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Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools;
Overview Information; Safe Schools/
Healthy Students; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.184L.
Institute of Education Sciences.
[FR Doc. 05–4696 Filed 3–9–05; 8:45 am]
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
DATES: Applications Available: March
10, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 29, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 29, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: Local educational
agencies (LEAs) or consortia of LEAs
that have not received funds or services
under the Safe Schools/Healthy
Students (SS/HS) initiative during any
previous fiscal year.
Estimated Available Funds:
$74,800,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: Up to
$1,000,000 per year for LEAs or
consortia in rural areas and Bureau of
Indian Affairs (BIA) schools; up to
$2,000,000 per year for LEAs or
consortia in suburban areas; and up to
$3,000,000 per year for LEAs or
consortia in urban areas.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$2,000,000 per year.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget that
exceeds the maximum amount
established for its defined urbanicity.
The maximum amount for SS/HS funds
is $3 million for urban LEAs for a 12month period; $2 million for suburban
LEAs for a 12-month period; and $1
million for rural LEAs and BIA schools
for a 12-month period. To determine
urbanicity and the maximum amount
they are eligible to apply for, all
applicants except BIA schools must use
the district locale code on the National
Public School and School District
Locator Web site (available online at
https://www.nces.ed.gov/ccd/
districtsearch) and the definitions
established in the notice of final
priority, selection criteria, requirements,
and definitions for the SS/HS program
published in the Federal Register on
May 28, 2004 (69 FR 30756). A BIA
school’s request must not exceed $1
million.
Estimated Number of Awards: 40.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: This program
provides Federal financial assistance to
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LEAs to implement an integrated,
comprehensive community-wide plan
designed to create safe and drug-free
schools and promote prosocial skills
and healthy childhood development in
youth.
Priority: This priority is from the
notice of final priority, selection criteria,
requirements, and definitions, for this
program, published in the Federal
Register on May 28, 2004 (69 FR 30756).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005 this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority supports the projects of
LEAs proposing to implement an
integrated, comprehensive communitywide plan designed to create safe and
drug-free schools and promote prosocial
skills and healthy childhood
development in youth. Plans must focus
activities, curricula, programs, and
services in a manner that responds to all
of the following six elements —
Element One—Safe school
environment—Note: No more than 10
percent of the total budget for each year
may be used to support costs associated
with (1) security equipment and
personnel, and (2) minor remodeling of
school facilities to improve school
safety;
Element Two—Alcohol and other
drugs and violence prevention and early
intervention programs;
Element Three—School and
community mental health preventive
and treatment intervention services;
Element Four—Early childhood
psychosocial and emotional
development programs;
Element Five—Supporting and
connecting schools and communities;
and
Element Six—Safe school policies.
Program Authority: Safe and Drug-Free
Schools and Communities Act (20 U.S.C.
7131); Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
290aa); and Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act (42 U.S.C. 5614(b)(4)(e) and
5781 et seq.).
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,
84, 85, 97, 98, 99, and 299. (b) The
notice of final priority, selection criteria,
requirements, and definitions for this
program, published in the Federal
Register on May 28, 2004 (69 FR 30756).
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$74,800,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: Up to
$1,000,000 per year for LEAs or
consortia in rural areas and BIA schools;
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up to $2,000,000 per year for LEAs or
consortia in suburban areas; and up to
$3,000,000 per year for LEAs or
consortia in urban areas.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$2,000,000 per year.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget that
exceeds the maximum amount
established for its defined urbanicity.
The maximum amount for SS/HS funds
is $3 million for urban LEAs for a 12month period; $2 million for suburban
LEAs for a 12-month period; and $1
million for rural LEAs and BIA schools
for a 12-month period. To determine
urbanicity and the maximum amount
they are eligible to apply for, all
applicants except BIA schools must use
the district locale code on the National
Public School and School District
Locator Web site (available online at
https://www.nces.ed.gov/ccd/
districtsearch) and the definitions
established in the notice of final
priority, selection criteria, requirements,
and definitions for the SS/HS program
published in the Federal Register on
May 28, 2004 (69 FR 30756). A BIA
school’s request must not exceed $1
million.
Estimated Number of Awards: 40.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: LEAs or
consortia of LEAs that have not received
funds or services under the Safe
Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS)
initiative during any previous fiscal
year.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not involve cost sharing
or matching
3. Other: The applicant must include
in its application two memoranda of
agreement demonstrating the
commitment of the required SS/HS
partners. Two agreements must be
signed by the required partners (as
described in paragraphs (a) and (b)) and
dated no earlier than six months prior
to the SS/HS application deadline.
Applicants must also include
information in the application that
supports the selection of the identified
local law enforcement partner and
juvenile justice partner and describes
how those partners’ activities will
support and be integrated in the SS/HS
strategy. Applicants must contact their
State Department of Mental Health to
identify the relevant local public mental
health authority. Mental health entities
that have no legal authority in the
administrative oversight of the delivery
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of mental health services are not
acceptable as the sole mental health
partner. Each SS/HS application must
include the local public mental health
authority as a partner. (The local public
mental health authority is not required
to provide mental health services to the
target population but must provide
administrative control or oversight of
the delivery of mental health services.)
(a) The first of these two agreements
is the Memorandum of Agreement for
the SS/HS Partners. This agreement
must contain the signatures of the
school superintendent and authorized
representatives for the local public
mental health authority and local law
enforcement and juvenile justice
agencies. This agreement must include
the following information: A mission
statement for the SS/HS partnership; the
goals and objectives of the partnership;
desired outcomes for the partnership; a
description of how information will be
shared among partners; and a
description of the roles and
responsibilities of each partner.
Applicants submitting as a consortium
of LEAs must demonstrate partnership
with the relevant local law enforcement
agency (or agencies), public mental
health authority (or authorities) and
juvenile justice agency (or agencies) for
each of the participating LEAs in the
consortium. Applicants must indicate
those instances where a local law
enforcement agency, public mental
health authority, or juvenile justice
agency has authority or jurisdiction for
one or more of the participating LEAs in
the consortium.
(b) The second of these two
agreements is the Memorandum of
Agreement for Mental Health Services.
This agreement must contain the
signatures of the school superintendent
and the authorized representative of the
local public mental health authority.
The local public mental health authority
must agree to provide administrative
control and/or oversight of the delivery
of mental health services. This
agreement also must state procedures to
be used for referral, treatment, and
follow-up for children and adolescents
with serious mental health problems.
Applicants submitting as a consortium
of LEAs must demonstrate partnership
with the relevant public mental health
authority (or authorities) for each of the
participating LEAs in the consortium.
Applicants must indicate those
instances where a local public mental
health authority has authority/
jurisdiction for one or more of the
participating LEAs in the consortium.
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IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: Education Publications Center
(ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD
20794–1398. Telephone (toll free): (877)
433–7827. Fax: (301) 470–1244. If you
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free):
(877) 576–7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its
Web site: https://www.ed.gov/pubs/
edpubs.html or you may contact ED
Pubs at its e-mail address:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED
Pubs, be sure to identify this
competition as follows: CFDA number
84.184L.
You also may access the application
package electronically at the following
address: https://www.ed.gov/programs/
dvpsafeschools/applicant.html.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain a copy of the application package
in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the program
contact person listed in section VII of
this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
program.
Page Limit: The application narrative
is where you, the applicant, address the
selection criteria that reviewers use to
evaluate your application. An
application’s narrative must be limited
to the equivalent of no more than 40
pages and must adhere to the following
standards:
∑ A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5″ by 11″, on one side
only, with 1’’ margins at the top,
bottom, and both sides.
∑ All text in the application narrative
must be double spaced (no more than
three lines per vertical inch) excluding
titles, headings, footnotes, quotations,
references, captions, text in charts,
tables, figures and graphs.
∑ Text must be presented in a 12point Courier New font.
∑ All pages must be consecutively
numbered using the style 1 of 40, 2 of
40, etc.
The page limit does not apply to the
cover sheet, project abstract, budget
forms and worksheets, or the required
attachments.
Our reviewers will not read any pages
of your application that—
• Exceed the page limit if you apply
these standards; or
• Exceed the equivalent of the page
limit if you apply other standards.
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3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: March 10, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 29, 2005.
Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted by mail or
hand delivery. For information
(including dates and times) about how
to submit your application by mail or
hand delivery, please refer to section IV.
6. Other Submission Requirements in
this notice.
We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 29, 2005.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
program is subject to Executive Order
12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR
part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal
Programs under Executive Order 12372
is in the application package for this
program.
5. Funding Restrictions: No less than
7 percent of a grantee’s budget for each
year may be used to support costs
associated with local evaluation
activities. No more than 10 percent of
the total budget for each year may be
used to support costs associated with (1)
security equipment and personnel, and
(2) minor remodeling of school facilities
to improve school safety. We reference
additional regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted in paper
format by mail or hand delivery.
a. Submission of Applications by
Mail. If you submit your application by
mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or
a commercial carrier), you must mail the
original and two copies of your
application, on or before the application
deadline date, to the Department at the
applicable following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal
Service: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
CFDA 84.184L, 400 Maryland Avenue,
SW, Washington, DC 20202–4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center—Stop 4260,
Attention: CFDA 84.184L, 7100 Old
Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785–
1506.
Regardless of the address you use, you
must show proof of mailing consisting
of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service
postmark,
(2) A legible mail receipt with the
date of mailing stamped by the U.S.
Postal Service,
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(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or
receipt from a commercial carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing
acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S.
Department of Education.
If you mail your application through
the U.S. Postal Service, we do not
accept either of the following as proof
of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by
the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after
the application deadline date, we will
not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not
uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before
relying on this method, you should check
with your local post office.
b. Submission of Application by Hand
Delivery. If you submit your application
by hand delivery, you (or a courier
service) must deliver the original and
two copies of your application by hand,
on or before the application deadline
date, to the Department at the following
address:
U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center, Attention:
CFDA 84.184L, 550 12th Street, SW.,
Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202–4260.
The Application Control Center
accepts hand deliveries daily between 8
a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and
Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of
Paper Applications: If you mail or hand
deliver your application to the
Department:
(1) You must indicate on the envelope
and—if not provided by the
Department—in Item 4 of the ED 424 the
CFDA number—and suffix letter, if
any—of the competition under which
you are submitting your application.
(2) The Application Control Center
will mail a grant application receipt
acknowledgment to you. If you do not
receive the grant application receipt
acknowledgment within 15 business
days from the application deadline date,
you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at
(202) 245–6288.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program are in the
application package.
2. Review and Selection Process:
Additional factors we consider in
selecting an application for an award
are: (1) geographic distribution and
diversity of activities addressed by the
projects; and (2) equitable distribution
of grants among urban, suburban, and
rural LEAs.
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VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notification
(GAN). We may also notify you
informally.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy
requirements in the application package
and reference these and other
requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: If funded you are
expected to submit, semi-annually, a
performance report, which includes
reporting on expenditures, as specified
by the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.720. You
are also expected to collect data on the
key Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA) performance
measures for this program and report
those data annually to the Department.
At the end of your project period, you
must submit a final performance report
that includes financial and evaluation
information, as directed by the
Secretary.
4. Performance Measures: Under the
GPRA, we have developed four
measures for evaluating the overall
effectiveness of the SS/HS initiative: (1)
The percentage of Safe Schools/Healthy
Students grant sites that experience a
decrease in the number of violent
incidents at schools during the 3-year
period; (2) The percentage of Safe
Schools/Healthy Students grant sites
that experience a decrease in substance
abuse during the 3-year period; (3) The
percentage of Safe Schools/Healthy
Students grant sites that improve school
attendance during the 3-year period;
and (4) The percentage of SS/HS grant
sites that increase mental health
services to students and families during
the 3-year grant period.
These measures constitute the
Department’s indicators of success for
this initiative. Consequently, applicants
for a grant under this program are
advised to give careful consideration to
these four measures in conceptualizing
the design, implementation, and
evaluation for their proposed project.
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VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Dorsey, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3E336, Washington, DC 20202–
6450. Telephone: (202) 708–4674 or by
e-mail: Karen.Dorsey@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
Individuals with disabilities may
obtain this document in an alternative
format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person
listed in this section.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document:
You may view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
published in the Federal Register, in
text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the
following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/
fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe
Acrobat Reader, which is available free
at this site. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1–
888–293–6498; or in the Washington,
DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
You may also view this document in
text or PDF at the following Web site:
https://www.ed.gov/programs/
dvpsafeschools/applicant.html.
Note: The official version of this document
is the document published in the Federal
Register. Free Internet access to the official
edition of the Federal Register and the Code
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO
Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/
index.html
Dated: March 7, 2005.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools.
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Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services; Overview
Information; Rehabilitation Training:
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training—
Comprehensive System of Personnel
Development; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.129W.
Applications Available: March
10, 2005.
DATES:
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Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 11, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 8, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: States and public
or nonprofit agencies and organizations,
including Indian tribes and institutions
of higher education.
Estimated Available Funds:
$1,200,000.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$190,000—$210,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$200,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 6.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
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Multi-State projects and projects that
involve consortia of institutions and
agencies are also authorized, although
other projects will be considered.
The regulations in 34 CFR 386.31
require that a minimum of 75 percent of
project funds be used to support student
scholarships and stipends. The
regulations also provide that the
Secretary may waive this requirement
under certain circumstances, including
new training programs.
Finally, the Secretary intends to
approve a wide range of approaches for
providing training and different levels
of funding, based on the quality of
individual projects. The Secretary takes
these factors into account in making
grants under this priority.
Program Authority: 29 U.S.C. 772.
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The
Rehabilitation Long-Term Training
program provides financial assistance
for projects that provide basic or
advanced training leading to an
academic degree in areas of personnel
shortages, provide a specified series of
courses or program of study leading to
award of a certificate in areas of
personnel shortages, or provide support
for medical residents enrolled in
residency training programs in the
specialty of physical medicine and
rehabilitation.
Priority: This priority is from the
notice of final priority for this program,
published in the Federal Register on
October 16, 1998 (63 FR 55764).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005 this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is: Comprehensive
System of Personnel Development.
Projects must—
(1) Provide training leading to
academic degrees or academic
certificates to current vocational
rehabilitation (VR) counselors,
including counselors with disabilities,
ethnic minorities, and those from
diverse backgrounds, toward meeting
designated State unit (DSU) personnel
standards required under section
101(a)(7) of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973, as amended, commonly referred
to as the Comprehensive System of
Personnel Development (CSPD);
(2) Address the academic degree and
academic certificate needs specified in
the CSPD plans of those States with
which the project will be working; and
(3) Develop innovative approaches
(e.g., distance learning, competencybased programs, and other methods)
that would maximize participation in,
and the effectiveness of, project training.
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Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,
84, 85, 86, and 99. (b) The regulations
for this program in 34 CFR parts 385
and 386.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79
apply to all applicants except federally
recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86
apply to institutions of higher education
only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$1,200,000.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$190,000—$210,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$200,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 6.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: States and
public or nonprofit agencies and
organizations, including Indian tribes
and institutions of higher education.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Cost
sharing of at least 10 percent of the total
cost of the project is required of grantees
under the Rehabilitation Training
program (34 CFR 386.30).
Note: Under 34 CFR 75.562(c), an indirect
cost reimbursement on a training grant is
limited to the recipient’s actual indirect
costs, as determined by its negotiated
indirect cost rate agreement, or eight percent
of modified total direct cost base, whichever
amount is less. Indirect costs in excess of the
eight percent limit may not be charged
directly, used to satisfy matching or costsharing requirements, or charged to another
Federal award.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information; Safe
Schools/Healthy Students; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.184L.
DATES: Applications Available: March 10, 2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 29, 2005.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 29, 2005.
Eligible Applicants: Local educational agencies (LEAs) or consortia
of LEAs that have not received funds or services under the Safe
Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) initiative during any previous fiscal
year.
Estimated Available Funds: $74,800,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: Up to $1,000,000 per year for LEAs or
consortia in rural areas and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools; up
to $2,000,000 per year for LEAs or consortia in suburban areas; and up
to $3,000,000 per year for LEAs or consortia in urban areas.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $2,000,000 per year.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget that exceeds the maximum amount established for its defined
urbanicity. The maximum amount for SS/HS funds is $3 million for urban
LEAs for a 12-month period; $2 million for suburban LEAs for a 12-month
period; and $1 million for rural LEAs and BIA schools for a 12-month
period. To determine urbanicity and the maximum amount they are
eligible to apply for, all applicants except BIA schools must use the
district locale code on the National Public School and School District
Locator Web site (available online at https://www.nces.ed.gov/ccd/
districtsearch) and the definitions established in the notice of final
priority, selection criteria, requirements, and definitions for the SS/
HS program published in the Federal Register on May 28, 2004 (69 FR
30756). A BIA school's request must not exceed $1 million.
Estimated Number of Awards: 40.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 36 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: This program provides Federal financial
assistance to LEAs to implement an integrated, comprehensive community-
wide plan designed to create safe and drug-free schools and promote
prosocial skills and healthy childhood development in youth.
Priority: This priority is from the notice of final priority,
selection criteria, requirements, and definitions, for this program,
published in the Federal Register on May 28, 2004 (69 FR 30756).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2005 this priority is an absolute
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that
meet this priority.
This priority supports the projects of LEAs proposing to implement
an integrated, comprehensive community-wide plan designed to create
safe and drug-free schools and promote prosocial skills and healthy
childhood development in youth. Plans must focus activities, curricula,
programs, and services in a manner that responds to all of the
following six elements --
Element One--Safe school environment--Note: No more than 10 percent
of the total budget for each year may be used to support costs
associated with (1) security equipment and personnel, and (2) minor
remodeling of school facilities to improve school safety;
Element Two--Alcohol and other drugs and violence prevention and
early intervention programs;
Element Three--School and community mental health preventive and
treatment intervention services;
Element Four--Early childhood psychosocial and emotional
development programs;
Element Five--Supporting and connecting schools and communities;
and
Element Six--Safe school policies.
Program Authority: Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities
Act (20 U.S.C. 7131); Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290aa);
and Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (42 U.S.C.
5614(b)(4)(e) and 5781 et seq.).
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 97, 98, 99, and 299. (b) The notice of final priority,
selection criteria, requirements, and definitions for this program,
published in the Federal Register on May 28, 2004 (69 FR 30756).
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $74,800,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: Up to $1,000,000 per year for LEAs or
consortia in rural areas and BIA schools;
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up to $2,000,000 per year for LEAs or consortia in suburban areas; and
up to $3,000,000 per year for LEAs or consortia in urban areas.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $2,000,000 per year.
Maximum Award: We will reject any application that proposes a
budget that exceeds the maximum amount established for its defined
urbanicity. The maximum amount for SS/HS funds is $3 million for urban
LEAs for a 12-month period; $2 million for suburban LEAs for a 12-month
period; and $1 million for rural LEAs and BIA schools for a 12-month
period. To determine urbanicity and the maximum amount they are
eligible to apply for, all applicants except BIA schools must use the
district locale code on the National Public School and School District
Locator Web site (available online at https://www.nces.ed.gov/ccd/
districtsearch) and the definitions established in the notice of final
priority, selection criteria, requirements, and definitions for the SS/
HS program published in the Federal Register on May 28, 2004 (69 FR
30756). A BIA school's request must not exceed $1 million.
Estimated Number of Awards: 40.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: 36 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: LEAs or consortia of LEAs that have not
received funds or services under the Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/
HS) initiative during any previous fiscal year.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not involve cost
sharing or matching
3. Other: The applicant must include in its application two
memoranda of agreement demonstrating the commitment of the required SS/
HS partners. Two agreements must be signed by the required partners (as
described in paragraphs (a) and (b)) and dated no earlier than six
months prior to the SS/HS application deadline. Applicants must also
include information in the application that supports the selection of
the identified local law enforcement partner and juvenile justice
partner and describes how those partners' activities will support and
be integrated in the SS/HS strategy. Applicants must contact their
State Department of Mental Health to identify the relevant local public
mental health authority. Mental health entities that have no legal
authority in the administrative oversight of the delivery of mental
health services are not acceptable as the sole mental health partner.
Each SS/HS application must include the local public mental health
authority as a partner. (The local public mental health authority is
not required to provide mental health services to the target population
but must provide administrative control or oversight of the delivery of
mental health services.)
(a) The first of these two agreements is the Memorandum of
Agreement for the SS/HS Partners. This agreement must contain the
signatures of the school superintendent and authorized representatives
for the local public mental health authority and local law enforcement
and juvenile justice agencies. This agreement must include the
following information: A mission statement for the SS/HS partnership;
the goals and objectives of the partnership; desired outcomes for the
partnership; a description of how information will be shared among
partners; and a description of the roles and responsibilities of each
partner. Applicants submitting as a consortium of LEAs must demonstrate
partnership with the relevant local law enforcement agency (or
agencies), public mental health authority (or authorities) and juvenile
justice agency (or agencies) for each of the participating LEAs in the
consortium. Applicants must indicate those instances where a local law
enforcement agency, public mental health authority, or juvenile justice
agency has authority or jurisdiction for one or more of the
participating LEAs in the consortium.
(b) The second of these two agreements is the Memorandum of
Agreement for Mental Health Services. This agreement must contain the
signatures of the school superintendent and the authorized
representative of the local public mental health authority. The local
public mental health authority must agree to provide administrative
control and/or oversight of the delivery of mental health services.
This agreement also must state procedures to be used for referral,
treatment, and follow-up for children and adolescents with serious
mental health problems. Applicants submitting as a consortium of LEAs
must demonstrate partnership with the relevant public mental health
authority (or authorities) for each of the participating LEAs in the
consortium. Applicants must indicate those instances where a local
public mental health authority has authority/jurisdiction for one or
more of the participating LEAs in the consortium.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: Education Publications
Center (ED Pubs), P.O. Box 1398, Jessup, MD 20794-1398. Telephone (toll
free): (877) 433-7827. Fax: (301) 470-1244. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free):
(877) 576-7734.
You may also contact ED Pubs at its Web site: https://www.ed.gov/
pubs/edpubs.html or you may contact ED Pubs at its e-mail address:
edpubs@inet.ed.gov.
If you request an application from ED Pubs, be sure to identify
this competition as follows: CFDA number 84.184L.
You also may access the application package electronically at the
following address: https://www.ed.gov/programs/dvpsafeschools/
applicant.html.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application
package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact
person listed in section VII of this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this program.
Page Limit: The application narrative is where you, the applicant,
address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your
application. An application's narrative must be limited to the
equivalent of no more than 40 pages and must adhere to the following
standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5'' by 11'', on one side only, with 1''
margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.
All text in the application narrative must be double
spaced (no more than three lines per vertical inch) excluding titles,
headings, footnotes, quotations, references, captions, text in charts,
tables, figures and graphs.
Text must be presented in a 12-point Courier New font.
All pages must be consecutively numbered using the style 1
of 40, 2 of 40, etc.
The page limit does not apply to the cover sheet, project abstract,
budget forms and worksheets, or the required attachments.
Our reviewers will not read any pages of your application that--
Exceed the page limit if you apply these standards; or
Exceed the equivalent of the page limit if you apply other
standards.
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3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications Available: March 10,
2005.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 29, 2005.
Applications for grants under this program must be submitted by
mail or hand delivery. For information (including dates and times)
about how to submit your application by mail or hand delivery, please
refer to section IV. 6. Other Submission Requirements in this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 29, 2005.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. Information about
Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order
12372 is in the application package for this program.
5. Funding Restrictions: No less than 7 percent of a grantee's
budget for each year may be used to support costs associated with local
evaluation activities. No more than 10 percent of the total budget for
each year may be used to support costs associated with (1) security
equipment and personnel, and (2) minor remodeling of school facilities
to improve school safety. We reference additional regulations outlining
funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this
notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this program must be submitted in paper format by mail or hand
delivery.
a. Submission of Applications by Mail. If you submit your
application by mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial
carrier), you must mail the original and two copies of your
application, on or before the application deadline date, to the
Department at the applicable following address:
By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: CFDA 84.184L, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-4260; or
By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education,
Application Control Center--Stop 4260, Attention: CFDA 84.184L, 7100
Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506.
Regardless of the address you use, you must show proof of mailing
consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark,
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service,
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier, or
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark, or
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated
postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your
local post office.
b. Submission of Application by Hand Delivery. If you submit your
application by hand delivery, you (or a courier service) must deliver
the original and two copies of your application by hand, on or before
the application deadline date, to the Department at the following
address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center,
Attention: CFDA 84.184L, 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac
Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily
between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays,
Sundays, and Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you mail
or hand deliver your application to the Department:
(1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by the
Department--in Item 4 of the ED 424 the CFDA number--and suffix letter,
if any--of the competition under which you are submitting your
application.
(2) The Application Control Center will mail a grant application
receipt acknowledgment to you. If you do not receive the grant
application receipt acknowledgment within 15 business days from the
application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of
Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288.
V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are
in the application package.
2. Review and Selection Process: Additional factors we consider in
selecting an application for an award are: (1) geographic distribution
and diversity of activities addressed by the projects; and (2)
equitable distribution of grants among urban, suburban, and rural LEAs.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may also notify you informally.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: If funded you are expected to submit, semi-annually,
a performance report, which includes reporting on expenditures, as
specified by the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.720. You are also expected to
collect data on the key Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA)
performance measures for this program and report those data annually to
the Department. At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report that includes financial and evaluation
information, as directed by the Secretary.
4. Performance Measures: Under the GPRA, we have developed four
measures for evaluating the overall effectiveness of the SS/HS
initiative: (1) The percentage of Safe Schools/Healthy Students grant
sites that experience a decrease in the number of violent incidents at
schools during the 3-year period; (2) The percentage of Safe Schools/
Healthy Students grant sites that experience a decrease in substance
abuse during the 3-year period; (3) The percentage of Safe Schools/
Healthy Students grant sites that improve school attendance during the
3-year period; and (4) The percentage of SS/HS grant sites that
increase mental health services to students and families during the 3-
year grant period.
These measures constitute the Department's indicators of success
for this initiative. Consequently, applicants for a grant under this
program are advised to give careful consideration to these four
measures in conceptualizing the design, implementation, and evaluation
for their proposed project.
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VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Dorsey, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E336, Washington, DC 20202-
6450. Telephone: (202) 708-4674 or by e-mail: Karen.Dorsey@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the program contact person listed in this
section.
VIII. Other Information
Electronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available
free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S.
Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in
the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530.
You may also view this document in text or PDF at the following Web
site: https://www.ed.gov/programs/dvpsafeschools/applicant.html.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: https://www.gpoaccess.gov/
nara/
Dated: March 7, 2005.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
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