Are ESAs with active REMS grants eligible to apply for REMS funding in FY 2010?
No. The December 4, 2006 Notice of Final Eligibility requirement for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools limits eligibility under the discretionary grant competition to applicants that do not currently have an active grant under the same discretionary grant program. This action was taken to ensure equitable distribution of awards among eligible applicants for grants under OSDFS discretionary grant programs and also to ensure that successful grantees have an opportunity to focus their efforts on completing a current project and to use information and results from that current project in designing future projects. An ESA with an active REMS grant (CFDA 84.184E) holds “grantee” status for that grant award and thus they are not eligible to apply. LEAs (either singly or in a consortium) that are served by an ESA that is not eligible to apply may submit an application, provided that the LEA, or the LEAs in the consortium, do not have a current grant or are not receiving services under a
