Period of Allowable Expenses for Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) Grant Programs, March 19, 2021

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Notice of March 19, 2021 in which the U.S. Department of Education changes the period of allowable expenses of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) grant programs back to March 13, 2020, the date of the declaration of the national emergency. It covers the Student Aid Portion (ALN 84.425E), the Institutional Portion (ALN 84.425F) and the (a)(2) and (a)(3) programs (ALNs 84.425J, K, L, M, and N). The notice rewrites the provision in box 10 of the Grant Award Notification and paragraphs of the CRRSAA supplemental agreements that had required obligations to be incurred on or after December 27, 2020, the date of the enactment of the CRRSAA, so that they read on or after March 13, 2020. Recipients are asked to keep a copy in their HEERF program grant files.

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    Period of Allowable Expenses for Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF)
                                      grant programs

                                             March 19, 2021

This document provides notice that the U.S. Department of Education is changing the period of
allowable expenses of the HEERF grant programs 1 Student Aid Portion (assistance listing
number (ALN) 84.425E), Institutional Portion (ALN 84.425F), and the (a)(2) and (a)(3)
programs (ALNs 84.425J, K, L, M, and N) back to the date of the Declaration of the National
Emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning March 13, 2020 (85 FR 15337).
Specifically:
    •   Grant Award Notification (GAN) update:
            o The provision in box 10 of your GAN for supplemental funds awarded under
              CRRSAA that reads:
                        “PREVIOUS CARES ACT FUNDS: Unliquidated (unspent) grant funds
                         awarded previously pursuant to Section 18004(a)(1) of the Coronavirus
                         Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Pub. L. 116-136,
                         pursuant to CRRSAA Section 314(d)(2), may be used consistent with the
                         provisions of CRRSAA Section 314(c) for obligations incurred on or after
                         December 27, 2020, subject to the requirements in CRRSAA Section
                         314(d)(5). All other grant terms, conditions, and requirements from the
                         Recipient’s Funding Certification and Agreement for the Institutional
                         Portion under the CARES Act, Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act,
                         and the GAN issued pursuant to that award remain in force.”
            o Is modified to read:
                        “PREVIOUS CARES ACT FUNDS: Unliquidated (unspent) grant funds
                         awarded previously pursuant to Section 18004(a)(1) of the Coronavirus
                         Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Pub. L. 116-136,
                         pursuant to CRRSAA Section 314(d)(2), may be used consistent with the
                         provisions of CRRSAA Section 314(c) for obligations incurred on or after
                         March 13, 2020, subject to the requirements in CRRSAA Section
                         314(d)(5). All other grant terms, conditions, and requirements from the
                         Recipient’s Funding Certification and Agreement for the Institutional
                         Portion under the CARES Act, Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act,
                         and the GAN issued pursuant to that award remain in force.”
    •   CRRSAA Student Aid Portion Funds (ALN 84.425E) Supplemental Agreement update:
            o Paragraph 11 that reads:


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  This is applicable to all HEERF grant programs: (1) Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)
Act (HEERF I), (2) Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (CRRSAA) (HEERF
II), and (3) the American Rescue Plan (ARP) (HEERF III).

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                     “Recipient acknowledges that any obligation under this grant (pre-award
                      costs pursuant to 2 CFR § 200.458) must have been incurred on or after
                      December 27, 2020, the date of the enactment of the CRRSAA.”
           o Is modified to read:
                     “Recipient acknowledges that any obligation under this grant (pre-award
                      costs pursuant to 2 CFR § 200.458) must have been incurred on or after
                      March 13, 2020, the date of the declaration of the national emergency.”
   •   CRRSAA Institutional Portion Funds (ALN 84.425F) Supplemental Agreement update:
           o Paragraph 8 that reads:
                     “Recipient acknowledges that any obligation under this grant (pre-award
                      costs pursuant to 2 CFR § 200.458) must have been incurred on or after
                      December 27, 2020, the date of the enactment of the CRRSAA.”
           o Is modified to read:
                     “Recipient acknowledges that any obligation under this grant (pre-award
                      costs pursuant to 2 CFR § 200.458) must have been incurred on or after
                      March 13, 2020, the date of the declaration of the national emergency.”
   •   CRRSAA (a)(2) and (a)(3) programs (ALNs 84.425J, K, L, M, and N) Supplemental
       Agreement update:
           o Paragraph 9 that reads:
                     “Recipient acknowledges that any obligation under this grant (pre-award
                      costs pursuant to 2 CFR § 200.458) must have been incurred on or after
                      December 27, 2020, the date of the enactment of the CRRSAA.”
           o Is modified to read:
                     “Recipient acknowledges that any obligation under this grant (pre-award
                      costs pursuant to 2 CFR § 200.458) must have been incurred on or after
                      March 13, 2020, the date of the declaration of the national emergency.”
Please retain a copy of this update notification in your HEERF program grant files to support this
expanded period of allowable expenses.




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