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States must report annually on criteria 

and assessments required for initial 

teacher credentials using a State Report 

Card (SRC), and institutions of higher 

education (IHEs) with teacher 

preparation programs (TPP), and TPPs 

outside of IHEs, must report on key 

program elements on an Institution and 

Program Report Card (IPRC). IHEs and 

TPPs outside of IHEs report annually to 

their states on program elements, 

including program numbers, type, 

enrollment figures, demographics, 

completion rates, goals and assurances 

to the state. States, in turn, must report 

on TPP elements to the Secretary of 

Education in addition to information on 

assessment pass rates, state standards, 

initial credential types and 

requirements, numbers of credentials 

issued, TPP classification as at-risk or 

low-performing. The information from 

states, institutions, and programs is 

published annually in The Secretary’s 

Report to Congress on Teacher Quality. 

The Department plans to use the SRC 

and IPRC current instruments, 

unchanged, for the FY21 through FY23 

data collections, in order to maintain 

continuity in the information available. 

There is no change in burden due to the 

addition of Institutions with Teacher 

Preparation Programs. The Department 

has included additional instruction to 

aid institutions in reporting data that 

may differ from usual data due to 

COVID restrictions. 

Dated: March 1, 2021. 

Kate Mullan, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04489 Filed 3–3–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Withdrawal of Notice Inviting 

Applications and Cancellation of the 

Competition for the Equity Assistance 

Centers Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice; withdrawal. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Education (Department) withdraws the 

notice inviting applications (NIA) and 

cancels the competition for fiscal year 

(FY) 2021 for the Equity Assistance 

Centers (EAC) program under 

Assistance Listing number (ALN) 

84.004D. The Department intends to 

announce a new competition in FY 

2022. 

DATES: The notice published at 86 FR 

2653 on January 13, 2021, is withdrawn 

and the competition canceled as of 

March 4, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed 

Vitelli, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 

3E106, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: 202–453–6203. Email: 

Edward.Vitelli@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: 

Background 

The EAC program is authorized under 

Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 

42 U.S.C. 2000c—2000c–2, 2000c–5, 

and the implementing regulations in 34 

CFR part 270. This program awards 

grants through cooperative agreements 

to operate regional EACs that provide 

technical assistance (including training) 

at the request of school boards and other 

responsible governmental agencies in 

the preparation, adoption, and 

implementation of plans for the 

desegregation of public schools—which 

in this context means plans for equity 

(including desegregation based on race, 

national origin, sex, and religion)—and 

in the development of effective methods 

of coping with special educational 

problems occasioned by desegregation. 

Desegregation assistance, per 34 CFR 

270.4, may include, among other 

activities: (1) Dissemination of 

information regarding effective methods 

of coping with special educational 

problems occasioned by desegregation; 

(2) assistance and advice in coping with 

these problems; and (3) training 

designed to improve the ability of 

teachers, supervisors, counselors, 

parents, community members, 

community organizations, and other 

elementary or secondary school 

personnel to deal effectively with 

special educational problems 

occasioned by desegregation. A project 

must provide technical assistance in all 

four of the desegregation assistance 

areas: Race, sex, national origin, and 

religion desegregation. 

On January 13, 2021, the Department 

published in the Federal Register (86 

FR 2653) an NIA for the FY 2021 EAC 

competition, ALN 84.004D. 

On January 20, 2021, President Joseph 

R. Biden signed Executive Order 13985, 

titled ‘‘Advancing Racial Equity and 

Support for Underserved Communities 

Through the Federal Government.’’ This 

Executive order directed the Federal 

Government to pursue a comprehensive 

approach to advancing equity for all, 

including people of color and others 

who have been historically underserved, 

marginalized, and adversely affected by 

persistent poverty and inequality. 

On January 20, 2021, President Biden 

also signed Executive Order 13988, 

titled ‘‘Preventing and Combating 

Discrimination on the Basis of Gender 

Identity or Sexual Orientation.’’ This 

Executive order directed the Federal 

Government to prevent and combat 

discrimination on the basis of gender 

identity or sexual orientation, and to 

fully enforce laws that prohibit 

discrimination on the basis of gender 

identity or sexual orientation. 

On February 2, 2021, President Biden 

signed Executive Order 14012, titled 

‘‘Restoring Faith in Our Legal 

Immigration Systems and Strengthening 

Integration and Inclusion Efforts for 

New Americans.’’ This Executive order 

directed the Federal Government to 

ensure that laws and policies encourage 

full participation by immigrants, 

including refugees, in our civic life; that 

immigration processes and other 

benefits are delivered effectively and 

efficiently; and that the Federal 

Government eliminates sources of fear 

and other barriers that prevent 

immigrants from accessing government 

services available to them. 

To allow the Department the 

opportunity to consider how best to 

align the EAC program with these 

Executive orders, to the extent 

statutorily permitted, the Department is 

withdrawing the NIA and cancelling 

this competition. The Department will 

propose to extend the project period for 

current grantees to ensure the continuity 

of the important services provided 

under the program. The Department 

intends to announce a new EAC 

competition for five-year grants in FY 

2022. 

Intergovernmental Review 

This program is subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document 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: 

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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. 

Mark Washington, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of 

Elementary and Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–04491 Filed 3–3–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Eligibility Designations and 

Applications for Waiving Eligibility 

Requirements; Programs Under Parts 

A and F of Title III and Programs Under 

Title V of the Higher Education Act of 

1965, as Amended (HEA) 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education 

(Department). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department announces 

the process for designation of eligible 

institutions and invites applications for 

waivers of eligibility requirements for 

fiscal year (FY) 2021, for the following 

programs: 1. Programs authorized under 

title III, part A of the HEA: 

Strengthening Institutions Program (Part 

A SIP), Alaska Native and Native 

Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (Part A 

ANNH), Predominantly Black 

Institutions (Part A PBI), Native 

American-Serving Nontribal Institutions 

(Part A NASNTI), and Asian American 

and Native American Pacific IslanderServing Institutions (Part A AANAPISI). 

2. Programs authorized under title III, 

part F of the HEA: Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions STEM and Articulation 

(Part F HSI STEM and Articulation), 

Predominantly Black Institutions (Part F 

PBI), Alaska Native and Native 

Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (Part F 

ANNH), Native American-Serving 

Nontribal Institutions (Part F NASNTI), 

and Asian American and Native 

American Pacific Islander-Serving 

Institutions (Part F AANAPISI). 3. 

Programs authorized under title V of the 

HEA: Developing Hispanic-Serving 

Institutions (HSI) and Promoting 

Postbaccalaureate Opportunities for 

Hispanic Americans (PPOHA). 

DATES: 

Applications Available: March 4, 

2021. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 5, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Smith, Institutional Service, 

U.S. Department of Education, 400 

Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2B108, 

Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: 

(202) 453–7946 or (202) 262–7141. 

Email: Christopher.Smith@ed.gov; or 

Jason Cottrell, Institutional Service, U.S. 

Department of Education, 400 Maryland 

Avenue SW, Room 2B127, Washington, 

DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 453–7530 

or (202) 262–1833. Email: 

Jason.Cottrell@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: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Programs: The Part A SIP, 

Part A ANNH, Part A PBI, Part A 

NASNTI, and Part A AANAPISI 

programs are authorized under title III, 

part A of the HEA. The Part F HSI STEM 

and Articulation, Part F PBI, Part F 

ANNH, Part F NASNTI, and Part F 

AANAPISI programs are authorized 

under title III, part F of the HEA. The 

HSI and PPOHA programs are 

authorized under title V of the HEA. 

Please note that certain programs 

addressed in this notice have the same 

or similar names as other programs that 

are authorized 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 are eligible to apply for 

grants if they meet specific statutory and 

regulatory eligibility requirements. An 

institution of higher education that is 

designated as an eligible institution may 

also receive a waiver of certain nonFederal cost-sharing requirements for 

one year under the Federal 

Supplemental Educational Opportunity 

Grant (FSEOG) program authorized by 

title IV, part A of the HEA and the 

Federal Work-Study (FWS) program 

authorized by section 443 of the HEA. 

Qualified (eligible) institutions may 

receive the FSEOG and FWS waivers for 

one year even if they do not receive a 

grant under a title III or V grant 

program. An applicant that receives a 

grant from the Student Support Services 

(SSS) program that is authorized under 

section 402D of the HEA, 20 U.S.C. 

1070a–14, may receive a waiver of the 

required non-Federal cost share for 

institutions for the duration of the grant. 

An applicant that receives a grant from 

the Undergraduate International Studies 

and Foreign Language (UISFL) program 

that is authorized under section 604 of 

the HEA, 20 U.S.C. 1124, may receive a 

waiver or reduction of the required nonFederal cost share for institutions for the 

duration of the grant. 

Sections 312 and 502 of the HEA, 34 

CFR 607.2–607.5, and 34 CFR 606.2– 

606.5 include most of the basic 

eligibility requirements for grant 

programs authorized under titles III and 

V of the HEA. Sections 312(b)(1)(B) and 

502(a)(2)(A) of the HEA provide that, to 

be eligible for these programs, an 

institution of higher education’s average 

‘‘educational and general expenditures’’ 

(E&G) per full-time equivalent (FTE) 

undergraduate student must be less than 

the average E&G expenditures per FTE 

undergraduate student of institutions 

that offer similar instruction in that 

year. 

The National Center for Education 

Statistics (NCES) calculates Core 

Expenses per FTE of institutions, a 

statistic like E&G per FTE. Both E&G per 

FTE and Core Expenses per FTE are 

based on regular operational 

expenditures of institutions (excluding 

auxiliary enterprises, independent 

operations, and hospital expenses). 

They differ only in that E&G per FTE is 

based on fall undergraduate enrollment, 

while Core Expenses per FTE is based 

on 12-month undergraduate enrollment 

for the academic year. 

To avoid inconsistency in the data 

submitted to, and produced by, the 

Department, for the purpose of sections 

312(b)(1)(B) and 502(a)(2)(A) of the 

HEA, E&G per FTE is calculated using 

the same methodology as Core Expenses 

per FTE. Accordingly, the Department 

will apply the NCES methodology for 

calculating Core Expenses per FTE. 

Institutions requesting an eligibility 

exemption determination must use the 

Core Expenses per FTE data reported to 

NCES’ Integrated Postsecondary 

Education Data System (IPEDS) for the 

most currently available academic year, 

in this case academic year 2018–2019. 

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 the enrollment of 

needy students and to the Core 

Expenses per FTE student count for a 

specified base year. The most recent 


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