[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 30, 2009)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 31182-31183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-15369]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

34 CFR Parts 668, 686, 690, and 691

[Docket ID ED-2009-OPE-0001]
RIN 1840-AC96


Student Assistance General Provisions; Teacher Education 
Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program; 
Federal Pell Grant Program; Academic Competitiveness Grant Program and 
National Science and Mathematics Access To Retain Talent Grant Program

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

ACTION: Interim final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Education is correcting an interim final 
regulation that was published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2009. 
These interim final regulations implemented provisions of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended by the Ensuring Continued 
Access to Student Loans Act of 2008 (ECASLA) and the Higher Education 
Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA), related to the Academic Competitiveness 
Grant (ACG) and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain 
Talent Grant (National SMART Grant) Programs.

DATES: Effective July 1, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sophia McArdle, Office of 
Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education, 1990 K Street, 
NW., Room 8019, Washington, DC 20006-8544. Telephone: (202) 219-7078.
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may 
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
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diskette) on request to the contact person listed under this section.

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    Delegation of Authority: The Secretary of Education has delegated 
authority to Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, Forecasting and Policy 
Analysis for the Office of Postsecondary Education, to perform the 
functions of the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.

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In FR Doc. E9-10094, appearing on page 20210 in the Federal Register on 
May 1, 2009, the following corrections are made:


Sec.  691.63  [Corrected]

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1. On page 20224, in the second column, in Sec.  691.63, in amendment 
19, instruction G is corrected to read as follows: ``Revising paragraph 
(c)(3).''

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2. On page 20224, in the second column, the regulatory text of Sec.  
691.63 is corrected by setting out the revised paragraph (c)(3) as 
follows:


Sec.  691.63  Calculation of a grant for a payment period.

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    (c) * * *
    (3) Multiplying his or her ACG or National SMART Grant annual award 
determined under paragraph (c)(2) of this section by the following 
fraction as applicable: or

    In a program using semesters or trimesters--

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In a program using quarters--
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    Dated: June 24, 2009.
Daniel T. Madzelan,
Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis.
[FR Doc. E9-15369 Filed 6-29-09; 8:45 am]
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