Annual Designation of Title III and Title V Schools and Waiver Process

Publication Date
December 16, 2019
Subject
Annual Designation of Title III and Title V Schools and Waiver Process
FR Type
Notice


[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 241 (Monday, December 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68434-68438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27048]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Eligibility Designations and Applications for Waiving Eligibility 
Requirements; Programs Under Parts A and F of Title III and Programs 
Under Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as Amended (HEA)

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education 
(Department).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department announces the process for designation of 
eligible institutions and invites applications for waivers of 
eligibility requirements for fiscal year (FY) 2020, for the following 
programs:

1. Programs authorized under title III, part A of the HEA: 
Strengthening Institutions Program (Part A SIP), Alaska Native and 
Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (Part A ANNH), Predominantly Black 
Institutions (Part A PBI), Native American-Serving Nontribal 
Institutions (Part A NASNTI), and Asian American and Native American 
Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (Part A AANAPISI).

2. Programs authorized under title III, part F of the HEA: 
Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM and Articulation (Part F, HSI STEM 
and Articulation), Predominantly Black Institutions (Part F PBI), 
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (Part F ANNH), 
Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (Part F NASNTI), and 
Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving 
Institutions (Part F AANAPISI).

Note: The authority to award new grants under section 371 of the 
HEA expired at the end of FY 2019. However, we will review applications 
for eligibility should Congress renew the Department's authority to 
award new grants under this section.

3. Programs authorized under title V of the HEA: Developing 
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) and Promoting Postbaccalaureate 
Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA).

DATES: Applications Available: December 16, 2019.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: January 15, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Smith, Institutional 
Service, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 
250-10, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 453-7946. Email: Christopher.smith@ed.gov; or Jason Cottrell, Institutional Service, 
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, room 250-50, 
Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202)453-7530. Email: Jason.Cottrell@ed.gov.

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