64674 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 235 / Monday, December 8, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA Nos.: 84.038, 84.033, and 84.007]

Office of Postsecondary Education;

Federal Perkins Loan, Federal WorkStudy, and Federal Supplemental

Educational Opportunity Grant

Programs

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice of the closing date for

institutions to file an ‘‘Application for

Approval to Participate in Federal

Student Financial Aid Programs’’ (ED

Form E40–34P, OMB #1840–0098) to

participate in the Federal Perkins Loan,

Federal Work-Study, and Federal

Supplemental Educational Opportunity

Grant programs for the 1998–99 award

year.

SUMMARY: The Secretary invites

currently ineligible institutions of

higher education that filed a Fiscal

Operations Report and Application to

Participate (FISAP) (ED Form 646–1) for

one or more of the ‘‘campus-based

programs’’ for the 1998–99 award year

to submit to the Secretary an

‘‘Application for Approval to Participate

in Federal Student Financial Aid

Programs’’ and all required supporting

documents for an eligibility and

certification determination.

The campus-based programs are the

Federal Perkins Loan Program, the

Federal Work-Study Program, and the

Federal Supplemental Educational

Opportunity Grant Program and are

authorized by title IV of the Higher

Education Act of 1965, as amended. The

1998–99 award year is July 1, 1998,

through June 30, 1999.

DATES: Closing date: To participate in

the campus-based programs in the

1998–99 award year, a currently

ineligible institution must mail or handdeliver its ‘‘Application for Approval to

Participate in Federal Student Financial

Aid Programs’’ on or before January 13,

1998. The application and all the

required supporting documents for an

eligibility and certification

determination must be submitted to the

Institutional Participation Division at

one of the addresses indicated below.

ADDRESSES: Applications and Required

Documents Delivered by Mail. The

application for approval to participate

and required supporting documents

delivered by mail must be addressed to

the U.S. Department of Education,

Institutional Participation Division,

Room 3522, Regional Office Building 3,

600 Independence Avenue, SW.,

Washington, DC 20202–5323.

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 an application 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 applicant should note that the

U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly

provide a dated postmark. Before

relying on this method, an applicant

should check with its local post office.

An applicant is encouraged to use

certified or at least first class mail.

Institutions that submit applications for

approval to participate and required

supporting documents after the closing

date will not be considered for funding

under the campus-based programs for

award year 1998–99.

Applications and Required

Documents Delivered by Hand. An

application for approval to participate

and required supporting documents

delivered by hand must be taken to the

U.S. Department of Education,

Institutional Participation Division,

Room 3522, Regional Office Building 3,

(GSA Building), 7th and D Streets, SW.,

Washington, DC 20407.

The Department will accept handdelivered applications between 8:00

a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Eastern time) daily,

except Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal

holidays. An application for approval to

participate 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 the

three campus-based programs, the

Secretary allocates funds to eligible

institutions of higher education. The

Secretary will not allocate funds under

the campus-based programs for award

year 1998–99 to any currently ineligible

institution unless the institution files its

‘‘Application for Approval to Participate

in Federal Student Financial Aid

Programs’’ and other required

supporting documents by the closing

date. If the institution submits its

application for approval to participate

or other required supporting documents

after the January 13, 1998 closing date,

the Secretary will use this application in

determining the institution’s eligibility

to participate in the campus-based

programs beginning with the 1999–2000

award year.

For purposes of this notice, ineligible

institutions only include:

(1) An institution that has not been

designated as an eligible institution by

the Secretary but has previously filed a

FISAP; or

(2) An additional location of an

eligible institution that is currently not

included in the Department’s eligibility

certification for that eligible institution

but has been included in the

institution’s 1998–99 FISAP.

The Secretary wishes to advise

institutions that the institutional

eligibility form, ‘‘Application for

Approval to Participate in Federal

Student Financial Aid Programs,’’

should not be confused with the FISAP

form that institutions were required to

submit electronically by October 1,

1997, in order to be considered for

funds under the campus-based programs

for the 1998–99 award year.

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 Program, 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 information concerning designation

of eligibility, contact: Liz Neverson or

John Frohlicher, Institutional

Participation Division, Initial

Participation Branch, U.S. Department

of Education, Room 3522, Regional

Office Building 3, 600 Independence

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202–

5343. Telephone: (202) 260–3270.

For technical assistance concerning

the FISAP or other operational

procedures of the campus-based

programs, contact: Sandra K. Donelson,

Institutional Financial Management

Division, U.S. Department of Education,

P.O. Box 23781, Washington, DC 20026–

0781. Telephone: (202) 708–9751.
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Dated: November 28, 1997.

David A. Longanecker,

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary

Education.

[FR Doc. 97–32075 Filed 12–5–97; 8:45 am]

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