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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) 2009 

Catalog of Federal Domestic 

Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.184E. 

Dates: 

Applications Available: March 11, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 14, 2009. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 15, 2009. 

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 elsewhere in this issue of the 

Federal Register. 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2009 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: 

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 Priorities: For 

FY 2009 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applicants from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

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

additional 10 points to an application 

that meets Priority 1 and we award an 

additional 5 points to an application 

that meets Priority 2. Applications that 

meet both Priorities 1 and 2 will receive 

points only under Priority 1. 

These priorities are: 

Priority 1—LEAs That Have Not 

Previously Received a Grant Under the 

REMS Program (CFDA Number 84.184E) 

and Are Located in an Urban Areas 

Security Initiative Jurisdiction 

Under this priority, we give a 

competitive preference to applications 

from LEAs that (1) have not yet received 

a grant under this program (CFDA 

Number 84.184E) and (2) are located in 

whole or in part within Urban Areas 

Security Initiative (UASI) jurisdictions, 

as determined by the U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security (DHS). Applicants, 

including educational services agencies 

(ESAs), must meet both of these criteria 

in order to meet this priority. Under a 

consortium application, all members of 

the LEA consortium, including any 

ESAs, must meet both criteria to meet 

this priority. 

Because DHS’s determination of UASI 

jurisdictions may change from year to 

year, applicants under this priority must 

refer to the most recent list of UASI 

jurisdictions published by DHS when 

submitting their applications. 

Note: The Governor of each State has 

designated a State Administrative Agency 

(SAA) as the entity responsible for applying 

for and administering funds under the 

Department of Homeland Security Grant 

Program (which includes the UASI program). 

The SAA is also responsible for defining the 

geographic borders for jurisdictions included 

in the UASI program. Guidance on 

jurisdiction definitions and the most recent 

list of UASI jurisdictions (see pages 22 and 

23) can be found at http://www.fema.gov/pdf/ 

government/grant/hsgp/ 

fy09_hsgp_guidance.pdf. 

Priority 2—LEAs That Have Not 

Previously Received a Grant Under the 

REMS Program (CFDA Number 84.184E) 

Under this priority, we give 

competitive preference to applications 

from LEAs that have not previously 

received a grant under this program 

(CFDA Number 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. 

Application Requirements: 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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applications, each LEA to be served by 

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 its 

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 (PreventionMitigation, 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 2008 NIMS requirements for tribal 

governments and local jurisdictions, 

including LEAs, can be found at: 

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

CurrentYearGuidance.shtm. 

Note: An LEA’s NIMS compliance must be 

achieved in close coordination with the local 

government and with recognition of the firstresponder capabilities held by the LEA and 

the local government. As LEAs are not 

traditional response organizations, firstresponder 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, 99, and 299. (b) The notice 

of final priorities and requirements, 

published elsewhere in this issue of the 

Federal Register. (c) 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 FR 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: 

$26,000,000. The actual level of 

funding, if any, depends on final 

Congressional action. However, we are 

inviting applications to allow enough 

time to complete the grant process if 

Congress appropriates funds to this 

program. Contingent upon the 

availability of funds and the quality of 

applications, we may make additional 

awards later in FY 2009 and in FY 2010 

from the list of unfunded applicants 

from this competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$100,000-$500,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$100,000 for a small-size LEA (1–20 

education facilities); $250,000 for a 

medium-size LEA (21–75 education 

facilities); and $500,000 for a large-size 

LEA (76 or more education facilities). 

Estimated Number of Awards: 104. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 18 months. 

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 

Number 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. 


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3. Other 

(a) Equitable Participation by Private 

School Children and Teachers 

Section 9501 of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act of 1965, as 

amended (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 

located in areas served by the grant 

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 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/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 or from the 

Education Publications Center (ED 

Pubs). To obtain a copy via the Internet, 

use the following address: http://www.

ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/

index.html. To obtain a copy from ED 

Pubs, write, fax, or call the following: 

Education Publications Center, P.O. Box 

1398, Jessup, MD 20794–1398. 

Telephone, toll free: 1–877–433–7827. 

Fax: (301) 470–1244. If you use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD), call, toll free: 1–877–576–7734. 

You can contact ED Pubs at its Web 

site, also: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/ 

edpubs.html or at its e-mail address: 

edpubs@inet.ed.gov. 

If you request an application from ED 

Pubs, be sure to identify this program or 

competition as follows: CFDA Number 

84.184E. 

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 or 

team 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: March 11, 

2009. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 14, 2009. 

Applications for grants under this 

competition may be submitted 

electronically using the Grants.gov 

Apply site (http://Grants.gov), 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 of 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: June 15, 2009. 

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 

We are participating as a partner in 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site. The REMS grant competition, 

CFDA number 84.184E, is included in 

this project. We request your 

participation in Grants.gov. 

If you choose to submit your 

application electronically, you must use 

the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply 

site at http://www.Grants.gov. Through 

this site, you will be able to download 

a copy of the application package, 

complete it offline, and then upload and 

submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant 

application to us. 

You may access the electronic grant 

application for the REMS grant 

competition at http://www.Grants.gov. 

You must search for the downloadable 

application package for this competition 

by the CFDA number. Do not include 

the CFDA number’s alpha suffix in your 

search (e.g., search for 84.184, not 

84.184E). 

Please note the following: 

• Your participation in Grants.gov is 

voluntary. 

• When you enter the Grants.gov site, 

you will find information about 

submitting an application electronically 

through the site, as well as the hours of 

operation. 

• Applications received by Grants.gov 

are date and time stamped. Your 

application must be fully uploaded and 

submitted and must be date and time 

stamped by the Grants.gov system no 

later than 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC 

time, on the application deadline date. 

Except as otherwise noted in this 

section, we will not accept your 

application if it is received—that is, date 

and time stamped by the Grants.gov 

system—after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, 

DC time, on the application deadline 

date. We do not consider an application 

that does not comply with the deadline 

requirements. When we retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov, we will 

notify you if we are rejecting your 

application because it was date and time 

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

the application deadline date. 

• The amount of time it can take to 

upload an application will vary 

depending on a variety of factors, 

including the size of the application and 

the speed of your Internet connection. 

Therefore, we strongly recommend that 

you do not wait until the application 

deadline date to begin the submission 

process through Grants.gov. 

• You should review and follow the 

Education Submission Procedures for 

submitting an application through 

Grants.gov that are included in the 

application package for this competition 

to ensure that you submit your 

application in a timely manner to the 

Grants.gov system. You can also find the 

Education Submission Procedures 

pertaining to Grants.gov at 

http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/ 

GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. 

• To submit your application via 

Grants.gov, you must complete all steps 

in the Grants.gov registration process 

(see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/ 

get_registered.jsp). These steps include 

(1) registering your organization, a 

multi-part process that includes 

registration with the Central Contractor 

Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself 

as an Authorized Organization 

Representative (AOR); and (3) getting 

authorized as an AOR by your 

organization. Details on these steps are 

outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step 

Registration Guide (see http:// 

www.grants.gov/section910/ 

Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). 

You also must provide on your 

application the same D-U-N-S Number 

used with this registration. Please note 

that the registration process may take 

five or more business days to complete, 

and you must have completed all 

registration steps to allow you to submit 

successfully an application via 

Grants.gov. In addition you will need to 

update your CCR registration on an 

annual basis. This may take three or 

more business days to complete. 

• 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. 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, you must submit all 

documents electronically, including all 

information you typically provide on 

the following forms: Application for 

Federal Assistance (SF 424), the 

Department of Education Supplemental 

Information for SF 424, Budget 

Information—Non-Construction 

Programs (ED 524), and all necessary 

assurances and certifications. 

• If you submit your application 

electronically, 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 passwordprotected file, we will not review that 

material. 

• Your electronic application must 

comply with any page-limit 

requirements described in this notice. 

• After you electronically submit 

your application, you will receive from 

Grants.gov an automatic notification of 

receipt that contains a Grants.gov 

tracking number. (This notification 

indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not 

receipt by the Department.) The 

Department then will retrieve your 

application from Grants.gov and send a 

second notification to you by e-mail. 

This second notification indicates that 

the Department has received your 

application and has assigned your 

application a PR/Award number (an EDspecified identifying number unique to 

your application). 

• We may request that you provide us 

original signatures on forms at a later 

date. 

Application Deadline Date Extension 

in Case of Technical Issues with the 

Grants.gov System: If you are 

experiencing problems submitting your 

application through Grants.gov, please 

contact the Grants.gov Support Desk, 

toll free, at 1–800–518–4726. You must 

obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number and must keep a record of it. 

If you are prevented from 

electronically submitting your 

application on the application deadline 

date because of technical problems with 

the Grants.gov system, we will grant you 

an extension until 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, the following 

business day to enable you to transmit 

your application electronically or by 

hand delivery. You also may mail your 

application by following the mailing 

instructions described elsewhere in this 

notice. 

If you submit an application after 

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

the application deadline date, please 

contact the person listed under For 

Further Information Contact in section 

VII of this notice and provide an 

explanation of the technical problem 

you experienced with Grants.gov, along 

with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case 

Number. We will accept your 

application if we can confirm that a 

technical problem occurred with the 

Grants.gov system and that that problem 

affected your ability to submit your 

application by 4:30:00 p.m., 

Washington, DC time, on the 

application deadline date. The 

Department will contact you after a 

determination is made on whether your 

application will be accepted. 

Note: The extensions to which we refer in 

this section apply only to the unavailability 

of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov 

system. We will not grant you an extension 

if you failed to fully register to submit your 

application to Grants.gov before the 

application deadline date and time or if the 

technical problem you experienced is 

unrelated to the Grants.gov system. 

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 


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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 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 in this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section in 

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. If you receive a multi-year 

award, you must submit an annual 

performance report that provides the 

most current performance and financial 

expenditure information as directed by 

the Secretary under 34 CFR 75.118. The 

Secretary may also require more 

frequent performance reports under 34 

CFR 75.720(c). For this competition, you 

must also submit an interim report nine 

months after the award date. 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, 

1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 800, 

Denver, CO 80204–2512. Telephone: 

(303) 346–0924 or by e-mail: 

sara.strizzi@ed.gov. 

If you use a TDD, call the Federal 

Relay Service, 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 in 

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. If you have questions about 

using PDF, call the U.S. Government 

Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1– 

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.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ 

index.html. 

Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

William Modzeleski, Acting Assistant 

Deputy Secretary for the Office of Safe 

and Drug-Free Schools to perform the 

functions of the Assistant Deputy 

Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free 

Schools. 

Dated: March 4, 2009. 

William Modzeleski, 

Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe 

and Drug-Free Schools. 

[FR Doc. E9–5099 Filed 3–10–09; 8:45 am] 

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