Rule2023-28490
Final Waiver and Extension of the Project Period With Funding for Rehabilitation Long-Term Training Grants
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Published
December 27, 2023
Effective
December 27, 2023
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
The Secretary waives the requirements in the Education Department General Administrative Regulations that generally prohibit project periods exceeding five years and project period extensions involving the obligation of additional Federal funds. The waiver and extension enables 51 projects under Assistance Listing Numbers (ALN) 84.129B, 84.129H, 84.129P, and 84.129Q to receive funding for an additional period, not to exceed September 30, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 27, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 89306-89307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28490]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
34 CFR Chapter III
[ED-2023-OSERS-0175]
Final Waiver and Extension of the Project Period With Funding for
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training Grants
AGENCY: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
(OSERS), Department of Education.
ACTION: Final waiver and extension of project period with funding.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary waives the requirements in the Education
Department General Administrative Regulations that generally prohibit
project periods exceeding five years and project period extensions
involving the obligation of additional Federal funds. The waiver and
extension enables 51 projects under Assistance Listing Numbers (ALN)
84.129B, 84.129H, 84.129P, and 84.129Q to receive funding for an
additional period, not to exceed September 30, 2025.
DATES: The waiver and extension of the project periods are effective
December 27, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Holliday Young, U.S. Department
of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 4A10, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: 202-245-7318. Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97dcf6e5f2f9b9dff8fbfbfef3f6eed7f2f3b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e8a3899a8d86c6a0878484818c8991a88d8cc68f879e">[email protected]</span></a>.
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wish to access telecommunications relay services, please dial 7-1-1.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 3, 2023, the Department published
in the Federal Register (88 FR 67953) a proposal to waive and extend
the project period with funding in order to enable 51 projects under
Assistance Listing Numbers (ALN) 84.129B, 84.129H, 84.129P, and 84.129Q
to receive continuation funding for an additional 12-month period, not
to exceed September 30, 2025. The proposed waiver and extension of the
project period with funding would allow the Department to align with
the 33 ALN 84.129B grant projects funded in FY 2020 that will receive
their final year of funding in FY 2024 with a September 30, 2025,
performance period ending date. There are no differences between the
proposed waiver and extension of the project period with funding and
this final waiver and extension of the project period with funding.
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Public Comment
In response to our invitation in the proposed waiver and extension
of the project period with funding, one party submitted comments.
Although the commenter expressed strong support for the proposed waiver
and the extension of the project period with funding, the discussion
the commenter provided relates to the Innovation Rehabilitation
Training grants, which fund projects that develop training products and
programs in providing rehabilitation services to individuals with
disabilities, rather than the Rehabilitation Long-Term Training grants,
which are the subject of this notice, under which projects are funded
to provide stipend support to scholars pursuing a degree or certificate
in the field of rehabilitation counseling.
Generally, we do not address technical and other minor changes or
suggested changes the law does not authorize us to make under the
applicable statutory authority. In addition, we do not address general
comments that raise concerns not directly related to the proposed
waiver and extension with funding.
Final Waiver and Extension of the Project Period With Funding
The Department believes aligning the projects' period of
performance for ALNs 84.129B, 84.129H, 84.129P, and 84.129Q is in the
best interest of the public, as the extension reduces financial and
administrative burden by allowing the Department to conduct a single
competition for ALNs 84.129B, 84.129H, 84.129P and 84.129Q grants in FY
2025, with a five-year performance period that would run from October
1, 2025, through September 30, 2030.
Consequently, the Secretary waives the requirements in 34 CFR
75.250, which prohibit project periods exceeding five years, as well as
the requirements in 34 CFR 75.261(a) and (c)(2), which allow the
extension of a project period only if the extension does not involve
the obligation of additional Federal funds. This waiver allows the
Department to issue a one-year FY 2024 continuation award to each of
the 51 currently funded FY 2019 84.129B, 84.129H, 84.129P, and 84.129Q
projects. Any activities carried out during the year of this
continuation award must be consistent with the scope, goals, and
objectives of the grantees' applications as approved in the FY 2019
competition. The requirements for continuation awards are set forth in
34 CFR 75.253.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the proposed waiver and extension of
the project period with funding would not have a significant economic
impact on a substantial number of small entities. The only entities
that would be affected by the proposed waiver and extension of the
project period are the 51 grants that were awarded in FY 2019 under
ALNs 84.129B, 84.129H, 84.129P, and 84.129Q.
The Secretary certifies that the proposed waiver and extension of
the project period with funding would not have a significant economic
impact on these entities because the extension of an existing project
period imposes minimal compliance costs, and the activities required to
support the additional year of funding would not impose additional
regulatory burdens or require unnecessary Federal supervision.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
This final waiver and extension of the project period with funding
does not contain any information collection requirements.
Intergovernmental Review
These programs are subject to Executive Order 12372 and the
regulations in 34 CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the Executive
order is to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a strengthened
federalism. The Executive order relies on processes developed by State
and local governments for coordination and review of proposed Federal
financial assistance.
This document provides final notification of our specific plans and
actions for these programs.
Accessible Format: On request to the program contact person listed
under FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, individuals with disabilities can
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Dant[eacute] Allen,
Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration, Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitative Services.
[FR Doc. 2023-28490 Filed 12-26-23; 8:45 am]
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