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AGENCY:
Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE), Department of Education.
ACTION:
Final waiver and extension of the project period.
SUMMARY:
The Department of Education (Department) waives the requirements in the Education Department General Administrative Regulations that generally prohibit project period extensions involving the obligation of additional Federal funds. The final waiver and extension is intended to enable one project under Assistance Listing Number 84.407C to receive funding for an additional period, not to exceed September 30, 2025.
DATES:
This final waiver and extension of the project period is effective September 19, 2024.
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: Shedita.Alston@ed.gov.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
We published a proposed waiver and extension in the Federal Register on August 7, 2024 (89 FR 64399) to extend the project period for the current PPSID-NTAD Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 grantee from September 30, 2024 to September 30, 2025, in order to align and coordinate the funding cycle of the PPSID-NTAD program with TPSID and the TPSID-Coordinating Center (TPSID-CC) program grants 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. There are no differences between the proposed waiver and extension and this final waiver and extension.
Public Comment: In response to our invitation in the notice of proposed waiver and extension, 18 parties submitted comments on the waiver and extension. Generally, we do not address technical and other minor changes, or suggested changes that the law does not authorize us to make under applicable statutory authority. In addition, we do not address general comments that raised concerns not directly related to the proposed waiver and extension.
Analysis of Comments and Changes: An analysis of the comments and of any changes since publication of the proposed waiver and extension follows.
General Comments
Comments: Eighteen commenters supported the waiver and extension.
Discussion: We appreciate the support of the waiver and extension.
Changes: None.
Final Waiver and Extension
We are extending 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 the 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 allows the Department to better coordinate the TPSID program. While 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 is waiving 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 allows the Department to issue a one-time FY 2024 continuation award to the current PPSID-NTAD program grantee estimated as follows:
| Institution | State | Award |
|---|---|---|
| University of Massachusetts at Boston | MA | $1,543,686 |