[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63931-63932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17477]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION


Reopening; Applications for New Awards; Basic Needs for 
Postsecondary Students Program

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On June 4, 2024, we published in the Federal Register a notice 
inviting applications (NIA) for the fiscal year (FY) 2024 Basic Needs 
for Postsecondary Students Program competition, Assistance Listing 
Number 84.116N. The NIA established a deadline date of August 5, 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 
August 12, 2024 and extends the date of intergovernmental review until 
October 10, 2024.

DATES: 
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 12, 2024.
    Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: October 10, 2024.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Njeri Clark. Telephone: (202)453-6224. 
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 June 4, 2024, we published the NIA in the 
Federal Register (89 FR 47928). Under the NIA, applications were due on 
August 5, 2024. We are reopening this competition to allow affected 
applicants (as defined under Eligibility) more time--until August 12, 
2024--to prepare and submit their applications.
    Eligibility: The extended application deadline applies only to 
eligible applicants under the FY 2024 Basic Needs for Postsecondary 
Students 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 2024 Basic Needs for Postsecondary Students Program 
competition may resubmit applications on or before the extended 
application deadline of August 12, 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 August 12, 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 August 5, 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. 1138-1138d; the Explanatory Statement 
accompanying Division D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2024 (Pub. L. 118-47).
    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. 2024-17477 Filed 8-5-24; 8:45 am]
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