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May 10, 2007

Part II

Department of
Education
Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program—
Notice of Final Priorities, Requirements,
Selection Criteria, and Definitions; and
Notice Inviting Applications for New
Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007; Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION resources and services. Creating and developing community-wide


implementing the comprehensive plan approaches to creating safe and drug-
RIN 1865–ZA04
allows an applicant to prevent youth free schools * * *’’ (House of
Safe Schools/Healthy Students drug use and violence, promote safe Representatives Report 105–825, to
Program environments and prosocial skills, and accompany H.R. 4328, Making Omnibus
provide for healthy child development. Consolidated and Emergency
AGENCY: Office of Safe and Drug-Free The establishment in this notice of Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal
Schools, Department of Education. priorities, requirements, selection Year 1999).
ACTION: Notice of final priorities, criteria, and definitions is designed to The SS/HS initiative recognizes the
requirements, selection criteria, and describe more clearly our vision for this importance of community partners in
definitions. important initiative and provide creating a comprehensive, coordinated
prospective applicants with additional plan for meeting the initiative’s very
SUMMARY: The Assistant Deputy insight into the program and its broad goals, as demonstrated by the
Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free requirements. requirement that every application
Schools announces priorities, We published a notice of proposed include a partnership among a local
requirements, selection criteria, and priorities, requirements, selection school district, a local public mental
definitions under the Safe Schools/ criteria, and definitions for this program health authority, and local law
Healthy Students program. The in the Federal Register on February 27, enforcement and juvenile justice
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and 2007 (72 FR 8704). entities. However, we continue to
Drug-Free Schools may use these Except for minor editorial and believe that an LEA is the entity best
priorities, requirements, selection technical revisions, there are no positioned to take the lead in
criteria, and definitions for competitions differences between the notice of developing and implementing a
in fiscal year (FY) 2007 and later years. proposed priorities, requirements, comprehensive set of strategies and
We take this action to focus Federal selection criteria, and definitions and activities that significantly improves the
financial assistance on safe, respectful, this notice of final priorities, school environment and climate.
and drug-free learning environments requirements, selection criteria, and Community-based organizations are
and healthy childhood development, as definitions. often well suited to implement effective
well as to support the implementation prevention programs for students and
Analysis of Comments and Changes
and enhancement of integrated, families and can be an important
comprehensive, community-wide plans In response to our invitation in the partner in a SS/HS project, but these
designed to meet these goals. notice of proposed priorities, organizations may lack the level of
EFFECTIVE DATE: These priorities,
requirements, selection criteria, and control and oversight of school settings
requirements, selection criteria, and definitions, five parties submitted needed to implement effective,
definitions are effective June 11, 2007. comments. An analysis of the comments comprehensive school-based projects.
follows. Change: None.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Generally, we do not address Comment: Two commenters
Karen Dorsey, U.S. Department of technical and other minor changes or expressed concern about the elimination
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., suggested changes we are not authorized of the previous SS/HS eligibility
room 3E336, Washington, DC 20202– to make under the applicable statutory requirement that barred former SS/HS
6200. Telephone: (202) 708–4674 or via authority. grant recipients from applying for a
e-mail: karen.dorsey@ed.gov. Comment: One commenter second SS/HS grant. One commenter
If you use a telecommunications recommended that community felt that this change might reduce the
device for the deaf (TDD), you may call organizations be allowed to apply number of awards made to small, rural
the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1– directly for an SS/HS grant. The districts. Specifically, the commenter
800–877–8339. commenter expressed concern that by was concerned that small, rural districts
Individuals with disabilities may limiting eligibility to local educational may be unable to compete with larger
obtain this document in an alternative agencies (LEAs), the Department would LEAs that frequently have dedicated
format (e.g., Braille, large print, exclude some communities from resources for grant writing.
audiotape, or computer diskette) on receiving much needed Federal The other commenter asserted that the
request to the contact person listed resources. The commenter noted that advantages realized by receiving a
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION while schools are interested in having SS/HS grant, including the ability to
CONTACT.
an intervention implemented, that leverage additional resources, are so
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Safe interest wanes when they discover that significant that previous recipients
Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) grant they have to be the entity applying for should not be eligible to compete for
program draws on the best practices of funding because they feel they are another SS/HS grant.
the education, justice, social service, unable to commit the necessary time Discussion: In developing the notice
and mental health systems to provide a and resources to coordinate, manage, of proposed priorities, requirements,
continuum of activities, curricula, and implement a grant. selection criteria, and definitions, we
programs and services designed to Discussion: The U.S. Departments of carefully considered whether or not to
increase protective factors and reduce Education, Health and Human Services, eliminate the restriction on eligibility
risk as an effective way to promote and Justice initially designed the SS/HS for previous SS/HS grantees. The
healthy child development and address initiative in response to direction from proposal to eliminate the restriction was
the problems of school violence and Congress. The conference committee based in significant part on the unique
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alcohol and other drug abuse. report that accompanied the initial needs of LEAs with very large
Key to the SS/HS grant program is funding appropriated for SS/HS in FY enrollments or States and territories
creating and implementing a 1999 instructed the Federal agencies to whose governance structure includes
comprehensive plan that addresses ‘‘promote safe learning environments for only a single LEA. In these cases, SS/HS
specific needs, gaps, or weaknesses in students’’ through competitive grants funds from a single grant, though
services and builds on available ‘‘to local educational agencies for significant, were not sufficient to reach

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all schools and sub-regions in the LEA. not previously received SS/HS funding apply these definitions to the SS/HS
We believe that eliminating this given that prior recipients will now be program.
restriction provides an opportunity for allowed to compete for funding. Discussion: As stated by the
an LEA to compete for additional We are not restricting the ability of an commenter, local substance abuse
support to realize its goal of creating a ESA to propose programs used in a prevention agencies and/or behavioral
safer learning environment for all of its previous SS/HS project, provided that health authorities exist in many
schools or sub-regions. To ensure that different LEAs are being served under localities, but this is not true for every
former SS/HS grant recipients do not the new SS/HS project. community and every State. Some
receive new SS/HS awards to sustain Priority 1 does not address the issue States and many localities do not have
their original projects, we proposed to of whether or not an applicant is a prior independent substance abuse
require that former SS/HS grant recipient or a new applicant for SS/HS prevention agencies but combine
recipients submit a program-specific funding. Priority 2 provides a priority responsibilities for substance abuse
assurance stating that if awarded, the for new applicants, but ESAs that have prevention, intervention, and treatment
project will not serve those schools or previously received a SS/HS grant with behavioral health, mental health,
sub-regions that were served by the first would not be considered new public health, or even child welfare.
SS/HS project. applicants, even if their applications Because of the variation in State and
Additionally, we recognize that all were designed to serve LEAs that had local government structures, we would
previous grantees, not just large LEAs not received services under a previous not easily be able to determine if local
with dedicated grant-writing personnel, SS/HS project. The priority is designed agencies for substance abuse prevention
have experience with the initiative that to help applicants that have not exist in each applicant’s jurisdiction
may assist them in preparing received SS/HS funds compete and, thus, we would not be able to make
competitive grant applications. In an effectively with prior recipients that an accurate and efficient determination
effort to level the playing field and have had the advantage of designing and regarding an applicant’s eligibility.
balance the interests of small, large, Applicants are required to address, in
implementing a successful SS/HS
rural, and urban LEAs, as well as those their preliminary and final MOAs
project. Permitting an ESA with a prior
of prior SS/HS grant recipients and of among the required SS/HS partners, as
SS/HS grant award to be eligible under
LEAs that have not yet received a SS/ well as in their responses to the
this priority (even when it would
HS grant, we plan to award a preference selection criteria, how multiple and
implement activities in new schools or
for LEAs that have not received a SS/HS diverse sectors of the community have
LEAs) would run counter to our
grant. Our experience with other grant been and will continue to be involved
objective in establishing Priority 2
competitions suggests that this strategy in the design, implementation, and
because those ESAs have used a
generally helps novice applicants continuous improvement of the project.
previous grant to gain experience that
compete effectively with entities that Those LEAs situated in localities with a
they can build upon in serving new separate local substance abuse
have previously received grants and
schools and LEAs. prevention agency could include the
implemented discretionary grant
Change: None. separate local substance abuse
projects.
Change: None. Comment: One commenter suggested prevention agency in their
Comment: One commenter requested that we change the application Comprehensive Plan and as a SS/HS
that an educational service agency requirements and definitions to require partner and describe the participation of
(ESA) that has previously received a that applicants for SS/HS funds that agency in their application. The
SS/HS grant on behalf of several of its demonstrate the participation in their final MOA from a partnership that
member districts be able to apply on projects of local agencies working to includes a separate local substance
behalf of other LEAs that were not part prevent substance abuse. Specifically, abuse prevention agency could also
of the previous SS/HS project. This the commenter recommended that the include details about the proposed
commenter also requested that the ESA application requirement for a procedures to be used for referral,
be able to implement with the new preliminary memorandum of agreement treatment, and follow-up for students
LEAs the same activities previously (MOA) be modified to require the receiving substance abuse services to be
implemented as part of a prior SS/HS addition of a local substance abuse provided by or coordinated by the local
grant received by the ESA. Finally, the prevention agency as a partner or, substance abuse prevention agency.
commenter requested that ESAs that alternatively, that the local behavioral Change: None.
have previously received a SS/HS grant health authority be included if a single Comment: None.
and are submitting a new application on authority is responsible for both mental Discussion: The notice of proposed
behalf of LEAs not served by the prior health and substance abuse services. priorities, requirements, selection
grant be considered new applicants The commenter felt that requiring the criteria, and definitions proposed that
under Priority 2. inclusion of such agencies would previous SS/HS grant recipients be
Discussion: The notice of proposed enhance efforts to prevent youth allowed to compete for additional
priorities, requirements, selection violence and promote healthy youth SS/HS funding provided that the
criteria, and definitions did not propose development. applicants submit a program-specific
to continue the prohibition on an LEA The commenter also suggested that assurance with their grant applications.
receiving a second SS/HS grant that was the contents of the required final MOA In this assurance, an applicant would
established in the notice of final be expanded to include details about the state that the scope of work contained
priorities for the program published in procedures to be used for referral, in the grant application is new and that
the Federal Register on May 28, 2004 treatment, and follow-up for students funding, if awarded, will not be used to
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(69 FR 30756). Instead, through Priority receiving substance abuse services. sustain activities, programs, curricula,
2, we proposed to establish a priority for Additionally, the commenter proposed or services provided to a population
LEAs that have not previously received definitions for the terms ‘‘local during the first SS/HS grant.
a SS/HS grant at any time. This substance abuse prevention agency’’ Although we did not receive any
preference is designed to help level the and/or ‘‘behavioral health authority,’’ comments about the proposed
playing field for applicants that have and requested that the Department assurance, we were contacted by some

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LEAs that have previously received a that meet the priority (34 CFR Application and Eligibility
SS/HS grant award, seeking clarification 75.105(c)(3)). Requirements
about the proposed assurance. Based on Competitive preference priority:
these contacts, we believe that the The applicant must meet the
Under a competitive preference priority
language for the assurance proposed in following requirements:
we give competitive preference to an
the notice of proposed priorities, application by either (1) Awarding 1. Program-Specific Assurances for
requirements, selection criteria, and additional points, depending on how Former SS/HS Grant Recipients. For
definitions may not have clearly well or the extent to which the those LEAs that have previously
conveyed our intent. application meets the competitive received funds or services (or for those
Our rationale for eliminating the priority (34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2) LEA consortia that include a member
restriction on eligibility that prohibited selecting an application that meets the LEA that has received funds or services)
recipients of a SS/HS grant from competitive priority over an application under the SS/HS program, a program-
applying for a subsequent grant is that, of comparable merit that does not meet specific assurance must be submitted as
despite the size of SS/HS grants, some the priority (34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(ii)). part of the SS/HS application. All
very large LEAs were not eligible to Invitational priority: Under an participating LEAs in a proposed
apply for sufficient funding to design invitational priority we are particularly consortium project must sign this
and implement a comprehensive SS/HS interested in applications that meet the program-specific assurance. The
plan district-wide and that such LEAs invitational priority. However, we do assurance must state that, if awarded,
would not have been able to include all not give an application that meets the the project will not serve those schools
of their schools or sub-regions in their invitational priority a competitive or or sub-regions served by the first SS/HS
first SS/HS projects. Our intent was to absolute preference over other project. Applications from prior SS/HS
provide an opportunity for these LEAs applications (34 CFR 75.105(c)(1)). grant recipients (or from a consortium
to implement activities, curricula, that includes an LEA that has
programs, and services to those schools Priorities previously received SS/HS funds or
or sub-regions that were not served by Priority 1—Comprehensive Plan services) that do not include the
the first SS/HS project. We did not program-specific assurance will be
intend to limit the activities, programs, This priority supports projects of rejected and not considered for funding.
curricula, or services that can be LEAs proposing to implement an 2. Funding Limits for Applicants. An
included in a new application for integrated, comprehensive community- applicant’s request for funding must not
schools not previously served, nor did wide plan designed to create safe, exceed the following maximum
we intend this to provide an respectful, and drug-free school amounts, based on student enrollment
opportunity for prior recipients to environments and promote prosocial data, for any of the project’s four 12-
‘‘redo’’ a SS/HS project in the schools skills and healthy childhood month budget periods: $2,250,000 for an
and sub-regions that were served by the development. Plans must focus LEA with at least 35,000 students;
first SS/HS project. activities, curricula, programs, and $1,500,000 for an LEA with at least
We expect current and former SS/HS services in a manner that responds to 5,000 students but fewer than 35,000
grantees to use the resources provided the community’s existing needs, gaps, or students; and $750,000 for an LEA with
by the SS/HS initiative (direct grant weaknesses in areas related to the five fewer than 5,000 students. In applying
funds as well as technical assistance comprehensive plan elements: these maximums, applicants must use
resources) and their strong community • Element One—Safe School the most recent student enrollment data
partnerships to create the system and Environments and Violence Prevention from the National Center for Education
institutional changes needed to sustain Activities. Statistics’ (NCES) Common Core of Data
SS/HS activities, curricula programs, • Element Two—Alcohol, Tobacco, (CCD) as posted on the NCES Web site.
and services after Federal funding has and Other Drug Prevention Activities. In the case of consortium applicants, the
ended. • Element Three—Student maximum funding request is based on
Change: We have modified the text of Behavioral, Social, and Emotional the combined student enrollment data
the assurance to clarify our intent in Supports. for the participating LEAs. Department
requiring this assurance. LEAs that have • Element Four—Mental Health of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
received funds or services (or for those Services. Education-funded schools that are not
LEA consortia that include a member • Element Five—Early Childhood included in the NCES database and
LEA that has received funds or services) Social and Emotional Learning request grant funds that exceed
under the SS/HS program must submit Programs. $750,000 for any of the project’s four 12-
a program-specific assurance as part of month budget periods must provide
the SS/HS application. That assurance Priority 2—LEAs That Have Not documentation of enrollment data.
must state that, if awarded, the project Previously Received a Grant or Services
3. Preliminary MOA. Each applicant
will not serve those schools or sub- Under the Safe Schools/Healthy
must include in its application a
regions that were served by the first Students Initiative
preliminary MOA that is signed by the
SS/HS project. Under this priority, we give priority to authorized representatives of the LEA,
Note: This notice does not solicit applications from LEAs that have not the local juvenile justice agency, the
applications. In any year in which we choose yet received a grant under this program local law enforcement agency, and the
to use this priority, we invite applications as an applicant or as a member of a local public mental health authority—
through a notice in the Federal Register. consortium. In order for a consortium the required SS/HS partners. For
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When inviting applications we designate a application to be eligible under this consortium applicants, the preliminary
priority as absolute, competitive preference, priority, no member of the LEA MOA must be signed by the authorized
or invitational. The effect of each type of consortium may have received a grant or representatives of each member LEA
priority follows:
services under this program as an and by the authorized representatives of
Absolute priority: Under an absolute applicant or as a member of a each corresponding required SS/HS
priority we consider only applications consortium applicant. partner for each member LEA.

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Additionally, the preliminary MOA project director in the day-to-day 2. Goals and Objectives
must: management of the project; (a) The extent to which the
(a) Include information that supports (d) Any needed revisions to the applicant’s project narrative and logic
the selection of each identified SS/HS process for involving multiple and model specify one or more goals for
required partner that has signed the diverse sectors of the community in the each of the five SS/HS elements and to
preliminary MOA; implementation and continuous which the goals are clearly linked to the
(b) Demonstrate the support and improvement of the project; needs and gaps identified in the
commitment of the required SS/HS (e) A final logic model that identifies community assessment.
partners to implement and sustain the needs or gaps and connects those needs (b) The extent to which the objectives
project if funded; or gaps with corresponding project identified in the applicant’s project
(c) Name a core management team of goals, objectives, activities, partners’ narrative and logic model are
senior representatives from the required roles, outcomes, and outcome measures measurable and linked to each of the
partners, and clearly define how each for each of the SS/HS elements; stated goals.
member of the team will support the (f) A description of each partner’s
project director in the day-to-day financial responsibility for the services 3. Project Design
management of the project; that it will provide, along with the (a) The extent to which the
(d) Describe how multiple and diverse conditions and terms of responsibility applicant’s project narrative and logic
sectors of the community, including for those services, including the quality, model propose activities, curricula,
parents and students, have been and accountability, and coordination of programs, and services that will address
will continue to be involved in the services as they relate to achieving the each of the goals and objectives of the
design, implementation, and continuous goals, objectives, and outcomes of the proposed project.
improvement of the project; and project; (b) The extent to which activities,
(e) Include, as an attachment, a logic (g) A description of the procedures to curricula, programs, and services
model (a graphic representation of the be used for referral, treatment, and proposed by the applicant are evidence-
project in chart format) that identifies follow-up for children and adolescents based or reflect current research and
needs or gaps and connects those needs in need of mental health services and an effective practice, and are appropriate
or gaps with corresponding project assurance that the local public mental for the age and developmental levels,
goals, objectives, activities, partners’ health authority will provide gender, and cultural diversity of the
roles, outcomes, and outcome measures administrative control and/or oversight target population.
for each of the SS/HS elements. of the delivery of mental health services;
4. Evaluation
Applications that do not include the and
(h) Any other necessary revisions to (a) The extent to which the
preliminary MOA signed by the
information furnished in the applicant’s project narrative describes a
authorized representatives of each of the
preliminary MOA. plan for regularly monitoring program
required SS/HS partners (the LEA, the
Funding Restrictions: The funding implementation and identifies process
local juvenile justice agency, the local
restrictions for this program are: measures that the applicant will use to
law enforcement agency, and the local
1. No less than seven percent of a assess the quality and completeness of
public mental health authority) and the
grantee’s budget for each year must be the activities planned under the grant.
logic model will be rejected and not (b) The extent to which the
used to support costs associated with
considered for funding. applicant’s project narrative and logic
local evaluation activities.
4. Final MOA. If funded, grant model identify outcomes that are clearly
2. No more than 10 percent of the
recipients must complete a final MOA. linked to the identified objectives and
total budget for each project year may be
The final MOA must be signed by the activities for the project, and specify
used to support costs associated with
authorized representatives of the LEA, how outcomes will be measured.
security equipment, security personnel,
the local juvenile justice agency, the
and minor remodeling of school 5. Management
local law enforcement agency, and the
facilities to improve school safety.
local public mental health authority— (a) The extent to which the applicant
the required SS/HS partners. For Selection Criteria describes a management plan adequate
consortium applicants, the final MOA The selection criteria for this program to achieve the objectives of the proposed
must be signed by the authorized are: program on time and within budget,
representative for each member LEA including clearly defined
and the authorized representative for 1. Community Assessment responsibilities of partners, staff, and
each of the corresponding required SS/ (a) The extent to which the applicant contracted service providers, and
HS partners for each member LEA. The describes individual, family, school, milestones for accomplishing project
final MOA must also include the and community risk and protective tasks.
following: factors that relate to the five SS/HS (b) The extent to which the applicant
(a) Information that supports the elements and that will be addressed by provides, in the project narrative and
selection of each identified SS/HS the project. the preliminary MOA, information
required partner that has signed the (b) The extent to which the applicant about any preexisting partnership
final MOA; describes student problem behaviors as involving the required SS/HS partners
(b) Any needed revisions to the they relate to the five SS/HS elements and about accomplishments of that
statement of support and commitment and how they will be addressed by the partnership that are directly related to
for each of the required SS/HS partners project. the five SS/HS elements.
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to implement and sustain the project; (c) The extent to which the applicant (c) The extent to which the applicant
(c) A final roster of the core identifies, in the project narrative and describes, in the project narrative and in
management team of senior the logic model, needs and gaps related the preliminary MOA, a core
representatives from the required SS/HS to the five SS/HS elements that are not management team that is appropriate
partners that clearly defines how each addressed by current services and and adequate to achieve the project’s
member of the team will support the programs. objectives and support the project

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director in day-to-day management of oversight of mental health services established six selection criteria, with
the project. delivery within the community. only 15 sub-criteria.
(d) The extent to which the applicant The proposed changes to the
Executive Order 12866 information collection do not change
describes, in the project narrative and in
the preliminary MOA, how multiple This notice of final priorities, the estimated 26 hours needed to review
and diverse sectors of the community, requirements, selection criteria, and the instructions, search existing data
including students and families, have definitions has been reviewed in sources, gather needed data, prepare
been and will continue to be involved accordance with Executive Order 12866. and review responses. The elimination
in the design, implementation, and Under the terms of the order, we have of one of the elements in the absolute
continuous improvement of the project. assessed the potential costs and benefits priority and the elimination of 10 sub-
(e) The extent to which the applicant of this regulatory action. criteria provide more than enough time
describes a plan to develop data systems The potential costs associated with for applicants to respond to new
that will be used to support decision the notice of final priorities, requirements (i.e., signatures on the
making processes established for the requirements, selection criteria, and program-specific assurance and
grant, including the use of technology. definitions are those resulting from completing a logic model).
statutory requirements and those we In this notice, we have established a
6. Budget have determined as necessary for priority for LEAs that have not
The extent to which the proposed administering this program effectively previously received a grant or services
budget and budget narrative correspond and efficiently. under the SS/HS Initiative. To receive
to the project design and are reasonable In assessing the potential costs and priority, applicants will be required to
in relation to the numbers of students benefits—both quantitative and submit a program-specific assurance.
and staff and to the identified objectives qualitative—of this notice of final This new information collection
to be achieved. priorities, requirements, selection requirement is primarily cosmetic, as
criteria, and definitions, we have the application will include a form
Additional Selection Factors determined that the benefits of this requiring the authorized representative’s
The following factors may be regulatory action justify the costs. signature for the applicant; for
considered in selecting an application We have also determined that this consortium applicants it would require
for an award: (1) Geographic regulatory action does not unduly the signatures from the authorized
distribution; and (2) diversity of interfere with State, local, and tribal representative from all participating
activities addressed by the projects. governments in the exercise of their LEAs, but again, the elimination of the
governmental functions. sub-criteria more than offsets this.
Definitions We fully discussed the costs and The current approved information
1. Authorized representative means— benefits in the notice of proposed collection requires applicants to submit
the official within an organization with priorities, requirements, selection two different MOAs with the
the legal authority to give assurances, criteria, and definitions. application. We are requiring applicants
make commitments, enter into to submit a single preliminary MOA
contracts, and execute such documents Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
with the application and a final MOA
on behalf of the organization as may be Certain sections of the proposed submitted post award. The proposed
required by the U.S. Department of priorities, requirements, and selection collection does require submission of a
Education (the Department), including criteria for the SS/HS grant program logic model, but this requirement adds
certification that commitments made on contain information collection little burden as the applicant need only
grant proposals will be honored and that requirements already approved by the present a subset of the narrative
the applicant agrees to comply with the Office of Management and Budget information in a chart format.
Department’s regulations, guidelines, (OMB) under OMB control number If you want to comment on the
and policies. 1865–0004 (1890–0001). The proposed information collection
2. Local juvenile justice agency Department does not believe the requirements, send your comments to
means—an agency or entity at the local proposed priorities, requirements, and the Office of Information and Regulatory
level that is officially recognized by selection criteria will change the current Affairs, OMB, Attention: Desk Officer
State or local government to address approved burden for 1865–0004 (1890– for U.S. Department of Education by
juvenile justice issues in the 0001). However, as required by the PRA, e-mail to OIRA_DOCKET@omb.eop.gov
communities to be served by the grant. the Department has submitted 1865– or by fax to (202) 395–6974. You may
Examples of juvenile justice agencies 0004 (1890–0001) to OMB for a revised also send a copy of these comments to
include: juvenile justice task forces; information collection clearance. the Department contact named in the
juvenile justice centers; juvenile or The current absolute priority for the addresses section of this notice.
family courts; juvenile probation SS/HS grant program includes six
agencies; and juvenile corrections elements that an applicant’s Intergovernmental Review
agencies. comprehensive plan must address. This This program is subject to Executive
3. Local law enforcement agency notice proposes to reduce the elements Order 12372 and the regulations in 34
means—the agency (or agencies) that from six to five. While this notice CFR part 79. One of the objectives of the
has law enforcement authority for the establishes two new requirements, we Executive order is to foster an
LEA. Examples of local law enforcement have eliminated the requirement that intergovernmental partnership and a
agencies include: municipal, county, applicants submit a MOA for mental strengthened federalism. The Executive
and State police; tribal police and health services. Also, we have order relies on processes developed by
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councils; and sheriffs’ departments. established fewer program-specific State and local governments for
4. Local public mental health selection criteria. The current approved coordination and review of proposed
authority means—the entity legally information collection contains seven Federal financial assistance.
constituted (directly or through contract selection criteria with a total of 25 sub- This document provides early
with the State mental health authority) criteria to which applicants must notification of our specific plans and
to provide administrative control or respond. In this notice, we have actions for this program.

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Electronic Access to This Document and promote healthy childhood competition (Definitions for important
You may view this document, as well development. terms associated with this competition
as all other Department of Education Priorities: These priorities are from can be found in the notice of final
documents published in the Federal the notice of final priorities, priorities, requirements, selection
Register, in text or Adobe Portable requirements, selection criteria, and criteria, and definitions published
Document Format (PDF) on the Internet definitions for this program, published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal
at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/ elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.):
Register. (1) Program-Specific Assurances for
news/fedregister.
To use PDF you must have Adobe Absolute Priority: For FY 2007 and Former SS/HS Grant Recipients. For
Acrobat Reader, which is available free any subsequent year in which we make those LEAs that have previously
at this site. If you have questions about awards based on the list of unfunded received funds or services (or for those
using PDF, call the U.S. Government applicants from this competition, this LEA consortia that include a member
Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 LEA that has received funds or services)
1–888–293–6498; or in the Washington, CFR 75.105(c)(3) we consider only those under the SS/HS program, a program-
applications that meet this priority. specific assurance must be submitted as
DC, area at (202) 512–1530.
You may also view this document in This priority is: part of the SS/HS application. All
text at the following sites: http:// participating LEAs in a proposed
Comprehensive Plan consortium project must sign this
www.ed.gov/programs/dvpsafeschools/
This priority supports projects of local program-specific assurance. The
applicant.html. http://
educational agencies (LEAs) proposing assurance must state that, if awarded,
www.sshs.samhsa.gov.
to implement an integrated, the project will not serve those schools
Note: The official version of this document comprehensive community-wide plan or sub-regions that were served by the
is the document published in the Federal designed to create safe, respectful, and first SS/HS project. Applications from
Register. Free Internet access to the official
edition of the Federal Register and the Code drug-free school environments and prior SS/HS grant recipients (or from a
of Federal Regulations is available on GPO promote prosocial skills and healthy consortium that includes an LEA that
Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/ childhood development. Plans must has previously received SS/HS funds or
index.html. focus activities, curricula, programs, services) that do not include the
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance and services in a manner that responds program-specific assurance will be
Number 84.184L Safe Schools/Healthy to the community’s existing needs, gaps, rejected and not considered for funding.
Students Program.) or weaknesses in areas related to the (2) Funding Limits for Applicants. An
five comprehensive plan elements: applicant’s request for funding must not
Program Authority: Safe and Drug-Free
Schools and Communities Act (20 U.S.C. Element One—Safe School exceed the following maximum
7131); Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Environments and Violence Prevention amounts, based on student enrollment
290aa); and Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Activities. data, for any of the project’s four
Prevention Act (42 U.S.C. 5614(b)(4)(e) and Element Two—Alcohol, Tobacco, and 12-month budget periods: $2,250,000 for
5781 et seq.). Other Drug Prevention Activities. an LEA with at least 35,000 students;
Dated: May 4, 2007. Element Three—Student Behavioral, $1,500,000 for an LEA with at least
Deborah A. Price, Social, and Emotional Supports. 5,000 students but fewer than 35,000
Element Four—Mental Health students; and $750,000 for an LEA with
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-
Services. fewer than 5,000 students. In applying
Free Schools.
Element Five—Early Childhood these maximums, applicants must use
[FR Doc. E7–9043 Filed 5–9–07; 8:45 am]
Social and Emotional Learning the most recent student enrollment data
BILLING CODE 4000–01–P
Programs. from the National Center for Education
Competitive Preference Priority: Statistics’ (NCES) Common Core of Data
Within this absolute priority, we give (CCD) as posted on the NCES Web site.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
competitive preference to applications In the case of consortium applicants, the
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools; that address the following priority. maximum funding request is based on
Overview Information; Safe Schools/ Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we the combined student enrollment data
Healthy Students Program; Notice award an additional 5 points to an for the participating LEAs. Department
Inviting Applications for New Awards application that meets this priority. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 This priority is: Education-funded schools that are not
included in the NCES database and
Catalog of Federal Domestic LEAs That Have Not Previously
request grant funds that exceed
Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.184L. Received a Grant or Services Under the $750,000 for any of the project’s four 12-
Dates: Applications Available: May Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative month budget periods must provide
10, 2007. Under this priority, we give priority to documentation of enrollment data.
Deadline for Transmittal of applications from LEAs that have not (3) Preliminary Memorandum of
Applications: June 19, 2007. yet received a grant under this program Agreement (MOA). Each applicant must
Deadline for Intergovernmental as an applicant or as a member of a include in its application a preliminary
Review: August 20, 2007. consortium. In order for a consortium MOA that is signed by the authorized
Full Text of Announcement application to be eligible under this representatives of the LEA, the local
priority, no member of the LEA juvenile justice agency, the local law
I. Funding Opportunity Description consortium may have received a grant or enforcement agency, and the local
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Purpose of Program: The Safe services under this program as an public mental health authority—the
Schools/Healthy Students program applicant or as a member of a required SS/HS partners. For
(SS/HS) supports the implementation consortium. consortium applicants, the preliminary
and enhancement of integrated, Application Requirements: The MOA must be signed by the authorized
comprehensive community-wide plans following requirements apply to all representative of each member LEA and
that create safe and drug-free schools applications submitted under this by the authorized representative of each

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