34458 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 104 / Tuesday, May 30, 2000 / Notices

INDEPENDENT STUDENTS WITH DEPENDENTS OTHER THAN A SPOUSE—Continued

If student’s State or territory of residence is:

And student’s total income is—

Less than

$15,000

$15,000 or

more

Other ................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 3

DEPENDENT STUDENTS

If student’s State or territory of residence is: The percentage is—

Alaska, Texas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Washington, Tennessee, Nevada ......................................................................................... 0

Florida, New Hampshire .......................................................................................................................................................................... 1

Connecticut, Louisiana, Illinois, North Dakota ......................................................................................................................................... 2

Mississippi, Arizona, Alabama, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Missouri .................................................................................................... 3

Nebraska, Indiana, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, West Virginia, Rhode Island, Virginia, Georgia, Arkansas,

Vermont, Michigan ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Montana, Idaho, Utah, Kentucky, Massachusetts, California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, Delaware, Maine, Wisconsin ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Oregon, Maryland, Minnesota, Hawaii .................................................................................................................................................... 6

District of Columbia, New York ............................................................................................................................................................... 7

Other ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2

INDEPENDENT STUDENTS WITHOUT DEPENDENTS OTHER THAN A SPOUSE

If student’s State or territory of residence is: The percentage is—

Alaska, Texas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Washington, Tennessee, Nevada ......................................................................................... 0

Florida, New Hampshire .......................................................................................................................................................................... 1

Connecticut, Louisiana, Illinois, North Dakota ......................................................................................................................................... 2

Mississippi, Arizona, Alabama, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Missouri .................................................................................................... 3

Nebraska, Indiana, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, West Virginia, Rhode Island, Virginia, Georgia, Arkansas,

Vermont, Michigan ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4

Montana, Idaho, Utah, Kentucky, Massachusetts, California, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ohio, Iowa, Delaware, Maine, Wisconsin ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Oregon, Maryland, Minnesota, Hawaii .................................................................................................................................................... 6

District of Columbia, New York ............................................................................................................................................................... 7

Other ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2

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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Numbers: 84.007 Federal Supplemental

Educational Opportunity Grant; 84.032

Federal Family Education Loan

Program; 84.033 Federal Work-Study

Program; 84.038 Federal Perkins Loan

Program; 84.063 Federal Pell Grant

Program; William D. Ford Federal Direct

Loan Program, 84.268)

Dated: May 23, 2000.

Jim Lynch,

Acting Chief Operating Officer, Student

Financial Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–13399 Filed 5–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.033]

Student Financial Assistance, Federal

Work-Study Programs

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of the closing date for

institutions to submit a request for a

waiver of the seven percent community

service expenditure requirements in the

Federal Work-Study (FWS) Program.

SUMMARY: June 26, 2000 is the closing

date for institutions to request a waiver

of the community service expenditure

requirements for the 2000–2001 award

year (July 1, 2000 through June 30,

2001). An institution is required to

expend at least seven percent of its total

Federal allocation under the FWS

program to compensate students in

community service employment. Also,

in meeting the seven percent

community service expenditure

requirement, one or more of the

institution’s FWS students must be

employed as a reading tutor for children

in a reading tutoring project or

performing family literacy activities in a

family literacy project. The FWS

program is authorized by part C of title

IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965,

as amended (HEA).

DATES: Closing Date for Submitting a

Waiver Request and any Supporting

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Information or Documents. To request a

waiver, an institution must mail or hand

deliver its waiver request to the

Department by 5:00 p.m. eastern time on

June 16, 2000. If you choose you may

fax or e-mail your waiver request and

any supporting information or

documents by 5 p.m. eastern time on

June 16, 2000. You must fax the waiver

request to Sandra Donelson at (202)

205–1919 or (202) 260–0522 or e-mail to

the following address:

Sandra_Donelson@ed.gov.

ADDRESSES: Waiver Requests Delivered

by Mail. An institution must address a

waiver request delivered by mail to Ms.

Sandra Donelson, Student Financial

Assistance, U.S. Department of

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,

Suite 600D, Portals Building,

Washington, DC 20202–5453. An

institution must show proof of mailing

consisting of one of the following: (1) A

legibly dated U.S. Postal Service

postmark; (2) a legible mail receipt with

the date of mailing stamped by the U.S.

Postal Service; (3) a dated shipping

label, invoice, or receipt from a

commercial carrier; or (4) any other

proof of mailing acceptable to the

Secretary of Education.

If a waiver request is sent through the

U.S. Postal Service, the Secretary does

not accept either as proof of mailing: (1)

A private metered postmark or (2) a mail

receipt that is not dated by the U.S.

Postal Service.

An institution should note that the

U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly

provide a dated postmark. Before

relying on this method, an institution

should check with its local post office.

The Secretary encourages an

institution to use certified or at least

first-class mail. Institutions that submit

waiver requests after the closing date of

June 16, 2000, will not be considered.

Waiver Request Delivered by Hand. If

an institution delivers its waiver request

by hand, it must deliver the waiver

request to Ms. Sandra Donelson,

Student Financial Assistance, U.S.

Department of Education, Suite 600D,

Portals Building, 1250 Maryland

Avenue, SW., Washington, D.C. The

Secretary accepts hand-delivered waiver

requests between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

(Eastern time) daily, except Saturdays,

Sundays, and Federal holidays. The

Secretary will not accept waiver

requests that are delivered by hand after

5 p.m. on June 16, 2000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under

section 443(b)(2)(A) of the HEA, an

institution must use at least seven

percent of the total amount of its FWS

Federal allocation granted for an award

year to compensate students employed

in community service. However, we

may waive this requirement if it is

determined that enforcing it would

cause hardship for students at the

institution.

An appropriate institutional official

must sign the waiver request and

include, above the signature, the

following statement: ‘‘I certify that the

information I provided in this waiver

request is true and accurate to the best

of my knowledge. I understand that the

information is subject to audit and

program review by the Department of

Education.’’

To receive a waiver, you must

demonstrate that complying with the

seven percent requirements would

cause hardship for students at your

institution. To allow flexibility to

consider factors that may be valid

reasons for a waiver, we do not specify

the particular circumstances that would

support granting a waiver. However, we

do not foresee many instances in which

a waiver will be granted. The fact that

it may be difficult for you to comply

with this provision of the HEA is not a

basis for granting a waiver.

Applicable Regulations

The following regulations apply to the

Federal Work-Study program:

(1) Student Assistance General

Provisions, 34 CFR part 668.

(2) General Provisions for the Federal

Perkins Loan Program, Federal WorkStudy Program, and Federal

Supplemental Educational Opportunity

Grant Program, 34 CFR part 673.

(3) Federal Work-Study Programs, 34

CFR part 675.

(4) Institutional Eligibility Under the

Higher Education Act of 1965, as

amended, 34 CFR part 600.

(5) New Restrictions on Lobbying, 34

CFR part 82.

(6) Government Debarment and

Suspension (Nonprocurement) and

Government Requirements for Drug-Free

Workplace (Grants), 34 CFR part 85.

(7) Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Prevention, 34 CFR part 86.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Sandra Donelson, Student Financial

Assistance, U.S. Department, 400

Maryland Avenue, SW., Suite 600D

Portals Building, Washington, DC.

Telephone (202) 708–9751. Individuals

who use a telecommunications device

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–

800–877–8339.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternate

format (e.g., Braille, large print,

audiotape or computer diskette) by

contacting the Alternate Format Center

at (202) 260–9895 between 8:30 a.m.

and 4:30 p.m., Eastern time, Monday

through Friday.

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Program Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2753.

Dated: May 23, 2000.

Greg Woods,

Chief Operating Officer, Student Financial

Assistance.

[FR Doc. 00–13398 Filed 5–26–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Science

Office of Science Financial Assistance

Program Notice 00–15: Theoretical

Research in Plasma and Fusion

Science

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice inviting new and

renewal grant applications.

SUMMARY: The Office of Fusion Energy

Sciences (OFES) of the Office of Science

(SC), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

announces its interest in receiving grant

applications for theoretical research in

magnetic fusion energy sciences. All

individuals or groups planning to

submit applications for new or renewal

funding in FY 2001 should submit in

response to this Notice.

The specific areas of interest are:

Magnetohydrodynamics and Stability;

Confinement and Transport; Edge and

Divertor Physics; Plasma Heating and

Non-inductive Current Drive; Innovative

Confinement Concepts; and Atomic and

Molecular Processes in Plasmas.

More specific information on each

area of interest is outlined in the general