[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 121 (Friday, June 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36570-36571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12589]


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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: [email protected]; 
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: [email protected].
    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

    You may view this document, as well as all other Department of 
Education documents published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe 
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    Note: The official version of this document is the 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.
[FR Doc. 05-12589 Filed 6-23-05; 8:45 am]
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