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may still apply for designation as a 

pilot; applicants that do request 

technical assistance are not bound to 

apply or bound by the information 

provided in their initial request for 

technical assistance. 

6. Other Submission Requirements: 

Applications under this opportunity 

must be submitted electronically unless 

electronic submission is not possible. 

Please note the following: 

• The Department is not publishing 

an application package for this program. 

To submit an application, provide all of 

the information specified in the 

application requirements. Additionally, 

complete and submit Standard Form 

424B, Assurances for Non-Construction 

Programs (available at www2.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html) with your application. 

• The Department must receive your 

application by 11:59 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time on August 23, 2021. We 

will notify you if we are rejecting your 

application because it was received after 

the application deadline date. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Review and Selection Process: The 

Department will screen applications 

that are submitted in accordance with 

the requirements in this notice and will 

determine which applications are 

eligible to be read based on whether 

they have met the eligibility and 

application requirements. 

The Secretary of Education (Secretary) 

will also consider compliance with 

assurances, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

(such as, for ED programs, 34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

2. Review of Requests for Flexibility, 

Including Blending of Funds and Other 

Waivers: Representatives of the 

Agencies that administer programs 

under which flexibility in Federal 

requirements is sought will evaluate 

whether the flexibility, including 

blending of funds and other waivers, 

requested by applicants meets the 

statutory requirements for P3 and is 

otherwise appropriate. For example, if 

an applicant is seeking flexibility under 

programs administered by HHS and 

DOL, its requests for flexibility will be 

reviewed by HHS and DOL officials. 

Applicants may be asked to participate 

in telephone calls at this point in the 

process in order to clarify requests for 

flexibility and other aspects of their 

proposals. 

3. Selecting Finalists: Agency officials 

may recommend projects for selection 

by the Secretary. In consultation with 

the other Agencies, the Secretary will 

select up to 10 finalists after considering 

the recommendations of the Agencies 

that administer the programs for which 

the applicants are seeking flexibility, 

and other information, including an 

applicant’s performance and use of 

funds and compliance history under a 

previous award under any agency 

program. In selecting pilots, the 

Secretary will first give priority to 

applicants that will serve communities 

that have experienced civil unrest, to 

address the statutory requirement that 

designated pilots include communities 

that have experienced civil unrest, and 

will then select those applications that 

will serve the highest numbers of 

disconnected youth. 

For each finalist, ED and any other 

Agencies implicated in the pilot will 

negotiate the performance agreement. If 

a performance agreement cannot be 

finalized for an applicant, an alternative 

applicant may be selected as a finalist 

instead. The recommended projects will 

be considered finalists until 

performance agreements are signed by 

all parties, and pilot designation will be 

awarded only after finalization and 

approval of each finalist’s performance 

agreement. 

VI. Designation Administration 

Information 

1. Designation Notices: If your 

application is successful, we notify your 

U.S. Representative(s) and U.S. Senators 

and send you a letter notification of 

your selection as a pilot. We may notify 

you informally, also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected as a pilot, we will notify 

you. 

2. Performance Measures: The 

performance agreement for each pilot 

will include outcome measures, interim 

indicators, and targets. 

VII. Other Information 

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: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

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. 

Dated: June 21, 2021. 

Amy Loyd, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Career, 

Technical, and Adult Education. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13382 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

[Docket No.: ED–2021–SCC–0055] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to the Office of 

Management and Budget for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Gaining Early Awareness and 

Readiness for Undergraduate 

Programs (GEAR UP) Match Waiver 

Request Form 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education (OPE), Department of 

Education (ED). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, ED is 

proposing an extension without change 

of a currently approved collection. 

DATES: Interested persons are invited to 

submit comments on or before July 26, 

2021. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

recommendations for proposed 

information collection requests should 

be sent within 30 days of publication of 

this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/ 

do/PRAMain. Find this information 

collection request by selecting 

‘‘Department of Education’’ under 

‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ then check 

‘‘Only Show ICR for Public Comment’’ 

checkbox. Comments may also be sent 

to ICDocketmgr@ed.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

specific questions related to collection 

activities, please contact Craig Pooler, 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Education (ED), in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A)), provides the general 

public and Federal agencies with an 

opportunity to comment on proposed, 

revised, and continuing collections of 

information. This helps the Department 

assess the impact of its information 

collection requirements and minimize 

the public’s reporting burden. It also 

helps the public understand the 

Department’s information collection 

requirements and provide the requested 

data in the desired format. ED is 

soliciting comments on the proposed 

information collection request (ICR) that 

is described below. The Department of 

Education is especially interested in 

public comment addressing the 

following issues: (1) Is this collection 

necessary to the proper functions of the 

Department; (2) will this information be 

processed and used in a timely manner; 

(3) is the estimate of burden accurate; 

(4) how might the Department enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (5) how 

might the Department minimize the 

burden of this collection on the 

respondents, including through the use 

of information technology. Please note 

that written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered public records. 

Title of Collection: Gaining Early 

Awareness and Readiness for 

Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) 

Match Waiver Request Form. 

OMB Control Number: 1840–0854. 

Type of Review: Extension without 

change of a currently approved 

collection. 

Respondents/Affected Public: Private 

Sector; State, Local, and Tribal 

Governments. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Responses: 127. 

Total Estimated Number of Annual 

Burden Hours: 64. 

Abstract: The Department is 

requesting an extension of the GEAR UP 

Match Waiver Request Form, which is 

currently approved under emergency 

processing. This form collects 

information needed to determine GEAR 

UP grantees’ eligibility for a waiver of 

the match requirement, as permitted 

under Section 3518(b) of the 

Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 

Security (CARES) Act. The Department 

has estimated 30 minutes of burden per 

respondent to provide this information. 

Dated: June 17, 2021. 

Stephanie Valentine, 

PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and 

Clearance Governance and Strategy Division, 

Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of 

Planning, Evaluation and Policy 

Development. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13236 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; 

Business and International Education 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary 

Education, Department of Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for 

the Business and International 

Education (BIE) program, Assistance 

Listing Number 84.153A. This notice 

relates to the approved information 

collection under OMB control number 

1840–0794. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: June 24, 2021. 

Pre-Application Webinar information: 

The Department will hold a preapplication meeting via webinar for 

prospective applicants. Detailed 

information regarding this webinar will 

be provided on the International and 

Foreign Language Education website at 

www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/ 

iegps/index.html. Additionally, for new 

potential grantees unfamiliar with 

grantmaking at the Department, please 

consult our funding basics resources at 

www2.ed.gov/documents/funding-101/ 

funding-101-basics.pdf. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: August 13, 2021. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: September 13, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on February 13, 2019 

(84 FR 3768) and available at 

www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019- 

02-13/pdf/2019-02206.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tanyelle Richardson, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW, Room 258–14, Washington, DC 

20202. Telephone: (202) 453–6391. 

Email: tanyelle.richardson@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 Program: The BIE Program 

provides grants to enhance international 

business education programs and to 

expand the capacity of the business 

community to engage in international 

economic activities. 

Priorities: This notice contains two 

invitational priorities. 

Invitational Priorities: For FY 2021 

and any subsequent year in which we 

make awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, 

these priorities are an invitational 

priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1), 

we do not give an application that meets 

these invitational priorities a 

competitive or absolute preference over 

other applications. 

These priorities are: 

Invitational Priority 1—Minority 

Serving-Institutions and Community 

Colleges. 

Applications from Minority-Serving 

Institutions (MSIs) (as defined in this 

notice) and community colleges (as 

defined in this notice), for the purposes 

of pursuing the activities authorized 

under this program. 

For the purpose of this priority: 

Community college means an 

institution that meets the definition in 

section 312(f) of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) (20 

U.S.C. 1058(f)); or an IHE (as defined in 

section 101 of the HEA) that awards 

degrees and certificates, more than 50 

percent of which are not bachelor’s 

degrees (or an equivalent) or master’s, 

professional, or other advanced degrees. 

Minority-Serving Institution means an 

institution that is eligible to receive 

assistance under sections 316 through 

320 of part A of title III, under part B 

of title III, or under title V of the HEA. 

Note: The Eligibility Matrix that lists 

of institutions of higher education and 

identifies the title III and title V 

programs for which they are currently 

eligible is available at: www2.ed.gov/ 

about/offices/list/ope/idues/ 

eligibility.html#el-inst. 

Invitational Priority 2—Training in 

Less Commonly Taught Languages or 

Thematic Focus on International 

Business Programs. 

Applications that propose programs 

or activities focused on language 

training or the development of area or 

international busines programs focused 

on contemporary topics or themes in 

conjunction with training in foreign 

languages, except French, German, or 

Spanish. 


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