[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 122 (Friday, June 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39136-39137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15920]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No: 84.031H and 84.031N]


Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program 
Notice of Reopening of Fiscal Year 2000 Deadline Dates for Receipt of 
Applications for Designation as Eligible Alaska Native-Serving 
Institutions and for Receipt of Grant Applications From Alaska Native-
Serving Institutions

    Purpose: On December 30, 1999 we published in the Federal Register 
(64 FR 73527) a closing date notice for applications from institutions 
that wished to be designated as eligible institutions under the Alaska 
Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program. This program 
is authorized under section 317 of Title III of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965, as amended (HEA). Under that notice, February 4, 2000 was 
the deadline date for submitting eligibility applications for 
institutions that wished to apply for Fiscal Year 2000 grants.
    On December 30, 1999, we also published in the Federal Register (64 
FR 73525) the grant application closing date notice for the Alaska 
Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program. That deadline 
date was February 18, 2000 for applications for development grants. 
(Planning grant deadline was March 2, 2000.)
    In response to these notices, three institutions applied to be 
designated as an eligible Alaska Native-Serving Institution, but only 
one institutional applicant so qualified. This institution applied for 
a planning grant of roughly $32,500. Approximately $1.5 million of the 
Fiscal Year 2000 appropriation designated for Alaska Native-Serving 
Institutions under the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving 
Institutions Program remains available for new awards.
    There are four other institutions in Alaska that could have applied 
and qualified as eligible Alaska Native-Serving Institutions, and would 
have been considered for funding under the Alaska Native and Native 
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program had they applied. Accordingly, we 
are reopening the eligibility designation process and extending the 
deadline date to July 7, 2000 to allow institutions to apply for 
designation as eligible Alaska Native-Serving Institutions. We are also 
opening the grant application process and extending the deadline date 
to July 28, 2000 to allow only eligible Alaska Native-Serving 
Institutions to apply for a grant under the Alaska Native and

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Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions Program.
    Applications Available: Applications currently available.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: June 28, 2000 for 
applications requesting designation as an eligible Alaska Native-
Serving Institution and the Alaska Native-Serving Institutions 
Certification Form (Appendix XIII in application booklet). July 28, 
2000 for grant applications from eligible Alaska Native-Serving 
Institutions under the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving 
Institutions Program.
    Available Funds: Approximately $1.5 million.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Darlene B. Collins, U.S. 
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., 6th Floor, Washington, DC 
20006-8513. Telephone (202) 502-7777. E-mail: [email protected]. 
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) you may call 
the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audio tape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding 
paragraph.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application 
package in an alternate format, also, by contacting that person. 
However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an alternate format 
the standard forms included in the application package.

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    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1059d.

    Dated: June 20, 2000.
A. Lee Fritschler,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 00-15920 Filed 6-22-00; 8:45 am]
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