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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Safe and Drug-Free
Schools—Discretionary Grant
Programs
Office of Safe and Drug-Free
Schools, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of final eligibility
requirement.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Assistant Deputy
Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free
Schools announces an eligibility
requirement for the following
discretionary grant programs
administered by the Office of Safe and
Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS
Discretionary Grant Programs):
• Federal Activities (CFDA No.
84.184).
• Alcohol Abuse Reduction (CFDA
No. 84.184A).
• Mentoring Programs (CFDA No.
84.184B).
• Student Drug Testing (CFDA No.
84.184D).
• Emergency Response and Crisis
Management (CFDA No. 84.184E).
• Grants to Prevent High-Risk
Drinking or Violent Behavior Among
College Students (CFDA No. 84.184H).
• Safe Schools/Healthy Students
(CFDA No. 84.184L).
• Prevention Models on College
Campuses (CFDA No. 84.184N).
• Grants to States to Improve
Management of Drug and Violence
Prevention Programs (CFDA No.
84.184R).
• Native Hawaiians (CFDA No.
84.186C).
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• Elementary and Secondary School
Counseling Program (CFDA No.
84.215E).
• Carol M. White Physical Education
Program (CFDA No. 84.215F).
• Foundations for Learning (CFDA
No. 84.215H).
• Grants to Integrate Schools and
Mental Health Systems (CFDA No.
84.215M).
• Partnerships in Character Education
Program (CFDA No. 84.215S/V).
• Cooperative Civic Education and
Economic Education Exchange (CFDA
No. 84.304A).
We may use the eligibility
requirement for competitions under the
OSDFS Discretionary Grant Programs in
fiscal year 2007 and later years. We take
this action to focus Federal financial
assistance on identified national needs.
We intend for the eligibility requirement
to ensure an equitable distribution of
awards among eligible applicants for
grants under the OSDFS Discretionary
Grant Programs.
DATES: Effective Date: This requirement
is effective January 3, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicole A. White, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202–6450.
Telephone: (202) 260–1131. E-mail:
nicole.white@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 contact person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
The Office
of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS)
Discretionary Grant Programs provide
funding to develop, implement, or
expand drug and violence prevention,
physical education, school counseling,
mentoring, character education, civics
education, and related projects at the
local and State levels. In addition to
providing this initial funding, OSDFS
also is committed to promoting
sustainability of projects and activities
by encouraging grantees to seek other
sources of funding and support when
their project period ends.
We published a notice of proposed
eligibility requirement in the Federal
Register on February 23, 2006 (71 FR
9329).
With one exception, there are no
differences between the notice of
proposed eligibility requirement and
this notice of final eligibility
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requirement. The exception is that the
final eligibility requirement in this
notice does not include the Life Skills
for State and Local Prisoners program
(CFDA No. 84.255A) because that
program is no longer administered by
the Office of Safe and Drug-Free
Schools.
Analysis of Comments
In response to our invitation in the
notice of proposed eligibility
requirement, fourteen parties submitted
comments. Eleven comments did not
address the proposed eligibility
requirement and are not discussed here.
An analysis of the comments and of any
changes in the eligibility requirement
since publication of the notice of
proposed eligibility requirement
follows.
We group major issues according to
subject. Generally, we do not address
technical and other minor changes and
suggested changes the law does not
authorize us to make under the
applicable statutory authority.
Quality of Applications
Comments: Several commenters said
the quality of an application, regardless
of an applicant’s previous history,
should be the main criterion for
awarding Federal funds.
Discussion: The quality of an
application is, and will remain, the
principal criterion for awarding Federal
funds under the Discretionary Grant
Programs. However, the eligibility
requirement will permit the Secretary to
take previous funding history into
account when determining who is
eligible to compete for an award. We
take this action for several reasons:
First, to focus Federal financial
assistance on expanding the number of
programs and projects that support
activities in a covered program; second,
to promote rigorous assessment of
results of funded projects to determine
their impact on target populations and
to inform future improvement efforts
before making a second award under the
same program; and, finally, to promote
management improvement in Federal
grant administration by requiring
grantees to complete activities under
current grants before embarking on a
second grant under the same program.
Change: None.
Comment: One commenter objected to
excluding current grantees from
reapplying to the same program because
the experience of one grant often leads
to the identification of gaps that need to
be addressed through a second grant.
Discussion: We agree that project
implementation often results in grantees
gaining a greater awareness of needs and
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gaps in service. For that reason, we
encourage grantees to design procedures
that ensure feedback and continuous
improvement in the operation of their
projects. By completing one full grant
cycle before considering whether to
apply for another award, we think
grantees will achieve a better
understanding of the effectiveness of
their efforts and be better able to design
new projects that are fully reflective of
newly identified needs as well as what
has been learned through their first
implementation efforts.
Change: None.
Comment: One commenter expressed
concern that the eligibility requirement
would deny funding to the best
qualified applicants and result in the
selection of applications of lesser
quality that are likely to have weaker
outcomes.
Discussion: OSDFS grant
competitions are generally highly
competitive, and fractions of a point
may separate funded and unfunded
applications. For example, in fiscal year
2006, 88 applications submitted for the
Elementary and Secondary School
Counseling Program scored 90 or above,
and we were able to fund only 49 of
them. We do not agree, therefore, that
excluding current grantees would
necessarily result in poor-quality
applications receiving funds.
Change: None.
Comment: Several commenters
expressed strong opposition to the
eligibility requirement’s perceived
limitation on the number of awards a
grantee could have.
Discussion: The eligibility
requirement will prohibit only
applicants with an active grant from
receiving a new grant for that same
program. The requirement would have
no effect on the number of grants an
entity could receive under different
programs. Applicants may apply for and
receive grants under competitions
offered by the Department under any of
the 16 named programs, except for any
program in which they currently have
an active grant.
Change: None.
Comment: One commenter expressed
concern that the eligibility requirement
would have a negative impact on large
school districts with a greater need for
Federal funds and recommended a perstudent enrollment limitation on the
number of active grants one entity could
receive under the same program.
Discussion: Although we understand
that larger school districts may have
greater needs, we do not think that
multiple or overlapping grants in the
same program are an appropriate means
of meeting those needs because they
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encourage fragmentation of efforts rather
than a comprehensive, unified approach
to problems. All applicants, including
those in larger school districts, are
encouraged to carefully assess their
needs and request an amount of funding
commensurate with those needs in their
initial application.
Change: None.
Comment: None.
Discussion: Since publication of the
notice of proposed eligibility
requirement, administration of the Life
Skills for State and Local Prisoners
program has been assigned to the Office
of Vocational and Adult Education, and
therefore will not be subject to the final
eligibility requirement.
Change: We have removed the Life
Skills for State and Local Prisoners
program from the list of Discretionary
Grant programs.
Note: In any year in which we elect to use
the eligibility requirement, we will announce
the eligibility requirement in the Federal
Register notice governing the applicable
grant competition.
Eligibility Requirement for OSDFS
Discretionary Grant Programs—Federal
Activities (CFDA No. 84.184); Alcohol
Abuse Reduction (CFDA No. 84.184A);
Mentoring Programs (CFDA No.
84.184B); Student Drug Testing (CFDA
No. 84.184D); Emergency Response and
Crisis Management (CFDA No. 84.184E);
Grants to Prevent High-Risk Drinking or
Violent Behavior Among College
Students (CFDA No. 84.184H); Safe
Schools/Healthy Students (CFDA No.
84.184L); Prevention Models on College
Campuses (CFDA No. 84.184N); Grants
to States to Improve Management of
Drug and Violence Prevention Programs
(CFDA No. 84.184R); Native Hawaiians
(CFDA No. 84.186C); Elementary and
Secondary School Counseling Program
(CFDA No. 84.215E); Carol M. White
Physical Education Program (CFDA No.
84.215F); Foundations for Learning
(CFDA No. 84.215H); Grants to Integrate
Schools and Mental Health Systems
(CFDA No. 84.215M); Partnerships in
Character Education (CFDA No.
84.215S/V); Cooperative Civic
Education and Economic Education
Exchange (CFDA No. 84.304A)
Active Grants
Under this requirement, the Secretary
limits eligibility under the discretionary
grant program competition to applicants
that do not currently have an active
grant under the same discretionary grant
program. For the purpose of this
eligibility requirement, a grant is
considered active until the end of the
grant’s project or funding period,
including any extensions of those
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periods that extend the grantee’s
authority to obligate funds.
Executive Order 12866
This notice of final eligibility
requirement has been reviewed in
accordance with Executive Order 12866.
Under the terms of the order, we have
assessed the potential costs and benefits
of this regulatory action.
The potential costs associated with
this notice of final eligibility
requirement are those we have
determined as necessary for
administering this program effectively
and efficiently. The benefit of this final
eligibility requirement is to ensure that
limited Federal financial assistance
under the Discretionary Grant Programs
is made available in a manner that is fair
and equitable to the greatest number of
applicants.
In assessing the potential costs and
benefits—both quantitative and
qualitative—of this notice of final
eligibility requirement, we have
determined that the benefits of the final
eligibility requirement justify the costs.
We have also determined that this
regulatory action does not unduly
interfere with State, local, and tribal
governments in the exercise of their
governmental functions.
Intergovernmental Review
This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the
Executive Order is to foster an
intergovernmental partnership and a
strengthened federalism. The Executive
Order relies on processes developed by
State and local governments for
coordination and review of proposed
Federal financial assistance.
This document provides early
notification of our specific plans and
actions for this program.
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1211–2
(1991), 6715, 7117, 7131, 7139, 7140, 7245,
7247, 7261, 7269, and 7269a.
Dated: November 28, 2006.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Availability; Draft
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Western Greenbrier Co-Production
Demonstration Project
Department of Energy.
Notice of availability and public
hearings.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) announces the availability
of the document, Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the Western
Greenbrier Co-Production
Demonstration Project, (DOE/EIS–0361),
for public comment. The draft
environmental impact statement (EIS)
analyzes the potential environmental
consequences of providing Federal
funding for the design, construction,
and demonstration of a 98 megawatt
(MWe) net power plant and ash
byproduct manufacturing facility to be
located in the municipality of Rainelle,
Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The
facility would be constructed and
demonstrated through a cooperative
agreement between DOE and Western
Greenbrier Co-Generation, LLC (WGC)
under the Clean Coal Power Initiative
(CCPI). WGC proposes to design,
construct, and demonstrate an
atmospheric pressure circulating
fluidized-bed (CFB) power plant that
would generate electricity and steam by
burning approximately 3,000 to 4,000
tons per day of coal refuse from several
local sites as the primary fuel. The
proposed power plant would be the first
commercial application within the
United States of a CFB combustor
featuring a compact inverted cyclone
design.
The Department prepared this draft
EIS in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969
(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the
Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ) regulations that implement the
procedural provisions of NEPA (40 CFR
parts 1500–1508), and the DOE
procedures implementing NEPA (10
CFR part 1021).
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DOE’s proposed action is to provide
cost-shared financial assistance to WGC
through a cooperative agreement under
the CCPI for design, construction, and
operation of the Western Greenbrier CoProduction Demonstration Project. WGC
proposes to design, construct, and
operate a 98 MWe (net) power plant that
would generate electricity and steam by
burning fuel derived from the
beneficiation of approximately 3,000 to
4,000 tons per day of coal refuse. The
proposed power plant would be the first
commercial application within the
United States of an atmospheric
circulating fluidized-bed combustor
featuring a compact inverted cyclone
design. The design would require less
steel and facilitate erection in remote
areas by reducing the boiler system
footprint and height. These innovations
could reduce steel costs by
approximately 40 percent and shorten
construction time by approximately 10
percent.
DATES: DOE invites the public to
comment on the Draft EIS during the
public comment period, which ends
January 18, 2007. DOE will consider all
comments postmarked or received
during the public comment period in
preparing the Final EIS, and will
consider late comments to the extent
practicable.
DOE will hold a public hearing on
Thursday, January 4, 2007, at Western
Greenbrier Middle School, Crawley,
West Virginia from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. An
informational session will be held at the
same location from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.,
preceding the public hearing on the date
noted above.
ADDRESSES: Requests for information
about this Draft EIS or to receive a copy
of the Draft EIS should be directed to:
Roy G. Spears, NEPA Document
Manager, U.S. Department of Energy,
National Energy Technology Laboratory,
M/S NO–3, P.O. Box 0880, Morgantown,
West Virginia. Additional information
about the Draft EIS may also be
requested by telephone at: (304) 285–
5460, or toll-free at: (800) 432–8330,
x5460.
The Draft EIS will be available at
https://www.eh.doe.gov/nepa/. Copies of
the Draft EIS are also available for
review at the locations listed in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this Notice. Written comments on the
Draft EIS can be mailed to Roy G.
Spears, NEPA Document Manager, at
the address noted above. Written
comments may also be submitted by fax
to: (412) 285–4403, or submitted
electronically to:
roy.spears@netl.doe.gov. Oral comments
on the Draft EIS will be accepted only
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during the public hearing scheduled for
the date and location provided in the
DATES section of this Notice. Requests to
speak at the public hearing can be made
by calling or writing the EIS Document
Manager (see ADDRESSES). Requests to
speak that have not been submitted
prior to the hearing will be accepted in
the order in which they are received at
the hearing. Speakers are encouraged to
provide a written version of their oral
comments for the record. Each speaker
will be allowed five minutes to present
comments unless more time is requested
and available. Comments will be
recorded by a court reporter and will
become part of the public hearing
record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information on the proposed
project or the draft environmental
impact statement, please contact Mr.
Roy G. Spears, as directed above. For
general information regarding the DOE
NEPA process, please contact: Ms. Carol
M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA
Policy and Compliance (GC–20), U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585, Telephone:
(202) 586–4600, or leave a message at:
(800) 472–2756.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description of Alternatives
DOE analyzed two alternatives in the
Draft EIS: The proposed action and the
no-action alternative. Under the
proposed action, DOE would provide
cost-shared funding to a private-sector
applicant for the design, construction
and demonstration of a Co-Production
Facility based on an innovative
atmospheric-pressure circulating
fluidized-bed (ACFB) boiler with a
compact inverted-cyclone design. In
addition to producing electricity and
steam, the Co-Production facility would
include a kiln that would produce
cement for use in the production of
structural brick and other similar
products. The Co-Production Facility
would utilize coal refuse (also referred
to as ‘‘gob’’) from nearby coal refuse
sites as the primary fuel source, and
portions of the ash generated by the
circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) would
be returned to the coal refuse sites for
use in site reclamation efforts. DOE has
entered into a 5-year cooperative
agreement with WGC to provide
financial support through the CCPI
program.
WGC was a successful applicant in
Round 1 of the CCPI program and will
be ultimately responsible for the siting,
design, construction, and operation of
the facility and related components.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools--Discretionary Grant
Programs
AGENCY: Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of final eligibility requirement.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools
announces an eligibility requirement for the following discretionary
grant programs administered by the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
(OSDFS Discretionary Grant Programs):
Federal Activities (CFDA No. 84.184).
Alcohol Abuse Reduction (CFDA No. 84.184A).
Mentoring Programs (CFDA No. 84.184B).
Student Drug Testing (CFDA No. 84.184D).
Emergency Response and Crisis Management (CFDA No.
84.184E).
Grants to Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior
Among College Students (CFDA No. 84.184H).
Safe Schools/Healthy Students (CFDA No. 84.184L).
Prevention Models on College Campuses (CFDA No. 84.184N).
Grants to States to Improve Management of Drug and
Violence Prevention Programs (CFDA No. 84.184R).
Native Hawaiians (CFDA No. 84.186C).
Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program (CFDA
No. 84.215E).
Carol M. White Physical Education Program (CFDA No.
84.215F).
Foundations for Learning (CFDA No. 84.215H).
Grants to Integrate Schools and Mental Health Systems
(CFDA No. 84.215M).
Partnerships in Character Education Program (CFDA No.
84.215S/V).
Cooperative Civic Education and Economic Education
Exchange (CFDA No. 84.304A).
We may use the eligibility requirement for competitions under the
OSDFS Discretionary Grant Programs in fiscal year 2007 and later years.
We take this action to focus Federal financial assistance on identified
national needs. We intend for the eligibility requirement to ensure an
equitable distribution of awards among eligible applicants for grants
under the OSDFS Discretionary Grant Programs.
DATES: Effective Date: This requirement is effective January 3, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole A. White, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-6450.
Telephone: (202) 260-1131. E-mail: nicole.white@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 contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
(OSDFS) Discretionary Grant Programs provide funding to develop,
implement, or expand drug and violence prevention, physical education,
school counseling, mentoring, character education, civics education,
and related projects at the local and State levels. In addition to
providing this initial funding, OSDFS also is committed to promoting
sustainability of projects and activities by encouraging grantees to
seek other sources of funding and support when their project period
ends.
We published a notice of proposed eligibility requirement in the
Federal Register on February 23, 2006 (71 FR 9329).
With one exception, there are no differences between the notice of
proposed eligibility requirement and this notice of final eligibility
requirement. The exception is that the final eligibility requirement in
this notice does not include the Life Skills for State and Local
Prisoners program (CFDA No. 84.255A) because that program is no longer
administered by the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
Analysis of Comments
In response to our invitation in the notice of proposed eligibility
requirement, fourteen parties submitted comments. Eleven comments did
not address the proposed eligibility requirement and are not discussed
here. An analysis of the comments and of any changes in the eligibility
requirement since publication of the notice of proposed eligibility
requirement follows.
We group major issues according to subject. Generally, we do not
address technical and other minor changes and suggested changes the law
does not authorize us to make under the applicable statutory authority.
Quality of Applications
Comments: Several commenters said the quality of an application,
regardless of an applicant's previous history, should be the main
criterion for awarding Federal funds.
Discussion: The quality of an application is, and will remain, the
principal criterion for awarding Federal funds under the Discretionary
Grant Programs. However, the eligibility requirement will permit the
Secretary to take previous funding history into account when
determining who is eligible to compete for an award. We take this
action for several reasons: First, to focus Federal financial
assistance on expanding the number of programs and projects that
support activities in a covered program; second, to promote rigorous
assessment of results of funded projects to determine their impact on
target populations and to inform future improvement efforts before
making a second award under the same program; and, finally, to promote
management improvement in Federal grant administration by requiring
grantees to complete activities under current grants before embarking
on a second grant under the same program.
Change: None.
Comment: One commenter objected to excluding current grantees from
reapplying to the same program because the experience of one grant
often leads to the identification of gaps that need to be addressed
through a second grant.
Discussion: We agree that project implementation often results in
grantees gaining a greater awareness of needs and
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gaps in service. For that reason, we encourage grantees to design
procedures that ensure feedback and continuous improvement in the
operation of their projects. By completing one full grant cycle before
considering whether to apply for another award, we think grantees will
achieve a better understanding of the effectiveness of their efforts
and be better able to design new projects that are fully reflective of
newly identified needs as well as what has been learned through their
first implementation efforts.
Change: None.
Comment: One commenter expressed concern that the eligibility
requirement would deny funding to the best qualified applicants and
result in the selection of applications of lesser quality that are
likely to have weaker outcomes.
Discussion: OSDFS grant competitions are generally highly
competitive, and fractions of a point may separate funded and unfunded
applications. For example, in fiscal year 2006, 88 applications
submitted for the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program
scored 90 or above, and we were able to fund only 49 of them. We do not
agree, therefore, that excluding current grantees would necessarily
result in poor-quality applications receiving funds.
Change: None.
Comment: Several commenters expressed strong opposition to the
eligibility requirement's perceived limitation on the number of awards
a grantee could have.
Discussion: The eligibility requirement will prohibit only
applicants with an active grant from receiving a new grant for that
same program. The requirement would have no effect on the number of
grants an entity could receive under different programs. Applicants may
apply for and receive grants under competitions offered by the
Department under any of the 16 named programs, except for any program
in which they currently have an active grant.
Change: None.
Comment: One commenter expressed concern that the eligibility
requirement would have a negative impact on large school districts with
a greater need for Federal funds and recommended a per-student
enrollment limitation on the number of active grants one entity could
receive under the same program.
Discussion: Although we understand that larger school districts may
have greater needs, we do not think that multiple or overlapping grants
in the same program are an appropriate means of meeting those needs
because they encourage fragmentation of efforts rather than a
comprehensive, unified approach to problems. All applicants, including
those in larger school districts, are encouraged to carefully assess
their needs and request an amount of funding commensurate with those
needs in their initial application.
Change: None.
Comment: None.
Discussion: Since publication of the notice of proposed eligibility
requirement, administration of the Life Skills for State and Local
Prisoners program has been assigned to the Office of Vocational and
Adult Education, and therefore will not be subject to the final
eligibility requirement.
Change: We have removed the Life Skills for State and Local
Prisoners program from the list of Discretionary Grant programs.
Note: In any year in which we elect to use the eligibility
requirement, we will announce the eligibility requirement in the
Federal Register notice governing the applicable grant competition.
Eligibility Requirement for OSDFS Discretionary Grant Programs--
Federal Activities (CFDA No. 84.184); Alcohol Abuse Reduction (CFDA No.
84.184A); Mentoring Programs (CFDA No. 84.184B); Student Drug Testing
(CFDA No. 84.184D); Emergency Response and Crisis Management (CFDA No.
84.184E); Grants to Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior
Among College Students (CFDA No. 84.184H); Safe Schools/Healthy
Students (CFDA No. 84.184L); Prevention Models on College Campuses
(CFDA No. 84.184N); Grants to States to Improve Management of Drug and
Violence Prevention Programs (CFDA No. 84.184R); Native Hawaiians (CFDA
No. 84.186C); Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Program (CFDA
No. 84.215E); Carol M. White Physical Education Program (CFDA No.
84.215F); Foundations for Learning (CFDA No. 84.215H); Grants to
Integrate Schools and Mental Health Systems (CFDA No. 84.215M);
Partnerships in Character Education (CFDA No. 84.215S/V); Cooperative
Civic Education and Economic Education Exchange (CFDA No. 84.304A)
Active Grants
Under this requirement, the Secretary limits eligibility under the
discretionary grant program competition to applicants that do not
currently have an active grant under the same discretionary grant
program. For the purpose of this eligibility requirement, a grant is
considered active until the end of the grant's project or funding
period, including any extensions of those periods that extend the
grantee's authority to obligate funds.
Executive Order 12866
This notice of final eligibility requirement has been reviewed in
accordance with Executive Order 12866. Under the terms of the order, we
have assessed the potential costs and benefits of this regulatory
action.
The potential costs associated with this notice of final
eligibility requirement are those we have determined as necessary for
administering this program effectively and efficiently. The benefit of
this final eligibility requirement is to ensure that limited Federal
financial assistance under the Discretionary Grant Programs is made
available in a manner that is fair and equitable to the greatest number
of applicants.
In assessing the potential costs and benefits--both quantitative
and qualitative--of this notice of final eligibility requirement, we
have determined that the benefits of the final eligibility requirement
justify the costs.
We have also determined that this regulatory action does not unduly
interfere with State, local, and tribal governments in the exercise of
their governmental functions.
Intergovernmental Review
This program is subject to Executive Order 12372 and the
regulations in 34 CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the Executive
Order is to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a strengthened
federalism. The Executive Order relies on processes developed by State
and local governments for coordination and review of proposed Federal
financial assistance.
This document provides early notification of our specific plans and
actions for this program.
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1211-2 (1991), 6715, 7117, 7131,
7139, 7140, 7245, 7247, 7261, 7269, and 7269a.
Dated: November 28, 2006.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
[FR Doc. E6-20456 Filed 12-1-06; 8:45 am]
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