[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 27, 2000)]
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Department of Education





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Office of Elementary and Secondary Education: Safe and Drug-Free 
Schools and Communities National Programs; Combined Notice Inviting 
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 2001; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA Nos.: 84.184H, 84.184K]


Office of Elementary and Secondary Education--Safe and Drug-Free 
Schools and Communities National Programs--Combined Notice Inviting 
Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year 2001

SUMMARY: The Secretary invites applications for new awards for fiscal 
year (FY) 2001 under two direct grant competitions supported by Safe 
and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) National Programs: 
Grant Competition to Prevent High-Risk Drinking and Violent Behavior 
Among College Students (84.184H) and Middle School Drug Prevention and 
School Safety Program Coordinators Grant Competition (84.184K).
    Purpose of Programs: The purpose of the Grant Competition to 
Prevent High-Risk Drinking and Violent Behavior Among College Students 
is to provide funds that support the development or enhancement, 
implementation, and evaluation of campus- and/or community-based 
prevention strategies to reduce high-risk drinking and/or violent 
behavior among college students. The purpose of the Middle School Drug 
Prevention and School Safety Program Coordinators Grant Competition is 
to provide funds that support recruiting, hiring, and training of one 
or more full-time staff to oversee the implementation of drug 
prevention and school safety programs for middle school students.
    Applications Available: December 27, 2000.
    Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General 
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 
81, 82, 85, 86 (note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to 
institutions of higher education only), 97, 98, and 99; and (b) the 
applicable notice of final priority and selection criteria for 84.184H 
as published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register and for 
84.184K as published on April 6, 2000, at 65 FR 18200-18201], apply to 
these competitions. The applicable final priority and selection 
criteria will be available in the respective application package for 
each grant competition.

FOR APPLICATIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Safe and Drug-Free 
Schools Program, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, 3E316, Washington, DC 20202-
6123. Telephone: 202/260-3954. Fax: 202/260-7767. Internet: http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS.
    If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 800/877-8339. 
Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of this document, or an 
application package, in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large 
print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the program 
contact listed under FOR APPLICATIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 
However, the Department is not able to reproduce in an alternative 
format the standard forms included in the application package.

Electronic Access to This Document

    You may view this document, as well as all other Department of 
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe 
Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at either of the 
following sites:

http://ocfo.ed.gov/fedreg.htm
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available free at either of the previous sites. If you have questions 
about using PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) toll 
free at 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: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html


    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131.
    Dated: December 21, 2000.
Michael Cohen,
Assistant Secretary forElementary and Secondary Education.

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                                                                                                                            Deadline
                                                      Estimated  Estimated   Estimated                       Deadline for     for
      CFDA number and name        Estimated range of   average   number of   available     Project period     transmittal  intergov-       Eligible
                                        awards         size of     awards      funds                              of       ernmental      applicants
                                                        awards                                               applications    review
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84.184H Grant Competition to      $100,000 to          $120,000         16   $2,000,000  Up to 24 months...      2/16/01     4/16/01  Institutions of
 Prevent High-Risk Drinking and    $140,000.                                                                                           higher education,
 Violent Behavior Among College                                                                                                        consortia
 Students.                                                                                                                             thereof, other
                                                                                                                                       public and
                                                                                                                                       private nonprofit
                                                                                                                                       organizations, or
                                                                                                                                       individuals.
84.184K Middle School Drug        $145,000 to           210,000        125   26,000,000  Up to 36 months...      2/23/01     4/24/01  Local educational
 Prevention and School Safety      $275,000.                                                                                           agencies.
 Program Coordinators Grant
 Competition.
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Note: Range of awards, average size of awards, number of awards, and available funding in this notice are estimates only. The Department is not bound by
  any estimates in this notice. Estimated available funds are for the first year of the project period only. Funding for the second (84.184H and
  84.184K) and third years (84.184K only) of projects is subject both to the availability of future years' funds and the approval of continuation (see
  34 CFR 75.253).

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