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 To Apply for New Awards Under Title III and Title V for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007, 760-763 [E6-22626]
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describe the extent to which high-need
LEAs that received funds through the
grant have met their goals relating to
teacher recruitment and retention as
described in the project application.
Additional requirements pertaining to
these reports are in the NFP.
For specific requirements on grantee
reporting, please go to https://www/ed/
gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: The
Secretary has established one
performance indicator for assessing the
effectiveness of the Transition to
Teaching program: the percentage of
new, highly qualified Transition to
Teaching teachers who teach in highneed schools in high-need LEAs for at
least three years. We will track this
indicator through the use of the
following three performance measures.
We will gather the data for these
measures from the grantees.
Measure One: The percentage of all
Transition to Teaching participants who
become teachers of record in high-need
schools in high-need LEAs. For this
measure we will collect data on the
number of participants and the number
of teachers of record in high-need
schools in high-need LEAs.
Measure Two: The percentage of
Transition to Teaching participants
receiving certification/licensure within
three years. For this measure, we will
collect data on the number of
participants who become certified
within three years.
Measure Three: The percentage of
Transition to Teaching teachers of
record who teach in high-need schools
in high-need LEAs for at least three
years. For this measure, we will collect
data on the number of participants who
become teachers of record who have
been teaching in high-need schools in
high-need LEAs for at least three years.
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VII. Agency Contacts
For Further Information Contact:
Thelma Leenhouts or Anthony
Sepulveda Taber, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 4W320, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: (202) 260–0223 (Thelma
Leenhouts) or (202) 260–0464 (Anthony
Sepulveda). By e-mail:
transitiontoteaching@ed.gov.
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,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
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listed in this section.
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VIII. Other Information
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index.html.
Dated: January 3, 2007.
Morgan S. Brown,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and
Improvement.
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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 To Apply for
New Awards Under Title III and Title V
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007
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, IHEs 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 cost-share
requirements under the Federal
Supplemental Educational Opportunity
Grant (FSEOG), the Federal Work Study
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(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 are for
base year 2004–2005. In order to award FY
2007 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 2004–2005. In completing your
eligibility application, please use E&G
expenditure data from the base year 2004–
2005.
If you are designated as an eligible
institution and you do not receive a new
Title III or Title V award in FY 2007,
your eligibility for the non-Federal costshare 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 2012, unless you wish to apply for
a new Title III or Title V grant. All
institutions (including those designated
as TCCU and ANNH institutions) that
are not designated as eligible
institutions and are interested in
applying for a FY 2007 new grant or
requesting a waiver of the non-Federal
cost share, must apply for eligibility
designation in FY 2007.
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 at
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
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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 2004–2005
must be more than the median for its
category of comparable institutions
provided in the table in this notice.
Educational and General
Expenditures Per FTE Student: An
institution should compare its 2004–
2005 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 2004–
2005 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 2004–2005
and the relevant average E&G
expenditures per FTE student for the
base year 2004–2005 for the four
categories of comparable institutions:
2004–2005
Median Pell
Grant
percentage
Type of institution
2-year
2-year
4-year
4-year
Public Institutions
Non-profit Private
Public Institutions
Non-profit Private
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Institutions .......................................................................................................................
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Institutions .......................................................................................................................
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, 34 CFR 606.3(b)(2)
and (3) and 607.3(b)(2) and (3), refer to
‘‘low-income’’ students or families. The
25.6
39.7
25.8
26.9
2004–2005
Average E&G
expenditures
per FTE
student
$9,320
20,782
23,553
37,105
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:
2004 ANNUAL LOW-INCOME LEVELS
Family
income for
the 48
contiguous
states, DC,
and outlying
jurisdictions
Size of family unit
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Note: The 2004 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 2004 semester.
For family units with more than eight
members, add the following amount for each
additional family member: $4,770 for the
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contiguous 48 States, the District of Columbia
and outlying jurisdictions; $5,970 for Alaska;
and $5,490 for Hawaii.
The figures shown under family
income represent amounts equal to 150
percent of the family income levels
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$13,965
18,735
23,505
28,275
33,045
37,815
42,585
47,355
Family
income for
Alaska
$17,445
23,415
29,385
35,355
41,325
47,295
53,265
59,235
Family
income for
Hawaii
$16,050
21,540
27,030
32,520
38,010
43,500
48,990
54,480
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
on February 13, 2004 (69 FR 7336).
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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: January 8,
2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 9, 2007 for an
applicant institution that wishes to be
designated as eligible to apply for a FY
2007 new grant under the Title III, Part
A programs or the HSI program; and
April 30, 2007 for an applicant
institution that wishes to apply only for
cost-sharing waivers under the FSEOG,
FWS, SSS, or UISFL programs.
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
2007’’ 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/
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
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• 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
falls 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 later 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. Fax: (202) 502–7861.
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 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 20006–8513.
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
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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
20006–8513.
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 may 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 in this
section.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain a copy of the application package
in an alternative format by contacting
the persons listed in this section.
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
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index.html.
PERSON TO CONTACT OUR INFORMATION:
Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566–
3100.
Thomas R. Wilkey,
Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance
Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057–
1059d, 1101–1103g.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Dated: December 29, 2006.
James F. Manning,
Delegated the Authority of Assistant Secretary
for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. E6–22626 Filed 1–5–07; 8:45 am]
[Docket No. IC07–2A–000; FERC Form 2A]
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
December 27, 2006.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Notice
United States Election
Assistance Commission.
AGENCY:
Notice of public meeting for
EAC Board of Advisors.
ACTION:
Monday, January 22,
2007, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and Tuesday,
January 23, 2007, 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.
DATE AND TIME:
Four Points Sheraton, 1201 K
Street, NW., (12th & K Streets, NW.),
Washington, DC 20005, (202) 289–7600.
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PLACE:
PURPOSE: The U.S. Election Assistance
Commission (EAC) Board of Advisors,
as required by the Help America Vote
Act of 2002 (HAVA), will meet and
receive updates on EAC projects and
activiteis and discuss other relevant
matters pertaining to the administration
of Federal elections. The Board will
receive updates on the following
subjects: EAC’s voting system
certification and laboratory
accreditation program; activities of the
Technical Guidelines Development
Committee (TGDC) regarding the
voluntary voting system guidelines;
HAVA financial reporting schedules;
EAC’s audit process; EAC’s Election
Duty survey and EAC’s Uniformed and
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act
(UOCAVA) survey. The Board will also
discuss other election administration
and administrative matters.
This meeting will be open to the
public.
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automatic acknowledgement to the
sender’s e-mail address upon receipt of
comments.
All comments may be viewed, printed
or downloaded remotely via the Internet
through FERC’s homepage using the
eLibrary link. For user assistance,
contact FERCOlineSupport@ferc.gov or
toll-free at (866) 208–3676. or for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Miller may be reached by
telephone at (202) 502–8415, by fax at
(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at
michael.miller@ferc.gov.
The
information collected under the
requirements of FERC Form 2A ‘‘Annual
Report of Nonmajor Natural Gas
Companies’’ (OMB No. 1902–0030) is
used by the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities in implementing the
statutory provisions of the Natural Gas
Act (NGA) 15 U.S.C. 717. The FERC
Form 2 is a financial and operating
report for natural gas rate regulation for
major pipeline owners. A ‘‘nonmajor’’
pipeline owner is one that has
combined gas sales for resale and has
gas transported or stored for a fee that
exceeds 200,000 Dth but which is less
than 50 million Dth, in each of the three
previous calendar years. Under the
Form 2–A, the Commission investigates,
collects and records data, and prescribes
rules and regulations concerning
accounts, records and memoranda as
necessary to administer the NGA. The
Commission is empowered to prescribe
a system of accounts for jurisdictional
gas pipelines and after notice and
opportunity for hearing, may determine
the accounts in which particular outlays
and receipts will be entered, charged or
credited.
FERC staff uses the data in the
continuous review of the financial
condition of jurisdictional companies,
in various rate proceedings and in the
Commission’s audit program.
The annual financial information filed
with the Commission is a mandatory
requirement submitted in a prescribed
format which is filed electronically and
on paper. The Commission implements
these filing requirements in 18 CFR
Parts 158, 201, 260.2 and 385.2011.
Action: The Commission is requesting
a three-year extension of the current
expiration date, with no changes to the
existing collection of data.
Burden Statement: Public reporting
burden for this collection is estimated
as:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Commission Information Collection
Activities, Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Extension
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Pub. L. 104–13), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission) is
soliciting public comment on the
specific aspects of the information
collection described below.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due March 9, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Copies of sample filings of
the proposed collection of information
can be obtained from the Commission’s
Web site (https://www.ferc.gov/docsfilings/elibrary.asp) or from the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Attn:
Michael Miller, Office of the Executive
Director, ED–34, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. Comments may
be filed either in paper format or
electronically. Those parties filing
electronically do not need to make a
paper filing. For paper filing, the
original and 14 copies of such
comments should be submitted to the
Secretary of the Commission, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426
and refer to Docket No. IC07–2A–000.
Documents filed electronically via the
Internet must be prepared in
WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable
Document Format, or ASCII format. To
file the document, access the
Commission’s Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov and click on ‘‘Make an Efiling’’, and then follow the instructions
for each screen. First time users will
have to establish a user name and
password. The Commission will send an
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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 To Apply
for New Awards Under Title III and Title V for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007
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, IHEs 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 cost-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 are for base year 2004-2005. In order
to award FY 2007 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 2004-2005. In completing your eligibility
application, please use E&G expenditure data from the base year
2004-2005.
If you are designated as an eligible institution and you do not
receive a new Title III or Title V award in FY 2007, 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 2012, unless you wish to
apply for a new Title III or Title V grant. All institutions (including
those designated as TCCU and ANNH institutions) that are not designated
as eligible institutions and are interested in applying for a FY 2007
new grant or requesting a waiver of the non-Federal cost share, must
apply for eligibility designation in FY 2007.
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 at 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
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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 2004-2005 must be more than the
median for its category of comparable institutions provided in the
table in this notice.
Educational and General Expenditures Per FTE Student: An
institution should compare its 2004-2005 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 2004-2005
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 2004-2005 and the relevant average
E&G expenditures per FTE student for the base year 2004-2005 for the
four categories of comparable institutions:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
2004-2005
2004-2005 Average E&G
Type of institution Median Pell expenditures
Grant per FTE
percentage student
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2-year Public Institutions.............. 25.6 $9,320
2-year Non-profit Private Institutions.. 39.7 20,782
4-year Public Institutions.............. 25.8 23,553
4-year Non-profit Private Institutions.. 26.9 37,105
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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, 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:
2004 Annual Low-Income Levels
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Family
income for
the 48 Family Family
Size of family unit contiguous income for income for
states, DC, Alaska Hawaii
and outlying
jurisdictions
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1.............................. $13,965 $17,445 $16,050
2.............................. 18,735 23,415 21,540
3.............................. 23,505 29,385 27,030
4.............................. 28,275 35,355 32,520
5.............................. 33,045 41,325 38,010
6.............................. 37,815 47,295 43,500
7.............................. 42,585 53,265 48,990
8.............................. 47,355 59,235 54,480
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Note: The 2004 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 2004 semester. For family units with
more than eight members, add the following amount for each
additional family member: $4,770 for the contiguous 48 States, the
District of Columbia and outlying jurisdictions; $5,970 for Alaska;
and $5,490 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 on February 13, 2004 (69 FR 7336).
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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: January 8, 2007.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 9, 2007 for an
applicant institution that wishes to be designated as eligible to apply
for a FY 2007 new grant under the Title III, Part A programs or the HSI
program; and April 30, 2007 for an applicant institution that wishes to
apply only for cost-sharing waivers under the FSEOG, FWS, SSS, or UISFL
programs.
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 2007'' 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 falls 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 later 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. Fax: (202) 502-7861.
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 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 20006-8513.
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
20006-8513.
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 may 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 in this section.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format by contacting the persons listed in
this section.
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
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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.
Dated: December 29, 2006.
James F. Manning,
Delegated the Authority of Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
[FR Doc. E6-22626 Filed 1-5-07; 8:45 am]
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