[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 160 (Tuesday, August 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44112-44113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21968]


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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.184F; 84.184G; 84.184H]


Office of Elementary and Secondary Education--Safe and Drug-Free 
Schools Program

AGENCY: Department of Education.

ACTION: Notice extending the application deadline date for the Safe and 
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act National Programs Grants to 
Institutions of Higher Education and Federal Activities Grants Programs 
for fiscal year 1997.

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SUMMARY: The Secretary extends the deadline date for the submission of 
applications for the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act

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(SDFSCA) National Programs Grants to Institutions of Higher Education 
and Federal Activities Grants Programs from August 1, 1997, for 
applicants that can show a shipping label, invoice, or receipt for 
overnight delivery contracted to arrive by August 1, 1997. This action 
is taken due to unexpected or unavoidable delays in receipt of 
applications sent via certain overnight delivery services. Competitions 
affected by this change of application deadline date are CFDA No. 
84.184F, Replication of Effective Programs or Strategies to Prevent 
Youth Drug Use, Violent Behavior, or both; CFDA No. 84.184G, State and 
Local Educational Agency Drug Use and Violence Prevention Data 
Collection; and CFDA No. 84.184H, Drug and Violence Prevention Programs 
in Higher Education: Validation Competition.

DATES: The application deadline date is extended to August 19, 1997, 
for applicants that can show a shipping label, invoice, or receipt for 
overnight delivery contracted to arrive by August 1, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program, 
U.S. Department of Education, 600 Independence Ave., SW, Room 604 
Portals, Washington, DC 20202-6244. Telephone: (202) 260-3954. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

    Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131-7132.

    Dated: August 14, 1997.
Gerald N. Tirozzi,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
[FR Doc. 97-21968 Filed 8-18-97; 8:45 am]
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