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Document Type:
Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number:
ED-GRANTS-120612-001
Opportunity Category:
Discretionary
Posted Date:
Dec 06, 2012
Creation Date:
Dec 06, 2012
Original Closing Date for Applications:
Feb 01, 2013
Applications Available: December 6, 2012. Pre-application Technical Assistance for Potential Applicants: A webinar for potential applicants will be conducted 14 days after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register. For further information on this webinar, contact Yvonne Putney-Mathieu at (202) 401-1461, or by email at yvonne.mathieu@ed.gov. Please include
``84.365C Webinar Information'' in the subject heading of your email. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 1, 2013.
Current Closing Date for Applications:
Feb 01, 2013
Applications Available: December 6, 2012. Pre-application Technical Assistance for Potential Applicants: A webinar for potential applicants will be conducted 14 days after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register. For further information on this webinar, contact Yvonne Putney-Mathieu at (202) 401-1461, or by email at yvonne.mathieu@ed.gov. Please include
``84.365C Webinar Information'' in the subject heading of your email. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: February 1, 2013.
Archive Date:
Mar 03, 2013
Funding Instrument Type:
Grant
Category of Funding Activity:
Education
Category Explanation:
Expected Number of Awards:
17
Estimated Total Program Funding:
$3,825,000
Award Ceiling:
Award Floor:
CFDA Number(s):
84.365
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English Language Acquisition State Grants
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:
No
Eligible Applicants
Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility:
Eligible Applicants: The following entities, when they operate elementary, secondary, or postsecondary schools primarily for Native American children (including Alaska Native children), are eligible applicants under this program: Indian tribes; tribally sanctioned educational authorities; Native Hawaiian or Native American Pacific Islander native language educational organizations; elementary schools or secondary schools that are operated or funded by the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), or a consortium of these schools; elementary schools or secondary schools operated under a contract with or grant from the BIE in consortium with another such school or a tribal or community organization; and elementary schools or secondary schools operated by the BIE and an IHE, in consortium with an elementary school or secondary school operated under a contract with or a grant from the BIE or a tribal or community organization.
Note: Any eligible entity that receives Federal financial assistance under this program is not eligible to receive a subgrant under section 3114 of title III of the ESEA.
Note: Eligible applicants applying as a consortium should read and follow the regulations in 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129.
Note: Charter schools meeting the eligibility requirement described in this section are eligible to apply for a grant under the Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program.
Agency Name
Department of Education
Description
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. 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.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html.
Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information.
Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to provide grants for eligible entities to develop high levels of academic attainment in English among English learners (ELs),\1\ and to promote parental and community participation in language instruction educational programs. Projects funded under the Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program, authorized under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), may support the teaching and studying of Native American languages, but must have, as a project objective, an increase in English language proficiency for participating students.
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\1\ The term English learner, as used in this notice, is synonymous with the term limited English proficient (LEP), as defined in section 9101(25) of the ESEA.
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.365C.
Applications for grants under the Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program, CFDA number 84.365C, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant application to us.
You may access the electronic grant application for the Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search (e.g., search for 84.365, not 84.365C).
If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement
electronically, please contact:
Julius Cotton
ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin.
Phone 202-245-6140
julius.cotton@ed.gov
Program Managers:
Trini Torres
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue SW., room 5C145 Washington, DC 20202-6510.
Telephone: (202) 401-1445 or by email: trinidad.torres-carrion@ed.gov; or Sharon Coleman
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue SW., room 5C146
Washington, DC 20202-6510.
Telephone: (202) 401-1452 or by email: sharon.coleman@ed.gov.
e-Mail: Program Manager
Synopsis Modification History
There are currently no modifications for this opportunity.
