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Dated: December 12, 2005.
Kathleen Leos,
Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director,
Office of English Language Acquisition,
Language Enhancement, and Academic
Achievement for Limited English Proficient
Students.
[FR Doc. 05–24167 Filed 12–15–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA NO. 84.031H]
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Strengthening Institutions (SIP),
American Indian Tribally Controlled
Colleges and Universities (TCCU),
Alaska Native and Native HawaiianServing Institutions (ANNH) and
Developing Hispanic-Serving
Institutions (HSI) Programs; Notice
Inviting Applications for Designation
as Eligible Institutions for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2006
Purpose of Programs: Under the SIP,
TCCU, and ANNH Programs, (Title III,
Part A programs) authorized under Part
A of Title III of the Higher Education
Act of 1965, as amended (HEA),
institutions of higher education (IHEs or
institutions) are eligible to apply for
grants if they meet specific statutory and
regulatory eligibility requirements.
Similarly, institutions of higher
education are eligible to apply for grants
under the HSI program, authorized
under Title V of the HEA, if they meet
specific statutory and regulatory
requirements. In addition, an institution
that is designated as an eligible
institution under those programs may
also receive a waiver of certain nonFederal share requirements under the
Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grant (FSEOG), the Federal
Work Study (FWS), the Student Support
Services (SSS) and the Undergraduate
International Studies and Foreign
Language (UISFL) Programs. The
FSEOG, FWS, and SSS Programs are
authorized under Title IV of the HEA;
the UISFL Program is authorized under
Title VI of the HEA.
Qualified institutions may receive
these waivers even if they are not
recipients of grant funds under the Title
III, Part A programs or the HSI program.
Special note: To qualify as an eligible
institution under the Title III, Part A
programs or the HSI program, your
institution must satisfy several criteria,
including one related to needy student
enrollment and one related to average
Educational and General (E&G) expenditures
for a particular base year. The most recent
data available for E&G expenditures is for
base year 2003–2004. In order to award FY
2006 grants in a timely manner, we will use
the most recent data available. Therefore, we
use E&G expenditure threshold data from the
base year 2003–2004. In completing your
eligibility application, please use E&G
expenditure data from the base year 2003–
2004.
If you are designated as an eligible
institution and you do not receive a new
Title III or Title V award in FY 2006, your
eligibility for the non-Federal cost share
waiver under the FSEOG, the FWS, the SSS,
and the UISFL programs is valid for five
consecutive years. You will not need to
reapply for eligibility until FY 2011, unless
you wish to apply for a new Title III or title
V grant. TCCUs applying for a FY 2006 new
grant or requesting a waiver of the nonFederal cost share, must also apply for
eligibility designation in FY 2006.
Eligible Applicants: To qualify as an
eligible institution under the Title III,
Part A programs or the HSI program, an
accredited institution must, among
other requirements, have an enrollment
of needy students, and its average E&G
expenditures per full-time equivalent
(FTE) undergraduate student must be
low in comparison with the average
E&G expenditures per FTE
undergraduate student of institutions
that offer similar instruction.
The complete eligibility requirements
for the Title III, Part A programs are
found in 34 CFR 607.2 through 607.5.
These regulations may be accessed by
visiting the following Web site: https://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/
waisidx_02/34cfr607_02.html.
The complete eligibility requirements
for the HSI program are found in 34 CFR
606.2 through 34 CFR 606.5. These
regulations may be accessed at the
following Web site: https://
www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/
waisidx_01/34cfr606_01.html.
Enrollment of Needy Students: Under
34 CFR 606.3(a) and 607.3(a), an
institution is considered to have an
enrollment of needy students if (1) at
least 50 percent of its degree students
received financial assistance under one
or more of the following programs:
Federal Pell Grant, FSEOG, FWS, and
Federal Perkins Loan Programs; or (2)
the percentage of its undergraduate
degree students who were enrolled on at
least a half-time basis and received
Federal Pell Grants exceeded the
median percentage of undergraduate
degree students who were enrolled on at
least a half-time basis and received
Federal Pell Grants at comparable
institutions that offered similar
instruction.
To qualify under this latter criterion,
an institution’s Federal Pell Grant
percentage for base year 2003–2004
must be more than the median for its
category of comparable institutions
provided in the table in this notice.
Education and General Expenditures
Per FTE Student: An institution should
compare its 2003–2004 average E&G
expenditures per FTE student to the
average E&G expenditure per FTE
student for its category of comparable
institutions contained in the table in
this notice. If the institution’s average
E&G expenditures for the 2003–2003
base year are less than the average for
its category of comparable institutions,
the institution meets this eligibility
requirement.
An institution’s average E&G
expenditures are the total amount it
expended during the base year for
instruction, research, public service,
academic support, student services,
institutional support including library
expenditures, operation and
maintenance, scholarships and
fellowships, and mandatory transfers.
The following table identifies the
relevant median Federal Pell Grant
percentages for the base year 2003–2004
and the relevant average E&G
expenditures per FTE student for the
base year 2003–2004 for the four
categories of comparable institutions:
2003–2004
Median Pell
Grant percentage
Type of institution
2-year
2-year
4-year
4-year
2003–2004
Average E&G
expenditures per
FTE student
25.1
40.6
25.8
26.8
$8,824
19,272
22,702
35,801
Public Institutions .................................................................................................................................
Private Nonprofit Institutions ................................................................................................................
Public Institutions .................................................................................................................................
Private Nonprofit Institutions ................................................................................................................
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Waiver Information: IHEs that are
unable to meet the needy student
enrollment requirement or the average
E&G expenditures requirement may
apply to the Secretary for waivers of
these requirements, as described in 34
CFR 606.3(b), 606.4(c) and (d), 607.3(b),
and 607.4(c) and (d). Institutions
requesting a waiver of the needy student
enrollment requirement or the average
E&G expenditures requirement must
include in their application detailed
information supporting the waiver
request, as described in the instructions
for completing the application.
The regulations governing the
Secretary’s authority to waive the needy
student requirement waiver, 34 CFR
606.3(b)(2) and (3) and 607.3(b)(2) and
(3), refer to ‘‘low-income’’ students or
families. The regulations define ‘‘lowincome’’ as an amount that does not
exceed 150 percent of the amount equal
to the poverty level, as established by
the U.S. Bureau of the Census, 34 CFR
606.3(c) and 607.3(c).
For the purposes of this waiver
provision, the following table sets forth
the low-income levels for the various
sizes of families:
2003 ANNUAL LOW-INCOME LEVELS
Family income
for the 48 contiguous States,
D.C., and
outlaying jurisdictions
Sizes of family unit
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
.......................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................
.......................................................................................................................................
Note: The 2003 annual low-income levels
are being used because those are the amounts
that apply to the family income reported by
students enrolled for the Fall 2003 semester.
For family units with more than eight
members, add the following amount for each
additional family member: $4,710 for the
contiguous 48 states, the District of Columbia
and outlying jurisdictions; $5,895 for Alaska;
and $5,415 for Hawaii.
The figures shown under family
income represent amounts equal to 150
percent of the family income levels
established by the U.S. Bureau of the
Census for determining poverty status.
The poverty guidelines were published
by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services in the Federal Register,
Vol. 68, No. 26, February 7, 2003, pp.
6456–6458.
The information about ‘‘metropolitan
statistical areas’’ referenced in 34 CFR
606.3(b)(4) and 607.3(b)(4) may be
obtained by requesting the Metropolitan
Statistical Areas, 1999 publication,
order number PB99–501538, from the
National Technical Information Service,
Document Sales, 5285 Port Royal Road,
Springfield, Virginia 22161, telephone
number 1–800–553–6847. There is a
charge for this publication.
Applications Available: December 16,
2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: February 24, 2006 for an
applicant institution that wishes to be
designated as eligible to apply for a FY
2006 new grant under the Title III, Part
A program or the HSI program; June 15,
2006 for an institution that wishes to
apply only for cost-sharing waivers
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under the FSEOG, FWS, SSS, or UISFL
Programs; and, February 24, 2006 for an
institution that wishes to apply for both
a grant under the Title III, Part A
programs or the HSI program and a
waiver of the Non-Federal share
requirement.
Electronic Submission of Applications
Applications for designation of
eligibility must be submitted
electronically using the following Web
site: https://webprod.cbmiweb.com/
Title3and5/. To enter the
Web site, you must use your
institution’s unique 8-digit identifier,
i.e., your Office of Postsecondary
Education Identification Number (OPE
ID number). Your business office or
student financial aid office should have
the OPE ID Number, if they do not,
contact the Department, using the e-mail
addresses of the contact persons listed
in this notice under For Applications
and Further Information Contact.
You will find detailed instructions for
completing the application form
electronically under the ‘‘eligibility
2006’’ link at either of the following
Web sites:
https://www.ed.gov/programs/
iduestitle3a.index.html
or
https://www.ed.gov/hsi.
If your institution is unable to meet
the needy student enrollment
requirement or the average E&G
expenditure requirement and wishes to
request a waiver of one or both of those
requirements, you must complete your
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for Alaska
$13,470
18,180
22,890
27,600
32,310
37,020
41,730
46,440
$16,815
22,710
28,605
34,500
40,395
46,290
52,185
58,080
Family income
for Hawaii
$15,495
20,910
26,325
31,740
37,155
42,570
47,985
53,400
designation application form
electronically and transmit your waiver
request narrative document from the
following Web site: https://
webprod.cbmiweb.com/Title3and5/
index.html.
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement: You may qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission
requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are
unable to submit an application
electronically because—
• You do not have access to the
Internet; or
• You do not have the capacity to
upload documents to the Web site: and
• No later than two weeks before the
application deadline date (14 calendar
days or, if the fourteenth calendar day
before the application deadline date fall
on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you
mail or fax a written statement to the
Department, explaining which of the
two grounds for an exception prevent
you from using the Internet to submit
your application. If you mail your
written statement to the Department, it
must be postmarked no later than two
weeks before the application deadline
date. If you fax your written statement
to the Department, we must receive the
faxed statement no late than two weeks
before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your
statement to: Dr. Maria Carrington, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 6033, Washington, DC
20006–8513.
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Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
Submission of Paper Applications by
Mail
If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
may mail (through the U.S. Postal
Service or a commercial carrier), your
application to the Department. You
must mail the application, on or before
the application deadline date, to the
Department at the applicable following
address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal
Service or commercial carrier: Dr. Maria
Carrington, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room
6033, Washington, DC 20006–8512.
You must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
postmark,
(2) A legible mail receipt with the
date of mailing stamped by the U.S.
Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or
receipt from a commercial carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing
acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Education.
If you mail your application through
the U.S. Postal Service, we do not
accept either of the following as proof
of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after
the application deadline date, we will
not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
relying on this method, you should check
with your local post office.
Submission of Paper Applications by
Hand Delivery
If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
(or a courier service) may deliver your
paper application to the Department by
hand. You must deliver the application,
on or before the application deadline
date, to the Department at the following
address: Dr. Maria Carrington, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., Room 6033, Washington, DC
20006–8512.
Hand delivered applications will be
accepted daily between 8 a.m. and 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, except
Saturdays, Sundays and Federal
holidays.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
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Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR
parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97,
98, and 99. (b) The regulations for the
Title III, Part A programs in 34 CFR part
607, and for the HSI program in 34 CFR
part 606.
For Applications and Further
Information Contact: Imogene Byers,
Kelley Harris, or Carnisia Proctor,
Institutional Development and
Undergraduate Education Service, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 6033, Request for Eligibility
Designation, Washington, DC 20202–
8513.
You can contact these individuals at
the following e-mail addresses or phone
numbers:
Imogene.Byers@ed.gov—202–502–7672
Kelley.Harris@ed.gov—202–219–7083
Carnisia.Proctor@ed.gov—202–502–
7606
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print, audio
tape, or computer diskette) on request to
the contact persons listed under For
Applications and Further Information
Contact.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain a copy of the application package
in an alternative format by contacting
those persons.
Electronic Access to This Document
You may view this document, as well
as all other documents of this
Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable
Document Format (PDF) on the Internet
at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/
news/fedregister.
To use PDF, you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader which is available free
at this site. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–
888–293–6498; or in the Washington,
DC area, at (202) 512–1530.
Note: The official version of this document
is the document published in the Federal
Register. Free internet access to the official
edition of the Federal Register and the Code
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057–1059d,
1101–1103g.
Sally L. Stroup,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Technology and Media
Services for Individuals With
Disabilities-Center To Support
Technology Innovation for Students
With Disabilities; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2006
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.327Z.
Dates:
Applications Available: December 16,
2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: February 2, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: April 3, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: State educational
agencies (SEAs); local educational
agencies (LEAs); public charter schools
that are LEAs under State law;
institutions of higher education (IHEs);
other public agencies; private nonprofit
organizations; outlying areas; freely
associated States; Indian tribes or tribal
organizations; and for-profit
organizations.
Estimated Available Funds: The
Administration has requested
$31,992,000 for the Technology and
Media Services for Individuals with
Disabilities program for FY 2006, of
which we intend to use an estimated
$800,000 for the Center to Support
Technology Innovation for Students
with Disabilities competition. The
actual level of funding, if any, depends
on final congressional action. However,
we are inviting applications to allow
enough time to complete the grant
process if Congress appropriates funds
for this program.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget
exceeding $800,000 for a single budget
period of 12 months. The Assistant
Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services may change the
maximum amount through a notice
published in the Federal Register.
Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purpose of
the program is to: (1) Improve results for
children with disabilities by promoting
the development, demonstration, and
use of technology, (2) support
educational media services activities
designed to be of educational value in
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA NO. 84.031H]
Office of Postsecondary Education; Strengthening Institutions
(SIP), American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities
(TCCU), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH)
and Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Programs; Notice
Inviting Applications for Designation as Eligible Institutions for
Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
Purpose of Programs: Under the SIP, TCCU, and ANNH Programs, (Title
III, Part A programs) authorized under Part A of Title III of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), institutions of higher
education (IHEs or institutions) are eligible to apply for grants if
they meet specific statutory and regulatory eligibility requirements.
Similarly, institutions of higher education are eligible to apply for
grants under the HSI program, authorized under Title V of the HEA, if
they meet specific statutory and regulatory requirements. In addition,
an institution that is designated as an eligible institution under
those programs may also receive a waiver of certain non-Federal share
requirements under the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity
Grant (FSEOG), the Federal Work Study (FWS), the Student Support
Services (SSS) and the Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign
Language (UISFL) Programs. The FSEOG, FWS, and SSS Programs are
authorized under Title IV of the HEA; the UISFL Program is authorized
under Title VI of the HEA.
Qualified institutions may receive these waivers even if they are
not recipients of grant funds under the Title III, Part A programs or
the HSI program.
Special note: To qualify as an eligible institution under the
Title III, Part A programs or the HSI program, your institution must
satisfy several criteria, including one related to needy student
enrollment and one related to average Educational and General (E&G)
expenditures for a particular base year. The most recent data
available for E&G expenditures is for base year 2003-2004. In order
to award FY 2006 grants in a timely manner, we will use the most
recent data available. Therefore, we use E&G expenditure threshold
data from the base year 2003-2004. In completing your eligibility
application, please use E&G expenditure data from the base year
2003-2004.
If you are designated as an eligible institution and you do not
receive a new Title III or Title V award in FY 2006, your
eligibility for the non-Federal cost share waiver under the FSEOG,
the FWS, the SSS, and the UISFL programs is valid for five
consecutive years. You will not need to reapply for eligibility
until FY 2011, unless you wish to apply for a new Title III or title
V grant. TCCUs applying for a FY 2006 new grant or requesting a
waiver of the non-Federal cost share, must also apply for
eligibility designation in FY 2006.
Eligible Applicants: To qualify as an eligible institution under
the Title III, Part A programs or the HSI program, an accredited
institution must, among other requirements, have an enrollment of needy
students, and its average E&G expenditures per full-time equivalent
(FTE) undergraduate student must be low in comparison with the average
E&G expenditures per FTE undergraduate student of institutions that
offer similar instruction.
The complete eligibility requirements for the Title III, Part A
programs are found in 34 CFR 607.2 through 607.5. These regulations may
be accessed by visiting the following Web site: https://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_02/34cfr607_02.html.
The complete eligibility requirements for the HSI program are found
in 34 CFR 606.2 through 34 CFR 606.5. These regulations may be accessed
at the following Web site: https://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_01/34cfr606_01.html.
Enrollment of Needy Students: Under 34 CFR 606.3(a) and 607.3(a),
an institution is considered to have an enrollment of needy students if
(1) at least 50 percent of its degree students received financial
assistance under one or more of the following programs: Federal Pell
Grant, FSEOG, FWS, and Federal Perkins Loan Programs; or (2) the
percentage of its undergraduate degree students who were enrolled on at
least a half-time basis and received Federal Pell Grants exceeded the
median percentage of undergraduate degree students who were enrolled on
at least a half-time basis and received Federal Pell Grants at
comparable institutions that offered similar instruction.
To qualify under this latter criterion, an institution's Federal
Pell Grant percentage for base year 2003-2004 must be more than the
median for its category of comparable institutions provided in the
table in this notice.
Education and General Expenditures Per FTE Student: An institution
should compare its 2003-2004 average E&G expenditures per FTE student
to the average E&G expenditure per FTE student for its category of
comparable institutions contained in the table in this notice. If the
institution's average E&G expenditures for the 2003-2003 base year are
less than the average for its category of comparable institutions, the
institution meets this eligibility requirement.
An institution's average E&G expenditures are the total amount it
expended during the base year for instruction, research, public
service, academic support, student services, institutional support
including library expenditures, operation and maintenance, scholarships
and fellowships, and mandatory transfers.
The following table identifies the relevant median Federal Pell
Grant percentages for the base year 2003-2004 and the relevant average
E&G expenditures per FTE student for the base year 2003-2004 for the
four categories of comparable institutions:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2003-2004
2003-2004 Average E&G
Type of institution Median Pell expenditures per
Grant percentage FTE student
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2-year Public Institutions.......... 25.1 $8,824
2-year Private Nonprofit 40.6 19,272
Institutions.......................
4-year Public Institutions.......... 25.8 22,702
4-year Private Nonprofit 26.8 35,801
Institutions.......................
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Waiver Information: IHEs that are unable to meet the needy student
enrollment requirement or the average E&G expenditures requirement may
apply to the Secretary for waivers of these requirements, as described
in 34 CFR 606.3(b), 606.4(c) and (d), 607.3(b), and 607.4(c) and (d).
Institutions requesting a waiver of the needy student enrollment
requirement or the average E&G expenditures requirement must include in
their application detailed information supporting the waiver request,
as described in the instructions for completing the application.
The regulations governing the Secretary's authority to waive the
needy student requirement waiver, 34 CFR 606.3(b)(2) and (3) and
607.3(b)(2) and (3), refer to ``low-income'' students or families. The
regulations define ``low-income'' as an amount that does not exceed 150
percent of the amount equal to the poverty level, as established by the
U.S. Bureau of the Census, 34 CFR 606.3(c) and 607.3(c).
For the purposes of this waiver provision, the following table sets
forth the low-income levels for the various sizes of families:
2003 Annual Low-Income Levels
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Family income
for the 48
contiguous Family income Family income
Sizes of family unit States, D.C., for Alaska for Hawaii
and outlaying
jurisdictions
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1......................................................... $13,470 $16,815 $15,495
2......................................................... 18,180 22,710 20,910
3......................................................... 22,890 28,605 26,325
4......................................................... 27,600 34,500 31,740
5......................................................... 32,310 40,395 37,155
6......................................................... 37,020 46,290 42,570
7......................................................... 41,730 52,185 47,985
8......................................................... 46,440 58,080 53,400
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Note: The 2003 annual low-income levels are being used because
those are the amounts that apply to the family income reported by
students enrolled for the Fall 2003 semester. For family units with
more than eight members, add the following amount for each
additional family member: $4,710 for the contiguous 48 states, the
District of Columbia and outlying jurisdictions; $5,895 for Alaska;
and $5,415 for Hawaii.
The figures shown under family income represent amounts equal to
150 percent of the family income levels established by the U.S. Bureau
of the Census for determining poverty status. The poverty guidelines
were published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in
the Federal Register, Vol. 68, No. 26, February 7, 2003, pp. 6456-6458.
The information about ``metropolitan statistical areas'' referenced
in 34 CFR 606.3(b)(4) and 607.3(b)(4) may be obtained by requesting the
Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 1999 publication, order number PB99-
501538, from the National Technical Information Service, Document
Sales, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22161, telephone
number 1-800-553-6847. There is a charge for this publication.
Applications Available: December 16, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 24, 2006 for an
applicant institution that wishes to be designated as eligible to apply
for a FY 2006 new grant under the Title III, Part A program or the HSI
program; June 15, 2006 for an institution that wishes to apply only for
cost-sharing waivers under the FSEOG, FWS, SSS, or UISFL Programs; and,
February 24, 2006 for an institution that wishes to apply for both a
grant under the Title III, Part A programs or the HSI program and a
waiver of the Non-Federal share requirement.
Electronic Submission of Applications
Applications for designation of eligibility must be submitted
electronically using the following Web site: https://webprod.cbmiweb.com/Title3and5/. To enter the Web site, you
must use your institution's unique 8-digit identifier, i.e., your
Office of Postsecondary Education Identification Number (OPE ID
number). Your business office or student financial aid office should
have the OPE ID Number, if they do not, contact the Department, using
the e-mail addresses of the contact persons listed in this notice under
For Applications and Further Information Contact.
You will find detailed instructions for completing the application
form electronically under the ``eligibility 2006'' link at either of
the following Web sites:
https://www.ed.gov/programs/iduestitle3a.index.html
or
https://www.ed.gov/hsi.
If your institution is unable to meet the needy student enrollment
requirement or the average E&G expenditure requirement and wishes to
request a waiver of one or both of those requirements, you must
complete your designation application form electronically and transmit
your waiver request narrative document from the following Web site:
https://webprod.cbmiweb.com/Title3and5/.
Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You may qualify for
an exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit
your application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an
application electronically because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload documents to the
Web site: and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date fall on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you
mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed
statement no late than two weeks before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Dr. Maria Carrington,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 6033,
Washington, DC 20006-8513.
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Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
Submission of Paper Applications by Mail
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a
commercial carrier), your application to the Department. You must mail
the application, on or before the application deadline date, to the
Department at the applicable following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service or commercial carrier: Dr.
Maria Carrington, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW.,
Room 6033, Washington, DC 20006-8512.
You must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark,
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.
Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper
application to the Department by hand. You must deliver the
application, on or before the application deadline date, to the
Department at the following address: Dr. Maria Carrington, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6033, Washington, DC
20006-8512.
Hand delivered applications will be accepted daily between 8 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays and
Federal holidays.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 84, 85,
86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations for the Title III, Part A
programs in 34 CFR part 607, and for the HSI program in 34 CFR part
606.
For Applications and Further Information Contact: Imogene Byers,
Kelley Harris, or Carnisia Proctor, Institutional Development and
Undergraduate Education Service, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K
Street, NW., room 6033, Request for Eligibility Designation,
Washington, DC 20202-8513.
You can contact these individuals at the following e-mail addresses
or phone numbers:
Imogene.Byers@ed.gov--202-502-7672
Kelley.Harris@ed.gov--202-219-7083
Carnisia.Proctor@ed.gov--202-502-7606
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audio tape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact persons listed under For
Applications and Further Information Contact.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format by contacting those persons.
Electronic Access to This Document
You may view this document, as well as all other documents of this
Department published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe Portable
Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
To use PDF, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC area, at (202) 512-1530.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057-1059d, 1101-1103g.
Sally L. Stroup,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
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