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committees with respect to schools and 

students served by Teach Grant 

recipient schools. This report is 

required by Section 420P of the Higher 

Education Act, as amended by the 

Higher Education Opportunity Act of 

2008. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00291 Filed 1–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2014–ICCD–0001] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request; 

Education Resource Organizations 

Directory 

AGENCY: Office of Communication and 

Outreach (OCO) Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing a reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before March 

14, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2014–ICCD–0001 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted. Written 

requests for information or comments 

submitted by postal mail or delivery 

should be addressed to the Director of 

the Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

2E107, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to collection activities 

or burden, please call Stephanie 

Valentine, 202–401–0526 or 

electronically mail ICDocketMgr@

ed.gov. Please do not send comments 

here. We will ONLY accept comments 

in this mailbox when the 

regulations.gov site is not available to 

the public for any reason. 

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: Education 

Resource Organizations Directory. 

OMB Control Number: 1860–0508. 

Type of Review: A reinstatement of a 

previously approved information 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 1,800. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 373. 

Abstract: Education Resource 

Organizations Directory (EROD) is an 

electronic directory of educational 

resource organizations and services 

available at the state, regional, and 

national level. The goal of this directory 

is to help individuals and organizations 

identify and contact organizational 

sources of information and assistance on 

a broad range of education-related 

topics. Users of the directory include 

diverse groups such as teachers, 

librarians, students, researchers, and 

parents. 

Dated: January 7, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00292 Filed 1–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No. ED–2013–ICCD–0138] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Annual Performance Reports for Title 

III and Title V Grantees 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. chapter 3501 et seq.), ED is 

proposing an extension of an existing 

information collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before February 

12, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted in 

response to this notice should be 

submitted electronically through the 

Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov by selecting 

Docket ID number ED–2013–ICCD–0138 

or via postal mail, commercial delivery, 

or hand delivery. Please note that 

comments submitted by fax or email 

and those submitted after the comment 

period will not be accepted. Written 

requests for information or comments 

submitted by postal mail or delivery 

should be addressed to the Director of 

the Information Collection Clearance 

Division, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW., LBJ, Room 

2E103,Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to collection activities 

or burden, please call Kate Mullan, 202– 

401–0563 or electronically mail 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Please do not 

send comments here. We will ONLY 

accept comments in this mailbox when 

the regulations.gov site is not available 

to the public for any reason. 

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 


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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: Annual 

Performance Reports for Title III and 

Title V Grantees. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0766. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of an existing collection of 

information. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 782. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 16,415. 

Abstract: Titles III and V of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(HEA), provide discretionary and 

formula grant programs that make 

competitive awards to eligible 

institutions of Higher Education and 

organizations (Title III, Part E) to assist 

these institutions expand their capacity 

to serve minority and low-income 

students. Grantees annually submit a 

yearly performance report to 

demonstrate that substantial progress is 

being made towards meeting the 

objectives of their project. 

Dated: January 7, 2014. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

Acting Director, Information Collection 

Clearance Division, Privacy, Information and 

Records Management Services, Office of 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–00347 Filed 1–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for Eligibility Designation; 

Programs Under Parts A and F of Title 

III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

as Amended (HEA), and Programs 

Under Title V of the HEA 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Overview Information: 

This notice applies to the following 

programs: 

1. Programs authorized under Part A, 

Title III of the HEA: Strengthening 

Institutions Program (Part A SIP), 

Predominantly Black Institutions (Part 

A PBI), Native American-Serving 

Nontribal Institutions (Part A NASNTI), 

and Asian American and Native 

American Pacific Islander-Serving 

Institutions (Part A AANAPISI). 

2. Programs authorized under Part F, 

Title III of the HEA: Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions STEM and Articulation 

(Part F, Title III HSI STEM and 

Articulation), Predominantly Black 

Institutions (Part F PBI), and Asian 

American and Native American Pacific 

Islander-Serving Institutions (Part F 

AANAPISI). 

3. Programs authorized under both 

Parts A and F in Title III of the HEA: 

Alaska Native and Native HawaiianServing Institutions (ANNH). 

4. Programs authorized under Title V 

of the HEA: Developing HispanicServing Institutions (Title V HSI) and 

Promoting Postbaccalaureate 

Opportunities for Hispanic Americans 

(PPOHA). 

Notice inviting applications for 

designation as an eligible institution for 

Fiscal Year (FY) 2014. 

DATES: Application Available: January 

13, 2014. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: March 7, 2014. 

Special Note: There is now one 

deadline for applicants applying for 

designation as an eligible institution 

and the non-Federal cost share waiver. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Programs: 

The Part A SIP, ANNH, Part A PBI, 

Part A NASNTI, and Part A AANAPISI 

programs are authorized under Title III, 

Part A, of the HEA. Part F, Title III HSI 

STEM and Articulation, Part F PBI, and 

Part F AANAPISI programs are 

authorized under Title III, Part F of the 

HEA. The Title V HSI and PPOHA 

programs are authorized under Title V 

of the HEA. Please note that certain 

programs in this notice have the same 

or a similar name as another program 

that falls under a different statutory 

authority. For this reason, we specify 

the statutory authority as part of the 

acronym for certain programs. 

Under the programs discussed above, 

institutions of higher education (‘‘IHEs’’ 

or ‘‘institutions’’) are eligible to apply 

for grants if they meet specific statutory 

and regulatory eligibility requirements. 

An IHE that submits an application and 

is designated as an eligible institution 

may also receive a waiver of certain 

non-Federal cost-share requirements 

under the Federal Supplemental 

Educational Opportunity Grants 

(FSEOG) program authorized by Part A, 

Title IV of the HEA; the Federal Work 

Study Program (FWS) program 

authorized by section 443 of Part C, 

Title IV of the HEA; the TRIO Student 

Support Services (SSS) program 

authorized by section 402D of Part A, 

Title IV of the HEA; and the 

Undergraduate International Studies 

and Foreign Language (UISFL) program 

authorized by section 604 of Part A, 

Title VI of the HEA. Qualified 

institutions may receive these waivers 

even if they do not receive a grant under 

the Title III or Title V Programs. 

Special Note: To qualify as an eligible 

institution under the grant programs listed in 

this notice, your institution must satisfy 

several criteria. For most of these programs, 

these criteria include those that relate to 

needy student enrollment and 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 2011–2012. In order to award FY 

2014 grants in a timely manner, we will use 

these data to evaluate eligibility. Therefore, 

in completing your eligibility application, 

please use E&G expenditure data from the 

base year 2011–2012. 

If you are designated as an eligible 

institution and you do not receive a new 

award under one of the Title III or Title 

V Programs subject to this application 

process in FY 2014, your eligibility for 

the non-Federal cost-share waiver under 

the FSEOG, FWS, SSS, and UISFL 

programs is valid for five consecutive 

years. You will not need to reapply for 

eligibility until 2019, unless you wish to 

apply for a new Title III or Title V grant. 

All institutions interested in applying 

for a new grant under the Title III or 

Title V programs addressed in this 

notice or in requesting a waiver of the 

non-Federal cost share, must apply for 

eligibility designation in FY 2014. 

Under the HEA, any IHE interested in 

applying for a grant under any of these 

programs must first be designated as an 

eligible institution. (34 CFR 606.5 and 

607.5). 

Eligible Applicants: 

The eligibility requirements for the 

programs authorized under Part A of 

Title III of the HEA are in Sections 312 

and 317–320 of the HEA [20 U.S.C. 

1058, 1059d–1059g] and in the 

Department’s implementing regulatons 

at 34 CFR 607.2 through 607.5. The 

regulations may be accessed at: 

www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2001- 

title34-vol3/xml/CFR-2001-title34-vol3- 

part607.xml. 

The eligibility requirements for the 

programs authorized by Part F of Title 

III of the HEA are identified in Section 


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