[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6147-6148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02102]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Notice Reopening the Application Period and Waiving the 
Electronic Submission Requirement for Certain Applicants Under the 
Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Student Support Services (SSS) Program 
Competition

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary is reopening the FY 2020 SSS Program 
competition, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 
84.042A, for eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) or 
combinations of IHEs in the designated counties of the

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Commonwealth of Puerto Rico affected by the recent earthquakes, for 
which the President has issued a disaster declaration. The Secretary 
takes this action to allow these eligible applicants additional time to 
submit their applications. This notice also waives the electronic 
application submission requirement for these eligible applicants.

DATES: 
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 18, 2020.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: April 10, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lavelle Wright, U.S. Department of 
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 268-24, Washington, DC 20202-
4260. Telephone: (202) 453-7739. Email: [email protected].
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 17, 2019 we published in the 
Federal Register a notice inviting applications for new awards for the 
FY 2020 SSS Program competition (84 FR 68915). This notice reopens the 
period for transmittal of applications for all SSS Program applicants 
that are located in the designated counties of the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, for which the President has issued a disaster declaration.
    Eligibility: The extension of the application deadline date in this 
notice applies to eligible applicants under the SSS Program, CFDA 
number 84.042A, that are located in an area for which the President has 
issued a disaster declaration (see www.fema.gov/disasters/) in Puerto 
Rico (FEMA Disaster designation 4473).
    In accordance with the NIA, eligible applicants for this grant 
competition are IHEs or combinations of IHEs. Note that because 
``combinations of IHEs'' are eligible grant applicants for the SSS 
Program, the extension of the application deadline date applies if any 
member of the IHE partnership is located in the designated counties of 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, for which the President has issued a 
disaster declaration.
    All IHEs eligible for the deadline extension must submit an 
application electronically via Grants.gov or via paper to the program 
contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT by 11:59:59 
p.m., Eastern time on February 10, 2020.
    Note: All information in the original notice inviting applications 
remains the same, except for the deadline for the transmittal of 
applications and the waiver of the electronic application submission 
requirement for eligible applicants, as well as the deadline for 
intergovernmental review.
    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 20 U.S.C. 1070a-14.
    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.
    Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this 
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Robert L. King,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2020-02102 Filed 2-3-20; 8:45 am]
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