[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 60408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16377]



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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Reopening; Applications for New Awards; Student Support Services 
Program

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On May 1, 2024, we published in the Federal Register a notice 
inviting applications (NIA) for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 Student 
Support Services (SSS) Program, Assistance Listing Number 84.042A. The 
NIA established a deadline date of July 15, 2024, for the transmittal 
of applications. For eligible applicants located in counties in Texas 
that are covered by a major disaster declaration issued by the 
President, this notice reopens the competition until July 30, 2024 and 
extends the date of intergovernmental review until September 30, 2024.

DATES: 
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 30, 2024.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: September 30, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lavelle Wright. Telephone: (202) 987-
1300. Email: [email protected].
    If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability and 
wish to access telecommunications relay services, please dial 7-1-1.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 1, 2024, we published the NIA in the 
Federal Register (89 FR 35080). Under the NIA, applications were due on 
July 15, 2024. We are reopening this competition to allow affected 
applicants (as defined under Eligibility) more time--until July 30, 
2024--to prepare and submit their applications.
    Eligibility: The extended application deadline applies only to 
eligible applicants under the FY 2025 SSS Program competition that are 
affected applicants. An eligible applicant for this competition is 
defined in the NIA. To qualify as an affected applicant, the applicant 
must have a mailing address that is located in the federally declared 
disaster area and must provide appropriate supporting documentation, if 
requested.
    The applicable federally declared disaster area under this 
declaration is the area in which assistance to individuals or public 
assistance has been authorized under FEMA's disaster declaration for 
Texas Hurricane Beryl DR-4798-TX. See the disaster declaration 
available at https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4798.
    Affected applicants that have already timely submitted applications 
under the FY 2025 SSS Program competition may resubmit applications on 
or before the extended application deadline of July 30, 2024, but are 
not required to do so. If a new application is not submitted, the 
Department will use the application that was submitted by the original 
deadline. If a new application is submitted, the Department will 
consider the application that is last submitted and timely received by 
11:59:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on July 30, 2024.
    Any application submitted by an affected applicant under the 
extended deadline must contain evidence (e.g., the applicant 
organization mailing address) that the applicant is located in the 
applicable federally declared disaster area and, if requested, the 
applicant must provide appropriate supporting documentation.
    The application period is not reopened for all applicants. 
Applications from applicants that are not affected, as defined above, 
will not be accepted past the original July 15, 2024 deadline.
    Note: All information in the NIA for this competition remains the 
same, except for the deadline for the transmittal of applications for 
affected applicants and the deadline for intergovernmental review.
    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 and 20 U.S.C. 1070a-14.
    Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed 
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with disabilities 
can obtain this notice, the NIA, and a copy of the application package 
in an accessible format. The Department will provide the requestor with 
an accessible format that may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or text 
format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 file, braille, large print, 
audiotape, compact disc, or other accessible format.
    Electronic Access to This Document: The official version of this 
document is the document published in the Federal Register. You may 
access the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of 
Federal Regulations at www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can view this 
document, as well as all other Department documents published in the 
Federal Register, in text or Portable Document Format (PDF). To use PDF 
you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at the 
site.
    You may also access Department documents published in the Federal 
Register by using the article search feature at 
www.federalregister.gov. Specifically, through the advanced search 
feature at this site, you can limit your search to documents published 
by the Department.

Nasser Paydar,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2024-16377 Filed 7-24-24; 8:45 am]
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