Applications for New Awards; Supplemental Assistance to Institutions of Higher Education (SAIHE); Correction

AGENCY:

Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education.

ACTION:

Notice; correction.

SUMMARY:

On March 29, 2021, the Department of Education (Department) published in the Federal Register a notice inviting applications (NIA) for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2021 for the Supplemental Assistance to Institutions of Higher Education, Assistance Listing Number 84.425S. We are correcting the year of the Pell Grant recipient percent that institutions must meet to be eligible under Absolute Priority 6. We are also clarifying the eligibility requirements under Absolute Priorities 2 and 5.

DATES:

This correction is applicable April 7, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Karen Epps, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 2B133, Washington, DC 20202. Telephone: (202) 377-3711. Email: HEERF@ed.gov.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On March 29,2021, we published in the Federal Register the NIA for the FY 2021 Supplemental Assistance to Institutions of Higher Education grant opportunity (86 FR 16338). This notice corrects the year of the Pell Grant recipient percent that institutions must meet to be eligible for Absolute Priority 6 to Fall 2019. We also remove the reference to the “December 27, 2020” date with regard to institutional eligibility for Absolute Priorities 2 and 5. All other requirements and conditions in the NIA remain the same.

Corrections

In FR Doc. 2021-06527 appearing on page 16338 of the Federal Register of March 29, 2021, we make the following corrections:

1. On page 16339, in the first column, in the fourth line of the fourth paragraph, remove “after December 27, 2020 (the date CRRSAA was enacted)”.

2. On page 16339, in the middle column, in the seventh line, remove “2018” and add, in its place, “2019”.

3. On page 16340, in the middle column, in the fourth line, add “an” prior to “eligible” and remove “on or after December 27, 2020”.

Program Authority: The Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA), Division M of Public Law 116-260.

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