FR Doc 05-12589
[Federal Register: June 24, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 121)]
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[Page 36570-36571]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models on College Campuses
AGENCY: Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of final priority and eligibility requirements.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools
announces a priority and eligibility requirements under the Alcohol and
Other Drug Prevention Models on College Campuses grant competition. We
may use the priority and eligibility requirements for competitions in
FY 2005 and later years. We take this action to focus Federal financial
assistance on an identified national need. We intend the priority and
eligibility requirements to support the identification and
dissemination of models of effective alcohol and other drug prevention
at institutions of higher education (IHEs).
DATES: The priority and eligibility requirements are effective July 25,
2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vera Messina, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 3E258, Washington, DC 20202-
6450. Telephone: (202) 260-8273 or via Internet: vera.messina@ed.gov;
or Ruth Tringo, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
room 3E338, Washington, DC 20202-6450. Telephone: (202) 260-2838 or via
Internet: ruth.tringo@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact persons listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Education seeks to support
projects that address high-risk drinking and drug use and that can
become practical models for replication and adaptation in other college
communities. The goals of this program are to identify models of
effective campus-based alcohol and other drug prevention programs and
disseminate information about these programs to other colleges and
universities where similar efforts may be adopted.
We published a notice of proposed priority and eligibility
requirements for this program in the Federal Register on April 8, 2005
(70 FR 17984).
Other than minor editorial changes, there are no differences
between the notice of proposed priority and eligibility requirements
and this notice of final priority and eligibility requirements.
Public Comment
In the notice of proposed priority and eligibility requirements, we
invited comments on the proposed priority and eligibility requirements.
We did not receive any substantive comments.
Note: This notice does not solicit applications. In any year in
which we choose
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to use the priority and eligibility requirements, we invite
applications through a notice in the Federal Register. When inviting
applications we designate the priority as absolute, competitive
preference, or invitational. The effect of each type of priority
follows:
Absolute priority: Under an absolute priority we consider only
applications that meet the priority (34 CFR 75.105(c)(3)).
Competitive preference priority: Under a competitive preference
priority we give competitive preference to an application by either (1)
awarding additional points, depending on how well or the extent to
which the application meets the competitive priority (34 CFR
75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) selecting an application that meets the
competitive priority over an application of comparable merit that does
not meet the priority (34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(ii)).
Invitational priority: Under an invitational priority we are
particularly interested in applications that meet the invitational
priority. However, we do not give an application that meets the
invitational priority a competitive or absolute preference over other
applications (34 CFR 75.105(c)(1)).
Priority
Under this priority the Department provides funding to institutions
of higher education (IHEs) that have been implementing effective
alcohol and other drug prevention programs on their campuses. An IHE
that receives funding under this priority must identify, enhance,
further evaluate, and disseminate information about an effective
alcohol or other drug prevention program being implemented on its
campus. To meet the priority, applicants must provide in their
application--
(1) A description of an alcohol or other drug prevention program
that has been implemented for at least two full academic years on the
applicant's campus;
(2) Evidence of the effectiveness of the program on the applicant's
campus;
(3) A plan to enhance and further evaluate the program during the
project period; and
(4) A plan to disseminate information to assist other IHEs in
implementing a similar program.
Eligibility Requirements
Only institutions of higher education (IHEs) that offer an
associate or baccalaureate degree will be eligible under this program.
Additionally, to be eligible, an IHE must not have received an award
under this grant competition (CFDA 84.184N) during the previous five
fiscal years (fiscal years 2000 through 2004).
Executive Order 12866
This notice of final priority and eligibility requirements has been
reviewed in accordance with Executive Order 12866. Under the terms of
the order, we have assessed the potential costs and benefits of this
regulatory action.
The potential costs associated with the notice of final priority
and eligibility requirements are those resulting from statutory
requirements and those we have determined as necessary for
administering this program effectively and efficiently.
In assessing the potential costs and benefits--both quantitative
and qualitative--of this notice of final priority and eligibility
requirements, we have determined that the benefits of the final
priority and eligibility requirements justify the costs.
We have also determined that this regulatory action does not unduly
interfere with State, local, and tribal governments in the exercise of
their governmental functions.
Intergovernmental Review
This program is subject to Executive Order 12372 and the
regulations in 34 CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the Executive
order is to foster an intergovernmental partnership and a strengthened
federalism. The Executive order relies on processes developed by State
and local governments for coordination and review of proposed Federal
financial assistance.
This document provides early notification of our specific plans and
actions for this program.
Electronic Access to This Document
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131.
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.184N Office of
Safe and Drug-Free Schools--Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models
on College Campuses)
Dated: June 21, 2005.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
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