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the performance targets in the grantee’s
approved application.
In making a continuation award, the
Secretary also considers whether the
grantee is operating in compliance with
the assurances in its approved
application, including those applicable
to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit
discrimination in programs or activities
receiving Federal financial assistance
from the Department (34 CFR 100.4,
104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
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David Cantrell,
Deputy Director, Office of Special Education
Programs. Delegated the authority to perform
the functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for the Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; Hispanic
Serving Institutions Science,
Technology, Engineering &
Mathematics (HSI STEM) and
Articulation Program; Correction
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
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On April 30, 2021, the
Department of Education (Department)
published in the Federal Register a
notice inviting applications (NIA) for
new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for
the HSI STEM and Articulation
Program, Assistance Listing Number
84.031C. This notice corrects the Award
Information and Eligibility Information
sections of the NIA. All other
information in the NIA, including the
June 14, 2021, deadline for transmittal
of applications, remains the same.
DATES: This correction is applicable
May 21, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jymece Seward, Office of Postsecondary
Education, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 2B159, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: (202) 453–6138. Email:
Jymece.Seward@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf or a text telephone,
call the Federal Relay Service, toll free,
at 1–800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April
30, 2021, the Department published in
the Federal Register the FY 2021 NIA
for the HSI STEM and Articulation
Program (86 FR 22947). This notice
corrects the Award Information and
Eligibility Information sections of the
NIA. Specifically, we clarify that the
estimated award dollar amounts are
provided on a per year basis, and we
correct the indirect cost rate information
to specify that this program is subject to
an unrestricted indirect cost rate.
All other information in the NIA,
including the June 14, 2021, deadline
for transmittal of applications, remains
the same.
SUMMARY:
Corrections
In FR Document 2021–09079
appearing on page 22947 in the Federal
Register of April 30, 2021, the following
corrections are made:
1. On page 22949, in the third
column, in the section entitled ‘‘Award
Information’’, add ‘‘per year’’ after
‘‘$700,000–$1,000,000’’.
2. On page 22950, in the second line
of the first column, add ‘‘per year’’ after
‘‘$775,000’’.
3. On page 22950, in the fifth
paragraph of the second column, after
heading ‘‘b. Indirect Cost Rate
Information’’, remove the first sentence
and add, in its place, ‘‘This program
uses an unrestricted indirect cost rate.’’
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C.
1067q(b)(2)(B).
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program contact listed under FOR
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a copy of the application package in an
accessible format. The Department will
provide the requestor with and
accessible format that may include Rich
Text Format (RTF) or text format (txt),
a thumb drive, an MP3 file, braille, large
print, audiotape, or compact disc, or
other accessible format.
Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is
the document published in the Federal
Register. You may access the official
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Code of Federal Regulations at
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documents of this Department
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text or Portable Document Format
(PDF). To use PDF, you must have
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Michelle Asha Cooper,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED–2021–SCC–0039]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Comment Request; U.S.
Department of Education Grant
Performance Report Form (ED 524B)
Office of the Secretary (OS),
Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing an extension without change
of a currently approved collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before June 21,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should
be sent within 30 days of publication of
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/
do/PRAMain. Find this information
collection request by selecting
‘‘Department of Education’’ under
‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check
‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’
SUMMARY:
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checkbox. Comments may also be sent
to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov.
For
specific questions related to collection
activities, please contact Alfreida
Pettiford, 202–245–6110.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general
public and Federal agencies with an
opportunity to comment on proposed,
revised, and continuing collections of
information. This helps the Department
assess the impact of its information
collection requirements and minimize
the public’s reporting burden. It also
helps the public understand the
Department’s information collection
requirements and provide the requested
data in the desired format. ED is
soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that
is described below. The Department of
Education is especially interested in
public comment addressing the
following issues: (1) Is this collection
necessary to the proper functions of the
Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner;
(3) is the estimate of burden accurate;
(4) how might the Department enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (5) how
might the Department minimize the
burden of this collection on the
respondents, including through the use
of information technology. Please note
that written comments received in
response to this notice will be
considered public records.
Title of Collection: U.S. Department of
Education Grant Performance Report
Form (ED 524B).
OMB Control Number: 1894–0003.
Type of Review: An extension without
change of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State,
Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 7,595.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 169,390.
Abstract: The ED 524B form and
instructions are used by many ED
discretionary grant programs to enable
grantees to meet ED deadline dates for
submission of performance reports to
the Department.
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Dated: May 18, 2021.
Juliana Pearson,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and
Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division,
Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of
Planning, Evaluation and Policy
Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Applications for New Awards; Minority
Science and Engineering Improvement
Program (MSEIP)
Office of Postsecondary
Education, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Department of Education
(Department) is issuing a notice inviting
applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for
the MSEIP, Assistance Listing Number
84.120A. This notice relates to the
approved information collection under
OMB control number 1840–0109.
DATES:
Applications Available: May 21, 2021.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: July 6, 2021.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: September 3, 2021.
Pre-Application Webinar information:
The Department will hold a preapplication meeting via webinar for
prospective applicants. Detailed
information regarding this webinar will
be provided on the website for the
MSEIP at www2.ed.gov/programs/
iduesmsi/.
ADDRESSES: For the addresses for
obtaining and submitting an
application, please refer to our Common
Instructions for Applicants to
Department of Education Discretionary
Grant Programs, published in the
Federal Register on February 13, 2019
(84 FR 3768) and available at
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-201902-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Bernadette Hence, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,
Room 2B125, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: (202) 453–7913. Email:
Bernadette.Hence@ed.gov.
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:
SUMMARY:
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The MSEIP is
designed to effect long-range
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improvement in science and
engineering education at predominantly
minority institutions and to increase the
flow of underrepresented ethnic
minorities, particularly minority
women, into scientific and
technological careers.
Background: The COVID–19
pandemic has greatly affected schools
and postsecondary institutions
nationwide. Almost instantaneously, all
educational institutions from pre-K to
graduate programs had to establish
distance education programs even
though many schools, institutions, and
families lacked the needed technology,
software, and training to teach and learn
in a remote environment. Recent
research (Liu et al., 2020; Son et al.,
2020; Panchal et al., 2021) 1 suggests
that the COVID–19 pandemic has
resulted in long-term stressors that
negatively affect the mental health of
students. College students are
experiencing numerous pandemicrelated effects including closures of
universities, loss of income, increased
alcohol or substance abuse, suicidal
thoughts, and symptoms of anxiety
(Panchal et al., 2021). In a recent survey
of over 2,000 college students
conducted in April 2020, one in five
respondents reported that their mental
health had significantly worsened
during the pandemic (Liu et al., 2020).
This baseline data underscores the
urgent need to aggressively address the
mental health needs of college students
through strategies for ensuring mental
health service access and intentional
outreach to students with special
circumstances. In developing a
proposed project, we strongly encourage
applicants to incorporate interventions
and preventive strategies to address the
mental health impact of the COVID–19
pandemic on college students.
Priority: This notice contains one
competitive preference priority. The
competitive preference priority is from
the notice of final administrative
priority and definitions for discretionary
grants program published in the Federal
Register on December 30, 2020 (85 FR
86545) (Remote Learning NFP).
1 Liu, C.H., Pinder-Amaker, S., Hahm, H.C. &
Chen, J.A. (2020). Priorities for addressing the
impact of the COVID–19 pandemic on college
student mental health. Journal of American College
Health, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/
07448481.2020.1803882.
Panchal, N., Kamal, R., Cox, C. & Garfield, R.
(2021). The implications of COVID–19 for mental
health and substance. https://www.kff.org/
coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/the-implicationsof-covid-19-for-mental-health-and-substance-use.
Son, C., Hegde, S., Smith, A. & Wang, X. (2020).
Effects of Covid–19 on college students’ mental
health in the United States: Interview survey study.
Journal of Medical internet Research, 22 (9). DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2196/21279.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket No. ED-2021-SCC-0039]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment
Request; U.S. Department of Education Grant Performance Report Form (ED
524B)
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OS), Department of Education (ED).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is
proposing an extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before
June 21, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for proposed
information collection requests should be sent within 30 days of
publication of this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find
this information collection request by selecting ``Department of
Education'' under ``Currently Under Review,'' then check ``Only Show
ICR for Public Comment''
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checkbox. Comments may also be sent to [email protected].
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For specific questions related to
collection activities, please contact Alfreida Pettiford, 202-245-6110.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education (ED), in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general public and Federal agencies with
an opportunity to comment on proposed, revised, and continuing
collections of information. This helps the Department assess the impact
of its information collection requirements and minimize the public's
reporting burden. It also helps the public understand the Department's
information collection requirements and provide the requested data in
the desired format. ED is soliciting comments on the proposed
information collection request (ICR) that is described below. The
Department of Education is especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is this collection necessary to
the proper functions of the Department; (2) will this information be
processed and used in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate of burden
accurate; (4) how might the Department enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be collected; and (5) how might the
Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents,
including through the use of information technology. Please note that
written comments received in response to this notice will be considered
public records.
Title of Collection: U.S. Department of Education Grant Performance
Report Form (ED 524B).
OMB Control Number: 1894-0003.
Type of Review: An extension without change of a currently approved
collection.
Respondents/Affected Public: State, Local, and Tribal Governments.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 7,595.
Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 169,390.
Abstract: The ED 524B form and instructions are used by many ED
discretionary grant programs to enable grantees to meet ED deadline
dates for submission of performance reports to the Department.
Dated: May 18, 2021.
Juliana Pearson,
PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and
Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning,
Evaluation and Policy Development.
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