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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Chapter III
[Docket No. ED–2020–OPE–0044]
Proposed Waiver and Extension of the
Project Period for the Predominantly
Black Institutions Competitive Grant
Program
The Secretary proposes to
waive the requirements in the Education
Department General Administrative
Regulations that generally prohibit
project periods exceeding five years and
project period extensions involving the
obligation of additional Federal funds.
The proposed waiver and extension
would enable 23 projects under CFDA
number 84.382A to receive funding for
an additional period, not to exceed
September 30, 2021.
DATES: We must receive your comments
on or before April 22, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
or via postal mail, commercial delivery,
or hand delivery. We will not accept
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ACTION: Proposed waiver and extension
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viewing the docket, is available on the
site under ‘‘Help.’’
• Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery,
or Hand Delivery: The Department
strongly encourages commenters to
submit their comments electronically.
However, if you mail or deliver your
comments about the proposed waiver
and extension, address them to: The
Predominantly Black Institutions
Competitive Grant Program, CFDA
number 84.382A, Attention: Bernadette
Miles, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 250–
22, Washington, DC 20202.
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:
Bernadette Miles, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 250–22, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: 202–453–7892. Email:
Bernadette.Miles@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay
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8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Invitation to Comment: We invite you
to submit comments regarding this
proposed waiver and extension.
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
this proposed waiver and extension.
Please let us know of any further ways
we could reduce potential costs or
increase potential benefits while
preserving the effective and efficient
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During and after the comment period,
you may inspect all public comments
about this proposed waiver and
extension of the project period in Room
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DC, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and
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Background
On May 18, 2015, the Department of
Education (Department) published in
the Federal Register (80 FR 28248) a
notice inviting applications for projects
for fiscal year (FY) 2015 under the
Predominantly Black Institutions (PBI)
Competitive Grant program authorized
under Title III, Part F, Section 371 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (HEA). The purpose of the PBI
program is to strengthen PBIs to carry
out programs in the following areas:
Science, technology, engineering, or
mathematics; health education;
internationalization or globalization;
teacher preparation; or improving
educational outcomes of AfricanAmerican males.
In September 2015, the Department
made 23 60-month awards to eligible
institutions funded by the PBI Program
as follows:
Institution
State
University of West Alabama ..............
Arkansas State University .................
Pulaski Technical College .................
South Georgia Technical College .....
Albany Technical College ..................
Oconee Fall Line Technical College
Augusta Technical College ...............
Central Georgia Technical College ...
Georgia State University ...................
Malcolm X College ............................
Olive Harvey College ........................
Chicago State University ...................
Mississippi Delta Community College
Halifax Community College ...............
Bloomfield College ............................
Medgar Evers College .......................
York College ......................................
Community College of Philadelphia ..
Northeastern Technical College ........
Florence-Darlington Technical College.
Central Carolina Technical College ..
Southwest Tennessee Community
College.
Cedar Valley College ........................
AL.
AR.
AR.
GA.
GA.
GA.
GA.
GA.
GA.
IL.
IL.
IL.
MS.
NC.
NJ.
NY.
NY.
PA.
SC.
SC.
SC.
TN.
TX.
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All current project periods for these
grantees end on September 30, 2020.
Waivers and Extensions
We are proposing to extend the 23 PBI
projects in order to align and coordinate
the funding cycles of all discretionary
grant programs authorized under Title
III, Part F, Section 371 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (HEA). With the
proposed extension, the PBI Program
would align with (1) the Alaska Native
and Native Hawaiian-serving
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Institutions program; (2) the Asian
American and Native American Pacific
Islander-serving program; (3) the Native
American-serving Non-Tribal
Institutions program; and (4) the
Hispanic-Serving Institutions Science,
Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics and Articulation Program
(HSI–STEM). The waivers and
extensions would allow the Department
to align and coordinate the award cycles
of the Title III, Part F programs, and
improve the efficiency and costeffectiveness of direct training and
technical assistance services focused on
the competitive strengthening
institutions programs. In addition, the
Department will consider approaches
for improving coordination among
programs that provide these services to
more efficiently and effectively meet the
needs of these institutions and to allow
for efficient use of the funding available
to support these activities.
We do not believe that it would be in
the public interest to run a competition
for this program in FY 2020. The
program has remaining FY 2019
appropriated funds to be carried over to
the current FY 2020 grant cycle and
would continue on an award cycle that
would not coordinate with the
Department’s existing part F
discretionary grant programs.
The Department has also concluded
that it would not be in the public
interest to run two consecutive program
competitions with the first using the
appropriated 2019 carry over funds and
the second using the funds appropriated
by H.R. 2486, the Fostering
Undergraduate Talent by Unlocking
Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act,
because doing so would increase the
burden on the potential applicants.
For these reasons, the Secretary
proposes to waive the requirements in
34 CFR 75.250, which prohibit project
periods exceeding five years, and the
requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(a) and
(c)(2), which allow the extension of a
project period only if the extension does
not involve the obligation of additional
Federal funds. The waiver would allow
the Department to issue one-time FY
2020 continuation awards to the current
PBI Program grantees estimated as
follows:
Institution
University of West Alabama.
Arkansas State University.
Pulaski Technical College.
South Georgia Technical College.
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State
AL
Institution
Albany Technical College.
Oconee Fall Line Technical College.
Augusta Technical College.
Central Georgia Technical College.
Georgia State University.
Malcolm X College ......
Olive Harvey College ..
Chicago State University.
Mississippi Delta Community College.
Halifax Community College.
Bloomfield College ......
Medgar Evers College
York College ................
Community College of
Philadelphia.
Northeastern Technical
College.
Florence-Darlington
Technical College.
Central Carolina Technical College.
Southwest Tennessee
Community College.
Cedar Valley College ..
State
Award
GA
600,000
GA
545,459
GA
591,493
GA
596,148
GA
600,000
IL
IL
IL
590,500
543,246
600,000
MS
600,000
NC
600,000
NJ
NY
NY
PA
600,000
600,000
600,000
600,000
SC
599,252
SC
599,993
SC
599,921
TN
600,000
TX
467,126
Any activities carried out during the
year of this continuation award must be
consistent with the scope, goals, and
objectives of the grantees’ applications
as approved in the 2015 competition.
The requirements for continuation
awards are set forth in 34 CFR 75.253.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the
proposed waiver and extension of the
project period would not have a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities.
The only entities that would be affected
by the proposed waiver and extension of
the project period are the current
grantees and any other potential
applicants.
The Secretary certifies that the
proposed waiver and extension would
not have a significant economic impact
on these entities because the extension
of an existing project period imposes
minimal compliance costs, and the
activities required to support the
additional year of funding would not
impose additional regulatory burdens or
Award
require unnecessary Federal
$414,672 supervision.
AR
599,996
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
AR
599,856
GA
600,000
This notice of proposed waiver and
extension of the project period does not
contain any information collection
requirements.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Chapter III
[Docket No. ED-2020-OPE-0044]
Proposed Waiver and Extension of the Project Period for the
Predominantly Black Institutions Competitive Grant Program
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), Department of
Education.
ACTION: Proposed waiver and extension of project period.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary proposes to waive the requirements in the
Education Department General Administrative Regulations that generally
prohibit project periods exceeding five years and project period
extensions involving the obligation of additional Federal funds. The
proposed waiver and extension would enable 23 projects under CFDA
number 84.382A to receive funding for an additional period, not to
exceed September 30, 2021.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before April 22, 2020.
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.
If you are submitting comments electronically, we strongly
encourage you to submit any comments or attachments in Microsoft Word
format. If you must submit a comment in Adobe Portable Document Format
(PDF), we strongly encourage you to convert the PDF to print-to-PDF
format or to use some other commonly used searchable text format.
Please do not submit the PDF in a scanned format. Using a print-to-PDF
format allows the Department to electronically search and copy certain
portions of your submissions.
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 ``Help.''
Postal Mail, Commercial Delivery, or Hand Delivery: The
Department strongly encourages commenters to submit their comments
electronically. However, if you mail or deliver your comments about the
proposed waiver and extension, address them to: The Predominantly Black
Institutions Competitive Grant Program, CFDA number 84.382A, Attention:
Bernadette Miles, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 250-22, Washington, DC 20202.
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: Bernadette Miles, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 250-22, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: 202-453-7892. Email: [email protected].
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) or a text
telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-
800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Invitation to Comment: We invite you to submit comments regarding
this proposed waiver and extension.
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 this proposed waiver and extension. 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 this proposed waiver and extension of the project period
in Room 5059, 550 12th Street SW, Washington, DC, between the hours of
8:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday of each
week, except Federal holidays.
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
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extension. If you want to schedule an appointment for this type of aid,
please contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Background
On May 18, 2015, the Department of Education (Department) published
in the Federal Register (80 FR 28248) a notice inviting applications
for projects for fiscal year (FY) 2015 under the Predominantly Black
Institutions (PBI) Competitive Grant program authorized under Title
III, Part F, Section 371 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as
amended (HEA). The purpose of the PBI program is to strengthen PBIs to
carry out programs in the following areas: Science, technology,
engineering, or mathematics; health education; internationalization or
globalization; teacher preparation; or improving educational outcomes
of African-American males.
In September 2015, the Department made 23 60-month awards to
eligible institutions funded by the PBI Program as follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Institution State
------------------------------------------------------------------------
University of West Alabama................... AL.
Arkansas State University.................... AR.
Pulaski Technical College.................... AR.
South Georgia Technical College.............. GA.
Albany Technical College..................... GA.
Oconee Fall Line Technical College........... GA.
Augusta Technical College.................... GA.
Central Georgia Technical College............ GA.
Georgia State University..................... GA.
Malcolm X College............................ IL.
Olive Harvey College......................... IL.
Chicago State University..................... IL.
Mississippi Delta Community College.......... MS.
Halifax Community College.................... NC.
Bloomfield College........................... NJ.
Medgar Evers College......................... NY.
York College................................. NY.
Community College of Philadelphia............ PA.
Northeastern Technical College............... SC.
Florence-Darlington Technical College........ SC.
Central Carolina Technical College........... SC.
Southwest Tennessee Community College........ TN.
Cedar Valley College......................... TX.
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All current project periods for these grantees end on September 30,
2020.
Waivers and Extensions
We are proposing to extend the 23 PBI projects in order to align
and coordinate the funding cycles of all discretionary grant programs
authorized under Title III, Part F, Section 371 of the Higher Education
Act of 1965 (HEA). With the proposed extension, the PBI Program would
align with (1) the Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-serving
Institutions program; (2) the Asian American and Native American
Pacific Islander-serving program; (3) the Native American-serving Non-
Tribal Institutions program; and (4) the Hispanic-Serving Institutions
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics and Articulation
Program (HSI-STEM). The waivers and extensions would allow the
Department to align and coordinate the award cycles of the Title III,
Part F programs, and improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of
direct training and technical assistance services focused on the
competitive strengthening institutions programs. In addition, the
Department will consider approaches for improving coordination among
programs that provide these services to more efficiently and
effectively meet the needs of these institutions and to allow for
efficient use of the funding available to support these activities.
We do not believe that it would be in the public interest to run a
competition for this program in FY 2020. The program has remaining FY
2019 appropriated funds to be carried over to the current FY 2020 grant
cycle and would continue on an award cycle that would not coordinate
with the Department's existing part F discretionary grant programs.
The Department has also concluded that it would not be in the
public interest to run two consecutive program competitions with the
first using the appropriated 2019 carry over funds and the second using
the funds appropriated by H.R. 2486, the Fostering Undergraduate Talent
by Unlocking Resources for Education (FUTURE) Act, because doing so
would increase the burden on the potential applicants.
For these reasons, the Secretary proposes to waive the requirements
in 34 CFR 75.250, which prohibit project periods exceeding five years,
and the requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(a) and (c)(2), which allow the
extension of a project period only if the extension does not involve
the obligation of additional Federal funds. The waiver would allow the
Department to issue one-time FY 2020 continuation awards to the current
PBI Program grantees estimated as follows:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Institution State Award
------------------------------------------------------------------------
University of West Alabama............. AL $414,672
Arkansas State University.............. AR 599,996
Pulaski Technical College.............. AR 599,856
South Georgia Technical College........ GA 600,000
Albany Technical College............... GA 600,000
Oconee Fall Line Technical College..... GA 545,459
Augusta Technical College.............. GA 591,493
Central Georgia Technical College...... GA 596,148
Georgia State University............... GA 600,000
Malcolm X College...................... IL 590,500
Olive Harvey College................... IL 543,246
Chicago State University............... IL 600,000
Mississippi Delta Community College.... MS 600,000
Halifax Community College.............. NC 600,000
Bloomfield College..................... NJ 600,000
Medgar Evers College................... NY 600,000
York College........................... NY 600,000
Community College of Philadelphia...... PA 600,000
Northeastern Technical College......... SC 599,252
Florence-Darlington Technical College.. SC 599,993
Central Carolina Technical College..... SC 599,921
Southwest Tennessee Community College.. TN 600,000
Cedar Valley College................... TX 467,126
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Any activities carried out during the year of this continuation
award must be consistent with the scope, goals, and objectives of the
grantees' applications as approved in the 2015 competition. The
requirements for continuation awards are set forth in 34 CFR 75.253.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the proposed waiver and extension of
the project period would not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. The only entities that would be
affected by the proposed waiver and extension of the project period are
the current grantees and any other potential applicants.
The Secretary certifies that the proposed waiver and extension
would not have a significant economic impact on these entities because
the extension of an existing project period imposes minimal compliance
costs, and the activities required to support the additional year of
funding would not impose additional regulatory burdens or require
unnecessary Federal supervision.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This notice of proposed waiver and extension of the project period
does not contain any information collection requirements.
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Intergovernmental Review
These programs are subject to Executive Order 12372 and the
regulations in 34 CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the Executive
order is to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a strengthened
federalism. The Executive order relies on processes developed by State
and local governments for coordination and review of proposed Federal
financial assistance. This document provides early notification of our
specific plans and actions for this program.
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Robert L. King,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2020-05741 Filed 3-20-20; 8:45 am]
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