63752 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 231 / Tuesday, December 2, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No.: 84.038, 84.033, and 84.007]

Federal Perkins Loan, Federal WorkStudy, and Federal Supplemental

Educational Opportunity Grant

Programs

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary

Education, Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of the closing date for

institutions to submit a request for a

waiver of the allocation reduction for

the underuse of funds under the Federal

Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study

(FWS), or Federal Supplemental

Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)

programs (known collectively as the

campus-based programs).

SUMMARY: The Secretary gives notice to

institutions of higher education of the

deadline for an institution to submit a

written request for a waiver of the

allocation reduction being applied to its

Federal Perkins Loan, FWS, or FSEOG

allocation for the 1998–99 award year

(July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999)

because the institution returned more

than 10 percent of its allocation for that

program for the 1996–97 award year

(July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997).

DATES: Closing Date for Submitting a

Waiver Request and any Supporting

Information or Documents. For an

institution that returned more than 10

percent of its Federal Perkins Loan,

FWS, or FSEOG allocation for the 1996–

97 award year to be considered for a

waiver of the allocation reduction for its

1998–99 award year allocation, it must

mail or hand-deliver its waiver request

and any supporting information or

documents on or before February 13,

1998. The Department will not accept a

waiver request submitted by facsimile

transmission. The waiver request must

be submitted to the Institutional

Financial Management Division at one

of the addresses indicated in the

following section.

ADDRESSES: Waiver Request and any

Supporting Information or Documents

Delivered by Mail. The waiver request

and any supporting information or

documents delivered by mail must be

addressed to Ms. Sandra K. Donelson,

Institutional Financial Management

Division, U.S. Department of Education,

P.O. Box 23781, Washington, D.C.

20026–0781. An applicant 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 of the following 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.

An institution is encouraged to use

certified or at least first class mail. An

institution that submits a waiver request

and any supporting information or

documents after the closing date will

not be considered for a waiver of the

allocation reduction being applied to its

allocation under any of the campusbased programs for award year 1998–99.

Waiver Requests and any Supporting

Information or Documents Delivered by

Hand. A waiver request and any

supporting information or documents

delivered by hand must be taken to Ms.

Sandra K. Donelson, Campus-Based

Financial Operations Branch,

Institutional Financial Management

Division, Accounting and Financial

Management Service, Student Financial

Assistance Programs, U.S. Department

of Education, Room 4714, Regional

Office Building 3, 7th and D Streets,

S.W., Washington, D.C. Hand-delivered

waiver requests will be accepted

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

(Eastern time) daily, except Saturdays,

Sundays, and Federal holidays. A

waiver request for the 1998–99 award

year that is delivered by hand will not

be accepted after 4:30 p.m. on the

closing date.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under

sections 413D(e)(2), 442(e)(2), and

462(j)(4) of the Higher Education Act of

1965, as amended, if an institution

returns more than 10 percent of its

Federal Perkins Loan, FWS, or FSEOG

allocation for an award year, the

institution will have its allocation for

the second succeeding award year for

that program reduced by the dollar

amount returned. The Secretary may

waive this requirement for a specific

institution if the Secretary finds that

enforcement of the requirement would

be contrary to the interest of the affected

campus-based program. The institution

must provide a written waiver request

and any supporting information or

documents by the established February

13, 1998 closing date. The waiver

request must be signed by an

appropriate institutional official, and

above the signature the official must

include the statement: ‘‘I certify that the

information the institution 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

representatives of the Secretary of

Education.’’ If the institution submits a

waiver request and any supporting

information or documents after the

closing date, the request will not be

considered.

Applicable Regulations

The following regulations apply to the

campus-based programs:

(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 Perkins Loan Program, 34

CFR part 674.

(4) Federal Work-Study Programs, 34

CFR part 675.

(5) Federal Supplemental Educational

Opportunity Grant Program, 34 CFR part

676.

(6) Institutional Eligibility Under the

Higher Education Act of 1965, as

amended, 34 CFR part 600.

(7) New Restrictions on Lobbying, 34

CFR part 82.

(8) Governmentwide Debarment and

Suspension (Nonprocurement) and

Governmentwide Requirements for

Drug-Free Workplace (Grants), 34 CFR

part 85.

(9) Drug-Free Schools and Campuses,

34 CFR part 86.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

technical assistance concerning the

waiver request or other operational

procedures of the campus-based

programs, contact: Ms. Sandra K.

Donelson, Institutional Financial

Management Division, U.S. Department

of Education, P.O. Box 23781,

Washington, D.C. 20026–0781.

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

between 8 a.m and 8 p.m., Eastern time,

Monday through Friday. Individuals

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person listed in the preceding

paragraph.

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(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.; 42

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Dated: November 19, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 97–31493 Filed 12–1–97; 8:45 am]

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