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date, to the Department at the following
address: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.299A), 550 12th
Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center
Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260.
The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington,
DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays,
and Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper
Applications: If you mail or hand deliver
your application to the Department—
(1) You must indicate on the envelope
and—if not provided by the Department—in
Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number,
including suffix letter, if any, of the
competition under which you are submitting
your application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will
mail to you a notification of receipt of your
grant application. If you do not receive this
notification within 15 business days from the
application deadline date, you should call
the U.S. Department of Education
Application Control Center at (202) 245–
6288.
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V. Application Review Information
Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this competition are from 34
CFR 75.210 and are listed in the
application package.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notification
(GAN). We may notify you informally,
also.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy
requirements in the application package
and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your
project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial
information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year
award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the
most current performance and financial
expenditure information as directed by
the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The
Secretary may also require more
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frequent performance reports under 34
CFR 75.720(c). For specific
requirements on reporting, please go to
https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: The
Secretary has established the following
key performance measures for assessing
the effectiveness of the Demonstration
Grants for Indian Children program: (1)
The percentage of 3- and 4-year-old
American Indian and Alaska Native
children achieving gains of a
predetermined magnitude, at a
minimum, on an approved assessment
of language and communication
development as evidenced by a pre- and
post-test each project year; (2) the
percentage of 3- and 4-year-old
American Indian and Alaska Native
children achieving gains of a
predetermined magnitude, at a
minimum, on an approved assessment
of cognitive skills and conceptual
knowledge as evidenced by a pre- and
post-test each project year; (3) the
percentage of 3- and 4-year-old
American Indian and Alaska Native
children achieving gains of a
predetermined magnitude, at a
minimum, on an approved assessment
of social development as evidenced by
a pre- and post-test each project year; (4)
the percentage of American Indian and
Alaska Native high school students
successfully completing (as defined by a
passing grade of C or better) at least 3
years of challenging core courses
(English, mathematics, science, and
social studies) by the end of their fourth
year in high school; and (5) the
percentage of American Indian and
Alaska Native students who graduate
with their incoming 9th grade cohort
(not counting those who transfer to
another school).
We encourage applicants to
demonstrate a strong capacity to provide
reliable data on these measures in their
responses to the selection criteria
‘‘Quality of project services’’ and
‘‘Quality of the project evaluation.’’ All
grantees will be expected to submit, as
part of their performance report,
information with respect to these
performance measures.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lana Shaughnessy, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3E231, Washington, DC 20202–
6335. Telephone: (202) 205–2528 or by
e-mail: Indian.education@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–
877–8339.
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VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or computer diskette)
on request to the program contact
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII of
this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document:
You can view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
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text or Adobe Portable Document
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following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/
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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.
Dated: January 14, 2009.
Kerri L. Briggs,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and
Secondary Education.
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[CFDA NO. 84.031H]
Office of Postsecondary Education;
Strengthening Institutions Program
(SIP), American Indian Tribally
Controlled Colleges and Universities
(TCCU), Alaska Native and Native
Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (ANNH),
Asian American and Native American
Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions
(AANAPISI), Native American Serving
Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI),
Developing Hispanic-Serving
Institutions (HSI), Promoting
Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for
Hispanic Americans (PPOHA), and
Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI)
Programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Purpose of Programs: The SIP, TCCU,
and ANNH Programs are authorized
under Title III, Part A, of the Higher
Education Act of 1965, as amended
(HEA). Under these programs,
institutions of higher education (IHEs or
institutions) are eligible to apply for
grants if they meet specific statutory and
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regulatory eligibility requirements.
Similarly, IHEs are eligible to apply for
grants under Title V of the HEA if they
meet specific statutory and regulatory
requirements. The HSI and PPOHA
Programs are authorized under Title V,
Parts A and B of the HEA. In addition,
under Title III of the HEA, institutions
applying for grants under the
AANAPISI, NASNTI, and PBI Programs
must be eligible institutions as defined
in Section 312(b) of the HEA.
An IHE that is designated as an
eligible institution 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 or Title V
programs.
Special Note: To qualify as an eligible
institution under the Title III or Title V
programs, 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 specified base year. The
most recent data available for E&G
expenditures are for base year 2006–2007. In
order to award FY 2009 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 2006–2007.
In completing your eligibility application,
please use E&G expenditure data from the
base year 2006–2007.
If you are designated as an eligible
institution and you do not receive a new
award under the Title III or Title V
programs in FY 2009, 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 2014, unless
you wish to apply for a new Title III or
Title V grant. All institutions interested
in applying for a new FY 2009 Title III
or Title V grant or requesting a waiver
of the non-Federal cost share, must
apply for eligibility designation in FY
2009. Under the HEA, institutions
interested in applying for a grant under
the AANAPISI, NASNTI, PBI, or
PPOHA Programs must first be
designated as eligible institutions.
Eligible Applicants: To qualify as an
eligible institution under the Title III or
Title V programs 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 eligibility requirements for the
Title III programs are found in 34 CFR
607.2 through 607.5. The regulations
may be accessed at the following Web
site: https://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/
cfr/waisidx_02/34cfr607_02.html.
The eligibility requirements for the
Title V HSI program are found in 34
CFR 606.2 through 34 CFR 606.5. The
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, or the
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 2006–2007
must be more than the median for its
category of comparable institutions
provided in the 2006–2007 Median Pell
Grant and Average E&G Expenditures
per FTE Student Table in this notice.
Educational and General
Expenditures per FTE Student: An
institution should compare its 2006–
2007 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
2006–2007 Median Pell Grant and
Average E&G Expenditures per FTE
Student Table in this notice. If the
institution’s average E&G expenditures
for the 2006–2007 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 2006–2007
and the relevant average E&G
expenditures per FTE student for the
base year 2006–2007 for the four
categories of comparable institutions:
2006–2007
Median Pell
Grant
percentage
Type of institution
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2-year
2-year
4-year
4-year
Public Institutions
Non-profit Private
Public Institutions
Non-profit Private
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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),
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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
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23.8
37.2
24.1
25.3
2006–2007
Average E&G
expenditures
per FTE
student
$10,606
23,082
25,339
40,877
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
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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
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the low-income levels for the various
sizes of families:
2006 ANNUAL LOW-INCOME LEVELS
Family income
for the
48 contiguous
states, D.C.,
and outlying
jurisdictions
Size of family unit
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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Note: The 2006 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 2006 semester.
For family units with more than eight
members, add the following amount for each
additional family member: $5,100 for the
contiguous 48 States, the District of Columbia
and outlying jurisdictions; $6,375 for Alaska;
and $5,865 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 January 24, 2006 (71 FR 3848–3849).
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, VA 22161, telephone
number: 1–800–553–6847. There is a
charge for this publication.
Applications Available: January 21,
2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: February 20, 2009 for an
applicant institution that wishes to be
designated as eligible to apply for a FY
2009 new grant under the Title III or
Title V Programs and April 6, 2009 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
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following Web site: https://
opeweb.ed.gov/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
2009’’ link at either of the following
Web sites: https://www.ed.gov/programs/
iduestitle3a/ 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 these
requirements, you must complete your
designation application form
electronically and transmit your waiver
request narrative document from the
following Web site: https://
opeweb.ed.gov/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
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Family income
for Alaska
$14,700
19.800
24,900
30,000
35,100
40,200
45,300
50,400
$18,375
24,750
31,125
37,500
43,875
50,250
56,625
63,000
Family income
for Hawaii
$16,905
22,770
28,635
34,500
40,365
46,230
52,095
57,960
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: Mrs. Darlene B. Collins,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K
Street, NW., room 6020, 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: Mrs.
Darlene B. Collins, U.S. Department of
Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room
6020, 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,
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(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: Mrs. Darlene B. Collins, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., Room 6020, Washington, DC
20006–8513.
Hand delivered applications will be
accepted daily between 8:00 a.m. and
4:30:00 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 Programs in 34 CFR part 607,
and for the Title V Program in 34 CFR
part 606.
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Note: There are no program-specific
regulations for the AANAPISI, PBI, and the
PPHOA Programs. Accordingly, we
encourage each potential applicant to read
the HEA, the authorizing statute for these
programs.
For Applications and Further
Information Contact: 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:
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
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the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an accessible
format (e.g., braille, large print, audio
tape, or computer diskette) on request to
the contact 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
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 and amendments to Titles III and
V of the HEA by Public Law 110–315.
Dated: January 14, 2009.
Vickie L. Schray,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher
Education Programs.
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Proposed Agency Information
Collection
U.S. Department of Energy.
Notice and request for OMB
review and comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Department of Energy
(DOE) has submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
clearance, a proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
proposed collection will gather data
about what constitutes an innovative
research environment. It will also
contribute to building a dataset for the
development of a science of science and
innovation policy, as part of the
National Science Foundation (NSF)
program by that name.
DATES: Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or before
February 20, 2009. If you anticipate that
you will be submitting comments, but
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find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice,
please advise the Desk Officer of your
intention to make a submission as soon
as possible. The Desk Officer may be
telephoned at 202–395–4650.
ADDRESSES: Written comments should
be sent to the:
DOE Desk Officer, Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, New
Executive Office Building, Room
10102, 735 17th Street, NW.,
Washington, DC 20503; and to:
Timothy Fitzsimmons, Materials
Science and Engineering Division,
SC–22.2, Office of Basic Energy
Sciences, Office of Science, US
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Ave., SW., Washington
DC 20585–1290,
Tim.Fitzsimmons@science.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
copies of the information collection
instrument and instructions should be
directed to:
Timothy Fitzsimmons, Materials
Science and Engineering Division,
SC–22.2, Office of Basic Energy
Sciences, Office of Science, US
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Ave., SW., Washington,
DC 20585–1290,
Tim.Fitzsimmons@science.doe.gov.
This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No. ‘‘New’’; (2) Information
Collection Request Title: Developing the
Science of Science and Innovation
Policy: Profiles of Innovativeness and
Effective Research Communication. (3)
Type of Request: New collection. (4)
Purpose: This data collection request
will bring to conclusion a long-term
research effort funded by the
Department of Energy’s Office of Basic
Energy Sciences to develop the best
practices in the management of
scientific innovation. This data
collection request will also help support
an effort under a new National Science
Foundation program (SciSIP) which is
developing a scientific approach to the
formulation of science and innovation
policy.
Survey data will be collected on
researcher attitudes towards their
research environment. Research
managers will be asked in addition to
describe laboratory policies that
promote innovation. Hypotheses from
the industrial innovation literature
about what constitutes an innovative
environment will be tested on 72
research projects in six national
laboratories chosen to reflect a diversity
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[CFDA NO. 84.031H]
Office of Postsecondary Education; Strengthening Institutions
Program (SIP), American Indian Tribally Controlled Colleges and
Universities (TCCU), Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving
Institutions (ANNH), Asian American and Native American Pacific
Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI), Native American Serving
Nontribal Institutions (NASNTI), Developing Hispanic-Serving
Institutions (HSI), Promoting Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for
Hispanic Americans (PPOHA), and Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI)
Programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Purpose of Programs: The SIP, TCCU, and ANNH Programs are
authorized under Title III, Part A, of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended (HEA). Under these programs, institutions of higher
education (IHEs or institutions) are eligible to apply for grants if
they meet specific statutory and
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regulatory eligibility requirements. Similarly, IHEs are eligible to
apply for grants under Title V of the HEA if they meet specific
statutory and regulatory requirements. The HSI and PPOHA Programs are
authorized under Title V, Parts A and B of the HEA. In addition, under
Title III of the HEA, institutions applying for grants under the
AANAPISI, NASNTI, and PBI Programs must be eligible institutions as
defined in Section 312(b) of the HEA.
An IHE that is designated as an eligible institution 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 or Title V programs.
Special Note: To qualify as an eligible institution under the
Title III or Title V programs, 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
specified base year. The most recent data available for E&G
expenditures are for base year 2006-2007. In order to award FY 2009
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 2006-2007. In completing your eligibility application,
please use E&G expenditure data from the base year 2006-2007.
If you are designated as an eligible institution and you do not
receive a new award under the Title III or Title V programs in FY 2009,
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 2014, unless
you wish to apply for a new Title III or Title V grant. All
institutions interested in applying for a new FY 2009 Title III or
Title V grant or requesting a waiver of the non-Federal cost share,
must apply for eligibility designation in FY 2009. Under the HEA,
institutions interested in applying for a grant under the AANAPISI,
NASNTI, PBI, or PPOHA Programs must first be designated as eligible
institutions.
Eligible Applicants: To qualify as an eligible institution under
the Title III or Title V programs 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 eligibility requirements for the Title III programs are found
in 34 CFR 607.2 through 607.5. The regulations may be accessed at the
following Web site: https://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_02/
34cfr607_02.html.
The eligibility requirements for the Title V HSI program are found
in 34 CFR 606.2 through 34 CFR 606.5. The 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, or the 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 2006-2007 must be more than the
median for its category of comparable institutions provided in the
2006-2007 Median Pell Grant and Average E&G Expenditures per FTE
Student Table in this notice.
Educational and General Expenditures per FTE Student: An
institution should compare its 2006-2007 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 2006-2007 Median
Pell Grant and Average E&G Expenditures per FTE Student Table in this
notice. If the institution's average E&G expenditures for the 2006-2007
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 2006-2007 and the relevant average
E&G expenditures per FTE student for the base year 2006-2007 for the
four categories of comparable institutions:
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2006-2007
2006-2007 Average E&G
Type of institution Median Pell expenditures
Grant per FTE
percentage student
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2-year Public Institutions.............. 23.8 $10,606
2-year Non-profit Private Institutions.. 37.2 23,082
4-year Public Institutions.............. 24.1 25,339
4-year Non-profit Private Institutions.. 25.3 40,877
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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
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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:
2006 Annual Low-Income Levels
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Family income
for the 48
contiguous Family income Family income
Size of family unit states, D.C., for Alaska for Hawaii
and outlying
jurisdictions
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1......................................................... $14,700 $18,375 $16,905
2......................................................... 19.800 24,750 22,770
3......................................................... 24,900 31,125 28,635
4......................................................... 30,000 37,500 34,500
5......................................................... 35,100 43,875 40,365
6......................................................... 40,200 50,250 46,230
7......................................................... 45,300 56,625 52,095
8......................................................... 50,400 63,000 57,960
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Note: The 2006 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 2006 semester. For family units with
more than eight members, add the following amount for each
additional family member: $5,100 for the contiguous 48 States, the
District of Columbia and outlying jurisdictions; $6,375 for Alaska;
and $5,865 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 January 24, 2006 (71 FR 3848-3849).
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, VA 22161, telephone number:
1-800-553-6847. There is a charge for this publication.
Applications Available: January 21, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 20, 2009 for an
applicant institution that wishes to be designated as eligible to apply
for a FY 2009 new grant under the Title III or Title V Programs and
April 6, 2009 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://opeweb.ed.gov/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 2009'' 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 these requirements, you must
complete your designation application form electronically and transmit
your waiver request narrative document from the following Web site:
https://opeweb.ed.gov/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: Mrs. Darlene B. Collins,
U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., room 6020,
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: Mrs.
Darlene B. Collins, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW.,
Room 6020, 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,
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(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: Mrs. Darlene B. Collins, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street, NW., Room 6020, Washington, DC
20006-8513.
Hand delivered applications will be accepted daily between 8:00
a.m. and 4:30:00 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 Programs in
34 CFR part 607, and for the Title V Program in 34 CFR part 606.
Note: There are no program-specific regulations for the
AANAPISI, PBI, and the PPHOA Programs. Accordingly, we encourage
each potential applicant to read the HEA, the authorizing statute
for these programs.
For Applications and Further Information Contact: 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:
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
accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audio tape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact 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 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 and
amendments to Titles III and V of the HEA by Public Law 110-315.
Dated: January 14, 2009.
Vickie L. Schray,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs.
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