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manner as the existing application. 

AmeriCorps also seeks to continue using 

the current application until the revised 

application is approved by OMB. The 

current application is due to expire on 

March 31, 20201. 

Dated: February 25, 2021. 

Mary Hyde, 

Director, Office of Research and Evaluation. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04421 Filed 3–3–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6050–28–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Reopening; Applications for New 

Awards; Educational Technology, 

Media, and Materials for Individuals 

With Disabilities—Stepping-Up 

Technology Implementation 

AGENCY: Office of Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) reopens the competition 

for fiscal year (FY) 2021, for certain 

prospective eligible applicants 

described elsewhere in this notice, 

under the Educational Technology, 

Media, and Materials for Individuals 

with Disabilities—Stepping-up 

Technology Implementation, Assistance 

Listing Number 84.327S. The 

Department takes this action to allow 

more time for the preparation and 

submission of applications by 

prospective eligible applicants affected 

by the severe winter weather in 

Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. 

DATES:

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications for Applicants Meeting the 

Eligibility Criteria in this Notice: March 

8, 2021. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: May 5, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terry Jackson, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 5128, Potomac Center Plaza, 

Washington, DC 20202–5076. 

Telephone: (202) 245–6039. Email: 

Terry.Jackson@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 

December 22, 2020, we published the 

notice inviting applications (NIA) for 

the FY 2021 Educational Technology, 

Media, and Materials for Individuals 

with Disabilities—Stepping-up 

Technology Implementation 

competition in the Federal Register (85 

FR 83531). Under the NIA, applications 

were due on February 22, 2021. 

We are reopening this competition for 

eligible applicants in affected areas in 

Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas to 

allow those applicants more time to 

prepare and submit their applications. 

For applicants that meet the eligibility 

criteria in this notice, we are reopening 

the competition until March 8, 2021. We 

are also extending the 

intergovernmental review deadline until 

May 5, 2021. 

Eligibility: The reopening of the 

competition in this notice applies to 

eligible applicants under Educational 

Technology, Media, and Materials for 

Individuals with Disabilities—Steppingup Technology Implementation, 

Assistance Listing Number 84.327S, 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 

limited to State educational agencies; 

local educational agencies (LEAs), 

including public charter schools that 

operate as LEAs under State law; 

institutions of higher education; other 

public agencies; private nonprofit 

organizations; freely associated States 

and outlying areas; Indian Tribes or 

Tribal organizations; and for-profit 

organizations. 

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. 1474 

and 1481. 

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. 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04444 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 Graduate Assistance in 

Areas of National Need 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 Graduate Assistance in 

Areas of National Need program, 

Assistance Listing Number 84.200A. 

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: 

Rebecca Ell, U.S Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

2B214, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

Telephone: (202) 453–6348. Email: 

Rebecca.ell@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 


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