FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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BETTY COXE
CHARLIE CRIST
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
Commissioner
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
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M E M O R A N D U M
TO:
District School Superintendents
FROM:
Betty Coxe
DATE:
May 28, 2002
Penny Detscher
Safe Schools
(850) 410-1667
210-1667
detschp@mail.doe.state.fl.us
sdfs@mail.doe.state.fl.us
02-101
SUBJECT:
2002-2003 Federal Safe and Drug-Free Schools Entitlement Project
Application and Preliminary 2002-2003 Safe and Drug-Free Schools
Entitlement Program Funding Allocation Table
I am pleased to provide you with the 2002-2003 Federal Safe and Drug-Free Schools
Project Entitlement Application and the Preliminary 2002-2003 Safe and Drug-Free
Schools Entitlement Program Funding Allocation Table.
Title IV of the Improving
America’s Schools Act supports the national education goal of preventing violence in
and around schools; strengthening alcohol, tobacco, and drug prevention programs;
involving parents; and coordinating with related federal, state, and community efforts
and resources. Funds through Title IV, Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Community
Act (SDFSCA), offer school districts the opportunity to develop and implement
comprehensive plans for the prevention of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use and
violence.
The FY 2002 appropriations bill passed by Congress provides that only a portion of FY
2002 SDFSCA State and Local Grants Program funds be awarded on or about July 1,
2002, and that the remainder of the appropriated funds be awarded on or about
October
1
, 2002.
As a result of this “advanced funding” strategy, 29% of the district
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Safe and Drug-Free Schools allocation will be available for obligation on or about July 1,
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2002, and the remaining 71% will be available for obligation on or about October 1,
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2002.
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The Safe and Drug-Free Schools project period is July 1, 2002, or the date the project
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application is received in substantially approvable form, whichever is later, through
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June 30, 2003.
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Applications should be submitted by Friday, June 14, 2002.
Please submit
completed applications to:
Bureau of Grants Management
Florida Department of Education
325 West Gaines Street, Room 332
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
Assistance with application preparation is available by calling the Florida Institute of
Education’s Technical Assistance Project, Safe and Drug-Free Schools, at (850) 414-
9976 or Suncom 994-9976. Assistance is also available through the Department’s Safe
and Drug-Free Schools Program at (850) 410-1667 or Suncom 210-1667.
This memorandum is available at http://www.firn.edu/doe/bin00005dpsmemo02/index.htm on the
DOE Internet Homepage. See Division of Public Schools.
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District SDFS Project Coordinators
Bernardo A. Garcia
Lorraine H. Allen
Lou Marsh
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