12676 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 41 / Thursday, March 4, 2021 / Notices 

[FR Doc. 2021–04492 Filed 3–3–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Reopening; Application Period for 

Certain Applicants Under the Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2021 Educational 

Opportunity Centers Program 

Competition 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) reopens the competition 

for FY 2021, for certain eligible 

applicants described elsewhere in this 

notice, under the Educational 

Opportunity Centers program, 

Assistance Listing Number 84.066A. 

The Department takes this action to 

allow more time for the preparation and 

submission of applications by eligible 

applicants affected by the severe winter 

weather in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and 

Texas, where the President has issued a 

disaster declaration. The reopening of 

the application deadline date for this 

competition is intended to help affected 

eligible applicants compete fairly with 

other eligible applicants under this 

competition. 

DATES: 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications for Applicants Meeting the 

Eligibility Criteria in this Notice: March 

15, 2021. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 25, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachael Wiley, Ed.D., U.S Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW, Room 2C146, Washington, DC 

20202–4260. Telephone: (202) 453– 

6078. Email: Rachael.Wiley@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: On 

January 13, 2021, we published the 

notice inviting applications (NIA) for 

new awards for the FY 2021 Educational 

Opportunity Centers competition in the 

Federal Register (86 FR 2658). Under 

the NIA, applications were due on 

March 1, 2021. 

We are reopening this competition for 

eligible applicants from affected areas in 

Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, for 

which the President has issued a 

disaster declaration, to allow those 

applicants more time to prepare and 

submit applications. For applicants that 

meet the eligibility criteria in this 

notice, we are reopening the 

competition until March 15, 2021. We 

are also extending the 

intergovernmental review deadline until 

May 25, 2021. 

Eligibility: The reopening of the 

competition in this notice applies to 

eligible applicants under the 

Educational Opportunity Centers 

program, Assistance Listing Number 

84.066A, that are located in an area for 

which the President has issued an 

emergency declaration (see 

www.fema.gov/disasters/), in Louisiana 

(FEMA Disaster designation 3556), 

Oklahoma (FEMA Disaster designation 

3555), and Texas (FEMA Disaster 

designation 3554). 

In accordance with the NIA, eligible 

applicants for this competition are 

institutions of higher education, public 

and private agencies or organizations, 

including community-based 

organizations with experience in serving 

disadvantaged youth, secondary 

schools, and combinations of such 

institutions, agencies, and 

organizations, for planning, developing, 

or carrying out one or more of the 

services identified under this program. 

Note: All information in the NIA for 

this competition remains the same, 

except for, with respect to eligible 

applicants, the deadline for the 

transmittal of applications and the 

deadline for intergovernmental review. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1070a– 

11 and 1070a–16. 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an 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 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document 

Format (PDF). To use PDF you must 

have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Tiwanda Burse, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management 

& Planning, Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Delegated authority to perform 

functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04487 Filed 3–3–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Application for New Awards; Promise 

Neighborhoods Program; Corrections 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice; corrections. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

published a document in the Federal 

Register of January 19, 2021 regarding 

applications (NIA) for the fiscal year 

(FY) 2021 Promise Neighborhoods (PN) 

Program competition, Assistance Listing 

Number 84.215N. The Department is 

amending the PN NIA by removing one 

of the competitive preference priorities 

and extending the deadline for 

transmittal of applications to April 19, 

2021 and the deadline for 

intergovernmental review to June 21, 

2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Adrienne Hawkins, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 4W220, Washington, DC 20202– 

6135. Telephone: (202) 453–5638. 

Email: Adrienne.Hawkins@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: If an 

applicant has already submitted an 

application, program staff will send 

notification of the opportunity to 

resubmit the application at the extended 

date. Applicants that have already 

timely submitted applications under the 

FY 2021 PN NIA competition may 

resubmit applications, but are not 

required to do so. If a new application 

is not submitted, the Department will 

use the application that was submitted 

by the original deadline and will review 

the application without regard to any 

response to the competitive preference 

priority that we are removing. If a new 

application is submitted, the 

Department will consider the 


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