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[Federal Register: August 26, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 165)]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA NO: 84.031]

Reopening of Closing Date for Receipt of Applications for Designation as an Eligible Institution for Fiscal Year (FY) 1998, Eligibility for the Part A Strengthening Institutions and Hispanic- Serving Institutions Program

SUMMARY: On November 13, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal Register (62 FR 60988-60989) that established a closing date for transmittal of applications for the FY 1998 designation of eligible institutions for the Part A Strengthening Institutions and Hispanic- Serving Institutions Programs. The purpose of this notice is to reopen the closing date for the transmittal of applications and to allow applicants additional time to establish eligibility for purposes of receiving a waiver of certain non-Federal share requirement under the Federal Work Study (FWS) or Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA).

Some institutions were unable to meet the established deadline date for submitting eligibility applications to obtain FWS or FSEOG program waivers. Under the reopened eligibility process, these institutions may apply for designation as an eligible institution under Title III, Part A of the HEA. Eligibility designation will only be for the purpose of qualifying for a waiver of the non-Federal share requirements of FWS and FSEOG programs.

Institutions will be notified of the outcome of the reopening of the closing date by November 30, 1998.

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: October 16, 1998.

Applications Available: August 14, 1998.

For Applications or Information Contact: Strengthening Institutions Program, Institutional Development and Undergraduate Education Service, U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., (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 (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 8 a.m. and 5 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.

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Anyone may also view these documents in text copy only on an electronic bulletin board of the Department. Telephone: (202) 219-1511 or, toll free, 1-800-222-4922. The documents are located under Option G--Files/Announcements, Bulletins, and Press Releases.

Note: The official version of a document is the document published in the Federal Register.

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

Dated: August 21, 1998. David A. Longanecker, Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.

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