Opportunity Title:
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Office of Indian Education (OIE)::Indian Education Discretionary Grant Programs: Native American Language Education Program, Assistance Listing Number (ALN) 84.415B
Funder/Agency:
Department of Education
Opportunity Number:
ED-GRANTS-112823-001
Description:
The purposes of this program are to (1) support schools that use Native American and Alaska Native languages as the primary language of instruction; (2) maintain, protect, and promote the rights and freedom of Native Americans and Alaska Natives to use, practice, maintain, and revitalize their languages, as envisioned in the Native American Languages Act of 1990 (25 U.S.C. 2901, et seq.); and (3) support the Nation’s First Peoples’ efforts to maintain and revitalize their languages and cultures, and to improve educational opportunities and student outcomes within Native American and Alaska Native communities.
Date of Pre-Application Meeting: December 26, 2023
Notice of Intent to Apply Due: January 17, 2024
Eligibility:
The following entities, either alone or in a consortium, that have a plan to develop and maintain, or to improve and expand, programs that support the entity’s use of a Native American or Alaska Native language as the primary language of instruction in one or more elementary or secondary schools (or both) are eligible under this program:
(a) An Indian Tribe.
(b) A Tribal College or University (TCU).
(c) A Tribal education agency.
(d) An LEA, including a public charter school that is an LEA under State law.
(e) A school operated by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).
(f) An Alaska Native Regional Corporation (as described in section 3(g) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(g))).
(g) A private, Tribal, or Alaska Native nonprofit organization. (h) A non-Tribal for-profit organization.
Award Details:
Total Amount Available:
$2,400,000
Deadline:
Notice of Intent to Apply Due: January 17, 2024
Application Due: March 07, 2024
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