Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information; Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC) Programs for Native Hawaiians; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008, 12149-12152 [E8-4369]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Notice of Proposed Information
Collection Requests
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AGENCY: Department of Education.
SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official,
Regulatory Information Management
Services, Office of Management, invites
comments on the proposed information
collection requests as required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
DATES: Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 5,
2008.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires
that the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) provide interested
Federal agencies and the public an early
opportunity to comment on information
collection requests. OMB may amend or
waive the requirement for public
consultation to the extent that public
participation in the approval process
would defeat the purpose of the
information collection, violate State or
Federal law, or substantially interfere
with any agency’s ability to perform its
statutory obligations. The IC Clearance
Official, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of
Management, publishes that notice
containing proposed information
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effectiveness of the SES offered to their
students.
Requests for copies of the proposed
information collection request may be
accessed from https://edicsweb.ed.gov,
by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending
Collections’’ link and by clicking on
link number 3634. When you access the
information collection, click on
‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view.
Written requests for information should
be addressed to U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537.
Requests may also be electronically
mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed
to 202–401–0920. Please specify the
complete title of the information
collection when making your request.
Comments regarding burden and/or
the collection activity requirements
should be electronically mailed to
ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who
use a telecommunications device for the
deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8339.
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Institute of Education Sciences
Dated: February 25, 2008.
Patricia L. Toppings,
Alternate OSD Federal Register, Liaison
Officer, Department of Defense.
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collection requests prior to submission
of these requests to OMB. Each
proposed information collection,
grouped by office, contains the
following: (1) Type of review requested,
e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or
reinstatement; (2) Title; (3) Summary of
the collection; (4) Description of the
need for, and proposed use of, the
information; (5) Respondents and
frequency of collection; and (6)
Reporting and/or Recordkeeping
burden. OMB invites public comment.
The Department of Education is
especially interested in public comment
addressing the following issues: (1) Is
this collection necessary to the proper
functions of the Department; (2) will
this information be processed and used
in a timely manner; (3) is the estimate
of burden accurate; (4) how might the
Department enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (5) how might the
Department minimize the burden of this
collection on the respondents, including
through the use of information
technology.
Dated: February 29, 2008.
Angela C. Arrington,
IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information
Management Services, Office of Management.
this evaluation. The Naval Health
Research Center team will collect
information about the youth’s drug use,
attitudes, and knowledge, as well as
factors such as self-esteem by
administering a voluntary paper-andpencil survey to approximately 1,000
youth at regularly scheduled Young
Marines meetings and by posting an
online survey. Approximately 250 of
these youth subjects will also complete
an online, follow-up survey about three
months later. Approximately 325 Young
Marine adult unit leaders will be asked
to complete a one-time, online survey
about the drug education activities that
their unit provides to their Program
members. In all cases, consent will
always be received prior to survey
administration. The information
collected will be used to describe how
the Young Marines program is affecting
drug behaviors and related measures
and will allow recommendations to be
made to improve youth drug education.
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Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools;
Overview Information; Safe and DrugFree Schools and Communities
(SDFSC) Programs for Native
Hawaiians; Notice Inviting Applications
for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY)
2008
Type of Review: New.
Title: Feasibility and Conduct of an
Impact Evaluation of Title I
Supplemental Education Services.
Frequency: On occasion.
Affected Public: Individuals or
household.
Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour
Burden:
Responses: 50,009.
Burden Hours: 10,082.
Abstract: The No Child Left Behind
Act (NCLB) requires districts with Title
I schools that fall short of state
standards for three years or more to offer
supplemental educational services (SES)
to their students from low-income
families who attend these schools. SES
are tutoring or other academic support
services offered outside the regular
school day by state-approved providers
free of charge to eligible students.
Parents can choose the specific SES
provider from among a list approved to
serve their area. The U.S. Department of
Education has commissioned
Mathematica Policy Research to
evaluate the impact of SES on student
achievement in up to nine school
districts across the country. Findings of
the study will not only inform national
policy discussions about SES, but will
also provide direct feedback to
participating districts about the
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.186C.
Dates: Applications Available: March
6, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 21, 2008.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 19, 2008.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: SDFSC Programs
for Native Hawaiians awards grants to
organizations primarily serving and
representing Native Hawaiians to plan,
conduct, and administer programs to
prevent or reduce violence, the use,
possession and distribution of illegal
drugs, or delinquency.
Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR
75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority is from
allowable activities specified in the
statute (see Sections 4115(b)(1)(C)(i) and
4117(c)(1)of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965, as
amended (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7115 and
7117).
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Absolute Priority: For FY 2008 and
any subsequent year in which we make
awards from the list of unfunded
applicants 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:
Projects to plan, conduct, and
administer programs for Native
Hawaiian youth to prevent or reduce
violence, the use, possession and
distribution of illegal drugs, or
delinquency.
Definition: The following definition is
from Section 4117 of the ESEA and
applies to this competition:
Native Hawaiian means any
individual any of whose ancestors were
natives, prior to 1778, of the area which
now comprises the State of Hawaii.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7117.
Applicable Regulations: 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.
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: $579,518.
Contingent upon the availability of
funds and the quality of applications,
we may make additional awards later in
FY 2008 and in FY 2009 from the list
of unfunded applicants from this
competition.
Estimated Range of Awards:
$250,000–$300,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$289,759.
Estimated Number of Awards: 2.
Note: The Department is not bound by
any estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Organizations
primarily serving and representing
Native Hawaiians for the benefit of
Native Hawaiians.
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Note: In accordance with Section 4117(b)
of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and
Communities Act (20 U.S.C. 7117(b)), the
term ‘‘Native Hawaiian’’ means any
individual any of whose ancestors were
natives, prior to 1778, of the area that now
comprises the State of Hawaii.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
competition does not require cost
sharing or matching.
3. Other: (a) Equitable Participation
by Private School Children and
Teachers: Section 9501 of the (ESEA)
(20 U.S.C. 7881), requires that SEAs,
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LEAs, or other entities receiving funds
under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools
and Communities Act provide for the
equitable participation of private school
children, their teachers, and other
educational personnel in private schools
located in areas served by the grant
recipient. In order to ensure that grant
program activities address the needs of
private school children, applicants must
engage in timely and meaningful
consultation with private school
officials during the design and
development of the program. This
consultation must take place before any
decision is made that affects the
opportunities of eligible private school
children, teachers, and other
educational personnel to participate.
In order to ensure equitable
participation of private school children,
teachers, and other educational
personnel, an applicant must consult
with private school officials on
preventing or reducing violence, the
use, possession and distribution of
illegal drugs, or delinquency, and
related issues for private schools in the
applicant’s service area.
(b) Principles of Effectiveness:
Programs, activities and strategies
implemented with funds awarded under
this competition must meet the
requirements of the principles of
effectiveness described in section
4115(a) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7115(a)).
(c) Maintenance of Effort: Section
9521 of the ESEA requires that LEAs
may receive a grant only if the SEA
finds that the combined fiscal effort per
student or the aggregate expenditures of
the LEA and the State with respect to
the provision of free public education
by the LEA for the preceding fiscal year
was not less than 90 percent of the
combined effort or aggregate
expenditures for the second preceding
fiscal year.
IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package: You can obtain an application
package via the Internet, or from the
program office.
To obtain a copy via the Internet, use
the following address: https://
www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
grantapps/.
To obtain a copy from the program
office, contact: Pat Rattler, U.S.
Department of Education, 400 Maryland
Avenue, SW., room 3E210, Washington,
DC 20202–6450. Telephone: (202) 260–
1942 or by e-mail: pat.rattler@ed.gov.
If you use a Telecommunication
Device for the Deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at
1–800–877–8339.
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Individuals with disabilities can
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 in this section.
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
competition.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: March 6,
2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: April 21, 2008.
Applications for grants under this
competition may be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov
Apply site (Grants.gov), or in paper
format by mail or hand delivery. For
information (including dates and times)
about how to submit your application
electronically, or in paper format, 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.
Individuals with disabilities who
need an accommodation or auxiliary aid
in connection with the application
process should contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT in section VII in this notice. If
the Department provides an
accommodation or auxiliary aid to an
individual with a disability in
connection with the application
process, the individual’s application
remains subject to all other
requirements and limitations in this
notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental
Review: June 19, 2008.
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
competition.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference
regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable
Regulations section in this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements:
Applications for grants under this
competition may be submitted
electronically or in paper format by mail
or hand delivery.
a. Electronic Submission of
Applications.
To comply with the President’s
Management Agenda, we are
participating as a partner in the
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Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site.
The Programs for Native Hawaiians
program, CFDA Number 84.186C, is
included in this project. We request
your participation in Grants.gov.
If you choose to submit your
application electronically, you must use
the Governmentwide 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.
You may access the electronic grant
application for Programs for Native
Hawaiians competition at https://www/
Grants.gov. You must search for the
downloadable application package for
this competition by the CFDA number.
Do not include the CFDA number’s
alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search
for 84.186, not 84.186C).
Please note the following:
• Your participation in Grants.gov is
voluntary.
• 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 date and time stamped.
Your application must be fully
uploaded and submitted and must be
date and 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 and 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 and 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 competition
to ensure that you submit your
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Grants.gov system. You can also find the
Education Submission Procedures
pertaining to Grants.gov at https://eGrants.ed.gov/help/
GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf.
• To submit your application via
Grants.gov, you must complete all steps
in the Grants.gov registration process
(see https://www.grants.gov/applicants/
get_registered.jsp). These steps include
(1) registering your organization, a
multi-part process that includes
registration with the Central Contractor
Registry (CCR); (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/section910/
Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.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 submit
successfully an application via
Grants.gov. In addition you will need to
update your CCR registration on an
annual basis. This may take three or
more business days to complete.
• You will not receive additional
point value because you submit your
application in electronic format, nor
will we penalize you if you submit your
application in paper format.
• If you submit your application
electronically, you must submit all
documents electronically, including all
information you typically provide on
the following forms: Application for
Federal Assistance (SF 424), the
Department of Education Supplemental
Information for SF 424, Budget
Information—Non-Construction
Programs (ED 524), and all necessary
assurances and certifications. Please
note that two of these forms—the SF 424
and the Department of Education
Supplemental Information for SF 424—
have replaced the ED 424 (Application
for Federal Education Assistance).
• If you submit your application
electronically, 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 in this
paragraph or submit a passwordprotected file, we will not review that
material.
• Your electronic application must
comply with any page-limit
requirements described in this notice.
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• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive from
Grants.gov an automatic notification of
receipt that contains a Grants.gov
tracking number. (This notification
indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not
receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your
application from Grants.gov and send a
second notification to you by e-mail.
This second notification indicates that
the Department has received your
application and has assigned your
application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified 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
experiencing problems submitting your
application through Grants.gov, please
contact the Grants.gov Support Desk,
toll-free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must
obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case
Number and must keep a record of it.
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
hand delivery. You also may mail your
application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this
notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30
p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date, please
contact the person listed under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in
section VII in this notice and provide an
explanation of the technical problem
you experienced with Grants.gov, along
with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case
Number. 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: The extensions to which we refer 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
application deadline date and time or if the
technical problem you experienced is
unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
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b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail.
If you submit your application in
paper format 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 Number 84.186C), 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 84.186C),
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.
(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.
(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.
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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 submit your
application in paper format 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 Number 84.186C), 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.
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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 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number,
including suffix letter, if any, of the
competition under which you are submitting
your application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will
mail to you a notification of receipt of your
grant application. If you do not receive this
notification 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 competition are from 34
CFR 75.210 and are listed in the
application package.
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 Notice (GAN).
We may notify you informally, also.
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 in this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section in
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
expenditures information as directed by
the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The
Secretary may also require more
frequent performance reports under 34
CFR 75.720(c). For specific
requirements on reporting, please go to
https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: The
Secretary has established the following
key performance measures for assessing
the effectiveness of SDFSC Programs for
Native Hawaiians:
(1) The percentage of students
annually served by the grant who show
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a decrease in violent or disruptive
behavior, or delinquency; and
(2) The percentage of students
annually served by the Grant who show
a decrease in the use of illegal drugs.
These measures constitute the
Department’s indicators of success for
this program. Consequently, we advise
an applicant for a grant under this
program to give careful consideration to
these measures in conceptualizing the
approach and evaluation for its
proposed project. Each grantee will be
required to provide in its annual and
final performance reports data about its
progress in meeting these measures.
VII. Agency Contacts
Pat
Rattler, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room
3E210, Washington, DC 20202–6450.
Telephone: (202) 260–1942 or by e-mail:
pat.rattler@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
VIII. Other Information
Alternative Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large
print, audiotape, or computer diskette)
on request to the program contact
person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in
this notice.
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
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at this site. If you have questions about
using PDF, call the U.S. Government
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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/
index.html.
Date: February 29, 2008.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; Overview Information; Safe
and Drug-Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC) Programs for Native
Hawaiians; Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year
(FY) 2008
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.186C.
Dates: Applications Available: March 6, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 21, 2008.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 19, 2008.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: SDFSC Programs for Native Hawaiians awards
grants to organizations primarily serving and representing Native
Hawaiians to plan, conduct, and administer programs to prevent or
reduce violence, the use, possession and distribution of illegal drugs,
or delinquency.
Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(v), this priority
is from allowable activities specified in the statute (see Sections
4115(b)(1)(C)(i) and 4117(c)(1)of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7115 and 7117).
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Absolute Priority: For FY 2008 and any subsequent year in which we
make awards from the list of unfunded applicants 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:
Projects to plan, conduct, and administer programs for Native
Hawaiian youth to prevent or reduce violence, the use, possession and
distribution of illegal drugs, or delinquency.
Definition: The following definition is from Section 4117 of the
ESEA and applies to this competition:
Native Hawaiian means any individual any of whose ancestors were
natives, prior to 1778, of the area which now comprises the State of
Hawaii.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7117.
Applicable Regulations: 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.
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: $579,518.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of
applications, we may make additional awards later in FY 2008 and in FY
2009 from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $250,000-$300,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $289,759.
Estimated Number of Awards: 2.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 60 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Organizations primarily serving and
representing Native Hawaiians for the benefit of Native Hawaiians.
Note: In accordance with Section 4117(b) of the Safe and Drug-
Free Schools and Communities Act (20 U.S.C. 7117(b)), the term
``Native Hawaiian'' means any individual any of whose ancestors were
natives, prior to 1778, of the area that now comprises the State of
Hawaii.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This competition does not require cost
sharing or matching.
3. Other: (a) Equitable Participation by Private School Children
and Teachers: Section 9501 of the (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7881), requires
that SEAs, LEAs, or other entities receiving funds under the Safe and
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act provide for the equitable
participation of private school children, their teachers, and other
educational personnel in private schools located in areas served by the
grant recipient. In order to ensure that grant program activities
address the needs of private school children, applicants must engage in
timely and meaningful consultation with private school officials during
the design and development of the program. This consultation must take
place before any decision is made that affects the opportunities of
eligible private school children, teachers, and other educational
personnel to participate.
In order to ensure equitable participation of private school
children, teachers, and other educational personnel, an applicant must
consult with private school officials on preventing or reducing
violence, the use, possession and distribution of illegal drugs, or
delinquency, and related issues for private schools in the applicant's
service area.
(b) Principles of Effectiveness: Programs, activities and
strategies implemented with funds awarded under this competition must
meet the requirements of the principles of effectiveness described in
section 4115(a) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7115(a)).
(c) Maintenance of Effort: Section 9521 of the ESEA requires that
LEAs may receive a grant only if the SEA finds that the combined fiscal
effort per student or the aggregate expenditures of the LEA and the
State with respect to the provision of free public education by the LEA
for the preceding fiscal year was not less than 90 percent of the
combined effort or aggregate expenditures for the second preceding
fiscal year.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an
application package via the Internet, or from the program office.
To obtain a copy via the Internet, use the following address:
https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/.
To obtain a copy from the program office, contact: Pat Rattler,
U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E210,
Washington, DC 20202-6450. Telephone: (202) 260-1942 or by e-mail:
pat.rattler@ed.gov.
If you use a Telecommunication Device for the Deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities can 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 in this section.
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 competition.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: March 6, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: April 21, 2008.
Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted
electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov), or in
paper format by mail or hand delivery. For information (including dates
and times) about how to submit your application electronically, or in
paper format, 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.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII
in this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the
application process, the individual's application remains subject to
all other requirements and limitations in this notice.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 19, 2008.
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 competition.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section in this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this competition may be submitted electronically or in paper format by
mail or hand delivery.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
To comply with the President's Management Agenda, we are
participating as a partner in the
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Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site. The Programs for Native Hawaiians
program, CFDA Number 84.186C, is included in this project. We request
your participation in Grants.gov.
If you choose to submit your application electronically, you must
use the Governmentwide 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.
You may access the electronic grant application for Programs for
Native Hawaiians competition at https://www/Grants.gov. You must search
for the downloadable application package for this competition by the
CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your
search (e.g., search for 84.186, not 84.186C).
Please note the following:
Your participation in Grants.gov is voluntary.
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 date and time
stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted and must
be date and 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 and 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 and 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 competition 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 steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see https://
www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp). These steps include (1)
registering your organization, a multi-part process that includes
registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR); (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/section910/
Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.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 submit successfully an application via Grants.gov. In
addition you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual
basis. This may take three or more business days to complete.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you submit your application in paper format.
If you submit your application electronically, you must
submit all documents electronically, including all information you
typically provide on the following forms: Application for Federal
Assistance (SF 424), the Department of Education Supplemental
Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-Construction Programs
(ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. Please note
that two of these forms--the SF 424 and the Department of Education
Supplemental Information for SF 424--have replaced the ED 424
(Application for Federal Education Assistance).
If you submit your application electronically, 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 in
this paragraph 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 from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that
contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates
receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The
Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send
a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification
indicates that the Department has received your application and has
assigned your application 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 experiencing problems submitting
your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov
Support Desk, toll-free, at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a
Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it.
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 hand
delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing
instructions described elsewhere in this notice.
If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time,
on the application deadline date, please contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice and
provide an explanation of the technical problem you experienced with
Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number. 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: The extensions to which we refer 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 application deadline date and time or if the technical problem
you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system.
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b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you submit your application in paper format 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 Number
84.186C), 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
84.186C), 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.
(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.
(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 submit
your application in paper format 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 Number 84.186C), 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 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including
suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are
submitting your application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a
notification of receipt of your grant application. If you do not
receive this notification 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 competition are
from 34 CFR 75.210 and are listed in the application package.
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 Notice
(GAN). We may notify you informally, also.
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 in this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section in 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 expenditures information as directed by the Secretary
under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary may also require more frequent
performance reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific requirements
on reporting, please go to https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/
appforms.html.
4. Performance Measures: The Secretary has established the
following key performance measures for assessing the effectiveness of
SDFSC Programs for Native Hawaiians:
(1) The percentage of students annually served by the grant who
show a decrease in violent or disruptive behavior, or delinquency; and
(2) The percentage of students annually served by the Grant who
show a decrease in the use of illegal drugs.
These measures constitute the Department's indicators of success
for this program. Consequently, we advise an applicant for a grant
under this program to give careful consideration to these measures in
conceptualizing the approach and evaluation for its proposed project.
Each grantee will be required to provide in its annual and final
performance reports data about its progress in meeting these measures.
VII. Agency Contacts
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat Rattler, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3E210, Washington, DC 20202-
6450. Telephone: (202) 260-1942 or by e-mail: pat.rattler@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
VIII. Other Information
Alternative Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an alternative format
(e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice.
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/.
Date: February 29, 2008.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
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