[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3361-3362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00864]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Applications for New Awards; Native Hawaiian Education Program; 
Amendment

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of 
Education.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

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SUMMARY: On December 13, 2019, we published in the Federal Register a 
notice inviting applications (NIA) for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 
2020 for the Native Hawaiian Education (NHE) program, Catalog of 
Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.362A. Since that time, 
Congress passed and the President signed the Department of Education 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (Act), which provides funding for the awards 
under this competition. For fiscal year (FY) 2020, the Act overrides 
the limitation in section 6205(b) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act 
(ESEA), to provide that the 5 percent limitation on the use of funds 
for administrative purposes applies only to direct administrative 
costs. This document amends the NIA to clearly indicate that the 
administrative cost cap in ESEA section 6205(b) applies only to direct 
administrative costs for grants awarded using FY 2020 appropriations.

DATES: Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 11, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joanne Osborne, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 3E306, Washington, DC 20202. 
Telephone: (202) 401-1265. Email: [email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800-
877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following publication of the NIA (84 FR 
68154), Congress passed and the President signed the Act, which 
provides funding for the awards under this competition. The Act 
provides that the 5 percent limitation in section 6205(b) of the ESEA 
on the use of funds for administrative purposes applies only to direct 
administrative costs. Accordingly, we are amending the NIA to notify 
prospective applicants that no more than five percent of funds awarded 
for a FY 2020 grant under this program may be used for direct 
administrative costs. Pursuant to this language, for funds awarded in 
this competition for the NHE program, this five percent limit only 
includes direct administrative costs, and not indirect costs.
    All other requirements and conditions stated in the NIA remain the 
same.

Amendments

    In FR Doc. No. 2019-26944, in the Federal Register of December 13, 
2019 (84 FR 68154), on page 68157, in the middle column, we are 
replacing the text after the heading ``Funding Restrictions:'' with the 
following:
    No more than five percent of FY 2020 funds awarded for a grant 
under this program may be used for direct administrative costs (ESEA 
section 6205(b) and the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 
2020 (the Act)). This five percent limit does not include indirect 
costs.

    Note:  Pursuant to ESEA section 6205(b), in this competition 
under this program, the five percent limit includes direct and 
indirect administrative costs. However, in the Act,

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Congress explicitly specified that for FY 2020 funds the 
administrative cost cap refers only to direct administrative costs.

    We reference regulations outlining additional funding restrictions 
in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
    Program Authority: Section 6205 of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7515).
    Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this 
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format 
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or compact disc) on request to 
the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT.
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    Dated: January 15, 2020.
Frank T. Brogan,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2020-00864 Filed 1-17-20; 8:45 am]
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