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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. 

Accessible Format: Individuals with 

disabilities can obtain this document 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. 

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: March 29, 2010. 

Kevin Jennings, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools. 

[FR Doc. 2010–7421 Filed 3–31–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools 

Overview Information; Emergency 

Management for Higher Education 

Grant Program; Notice Inviting 

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal 

Year (FY) 2010 

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance 

(CFDA) Number: 84.184T. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: April 1, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 12, 2010. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: July 12, 2010. 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: EMHE grants 

support efforts by institutions of higher 

education (IHEs) to develop, or review 

and improve, and fully integrate, 

campus-based all-hazards emergency 

management planning efforts within the 

framework of the four phases of 

emergency management (PreventionMitigation, Preparedness, Response, and 

Recovery). 

Priorities: These priorities are from 

the notice of final priorities and 

requirements for this program, 

published elsewhere in this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2010 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applicants from this competition, these 

priorities are absolute priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only 

applications that meet these priorities. 

These priorities are: 

Priority 1—Institutions of Higher 

Education (IHE) Projects Designed To 

Develop, or Review and Improve, and 

Fully Integrate Campus-Based AllHazards Emergency Management 

Planning Efforts. 

Under this priority, we support IHE 

projects designed to develop, or review 

and improve, and fully integrate 

campus-based all-hazards emergency 

management planning efforts. A 

program funded under this priority 

must use the framework of the four 

phases of emergency management 

(Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, 

Response, and Recovery) to: 

(1) Develop, or review and improve, 

and fully integrate a campus-wide allhazards emergency management plan 

that takes into account threats that may 

be unique to the campus; 

(2) Train campus staff, faculty, and 

students in emergency management 

procedures; 

(3) Coordinate with local and State 

government emergency management 

efforts; 

(4) Ensure coordination of planning 

and communication across all relevant 

components, offices, and departments of 

the campus; 

(5) Develop a written plan with 

emergency protocols that include the 

medical, mental health, communication, 

mobility, and emergency needs of 

persons with disabilities, as well as for 

those individuals with temporary 

special needs or other unique needs 

(including those arising from language 

barriers or cultural differences); 

(6) Develop or update a written plan 

that prepares the campus for infectious 

disease outbreaks with both short-term 

implications for planning (e.g., 

outbreaks caused by methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus 

(MRSA) or food-borne illnesses) and 

long-term implications for planning 

(e.g., pandemic influenza); 

(7) Develop or enhance a written plan 

for preventing violence on campus by 

assessing and addressing the mental 

health needs of students, staff, and 

faculty who may be at risk of causing 

violence by harming themselves or 

others; and 

(8) Develop or update a written 

campus-wide continuity of operations 

plan that would enable the campus to 

maintain and/or restore key educational, 

business, and other essential functions 

following an emergency. 

Priority 2—Priority for Applicants That 

Have Not Previously Received a Grant 

Under The EMHE Program (CFDA 

84.184T). 

Under this priority we give priority to 

applications from IHEs that have not 

previously received a grant under this 

program (CFDA number 84.184T). An 

applicant that has received services 

under this program directly, or as a 

partner in a consortium application 

under this program, would not meet this 

priority. Under a consortium 

application, all members of the IHE 

consortium must meet this criterion in 

order for the applicant to meet this 

priority. 

Final Requirements: These 

requirements are from the notice of final 

priorities and requirements published 

elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 

Register. 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 two partner agreements. 

One partner agreement must detail 

coordination with, and participation of, 

a representative of the appropriate level 

of local or State government for the 

locality in which the IHE to be served 

by the project is located (for example, 

the mayor, city manager, or county 

executive). The second partner 

agreement must detail coordination 

with, and participation of, a 

representative from a local or State 

emergency management coordinating 

body (for example, the head of the local 

emergency planning council that would 

be involved in coordinating a large-scale 

emergency response effort in the 

campus community). Both agreements 

must include the name of the partner 

organization, an indication of whether 

the partner represents the local or State 

government or the local or State 

emergency management coordinating 

body, and a description of the respective 

partner as well as a description of the 

partner’s roles and responsibilities in 

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strengthening emergency management 

planning efforts for the IHE. Each 

partner agreement must also include a 

description of the roles and 

responsibilities of the IHE in grant 

implementation and partner 

coordination. A signature from an 

authorized representative of the IHE and 

each of the two required partners 

acknowledging the relationship and the 

agreements must be included in the 

application. If either or both of the two 

required partners is not present in an 

applicant’s community, or cannot 

feasibly participate, the agreements 

must explain the absence of each 

missing partner. 

Applications that fail to include either 

of the two required partner agreement 

forms, including information on 

partners’ roles and responsibilities (or 

an explanation documenting that 

partner’s absence in the community) 

along with the required signatures, will 

not be considered for funding. 

Each consortium applicant (an 

applicant submitting on behalf of 

multiple IHEs) and any applicant 

applying on behalf of multiple 

campuses (including one or more 

satellite or extension campuses within 

its own institution or its consortium of 

IHEs) must submit a complete set of 

partner agreements with appropriate 

signatures from the authorized 

representative and the two required 

partners noted earlier for each campus 

proposed to be receiving services under 

its EMHE project. 

Although this program requires 

partnerships with other parties, 

administrative direction and fiscal 

control for the project must remain with 

the IHE. 

2. Completed Memoranda of 

Agreements: All IHEs supported by the 

EMHE program must use the grant 

period to create, or review and update, 

and sign, a memorandum of agreement 

(MOA) with each of the following four 

partners: local or State emergency 

management coordinating body, local 

government, primary off-campus public 

health provider, and primary offcampus mental health services provider. 

Each applicant under the EMHE 

program must include an assurance 

with its application that the IHE will 

establish these MOAs during the project 

period. MOAs must be completed for 

each campus to be served by the EMHE 

project. Completed MOAs will be 

requested at the end of the project 

period with the Final Report 

submission. 

3. Coordination with State or Local 

Homeland Security Plan: All emergency 

management plans created or enhanced 

using funding under this program must 

be coordinated with the Homeland 

Security Plan of the State or locality in 

which the IHE is located. To ensure that 

emergency services are coordinated, and 

to avoid duplication of effort within 

States and localities, an applicant must 

include in its application an assurance 

that the IHE will coordinate with, and 

follow, the requirements of its State or 

local Homeland Security Plan for 

emergency services and initiatives. 

4. Implementation of the National 

Incident Management System (NIMS): 

Each applicant must agree to implement 

its grant in a manner consistent with the 

implementation of the NIMS in its 

community. An applicant must include 

in its application an assurance that it 

has met, or will complete, all current 

NIMS requirements by the end of the 

grant period. 

Implementation of the NIMS is a 

dynamic process that will continue to 

evolve over time. In order to receive 

Federal preparedness funding under the 

EMHE program, each IHE must 

cooperate with the efforts of its 

community to meet the minimum NIMS 

requirements established for each fiscal 

year. Because the Department of 

Homeland Security’s (DHS) 

determination of NIMS requirements 

may change from year to year, an 

applicant must refer to the most recent 

list of NIMS requirements published by 

DHS when submitting its application. In 

any notice inviting applications, the 

Department will provide applicants 

with information necessary to access the 

most recent DHS list of NIMS 

requirements. 

Note: The responsibilities and procedures 

of any campus-based security office or law 

enforcement agency and the elements of the 

campus emergency management plan must 

be considered in conjunction with the local 

community’s emergency operations plan 

(EOP) and the capacity and responsibility of 

local fire and rescue departments, emergency 

medical service providers, crisis center/ 

hotlines, and law enforcement agencies that 

may be called to assist the IHE in a largescale disaster. IHEs’ participation in the 

NIMS preparedness program of the local 

government is essential in ensuring that firstresponder services are delivered in a timely 

and effective manner. Additional information 

about NIMS and NIMS implementation is 

available at: http://www.fema.gov/

emergency/nims/ImplementationGuidance

Stakeholders.shtm and http://www.fema.gov/ 

emergency/nims/index.shtm. 

IHEs that have previously received 

Federal preparedness funding and are, 

therefore, already NIMS-compliant 

should indicate that in the assurance 

form. 

5. Eligibility: To be considered for an 

award under this competition, an 

applicant must be considered an IHE, or 

a consortia thereof. An IHE, for the 

purposes of this competition, is defined 

as: an educational institution in any 

State that— 

(1) Admits as regular students only 

persons having a certificate of 

graduation from a school providing 

secondary education, or the recognized 

equivalent of such a certificate or 

persons who meet the requirements of 

section 484(d)(3) of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended; 

(2) Is legally authorized within such 

State to provide a program of education 

beyond secondary education; 

(3) Provides an educational program 

for which the institution awards a 

bachelor’s degree or provides not less 

than a 2-year program that is acceptable 

for full credit toward such a degree or 

awards a degree that is acceptable for 

admission to a graduate or professional 

degree program, subject to review and 

approval by the Secretary; 

(4) Is a public or other nonprofit 

institution; and 

(5) Is accredited by a nationally 

recognized accrediting agency or 

association or, if not so accredited, is an 

institution that has been granted 

preaccreditation status by such an 

agency or association that has been 

recognized by the Secretary for the 

granting of preaccreditation status, and 

the Secretary has determined that there 

is satisfactory assurance that the 

institution will meet the accreditation 

standards of such an agency or 

association within a reasonable time. 

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

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 

34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 

85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The 

regulations in 34 CFR part 299. (c) The 

notice of final priorities and 

requirements, published elsewhere in 

this issue of the Federal Register. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 

apply to all applicants except federally 

recognized Indian tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 

apply to institutions of higher education 

only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$9,067,000. 

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: 

$200,000–$750,000. 


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Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

We estimate that IHEs with student 

enrollment between 1–999 students will 

need up to $200,000 to implement their 

projects; IHEs with enrollment between 

1,000–4,999 students will need up to 

$300,000 to implement their projects; 

IHEs with enrollment between 5,000 

and 19,999 will need up to $500,000 to 

implement their projects; and IHEs with 

enrollment between 20,000 and 40,000 

may need up to $750,000 to implement 

their projects. Please note that these are 

estimates only and IHEs that believe 

that they need additional support to 

successfully complete their projects 

should fully justify this in their 

applications. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 26. 

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: To be 

considered for an award under this 

competition, an applicant must be 

considered an IHE, or a consortia 

thereof. An IHE, for the purposes of this 

competition, is defined as: an 

educational institution in any State 

that— 

(1) Admits as regular students only 

persons having a certificate of 

graduation from a school providing 

secondary education, or the recognized 

equivalent of such a certificate or 

persons who meet the requirements of 

section 484(d)(3) of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended; 

(2) Is legally authorized within such 

State to provide a program of education 

beyond secondary education; 

(3) Provides an educational program 

for which the institution awards a 

bachelor’s degree or provides not less 

than a 2-year program that is acceptable 

for full credit toward such a degree or 

awards a degree that is acceptable for 

admission to a graduate or professional 

degree program, subject to review and 

approval by the Secretary; 

(4) Is a public or other nonprofit 

institution; and 

(5) Is accredited by a nationally 

recognized accrediting agency or 

association or, if not so accredited, is an 

institution that has been granted 

preaccreditation status by such an 

agency or association that has been 

recognized by the Secretary for the 

granting of preaccreditation status, and 

the Secretary has determined that there 

is satisfactory assurance that the 

institution will meet the accreditation 

standards of such an agency or 

association within a reasonable time. 

This eligibility requirement is from the 

notice of final priorities and 

requirements published elsewhere in 

this issue of the Federal Register. 

2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

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: April 1, 2010. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: May 12, 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: July 12, 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 


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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 

application deadline date because eApplication 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 84.184T), 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 84.184T), 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 


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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 Government 

Performance and Results Act of 1993 

(GPRA) performance measure for 

assessing the effectiveness of the EMHE 

grant program: The average number of 

National Incident Management System 

(NIMS) training course completions by 

key personnel at the start of the grant 

compared to the average number of 

NIMS training 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: 

Tara Hill, U.S. Department of Education, 

400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 

10088, PCP, Washington, DC 20202– 

6450. Telephone: (202) 245–7860 or by 

e-mail: tara.hill@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 

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 

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Dated: March 29, 2010. 

Kevin Jennings, 

Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and DrugFree Schools. 

[FR Doc. 2010–7417 Filed 3–31–10; 8:45 am] 

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