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Dept of Education Notice Reopening the Application Period; Applications for Funding under Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF), Sections 18004(a)(1), 18004(a)(2), and 18004(a)(3); Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
Federal Register: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-09-04/html/2020-19791.htm
This notice reopens the period for transmittal of applications for all eligible applicants until September 30, 2020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 24, 2020, DoED published in the Federal Register a notice establishing an August 1, 2020 deadline date for institutes of higher education IHEs that did not initially apply to receive allocations to transmit their Certification and Agreements (applications) for funds from the HEERF under sections 18004(a)(1), 18004(a)(2), and 18004(a)(3) of the CARES Act (85 FR 37923) (June 24, 2020 notice).
The June 24, 2020 notice applied to applications under the following Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers:
- 84.425E--Student Aid portion of section 18004(a)(1).
- 84.425F--Institutional portion of section 18004(a)(1).
- 84.425J--Historically Black College and Universities under section 18004(a)(2).
- 84.425K--Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities under section 18004(a)(2).
- 84.425L--Minority Serving Institutions under section 18004(a)(2).
- 84.425M--Strengthening Institutions Program under section 18004(a)(2).
- 84.425N--Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) under section 18004(a)(3).
Note: This notice also reopens the period for transmittal of applications until September 30, 2020 for:
- 18004(a)(1) reserve applications for the IHEs that did not initially apply for the (a)(1) reserve funds (https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/reserveappfinal7202020.pdf);
- 18004(a)(2) applications for eligible branch campuses whose main campuses did not receive an award and who did not initially apply for the (a)(2) reserve funds; and
- 18004(a)(3) applications for grantees with identified risk factors that are required to submit Budget and Expenditure Reporting in order to demonstrate their proposed use of funds (https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/budgetandexpenditurereporting...).