Proposed Requirements and Definitions-Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Career and Technical Institutions Program, 13012-13016 [2019-06491]

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• DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13012-13016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06491]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[Docket ID ED-2019-OCTAE-0007]


Proposed Requirements and Definitions--Tribally Controlled 
Postsecondary Career and Technical Institutions Program

AGENCY: Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, Department of 
Education.

ACTION: Proposed requirements and definitions.

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SUMMARY: The Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult 
Education proposes requirements and definitions under the Tribally 
Controlled Postsecondary Career and Technical Institutions Program 
(TCPCTIP), Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.245. 
The Assistant Secretary may use these requirements and definitions for 
a competition in fiscal year (FY) 2019 and in later years. We propose 
these requirements and definitions to clarify the circumstances under 
which stipends may be paid to students attending tribally controlled 
postsecondary career and technical institutions and to establish 
requirements applicants must meet to demonstrate that they (1) are 
eligible for assistance under TCPCTIP and (2) will use grant funds in 
accordance with statutory requirements.

DATES: We must receive your comments on or before May 3, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal 
or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery. We will not 
accept comments submitted by fax or by email or those submitted after 
the comment period. To ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies, 
please submit your comments only once. In addition, please include the 
Docket ID at the top of your comments.
     Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to www.regulations.gov to 
submit your comments electronically. Information on using 
Regulations.gov, including instructions for accessing agency documents, 
submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site 
under ``How to Use Regulations.gov.''
     Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery: If you 
mail or deliver your comments about this notice of proposed 
requirements and definitions, address them to Kiawanta Hunter-Keiser, 
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 11-119, 
Potomac Center Plaza (PCP), Washington, DC 20202-7241.
    Privacy Note: The Department's policy is to make all comments 
received from members of the public available for public viewing in 
their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at 
www.regulations.gov. Therefore, commenters should be careful to include 
in their comments only information that they wish to make publicly 
available.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kiawanta Hunter-Keiser, U.S. 
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 11-119, PCP, 
Washington, DC 20202-7241. Telephone: (202) 245-7724. Email: 
[email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Invitation to Comment: We invite you to submit comments regarding 
the proposed requirements and definitions. To ensure that your comments 
have maximum effect in developing the notice of final requirements and 
definitions, we urge you to identify clearly the specific proposed 
requirement or definition that each comment addresses.
    We invite you to assist us in complying with the specific 
requirements of Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 13771 and their 
overall requirement of reducing regulatory burden that might result 
from these proposed requirements and definitions. Please let us know of 
any further ways we could reduce potential costs or increase potential 
benefits while preserving the effective and efficient administration of 
the program.
    During and after the comment period, you may inspect all public 
comments about the proposed requirements and definitions by accessing 
Regulations.gov. You may also inspect the comments in person in Room 
11-119, PCP, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. 
and 4 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday of each week except 
Federal holidays. Please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities in Reviewing the 
Rulemaking Record: On request we will provide an appropriate 
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability who 
needs assistance to review the comments or other documents in the 
public rulemaking record for this document. If you want to schedule an 
appointment for this type of accommodation or auxiliary aid, please 
contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Purpose of Program: Section 117 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and 
Technical Education Act of 2006, as amended by the Strengthening Career 
and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Pub. L. 115-224) 
(Perkins V or the Act) authorizes the Secretary to make grants to 
tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions 
that do not receive Federal support under Title I of the Tribally 
Controlled Colleges and Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 
1802 et seq.) or the Navajo Community College Act (Pub. L. 92-189; 85 
Stat. 646) for career and technical education programs for Indian 
students and for the institutional support costs of the grant.
    Program Authority: Section 117 of Perkins V (20 U.S.C. 2327).

Proposed Requirements

    Application Requirements: The Assistant Secretary proposes the 
following application requirements for this program. We may apply one 
or more of these requirements in any year in which this program is in 
effect.
    Background: We propose to establish six application requirements 
for TCPCTIP competitions to enable us to determine the eligibility of 
an applicant for assistance; evaluate the extent to which its proposed 
uses of funds are allowable under section 117; determine the extent to 
which the grant amount it has requested is reasonable and necessary; 
identify the goals and objectives that the applicant hopes to achieve 
with the proposed project; and determine whether the procedures the 
applicant proposes to use with respect to the award of student stipends 
are consistent with the program requirements related to student 
stipends that we also propose to establish. The six proposed 
application requirements are similar to the application requirements 
used in the notice inviting applications for the last TCPCTIP 
competition that we held in FY 2007 (see 72 FR 27297, May 15, 2007) 
(May 2007 Notice) following the enactment of the Carl D. Perkins Career 
and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV).
    The proposed application requirements omit an application 
requirement from the May 2007 Notice that asked applicants to identify 
``long-range and short-range needs,'' including the ``institution's 
plans for the placement of students (e.g., placement into additional 
training or education, military service, or employment).'' We do not 
include this May 2007 application requirement because it duplicates 
proposed application requirement (d), which asks applicants to set out 
``goals and objectives'' for the proposed project.
    Proposed Application Requirements: To receive a TCPCTIP grant, an 
applicant must include one or more of the following in its application:
    (a) Documentation showing that the applicant is eligible, according 
to each of the requirements in the Eligible Applicants section of this 
notice (and pursuant to sections 117(a) and (d) of Perkins V), 
including meeting the definition of the terms ``tribally controlled 
postsecondary career and technical institution'' and ``institution of 
higher education'' (e.g., proof of the institution's accreditation 
status) and certification that the institution does not receive Federal 
support under the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance 
Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) or the Navajo Community College 
Act (Pub. L. 92-189; 85 Stat. 646).
    (b) Descriptions of the career and technical education programs, 
including academic courses, to be supported under the proposed TCPCTIP 
project. Projects funded under this competition must propose organized 
educational activities that meet the definition of career and technical 
education, as that term is defined in section 3(5) of the Act.
    (c) The estimated number of students to be served by the proposed 
project in each career and technical education program in each year of 
the project.
    (d) Goals and objectives for the proposed project, including how 
the attainment of the goals and objectives would further Tribal 
economic development plans, if any.
    (e) A detailed budget identifying the costs to be paid with funds 
under this program for each year of the project period, and resources 
available from other Federal, State, and local sources, including any 
student financial aid, that will be used to achieve the goals and 
objectives of the proposed project.
    (f) A description of the procedure the applicant intends to use to 
determine student eligibility for stipends and stipend amounts, and its 
oversight procedures for the awarding and payment of stipends.
    Program Requirements: The Assistant Secretary proposes the 
following program requirements for this program. We may apply one or 
more of these requirements in any year in which this program is in 
effect.
    Background: The payment of stipends to students attending tribally 
controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions receiving 
assistance under section 117 of the Act was first authorized by the 
Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 (Pub. L. 
105-332), which was enacted on October 31, 1998. The Department 
established requirements for the payment of such student stipends in 
the notice inviting applications for new awards for FY 2001, which was 
the first grant competition conducted under the revised authority (see 
66 FR 17035, March 28, 2001) (March 2001 Notice). Among other 
requirements, the March 2001 Notice required that, to be eligible for a 
stipend, a student must--

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    (1) Be enrolled in a career and technical education program funded 
under section 117 as at least a half-time student;
    (2) Be in regular attendance and meet the tribally controlled 
postsecondary institution's attendance requirement;
    (3) Maintain satisfactory progress in his or her course of study 
according to the tribally controlled institution's published standards 
of satisfactory progress; and
    (4) Have an acute economic need (defined as an income at or below 
the poverty level) that prevents participation in a project funded 
under this program that cannot be met through a work-study program.
    The March 2001 Notice also required that the amount of the stipend 
be determined by multiplying the number of hours a student actually 
attended a program by the greater of the minimum hourly wage that was 
prescribed by State or local law, or by the minimum hourly wage that is 
established under the Fair Labor Standards Act. However, an institution 
could only award a stipend to a student if, and to the extent that the 
stipend combined with other resources the student received did not 
exceed the student's financial need, which was defined as the 
difference between the student's cost of attendance and the financial 
aid or other resources that would be used to defray the costs of the 
student participating in the project.
    Authorization for section 117 grantees to pay student stipends was 
continued in Perkins IV. The May 2007 Notice established the same 
requirements for the payment of student stipends as the March 2001 
Notice, except that the May 2007 Notice--
    (1) Authorized payment of stipends to students whose attendance 
status was less than half-time;
    (2) Permitted payment of a stipend to a student only when the 
student was taking a course for the first time;
    (3) Did not define the term ``acute economic need''; and
    (4) Directed applicants to describe the procedure they intended to 
use to determine student eligibility for stipends and stipend amounts, 
and its oversight procedures for the awarding and payment of stipends.
    For future TCPCTIP competitions, we propose to establish the same 
requirements for the payment of student stipends that were established 
by the May 2007 Notice. We believe these requirements have worked well 
to ensure that TCPCTIP funds are used appropriately to assist only 
those students with an acute economic need that prevents their 
participation and that cannot be met through a work-study program. We 
note also that comparable requirements for the payment of student 
stipends have worked well and without controversy for nearly two 
decades in another program that provides assistance for career and 
technical education for Native American students--the Native American 
Career and Technical Education Program, authorized by section 116 of 
Perkins V. Finally, we note that the continuation of the May 2007 
student stipend requirements is consistent with the Principles of 
Economic Mobility in Executive Order 13828, Reducing Poverty in America 
by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility, which emphasize that 
work-capable individuals should be engaged in a work activity, which 
may include career and technical education, as a condition of receiving 
means-tested public assistance.
    Proposed Program Requirements: (a) Stipends may be paid to enable 
students to participate in a TCPCTIP career and technical education 
program.
    (1) To be eligible for a stipend, a student must--
    (i) Be enrolled in a career and technical education project funded 
under this program;
    (ii) Be in regular attendance in a TCPCTIP project and meet the 
training institution's attendance requirement;
    (iii) Maintain satisfactory progress in his or her program of study 
according to the training institution's published standards for 
satisfactory progress; and
    (iv) Have an acute economic need that prevents participation in a 
project funded under this program without a stipend and that cannot be 
met through a work-study program.
    (b) The amount of a stipend is based on the greater of either the 
minimum hourly wage prescribed by State or local law or the minimum 
hourly wage established under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
    (c) A grantee may only award a stipend if the stipend combined with 
other resources the student receives does not exceed the student's 
financial need. A ``student's financial need'' is the difference 
between the student's cost of attendance and the financial aid or other 
resources available to defray the student's cost of participating in a 
TCPCTIP project.
    (d) To calculate the amount of a student stipend, a grantee would 
multiply the number of hours a student actually attends career and 
technical education instruction by the greater of the amount of the 
minimum hourly wage that is prescribed by State or local law or by the 
minimum hourly wage that is established under the Fair Labor Standards 
Act.
    Example: If a grantee uses the Fair Labor Standards Act minimum 
hourly wage of $7.25 and a student attends classes for 20 hours a week, 
the student's stipend would be $145 for the week during which the 
student attends classes ($7.25 x 20 = $145).
    (e) Grantees must maintain records that fully support their 
decisions to award stipends and the amounts that are paid, such as 
proof of a student's enrollment in a TCPCTIP, stipend applications, 
timesheets showing the number of attendance hours confirmed in writing 
by an instructor, student financial status information, and evidence 
that a student would not be able to participate in the TCPCTIP project 
without a stipend. (20 U.S.C. 1232f; 34 CFR 75.700-75.702, 75.730, and 
75.731)
    (f) An eligible student may receive a stipend when taking a course 
for the first time. However, a stipend may not be provided to a student 
who has already taken, completed, and had the opportunity to benefit 
from a course and is merely repeating the course.

Proposed Definitions

    Background: We propose to establish a definition of ``institutional 
support of career and technical education,'' a term used in the list of 
allowable expenses identified in section 117(e)(1)(D) of the Act. To 
clarify what direct expenditures this term includes, we propose to 
define this term to mean administrative expenses incurred by an 
eligible institution that are related to conducting a career and 
technical education program for Indian students that is assisted under 
section 117 and administering a grant awarded under section 117.
    Under this proposed definition, for example, the costs associated 
with the accreditation of a particular career and technical education 
program funded under section 117 would be allowable direct costs, as 
would any expenditures related to administering a section 117 grant, 
such as the salary of a project director. In contrast, any general 
administrative expenses incurred by an institution, such as the costs 
associated with the accreditation of the overall institution itself, 
would not be allowable direct costs under section 117. However, there 
would be no limitation on the indirect costs a section 117 grantee 
could charge to its grant. Moreover, consistent with section 117(c)(3), 
a grantee could use an unrestricted rate in calculating the indirect 
costs that may be charged to the grant.

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    We believe this proposed definition is consistent with the purposes 
of TCPCTIP and other pertinent provisions of section 117. For example, 
section 117(a) indicates that the grants made under section 117 are to 
``provide basic support for the education and training of Indian 
students,'' while section 117(b) states that grant funds are to be 
``used for career and technical education programs for Indian students 
and for the institutional support costs of the grant.'' The March 2001 
and May 2007 Notices included comparable clarifications. We also 
propose to establish a definition of ``stipend'' that is intended to 
clarify its purpose and the circumstances under which stipends may be 
paid to students. The proposed definition is identical to the 
definition of ``stipend'' that was used in the March 2001 and May 2007 
Notices.
    Proposed Definitions: The Assistant Secretary proposes the 
following definitions for this program. We may apply one or both of 
these definitions in any year in which this program is in effect.
    Institutional support of career and technical education means 
administrative expenses incurred by an eligible institution that are 
related to conducting a career and technical education program for 
Indian students that is assisted under section 117 of the Act and 
administering a grant awarded under section 117.
    Stipend means a subsistence allowance for a student that is 
necessary for the student to participate in a project funded under this 
program.
    Final Requirements and Definitions: We will announce the final 
requirements and definitions in a document published in the Federal 
Register. We will determine the final requirements and definitions 
after considering responses to the proposed requirements and 
definitions and other information available to the Department. This 
document does not preclude us from proposing additional priorities, 
requirements, definitions, or selection criteria, subject to meeting 
applicable rulemaking requirements.
    Note: This document does not solicit applications. In any year in 
which we choose to use one or more of these requirements and 
definitions, we invite applications through a notice in the Federal 
Register.

Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 13771

Regulatory Impact Analysis

    Under Executive Order 12866, it must be determined whether this 
regulatory action is ``significant'' and, therefore, subject to the 
requirements of the Executive order and subject to review by the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB). Section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866 
defines a ``significant regulatory action'' as an action likely to 
result in a rule that may--
    (1) Have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or more, 
or adversely affect a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, 
jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or State, local, or 
Tribal governments or communities in a material way (also referred to 
as an ``economically significant'' rule);
    (2) Create serious inconsistency or otherwise interfere with an 
action taken or planned by another agency;
    (3) Materially alter the budgetary impacts of entitlement grants, 
user fees, or loan programs or the rights and obligations of recipients 
thereof; or
    (4) Raise novel legal or policy issues arising out of legal 
mandates, the President's priorities, or the principles stated in the 
Executive order.
    This proposed regulatory action is not a significant regulatory 
action subject to review by OMB under section 3(f) of Executive Order 
12866.
    Under Executive Order 13771, for each new regulation that the 
Department proposes for notice and comment or otherwise promulgates 
that is a significant regulatory action under Executive Order 12866, 
and that imposes total costs greater than zero, it must identify two 
deregulatory actions. For FY 2019, any new incremental costs associated 
with a new regulation must be fully offset by the elimination of 
existing costs through deregulatory actions. However, Executive Order 
13771 does not apply to ``transfer rules'' that cause only income 
transfers between taxpayers and program beneficiaries, such as those 
regarding discretionary grant programs. The proposed priority and 
requirements would be utilized in connection with a discretionary grant 
program and, therefore, Executive Order 13771 is not applicable.
    We have also reviewed this proposed regulatory action under 
Executive Order 13563, which supplements and explicitly reaffirms the 
principles, structures, and definitions governing regulatory review 
established in Executive Order 12866. To the extent permitted by law, 
Executive Order 13563 requires that an agency--
    (1) Propose or adopt regulations only upon a reasoned determination 
that their benefits justify their costs (recognizing that some benefits 
and costs are difficult to quantify);
    (2) Tailor its regulations to impose the least burden on society, 
consistent with obtaining regulatory objectives and taking into 
account--among other things and to the extent practicable--the costs of 
cumulative regulations;
    (3) In choosing among alternative regulatory approaches, select 
those approaches that maximize net benefits (including potential 
economic, environmental, public health and safety, and other 
advantages; distributive impacts; and equity);
    (4) To the extent feasible, specify performance objectives, rather 
than the behavior or manner of compliance a regulated entity must 
adopt; and
    (5) Identify and assess available alternatives to direct 
regulation, including economic incentives--such as user fees or 
marketable permits--to encourage the desired behavior, or provide 
information that enables the public to make choices.
    Executive Order 13563 also requires an agency ``to use the best 
available techniques to quantify anticipated present and future 
benefits and costs as accurately as possible.'' The Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs of OMB has emphasized that these 
techniques may include ``identifying changing future compliance costs 
that might result from technological innovation or anticipated 
behavioral changes.''
    We are issuing these proposed requirements and definitions only on 
a reasoned determination that their benefits justify their costs. In 
choosing among alternative regulatory approaches, we selected those 
approaches that maximize net benefits. Based on the analysis that 
follows, the Department believes that this regulatory action is 
consistent with the principles in Executive Order 13563.
    We also have determined that this regulatory action would not 
unduly interfere with State, local, and Tribal governments in the 
exercise of their governmental functions.
    In accordance with these Executive orders, the Department has 
assessed the potential costs and benefits, both quantitative and 
qualitative, of this regulatory action. The potential costs associated 
with this regulatory action are those resulting from regulatory 
requirements and those we have determined are necessary for 
administering the Department's programs and activities.
    Summary of Costs and Benefits: The Department believes that these 
proposed requirements and definitions would not impose significant 
costs on tribally controlled postsecondary career and technical 
institutions eligible for

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assistance under section 117 of Perkins V. We also believe that the 
benefits of implementing the proposed requirements and definitions 
justify any associated costs.
    The Department believes that the proposed application requirements 
would help to ensure that: Only institutions eligible for assistance 
under section 117 of the Act receive such assistance; grants provided 
under section 117 of the Act are awarded only for allowable, 
reasonable, and necessary costs; and eligible applicants consider 
carefully in preparing their applications how the grants may be used to 
improve career and technical education programs and the outcomes of the 
students who enroll in them. The program requirements and related 
definitions are necessary to ensure that taxpayer funds are expended 
appropriately.
    The Department further believes that the costs imposed on an 
applicant by the proposed requirements and definitions would be largely 
limited to the paperwork burden related to meeting the application 
requirements and that the benefits of preparing an application and 
receiving an award would justify any costs incurred by the applicant. 
Entities selected for awards under section 117 of the Act would be able 
to pay the costs associated with implementing the program requirements 
related to student stipends with grant funds. Thus, the costs of these 
proposed requirements and definitions would not be a significant burden 
for any eligible applicant.
    Elsewhere in this section under Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we 
identify and explain burdens specifically associated with information 
collection requirements.
    Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA): These proposed requirements 
and definitions do not contain any information collection requirements 
subject to the PRA. The Department is aware of fewer than nine tribally 
controlled postsecondary career and technical institutions that meet 
the eligibility requirements of section 117 of the Act and could thus 
be expected to apply in a response to a notice inviting applications. 
Information collection requirements imposed on nine or fewer 
individuals or entities are not subject to the PRA.
    Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification: The Secretary certifies 
that this proposed regulatory action would not have a significant 
economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The U.S. 
Small Business Administration Size Standards define ``small entities'' 
as for-profit or nonprofit institutions with total annual revenue below 
$7,000,000 or, if they are institutions controlled by small 
governmental jurisdictions (that are comprised of cities, counties, 
towns, townships, villages, school districts, or special districts), 
with a population of less than 50,000.
    The small entities that this proposed regulatory action would 
affect are institutions of higher education. We believe that the costs 
imposed on an applicant by the proposed requirements and definitions 
would be limited to paperwork burden related to preparing an 
application and that the benefits of implementing these proposed 
requirements and definitions would outweigh any costs incurred by the 
applicant.
    Participation in TCPCTIP is voluntary. For this reason, the 
proposed application requirements would impose no burden on small 
entities unless they applied for funding under TCPCTIP. We expect that 
in determining whether to apply for TCPCTIP funds, an eligible entity 
would evaluate the requirements of preparing an application and any 
associated costs, and weigh them against the benefits likely to be 
achieved by receiving a TCPCTIP grant. An eligible entity would 
probably apply only if it determines that the likely benefits exceed 
the costs of preparing an application. The likely benefits of applying 
for a TCPCTIP grant include the potential receipt of a grant as well as 
other benefits that may accrue to an entity through its development of 
an application, such as the identification of long- and short-range 
plans for the institution and its career and technical education 
programs. Additionally, proposed application requirement (a), which 
would direct applicants to document their eligibility under section 117 
of the Act, would focus the attention of all prospective applicants on 
the eligibility requirements in section 117 of the Act and help 
discourage entities that do not meet them from incurring the time and 
expense of preparing a full application. The costs of meeting the other 
proposed requirements related to student stipends could be paid with 
grant funds and entities that do not receive a grant would not be 
required to meet them.
    We believe that the proposed requirements and definitions would not 
impose any additional burden on a small entity applying for a grant 
than the entity would face in the absence of the proposed action. That 
is, the length of the applications those entities would submit in the 
absence of the proposed regulatory action and the time needed to 
prepare an application would likely be the same.
    This proposed regulatory action would not have a significant 
economic impact on a small entity once it receives a grant because it 
would be able to meet the costs of compliance using the funds provided 
under this program. We invite comments from small eligible entities as 
to whether they believe this proposed regulatory action would have a 
significant economic impact on them and, if so, request evidence to 
support that belief.
    Intergovernmental Review: This program is not subject to Executive 
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
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    Dated: March 29, 2019.
Scott Stump,
Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education.
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