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1 April 2010
Two notices.
[Federal Register: April 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 62)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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Part III
Department of Education
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Emergency Management for Higher Education Grant Program; Notices
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Emergency Management for Higher Education Grant Program
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.184T.
AGENCY: Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of final priorities and requirements.
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SUMMARY: The Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools
announces priorities and requirements for the Emergency Management for
Higher Education (EMHE) grant program. The Assistant Deputy Secretary
may use one or more of these priorities and requirements for
competitions in fiscal year (FY) 2010 and later years.
We intend these priorities and requirements to provide Federal
financial assistance to institutions of higher education (IHEs) to
develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate their campus-based
all-hazards emergency management planning efforts. We intend grant
awards under these priorities and requirements to increase the capacity
of IHEs to prevent/mitigate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from
the full range of emergency events.
DATES: Effective Date: These priorities and requirements are effective
May 3, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tara Hill, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., room 10088, PCP, Washington, DC
20202-6450. Telephone: (202) 245-7860 or by e-mail: tara.hill@ed.gov.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
Federal Relay Service (FRS), toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of Program: EMHE grants support efforts by IHEs to develop,
or review and improve, and fully integrate campus-based all-hazards
emergency management planning efforts within the framework of the four
phases of emergency management (Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness,
Response, and Recovery).
Congress appropriated initial funding for the EMHE grant
competition in FY 2008 following the tragic shooting at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2007. That and other past
emergencies, such as the events of September 11, 2001, Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita, and the tragic shooting at Northern Illinois
University, reinforce the need for colleges and universities to prepare
for the full range of emergency events that may affect their campus
communities. The EMHE grant program provides funds to IHEs to establish
or enhance an emergency management planning process that integrates the
various components and departments of each IHE; focuses on reviewing,
strengthening, and institutionalizing all-hazards emergency management
plans; fosters partnerships with local and State community partners;
supports vulnerability assessments; encourages training and drilling on
the emergency management plan across the campus community; and requires
IHEs to develop a written plan for preventing violence on campus by
assessing and addressing the mental health needs of students, faculty,
and staff who may be at risk of causing campus violence by harming
themselves or others.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131.
We published a notice of proposed priorities and requirements in
the Federal Register on December 4, 2009 (74 FR 63740). That notice
contained background information and our reasons for proposing the
particular priorities and requirements.
Except for minor editorial and technical revisions, there is only
one significant difference between the proposed priorities and
requirements and these final priorities and requirements. Specifically,
based on public comment, we have added an element to the priority that
will require applicants to develop or update a written campus-wide
continuity of operations plan that would enable the campus to maintain
and/or restore key educational, business, and other essential functions
following an emergency.
Public Comment: In response to our invitation in the notice of
proposed priorities and requirements, four parties submitted comments
on proposed priority 1 and on the proposed requirements. No comments
were received on proposed priority 2.
Generally, we do not address technical and other minor changes, or
suggested changes we are not authorized to make under the applicable
statutory authority. In addition we do not address general comments
that raised concerns not directly related to the proposed priorities or
requirements.
Analysis of Comments and Changes: An analysis of the comments and
of any changes in the priorities and requirements since publication of
the notice of proposed priorities and requirements follows.
Priority 1--Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) Projects Designed to
Develop, or Review and Improve, and Fully Integrate Campus-Based All-
Hazards Emergency Management Planning Efforts
Comment: One commenter observed that the EMHE notice of proposed
priorities and requirements was published in the Federal Register in
advance of the enactment of the FY 2010 appropriation for the
Department. The commenter referenced language in the Appropriations
Committee Reports filed in the U.S. House of Representatives and the
U.S. Senate concerning the funding provided for emergency management
for institutions of higher education, including examples of activities
(such as risk assessment, training, and the purchase of hardware and
software) that might be funded with these appropriated funds. The
commenter requested that the Department consider the language in these
Congressional reports in establishing the final priorities and
requirements for this competition.
Discussion: We have reviewed the language in the Conference Report
accompanying the Department's 2010 appropriations act, as well as the
language included in the related House and Senate Appropriations
Committee reports (House Report 111-220 and Senate Report 111-66,
accompanying H.R. 3293, respectively). We believe that the EMHE grant
priorities and requirements are consistent with the guidance provided
by both the House and the Senate in these documents. Activities such as
risk assessments, training, and the purchase of hardware and software
are all considered allowable activities under the EMHE program.
Accordingly, we believe that the final priorities and requirements are
consistent with Congressional guidance, while offering applicants the
flexibility to design and propose projects that incorporate a wide
range of activities to address their institutions' needs.
Changes: None.
Comment: One commenter expressed concern that the proposed priority
would not permit applicants to receive support for addressing any
violent activity occurring on campuses. The commenter recommended
adding a priority that would broaden the scope of the program to
address any risks and threats that come under the jurisdiction of
campus law enforcement and emergency managers, and that the program
provide support for training and activities designed to address a broad
range of campus problems including sexual assault, arson, robbery,
harassment, simple assault, binge drinking, and drug use.
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Discussion: We agree with the commenter that IHEs face significant
challenges in dealing with many forms of violent activity that occur on
their campuses. However, the EMHE grant program is designed to provide
support for initiatives in emergency preparedness for IHEs, and is not
intended to address or prevent all discrete acts of violence.
Mitigating violent activity may certainly be an outcome of an all-
hazards approach to emergency management; however, the primary focus of
EMHE is to assist campuses with planning for, responding to, and
recovering from major emergencies and disasters.
Given the relatively small amount of available funding for this
program and the limited number of grants awarded under the EMHE program
to date, providing a significantly broader focus for the program at
this time would significantly reduce the ability of the program to meet
its primary purpose of assisting IHEs in developing or enhancing their
emergency preparedness capacity.
We note that the Department also administers another discretionary
grant competition that is intended to respond more directly to the
concerns of violent behavior on campus. Specifically, the Grant
Competition to Prevent High-Risk Drinking or Violent Behavior Among
College Students (CFDA Number 84.184H) provides funds to develop,
enhance, implement, and evaluate campus-based and/or community-based
prevention strategies to reduce high-risk drinking or violent behavior
among college students. For additional information on this program
please visit: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/dvphighrisk/index.html.
Changes: None.
Comment: One commenter noted that element (7) in the proposed
priority identifies students, faculty, and staff as individuals who
pose a risk of violent behavior, but that others, including visitors to
campus, also pose such a risk. The commenter suggested adding a
priority addressing violence that is not related to mental health
issues of on-campus individuals.
Discussion: We acknowledge that violent acts can be caused by any
number of different factors in addition to mental illness or other
mental health issues. However, House Report 110-231, issued on July 13,
2007, in conjunction with the FY 2008 appropriations bill for the
Department that initially included funding for the EMHE program,
explicitly stated that funds for new awards for IHEs should be used to
develop and implement emergency management plans for preventing campus
violence (including assessing and addressing the mental health needs of
students) and for responding to threats and incidents of violence or
natural disaster in a manner that ensures the safety of the campus
community. The language in the proposed priority is not intended to
limit the ability of campuses to consider a broader range of causes of
violent behavior; rather, we intend it to ensure that, at a minimum,
all EMHE grant recipients consider the potential role of mental health
issues in campus violence. The language in the priority links the issue
of identifying and addressing mental health issues with students,
staff, and faculty because there are members of a campus community who
may be able to observe warning signs and symptoms of mental health
issues in these populations and use systems established by the IHE to
initiate assessments or other appropriate procedures. IHEs cannot be
expected to develop and maintain similarly comprehensive procedures for
all short-term visitors to the campus setting.
Changes: None.
Comment: One commenter requested that funding under this program be
available to establish a police agency on campus.
Discussion: While we recognize that many IHEs need to establish or
support police or security forces on their campuses, we believe that
this activity is outside the scope of this grant program. This program
is designed to provide support for emergency management and overall
preparedness initiatives for IHEs.
Changes: None.
Comment: One commenter suggested that rather than requiring
applicants to respond to a prescriptive list of priorities and
requirements, the Department should allow applicants to submit
applications that propose individual approaches consistent with their
institution's unique needs and emergency management challenges. In
particular, the commenter recommended that the language related to
infectious disease planning (proposed priority element number (6)) and
mental health needs of campuses (proposed priority element number (7))
be modified to allow institutions to propose individual solutions based
on differing institutional needs and capacities.
Discussion: We agree with the commenter that applicants should have
the flexibility to design EMHE projects that respond to the unique
needs of each campus. We believe the priorities are written in a way
that will provide applicants with a significant amount of flexibility
in identifying and addressing specific vulnerabilities and hazards that
may be unique to each institution.
However, in administering this program, we seek to balance this
needed flexibility with the need to ensure that IHEs receiving support
under the program are addressing at least a core set of hazards that we
have identified as important to the Federal interest. The core list of
hazards includes those related to infectious diseases and the mental
health needs of students, staff, and faculty who may be at risk of
causing violence on campus.
Under this priority, IHEs still retain the flexibility to identify
and address any unique emergency management issues or hazards
identified as part of their vulnerability assessment. Further,
eligibility for an EMHE grant is not affected for IHEs that have
already addressed the required hazards or vulnerabilities identified by
the Department before receiving a grant. Those entities need only
commit to review emergency management plans for these required
vulnerabilities during the grant period and to updating those plans as
dictated by any relevant advances in the field or changes in local
needs or concerns.
Changes: None.
Comment: One commenter suggested that we revisit our method for
categorizing applicant institutions based on size. The commenter
suggested that the categories used in the 2008 EMHE application enabled
many relatively small institutions to be included in the ``large''
category, thereby enabling ``small'' institutions to request the same
estimated funding level the Department identified for ``large''
institutions. The commenter recommended that additional funding tiers
be established and that a specific category for very large institutions
be created.
Discussion: We agree that changing the method for categorizing
institutions by size would help to better align recommended funding
amounts with institutional needs. We considered this comment, and our
experience in implementing this program over the past two years, and
for the FY 2010 competition we will change the method for establishing
recommended grant award amounts. The new approach relies on student
enrollment information (instead of number of facilities per campus) and
establishes a category for very large institutions.
Because IHEs are diverse entities that face a broad range of
different challenges in the emergency management arena, we have elected
not to establish through this notice of final priorities and
requirements enforceable
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maximum grant award amounts for categories of IHEs. Instead, we are
including revised recommended grant award amounts in the notice
inviting applications (NIA) for the EMHE program. We believe that this
approach will provide appropriate flexibility for IHEs to develop
projects that are of a scope that meets their unique emergency
management needs while still providing helpful information for
applicants about the approximate project scope and grant award sizes
that we anticipate supporting.
Changes: No changes are being made to the final priorities and
requirements. The change in the categorization of institutions
described in the preceding paragraphs is reflected in the notice
inviting applications for this competition, published elsewhere in this
issue of the Federal Register.
Comment: One commenter recommended two changes to the proposed
priority that would further emphasize the importance of continuity
planning and the restoration of a learning environment following an
emergency. The commenter requested that language be added to both
proposed priority elements (1) and (4) to specifically emphasize the
importance of continuity planning.
Discussion: We agree that ensuring that institutions have a plan
for continuing to provide key services (for example education, payroll,
health support, and food services) following an emergency is a critical
concern for the higher education community. The Department has worked
with local school districts and IHE campuses over the past several
years to help them strategize on ways to restore the learning
environment following an emergency. Particularly following Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita, and given the recent influenza pandemic, we have been
actively involved in developing resources to assist educational
institutions at all levels in their continuity planning efforts.
We agree with the commenter that planning for the continuation of
educational and other services following an emergency should be
included as a component in an IHE's emergency management planning
efforts, and will revise the priority to reflect this emphasis.
Changes: We have revised the priority by adding an additional
element that will require applicants to develop or update a written
campus-wide continuity of operations plan that would enable the campus
to maintain and/or restore key educational, business, and other
essential functions as quickly as possible following an emergency.
Requirements for Partner Agreements and Completed Memoranda of
Agreements
Comment: One commenter observed that the capacity of law
enforcement and mental health entities varies greatly from one
community and one institution to another. For example, in one community
the IHE law enforcement agency may be the primary emergency services
provider for the community-at-large, whereas in another community the
IHE may be largely or completely dependent on the local or State police
departments for emergency services. The commenter observed that it may
not always be appropriate for an IHE to have a partner agreement with
the local law enforcement agency or a local mental health provider,
particularly when the campus itself is the primary provider of
emergency law enforcement or mental health services. The commenter
recommended that an IHE not be required to enter into agreements with
community-based law enforcement and mental health entities if the IHE
is responsible for furnishing its own services in these areas.
Discussion: We agree with the commenter that there is tremendous
diversity in the size and location of IHEs across the country and that
IHEs have various levels of institutional capacity to respond to
emergencies within their communities. We also acknowledge that in some
situations it is an employee or agent of the IHE who is the lead
incident commander and who ultimately assists local or State partners
in their response activities.
The EMHE requirements are not intended to prescribe what the
appropriate role and relationships should be between an IHE and its
community partners. Instead, the requirements are designed to help
foster communication and the establishment of relationships between the
various potential responders to any incident, and to ensure that those
relationships are established and solidified before any emergency event
occurs. We expect that the roles and responsibilities articulated in
both the partner agreements and the memoranda of agreements will vary
greatly based on the relationship between each applicant IHE and its
surrounding community. Our intent in proposing the requirement is to
ensure that IHEs and their surrounding community partners are
communicating with each other and coordinating their efforts, and not
to prescribe what those efforts or relationships should entail.
Further, the requirements to establish partner agreements and
memoranda of understanding are not intended to limit the roles an IHE
may perform in a community response. Rather, the requirements are
intended to ensure that all grantees ultimately establish solid working
relationships with their key partners and that they know what the
various roles and responsibilities of each partner (including the IHE)
might be in the event of an emergency. An application from a campus
where the applicant IHE serves as the primary emergency services
provider for the local community should indicate that in its partner
agreements. It is the demonstration and documentation of an established
and ongoing relationship that is key to these requirements.
Changes: None.
Comment: One commenter identified the recovery of indirect costs
from EMHE grants as a concern because these costs do not support direct
project activities. The commenter also expressed concern that peer
reviewers might find indirect cost rates for research institutions
inappropriately high, which may have limited the number of research
institutions that have been successful in receiving EMHE grants. The
commenter suggested that we should include a requirement that would
limit the percentage of indirect costs that may be recovered from an
EMHE grant.
Discussion: Generally, the Federal Government permits grant
recipients to recover indirect costs for costs associated with their
federally funded grant projects. This recovery is typically based on a
rate determined by a cognizant agency that takes into account the
indirect costs involved in implementing grant activities. Costs in an
indirect cost pool may include such items as utility costs, building
maintenance services, general insurance costs, and the cost of staff
who assist with administrative functions such as hiring, payroll
services, or other similar activities. The indirect cost rate is
determined through a process of negotiation with the institution's
cognizant agency and is designed to be an accurate reflection of the
actual indirect costs associated with conducting programming at that
institution. IHEs frequently are assigned several indirect cost rates
as a result of the negotiation process; these rates reflect differences
in indirect costs associated with different kinds of project
activities. For example, IHEs may be assigned a rate for research
grants, a rate for grants implemented at a facility other than a campus
facility (for example, at a hospital or research laboratory), or a rate
for other sponsored projects.
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While recovery of indirect costs reduces the amount of funding that
can be used to support direct grant activities, establishing a cap on
indirect cost recovery that is lower than that permitted by an IHE's
negotiated rate means that the IHE will need to identify other grant or
institutional resources to help pay for the indirect costs consumed by
implementing an EMHE project. Establishing an arbitrary cap for
indirect costs could affect an IHE's ability to implement its EMHE
project if the IHE does not have institutional or other resources to
pay these indirect costs, and may make it impossible for some IHEs to
compete for or accept an EMHE grant.
Because EMHE projects are not research projects, we do not permit
EMHE grantees to recover indirect costs at the higher established
research project rate. Typically, applicants for the EMHE program
request recovery of costs based on the indirect cost rate for other on-
campus programs, or other sponsored programs, at their IHE.
The issue of indirect costs is not an issue that peer reviewers
evaluate when they read and score an application. The selection
criteria used for the EMHE competition do not include any criteria that
require peer reviewers to evaluate the adequacy or reasonableness of
the grant budget proposed by the applicant.
Changes: None.
Final Priorities:
These priorities are:
Priority 1--Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) Projects Designed to
Develop, or Review and Improve, and Fully Integrate Campus-Based All-
Hazards Emergency Management Planning Efforts
The Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools
establishes a priority that supports IHE projects designed to develop,
or review and improve, and fully integrate campus-based all-hazards
emergency management planning efforts. A program funded under this
priority must use the framework of the four phases of emergency
management (Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery) to:
(1) Develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate a campus-
wide all-hazards emergency management plan that takes into account
threats that may be unique to the campus;
(2) Train campus staff, faculty, and students in emergency
management procedures;
(3) Coordinate with local and State government emergency management
efforts;
(4) Ensure coordination of planning and communication across all
relevant components, offices, and departments of the campus;
(5) Develop a written plan with emergency protocols that include
the medical, mental health, communication, mobility, and emergency
needs of persons with disabilities, as well as for those individuals
with temporary special needs or other unique needs (including those
arising from language barriers or cultural differences);
(6) Develop or update a written plan that prepares the campus for
infectious disease outbreaks with both short-term implications for
planning (e.g., outbreaks caused by methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or food-borne illnesses) and long-term
implications for planning (e.g., pandemic influenza);
(7) Develop or enhance a written plan for preventing violence on
campus by assessing and addressing the mental health needs of students,
staff, and faculty who may be at risk of causing violence by harming
themselves or others; and
(8) Develop or update a written campus-wide continuity of
operations plan that would enable the campus to maintain and/or restore
key educational, business, and other essential functions following an
emergency.
Priority 2--Priority for Applicants That Have Not Previously Received a
Grant Under The EMHE Program (CFDA Number 84.184T)
Under this priority we give priority to applications from IHEs that
have not previously received a grant under this program (CFDA Number
84.184T). An applicant that has received services under this program
directly, or as a partner in a consortium application under this
program, would not meet this priority. Under a consortium application,
all members of the IHE consortium must meet this criterion in order for
the applicant to meet this priority.
Types of Priorities:
When inviting applications for a competition using one or more
priorities, we designate the type of each priority as absolute,
competitive preference, or invitational through a notice in the Federal
Register. The effect of each type of priority follows:
Absolute priority: Under an absolute priority, we consider only
applications that meet the priority (34 CFR 75.105(c)(3)).
Competitive preference priority: Under a competitive preference
priority, we give competitive preference to an application by (1)
awarding additional points, depending on the extent to which the
application meets the priority (34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i)); or (2)
selecting an application that meets the priority over an application of
comparable merit that does not meet the priority (34 CFR
75.105(c)(2)(ii)).
Invitational priority: Under an invitational priority, we are
particularly interested in applications that meet the priority.
However, we do not give an application that meets the priority a
preference over other applications (34 CFR 75.105(c)(1)).
Final Requirements:
Partner Agreements: To be considered for a grant award, an
applicant must include in its application two partner agreements. One
partner agreement must detail coordination with, and participation of,
a representative of the appropriate level of local or State government
for the locality in which the IHE to be served by the project is
located (for example, the mayor, city manager, or county executive).
The second partner agreement must detail coordination with, and
participation of, a representative from a local or State emergency
management coordinating body (for example, the head of the local
emergency planning council that would be involved in coordinating a
large-scale emergency response effort in the campus community). Both
agreements must include the name of the partner organization, an
indication of whether the partner represents the local or State
government or the local or State emergency management coordinating
body, and a description of the respective partner as well as a
description of the partner's roles and responsibilities in supporting
the EMHE grant and in strengthening emergency management planning
efforts for the IHE. Each partner agreement must also include a
description of the roles and responsibilities of the IHE in grant
implementation and partner coordination. A signature from an authorized
representative of the IHE and each of the two required partners
acknowledging the relationship and the agreements must be included in
the application. If either or both of the two required partners is not
present in an applicant's community, or cannot feasibly participate,
the agreements must explain the absence of each missing partner.
Applications that fail to include either of the two required
partner agreement forms, including information on partners' roles and
responsibilities (or an explanation documenting that partner's absence
in the community), along with the required signatures, will not be
considered for funding.
Each consortium applicant (an applicant submitting on behalf of
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multiple IHEs) and any applicant applying on behalf of multiple
campuses (including one or more satellite or extension campuses within
its own institution or its consortium of IHEs) must submit a complete
set of partner agreements with appropriate signatures from the
authorized representative and the two required partners noted earlier
for each campus proposed to be receiving services under its EMHE
project.
Although this program requires partnerships with other parties,
administrative direction and fiscal control for the project must remain
with the IHE.
Completed Memoranda of Agreements: All IHEs supported by the EMHE
program must use the grant period to create, or review and update, and
sign, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with each of the following four
partners: local or State emergency management coordinating body, local
government, primary off-campus public health provider, and primary off-
campus mental health services provider. Each applicant under the EMHE
program must include an assurance with its application that the IHE
will establish these MOAs during the project period. MOAs must be
completed for each campus to be served by the EMHE project. Completed
MOAs will be requested at the end of the project period with the Final
Report submission.
Coordination with State or Local Homeland Security Plan: All
emergency management plans created or enhanced using funding under this
program must be coordinated with the Homeland Security Plan of the
State or locality in which the IHE is located. To ensure that emergency
services are coordinated, and to avoid duplication of effort within
States and localities, an applicant must include in its application an
assurance that the IHE will coordinate with, and follow, the
requirements of its State or local Homeland Security Plan for emergency
services and initiatives.
Implementation of the National Incident Management System (NIMS):
Each applicant must agree to implement its grant in a manner consistent
with the implementation of the NIMS in its community. An applicant must
include in its application an assurance that it has met, or will
complete, all current NIMS requirements by the end of the grant period.
Implementation of the NIMS is a dynamic process that will continue
to evolve over time. In order to receive Federal preparedness funding
under the EMHE program, each IHE must cooperate with the efforts of its
community to meet the minimum NIMS requirements established for each
fiscal year. Because the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS)
determination of NIMS requirements may change from year to year, an
applicant must refer to the most recent list of NIMS requirements
published by DHS when submitting its application. In any notice
inviting applications, the Department will provide applicants with
information necessary to access the most recent DHS list of NIMS
requirements.
Note: The responsibilities and procedures of any campus-based
security office or law enforcement agency and the elements of the
campus emergency management plan must be considered in conjunction
with the local community's emergency operations plan (EOP) and the
capacity and responsibility of local fire and rescue departments,
emergency medical service providers, crisis center/hotlines, and law
enforcement agencies that may be called to assist the IHE in a
large-scale disaster. IHEs' participation in the NIMS preparedness
program of the local government is essential in ensuring that first-
responder services are delivered in a timely and effective manner.
Additional information about NIMS and NIMS implementation is
available at: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/
ImplementationGuidanceStakeholders.shtm and http://www.fema.gov/
emergency/nims/index.shtm.
IHEs that have previously received Federal preparedness funding and
are, therefore, already NIMS-compliant should indicate that in the
assurance form.
Eligibility: To be considered for an award under this competition,
an applicant must be considered an IHE, or a consortia thereof. An IHE,
for the purposes of this competition, is defined as: an educational
institution in any State that--
(1) Admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of
graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the
recognized equivalent of such a certificate or persons who meet the
requirements of section 484(d)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended;
(2) Is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of
education beyond secondary education;
(3) Provides an educational program for which the institution
awards a bachelor's degree or provides not less than a 2-year program
that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree or awards a
degree that is acceptable for admission to a graduate or professional
degree program, subject to review and approval by the Secretary;
(4) Is a public or other nonprofit institution; and
(5) Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or
association or, if not so accredited, is an institution that has been
granted preaccreditation status by such an agency or association that
has been recognized by the Secretary for the granting of
preaccreditation status, and the Secretary has determined that there is
satisfactory assurance that the institution will meet the accreditation
standards of such an agency or association within a reasonable time.
This notice does not preclude us from proposing additional
priorities, requirements, definitions, or selection criteria, subject
to meeting applicable rulemaking requirements.
Note: This notice does not solicit applications. In any year in
which we choose to use one or more of these priorities and
requirements, we invite applications through a notice in the Federal
Register.
Executive Order 12866: This notice has been reviewed in accordance
with Executive Order 12866. Under the terms of the order, we have
assessed the potential costs and benefits of this final regulatory
action.
The potential costs associated with this final regulatory action
are those resulting from statutory requirements and those we have
determined as necessary for administering this program effectively and
efficiently. In assessing the potential costs and benefits--both
quantitative and qualitative--of this final regulatory action, we have
determined that the benefits of the final priorities and requirements
justify the costs.
We have determined, also, that this final regulatory action does
not unduly interfere with State, local, and tribal governments in the
exercise of their governmental functions.
Discussion of Costs and Benefits:
We fully discussed the costs and benefits of this regulatory action
in the notice of proposed priorities and requirements. After review, we
determined that there will be no substantial additional costs to the
grantee as a result of the addition of the new priority element related
to continuity planning. An ultimate goal of the EMHE program is to
decrease the resulting costs to IHEs in terms of lost resources,
facilities, time, and causalities that may result from an actual
emergency and the new priority element directly supports this goal.
Further, the costs to support this activity may be included in an
applicant's proposed EMHE budget. Accordingly, the addition of this
element to this final priority is determined to have no additional
costs to the grantees.
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Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive
Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79. One of the
objectives of the Executive Order is to foster an intergovernmental
partnership and a strengthened federalism. The Executive Order relies
on processes developed by State and local governments for coordination
and review of proposed Federal financial assistance.
This document provides early notification of our specific plans and
actions for this program.
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print,
audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the program contact
person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Electronic Access to This Document: You can view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
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Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
nara/index.html.
Dated: March 29, 2010.
Kevin Jennings,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools Overview Information;
Emergency Management for Higher Education Grant Program; Notice
Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.184T.
Dates:
Applications Available: April 1, 2010.
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: May 12, 2010.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: July 12, 2010.
Full Text of Announcement
I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose of Program: EMHE grants support efforts by institutions of
higher education (IHEs) to develop, or review and improve, and fully
integrate, campus-based all-hazards emergency management planning
efforts within the framework of the four phases of emergency management
(Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery).
Priorities: These priorities are from the notice of final
priorities and requirements for this program, published elsewhere in
this issue of the Federal Register.
Absolute Priorities: For FY 2010 and any subsequent year in which
we make awards from the list of unfunded applicants from this
competition, these priorities are absolute priorities. Under 34 CFR
75.105(c)(3) we consider only applications that meet these priorities.
These priorities are:
Priority 1--Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) Projects Designed To
Develop, or Review and Improve, and Fully Integrate Campus-Based All-
Hazards Emergency Management Planning Efforts.
Under this priority, we support IHE projects designed to develop,
or review and improve, and fully integrate campus-based all-hazards
emergency management planning efforts. A program funded under this
priority must use the framework of the four phases of emergency
management (Prevention-Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and
Recovery) to:
(1) Develop, or review and improve, and fully integrate a campus-
wide all-hazards emergency management plan that takes into account
threats that may be unique to the campus;
(2) Train campus staff, faculty, and students in emergency
management procedures;
(3) Coordinate with local and State government emergency management
efforts;
(4) Ensure coordination of planning and communication across all
relevant components, offices, and departments of the campus;
(5) Develop a written plan with emergency protocols that include
the medical, mental health, communication, mobility, and emergency
needs of persons with disabilities, as well as for those individuals
with temporary special needs or other unique needs (including those
arising from language barriers or cultural differences);
(6) Develop or update a written plan that prepares the campus for
infectious disease outbreaks with both short-term implications for
planning (e.g., outbreaks caused by methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or food-borne illnesses) and long-term
implications for planning (e.g., pandemic influenza);
(7) Develop or enhance a written plan for preventing violence on
campus by assessing and addressing the mental health needs of students,
staff, and faculty who may be at risk of causing violence by harming
themselves or others; and
(8) Develop or update a written campus-wide continuity of
operations plan that would enable the campus to maintain and/or restore
key educational, business, and other essential functions following an
emergency.
Priority 2--Priority for Applicants That Have Not Previously Received a
Grant Under The EMHE Program (CFDA 84.184T).
Under this priority we give priority to applications from IHEs that
have not previously received a grant under this program (CFDA number
84.184T). An applicant that has received services under this program
directly, or as a partner in a consortium application under this
program, would not meet this priority. Under a consortium application,
all members of the IHE consortium must meet this criterion in order for
the applicant to meet this priority.
Final Requirements: These requirements are from the notice of final
priorities and requirements published elsewhere in this issue of the
Federal Register. The following requirements apply to all applications
submitted under this competition:
1. Partner Agreements: To be considered for a grant award, an
applicant must include in its application two partner agreements. One
partner agreement must detail coordination with, and participation of,
a representative of the appropriate level of local or State government
for the locality in which the IHE to be served by the project is
located (for example, the mayor, city manager, or county executive).
The second partner agreement must detail coordination with, and
participation of, a representative from a local or State emergency
management coordinating body (for example, the head of the local
emergency planning council that would be involved in coordinating a
large-scale emergency response effort in the campus community). Both
agreements must include the name of the partner organization, an
indication of whether the partner represents the local or State
government or the local or State emergency management coordinating
body, and a description of the respective partner as well as a
description of the partner's roles and responsibilities in supporting
the EMHE grant and in
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strengthening emergency management planning efforts for the IHE. Each
partner agreement must also include a description of the roles and
responsibilities of the IHE in grant implementation and partner
coordination. A signature from an authorized representative of the IHE
and each of the two required partners acknowledging the relationship
and the agreements must be included in the application. If either or
both of the two required partners is not present in an applicant's
community, or cannot feasibly participate, the agreements must explain
the absence of each missing partner.
Applications that fail to include either of the two required
partner agreement forms, including information on partners' roles and
responsibilities (or an explanation documenting that partner's absence
in the community) along with the required signatures, will not be
considered for funding.
Each consortium applicant (an applicant submitting on behalf of
multiple IHEs) and any applicant applying on behalf of multiple
campuses (including one or more satellite or extension campuses within
its own institution or its consortium of IHEs) must submit a complete
set of partner agreements with appropriate signatures from the
authorized representative and the two required partners noted earlier
for each campus proposed to be receiving services under its EMHE
project.
Although this program requires partnerships with other parties,
administrative direction and fiscal control for the project must remain
with the IHE.
2. Completed Memoranda of Agreements: All IHEs supported by the
EMHE program must use the grant period to create, or review and update,
and sign, a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with each of the following
four partners: local or State emergency management coordinating body,
local government, primary off-campus public health provider, and
primary off-campus mental health services provider. Each applicant
under the EMHE program must include an assurance with its application
that the IHE will establish these MOAs during the project period. MOAs
must be completed for each campus to be served by the EMHE project.
Completed MOAs will be requested at the end of the project period with
the Final Report submission.
3. Coordination with State or Local Homeland Security Plan: All
emergency management plans created or enhanced using funding under this
program must be coordinated with the Homeland Security Plan of the
State or locality in which the IHE is located. To ensure that emergency
services are coordinated, and to avoid duplication of effort within
States and localities, an applicant must include in its application an
assurance that the IHE will coordinate with, and follow, the
requirements of its State or local Homeland Security Plan for emergency
services and initiatives.
4. Implementation of the National Incident Management System
(NIMS): Each applicant must agree to implement its grant in a manner
consistent with the implementation of the NIMS in its community. An
applicant must include in its application an assurance that it has met,
or will complete, all current NIMS requirements by the end of the grant
period.
Implementation of the NIMS is a dynamic process that will continue
to evolve over time. In order to receive Federal preparedness funding
under the EMHE program, each IHE must cooperate with the efforts of its
community to meet the minimum NIMS requirements established for each
fiscal year. Because the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS)
determination of NIMS requirements may change from year to year, an
applicant must refer to the most recent list of NIMS requirements
published by DHS when submitting its application. In any notice
inviting applications, the Department will provide applicants with
information necessary to access the most recent DHS list of NIMS
requirements.
Note: The responsibilities and procedures of any campus-based
security office or law enforcement agency and the elements of the
campus emergency management plan must be considered in conjunction
with the local community's emergency operations plan (EOP) and the
capacity and responsibility of local fire and rescue departments,
emergency medical service providers, crisis center/hotlines, and law
enforcement agencies that may be called to assist the IHE in a
large-scale disaster. IHEs' participation in the NIMS preparedness
program of the local government is essential in ensuring that first-
responder services are delivered in a timely and effective manner.
Additional information about NIMS and NIMS implementation is
available at: http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/
ImplementationGuidanceStakeholders.shtm and http://www.fema.gov/
emergency/nims/index.shtm.
IHEs that have previously received Federal preparedness funding and
are, therefore, already NIMS-compliant should indicate that in the
assurance form.
5. Eligibility: To be considered for an award under this
competition, an applicant must be considered an IHE, or a consortia
thereof. An IHE, for the purposes of this competition, is defined as:
an educational institution in any State that--
(1) Admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of
graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the
recognized equivalent of such a certificate or persons who meet the
requirements of section 484(d)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended;
(2) Is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of
education beyond secondary education;
(3) Provides an educational program for which the institution
awards a bachelor's degree or provides not less than a 2-year program
that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree or awards a
degree that is acceptable for admission to a graduate or professional
degree program, subject to review and approval by the Secretary;
(4) Is a public or other nonprofit institution; and
(5) Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or
association or, if not so accredited, is an institution that has been
granted preaccreditation status by such an agency or association that
has been recognized by the Secretary for the granting of
preaccreditation status, and the Secretary has determined that there is
satisfactory assurance that the institution will meet the accreditation
standards of such an agency or association within a reasonable time.
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131.
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 81,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99. (b) The regulations in 34 CFR part 299.
(c) The notice of final priorities and requirements, published
elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 86 apply to institutions of
higher education only.
II. Award Information
Type of Award: Discretionary grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $9,067,000.
Contingent upon the availability of funds and the quality of
applications, we may make additional awards later in FY 2010 and in FY
2011 from the list of unfunded applicants from this competition.
Estimated Range of Awards: $200,000-$750,000.
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Estimated Average Size of Awards: We estimate that IHEs with
student enrollment between 1-999 students will need up to $200,000 to
implement their projects; IHEs with enrollment between 1,000-4,999
students will need up to $300,000 to implement their projects; IHEs
with enrollment between 5,000 and 19,999 will need up to $500,000 to
implement their projects; and IHEs with enrollment between 20,000 and
40,000 may need up to $750,000 to implement their projects. Please note
that these are estimates only and IHEs that believe that they need
additional support to successfully complete their projects should fully
justify this in their applications.
Estimated Number of Awards: 26.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice.
Project Period: Up to 24 months. Budgets should be developed for a
single award with a project period of up to 24 months. No continuation
awards will be provided.
III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants: To be considered for an award under this
competition, an applicant must be considered an IHE, or a consortia
thereof. An IHE, for the purposes of this competition, is defined as:
an educational institution in any State that--
(1) Admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of
graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the
recognized equivalent of such a certificate or persons who meet the
requirements of section 484(d)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965,
as amended;
(2) Is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of
education beyond secondary education;
(3) Provides an educational program for which the institution
awards a bachelor's degree or provides not less than a 2-year program
that is acceptable for full credit toward such a degree or awards a
degree that is acceptable for admission to a graduate or professional
degree program, subject to review and approval by the Secretary;
(4) Is a public or other nonprofit institution; and
(5) Is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or
association or, if not so accredited, is an institution that has been
granted preaccreditation status by such an agency or association that
has been recognized by the Secretary for the granting of
preaccreditation status, and the Secretary has determined that there is
satisfactory assurance that the institution will meet the accreditation
standards of such an agency or association within a reasonable time.
This eligibility requirement is from the notice of final priorities and
requirements published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register.
2. Cost Sharing or Matching: This competition does not require cost
sharing or matching.
IV. Application and Submission Information
1. Address to Request Application Package: You can obtain an
application package via the Internet. To obtain a copy via the
Internet, use the following address: http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/
apply/grantapps/index.html.
Individuals with disabilities can obtain a copy of the application
package in an accessible format (e.g., braille, large print, audiotape,
or computer diskette) by contacting the person listed under Accessible
Format in section VIII of this notice.
2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements
concerning the content of an application, together with the forms you
must submit, are in the application package for this competition.
3. Submission Dates and Times:
Applications Available: April 1, 2010. Deadline for Transmittal of
Applications: May 12, 2010.
Applications for grants under this competition may be submitted
electronically using the Electronic Grant Application System (e-
Application) accessible through the Department's e-Grants site, or in
paper format by mail or hand delivery. For information (including dates
and times) about how to submit your application electronically, or in
paper format by mail or hand delivery, please refer to section IV. 6.
Other Submission Requirements of this notice.
We do not consider an application that does not comply with the
deadline requirements.
Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or
auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact
the person listed under For Further Information Contact in section VII
in this notice. If the Department provides an accommodation or
auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the
application process, the individual's application remains subject to
all other requirements and limitations in this notice. Deadline for
Intergovernmental Review: July 12, 2010.
4. Intergovernmental Review: This competition is subject to
Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR part 79.
Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under
Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for this
competition.
5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding
restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.
6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under
this competition may be submitted electronically or in paper format by
mail or hand delivery.
a. Electronic Submission of Applications.
If you choose to submit your application to us electronically, you
must use e-Application, accessible through the Department's e-Grants
Web site at: http://e-grants.ed.gov.
While completing your electronic application, you will be entering
data online that will be saved into a database. You may not e-mail an
electronic copy of a grant application to us.
Please note the following:
Your participation in e-Application is voluntary.
You must complete the electronic submission of your grant
application by 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. E-Application will not accept an application for this
competition after 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait
until the application deadline date to begin the application process.
The hours of operation of the e-Grants Web site are 6:00
a.m. Monday until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 6:00 a.m. Thursday until
8:00 p.m. Sunday, Washington, DC time. Please note that, because of
maintenance, the system is unavailable between 8:00 p.m. on Sundays and
6:00 a.m. on Mondays, and between 7:00 p.m. on Wednesdays and 6:00 a.m.
on Thursdays, Washington, DC time. Any modifications to these hours are
posted on the e-Grants Web site.
You will not receive additional point value because you
submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you
if you submit your application in paper format.
You must submit all documents electronically, including
all information you typically provide on the following forms: the
Application for Federal Assistance (SF 424), the Department of
Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information--Non-
Construction Programs (ED 524), and all
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necessary assurances and certifications. You must attach any narrative
sections of your application as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich
text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format. If you upload a file type
other than the three file types specified in this paragraph or submit a
password protected file, we will not review that material.
Your electronic application must comply with any page
limit requirements described in this notice.
Prior to submitting your electronic application, you may
wish to print a copy of it for your records.
After you electronically submit your application, you will
receive an automatic acknowledgment that will include a PR/Award number
(an identifying number unique to your application).
Within three working days after submitting your electronic
application, fax a signed copy of the SF 424 to the Application Control
Center after following these steps:
(1) Print SF 424 from e-Application.
(2) The applicant's Authorizing Representative must sign this form.
(3) Place the PR/Award number in the upper right hand corner of the
hard-copy signature page of the SF 424.
(4) Fax the signed SF 424 to the Application Control Center at
(202) 245-6272.
We may request that you provide us original signatures on
other forms at a later date.
Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of System
Unavailability: If you are prevented from electronically submitting
your application on the application deadline date because e-Application
is unavailable, we will grant you an extension of one business day to
enable you to transmit your application electronically, by mail, or by
hand delivery. We will grant this extension if--
(1) You are a registered user of e-Application and you have
initiated an electronic application for this competition; and
(2) (a) E-Application is unavailable for 60 minutes or more between
the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the
application deadline date; or
(b) E-Application is unavailable for any period of time between
3:30 p.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application
deadline date.
We must acknowledge and confirm these periods of unavailability
before granting you an extension. To request this extension or to
confirm our acknowledgment of any system unavailability, you may
contact either (1) the person listed elsewhere in this notice under For
Further Information Contact (see VII. Agency Contact) or (2) the e-
Grants help desk at 1-888-336-8930. If e-Application is unavailable due
to technical problems with the system and, therefore, the application
deadline is extended, an e-mail will be sent to all registered users
who have initiated an e-Application.
Extensions referred to in this section apply only to the
unavailability of e-Application. If e-Application is available, and,
for any reason, you are unable to submit your application
electronically or you do not receive an automatic acknowledgment of
your submission, you may submit your application in paper format by
mail or hand delivery in accordance with the instructions in this
notice.
b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail.
If you submit your application in paper format by mail (through the
U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier), you must mail the
original and two copies of your application, on or before the
application deadline date, to the Department at the following address:
U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention:
(CFDA Number 84.184T), LBJ Basement Level 1, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20202-4260.
You must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following:
(1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark.
(2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the
U.S. Postal Service.
(3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial
carrier.
(4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the
U.S. Department of Education.
If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do
not accept either of the following as proof of mailing:
(1) A private metered postmark.
(2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service.
If your application is postmarked after the application deadline
date, we will not consider your application.
Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a
dated postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with
your local post office.
c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery.
If you submit your application in paper format by hand delivery,
you (or a courier service) must deliver the original and two copies of
your application by hand, on or before the application deadline date,
to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of
Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number
84.184T), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza,
Washington, DC 20202-4260.
The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily between
8:00 a.m. and 4:30:00 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays,
Sundays, and Federal holidays.
Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you mail
or hand deliver your application to the Department--
(1) You must indicate on the envelope and--if not provided by the
Department--in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including suffix
letter, if any, of the competition under which you are submitting your
application; and
(2) The Application Control Center will mail to you a notification
of receipt of your grant application. If you do not receive this grant
notification within 15 business days from the application deadline
date, you should call the U.S. Department of Education Application
Control Center at (202) 245-6288.
V. Application Review Information
Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this competition are
from 34 CFR 75.210 and are listed in the application package.
VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your
U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award
Notification (GAN). We may notify you informally, also.
If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding,
we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify
administrative and national policy requirements in the application
package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable
Regulations section of this notice.
We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of
an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and
include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also
incorporates your approved application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a
final performance report, including financial information, as directed
by the Secretary. For this competition, you must also submit an interim
report 12 months after the award date. The Secretary may also require
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frequent performance reports under 34 CFR 75.720(c). For specific
requirements on reporting, please go to http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/
apply/appforms/appforms.html.
4. Performance Measure: We have identified the following Government
Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA) performance measure for
assessing the effectiveness of the EMHE grant program: The average
number of National Incident Management System (NIMS) training course
completions by key personnel at the start of the grant compared to the
average number of NIMS training course completions by key personnel at
the end of the grant.
This GPRA measure constitutes the Department's indicator of success
for this program. Applicants for a grant under this program are advised
to give careful consideration to this measure in designing their
proposed project, including considering how data for the measure will
be collected. Grantees will be required to collect and report, in their
interim and final performance reports, baseline data and data on their
progress with regard to this measure.
VII. Agency Contact
For Further Information Contact: Tara Hill, U.S. Department of
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 10088, PCP, Washington, DC
20202-6450. Telephone: (202) 245-7860 or by e-mail: tara.hill@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll free, at 1-800-877-8339.
VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with disabilities can obtain this
document and a copy of the application package in an accessible format
(e.g., braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on
request to the program contact person listed under For Further
Information Contact in section VII of this notice.
Electronic Access to This Document: You can view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
Internet at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister. To
use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at
this site.
Note: The official version of this document is the document
published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the
official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal
Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/
nara/index.html.
Dated: March 29, 2010.
Kevin Jennings,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
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