The Secretary of the Interior, through
the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), may solicit grant proposals
from federally-recognized tribes and their Tribal Education
Departments (TEDs) for projects defined under 25 U.S.C.
2020.
Congress appropriated $2
million to BIE, which became available in December 2014, for Tribal
Education Department Grants (see “Consolidated and Further
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015”). These grants are “forward
funded” and available for a limited time. Therefore, we are seeking
emergency approval of this collection to allow us to solicit for
grant proposals by May 15, 2015 and award grants by July 1, 2015
for the upcoming school year (2015/16). If we are not able to
conduct this information collection, the grants will not be awarded
in time and we will not be able to take action to address
BIE-funded schools of this grant, resulting in the potential loss
for tribes and TEDs to address problems surrounding their
schools.
US Code:
25
USC 2020 Name of Law: Tribal Departments or Divisions of
Education
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.