Attachment A

Florida Department of Education

Additional Assurances

 

School Safety/Emergency Preparedness -- Emergency Notification Service

 

 

Assurance is hereby given that to the extent applicable:

 

• In the absence of an existing contract for such services, the applicant will purchase a qualifying school

safety/emergency mass notification service which is a service that meets or exceeds the specifications of

the proviso language:

 

Funds in Specific Appropriation 9C for School Safety/Emergency Preparedness must be used toward

ication service that must be fully implemented

to provide service in the 2007-2008 school year. The system will serve to enhance the safety of

school children, parents and staff in emergency situations, such as an impending hurricane/severe

weather incident, fire, bomb threat, homeland security incident, missing child alerts, or other critical

school safety events. The system shall provide for multi-lingual communication in English and

Spanish and may include other languages and have the ability to notify parents and staff through

email, landline phones, cell phones, TTY/TDD receiving devices, and through other communication

devices considered necessary by the district.

 

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If the applicant has a pre-existing contract for a safety/emergency mass notification service, the service

is exempt from the above requirements per the proviso language:

 

Any district with a current contract for a school safety/emergency mass notification service which

does not meet these requirements may utilize these funds for the 2007-2008 school year. Districts are

encouraged to consider systems or applications capable of simultaneous delivery of an emergency

message across all means and devices of communication.

 

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The recipient will provide the Florida Department of Education a copy of the vendor contract for the

service supported by the funds provided under this grant or specify

that the Department of Education’s existing contract is being utilized.

 

Certification:

 

 

___________________________ ______________ ____________________________________

Typed Agency Name Agency Number Typed Name and Title of Authorized Official

(Agency Head)

 

I certify that the agency will adhere to each of the assurances contained in this set of Assurances for Participation

in the Emergency Notification Service Program.

 

  

__________________________________ ________________ _________________________

Signature (must be original) Date Area Code / Telephone Number

 

Return original with project application to: Office of Grants Management, Florida Department of