97-32649. Notice of Extension Inviting Applications for Designation as an Eligible Institution for Fiscal Year 1998 for the Strengthening Institutions Program

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 239 (Friday, December 12, 1997)]
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Notice of Extension Inviting Applications for Designation as an 
Eligible Institution for Fiscal Year 1998 for the Strengthening 
Institutions Program; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.031A, CFDA No. 84.031G]


Notice of Extension Inviting Applications for Designation as an 
Eligible Institution for Fiscal Year 1998 for the Strengthening 
Institutions Program

    PURPOSE: On November 13, 1997, the Department of Education 
published in the Federal Register (62 FR 60988) a closing date notice 
for applications from institutions that wish to be designated as an 
eligible institution under the Strengthening Institutions Program 
authorized under Title III, Part A of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
as amended (HEA) for Fiscal Year 1998. The purpose of this notice is to 
extend the closing dates for transmittal of applications. This action 
is needed due to unforeseen administrative delays.
    An institution that wishes to be designated as an eligible 
institution under the Strengthening Institutions Program for any 
purpose must submit its application to the Department by February 10, 
1998.
    If an institution submits its application by January 16, 1998, the 
Department will notify the applicant of its eligibility status by 
February 10, 1998. If an applicant believes it failed to be designated 
as an eligible institution because of errors in its application or 
insufficient information in its waiver request, it may submit an 
amended application to the Department no later than March 27, 1998.
    If an applicant submits its initial application after January 16, 
1998, but on or before February 10, 1998, the Department does not 
guarantee that it will be able to review the application and notify the 
applicant in time for the applicant to submit an amended application by 
March 27, 1998, the deadline date for amended applications.
    An applicant will not be designated as an eligible institution if 
the applicant misses the February 10, 1998 deadline for initial 
applications or the March 27, 1998 deadline for amended applications. 
The Department strongly recommends that applicants apply by January 16, 
1998 to take advantage of the opportunity to amend unapproved 
applications.

Deadline for Transmittal of Applications

    January 16, 1998 for early applications, February 10, 1998 for all 
initial applications, and March 27, 1998 for amended applications. 
These deadlines apply to institutions of higher education that 
anticipate competing for new awards, under the Strengthening 
Institutions Program, and for institutions that plan to obtain a waiver 
of certain non-Federal share requirements under the Federal 
Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant and Federal Work Study 
Programs.
    Applications Available: December 12, 1997.
    For Applications or Information Contact: Blanca Westgate or Jane 
Wrenn, Institutional Development and Undergraduate Education Service, 
U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Avenue, SW. (Portals CY-
80) Washington, DC 20202-5335. Telephone [phone] and 
708-8839. Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf 
(TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-
877-9339 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through 
Friday.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an 
alternate format (e.g., Braille, large print, audio tape, or computer 
diskette) on request to the contact person listed in the preceding 
paragraph.
    Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application 
package in an alternate format, also, by contacting that person. 
However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an alternate format 
the standard forms included in the application package.

Electronic Access to This Document

    Anyone may view this document, as well as all other Department of 
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or 
portable document format (pdf) on the World Wide Web at either of the 
following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg/htm
http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the pdf you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with 
Search, which is available free at either of the previous sites. If you 
have questions about using the pdf, call the U.S., Government Printing 
Office toll free at 1-888-293-6498.

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057, 1059c and 1065a.

    Dated: December 5, 1997.
David A. Longanecker,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 97-32649 Filed 12-11-97; 8:45 am]
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