65592 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 239 / Friday, December 12, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.031A, CFDA No. 84.031G]

Notice of Extension Inviting

Applications for Designation as an

Eligible Institution for Fiscal Year 1998

for the Strengthening Institutions

Program

PURPOSE: On November 13, 1997, the

Department of Education published in

the Federal Register (62 FR 60988) a

closing date notice for applications from

institutions that wish to be designated

as an eligible institution under the

Strengthening Institutions Program

authorized under Title III, Part A of the

Higher Education Act of 1965, as

amended (HEA) for Fiscal Year 1998.

The purpose of this notice is to extend

the closing dates for transmittal of

applications. This action is needed due

to unforeseen administrative delays.

An institution that wishes to be

designated as an eligible institution

under the Strengthening Institutions

Program for any purpose must submit

its application to the Department by

February 10, 1998.

If an institution submits its

application by January 16, 1998, the

Department will notify the applicant of

its eligibility status by February 10,

1998. If an applicant believes it failed to

be designated as an eligible institution

because of errors in its application or

insufficient information in its waiver

request, it may submit an amended

application to the Department no later

than March 27, 1998.

If an applicant submits its initial

application after January 16, 1998, but

on or before February 10, 1998, the

Department does not guarantee that it

will be able to review the application

and notify the applicant in time for the

applicant to submit an amended

application by March 27, 1998, the

deadline date for amended applications.

An applicant will not be designated as

an eligible institution if the applicant

misses the February 10, 1998 deadline

for initial applications or the March 27,

1998 deadline for amended

applications. The Department strongly

recommends that applicants apply by

January 16, 1998 to take advantage of

the opportunity to amend unapproved

applications.

Deadline for Transmittal of

Applications

January 16, 1998 for early

applications, February 10, 1998 for all

initial applications, and March 27, 1998

for amended applications. These

deadlines apply to institutions of higher

education that anticipate competing for

new awards, under the Strengthening

Institutions Program, and for

institutions that plan to obtain a waiver

of certain non-Federal share

requirements under the Federal

Supplemental Education Opportunity

Grant and Federal Work Study

Programs.

Applications Available: December 12,

1997.

For Applications or Information

Contact: Blanca Westgate or Jane Wrenn,

Institutional Development and

Undergraduate Education Service, U.S.

Department of Education, 600

Independence Avenue, SW. (Portals

CY–80) Washington, DC 20202–5335.

Telephone (202) 708–8866, 708–9926

and 708–8839. Individuals who use a

telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD) may call the Federal Information

Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–9339

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

Monday through Friday.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain this document in an alternate

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

tape, or computer diskette) on request to

the contact person listed in the

preceding paragraph.

Individuals with disabilities may

obtain a copy of the application package

in an alternate format, also, by

contacting that person. However, the

Department is not able to reproduce in

an alternate format the standard forms

included in the application package.

Electronic Access to This Document

Anyone may view this document, as

well as all other Department of

Education documents published in the

Federal Register, in text or portable

document format (pdf) on the World

Wide Web at either of the following

sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg/htm

http://www.ed.gov/news.html

To use the pdf you must have the Adobe

Acrobat Reader Program with Search,

which is available free at either of the

previous sites. If you have questions

about using the pdf, call the U.S.,

Government Printing Office toll free at

1–888–293–6498.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1057, 1059c

and 1065a.

Dated: December 5, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 97–32649 Filed 12–11–97; 8:45 am]

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