[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19231-19232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-07588]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Reopening; Eligibility Designations and Applications for Waiving 
Eligibility Requirements; Programs Under Parts A and F of Title III and 
Programs Under Title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as Amended 
(HEA)

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Education (Department) reopens the process 
for designation of eligible institutions and notice inviting 
applications (NIA) for waivers of eligibility requirements for fiscal 
year (FY) 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and other 
circumstances affecting the Nation's institutions of higher education. 
We are extending the deadline for the transmittal of applications until 
April 16, 2021. All other information in the NIA remains the same.

DATES: Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 16, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Cottrell, Ph.D., U.S. Department 
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2B127, Washington, DC 20202. 
Telephone: (202) 453-7530 or (202) 262-1833. Email: 
[email protected]; or Christopher Smith, Institutional Service, 
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2B108, 
Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 453-7946 or (202) 262-7141. 
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 March 4, 2021, the Department published 
in the Federal Register (86 FR 12665) the NIA for waivers of 
eligibility requirements for FY 2021, for the following programs:
    1. Programs authorized under title III, part A of the HEA: 
Strengthening Institutions Program (Part A SIP), Alaska Native and 
Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (Part A ANNH), Predominantly Black 
Institutions (Part A PBI), Native American-Serving Nontribal 
Institutions (Part A NASNTI), and Asian American and Native American 
Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (Part A AANAPISI).
    2. Programs authorized under title III, part F of the HEA: 
Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM and Articulation (Part F HSI STEM 
and Articulation), Predominantly Black Institutions (Part F PBI), 
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (Part F ANNH), 
Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (Part F NASNTI), and 
Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving 
Institutions (Part F AANAPISI).
    3. Programs authorized under title V of the HEA: Developing 
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) and Promoting Postbaccalaureate 
Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA).
    We are reopening the competition until April 16, 2021 to allow 
applicants more time to prepare and submit their applications due to 
the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and other circumstances affecting the 
Nation's institutions of higher education, including multiple natural 
disasters around the Nation, and other localized campus hardships 
impacting higher education communities. All other information in the 
NIA remains the same.
    Accessible Format: On request to one of the program contact persons 
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with 
disabilities can obtain this document and a copy of the application 
package in an accessible format. The Department will provide the

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requestor with an accessible format that may include Rich Text Format 
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Michelle Asha Cooper,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2021-07588 Filed 4-9-21; 11:15 am]
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