52136 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 179 / Monday, September 20, 2021 / Notices 

1See: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/ 

wr/mm7011a1.htm and https://www2.ed.gov/about/ 

offices/list/ocr/docs/20210608-impacts-ofcovid19.pdf. 

2See: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019- 

ncov/science/science-briefs/transmission_k_12_

schools.html. 

3 Ibid. 

4Section 2001(i) of the ARP Act. 

5See: 86 FR 21195 (April 22, 2021), available at 

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/ 

04/22/2021-08359/american-rescue-plan-actelementary-and-secondary-school-emergency-relieffund. 

6Section 18003(d) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 

and Economic Security (CARES) Act, Public Law 

116–136 (March 27, 2020), and section 313(d) of the 

Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental 

Appropriations (CRRSA) Act, 2021, Public Law 

116–260 (December 27, 2020), and section 

2001(e)(2) of the ARP Act permit an LEA to use 

a DS Logon credential and enrollment in 

DEERS. This information shall be used 

to establish an individual’s eligibility 

for DEERS enrollment and DS Logon 

credential issuance as a surrogate. 

Information is collected via the DD 

Form 3005, ‘‘Application for Surrogate 

Association for DoD Self-Service (DS) 

Logon,’’ and used to establish a record 

in DEERS and issue a DS Logon 

credential in accordance with DoDM 

1341.02, Volume 1. The information 

that is collected may be released to 

Federal and State agencies and private 

entities, on matters relating to 

utilization review, professional quality 

assurance, program integrity, civil and 

criminal litigation, and access to Federal 

government facilities, computer 

systems, networks, and controlled areas. 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

You may also submit comments and 

recommendations, identified by Docket 

ID number and title, by the following 

method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, Docket 

ID number, and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection proposal should be sent to 

Ms. Duncan at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddod-information-collections@mail.mil. 

Dated: September 13, 2021. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Project 

To Support America’s Families and 

Educators (Project SAFE) Grant 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for fiscal year (FY) 2021 

and FY 2022 for Project SAFE under the 

School Safety National Activities 

authority of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act (ESEA), 

Assistance Listing Number 84.184N. 

The Project SAFE grant program is 

intended to improve students’ safety 

and well-being by providing resources 

to local educational agencies (LEAs) that 

adopt and implement strategies to 

prevent the spread of the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) 

consistent with guidance from the 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC) and that are 

financially penalized for doing so by 

their State educational agency (SEA) or 

other State entity. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: September 

20, 2021. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: Applications will be 

reviewed and approved on a rolling, 

expedited basis contingent on the 

availability of funding. 

ADDRESSES: To submit an application, 

please email the completed and signed 

application, along with required 

attachments, to ProjectSAFE@ed.gov. 

The application template may be found 

at the following link: https://

oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-formulagrants/safe-supportive-schools/theproject-to-support-americas-familiesand-educators-project-safe/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Banks, Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, U.S. Department 

of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue 

SW, Room 3E257, Washington, DC 

20202–6244. Phone: 202–453–6704. 

Email: ProjectSAFE@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The Project 

SAFE grant program provides grants to 

eligible LEAs to improve student safety 

and well-being by advancing strategies 

consistent with CDC guidance to reduce 

transmission of COVID–19 in schools. 

Background: Since March 2020, the 

Nation’s students have experienced 

massive interruptions to in-person 

instruction as a result of the COVID–19 

pandemic. The pandemic has negatively 

impacted many students’ social, 

emotional, and mental well-being and 

academic achievement, and exacerbated 

pre-existing racial, socioeconomic, and 

other educational inequities.1 The 

Administration is committed to taking 

all necessary steps to support LEAs in 

providing every student the opportunity 

to safely learn in-person full-time 

during the 2021–2022 school year. 

CDC guidance makes clear that K–12 

schools can safely operate in-person by 

implementing layered prevention 

strategies (using multiple strategies 

together consistently).2 Studies show 

that schools that consistently 

implemented layered prevention 

strategies had levels of transmission 

lower than or similar to the rates in the 

communities in which they are located.3

Science-based strategies recommended 

by the CDC for preventing the spread of 

COVID–19 include promoting 

vaccination for staff and eligible 

students, universal and correct indoor 

masking, implementing screening 

testing, using contact tracing in 

combination with isolation and 

quarantine, improving ventilation, and 

maintaining physical distance to the 

maximum extent possible. 

To support LEAs in adopting and 

implementing strategies to sustain safe 

in-person instruction, the American 

Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP Act) 

requires each LEA that receives 

Elementary and Secondary School 

Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funds to 

adopt a plan for the safe return to inperson instruction and continuity of 

services.4 Under the Department’s 

interim final requirements for the ARP 

ESSER funds, the LEA must describe in 

its plan how it will maintain the health 

and safety of students, educators, and 

other staff and the extent to which it has 

adopted policies on CDC safety 

recommendations.5

In addition, the ARP Act is clear that 

it is within the LEA’s discretion 6 to use 

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ESSER funds for a broad range of allowable 

activities. Each section authorizes an LEA to use 

ESSER funds ‘‘for any of the following’’ activities. 

Accordingly, neither an SEA nor a State legislature 

has the authority to limit an LEA’s use of ESSER 

formula funds. See Question A–6 in the 

Department’s FAQ guidance: https://oese.ed.gov/ 

files/2021/05/ESSER.GEER_.FAQs_5.26.21_745AM_

FINALb0cd6833f6f46e03ba2d97d30aff953

260028045f9ef3b18ea602db4b32b1d99.pdf. 

7Section 2001(e)(2)(Q) of the ARP Act. 

8See: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019- 

ncov/science/science-briefs/transmission_k_12_

schools.html. 

9The letters are available to the public at https:// 

oese.ed.gov/offices/american-rescue-plan/ 

american-rescue-plan-elementary-and-secondaryschool-emergency-relief. 

10See: https://www.federalregister.gov/

documents/2021/08/23/2021-18223/ensuring-a-safe

-return-to-in-person-school-for-the-nationschildren. 

ARP ESSER funds (as well as ESSER 

funds granted through prior Federal 

pandemic relief funding) to implement 

policies in line with guidance from the 

CDC that support the reopening and 

operation of school facilities to 

effectively maintain health and safety.7

As noted, multiple studies have shown 

that transmission rates within school 

settings, when multiple prevention 

strategies are in place, are typically 

lower than or similar to community 

transmission levels.8 The 

Administration fully supports and 

encourages all school districts to adopt 

CDC-recommended prevention 

strategies in order to prevent 

transmission of COVID–19 in schools. 

However, some States have taken 

steps that restrict an LEA’s 

implementation of local health and 

safety policies aligned with CDC 

guidance, including the withholding of 

critical resources needed to support 

their implementation. For example, 

some States have prohibited or 

otherwise blocked LEAs from adopting 

universal masking strategies. The 

Department has issued letters of concern 

to these States 9 because trying to 

prevent school districts from adopting 

these policies puts the health and safety 

of students and school staff at greater 

risk and threatens the ability of school 

districts to safely sustain in-person 

instruction. Additionally, for example, 

some States have gone so far as to 

withhold resources from or impose 

financial penalties on LEAs that are 

following CDC guidance. 

On August 18, 2021, President Biden 

issued the ‘‘Memorandum on Ensuring 

a Safe Return to In-Person School for the 

Nation’s Children.’’ The Presidential 

Memorandum directs the Department 

‘‘to assess all available tools in taking 

action, as appropriate and consistent 

with applicable law, to ensure that: 

(i) Governors and other officials are 

taking all appropriate steps to prepare 

for a safe return to school for our 

Nation’s children, including not 

standing in the way of local leaders 

making such preparations; and 

(ii) Governors and other officials are 

giving students the opportunity to 

participate and remain in safe full-time, 

in-person learning without 

compromising their health or the health 

of their families or communities.’’ 

The Presidential Memorandum 

further notes that: ‘‘some State officials 

have even threatened to impose 

personal financial consequences on 

school officials who are working 

tirelessly to put student health and 

safety first and to comply with their 

legal obligations to their communities to 

further the essential goal of a safe, inperson education for all students. Our 

priority must be the safety of students, 

families, educators, and staff in our 

school communities. Nothing should 

interfere with this goal.’’ 10

Consequently, in cases where LEAs 

incur financial penalties related to the 

implementation of science-based 

strategies recommended by the CDC to 

prevent the spread of COVID–19 in 

schools and support sustained, full-time 

in-person learning, it is appropriate for 

the Department to provide grant 

assistance to help offset the impact of 

such financial penalties and support 

activities to improve student safety and 

well-being by advancing strategies 

consistent with CDC guidance to reduce 

transmission of COVID–19 in schools. 

Priority: This notice contains one 

absolute priority. We are establishing 

this priority for the FY 2021 and FY 

2022 Project SAFE grant program in 

accordance with section 437(d) of the 

General Education Provisions Act 

(GEPA), 20 U.S.C. 1232(d). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2021 and FY 

2022, this priority is an absolute 

priority. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we 

will consider only applications that 

meet the absolute priority. 

This priority is: 

Supporting LEAs’ and local education 

leaders’ efforts to improve student safety 

and well-being in LEAs that have been 

financially penalized by their SEA or 

other State entity for adopting and 

implementing strategies consistent with 

CDC guidance to prevent the spread of 

COVID–19. 

Under this absolute priority, the 

Department awards funds to support 

activities to improve student safety and 

well-being by advancing strategies 

consistent with CDC guidance to reduce 

transmission of COVID–19 in schools by 

addressing the harmful impact of 

disruptive State penalties imposed on 

the LEA for implementing strategies 

consistent with CDC guidance. These 

activities could include, for example, 

activities to facilitate the continued 

implementation of strategies aligned 

with CDC guidance, despite the Stateimposed penalty, and/or to maintain 

LEA and school stability, such as by 

enabling the LEA to maintain activities 

and/or staffing levels or compensation 

that would otherwise be negatively 

impacted or reduced due to financial 

penalties levied on the LEA for 

implementing strategies aligned with 

CDC guidance, including but not limited 

to a reduction in salaries for the 

superintendent or school board 

members. 

Waiver of Proposed Rulemaking: 

Under the Administrative Procedure Act 

(5 U.S.C. 553), the Department generally 

offers interested parties the opportunity 

to comment on proposed priorities and 

requirements. Section 437(d)(1) of 

GEPA, however, allows the Secretary to 

exempt from rulemaking requirements 

regulations governing the first grant 

competition under a new or 

substantially revised program authority. 

This is the first grant competition for 

this program under title IV, part F, 

subpart 3 of the Elementary and 

Secondary Education Act (ESEA) (20 

U.S.C. 7281) and therefore qualifies for 

this exemption. Section 437(d)(2) of 

GEPA allows the Secretary to exempt 

from rulemaking requirements 

regulations for which he determines that 

the requirements of this subsection will 

cause extreme hardship to the intended 

beneficiaries of the program affected by 

such regulations. The Secretary 

determined notice and comment 

rulemaking would cause extreme 

hardship by dangerously delaying 

critical health and safety measures for 

students, educators, and staff. Therefore 

this competition qualifies for this 

exemption as well. In order to ensure 

timely grant awards, the Secretary has 

decided to forgo public comment on the 

priorities and requirements under 

section 437(d) of GEPA. These priorities 

and requirements will apply to this FY 

2021/2022 grant competition and any 

subsequent year in which we make 

awards under this competition. 

Program Authority: Section 

4631(a)(1)(B) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 

7281(a)(1)(B)). 

Note: Projects will be awarded and must be 

operated in a manner consistent with the 

nondiscrimination requirements contained in 

Federal civil rights laws. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

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11See: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019- 

ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12- 

guidance.html. 

parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 97, 98, and 

99. (b) The Office of Management and 

Budget Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted and amended as 

regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 

part 3485. (c) The Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200, as 

adopted and amended as regulations of 

the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. 

Note: The open licensing requirement in 2 

CFR 3474.20 does not apply to this program. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: 

$3,200,000. 

Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000 

to $350,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$250,000. 

Maximum Award: The total amount of 

Project SAFE funds an LEA requests 

must not exceed the amount of the 

financial penalty for adopting and 

implementing CDC guidance that the 

LEA incurred or will incur during the 

project period. The Department may 

fund awards in whole, or in part, 

consistent with this notice, and may 

establish a maximum grant award level 

through a notice in the Federal Register 

in order to serve as many eligible 

applicants as possible. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 13. 

Note: The Department is not bound by any 

estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 12 months. The 

Department may structure an LEA’s 

award based on the timing of any 

anticipated future financial penalty. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: An LEA that— 

a. Has adopted a policy to implement 

and is implementing one or more of the 

strategies recommended in the CDC’s 

Guidance for COVID–19 Prevention in 

K–12 Schools, as may be updated.11 The 

most recent guidance incorporates the 

following strategies: 

(i) Promoting vaccination; 

(ii) Consistent and correct mask use; 

(iii) Physical distancing; 

(iv) Screening testing to promptly 

identify cases, clusters, and outbreaks; 

(v) Ventilation; 

(vi) Handwashing and respiratory 

etiquette; 

(vii) Staying home when sick and 

getting tested; 

(viii) Contact tracing, in combination 

with isolation and quarantine; and 

(ix) Cleaning and disinfection. 

b. Has incurred or will incur a 

financial penalty imposed by its SEA or 

other State entity, such as a reduction in 

funding, including but not limited to 

reduction in salaries for school board 

members or superintendents, due to 

implementation of one or more 

strategies described in paragraph (a); 

and 

c. To protect the safety and well-being 

of students, has continued at the time of 

application to implement such strategy 

or strategies for which the penalty was 

imposed and commits to maintain such 

strategy or strategies to the extent 

consistent with CDC guidance for the 

2021–2022 school year. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

b. Administrative Cost Limitation: 

This program does not include any 

program-specific limitation on 

administrative expenses. All 

administrative expenses must be 

reasonable and necessary and conform 

to Cost Principles described in 2 CFR 

part 200 subpart E of the Uniform 

Guidance. 

3. Subgrantees: A grantee under this 

competition may not award subgrants to 

entities to directly carry out activities 

described in its application. 

IV. Application and Submission 

Information 

1. Application: Applicants are 

required to certify in their application 

that they meet the eligibility 

requirements. In addition to this 

certification, applicants must include 

with their application an electronic 

copy of— 

a. The enacted LEA policy that 

demonstrates that the LEA has adopted 

one or more strategies as recommended 

in the CDC’s Guidance for COVID–19 

Prevention in K–12 Schools available at 

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019- 

ncov/community/schools-childcare/k12-guidance.html, as listed in the 

eligibility requirements; 

b. The SEA or other State entity 

notification of a financial penalty levied 

due to the LEA’s adoption of such 

strategy or strategies, which includes 

the amount and duration of such 

penalty (to the extent available); and 

c. An assurance from the LEA 

superintendent or authorized 

representative that the LEA leadership 

will continue implementing the 

prevention strategy or strategies to the 

extent consistent with CDC guidance for 

the duration of the 2021–2022 school 

year. 

The application must also describe 

the amount of the financial penalty 

specified in the notification from the 

SEA or other State entity that has 

already been levied at the time of the 

application and the anticipated amount 

of any future financial penalty that will 

be levied during the 12-month period 

beginning on the date of application. 

2. Budget: Applicants are required to 

include a budget that includes the total 

amount requested and the proposed use 

of grant funds consistent with the 

absolute priority. The total amount 

requested must not exceed the amount 

of the financial penalty the LEA already 

incurred at the time of application and 

will incur within the 12-month period 

following the date of application. 

3. Intergovernmental Review: This 

competition is subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. However, under 34 CFR 

79.8(a), we waive intergovernmental 

review in order to make awards on an 

expedited basis. 

4. Funding Restrictions: We reference 

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Review: Program staff will screen 

all applications to eliminate any 

applications that do not meet the 

eligibility requirements or are 

incomplete and review applicant 

budgets to ensure they meet the absolute 

priority and that costs are allowable. 

Applications will be accepted on a 

rolling basis and approved as they are 

reviewed and determined by program 

staff to meet all requirements. If it 

becomes necessary to prioritize 

applications due to limited availability 

of funds, the Department may consider 

additional factors including whether an 

LEA has Federal pandemic recovery 

funds available to meet the purposes of 

the grant. 

2. Selection Process: We remind 

potential applicants that in reviewing 

applications in any discretionary grant 

competition, the Secretary may 

consider, under 34 CFR 75.217(d)(3), the 

past performance of the applicant in 

carrying out a previous award, such as 

the applicant’s use of funds, 

achievement of project objectives, and 

compliance with grant conditions. The 

Secretary may also consider whether the 

applicant failed to submit a timely 

performance report or submitted a 

report of unacceptable quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary requires 

various assurances, including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

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or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department (34 CFR 

100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this competition the Department 

conducts a review of the risks posed by 

applicants. Under 2 CFR 200.208, the 

Secretary may impose specific 

conditions and, under 2 CFR 3474.10, in 

appropriate circumstances, high-risk 

conditions on a grant if the applicant or 

grantee is not financially stable; has a 

history of unsatisfactory performance; 

has a financial or other management 

system that does not meet the standards 

in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

4. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 

CFR 200.206(a)(2) we must make a 

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through the System for 

Award Management. You may review 

and comment on any information about 

yourself that a Federal agency 

previously entered and that is currently 

in FAPIIS. 

Please note that, if the total value of 

your currently active grants, cooperative 

agreements, and procurement contracts 

from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII, 

require you to report certain integrity 

information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review the requirements in 2 CFR 

part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant 

plus all the other Federal funds you 

receive exceed $10,000,000. 

5. In General: In accordance with the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

guidance located at 2 CFR part 200, all 

applicable Federal laws, and relevant 

Executive guidance, the Department 

will review and consider applications 

for funding pursuant to this notice 

inviting applications in accordance 

with: 

(a) Selecting recipients most likely to 

be successful in delivering results based 

on the program objectives through an 

objective process of evaluating Federal 

award applications (2 CFR 200.205); 

(b) Prohibiting the purchase of certain 

telecommunication and video 

surveillance services or equipment in 

alignment with section 889 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act of 

2019 (Pub. L. 115–232) (2 CFR 200.216); 

(c) Providing a preference, to the 

extent permitted by law, to maximize 

use of goods, products, and materials 

produced in the United States (2 CFR 

200.322); and 

(d) Terminating agreements in whole 

or in part to the greatest extent 

authorized by law if an award no longer 

effectuates the program goals or agency 

priorities (2 CFR 200.340). 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Termination of Award: An LEA that 

receives a Project SAFE grant must 

notify the Department if its financial 

penalty is terminated, whether by the 

SEA, another State entity, or a judicial 

proceeding. The Department may 

discontinue an award and terminate the 

grant (i.e., prevent future grantee draw 

downs) if the LEA is no longer subject 

to a financial penalty required for 

eligibility. 

2. 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); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your GAN. We may notify 

you informally, also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

3. 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. 

4. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. For specific 

requirements on reporting, please go to 

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

appforms/appforms.html. 

5. Performance Measure: For purposes 

of the Government Performance and 

Results Act of 1993 and for Department 

reporting under 34 CFR 75.110, the 

Department has established the 

following performance measure for this 

program: The percentage of LEAs 

receiving Project SAFE grants that 

report that they are continuing to 

protect students’ safety and well-being 

by implementing specific COVID–19 

prevention strategies aligned with the 

most recent CDC guidance. The 

Department’s target for grantees meeting 

this measure is 100 percent. 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requester with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, or 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

documents of this Department 

published in the Federal Register, in 

text or Portable Document Format 

(PDF). To use PDF you must have 

Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is 

available free at the site. 

You may also access documents of the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at: www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Ian Rosenblum, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Programs, Delegated the Authority to Perform 

the Functions and Duties of the Assistant 

Secretary, Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

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