Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information; Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models on College Campuses Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006, 6764-6767 [E6-1812]
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Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools;
Overview Information; Alcohol and
Other Drug Prevention Models on
College Campuses Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2006
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.184N.
Dates:
Applications Available: February 9,
2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 22, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: May 22, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education (IHEs) that offer an
associate or baccalaureate degree.
Additionally, an IHE must not have
received an award under this grant
competition (CFDA 84.184N) during the
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previous five fiscal years (fiscal years
2001 through 2005).
Estimated Available Funds: $750,000.
Contingent upon the availability of
funds and the quality of applications,
we may make additional awards in FY
2007 based on the list of unfunded
applications from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$125,000–$175,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$150,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 5.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 15 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The goals of this
program are to identify models of
effective campus-based alcohol and
other drug prevention programs and
disseminate information about these
programs to other colleges and
universities where similar efforts may
be adopted.
Priority: This priority is from the
notice of final priority and eligibility
requirements for this program,
published in the Federal Register on
June 24, 2005 (70 FR 36570).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2006 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards on the basis of the list of
unfunded applications from this
competition, this priority is an absolute
priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we
consider only applications that meet
this priority.
This priority is: Under this priority
the Department provides funding to
institutions of higher education (IHEs)
that have been implementing effective
alcohol and other drug prevention
programs on their campuses. An IHE
that receives funding under this priority
must identify, enhance, further evaluate,
and disseminate information about an
effective alcohol or other drug
prevention program being implemented
on its campus. To meet the priority,
applicants must provide in their
application—
(1) A description of an alcohol or
other drug prevention program that has
been implemented for at least two full
academic years on the applicant’s
campus;
(2) Evidence of the effectiveness of the
program on the applicant’s campus;
(3) A plan to enhance and further
evaluate the program during the project
period; and
(4) A plan to disseminate information
to assist other IHEs in implementing a
similar program
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,
84, 85, 86, 97, 98, 99, and 299. (b) The
notice of final priority and eligibility
requirements published in the Federal
Register on June 24, 2005 (70 FR 36570).
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $750,000.
Contingent upon the availability of
funds and the quality of applications,
we may make additional awards in FY
2007 based on the list of unfunded
applications from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$125,000–$175,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$150,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 5.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 15 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs that offer
an associate or baccalaureate degree.
Additionally, an IHE must not have
received an award under this grant
competition (CFDA 84.184N) during the
previous five fiscal years (fiscal years
2001 through 2005).
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
program does not involve cost sharing
or matching.
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): 1–
877–433–7827. FAX: (301) 470–1244. If
you use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll
free): 1–877–576–7734.
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
84.184N.
Copies of the application package for
this competition can also be found at:
https://www.ed.gov/programs/
dvpcollege/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) on request to one of the contact
persons listed in section VII of this
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notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
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.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: February 9,
2006. Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 22, 2006.
Applications for grants under this
program must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov
Apply site (Grants.gov). For information
(including dates and times) about how
to submit your application
electronically or by mail or hand
delivery if you qualify for an exception
to the electronic submission
requirement, please refer to section IV.6.
Other Submission Requirements in this
notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: May 22, 2006.
We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements.
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: We reference
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
electronically unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in
accordance with the instructions in this
section.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
Applications for grants under the
Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
Models on College Campuses-CFDA
Number 84.184N must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov
Apply site at: https://www.grants.gov.
Through this site, you will be able to
download a copy of the application
package, complete it offline, and then
upload and submit your application.
You may not e-mail an electronic copy
of a grant application to us.
We will reject your application if you
submit it in paper format unless, as
described elsewhere in this section, you
qualify for one of the exceptions to the
electronic submission requirement and
submit, no later than two weeks before
the application deadline date, a written
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statement to the Department that you
qualify for one of these exceptions.
Further information regarding
calculation of the date that is two weeks
before the application deadline date is
provided later in this section under
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant
application for Alcohol and Other Drug
Prevention Models on College
Campuses Program at: https://
www.grants.gov. You must search for
the downloadable application package
for this program by the CFDA number.
Do not include the CFDA number’s
alpha suffix in your search.
Please note the following:
• When you enter the Grants.gov site,
you will find information about
submitting an application electronically
through the site, as well as the hours of
operation.
• Applications received by Grants.gov
are time and date stamped. Your
application must be fully uploaded and
submitted, and must be date/time
stamped by the Grants.gov system no
later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC
time, on the application deadline date.
Except as otherwise noted in this
section, we will not consider your
application if it is date/time stamped by
the Grants.gov system later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date. When we
retrieve your application from
Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are
rejecting your application because it
was date/time stamped by the
Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
• The amount of time it can take to
upload an application will vary
depending on a variety of factors
including the size of the application and
the speed of your Internet connection.
Therefore, we strongly recommend that
you do not wait until the application
deadline date to begin the submission
process through Grants.gov.
• You should review and follow the
Education Submission Procedures for
submitting an application through
Grants.gov that are included in the
application package for this program to
ensure that you submit your application
in a timely manner to the Grants.gov
system. You can also find the Education
Submission Procedures pertaining to
Grants.gov at https://e-Grants.ed.gov/
help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
• To submit your application via
Grants.gov, you must complete all of the
steps in the Grants.gov registration
process (see https://www.Grants.gov/
GetStarted). These steps include (1)
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registering your organization, (2)
registering yourself as an Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR), and
(3) getting authorized as an AOR by
your organization. Details on these steps
are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step
Registration Guide (see https://
www.grants.gov/assets/
GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf).
You also must provide on your
application the same D–U–N–S Number
used with this registration. Please note
that the registration process may take
five or more business days to complete,
and you must have completed all
registration steps to allow you to
successfully submit an application via
Grants.gov.
• You will not receive additional
point value because you submit your
application in electronic format, nor
will we penalize you if you qualify for
an exception to the electronic
submission requirement, as described
elsewhere in this section, and submit
your application in paper format.
• You must submit all documents
electronically, including all information
typically included on the Application
for Federal Education Assistance (SF
424), Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all
necessary assurances and certifications.
You must attach any narrative sections
of your application as files in a .DOC
(document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF
(Portable Document) format. If you
upload a file type other than the three
file types specified above or submit a
password protected file, we will not
review that material.
• Your electronic application must
comply with any page limit
requirements described in this notice.
• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive an
automatic acknowledgement from
Grants.gov that contains a Grants.gov
tracking number. The Department will
retrieve your application from
Grants.gov and send you a second
confirmation by e-mail that will include
a PR/Award number (an ED-specified
identifying number unique to your
application).
• We may request that you provide us
original signatures on forms at a later
date.
Application Deadline Date Extension
in Case of Technical Issues with the
Grants.gov System: If you are prevented
from electronically submitting your
application on the application deadline
date because of technical problems with
the Grants.gov system, we will grant you
an extension until 4:30 p.m.,
Washington, DC time, the following
business day to enable you to transmit
your application electronically, or by
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hand delivery. You also may mail your
application by following the mailing
instructions as described elsewhere in
this notice. If you submit an application
after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on
the deadline date, please contact the
person listed elsewhere in this notice
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT, and provide an explanation of
the technical problem you experienced
with Grants.gov, along with the
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number
(if available). We will accept your
application if we can confirm that a
technical problem occurred with the
Grants.gov system and that that problem
affected your ability to submit your
application by 4:30 p.m., Washington,
DC time, on the application deadline
date. The Department will contact you
after a determination is made on
whether your application will be
accepted.
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Note: Extensions referred to in this section
apply only to the unavailability of or
technical problems with the Grants.gov
system. We will not grant you an extension
if you failed to fully register to submit your
application to Grants.gov before the deadline
date and time or if the technical problem you
experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov
system.
Exception to Electronic Submission
Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission
requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are
unable to submit an application through
the Grants.gov system because—
• You do not have access to the
Internet; or
• You do not have the capacity to
upload large documents to the
Grants.gov system;
and
• No later than two weeks before the
application deadline date (14 calendar
days or, if the fourteenth calendar day
before the application deadline date
falls on a Federal holiday, the next
business day following the Federal
holiday), you mail or fax a written
statement to the Department, explaining
which of the two grounds for an
exception prevent you from using the
Internet to submit your application. If
you mail your written statement to the
Department, it must be postmarked no
later than two weeks before the
application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the
Department, we must receive the faxed
statement no later than two weeks
before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your
statement to: Vera Messina, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 3E258, Washington,
DC 20202–6450. FAX: (202) 205–5722.
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Your paper application must be
submitted in accordance with the mail
or hand delivery instructions described
in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
may mail (through the U.S. Postal
Service or a commercial carrier), your
application to the Department. 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 Number 84.184N),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 Number 84.184N),
7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD
20785–1506.
Regardless of which 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.
c. Submission of Paper Applications
by Hand Delivery.
If you qualify for an exception to the
electronic submission requirement, you
(or a courier service) may deliver your
paper application to the Department by
hand. You 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:
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(CFDA Number 84.184N), 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
Application for Federal Education
Assistance (SF 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
Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program are from 34 CFR
75.210 and are listed in the application
package for this competition.
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: At the end of your
project period, you must submit a final
performance report, including financial
information, as directed by the
Secretary. If you receive a multi-year
award, you must submit an annual
performance report that provides the
most current performance and financial
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expenditure information as specified by
the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: The
Secretary may choose to develop
performance measures for the Alcohol
and Other Drug Prevention Models on
College Campuses Program in
accordance with the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA). If
indicators are developed, grantees will
be asked to provide information that
relates to participant outcomes and
project management.
VII. Agency Contacts
Vera
Messina, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room
3E258, Washington, DC 20202–6450.
Telephone: (202) 260–8273 or by e-mail:
vera.messina@ed.gov or Ruth Tringo,
U.S. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E338,
Washington, DC 20202–6450.
Telephone: (202) 260–2838 or by e-mail:
ruth.tringo@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1–
888–877–8339.
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 persons
listed in this section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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.
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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: February 3, 2006.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services
Overview Information
Personnel Development to Improve
Services and Results for Children with
Disabilities—Principal Leadership
Professional Development Center to
Support School Improvement to Ensure
Access to, and Participation and
Progress in the General Education
Curriculum in the Least Restrictive
Environment.
Notice inviting applications for new
awards for fiscal year (FY) 2006.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.325P.
Dates:
Applications Available: February 9,
2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: March 24, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: May 23, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of
higher education (IHEs).
Estimated Available Funds: $285,000.
Maximum Award: We will reject any
application that proposes a budget
exceeding $285,000 for a single budget
period of 12 months. The Assistant
Secretary for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services may change the
maximum amount through a notice
published in the Federal Register.
Number of Awards: 1.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The purposes of
this program are to (1) help address
State-identified needs for highly
qualified personnel—in special
education, related services, early
intervention, and regular education—to
work with infants or toddlers with
disabilities, or children with
disabilities; and (2) ensure that those
personnel have the skills and
knowledge—derived from practices that
have been determined through research
and experience to be successful—that
are needed to serve those children.
Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from
allowable activities specified in the
statute (see sections 662(d) and 681(d)
of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA)).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2006 this
priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
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This priority is:
Principal Leadership Professional
Development Center to Support School
Improvement to Ensure Access to, and
Participation and Progress in the
General Education Curriculum in the
Least Restrictive Environment
Background
Principal leadership is an essential
element of school improvement that
entails simultaneous attention to
effective and efficient service delivery,
use of resources, and academic
performance. Successful principals use
a variety of strategies and tools to
leverage improvement on a school-wide
basis, for all students including students
with disabilities. For example, effective
principals often build partnerships with
families, business leaders, and
community organizations, and establish
and mobilize leadership teams to assess
community resources, align initiatives,
and design and implement coherent
strategic plans to support student
success. Principal leadership guides
students, families, school personnel,
and community partners through the
development, design, implementation,
and evaluation of coherent and
evidence-based systemic school
improvement strategies. Effective
principals also mentor and coach
teachers to build school capacity to
ensure that all students have access to
a content-rich general education
curriculum and instructional supports
to achieve academic success.
Unfortunately, there is a gap between
evidence-based best practice and
current practice in principal leadership
and implementation of school
improvement activities. This gap is
particularly evident in providing access
to the general education curriculum in
the least restrictive environment for
students with disabilities.
Many principals have difficulty with
the logistics of establishing inclusive
classrooms due to the small number of
highly qualified special education
teachers who have full schedules and
caseloads, causing many schools to
group special education students
together rather than assign them general
education classrooms with
supplementary supports. According to
the Special Education Elementary
Longitudinal Study (2004), 45 percent of
elementary and middle school students
with disabilities receive their primary
language arts instruction in special
education settings—resource rooms,
self-contained special education classes,
or one-to-one instruction rather than in
the general education classroom.
According to the National Longitudinal
Transition Study 2 (2003), even when
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information;
Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models on College Campuses Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.184N.
Dates:
Applications Available: February 9, 2006.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 22, 2006.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 22, 2006.
Eligible Applicants: Institutions of higher education (IHEs) that
offer an associate or baccalaureate degree. Additionally, an IHE must
not have received an award under this grant competition (CFDA 84.184N)
during the previous five fiscal years (fiscal years 2001 through 2005).
Estimated Available Funds: $750,000. Contingent upon the
availability of funds and the quality of applications, we may make
additional awards in FY 2007 based on the list of unfunded applications
from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $125,000-$175,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $150,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 5.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 15 months.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: The goals of this program are to identify
models of effective campus-based alcohol and other drug prevention
programs and disseminate information about these programs to other
colleges and universities where similar efforts may be adopted.
Priority: This priority is from the notice of final priority and
eligibility requirements for this program, published in the Federal
Register on June 24, 2005 (70 FR 36570).
Absolute Priority: For FY 2006 and any subsequent year in which we
make awards on the basis of the list of unfunded applications from this
competition, this priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet this priority.
This priority is: Under this priority the Department provides
funding to institutions of higher education (IHEs) that have been
implementing effective alcohol and other drug prevention programs on
their campuses. An IHE that receives funding under this priority must
identify, enhance, further evaluate, and disseminate information about
an effective alcohol or other drug prevention program being implemented
on its campus. To meet the priority, applicants must provide in their
application--
(1) A description of an alcohol or other drug prevention program
that has been implemented for at least two full academic years on the
applicant's campus;
(2) Evidence of the effectiveness of the program on the applicant's
campus;
(3) A plan to enhance and further evaluate the program during the
project period; and
(4) A plan to disseminate information to assist other IHEs in
implementing a similar program
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80,
81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, 99, and 299. (b) The notice of final
priority and eligibility requirements published in the Federal Register
on June 24, 2005 (70 FR 36570).
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $750,000. Contingent upon the
availability of funds and the quality of applications, we may make
additional awards in FY 2007 based on the list of unfunded applications
from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $125,000-$175,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $150,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 5.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 15 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: IHEs that offer an associate or
baccalaureate degree. Additionally, an IHE must not have received an
award under this grant competition (CFDA 84.184N) during the previous
five fiscal years (fiscal years 2001 through 2005).
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This program does not involve cost
sharing or matching.
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): 1-877-433-7827. FAX: (301) 470-1244. If you use a
telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call (toll free):
1-877-576-7734.
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 84.184N.
Copies of the application package for this competition can also be
found at: https://www.ed.gov/programs/dvpcollege/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) on request to one of the contact
persons listed in section VII of this
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notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
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.
3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications Available: February 9,
2006. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: March 22, 2006.
Applications for grants under this program must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For
information (including dates and times) about how to submit your
application electronically or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify
for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, please refer
to section IV.6. Other Submission Requirements in this notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: May 22, 2006.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
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: We reference 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 electronically unless you qualify for an
exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in
this section.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
Applications for grants under the Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
Models on College Campuses-CFDA Number 84.184N must be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site at: https://
www.grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy
of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and
submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a
grant application to us.
We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format
unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of
the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written
statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these
exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that
is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in
this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement.
You may access the electronic grant application for Alcohol and
Other Drug Prevention Models on College Campuses Program at: https://
www.grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application
package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA
number's alpha suffix in your search.
Please note the following:
When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find
information about submitting an application electronically through the
site, as well as the hours of operation.
Applications received by Grants.gov are time and date
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and
must be date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as
otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your application
if it is date/time stamped by the Grants.gov system later than 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. When we
retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are
rejecting your application because it was date/time stamped by the
Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date.
The amount of time it can take to upload an application
will vary depending on a variety of factors including the size of the
application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we
strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline
date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov.
You should review and follow the Education Submission
Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are
included in the application package for this program to ensure that you
submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov system.
You can also find the Education Submission Procedures pertaining to
Grants.gov at https://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must
complete all of the steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see
https://www.Grants.gov/GetStarted). These steps include (1) registering
your organization, (2) registering yourself as an Authorized
Organization Representative (AOR), and (3) getting authorized as an AOR
by your organization. Details on these steps are outlined in the
Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see https://www.grants.gov/assets/
GrantsgovCoBrandBrochure8X11.pdf). You also must provide on your
application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please
note that the registration process may take five or more business days
to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to
allow you to successfully submit an application via Grants.gov.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your
application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
all information typically included on the Application for Federal
Education Assistance (SF 424), Budget Information--Non-Construction
Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. You
must attach any narrative sections of your application as files in a
.DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format.
If you upload a file type other than the three file types specified
above or submit a password protected file, we will not review that
material.
Your electronic application must comply with any page
limit requirements described in this notice.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive an automatic acknowledgement from Grants.gov that contains a
Grants.gov tracking number. The Department will retrieve your
application from Grants.gov and send you a second confirmation by e-
mail that will include a PR/Award number (an ED-specified identifying
number unique to your application).
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues
with the Grants.gov System: If you are prevented from electronically
submitting your application on the application deadline date because of
technical problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an
extension until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business
day to enable you to transmit your application electronically, or by
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hand delivery. You also may mail your application by following the
mailing instructions as described elsewhere in this notice. If you
submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
deadline date, please contact the person listed elsewhere in this
notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, and provide an
explanation of the technical problem you experienced with Grants.gov,
along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number (if available). We
will accept your application if we can confirm that a technical problem
occurred with the Grants.gov system and that that problem affected your
ability to submit your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date. The Department will contact you after
a determination is made on whether your application will be accepted.
Note: Extensions referred to in this section apply only to the
unavailability of or technical problems with the Grants.gov system.
We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register
to submit your application to Grants.gov before the deadline date
and time or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to
the Grants.gov system.
Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an
exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your
application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application
through the Grants.gov system because--
You do not have access to the Internet; or
You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to
the Grants.gov system;
and
No later than two weeks before the application deadline
date (14 calendar days or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the
application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business
day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement
to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception
prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you
mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no
later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax
your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed
statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date.
Address and mail or fax your statement to: Vera Messina, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E258,
Washington, DC 20202-6450. FAX: (202) 205-5722.
Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the
mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a
commercial carrier), your application to the Department. 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 Number
84.184N),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 Number
84.184N), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506.
Regardless of which 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.
c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.
If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission
requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper
application to the Department by hand. You 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 Number 84.184N), 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 Application for Federal Education
Assistance (SF 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
Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program are
from 34 CFR 75.210 and are listed in the application package for this
competition.
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: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an
annual performance report that provides the most current performance
and financial
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expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118.
4. Performance Measures: The Secretary may choose to develop
performance measures for the Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models
on College Campuses Program in accordance with the Government
Performance and Results Act (GPRA). If indicators are developed,
grantees will be asked to provide information that relates to
participant outcomes and project management.
VII. Agency Contacts
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vera Messina, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E258, Washington, DC 20202-
6450. Telephone: (202) 260-8273 or by e-mail: vera.messina@ed.gov or
Ruth Tringo, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3E338, Washington, DC 20202-6450. Telephone: (202) 260-2838 or by
e-mail: ruth.tringo@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-888-877-8339.
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 persons 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.
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: February 3, 2006.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
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