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eligible for free-or-reduced-price lunch, 

percent of third graders who are 

classified as reading proficient on State 

assessments in 2009–10, grade levels in 

selected schools, and number of 

students in each grade. Based on the 

information provided, up to ten schools 

per district will be randomly selected to 

participate in the full-scale study. The 

U.S. Department of Education has 

Mathematica Policy Research to conduct 

this study. 

Requests for copies of the proposed 

information collection request may be 

accessed from http://edicsweb.ed.gov, 

by selecting the ‘‘Browse Pending 

Collections’’ link and by clicking on link 

number 4195. When you access the 

information collection, click on 

‘‘Download Attachments’’ to view. 

Written requests for information should 

be addressed to U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

LBJ, Washington, DC 20202–4537. 

Requests may also be electronically 

mailed to ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed 

to 202–401–0920. Please specify the 

complete title of the information 

collection when making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; 

Overview Information; Readiness and 

Emergency Management for Schools; 

Notice Inviting Applications for New 

Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.184E. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: January 8, 

2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 26, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: April 27, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: Past 

emergencies, such as the events of 

September 11, 2001, Hurricanes Katrina 

and Rita, and emergencies related to 

other natural and man-made hazards, 

reinforce the need for schools and 

communities to plan for traditional 

crises and emergencies, as well as other 

catastrophic events. The Readiness and 

Emergency Management for Schools 

(REMS) grant program provides funds to 

local educational agencies (LEAs) to 

establish an emergency management 

process that focuses on reviewing and 

strengthening emergency management 

plans, within the framework of the four 

phases of emergency management 

(Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, 

Response, and Recovery). The program 

also provides resources to LEAs to 

provide training for staff on emergency 

management procedures and requires 

that LEAs develop comprehensive allhazards emergency management plans 

in collaboration with community 

partners including local law 

enforcement; public safety, public 

health, and mental health agencies; and 

local government. 

Priorities: These priorities are from 

the notice of final priorities and 

requirements for this program, 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 11, 2009 (74 CFR 10656). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2010 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

LEA Projects Designed To Develop 

and Enhance Local Emergency 

Management Capacity. 

Under this priority, we support LEA 

projects designed to create, strengthen, 

or improve emergency management 

plans at the LEA and school-building 

levels and build the capacity of LEA 

staff so that the LEA can continue the 

implementation of key emergency 

management functions after the period 

of Federal funding. Projects must 

include a plan to create, strengthen, or 

improve emergency management plans, 

at the LEA and school-building levels, 

and within the framework of the four 

phases of emergency management: 

Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, 

Response, and Recovery. Projects must 

also include: (1) Training for school 

personnel in emergency management 

procedures; (2) coordination, and the 

use of partnerships, with local law 

enforcement, public safety or emergency 

management, public health, and mental 

health agencies, and local government 

to assist in the development of 

emergency management plans at the 

LEA and school-building levels; (3) a 

plan to sustain the local partnerships 

after the period of Federal assistance; (4) 

a plan for communicating school 

emergency management policies and 

reunification procedures for parents and 

guardians and their children following 

an emergency; and (5) a written plan for 

improving LEA capacity to sustain the 

emergency management process through 

ongoing training and the continual 

review of policies and procedures. 

Competitive Preference Priority: For 

FY 2010 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition, this priority is a 

competitive preference priority. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award an 

additional five points to an application 

that meets the competitive preference 

priority. 

This priority is: 

Priority for Applicants That Have Not 

Previously Received a Grant Under The 

REMS Program (CFDA 84.184E). 

Under this priority, we give 

competitive preference to applications 

from LEAs that have not previously 

received a grant under this program 

(CFDA 84.184E). Applicants, including 

educational service agencies (ESAs), 

that have received funding under this 

program directly, or as the lead agency 

or as a partner in a consortium 

application under this program, will not 

meet this priority. Under a consortium 

application, all members of the LEA 

consortium must meet this criterion to 

meet this priority. 

Final Requirements: These 

requirements are from the notice of final 

priorities and requirements for this 

program, published in the Federal 

Register on March 11, 2009 (74 FR 

10656). The following requirements 

apply to all applications submitted 

under this competition: 

1. Partner Agreements. To be 

considered for a grant award, an 

applicant must include in its 

application an agreement that details 

the participation of each of the 

following five community-based 

partners: The law enforcement agency, 

the public safety or emergency 

management agency, the public health 

agency, the mental health agency, and 

the head of the applicant’s local 

government (for example the mayor, city 

manager, or county executive). The 

agreement must include a description of 

each partner’s roles and responsibilities 

in improving and strengthening 

emergency management plans at the 

LEA and school-building levels, a 

description of each partner’s 

commitment to the continuation and 

continuous improvement of emergency 

management plans at the LEA and 

school-building levels, and the signature 

of an authorized representative of the 

LEA and each partner acknowledging 

the agreement. For consortium 

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the grant must submit a complete set of 

partner agreements with the signature of 

an authorized representative of the LEA 

and each corresponding partner 

acknowledging the agreement. 

If one or more of the five partners 

listed in this requirement is not present 

in the applicant’s community, or cannot 

feasibly participate, the agreement must 

explain the absence of each missing 

partner. To be considered eligible for 

funding, however, an application must 

include a signed agreement between the 

LEA, a law enforcement partner, and at 

least one of the other required partners 

(public safety or emergency 

management agency, public health 

agency, mental health agency, or the 

head of the local government). 

Applications that fail to include the 

required agreement, 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 above), will not 

be read. 

Although this program requires 

partnerships with other parties, 

administrative direction and fiscal 

control for the project must remain with 

the LEA. 

2. Coordination with State or Local 

Homeland Security Plan. All emergency 

management plans receiving funding 

under this program must be coordinated 

with the Homeland Security Plan of the 

State or locality in which the LEA is 

located. To ensure that emergency 

services are coordinated, and to avoid 

duplication of effort within States and 

localities, applicants must include in 

their applications an assurance that the 

LEA will coordinate with and follow the 

requirements of their State or local 

Homeland Security Plan for emergency 

services and initiatives. 

3. Infectious Disease Plan. To be 

considered for a grant award, applicants 

must agree to develop a written plan 

designed to prepare the LEA for a 

possible infectious disease outbreak, 

such as pandemic influenza. Plans must 

address the four phases of emergency 

management (Prevention-Mitigation, 

Preparedness, Response, and Recovery) 

and include a plan for disease 

surveillance (systematic collection and 

analysis of data that lead to action being 

taken to prevent and control a disease), 

school closure decision making, 

business continuity (processes and 

procedures established to ensure that 

essential functions can continue during 

and after a disaster), and continuation of 

educational services. 

4. Food Defense Plan. To be 

considered for a grant award, applicants 

must agree to develop a written food 

defense plan that includes the four 

phases of emergency management 

(Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, 

Response, and Recovery) and is 

designed to safeguard the LEA’s food 

supply, including all food storage and 

preparation facilities and delivery areas 

within the LEA. 

5. Individuals with Disabilities. 

Applicants must agree to develop plans 

that take into consideration the 

communication, medical, and 

evacuation needs of individuals with 

disabilities within the schools in the 

LEA. 

6. Implementation of the National 

Incident Management System (NIMS). 

Applicants must agree to implement 

their grant in a manner consistent with 

the implementation of the NIMS in their 

communities. Applicants must include 

in their applications an assurance that 

they have 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, applicants must refer to the most 

recent list of NIMS requirements 

published by DHS when submitting 

their applications. Information about the 

FY 2009 NIMS requirements for tribal 

governments and local jurisdictions, 

including LEAs, may be found at: 

http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/

nims/FY2009_NIMS_Implementation

_Chart.pdf. 

Note: An LEA’s NIMS compliance must be 

achieved in close coordination with the local 

government and with recognition of the first 

responder capabilities held by the LEA and 

the local government. As LEAs are not 

traditional response organizations, first 

responder services will typically be provided 

to LEAs by local fire and rescue departments, 

emergency medical service providers, and 

law enforcement agencies. This traditional 

relationship must be acknowledged in 

achieving NIMS compliance in an integrated 

NIMS compliance plan for the local 

government and the LEA. LEA participation 

in the NIMS preparedness program of the 

local government is essential in ensuring that 

first responder services are delivered to 

schools in a timely and effective manner. 

Additional information about NIMS 

implementation is available at: http:// 

www.fema.gov/emergency/nims. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations 

in 34 CFR part 299. (c) The notice of 

final priorities and requirements, 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 11, 2009 (74 CFR 10656). (d) The 

notice of final eligibility requirement for 

the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools 

discretionary grant programs published 

in the Federal Register on December 4, 

2006 (71 CFR 70369). 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$29,000,000. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards later in 

FY 2010 and in FY 2011 from the list 

of unfunded applicants from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$150,000–$600,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$150,000 for a small-size LEA (1–20 

education facilities); $300,000 for a 

medium-size LEA (21–75 education 

facilities); and $600,000 for a large-size 

LEA (76 or more education facilities). 

Estimated Number of Awards: 96. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 24 months. 

Budgets should be developed for a 

single award with a project period of up 

to 24 months. No continuation awards 

will be provided. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: LEAs, 

including charter schools that are 

considered LEAs under State law, that 

do not currently have an active grant 

under the REMS program (CFDA 

84.184E). For the purpose of this 

eligibility requirement, a grant is 

considered active until the end of the 

grant’s project or funding period, 

including any extension of those 

periods that extend the grantee’s 

authority to obligate funds. This 

eligibility requirement is from the notice 

of final eligibility requirement 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 4, 2006 (71 FR 70369). 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

3. Other: 

a. Equitable Participation by Private 

School Children and Teachers in Grant 

Program Activities. 

Section 9501 of the ESEA, requires 

that State educational agencies (SEAs), 

LEAs, or other entities receiving funds 

under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools 

and Communities Act provide for the 

equitable participation of private school 

children, their teachers, and other 

educational personnel in private schools 

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recipient. In order to ensure that grant 

program activities address the needs of 

private school children, LEAs must 

engage in timely and meaningful 

consultation with private school 

officials during the design and 

development of the program. This 

consultation must take place before any 

decision is made that affects the 

opportunities of eligible private school 

children, teachers, and other education 

personnel to participate in grant 

program activities. 

In order to ensure equitable 

participation of private school children, 

teachers, and other educational 

personnel, an LEA must consult with 

private school officials on such issues 

as: Hazards and vulnerabilities unique 

to private schools in the LEA’s service 

area, training needs, and existing 

emergency management plans and 

resources already available at private 

schools. 

b. Maintenance of Effort. 

Section 9521 of the ESEA permits 

LEAs to receive a grant only if the SEA 

finds that the combined fiscal effort per 

student or the aggregate expenditures of 

the LEA and the State with respect to 

the provision of free public education 

by the LEA for the preceding fiscal year 

was not less than 90 percent of the 

combined fiscal effort or aggregate 

expenditures for the second preceding 

fiscal year. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package: You can obtain an application 

package via the Internet. To obtain a 

copy via the Internet, use the following 

address: http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/ 

apply/grantapps/index.html. 

Individuals with disabilities can 

obtain a copy of the application package 

in an accessible format (e.g., braille, 

large print, audiotape, or computer 

diskette) by contacting the person listed 

under Accessible 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: January 8, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 26, 2010. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition may be submitted 

electronically using the Electronic Grant 

Application System (e-Application) 

accessible through the Department’s eGrants site, 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 of 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: April 27, 2010. 

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 of 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. 

If you choose to submit your 

application to us electronically, you 

must use e-Application, accessible 

through the Department’s e-Grants Web 

site at: http://e-grants.ed.gov. 

While completing your electronic 

application, you will be entering data 

online that will be saved into a 

database. You may not e-mail an 

electronic copy of a grant application to 

us. 

Please note the following: 

• Your participation in e-Application 

is voluntary. 

• You must complete the electronic 

submission of your grant application by 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. EApplication will not accept an 

application for this competition after 

4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on 

the application deadline date. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the application 

process. 

• The hours of operation of the eGrants Web site are 6:00 a.m. Monday 

until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 

a.m. Thursday until 8:00 p.m. Sunday, 

Washington, DC time. Please note that, 

because of maintenance, the system is 

unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on 

Sundays and 6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and 

between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 

6:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Washington, 

DC time. Any modifications to these 

hours are posted on the e-Grants Web 

site. 

• 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. 

• You must submit all documents 

electronically, including all information 

you typically provide on the following 

forms: The Application for Federal 

Assistance (SF 424), the Department of 

Education Supplemental Information for 

SF 424, Budget Information—NonConstruction Programs (ED 524), and all 

necessary assurances and certifications. 

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. 

• Prior to submitting your electronic 

application, you may wish to print a 

copy of it for your records. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive an 

automatic acknowledgment that will 

include a PR/Award number (an 

identifying number unique to your 

application). 

• Within three working days after 

submitting your electronic application, 

fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center after 

following these steps: 

(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application. 

(2) The applicant’s Authorizing 

Representative must sign this form. 

(3) Place the PR/Award number in the 

upper right hand corner of the hardcopy signature page of the SF 424. 

(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the 

Application Control Center at (202) 

245–6272. 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on other forms at a 

later date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of System Unavailability: If you 

are prevented from electronically 

submitting your application on the 

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Application is unavailable, we will 

grant you an extension of one business 

day to enable you to transmit your 

application electronically, by mail, or by 

hand delivery. We will grant this 

extension if— 

(1) You are a registered user of eApplication and you have initiated an 

electronic application for this 

competition; and 

(2) (a) E-Application is unavailable for 

60 minutes or more between the hours 

of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date; or 

(b) E-Application is unavailable for 

any period of time between 3:30 p.m. 

and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, 

on the application deadline date. 

We must acknowledge and confirm 

these periods of unavailability before 

granting you an extension. To request 

this extension or to confirm our 

acknowledgment of any system 

unavailability, you may contact either 

(1) the person listed elsewhere in this 

notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) 

the e-Grants help desk at 1–888–336– 

8930. If e-Application is unavailable 

due to technical problems with the 

system and, therefore, the application 

deadline is extended, an e-mail will be 

sent to all registered users who have 

initiated an e-Application. 

Extensions referred to in this section 

apply only to the unavailability of eApplication. If e-Application is 

available, and, for any reason, you are 

unable to submit your application 

electronically or you do not receive an 

automatic acknowledgment of your 

submission, you may submit your 

application in paper format by mail or 

hand delivery in accordance with the 

instructions in this notice. 

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 following address: 

U.S. Department of Education, 

Application Control Center, Attention: 

(CFDA Number 84.184E), LBJ Basement 

Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

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 84.184E), 550 12th 

Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center 

Plaza, Washington, DC 20202–4260. 

The Application Control Center 

accepts hand deliveries daily between 

8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 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 

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 grant 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 

Selection Criteria: The selection 

criteria for this competition 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 of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

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. For this competition, you 

must also submit an interim report 12 

months after the award date. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/ 

appforms/appforms.html. 

4. Performance Measure: We have 

identified the following key 

Government Performance and Results 

Act of 1993 (GPRA) performance 

measure for assessing the effectiveness 

of the REMS grant program: The average 

number of National Incident 

Management System (NIMS) course 

completions by key personnel at the 

start of the grant compared to the 

average number of NIMS course 

completions by key personnel at the end 

of the grant. 

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, 

including considering how data for the 

measure will be collected. Grantees will 

be required to collect and report, in 

their interim and final performance 

reports, baseline data and data on their 

progress with regard to this measure. 

VII. Agency Contact 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Strizzi, U.S. Department of Education, 

1244 Speer Boulevard, Suite 201, 

Denver, CO 80204–3514. Telephone: 

(303) 346–0924 or by e-mail: 

sara.strizzi@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll 

free, at 1–800–877–8339. 

VIII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 


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and a copy of the application package in 

an accessible 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 of 

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: http://www.ed.gov/news/ 

fedregister. To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at this site. 

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.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Dated: January 4, 2010. 

Kevin Jennings, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools. 

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BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; 

Overview Information; Grants for the 

Integration of Schools and Mental 

Health Systems; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.215M. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: January 8, 

2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: February 22, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: April 23, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purpose of 

the Grants for the Integration of Schools 

and Mental Health Systems program is 

to increase student access to highquality mental health care by 

developing innovative approaches that 

link school systems with the local 

mental health system. 

Priority: In accordance with 34 CFR 

75.105(b)(2)(iv), this priority is from 

section 5541 of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (ESEA) (20 U.S.C. 7269). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2010 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Increasing student access to quality 

mental health care by developing 

innovative approaches to link local 

school systems with the local mental 

health system. A program funded under 

this absolute priority must include all of 

the following activities: 

(1) Enhancing, improving, or 

developing collaborative efforts between 

school-based service systems and 

mental health service systems to 

provide, enhance, or improve 

prevention, diagnosis, and treatment 

services to students. 

(2) Enhancing the availability of crisis 

intervention services, appropriate 

referrals for students potentially in need 

of mental health services, and ongoing 

mental health services. 

(3) Providing training for the school 

personnel and mental health 

professionals who will participate in the 

program. 

(4) Providing technical assistance and 

consultation to school systems and 

mental health agencies and families 

participating in the program. 

(5) Providing linguistically 

appropriate and culturally competent 

services. 

(6) Evaluating the effectiveness of the 

program in increasing student access to 

quality mental health services, and 

making recommendations to the 

Secretary about sustainability of the 

program. 

Under this competition we are 

particularly interested in applications 

that address the following priority. 

Invitational Priority: For FY 2010 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, this 

priority is an invitational priority. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(1) we do not 

give an application that meets this 

invitational priority a competitive or 

absolute priority over other 

applications. 

This priority is: 

Low-Achieving Schools. 

Projects that are designed to 

dramatically improve student 

achievement in schools identified for 

corrective action or restructuring under 

Title I of the ESEA or in high schools 

with graduation rates of less than 60 

percent through either comprehensive 

interventions or targeted approaches to 

reform. 

Additional Requirements: The 

following requirements are from the 

notice of final requirements for this 

program, published in the Federal 

Register on May 30, 2006 (71 FR 30778). 

Requirement 1—Coordination of 

Activities 

Recipients of a grant under the Grants 

for the Integration of Schools and 

Mental Health Systems program are 

required to coordinate project activities 

with projects funded under the 

Department of Health and Human 

Services’ Substance Abuse and Mental 

Health Services Administration’s 

Mental Health Transformation State 

Infrastructure Grants (MHTSIG) program 

(CFDA 93.243), if a grantee’s State 

receives a MHTSIG award. If a recipient 

of a grant under the Grants for the 

Integration of Schools and Mental 

Health Systems program has received or 

receives a grant under the Department of 

Education’s Readiness and Emergency 

Management for Schools (REMS) 

program (CFDA 84.184E), formerly 

known as the Emergency Response and 

Crisis Management program, the 

recipient must coordinate mental health 

service activities under this grant with 

those planned under its REMS grant. 

Projects funded by this program must 

complement, rather than duplicate, 

existing or ongoing efforts. 

Requirement 2—Safe Schools/Healthy 

Students Recipients Excluded From 

Receiving Awards 

Former or current recipients under 

the Safe Schools/Healthy Students 

program (CFDA 84.184L) are not eligible 

to receive a Grant for the Integration of 

Schools and Mental Health Systems. 

Recipients of Safe Schools/Healthy 

Students awards are responsible for 

completing a scope of work under that 

program that is very similar to the 

activities required under the Grants for 

the Integration of Schools and Mental 

Health Systems program. By restricting 

the applicant pool to eliminate former 

or current grantees under the Safe 

Schools/Healthy Students program, we 

will be able to focus Federal funds on 

entities that have not yet received 

Federal support to develop and 

implement strong linkages with other 

entities in their communities for the 

provision of mental health services to 

students. 

Applicants may compete for both the 

Grants for the Integration of Schools and 

Mental Health Systems and Safe 

Schools/Healthy Students programs in 

the same year; if applicants are deemed 

eligible for funding in both grant 

competitions, the applicant will receive 

the larger and more comprehensive of 

the awards. 


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