction activity will be provided a copy of this Executive order
and grantees will be asked to certify that they will adhere to it.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this program competition must be submitted electronically unless you
qualify for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the
instructions in this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
Applications for grants under the HSI Program (CFDA Number 84.031S)
must be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site at:
http://www.grants.gov. Through this site,
you will be able to download

a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload
and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a
grant application to us.
We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant application for the HSI Program
at: http://www.grants.gov. You must search
for the downloadable

application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include
the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search.
Please note the following:
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through the
site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are time and date
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and
must be date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as
otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your application
if it is date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. When we
retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are
rejecting your application because it was date/time stamped by the
Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
The amount of time it can take to upload an application
will vary depending on a variety of factors including the size of the
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline
date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov.
You should review and follow the Education Submission
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are
included in the application package for this program competition to
ensure that you submit your application in a timely manner to the
Grants.gov system. You can also find the Education Submission
Procedures pertaining to Grants.gov at http://e-grants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.

To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all of the steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see
http://www.Grants.gov/GetStarted). These steps include (1) registering

your organization, (2) registering yourself as an Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR), and (3) getting authorized as an AOR
by your organization. Details on these steps are outlined in the
Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see http://www.grants.gov/assets/GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf).
You also must provide on your

application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please
note that the registration process may take five or more business days
to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to
allow you to successfully submit an application via Grants.gov.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your
application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
all information typically included on the Application for Federal
Education Assistance (SF 424), Budget Information--Non-Construction
Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. You
must attach any narrative sections of your application as files in a
.DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format.
If you upload a file type other than the three file types specified
above or submit a password protected file, we will not review that
material.
Your electronic application must comply with any page
limit requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive an automatic acknowledgment from Grants.gov that contains a
Grants.gov tracking number. The Department will retrieve your
application from Grants.gov and send you a second confirmation by e-
mail that will include

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a PR/Award number (an ED-specified identifying number unique to your
application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues
with the Grants.gov System: If you are prevented from electronically
submitting your application on the application deadline date because of
technical problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an
extension until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business
day to enable you to transmit your application electronically, or by
hand delivery. You also may mail your application by following the
mailing instructions as described elsewhere in this notice. If you
submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
deadline date, please contact the person listed elsewhere in this
notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, and provide an
explanation of the technical problem you experienced with Grants.gov,
along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number (if available). We
will accept your application if we can confirm that a technical problem
occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that problem affected your
ability to submit your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date. The Department will contact you after
a determination is made on whether your application will be accepted.

Note: Extensions referred to in this section apply only to the
unavailability of or technical problems with the Grants.gov system.
We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register
to submit your application to Grants.gov before the deadline date
and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to
the Grants.gov system.

Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov system; and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you
mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed
statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: J. Alexander Hamilton,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 6052,
Washington, DC 20006-8513 FAX: (202) 502-7861.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a
commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail
the original and two copies of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable
following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service:

U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.031S), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-
4260 or,

By mail through a commercial carrier:

U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center--Stop 4260,
Attention: (CFDA Number 84.031S), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD
20785-1506.

Regardless of which address you use, you 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 the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application 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.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.

Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.

c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper
application to the Department by hand. You must deliver the original
and two copies of your application by hand, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:

U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.031S), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.

The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays,
Sundays and Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you mail
or hand deliver your application to the Department:
(1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by the
Department--in Item 4 of the Application for Federal Education
Assistance (SF 424) the CFDA number--and suffix letter, if any--of the
competition under which you are submitting your application.
(2) The Application Control Center will mail a grant application
receipt acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive the grant
application receipt acknowledgment within 15 business days from the
application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288.

V. Application Review Information

1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are
in 34 CFR 606.22(a)-(g). Applicants must address each of the following
selection criteria (separately for each proposed activity). The total
weight of the selection criteria is 100 points; the weight of each
criterion is noted in parentheses.
(a) Quality of The Applicant's Comprehensive Development Plan
(Total 25 Points).
(b) Quality of Activity Objectives (Total 15 Points).
(c) Quality of Implementation Strategy (Total 20 Points).
(d) Quality of Key Personnel (Total 7 Points).
(e) Quality of Project Management Plan (Total 10 Points).

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(f) Quality of Evaluation Plan (Total 15 Points).
(g) Budget (Total 8 Points).
2. Review and Selection Process: Tiebreaker for Development Grants.
In tie-breaking situations for development grants described in 34 CFR
606.23(b), the HSI Program regulations require that we award one
additional point to an application from an IHE that has an endowment
fund for which the market value per FTE student is less than the
comparable average per FTE student at a similar type of IHE. We also
award one additional point to an application from an IHE that had
expenditures for library materials per FTE student that are less than
the comparable average per FTE student at a similar type IHE.
For the purpose of these funding considerations, we use 2003-2004
data.
If a tie remains after applying the tiebreaker mechanism above,
priority will be given in the case of applicants for: (a) Individual
Development Grants to applicants that addressed the statutory priority
found in section 511(d) of the HEA; and (b) Cooperative Arrangement
Development Grants to applicants in accordance with section 514(b) of
the HEA, if the Secretary determines that the cooperative arrangement
is geographically and economically sound or will benefit the applicant
HSI.
If a tie still remains after applying the additional point(s), and
the relevant statutory priority, we will determine the ranking of
applicants based on the lowest endowment values per FTE student.

VI. Award Administration Information

1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may also notify you informally.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual performance report that provides the most current performance
and financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in
34 CFR 75.118, 34 CFR 75.720, and in 34 CFR 606.31.
4. Performance Measures: The Secretary has established the
following key performance measures for assessing the effectiveness of
the HSI Program: (1) The percentage of full-time undergraduate students
who were in their first year of postsecondary enrollment in the
previous year and are enrolled in the current year at the same
institution; (2) The percentage of students enrolled at 4-year HSIs
graduating within 6 years of enrollment; and (3) The percentage of
students enrolled at 2-year HSIs graduating within 3 years of
enrollment.

VII. Agency Contacts

For Further Information Contact: J. Alexander Hamilton, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC
20006-8513. Telephone: (202) 502-7583 or by e-mail:
Josephine.Hamilton@ed.gov or Carnisia Proctor, Telephone: (202) 502-

7606 or by e-mail: Carnisia.Proctor@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the program contact person listed in this
section.

VIII. Other Information

Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.

To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using 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.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html
.

Dated: January 19, 2006.
Sally L. Stroup,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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