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Part III





Department of Education





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Institute for International Public Policy Program; Final Definitions 
and Priority and Invitation to Apply for New Awards for Fiscal Year 
1994; Notices
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

Institute for International Public Policy; Final Definition and 
Priority for Fiscal Year 1994

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of final definitions and priority for fiscal year 1994.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary announces a competitive priority for fiscal year 
(FY) 1994 under the Institute for International Public Policy Program. 
This program is designed to significantly increase the number of 
African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, American 
Indians, Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the 
international service. The Secretary takes this action to focus Federal 
financial assistance on this identified national need. The priority is 
intended to encourage applicants to develop consortial arrangements 
that include historically Black colleges and universities, institutions 
of higher education serving substantial numbers of African American, 
Hispanic American, Asian American, American Indian, Alaskan Native, 
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Island students, and institutions of higher 
education with programs to train foreign service professionals.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This priority takes effect either 45 days after 
publication in the Federal Register or later if the Congress takes 
certain adjournments. If you want to know the effective date of this 
priority, call or write the Department of Education contact person.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph Hines, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202-5332. 
Telephone: (202) 732-6066. 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Institute for International Public 
Policy program will provide a grant to a consortium of institutions of 
higher education to conduct a program designed to significantly 
increase the number of African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian 
Americans, American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians and 
Pacific Islanders in the international service.
    Title VI, Part C, section 621 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
as amended, states that an eligible recipient is a consortium that 
consists of at least one or more of the following: (1) An institution 
eligible for assistance under Part B of title III of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, as amended; (2) an institution of higher 
education that serves substantial numbers of African American or other 
underrepresented minority students; or (3) an institution of higher 
education with programs in training foreign service professionals.
    Many of the students this program is designed to serve are enrolled 
in institutions in categories (1) and (2). The Secretary believes that 
the purposes of the legislation can be best carried out by a consortium 
that includes institutions from each of these categories. Therefore, 
the Secretary establishes a competitive priority for applications for 
consortia that include historically Black colleges and universities, 
institutions serving substantial numbers of African American, Hispanic 
American, Asian American, American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native 
Hawaiian or Pacific Island students, and institutions that offer 
programs to train foreign service professionals.
    On April 8, 1994, the Secretary published a notice of proposed 
priority for this program in the Federal Register (59 FR 1679-80).

    Note: This notice of final priority does not solicit 
applications. A notice inviting applications under this competition 
is published in a separate notice in this issue of the Federal 
Register.

Public Comment

    In the notice of proposed priority, the Secretary invited comments 
on the proposed priority. The Secretary received one substantive 
comment.
    Comment: The commenter suggested that the list of eligible 
institutions be revised to expressly include ``tribal colleges.'' The 
commenter felt that tribal colleges should be recognized by name 
instead of being categorized under the ``underrepresented minorities'' 
rubric.
    Discussion: The statute lists three types of institutions as 
eligible recipients. The statutory language cannot be altered to add 
tribal colleges to the list of eligible institutions. The list includes 
institutions serving substantial numbers of ``African American or other 
underrepresented minority students.'' A listing by name of 
underrepresented minorities was included under the definitions section 
in the notice of proposed priority. The definitions section includes 
American Indians. Therefore, institutions serving substantial numbers 
of American Indians, such as tribal colleges, are already eligible. The 
Secretary intended that the program be viewed as more inclusive rather 
than exclusive. Therefore, the Secretary has decided to identify all of 
the underrepresented minority groups by name. American Indians are 
included among these groups.
    Changes: The notice of final priority has been amended to recognize 
by name all underrepresented minority groups.

Priority

    Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) the Secretary gives preference to 
applications that meet the following competitive priority. The 
Secretary awards 15 points to an application that meets this 
competitive priority in a particularly effective way. These points 
would be in addition to any points the application earns under the 
selection criteria for this program:
    Consortia that include at least one institution from each of the 
following categories: (1) historically Black colleges and universities 
as defined in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 
amended; (2) institutions of higher education that serve substantial 
numbers of African American, Hispanic American, Asian American, 
American Indian, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Island 
students; and (3) institutions of higher education with programs in 
training foreign service professionals.

Definitions

    The statute states that one of the members of an eligible 
consortium may be an institution of higher education that serves 
substantial numbers of African American or other underrepresented 
minority students. The Secretary defines ``substantial'' to mean at 
least 25 percent of the enrolled undergraduate student population at an 
institution. The Secretary also defines ``underrepresented minorities'' 
to include African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, 
American Indians, Alaskan Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific 
Islanders.

Intergovernmental Review

    This program is subject to the requirements of Executive Order 
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. The objective of the 
Executive order is to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a 
strengthened federalism by relying on processes developed by State and 
local governments for coordination and review of proposed Federal 
financial assistance.
    In accordance with this order, this document is intended to provide 
early notification of the Department's specific plans and actions for 
this program.

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1131-1131f.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.269)

    Dated: June 15, 1994.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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