[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 1997)]
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[FR Doc No: 97-12878]



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Department of Education





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Reopening of Closing Date for Receipt of Application for Designation as 
an Eligible Institution for Fiscal Year 1997; Eligibility for the 
Strengthening Institutions, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and 
Endowment Challenge Grant Program; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.031A, CFDA No. 84.031G]


Reopening of Closing Date for Receipt of Applications for 
Designation as an Eligible Institution for Fiscal Year 1997; 
Eligibility for the Strengthening Institutions, Hispanic-Serving 
Institutions, and Endowment Challenge Grant Programs

SUMMARY: On November 27, 1996 and January 13, 1997, notices were 
published in the Federal Register (61 FR 60254-60265 and 62 FR 1739-
1740) that established closing dates for transmittal of applications 
for the FY 1997 designation of eligible institutions for the 
Strengthening Institutions, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and 
Endowment Challenge Grant programs. The purpose of this notice is to 
reopen the closing date for the transmittal of applications and to 
notify applicants of an error in the application package. This action 
is taken to give institutions additional time to apply for the first 
time for designation as an eligible institution under these programs in 
FY 1997 or to correct any previous application based on the erroneous 
information in the application package.

DEADLINE DATE FOR TRANSMITTAL OF NEW APPLICATIONS: June 6, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: One criterion that an institution must 
satisfy to qualify as an eligible institution under the Strengthening 
Institutions, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, and Endowment Challenge 
Grant Programs is the needy student requirement set forth in section 
312 (b)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.
    However, an institution may request a waiver of that requirement if 
at least 30 percent of its enrollment consisted of students from low-
income families.
    Appendix 1 on page 6 of the application booklet contained incorrect 
Base Year Low-Income Levels. The correct levels are as follows:

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                                Contiguous 48                           
                                 states, the                            
                                 District of                            
     Size of family unit        Columbia, and      Hawaii       Alaska  
                                  outlying                              
                                jurisdictions                           
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1...........................           $11,040      $13,800      $12,705
2...........................            14,760       18,450       16,980
3...........................            18,480       23,100       21,255
4...........................            22,200       27,750       25,530
5...........................            25,920       32,400       29,805
6...........................            29,640       37,050       34,080
7...........................            33,360       41,700       38,355
8...........................            37,080       46,350      42,360 
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* The figures shown under family income represent amounts equal to 150% 
  of the family income levels established by the U.S. Bureau of the     
  Census for determining poverty status. These levels were published by 
  the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal       
  Register on February 10, 1994 (59 FR 6277-6278).                      

For family units with more than eight members, add the following amount 
for each additional family member: 3,720 for the contiguous 48 states, 
the District of Columbia and outlying jurisdictions; 4,650 for Alaska; 
and 4,275 for Hawaii.
    As a result of the inaccurate table, institutions may have been 
discouraged from applying for a waiver, or institutions may have 
applied for and been denied a waiver based upon that inaccurate table. 
Under the reopened application period, these institutions may apply or 
reapply for a waiver of the needy student criterion based on the 
corrected low-income levels table.
    In addition, any institution that seeks for the first time to be 
designated as eligible in FY 1997 may apply under this reopening of the 
closing date. Institutions should base any application for a waiver of 
the needy student criterion on the corrected Base Year Low-Income 
Levels table in this notice.

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. Telephone: (202) 708-
8816 or 708-8839. 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. Information about the Department's funding opportunities, 
including copies of application notices for discretionary grant 
competitions, can be viewed on the Department's electronic bulletin 
board (ED Board), telephone (202) 260-9950; on the Internet Gopher 
Server (at gopher://gcs.ed.gov/); or on the World Wide Web (at http://
gcs.ed.gov). However, the official application notice for a 
discretionary grant competition is the notice published in the Federal 
Register.

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

    Dated: May 9, 1997.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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