Proposed Rule2024-17560
Proposed Waiver and Extension of the Project Period for the Postsecondary Programs for Students With Intellectual Disabilities-National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center (PPSID-NTAD) Program
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Published
August 7, 2024
Issuing agencies
Education Department
Abstract
The Secretary proposes to waive the requirements in the Education Department General Administrative Regulations that generally prohibit project period extensions involving the obligation of additional Federal funds. The proposed waiver and extension would enable one project under ALN number 84.407C to receive funding for an additional period, not to exceed September 30, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 7, 2024)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 64399-64400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17560]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 152 / Wednesday, August 7, 2024 /
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
[Docket ID ED-2024-OPE-0098]
34 CFR Chapter III
Proposed Waiver and Extension of the Project Period for the
Postsecondary Programs for Students With Intellectual Disabilities--
National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center (PPSID-NTAD)
Program
AGENCY: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), Department of
Education.
ACTION: Proposed waiver and extension of the project period.
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SUMMARY: The Secretary proposes to waive the requirements in the
Education Department General Administrative Regulations that generally
prohibit project period extensions involving the obligation of
additional Federal funds. The proposed waiver and extension would
enable one project under ALN number 84.407C to receive funding for an
additional period, not to exceed September 30, 2025.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before September 6, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal
or via postal mail or commercial delivery. We will not accept comments
submitted by fax or by email or those submitted after the comment
period. To ensure that we do not receive duplicate copies, please
submit your comments only once. In addition, please include the Docket
ID at the top of your comments.
<bullet> Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> to
submit your comments electronically. Information on using
<a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>, including instructions for accessing agency documents,
submitting comments, and viewing the docket, is available on the site
under ``FAQs.''
<bullet> Postal Mail or Commercial Delivery: The Department
strongly encourages commenters to submit their comments electronically.
However, if you mail or deliver your comments, address them to:
Postsecondary Programs For Students With Intellectual Disabilities--
National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center Program, ALN
number 84.407C, Attention: Shedita Alston, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 5C-131, Washington, DC 20202.
Privacy Note: The Department's policy is to make all comments
received from members of the public available for public viewing in
their entirety on the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. Therefore, commenters should be careful to include
in their comments only information that they wish to make publicly
available.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shedita Alston, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Room 5C-131, Washington, DC 20202.
Telephone: (202) 453-7090. Email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#affcc7cacbc6dbce81eec3dcdbc0c1efcacb81c8c0d9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ddee5e8e9e4f9eca3cce1fef9e2e3cde8e9a3eae2fb">[email protected]</span></a>.
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:
Invitation to Comment: We invite you to submit comments regarding
this proposed waiver and extension.
We invite you to assist us in complying with the specific
requirements of Executive Orders 12866, 13563, and 14094 and their
overall requirement of reducing regulatory burden that might result
from this proposed waiver and extension. Please let us know of any
further ways we could reduce potential costs or increase potential
benefits while preserving the effective and efficient administration of
the program.
During and after the comment period, you may inspect all public
comments about this proposed waiver and extension by accessing
<a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a>. To inspect the public comments in person, please
contact the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Assistance to Individuals with Disabilities in Reviewing the
Rulemaking Record: On request, we will provide an appropriate
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability who
needs assistance to review the comments or other documents in the
public rulemaking record for this proposed waiver and extension. If you
want to schedule an appointment for this type of aid, please contact
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Background
On August 5, 2021, the Department of Education (Department)
published in the Federal Register (86 FR 42801) a notice inviting
applications for projects for fiscal year (FY) 2021 under the PPSID-
NTAD program, authorized under the Departments of Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2021, H.R. 7614, 116th Congress (2020), and the explanatory statement
accompanying H.R. 7614. The PPSID-NTAD program provides for the
establishment of a technical assistance center to translate and
disseminate research and best practices for all institutions of higher
education (IHEs), including those not participating in the Transition
and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities
(TPSID) program, for improving inclusive postsecondary education for
students with intellectual disabilities (SWIDs). This center is
designed to ensure that knowledge and products gained through research
reaches more IHEs and students and improves postsecondary educational
opportunities for SWIDs.
In August 2021, the Department made one 36-month award under the
PPSID-NTAD program as follows:
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Institution State
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University of Massachusetts at Boston......... MA
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The current project period for this grantee ends on September 30,
2024.
Waiver and Extension
We are proposing to extend the project period for the PPSID-NTAD FY
2021 grantee in order to align and coordinate the funding cycle of the
PPSID-NTAD program with TPSID and the TPSID-Coordinating Center (TPSID-
CC) program grant authorized under title VII, part D, subpart 2 of the
Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA) (20 U.S.C. 1140f et
seq.), and title VII, part D, subpart 4 of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 1140q),
respectively. Aligning the ends of the project periods across grants
would allow the Department to better coordinate the TPSID program.
While
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the technical assistance center and the coordinating center have
different audiences for the dissemination of their research, aligning
the funding for the grantees who are doing this work will improve the
efficiency and cost effectiveness of the technical assistance and
dissemination efforts, and will help ensure that both the TPSID
grantees and other institutions that benefit from the research receive
aligned supports from the centers.
For this reason, the Secretary proposes to waive 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. The waiver would allow the Department to
issue a one-time FY 2024 continuation award to the current PPSID-NTAD
program grantee estimated as follows:
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Institution State Award
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University of Massachusetts at MA $1,543,686
Boston.
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Any activities carried out during the year of this continuation
award must be consistent with the scope, goals, and objectives of the
grantee's application as approved in the FY 2021 competition. If we
announce the proposed waiver and extension as final, we will base our
decisions regarding a continuation award on the extent to which the
grantee meets the requirements set forth in 34 CFR 75.253.
Regulatory Flexibility Act Certification
The Secretary certifies that the proposed waiver and extension of
the project period would not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. The only small entities that
would be affected by the proposed waiver and extension of the project
period is the current grantee and any other potential applicants.
The Secretary certifies that the proposed waiver and extension
would not have a significant economic impact on these entities because
the extension of an existing project period would impose minimal
compliance costs to extend the existing project, 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
The proposed waiver and extension do not contain any information
collection requirements.
Intergovernmental Review
This program is subject to Executive Order 12372 and the
regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
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,
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1140f-1140i.
Nasser Paydar,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education.
[FR Doc. 2024-17560 Filed 8-6-24; 8:45 am]
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