[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78755-78756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30466]
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; Overview
Information; Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational
Agencies; Notice Inviting Applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2009
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.060A.
DATES: Part I of the Formula Grant Electronic Application System for
Indian Education (EASIE) Applications Available: December 23, 2008.
Deadline for Transmittal of Part I Applications: January 30, 2009.
Part II of the Formula Grant (EASIE) Applications Available: March
16, 2009.
Deadline for Transmittal of Part II Applications: April 22, 2009.
Applications not meeting the deadline for Part I applications will
not be considered for funding in the initial allocation of awards. Part
II applications or data submissions will be accepted only from those
eligible applicants that meet the Part I application deadline.
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: June 22, 2009.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose of Program: The Indian Education Formula Grants to Local
Educational Agencies program provides grants to support local
educational agencies (LEAs) and other eligible entities described in
this notice in their efforts to reform and improve elementary and
secondary school programs that serve Indian students. The Department
funds programs designed to help Indian students meet the same
challenging State academic content and student academic achievement
standards used for all students. In addition, under section 7116 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), the
Secretary will, upon receipt of an acceptable plan for the integration
of education and related services, authorize the entity receiving the
funds under this program to consolidate, in accordance with the
entity's plan, the funds for any Federal program exclusively serving
Indian children, or the funds reserved under any Federal program to
exclusively serve Indian children, that are awarded under a statutory
or administrative formula to the entity, for the purpose of providing
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education and related services to Indian students. Instructions for
submitting an integration of education and related services plan are
included in the EASIE described elsewhere in this notice under
Application Process and Submission Information.
Eligible Applicants: LEAs, including charter schools authorized as
LEAs under State law, certain schools funded by the Bureau of Indian
Education of the Department of the Interior, and Indian tribes under
certain conditions, as prescribed by section 7112(c) of the ESEA.
Application Process and Submission Information: The application
process for the Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational
Agencies program utilizes the Formula Grant EASIE, an easy-to-use,
electronic application system. Formula Grant EASIE provides special
features that will progressively enhance data availability and
performance reporting for applicants, including the use of data from
State submissions to EDFacts, the Department's data collection system,
which contains performance information from State educational agencies
about schools and Federal education programs. To the extent that your
State has provided the necessary EDFacts data files, Formula Grant
EASIE will be able to interface with EDFacts and pull those LEA-
specific data into the application. Additionally, this system allows
the Department to review applications and interact online with
applicants during the application review and approval process.
Although you may download and print sample forms from the system,
the application must be submitted electronically through the Formula
Grant EASIE unless you do not have Internet access and have made prior
arrangements with the Department. For approval to submit a paper
application, you must contact the EDFacts Partner Support Center (see
the contact information listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) prior to the deadline for transmittal of
Part I or Part II applications. If you are approved to submit a paper
application, you must meet the submission deadlines included in this
notice.
Registration for Formula Grant EASIE is required. For information
on how to register, contact the EDFacts Partner Support Center listed
elsewhere in this notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT .
The Formula Grant EASIE application is divided into two parts--Part
I and Part II.
Part I, Student Count, provides the appropriate data entry screens
to submit your Indian student count totals.
Part II, Program and Budget Information, provides your award amount
based on the Indian student count total submitted under Part I. Part II
also enables you to enter student performance data, identify your
project's services and activities, and build a realistic program budget
based on a known grant amount. Based on student assessment data, you
will select your program objectives and services from a variety of menu
options that were designed with grantee input.
Estimated Available Funds: The Administration has requested
$96,613,000 for this program for FY 2009. The actual level of funding,
if any, depends on final Congressional action. However, we are inviting
applications to allow enough time to complete the grant process if
Congress appropriates funds for this program.
Estimated Range of Awards: $4,000-$2,000,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $75,775.
Estimated Number of Awards: 1,275.
Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this
notice and funding levels may change based on final appropriations
for the program.
Project Period: 12 months.
Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General
Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75, 77, 79, 80, 81,
82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98, and 99.
Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 79 apply to all applicants
except federally recognized Indian tribes.
Performance Measures: The Secretary has established the following
key performance measures for assessing the effectiveness and efficiency
of the Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies
program: (1) The percentage of American Indian and Alaska Native
students in grades four and eight who score at or above the basic level
in reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP);
(2) the percentage of American Indian and Alaska Native students in
grades four and eight who score at or above the basic level in
mathematics on the NAEP; (3) the percentage of American Indian and
Alaska Native students in grades three through eight meeting State
performance standards by scoring at the proficient or the advanced
levels in reading and mathematics on State assessments; (4) the
difference between the percentages of American Indian and Alaska Native
students in grades three through eight at the proficient or advanced
levels in reading and mathematics on State assessments and the
percentage of all students scoring at those levels; (5) the percentage
of American Indian and Alaska Native students who graduate from high
school; and (6) the percentage of funds used by grantees prior to award
close-out.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact the EDFacts Partner Support
Center, telephone: 877-457-3336 (877-HLP-EDEN) or by e-mail at: [email protected] .
If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), call the
EDFacts Partner Support Center, toll free, at 1-888-403-3336 (888-403-
EDEN).
Individuals with disabilities can obtain this document and a copy
of the application package in an accessible format (e.g., Braille,
large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the EDFacts
Partner Support Center.
Electronic Access to This Document: You can view this document, as
well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal
Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the
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Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.
Dated: December 17, 2008.
Kerri L. Briggs,
Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
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