Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 140 /Wednesday, July 22, 1998 / Notices 39449

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CDFA No.: 84184H]

Office of Elementary and Secondary

Education—Safe and Drug-Free

Schools and Communities National

Programs—Grants to Institutions of

Higher Education; Notice Inviting

Applications for New Awards for Fiscal

Year 1998

Purpose of Program: The Safe and

Drug-Free Schools and Communities

(SDFSC) National Programs—Grants to

Institutions of Higher Education (IHE)

Validation Competition supports

increased knowledge about effective

programs by validating and

disseminating model policies, practices,

products and programs to prevent

violent behavior and the illegal use of

alcohol and other drugs by college

students.

Eligible Applicants: Institutions of

higher education or consortia of such

institutions.

Applications Available: July 22, 1998.

Deadline for Receipt of Applications:

August 24, 1998.

Note: All applications must be received on

or before the deadline date. This requirement

takes exception to the Education Department

General Administrative Regulations

(EDGAR), 34 CFR 75.102. In accordance with

the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.

553), it is the practice of the Secretary to offer

interested parties the opportunity to

comment on proposed regulations. However,

this amendment to EDGAR makes procedural

changes only and does not establish new

substantive policy. Therefore, under 5 U.S.C.

553(b)(A), proposed rulemaking is not

required.

Contingent upon the availability of

funds, the Secretary may make

additional awards in fiscal year 1999

from the rank-ordered list of unfunded

applicants from this competition.

Deadline for Intergovernmental

Review: 60 days from date of

publication in Federal Register.

CFDA No. and name Estimated range of awards

Estimated average size of

awards

Estimated

number of

awards

Estimated

available

funds

Project period (month)

84.184H Drug and Violence Prevention

Program in Higher Education: Validation Competitition

Priority 1, $150,000–$250,000 ............. $200,000 6 $1,200,000 27

Priority 2, $60,000–$80,000 ................. $70,000 3 $210,000 27

Priority 3, $15,000 ................................ $15,000 2 $30,000 15

Note: Range of awards, average size of awards, number of awards and available funding in this notice are estimates only. The Departments is

not bound by any estimate in this notice. Funding estimates that are cited for priorities one and two represent support for 27 months for the entire project period. The funding estimate that is cited for priority three represents support for 15 months for the entire project period.

Applicable Regulations

(a) The Education Department General

Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in

34 CFR parts, 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 81, 82,

85, and 86; and 34 CFR parts 98 and 99;

and (b) the notice of final priorities and

selection criteria, as published

elsewhere in this issue of the Federal

Register applies to these competitions.

Drug and Violence Prevention

Program in Higher Education:

Validation Competition (CFDA

84.184H).

Absolute Priority 1

Correcting misperceptions of student

alcohol and other drug use among a

large influential subpopulation of

students attending institutions of higher

education.

Absolute Priority 2

Assess the impact of an existing or

new consortium (such as coalitions and

other partnerships at the community,

State, or regional levels) on limiting

illegal alcohol and other drug use, and

preventing intoxication and violence.

Absolute Priority 3

Disseminate knowledge of existing

model programs, new prevention

theories, or new application of theories,

theoretical models, or conceptual

approaches (theories) to alcohol and

drug or violence prevention or both.

For Applications or Information

Contact: Safe and Drug-Free Schools

Programs, 600 Independence Avenue,

SW, Suite 604 Portals, Washington, DC

20202–6123. Telephone: 202–260–3954.

By facsimile 202–260–3748. Internet:

http://www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SDFS

or http://www.edc.org/hec. Individuals

who use telecommunications devices

for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal

Information Relay Service at 1–800–

877–8339 between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00

p.m., Eastern time, Monday through

Friday.

Information about the Department’s

funding opportunities, including copies

of application notices for discretionary

grant competitions, can be viewed on

the Department’s electronic bulletin

board (ED Board), telephone 202–260–

9950; on the Internet Gopher Service (at

gopher://gcs.ed.gov). However, the

official application notice for a

discretionary grant competition is the

notice published in the Federal

Register.

Electronic Access to This Document

Anyone may view this document, as

well as all other Department of

Education documents published in the

Federal Register, in text or portable

document format (PDF) on the World

Wide Web at either of the following

sites:

http://ocfc.rd.gov/fedreg.htm

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

To use the PDF you must have the

Adobe Acrobat Reader Program with

Search, which is available free at either

of the preceding sites. If you have

questions about using the PDF, call the

US Government Printing Office toll-free

at 1–888–293–6498.

Any one may also view these

documents in text copy only on an

electronic bulletin board of the

Department. Telephone: 202–219–1511

or, toll free, 1-800–222–4922. The

documents are located under Option

G—Files/Announcements, Bulletins,

and Press Releases.

Note: The official version of this document

is the document published in the Federal

Register.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7132.

Dated: July 17, 1998.

Gerald N. Tirozzi,

Assistant Secretary for Elementary and

Secondary Education.

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