[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41920-41921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19723]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.033]


Federal Work-Study Programs

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of the closing date for institutions that participate in 
the Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program to submit the Campus-Based 
Reallocation Form (ED Form E40-4P).

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SUMMARY: The Secretary gives notice to institutions of higher education 
of the deadline for an institution that participated in the FWS Program 
for the 1998-1999 award year (July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999) to 
request supplemental FWS funds for the 1999-2000 award year (July 1, 
1999 through June 30, 2000). The information collected is used to 
determine whether an institution is eligible to receive supplemental 
FWS funds for the 1999-2000 award year.

DATES: Closing Date and Method for Submitting a Campus-Based 
Reallocation Form. If you participated in the FWS Program for the 1998-
99 award year and want to ensure that you will be considered for 
supplemental FWS funds for the 1999-2000 award year, you must submit 
the electronic Campus-Based Reallocation Form by August 27, 1999.
    The new Fiscal Operations Report for 1998-1999 and Application to 
Participate for 2000-2001 (FISAP) software that you will receive in 
July 1999 also contains the Campus-Based Reallocation Form (E-40-4P). 
The Campus-Based Reallocation Form electronic data must be transmitted 
via the Department's Title IV Wide Area Network (Title IV WAN) using 
EDConnect. Specific information on this electronic transmission is 
provided in ``Dear Colleague'' letter CB-99-11 that was issued in July 
1999. Transmit the Reallocation Form data to us only if you are 
releasing campus-based funds or are requesting supplemental 1999-2000 
FWS funds.
    Although the FISAP is not due until October 1, 1999, you must 
complete the Campus-Based Reallocation Form electronic data 
transmission prior to midnight, Eastern time, on August 27, 1999. (For 
purposes of this notice, this deadline means that an institution has 
all of August 27, 1999, to transmit electronically.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department will reallocate unexpended 
FWS Federal funds from the 1998-99 award year as supplemental 
allocations for the 1999-2000 award year under the FWS Program. 
Supplemental allocations will be issued this fall in accordance with 
the reallocation procedures contained in the Higher Education Act of 
1965, as amended (HEA). Under section 442(e) of the HEA, unexpended FWS 
funds returned to the Secretary must be reallocated to eligible 
institutions that used at least 10 percent of the total FWS Federal 
funds granted to the institution to compensate students employed in 
community services. Because reallocated FWS funds will be distributed 
on the basis of fair share shortfall criteria, you must also have a 
fair share shortfall to receive these funds. A fair share shortfall 
means that you have an unmet need for FWS funds as determined by the 
FWS allocation formula in the HEA that uses data reported on the FISAP. 
You must use all the reallocated FWS Federal funds to compensate 
students employed in community services. To ensure consideration for 
supplemental FWS Federal funds for the 1999-2000 award year, you must 
submit the Campus-Based Reallocation Form data by August 27, 1999.

Applicable Regulations

    The following regulations apply to the Federal Work-Study Program:
    (1) Student Assistance General Provisions, 34 CFR part 668.
    (2) General Provisions for the Federal Perkins Loan Program, 
Federal Work-Study Program, and Federal Supplemental Educational 
Opportunity Grant Program, 34 CFR part 673.
    (3) Federal Work-Study Programs, 34 CFR part 675.
    (4) Institutional Eligibility under the Higher Education Act of 
1965, as amended, 34 CFR part 600.

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    (5) New Restrictions on Lobbying, 34 CFR part 82.
    (6) Governmentwide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and 
Governmentwide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Grants), 34 CFR 
part 85.
    (7) Drug-Free Schools and Campuses, 34 CFR part 86.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For technical assistance concerning 
the Campus-Based Reallocation Form or other operational procedures of 
the campus-based programs, contact Mr. Milton Thomas, Jr., 
Institutional Financial Management Division, U.S. Department of 
Education, PO Box 23781, Washington, DC 20026-0781. Telephone (202) 
708-9756. 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.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape or computer 
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding 
paragraph.

Electronic Access to This Document

    You may view this document, as well as all other Department of 
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text of Adobe 
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at either of the 
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http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
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To use the PDF you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with 
Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you 
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Office (GPO), toll free at 1-888-293-6498 or in the Washington, DC area 
at (202) 512-1530.

    Note: The official version of this document is the document 
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Program Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2752.

    Dated: July 27, 1999.
Greg Woods,
Chief Operating Officer, Office of Student Financial Assistance.
[FR Doc. 99-19723 Filed 7-30-99; 8:45 am]
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