The Office of Indian Education (OIE) of the Department of Education (ED) requests extension of the clearance for the Indian Education Demonstration Grant Application authorized under Title VI, Part A, of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act. The Demonstration (CFDA 84.299A) program is a competitive discretionary grant program. The grantee applications submitted for this program are evaluated on the basis of how well an applicant addresses the selection criteria, and are used to determine applicant eligibility and amount of award for projects selected for funding.
The selection criteria used for the Demonstration Grant program include general selection criteria from 34 CFR 75.210 and selection criteria based on regulatory requirements in 34 CFR part 263, in accordance with 34 CFR 75.209(a).
Eligible applicants submit the information to describe the project for which funding is requested. The information provided by the applicant addresses the selection criteria for the program. The application is evaluated through a peer review process and an application's score is used to determine its ranking and selection for funding.
US Code:
20 USC 7441
Name of Law: Improvement of Educational Opportunities for Indian Children
US Code: 20 USC 7441 Name of Law: Improvement of Educational Opportunities for Indian Children
This is an extension of a previously approved information collection request. In previous years, we received more applications that originally anticipated for this program. Therefore, the adjustment reflects an increase to the number of responses we anticipate receiving, and do not impose increase burden on an individual respondent. The total burden and responses are 4,000 hours and 100 responses respectively.
$186,873
No
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Amalia Cuervo 202 453-5612
No
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.