Subject: Annual Designation of Title III and Title V Schools and Waiver Process

Publication Date: February 14, 2018

Posted Date: February 16, 2018

Subject: Annual Designation of Title III and Title V Schools and Waiver Process

FR Type: Notice

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6537-6541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02955]

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Eligibility Designations and Applications for Waiver of 
Eligibility Requirements; Programs Under Parts A and F of Title III of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965, as Amended (HEA), and Programs Under 
Title V of the HEA

AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education 
(Department).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department announces the process for designation of 
eligible institutions and invites applications for waiver of 
eligibility requirements for fiscal year (FY) 2018, for the following 
programs:
    1. Programs authorized under Part A, Title III of the HEA: 
Strengthening Institutions Program (Part A SIP), Alaska Native and 
Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (Part A ANNH), Predominantly Black 
Institutions (Part A PBI), Native American-Serving Nontribal 
Institutions (Part A NASNTI), and Asian American and Native American 
Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (Part A AANAPISI).
    2. Programs authorized under Part F, Title III of the HEA: 
Hispanic-Serving Institutions STEM and Articulation (Part F, HSI STEM 
and Articulation), Predominantly Black Institutions (Part F PBI), 
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions (Part F ANNH), 
Native American-Serving Nontribal Institutions (Part F NASNTI), and 
Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving 
Institutions (Part F AANAPISI).
    3. Programs authorized under Title V of the HEA: Developing 
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) and Promoting Postbaccalaureate 
Opportunities for Hispanic Americans (PPOHA).

DATES: 
    Applications Available: February 14, 2018.
    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 16, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Smith, Institutional 
Service, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 
250-10, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202)453-7946, or by email: 
Christopher.smith@ed.gov.

    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf or a text 
telephone, call the Federal Relay Service, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.