[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 241 (Friday, December 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65926-65927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31664]



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Part IX





Department of Education





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Office of Postsecondary Education; Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-
Study, and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Programs; 
Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Office of Postsecondary Education; Federal Perkins Loan, Federal 
Work-Study, and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant 
Programs

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of the closing date for institutions to file an 
``Application for Institutional Participation'' (ED Form E-40-34P, OMB 
#1840-0098) to participate in the Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-
Study, and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant programs 
for the 1997-98 award year.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary invites currently ineligible institutions of 
higher education that filed a Fiscal Operations Report and Application 
to Participate (FISAP) (ED Form 646-1) in one or more of the ``campus-
based programs'' for the 1997-98 award year to submit to the Secretary 
an ``Application for Institutional Participation'' and all documents 
required for an eligibility and certification determination.
    The campus-based programs are the Federal Perkins Loan Program, the 
Federal Work-Study Program, and the Federal Supplemental Educational 
Opportunity Grant Program and are authorized by Title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965, as amended. The 1997-98 award year is July 1, 
1997, through June 30, 1998.

DATE: Closing Date for Filing Application and Required Documents. To 
participate in the campus-based programs in the 1997-98 award year, a 
currently ineligible institution must mail or hand-deliver its 
``Application for Approval to Participate'' on or before January 13, 
1997. The application along with all documents required for an 
eligibility and certification determination must be submitted to the 
Institutional Participation Division at one of the addresses indicated 
below.

ADDRESSES: Applications and Required Documents Delivered by Mail. The 
application for approval to participate and required documents 
delivered by mail must be addressed to the U.S. Department of 
Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Division, Accreditation 
and Eligibility Determination Initial Participation Branch, Room 3522, 
Regional Office Building 3, 600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20202-5323.
    An applicant 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 Education.
    If an application is sent through the U.S. Postal Service, the 
Secretary does 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.
    An applicant should note that the U.S. Postal Service does not 
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before relying on this method, an 
applicant should check with its local post office.
    An applicant is encouraged to use certified or at least first class 
mail. Institutions that submit institutional participation applications 
and required documents after the closing date will not be considered 
for funding under the campus-based programs for award year 1997-98.
    Applications and Required Documents Delivered by Hand. An 
institutional participation application and required documents 
delivered by hand must be taken to the U.S. Department of Education, 
Office of Postsecondary Education, Institutional Participation 
Division, Room 3522, Regional Office Building 3, (GSA Building), 7th 
and D Streets, S.W., Washington, D.C. We will accept hand-delivered 
applications between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Eastern time) daily, 
except Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays. An institutional 
participation application for the 1997-98 award year that is delivered 
by hand will not be accepted after 4:30 p.m. on the closing date.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the three campus-based programs, the 
Secretary allocates funds to eligible institutions of higher education. 
The Secretary will not allocate funds under the campus-based programs 
for award year 1997-98 to any currently ineligible institution unless 
the institution files its ``Application for Institutional 
Participation'' and other required documents by the closing date. If 
the institution submits its application for approval to participate or 
other required documents after the closing date, the Secretary will use 
this application in determining the institution's eligibility to 
participate in the campus-based programs beginning with the 1998-99 
award year.
    For purposes of this notice, ineligible institutions only include:
    (1) An institution that has not been designated as an eligible 
institution by the Secretary but has previously filed a FISAP; or
    (2) An additional location of an eligible institution that is 
currently not included in the Department's eligibility certification 
for that eligible institution but has been included in the 
institution's 1997-98 FISAP.
    The Secretary wishes to advise institutions that the institutional 
eligibility form, ``Application for Approval to Participate,'' should 
not be confused with the FISAP form that institutions were required to 
submit electronically as of October 1, 1996, in order to be considered 
for funds under the campus-based programs for the 1997-98 award year.

Applicable Regulations

    The following regulations apply to the campus-based programs:
    (1) Student Assistance General Provisions, 34 CFR Part 668.
    (2) Federal Perkins Loan Program, 34 CFR Part 674.
    (3) Federal Work-Study Program, 34 CFR Part 675.
    (4) Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program, 34 
CFR Part 676.
    (5) Institutional Eligibility Under the Higher Education Act of 
1965, as amended, 34 CFR Part 600.
    (6) New Restrictions on Lobbying, 34 CFR Part 82.
    (7) Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and 
Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants), 34 CFR 
Part 85.
    (8) Drug-Free Schools and Campuses, 34 CFR Part 86.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning designation 
of eligibility, contact: Liz Neverson or John Frohlicher, Accreditation 
and Eligibility Determination Division, Initial Participation Branch, 
U.S. Department of Education, Room 3522, Regional Office Building 3, 
600 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20202-5343. Telephone: 
(202) 708-4906.
    For technical assistance concerning the FISAP or other operational 
procedures of the campus-based programs, contact: Sandra K. Donelson, 
Institutional Financial Management Division, U.S. Department of 
Education, P.O. Box 23781, Washington, D.C. 20026-0781. Telephone: 
(202) 708-9751. 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.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Numbers: 84.007 Federal 
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program;

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84.033 Federal Work-Study Program; 84.038 Federal Perkins Loan 
Program)

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.; and 20 
U.S.C. 1070b et seq.)

    Dated: December 9, 1996.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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