[Federal Register: April 8, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 67)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools-Alcohol and Other Drug
Prevention Models on College Campuses
AGENCY: Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Department of Education.
ACTION: Notice of proposed priority and eligibility requirements.
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SUMMARY: We propose a priority and eligibility requirements under the
Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models on College Campuses grant
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competition. We may use the priority and eligibility requirements for
competitions in FY 2005 and later years.
DATES: We must receive your comments on or before May 9, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Address all comments about the proposed priority and
eligibility requirements to Vera Messina, U.S. Department of Education,
400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Room 3E258, Washington, DC 20202-6450. If you
prefer to send your comments through the Internet, please use the
following address: vera.messina@ed.gov.
You must include the phrase ``Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
Models-Comments on FY 2005 Proposed Priority'' in the subject line of
your electronic message.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vera Messina (202) 260-8273 or Ruth
Tringo (202) 260-2838.
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may
call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339.
Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an
alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer
diskette) on request to the contact person listed under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Invitation to Comment
We invite you to submit comments regarding the proposed priority
and eligibility requirements. To ensure that your comments have maximum
effect in developing the notice of final priority and eligibility
requirements, we urge you to identify clearly whether your comment
addresses the proposed priority or the eligibility requirements.
We invite you to assist us in complying with the specific
requirements of Executive Order 12866 and its overall requirement of
reducing regulatory burden that might result from the proposed priority
and eligibility requirements. Please let us know of any further
opportunities we should take to reduce potential costs or increase
potential benefits while preserving the effective and efficient
administration of the program.
During and after the comment period, you may inspect all public
comments about the proposed priority and eligibility requirements in
room 3E258, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, between the hours
of 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., eastern time, Monday through Friday of each
week except Federal holidays.
Assistance to Individuals With Disabilities in Reviewing the Rulemaking
Record
On request, we will supply an appropriate aid, such as a reader or
print magnifier, to an individual with a disability who needs
assistance to review the comments or other documents in the public
rulemaking record for this notice. If you want to schedule an
appointment for this type of aid, please contact the person listed
under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Proposed Priority and Eligibility Requirements
We will announce the final priority and eligibility requirements in
a notice in the Federal Register. We will determine the final priority
and eligibility requirements after considering responses to this notice
and other information available to the Department. This notice does not
preclude us from proposing or using additional priorities or
eligibility requirements subject to meeting applicable rulemaking
requirements.
Background
Recent research confirms that the United States continues to have
major problems associated with alcohol and other drug use on college
campuses. Based on 2004 data from the Monitoring the Future study,
approximately 39 percent of the Nation's college students engaged in
heavy drinking (defined as five or more drinks in a row) in the
previous two weeks. The Core Institute 2003 Statistics on Alcohol and
Other Drug Use on American Campuses report found that nearly 71 percent
of underage students used alcohol and more than 21 percent of all
students used an illicit drug within the 30 days prior to taking the
survey.
Survey data also indicate that drinking alcohol has, frequently,
very negative consequences for college students. On the 2003 Core
Institute survey, more than 32 percent of students reported that, in
the year prior to the survey, they had gotten into an argument or fight
as a result of their drinking, almost 30 percent reported that they had
driven a car under the influence, almost 34 percent reported that they
had missed a class because of their drinking, and almost 40 percent
reported that they had done ``something I later regretted'' because of
their drinking.
The Department of Education seeks to support projects that address
high-risk drinking and drug use and that can become practical models
for replication and adaptation in other college communities. The goals
of this competition are to identify models of effective campus-based
alcohol and other drug prevention programs and disseminate information
about these programs to other colleges and universities where similar
efforts may be adopted.
Proposed Priority
Under this priority the Department would provide funding to
Institutions of Higher Education (IHEs) that have been implementing
effective alcohol and other drug prevention programs on their campuses.
An IHE that receives funding under this priority must identify,
enhance, further evaluate, and disseminate information about an
effective alcohol or other drug prevention program being implemented on
its campus. To meet the priority, applicants must provide in their
application--
(1) A description of an alcohol or other drug prevention program
that has been implemented for at least two full academic years on the
applicant's campus;
(2) Evidence of the effectiveness of the program on the applicant's
campus;
(3) A plan to enhance and further evaluate the program during the
project period; and
(4) A plan to disseminate information to assist other IHEs in
implementing a similar program.
Proposed Eligibility Requirements
We propose that only institutions of higher education (IHEs) that
offer an associate or baccalaureate degree will be eligible under this
program. Additionally, to be eligible, an IHE must not have received an
award under this grant competition (CFDA 84.184N) during the previous
five fiscal years (fiscal years 2000 through 2004).
Executive Order 12866
This notice of proposed priority and eligibility requirements 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
regulatory action.
The potential costs associated with the notice of proposed priority
and eligibility requirements 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 notice of proposed priority and eligibility
requirements, we
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have determined that the benefits of the proposed priority and
eligibility requirements justify the costs.
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.
Electronic Access to This Document
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(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 84.184N Office of
Safe and Drug-Free Schools-Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models
on College Campuses)
Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7131.
Dated: April 5, 2005.
Deborah A. Price,
Assistant Deputy Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
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