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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools;
Overview Information: Emergency
Management for Higher Education
Grants; Notice Inviting Applications for
New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
(CFDA) Number: 84.184T.
Department of the Air Force,
DoD.
ACTION:
Meeting notice.
SUMMARY: This notice informs the public
that the Global Positioning Systems
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DATES: Applications Available: April 24,
2008. Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 27, 2008. Deadline
for Intergovernmental Review: July 23,
2008.
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Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: Emergency
Management for Higher Education
(EMHE) Grants support efforts by higher
education institutions to develop, or
review and improve, and fully integrate,
campus-based all-hazards emergency
management planning efforts within the
framework of the four phases of
emergency management [PreventionMitigation, Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery].
Priority: We are establishing this
priority for the FY 2008 grant
competition and any subsequent year in
which we make awards from the list of
unfunded applicants from this
competition in accordance with section
437(d)(1) of the General Education
Provisions (GEPA), 20 U.S.C. 1232(d)(1).
Absolute Priority: This priority is an
absolute priority. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(3) we consider only
applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Develop, or Review and Improve, and
Fully Integrate Campus-Based AllHazards Emergency Management
Planning Efforts for Higher Education
Institutions.
A program funded under this absolute
priority must use the framework of the
four phases of emergency management
(Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness,
Response, and Recovery) to:
(1) Develop, or review and improve,
and fully integrate a campus-wide allhazards emergency management plan
that takes into account threats that may
be unique to the campus;
(2) Train campus staff, faculty, and
students in emergency management
procedures;
(3) Ensure coordination of planning
and communication across all relevant
components, offices, and departments of
the campus;
(4) Coordinate with local and State
government emergency management
efforts;
(5) Develop a written plan with
emergency protocols that include the
medical, mental health, communication,
and transportation needs of persons
with disabilities, temporary special
needs of individuals, and other unique
needs (including those arising from
language barriers or cultural differences
such as specific clothing expectations)
of individuals;
(6) Develop or update a written plan
that prepares the campus for infectious
disease outbreaks with both short-term
implications for planning (e.g.,
outbreaks caused by methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) or food-borne illnesses) and
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long-term implications for planning
(e.g., pandemic influenza); and
(7) Develop or enhance a written plan
for preventing violence on campus by
assessing and addressing the mental
health needs of students who may be at
risk of causing campus violence by
harming themselves or others.
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Note: Information about the four phases of
emergency management is available in the
Department’s Practical Information on Crisis
Planning Guide, which is accessible on the
Department’s Web site at https://www.ed.gov/
admins/lead/safety/crisisplanning.html.
Additional Requirements: All
applicants must meet the following
additional requirements.
Partner Agreements. To be considered
for a grant award, an applicant must
include in its application an agreement
that details the higher education
institution’s procedures for coordination
between the campus and: (1) A
representative of the appropriate level of
local or State government for the
locality in which the campus is located
(for example, the mayor, city manager,
or county executive) and (2) a
representative from a local or State
emergency management coordinating
body (for example, head of the local
emergency planning council that would
be involved in coordinating a large-scale
emergency response effort in the
campus community). The agreement
must include a description of the
partners’ roles and responsibilities in
supporting and strengthening
emergency management plans for the
campus as well as descriptions of the
roles and responsibilities of the higher
education institution in grant
implementation and partner
coordination. An authorized
representative of the higher education
institution and both of the partners
identified in this paragraph must sign
an assurance form acknowledging the
agreement. If either of the two required
partners is not present in an applicant’s
community, or cannot feasibly
participate, the agreement must explain
the absence of each missing partner.
Applications that fail to include the
required agreement (or an explanation
documenting why an agreement is not
included as specified in the previous
paragraph), including information on
partners’ roles and responsibilities and
on their commitment to continuation
and continuous improvement (with
signatures and explanations for missing
signatures as specified), will not be
read.
Applicants submitting on behalf of
multiple campuses must include partner
agreements with required partner
signatures for each participating
campus.
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Although this program requires
partnerships with other parties,
administrative direction and fiscal
control for the project must remain with
the higher education institution.
Coordination with State or Local
Homeland Security Plan. All emergency
management plans must be coordinated
with the Homeland Security Plan of the
State or locality in which the applicant
campus is located. All States submitted
such a plan to the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) on January
30, 2004. To ensure that emergency
services are coordinated, and to avoid
duplication of effort within States and
localities, an applicant must include in
its application an assurance that the
higher education institution will
coordinate with, and follow, the
requirements of its State or local
Homeland Security Plan for emergency
services and initiatives. This assurance
must be signed by the applicant and
submitted with the application.
Implementation of the National
Incident Management System (NIMS).
Each applicant must agree to implement
its grant in a manner consistent with the
implementation of the NIMS in its
community. An applicant must include
in its application an assurance that it
has met, or will complete, all current
NIMS requirements by the end of the
grant period.
Because DHS’ determination of NIMS
requirements may change from year to
year, an applicant must refer to the most
recent list of NIMS requirements
published by DHS when submitting its
application. In any notice inviting
applications, the Department will
provide applicants with information
necessary to access the most recent DHS
list of NIMS requirements. Information
about the FY 2007 NIMS requirements
for tribal governments and local
jurisdictions, including higher
education institutions, may be found at:
https://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/
nims/imp_mtrx_tribal.pdf.
Note: A higher education institution’s
NIMS compliance must be achieved in close
coordination with the local government and
with recognition of the first-responder
capabilities held by the higher education
institution and the local government. The
relationship between any campus-based law
enforcement or security department and plan
must be considered in conjunction with the
plan and capacity of local fire and rescue
departments, emergency medical service
providers, crisis center/hotlines, and law
enforcement agencies that may be called to
assist in a large-scale disaster. Participation
of the higher education institution in the
NIMS preparedness program of the local
government is essential to ensure that firstresponder services are delivered in a timely
and effective manner. Additional information
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about NIMS implementation is available at:
https://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/
nims_compliance.shtm.
Higher education institutions that
have previously received Federal
preparedness funding and are, therefore,
already NIMS-compliant should
indicate that in the assurance form.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking:
Under the Administrative Procedure Act
(5 U.S.C. 553) the Department generally
offers interested parties the opportunity
to comment on proposed priorities and
other requirements. Section 437(d)(1) of
GEPA, however, allows the Secretary to
exempt from rulemaking requirements,
regulations governing the first grant
competition under a new or
substantially revised program authority.
In the report language accompanying
the 2008 Department of Education
Appropriations Act, Congress indicated
that funding recommended for school
emergency preparedness activities be
used for new grant awards to higher
education institutions to develop and
implement emergency management
plans for preventing campus violence
(including assessing and addressing the
mental health needs of students) and for
responding to threats and incidents of
violence or natural disaster in a manner
that ensures the safety of the campus
community. (House Appropriations
Committee Print explanatory statement
regarding the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2008 (H.R. 2764;
Pub. L. 110–161), pg. 1582). The EMHE
grant competition is the first grant
competition for this program under 20
U.S.C. 7131 and, therefore, qualifies for
this exemption. In order to ensure
timely grant awards, the Secretary has
decided to forgo public comment on the
priority and other requirements under
section 437(d)(1) of GEPA. This priority
and other requirements will apply to the
FY 2008 grant competition and any
subsequent years in which we make
awards from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131.
Applicable Regulations: The
Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in
34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84,
85, 86, 97, 98, 99, and 299.
Note: The regulations in 34 CRF part 79
apply to all applicants except federally
recognized Indian tribes.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds:
$5,374,000.
Contingent upon the availability of
funds and the quality of applications,
we may make additional awards later in
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FY 2008 and in FY 2009 and subsequent
years from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000–
$500,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards:
$50,000 for small-sized institutions;
$250,000 for medium-sized institutions;
and $500,000 for large-sized
institutions.
Estimated Number of Awards: 18.
Note: The Department is not bound by any
estimates in this notice.
Project Period: Up to 18 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Higher
education institutions and consortia
thereof. For the purposes of this
competition, the term ‘‘higher education
institutions’’ includes those institutions
described in sections 101(a), 101(b), and
102 of the Higher Education Act of
1965, as amended (HEA), except that
institutions included in section 102 of
the HEA are eligible only to the extent
that they are located within the United
States (including Puerto Rico, the
United States Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands). A copy of the relevant
provisions from the HEA will be
included in the application package.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This
competition does not require cost
sharing or matching.
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IV. Application and Submission
Information
1. Address to Request Application
Package:
You can obtain an application
package via the Internet or from the
Education Publications Center (ED
Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet,
use the following address: https://
www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
grantapps/. To obtain a copy
from ED Pubs, write, fax, or call the
following: Education Publications
Center, 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), call, toll free: 1–877–
576–7734.
You can contact ED Pubs at its Web
site, also: https://www.ed.gov/pubs/
edpubs.html or 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
84.184T.
Individuals with disabilities can
obtain a copy of the application package
in an alternative format (e.g., Braille,
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large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) by contacting the person listed
under Alternative Format in section VIII
of this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application
Submission: Requirements concerning
the content of an application, together
with the forms you must submit, are in
the application package for this
competition.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: April 24,
2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 27, 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: July 23, 2008.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This
competition 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
Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site.
The EMHE Grants competition, CFDA
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Number 84.184T, 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 email an electronic copy of a grant
application to us.
You may access the electronic grant
application for the EMHE Grants
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 84.184, not
84.184T).
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 accept your
application if it is received—that is, date
and time stamped by the Grants.gov
system—after 4:30 p.m., Washington,
DC time, on the application deadline
date. We do not consider an application
that does not comply with the deadline
requirements. 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
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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.
• After you electronically submit
your application, you will receive from
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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.
b. Submission of Paper Applications
by Mail.
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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 84.184T), 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 84.184T),
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 84.184T), 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
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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.
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V. Application Review Information
1. Selection Criteria: The selection
criteria for this program 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 Notification
(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. You must also submit an
interim report nine months after the
award date. This report should provide
the most current performance and
financial expenditure 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: We have
identified the following key
Government Performance and Results
Act of 1993 (GPRA) performance
measure for assessing the effectiveness
of the EMHE Grants program: The
percentage of EMHE grantees that
demonstrate a 50 percent increase at the
end of the project period in the number
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of course completions by their higher
education institution personnel in key
National Incident Management System
(NIMS) courses compared to the number
of such courses completed at the start of
the grant project period. This GPRA
measure constitutes the Department’s
indicator of success for this program.
Applicants for a grant under this
program are advised to give careful
consideration to this measure in
designing their proposed project. Before
beginning implementation of training
connected to this grant, each grantee
will be required to determine baseline
data on the total number of these
courses completed by personnel on its
campus between April 2004 (when the
courses first became available) and the
project start date for their EMHE grant.
Each applicant is strongly encouraged to
include this information in its
application if it is available. If it is not
available during the application phase,
each grantee will be required to collect
and report baseline data in its interim
report and both baseline and final
progress with regard to this measure in
its final report.
For the purposes of this measure,
‘‘key NIMS courses’’ are those identified
by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) in the Department of
Homeland Security as requirements for
NIMS compliance. To date these courses
include the following: Incident
Command System (ICS)–100
Introduction to ICS, ICS–200 ICS for
Single Resources and Initial Action
Incidents, ICS–300 Intermediate ICS,
ICS–400 Advanced ICS, ICS–700
National Incident Management System:
An Introduction, and ICS–800.B
National Response Framework, An
Introduction. ICS–100, ICS–200, ICS–
700, and ICS–800.B courses are all
available online as Independent Study
(IS) courses offered through the FEMA’s
Emergency Management Institute (EMI)
at: https://training.fema.gov. (It is not
necessary that the key NIMS training
requirements be met through a Federal
source such as the on-campus resident
courses or online distance learning
courses offered by the EMI. The courses
may also be taken through State, Tribal,
and local emergency management
training programs that offer equivalent,
in-classroom training for completion.)
Note: Completion of course IS–100.SC
Introduction to the Incident Command
System, I–100, for Schools, constitutes
completion of course ICS–100. This course
was specifically designed to provide ICS
training within a school-based context.
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VII. Agency Contact
Tara
Hill, U.S. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Ave., SW., room 3E340,
Washington, DC 20202–6450.
Telephone: (202) 708–9431 or by e-mail:
tara.hill@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 can view this document, as well as
all other documents of this Department
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text or Adobe Portable Document
Format (PDF) on the Internet at the
following site: https://www.ed.gov/news/
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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: April 18, 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:
Emergency Management for Higher Education Grants; Notice Inviting
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.184T.
DATES: Applications Available: April 24, 2008. Deadline for Transmittal
of Applications: May 27, 2008. Deadline for Intergovernmental Review:
July 23, 2008.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: Emergency Management for Higher Education
(EMHE) Grants support efforts by higher education institutions to
develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate, campus-based all-
hazards emergency management planning efforts within the framework of
the four phases of emergency management [Prevention-Mitigation,
Preparedness, Response, and Recovery].
Priority: We are establishing this priority for the FY 2008 grant
competition and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the
list of unfunded applicants from this competition in accordance with
section 437(d)(1) of the General Education Provisions (GEPA), 20 U.S.C.
1232(d)(1).
Absolute Priority: This priority is an absolute priority. Under 34
CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet this priority.
This priority is:
Develop, or Review and Improve, and Fully Integrate Campus-Based
All-Hazards Emergency Management Planning Efforts for Higher Education
Institutions.
A program funded under this absolute priority must use the
framework of the four phases of emergency management (Prevention-
Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery) to:
(1) Develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate a campus-
wide all-hazards emergency management plan that takes into account
threats that may be unique to the campus;
(2) Train campus staff, faculty, and students in emergency
management procedures;
(3) Ensure coordination of planning and communication across all
relevant components, offices, and departments of the campus;
(4) Coordinate with local and State government emergency management
efforts;
(5) Develop a written plan with emergency protocols that include
the medical, mental health, communication, and transportation needs of
persons with disabilities, temporary special needs of individuals, and
other unique needs (including those arising from language barriers or
cultural differences such as specific clothing expectations) of
individuals;
(6) Develop or update a written plan that prepares the campus for
infectious disease outbreaks with both short-term implications for
planning (e.g., outbreaks caused by methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or food-borne illnesses) and
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long-term implications for planning (e.g., pandemic influenza); and
(7) Develop or enhance a written plan for preventing violence on
campus by assessing and addressing the mental health needs of students
who may be at risk of causing campus violence by harming themselves or
others.
Note: Information about the four phases of emergency management
is available in the Department's Practical Information on Crisis
Planning Guide, which is accessible on the Department's Web site at
https://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/crisisplanning.html.
Additional Requirements: All applicants must meet the following
additional requirements.
Partner Agreements. To be considered for a grant award, an
applicant must include in its application an agreement that details the
higher education institution's procedures for coordination between the
campus and: (1) A representative of the appropriate level of local or
State government for the locality in which the campus is located (for
example, the mayor, city manager, or county executive) and (2) a
representative from a local or State emergency management coordinating
body (for example, head of the local emergency planning council that
would be involved in coordinating a large-scale emergency response
effort in the campus community). The agreement must include a
description of the partners' roles and responsibilities in supporting
and strengthening emergency management plans for the campus as well as
descriptions of the roles and responsibilities of the higher education
institution in grant implementation and partner coordination. An
authorized representative of the higher education institution and both
of the partners identified in this paragraph must sign an assurance
form acknowledging the agreement. If either of the two required
partners is not present in an applicant's community, or cannot feasibly
participate, the agreement must explain the absence of each missing
partner.
Applications that fail to include the required agreement (or an
explanation documenting why an agreement is not included as specified
in the previous paragraph), including information on partners' roles
and responsibilities and on their commitment to continuation and
continuous improvement (with signatures and explanations for missing
signatures as specified), will not be read.
Applicants submitting on behalf of multiple campuses must include
partner agreements with required partner signatures for each
participating campus.
Although this program requires partnerships with other parties,
administrative direction and fiscal control for the project must remain
with the higher education institution.
Coordination with State or Local Homeland Security Plan. All
emergency management plans must be coordinated with the Homeland
Security Plan of the State or locality in which the applicant campus is
located. All States submitted such a plan to the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) on January 30, 2004. To ensure that emergency services
are coordinated, and to avoid duplication of effort within States and
localities, an applicant must include in its application an assurance
that the higher education institution will coordinate with, and follow,
the requirements of its State or local Homeland Security Plan for
emergency services and initiatives. This assurance must be signed by
the applicant and submitted with the application.
Implementation of the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
Each applicant must agree to implement its grant in a manner consistent
with the implementation of the NIMS in its community. An applicant must
include in its application an assurance that it has met, or will
complete, all current NIMS requirements by the end of the grant period.
Because DHS' determination of NIMS requirements may change from
year to year, an applicant must refer to the most recent list of NIMS
requirements published by DHS when submitting its application. In any
notice inviting applications, the Department will provide applicants
with information necessary to access the most recent DHS list of NIMS
requirements. Information about the FY 2007 NIMS requirements for
tribal governments and local jurisdictions, including higher education
institutions, may be found at: https://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nims/
imp_mtrx_tribal.pdf.
Note: A higher education institution's NIMS compliance must be
achieved in close coordination with the local government and with
recognition of the first-responder capabilities held by the higher
education institution and the local government. The relationship
between any campus-based law enforcement or security department and
plan must be considered in conjunction with the plan and capacity of
local fire and rescue departments, emergency medical service
providers, crisis center/hotlines, and law enforcement agencies that
may be called to assist in a large-scale disaster. Participation of
the higher education institution in the NIMS preparedness program of
the local government is essential to ensure that first-responder
services are delivered in a timely and effective manner. Additional
information about NIMS implementation is available at: https://
www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/nims_compliance.shtm.
Higher education institutions that have previously received Federal
preparedness funding and are, therefore, already NIMS-compliant should
indicate that in the assurance form.
Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: Under the Administrative Procedure
Act (5 U.S.C. 553) the Department generally offers interested parties
the opportunity to comment on proposed priorities and other
requirements. Section 437(d)(1) of GEPA, however, allows the Secretary
to exempt from rulemaking requirements, regulations governing the first
grant competition under a new or substantially revised program
authority. In the report language accompanying the 2008 Department of
Education Appropriations Act, Congress indicated that funding
recommended for school emergency preparedness activities be used for
new grant awards to higher education institutions to develop and
implement emergency management plans for preventing campus violence
(including assessing and addressing the mental health needs of
students) and for responding to threats and incidents of violence or
natural disaster in a manner that ensures the safety of the campus
community. (House Appropriations Committee Print explanatory statement
regarding the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 (H.R. 2764; Pub. L.
110-161), pg. 1582). The EMHE grant competition is the first grant
competition for this program under 20 U.S.C. 7131 and, therefore,
qualifies for this exemption. In order to ensure timely grant awards,
the Secretary has decided to forgo public comment on the priority and
other requirements under section 437(d)(1) of GEPA. This priority and
other requirements will apply to the FY 2008 grant competition and any
subsequent years in which we make awards from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, 99, and 299.
Note: The regulations in 34 CRF part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $5,374,000.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of
applications, we may make additional awards later in
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FY 2008 and in FY 2009 and subsequent years from the list of unfunded
applicants from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000-$500,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $50,000 for small-sized
institutions; $250,000 for medium-sized institutions; and $500,000 for
large-sized institutions.
Estimated Number of Awards: 18.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 18 months.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: Higher education institutions and consortia
thereof. For the purposes of this competition, the term ``higher
education institutions'' includes those institutions described in
sections 101(a), 101(b), and 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended (HEA), except that institutions included in section 102 of
the HEA are eligible only to the extent that they are located within
the United States (including Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands). A copy of the relevant provisions from the HEA will
be included in the application package.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This competition does not require cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package:
You can obtain an application package via the Internet or from the
Education Publications Center (ED Pubs). To obtain a copy via the
Internet, use the following address: https://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/
apply/grantapps/. To obtain a copy from ED Pubs, write, fax,
or call the following: Education Publications Center, 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),
call, toll free: 1-877-576-7734.
You can contact ED Pubs at its Web site, also: https://www.ed.gov/
pubs/edpubs.html or 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 84.184T.
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 person listed under
Alternative Format in section VIII of this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this competition.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: April 24, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 27, 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: July 23, 2008.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This competition 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 Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site.
The EMHE Grants competition, CFDA Number 84.184T, 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 the EMHE Grants
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 84.184, not 84.184T).
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 accept your application if
it is received--that is, date and time stamped by the Grants.gov
system--after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. We do not consider an application that does not comply
with the deadline requirements. 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
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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.
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 84.184T), 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
84.184T), 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
84.184T), 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
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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
1. Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this program 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
Notification (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. You must also submit an interim report nine months
after the award date. This report should provide the most current
performance and financial expenditure 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: We have identified the following key
Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) performance
measure for assessing the effectiveness of the EMHE Grants program: The
percentage of EMHE grantees that demonstrate a 50 percent increase at
the end of the project period in the number of course completions by
their higher education institution personnel in key National Incident
Management System (NIMS) courses compared to the number of such courses
completed at the start of the grant project period. This GPRA measure
constitutes the Department's indicator of success for this program.
Applicants for a grant under this program are advised to give careful
consideration to this measure in designing their proposed project.
Before beginning implementation of training connected to this grant,
each grantee will be required to determine baseline data on the total
number of these courses completed by personnel on its campus between
April 2004 (when the courses first became available) and the project
start date for their EMHE grant. Each applicant is strongly encouraged
to include this information in its application if it is available. If
it is not available during the application phase, each grantee will be
required to collect and report baseline data in its interim report and
both baseline and final progress with regard to this measure in its
final report.
For the purposes of this measure, ``key NIMS courses'' are those
identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in the
Department of Homeland Security as requirements for NIMS compliance. To
date these courses include the following: Incident Command System
(ICS)-100 Introduction to ICS, ICS-200 ICS for Single Resources and
Initial Action Incidents, ICS-300 Intermediate ICS, ICS-400 Advanced
ICS, ICS-700 National Incident Management System: An Introduction, and
ICS-800.B National Response Framework, An Introduction. ICS-100, ICS-
200, ICS-700, and ICS-800.B courses are all available online as
Independent Study (IS) courses offered through the FEMA's Emergency
Management Institute (EMI) at: https://training.fema.gov. (It is not
necessary that the key NIMS training requirements be met through a
Federal source such as the on-campus resident courses or online
distance learning courses offered by the EMI. The courses may also be
taken through State, Tribal, and local emergency management training
programs that offer equivalent, in-classroom training for completion.)
Note: Completion of course IS-100.SC Introduction to the
Incident Command System, I-100, for Schools, constitutes completion
of course ICS-100. This course was specifically designed to provide
ICS training within a school-based context.
VII. Agency Contact
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara Hill, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Ave., SW., room 3E340, Washington, DC 20202-
6450. Telephone: (202) 708-9431 or by e-mail: tara.hill@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 can 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: April 18, 2008.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
[FR Doc. E8-8954 Filed 4-23-08; 8:45 am]
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