1810-0731 NAL_App 3.16

Native American Language (NAL@ED) Application Package (1894-0001)

1810-0731 NAL_App 3.16

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U.S. Department of Education

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Office of Indian Education

Washington, D.C. 20202-6335

Fiscal Year 20XX



Application for New Grants Under

the Native American Language

(NAL@ED) Program


ALN 84.415B




Dated Material - Open Immediately

Closing Date: [DATE]



Approved OMB Number: 1810-0731

Expiration Date: [DATE]

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Dr. Donna Sabis-Burns

Office of Indian Education

U.S. Department of Education

400 Maryland Avenue, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20202.

[email protected]

1-202-213-9014


Note: Please do not return the completed application to this address.



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Dear Colleague Letter

United States Department of Education

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

OFFICE OF INDIAN EDUCATION

Dear Colleague:

Thank you for your interest in the Native American Language (NAL@ED) grant program, administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education (Department). This document includes information for applicants seeking funding for new grant projects in Fiscal Year 20XX under the Native American Language program, authorized under Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Act, as amended. The purposes of the NAL@ED 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..

Please take the time to review the applicable priorities, selection criteria, and all the application instructions. An application will not be evaluated for funding if the applicant does not comply with all the procedural rules that govern the submission of the application or the application does not contain the information required under the program (34 CFR§75.216 (b) and (c)).

If you are new to or would like a refresher on applying to a grant at the Department, please review our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 07, 2022 (87 FR 75045), and available at https://www.federalregister.gov/​documents/​2022/​12/​07/​2022-26554/​common-instructions-for-applicants-to-department-of-education-discretionary-grant-programs. Please note that these Common Instructions supersede the version published on December 27, 2021.

To apply for this competition, please use the government-wide website, http://www.grants.gov . We encourage that early in the process of compiling an application for submission you familiarize yourself with Grants.gov and register or identify who has access to your entity’s registration within your entity and become a user or clarify roles for submitting application using grants.gov. We recommend that you submit early. In order to successfully submit your application via Grants.gov, you must (1) register as an applicant using your UEI number and (2) be designated by your organization's E-Biz Point of Contact as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR). Details on these steps are outlined at the following Grants.gov web page: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/register.html .Please note, the narrative portion of an application must be submitted using either read-only, flattened Portable Document Format (PDF) or a Microsoft Word document. Please see related instructions within this application package.

Using FY 20XX funds, the Department expects to award approximately $XXXXX for new grants under this competition. These awards will be for a project period of up to 60 months. Grants are expected to be awarded in late September 20XX.

Please visit our program website at https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-indian-education/native-american-language-program/ for further information. The program website includes helpful information, frequently asked questions, dates of future webinars or workshops, and clarifications. If you have any technical questions about the program after reviewing the application package, please contact Dr. Donna Sabis-Burns by telephone at 202-213-9014 or via email at [email protected].



Sincerely,



Dr. Donna Sabis-Burns

Group Leader

Office of Indian Education

U.S. Department of Education


  1. Program Background Information

Native American Language (NAL@ED) Program

ALN Number: 84. 415B

Program Overview

The purposes of the NAL@ED program are to support schools that use Native American and Alaska Native languages as the primary language of instruction; 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 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

Official Documents Notice

The official document governing this competition is the Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) published in the Federal Register on DATE, 20XX (See Legal and Regulatory Documents of this application package). The NIA is also available electronically at the following Web sites: www.FederalRegister.gov and www.gpo.gov.

Eligible Applicants

The following entities, either alone or in a consortium, are eligible under this program:

(1) An Indian tribe;

(2) A Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c));

(3) A tribal education agency;

(4) A local educational agency, including a public charter school that is a local educational agency under State law;

(5) A school operated by the Bureau of Indian Education;

(6) An Alaska Native Regional Corporation (as described in section 3(g) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(g)));

(7) A private, tribal, or Alaska Native nonprofit organization;

(8) A nontribal for-profit organization.

Application Requirements and Priorities

There are application requirements for this FY 20XX grant competition and any subsequent year in which awards are made from the list of unfunded applications from this competition. Applicants are encouraged to thoroughly review the application requirements described in the Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for this competition in the Federal Register.

Grant competitions may include “Absolute Priorities,” which must be clearly met in order for an application to be considered, and also “Competitive Preference” or “Invitational Priorities,” which are not required to be met but may increase the likelihood of receiving an award.

Absolute Priorities

For FY 20XX and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this competition, these priorities are Absolute Priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet Priorities established in future notices inviting application.

Note: The Department may create x funding slates—one for applications that meet Priority x and a separate slate for applications that meet Priority y. As a result, the Secretary may fund applications out of the overall rank order, but the Department is not bound to do so. Applicants must clearly identify the specific x Priority that the proposed project addresses in the project abstract section of the application.

The Absolute Priorities for this competition will be announced in the next Notice Inviting Applicants.

Competitive Preference Priorities

For FY 20XX, and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this competition, these priorities are competitive preference priorities. Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we may award additional points to an application, depending on how well an application meets Competitive Preference Priorities that will be established in a future NIA.

Program Contact:

Please contact Program Officer XXX by telephone at (XXX) XXX-XXXX or via email at [email protected] after reviewing the application package if you have any questions about the program.

Project Period

The project period for this grant is for up to 60 months. Grants are expected to be awarded by September 30, 20XX.

Note: Continuation of each successive grant period is subject to satisfactory performance, submission of an annual report, and availability of funds.

Grant Award Estimations

We estimate that awards will average $XXXX within the range from $XXXX to $XXXXX. We expect to award XX grants.

Application Due Date

Applications must be submitted on or before DATE, 20XX. Please note that the Department of Education (Department) grant application deadlines are 11:59:59 P.M. Washington, D.C. time.

Late applications will not be accepted. We strongly suggest that you submit your application several days before the deadline. The Department is required to enforce the established deadline to ensure fairness to all applicants. No changes or additions to an application will be accepted after the deadline date and time.

Applicant Guide

Applications are entered into the Grants.gov system; applications submitted via email will not be accepted. For more information, including how to submit a paper application in cases in which electronic submission is not possible, please read the Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 07, 2022 (87 FR 75045), and available at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/12/07/2022-26554/common-instructions-for-applicants-to-department-of-education-discretionary-grant-programs. Please note that these Common Instructions supersede the version published on December 27, 2021.

A completed application will include a program narrative. The program narrative is the section of the application that directly responds to the selection criteria. The program narrative should follow the order of the selection criteria. Applicants should describe, in detail, activities planned for each of the funding periods of the grant. The program office suggests that applicants limit the program narrative to 30 pages. Narrative attachments must be submitted as files in a read-only, flattened Portable Document Format (PDF) or as a Microsoft Word document. If applicants upload a different file type or submit a password-protected file, we will not review that material.

A minimum of 3 peer reviewers will evaluate each proposal. Reviewers will be asked to review the applicants’ responses to each criterion and score each of their assigned proposals. Not responding to a specific criterion could negatively impact the score.

The Notice Inviting Applications (NIA) for this competition provides the priorities, selection criteria, application requirements, program requirements, eligibility, and definitions.

Selection Criteria

All selection criteria will be from 34 CFR 75210 and section 4303(g)(1) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7221b(g)(1)).

Definitions

Definitions for this program are from the next Notice of Finalized Priorities published in the Federal Register and from the statute governing this program. These definitions apply to the FY 20XX grant competition and any subsequent year in which we make awards from the list of unfunded applications from this competition.

Technical Assistance Workshops for Prospective Applicants

The Department intends to hold a pre-application webinar designed to provide technical assistance to interested applicants. Information about webinar times and instructions for registering are on the Department Web site at https://oese.ed.gov/offices/office-of-indian-education/native-american-language-program/applicant-information-native-american-language-program/. Please check the site regularly for updates.


II. Application Submission Procedures

The deadline for submission of NAL@ED grant applications through Grants.gov is 11:59:59 PM EST on DATE, 20XX.

Application Transmittal Instructions

This program requires the electronic submission of applications--specific requirements and instructions can be found in the Federal Register notice. Please note that you must follow the Application Procedures as described in the Federal Register notice announcing the grant competition.

For additional training resources, including video tutorials, refer to https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/applicant-training.html

Helpful Reminders

1) REGISTER EARLY – Applicants are required to follow the Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022 (87 FR 75045), and available at https://www.federalregister.gov/​documents/​2022/​12/​07/​2022-26554/​common-instructions-for-applicants-to-department-of-education-discretionary-grant-programs. Please note that these Common Instructions supersede the version published on December 27, 2021.

Grants.gov registration involves many steps including registration on SAM (www.sam.gov), which usually takes approximately 7 to 10 business days, but can take longer depending on the completeness and accuracy of the data entered into the SAM database by an applicant. You may begin working on your application while completing the registration process, but you cannot submit an application until all of the registration steps are complete. Please note that once your SAM registration is active, it will take 24-48 hours for the information to be available in Grants.gov, and before you can submit an application through Grants.gov. For detailed information on the Registration Steps, please go to: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/register.html. Please note that your organization will need to update its SAM registration annually.

To register in SAM.gov, click on the “Get Started” link under the “Register Your Entity…” heading in SAM.gov. Grantees, and other entities wanting to do business with the U.S. Department of Education (e.g., entities applying for a grant), that are not already registered in SAM.gov must complete the “Register Entity” registration option and NOT the “Get a Unique Entity ID” option. The “Get a Unique Entity ID” option, which is not a full registration, is only available to entities for reporting purposes. Failing to complete the “Register Entity” option may result in loss of funding, loss of applicant eligibility, and/or delays in receiving a grant award. Information about SAM is available at www.SAM.gov. To further assist you with registering in SAM or updating your existing SAM registration, see the Quick Start Guide for Grant Registrations and the Entity Registration Video at https://sam.gov/content/entity-registration.

2) SUBMIT EARLY – We strongly recommend that you do not wait until the last day to submit your application. Grants.gov will put a date/time stamp on your application and then process it after it is fully uploaded. The time it takes to upload an application will vary depending on a number of factors including the size of the application and the speed of your Internet connection, and the time it takes Grants.gov to process the application will vary as well. If Grants.gov rejects your application (see step three below), you will need to resubmit successfully to Grants.gov before 11:59:59 p.m. Washington, DC time on the deadline date.

Note: To submit successfully, in order to submit your application via Grants.gov, you must (1) register as an applicant using your UEI number and (2) be designated by your organization's E-Biz Point of Contact as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR). Details on these steps are outlined at the following Grants.gov web page: https://www.grants.gov/​web/​grants/​register.html.
3) VERIFY SUBMISSION IS OK – You will want to verify that Grants.gov received your application submission on time and that it was validated successfully. To see the date/time your application was received, login to Grants.gov and click on the Track My Application link. For a successful submission, the date/time received should be earlier than 4:30:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on the deadline date, AND the application status should be: Validated, Received by Agency, or Agency Tracking Number Assigned. Once the Department of Education receives your application from Grants.gov, an Agency Tracking Number (PR/award number) will be assigned to your application and will be available for viewing on Grants.gov’s Track My Application link.

If the date/time received is later than 11:59:59 p.m. Washington, DC Time on the deadline date, your application is late. If your application has a status of “Received” it is still awaiting validation by Grants.gov. Once validation is complete, the status will either change to “Validated” or “Rejected with Errors.” If the status is “Rejected with Errors,” your application has not been received successfully. Some of the reasons Grants.gov may reject an application can be found on the Grants.gov site: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/encountering-error-messages.html. For more detailed information on troubleshooting Adobe errors, you can review the Adobe Reader Software Tip Sheet at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/adobe-software-compatibility.html. If you discover your application is late or has been rejected, please see the instructions below. Note: You will receive a series of confirmations both online and via e-mail about the status of your application. Please do not rely solely on e-mail to confirm whether your application has been received timely and validated successfully.

Submission Problems – What should you do?

If you have problems submitting to Grants.gov before the closing date, please contact Grants.gov Customer Support at 1-800-518-4726 or at support@grants, or access the Grants.gov Self-Service web portal at: : https://grants-portal.psc.gov/Welcome.aspx?pt=Grants

Helpful Hints When Working with Grants.gov

Please note, once you download an application from Grants.gov, you will be working offline and saving data on your computer. Please be sure to note where you are saving the Grants.gov file on your computer. You will need to logon to Grants.gov to upload and submit the application. Remember, to submit successfully you must (1) register as an applicant using your UEI number and (2) be designated by your organization's E-Biz Point of Contact as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR). Details on these steps are outlined at the following Grants.gov web page: https://www.grants.gov/​web/​grants/​register.html.

Please go to http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/support.html for help with Grants.gov. For additional tips related to submitting grant applications, please refer to the Grants.gov Applicant FAQs found at this Grants.gov link: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/applicant-faqs.html as well as additional information on Workspace at https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/applicants/applicant-faqs.html#workspace.

Slow Internet Connections:

When using a slow internet connection, such as a dial-up connection, to upload and submit your application, it can take significantly longer than when you are connected to the Internet with a high-speed connection, e.g., cable modem/DSL/T1. While times will vary depending upon the size of your application, it can take a few minutes to a few hours to complete your grant submission using a dial up connection. Failure to fully upload an application by the deadline date and time will result in your application being marked late in the G5 system. If you do not have access to a high-speed internet connection, you may want to consider following the instructions in the Federal Register notice to obtain an exception to the electronic submission requirement no later than 14 calendar days before the application deadline date. (See the Federal Register notice for detailed instructions and the 2022 Common Instructions.)

Attaching Files – Additional Tips

Please note the following tips related to attaching files to your application, especially the requirement that applicants only include read-only, flattened .PDF files in their application:

  • Ensure that you attach .PDF files only or Microsoft Word files for any attachments to your application, and any PDFs must be in a read-only, flattened format (meaning any fillable documents must be saved and submitted as non-fillable PDF files). PDF files and Microsoft Word files are the only Education approved file type accepted as detailed in the common instructions. If an applicant submits PDF files, it must submit only individual .PDF files. Specifically, the Department will not accept any attachments that contain files within a file, such as PDF Portfolio files, or an interactive or fillable .PDF file. Any attachments uploaded that are file types other than .PDF files or Microsoft Word files, or are password protected files will not be read.

  • Grants.gov cannot process an application that includes two or more files that have the same name within a grant submission. Therefore, each file uploaded to your application package should have a unique file name.

  • When attaching files, applicants should follow the guidelines established by Grants.gov on the size and content of file names. Uploaded file names must be fewer than 50 characters, and, in general, applicants should not use any special characters. However, Grants.gov does allow for the following UTF-8 characters when naming your attachments: A-Z, a-z, 0-9, underscore, hyphen, space, period, parenthesis, curly braces, square brackets, ampersand, tilde, exclamation point, comma, semi colon, apostrophe, at sign, number sign, dollar sign, percent sign, plus sign, and equal sign. Applications submitted that do not comply with the Grants.gov guidelines will be rejected at Grants.gov and not forwarded to the Department.

  • Applicants should limit the size of their file attachments. Documents submitted that contain graphics and/or scanned material often greatly increase the size of the file attachments and can result in difficulties opening the files. For reference, the average discretionary grant application package with all attachments is less than 5 MB. Therefore, you may want to check the total size of your package before submission.

Electronic Application Submission Checklist

It is recommended that your electronic application be organized in the following manner and include the following parts in order to expedite the review process. Instructions for all parts and forms of the application are found either on the following pages of the application package or individually for each form on Grants.gov.

Review your electronic application to ensure you have completed the following forms and sections:

Part 1: Preliminary Documents

  • Application for Federal Assistance (form SF 424)

  • ED Supplemental Information for SF 424

Part 2: Budget Information

  • ED Budget Information Non-Construction Programs (ED Form 524)

Part 3: ED Abstract Form

  • Project Abstract

Part 4: Project Narrative Attachment Form

  • Application Narrative

Part 5: Budget Narrative Attachment Form

  • Budget Narrative



Part 6: Other Attachments

  • Application Requirement 1 – General Requirements: Applicant Information for NAL@ED program Attachment with Assurances (Required of all applicants) (see form in this package)



Required, if Applicable

  • Memorandum of Agreement for any applicant that proposes a project with a partner. NOTE: The applicant’s Memorandum of Agreement may also serve as a consortium agreement for the purposes of requesting competitive preference priority points if it meets the requirements of 34 CFR 75.127-129

  • Applicant Engagement with Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations

  • Tribal Certification Attachment (see form in this package)

  • Request for Competitive Preference Priority One Attachment(s) (see form in this package)

  • Documentation of Indian Organization

  • Indirect Cost Rate Agreement



Part 7: Assurances and Certifications

  • Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF 424B Form)

  • Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (Standard Form LLL)

  • Grants.gov Lobbying Form

  • General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) Requirements – Section 427 (ED GEPA427 form)





Part 1: Preliminary Documents

  • Application for Federal Assistance (Form SF 424)

  • ED Supplemental Information for SF 424

These forms require basic identifying information about the applicant and the application. Please provide all requested applicant information (including name, address, e-mail address and UEI number).

You must provide the UEI on your application that was used when you registered as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR) on Grants.gov. This UEI is assigned to your organization in SAM at the time your organization registers in SAM. If you do not enter the UEI assigned by SAM on your application, Grants.gov will reject your application.

Applicants are advised to complete the Application for Federal Assistance (Form SF 424) first. Grants.gov will automatically insert the correct CFDA and program name automatically wherever needed on other forms.

NOTE: Please do not attach any narratives, supporting files, or application components to the Standard Form (SF 424). Although this form accepts attachments, the Department of Education will only review materials/files attached in accordance with the instructions provided within this application.

 


Part 2: Budget Information

  • ED Budget Information Non-Construction Programs (ED Form 524)

This part of your application contains information about the Federal funding you are requesting. Remember that you must provide all requested budget information for each year of the project (up to 60 months) and the total column in order to be considered for Federal funding. Specific instructions for completing the budget forms are provided within this application package.

Instructions for completing ED Form 524 Section A:

Name of Institution/Organization: Enter the name of the applicant in the space provided.

Personnel (line 1): Enter project personnel salaries and wages only. Include fees and expenses for consultants on line 6 (Contractual).

Fringe Benefits (line 2): The institution’s normal fringe benefits contribution may be charged to the program. Leave this line blank if fringe benefits applicable to direct salaries and wages are treated as part of the indirect cost.

Travel (line 3): Indicate the travel costs of employees and participants only. Include travel of persons such as consultants on line 6. Applicants are strongly encouraged to budget funds for the project director to attend a Project Director’s Meeting in the first three years of the grant.

Equipment (line 4): Indicate the cost of tangible, non-expendable personal property that has a usefulness greater than one year and acquisition costs that are the lesser of the capitalization level established by the applicant entity for financial statement purposes or $5,000 per article. Lower limits may be established to maintain consistency with the applicant’s policy.

Supplies (line 5): Show all tangible, expendable personal property. Direct supplies and materials differ from equipment in that they are consumable, expendable, and of a relatively low unit cost. Supplies purchased with grant funds should directly benefit the grant project and be necessary for achieving the goals of the project.

Contractual (line 6): The contractual category should include all costs specifically incurred with actions that the applicant takes in conjunction with an established internal procurement system. Include consultant fees, expenses, and travel costs in this category if the consultant’s services are obtained through a written binding agreement or contract.

Construction (line 7): Not applicable.

Other (line 8): Indicate all direct costs not covered on lines 1-6. For example, include costs such as space rental, required fees, honoraria and travel (where a contract is not in place for services), training, and communication and printing costs. Do not include costs that are included in the indirect cost rate.

Total Direct Costs (line 9): The sum of lines 1-8.

Note: Direct administrative costs are limited by statute to 5% of the total grant award.

Indirect Costs (line 10): Indicate the applicant’s approved indirect cost rate, per sections 75.560 – 75.564 of EDGAR. If an applicant’s approved indirect cost rate agreement with a cognizant Federal agency has expired and the applicant wishes to charge indirect costs to the grant, the applicant may use a temporary rate of 10 percent of budgeted direct salaries and wages while it negotiates a rate with its cognizant agency, per section 75.560 of EDGAR. An applicant with no previous ICR can use a de minimis rate of 10 percent of modified total direct costs (MTDC); these applicants do not need to negotiate for this rate (2 CFR 200.414(f)).

Training Stipends (line 11): This line is not applicable to this program. Salary stipends paid to teachers and other school personnel for participating in short-term professional development should be reported in Personnel (line 1).



Total Cost (line 12): This should equal to sum of lines 9-11 (total direct costs + indirect + stipends). The sum for column one, labeled Project Year 1 (a), should also be equal to item 15a on the application cover sheet (SF Form 424).


Part 3: ED Abstract Form

This section should be attached as a single document to the ED Abstract Form in accordance with the instructions found on Grants.gov and should be organized in the following manner and include the following parts in order to expedite the review process.

Ensure that you only attach the Education approved file types detailed in the Federal Register application notice (read-only, non-modifiable .pdf files). Also, do not upload any password-protected files to your application.

Please note that Grants.gov cannot process an application that includes two or more files that have the same name within a grant submission.

When attaching files, applicants should limit the size of their file names. Lengthy file names could result in difficulties with opening and processing your application. We recommend your file names be less than 50 characters.

  • Project Abstract

The project abstract is a one-page, single-spaced summary of your project. It should include the following:

1) Project Title: State the title of the proposed project.

2) Institution: State the official name of the applicant.

3) Eligibility: State the eligibility category the applicant meets.

4) Native Language(s): List the name of the Native American or Alaska Native language for instruction.

5) Partners: Identify any major partners.

6) Priorities: Indicate the absolute priority and which, if any, of the competitive priorities your project is addressing

7) Project Goals: State proposed project goals, objectives, and performance outcomes.

8) Project Description: State a brief description of major project activities.

9) School Data: Provide key school information including participating school, grades, estimated. total number of participating Native American and Alaska Native students to be served.

10) Contact: List Project Director’s name, telephone, and e-mail.

Note: Grants.gov may include a note that indicates that the project abstract may not exceed one page; however, an abstract of more than one page may be uploaded.


Part 4: Project Narrative Attachment Form

This section should be attached as a single document to the Project Narrative Attachment Form in accordance with the instructions found on Grants.gov and should be organized in the following manner and include the following parts in order to expedite the review process.

Ensure that you only attach the Education approved file types detailed in the Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022 (87 FR 75045), and available at https://www.federalregister.gov/​documents/​2022/​12/​07/​2022-26554/​common-instructions-for-applicants-to-department-of-education-discretionary-grant-programs. Also, do not upload any password-protected files to your application.

When attaching files, applicants should limit the size of their file names. Lengthy file names could result in difficulties with opening and processing your application. We recommend your file names be less than 50 characters.


  • Table of Contents

The Table of Contents shows where and how the important sections of your proposal are organized and should not exceed one double spaced page.

  • Application Narrative

The application narrative responds to the selection criteria found in this application package and should follow the order of the selection criteria.

We encourage applicants to limit this section of the application to the equivalent of no more than 30 pages and adhere to the following guidelines:

  • A “page” is 8.5" x 11", on one side only, with 1" margins at the top, bottom, and both sides.

  • Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch) all text in the application narrative, including titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, references, and captions, as well as all text in charts, tables, figures, and graphs.

  • Use a font that is either 12 point or larger or no smaller than 10 pitch (characters per inch).

  • Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier, Courier New, or Arial.

The recommended page limit does not apply to the cover sheet; the budget section, including the narrative budget justification; the assurances and certifications; or the abstract, the resumes, the bibliography, or the letters of support. However, the recommended page limit does apply to all of the application narrative.



Selection Criteria for Project Narrative

The maximum score for all criteria is XXX points. The points or weight assigned to each criterion are indicated in parentheses and found in the published Notice Inviting Applicants. Non-Federal peer reviewers will review each application. They will be asked to evaluate and score each program narrative against selection criteria. The applicant must address all the listed criteria, which come from 34 CFR 75.210 as well as the Notice of Final Regulations, published in the Federal Register on [insert date].

Panel readers will award points only for an applicant’s response to a given selection criterion that is contained within the section of the application designated to address that particular selection criterion. Readers will not review, or award points for responses to a given selection criterion that are in any other section of the application or appendices. However, readers will use the information contained within the Budget and Budget Narrative sections of the application to award points for relevant selection criteria responses.

In describing the proposed project, applicants should address the selection criteria in the order in which they are listed. The selection criteria, sub-criteria, and corresponding points are provided in the NIA available at [insert link]




Part 5: Budget Narrative

This section should be attached as a single document to the Budget Narrative Attachment Form in accordance with the instructions found on Grants.gov. It should be organized in the following manner and include the following parts in order to expedite the review process.

Ensure that you only attach the Education approved file types detailed in the Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022 (87 FR 75045), and available at https://www.federalregister.gov/​documents/​2022/​12/​07/​2022-26554/​common-instructions-for-applicants-to-department-of-education-discretionary-grant-programs.

Also, do not upload any password-protected files to your application.

When attaching files, applicants should limit the size of their file names. Lengthy file names could result in difficulties with opening and processing your application. We recommend your file names be less than 50 characters.

Each application must also provide a Budget Narrative (which serves to meet the requirements of ED Form 524, Section C) for requested Federal funds. The Budget Narrative for requested Federal funds should provide a justification of how the money requested for each budget item will be spent.

This section requires an itemized budget breakdown for each project year and the basis for estimating the costs of personnel salaries, benefits, project staff travel, materials and supplies, consultants and subcontracts, indirect costs and any other projected expenditures. Be sure to complete an itemized budget breakdown and narrative for each year of the proposed project.

The Budget Narrative provides an opportunity for the applicant to identify the nature and amount of the proposed expenditures. The applicant should provide sufficient detail to enable reviewers and project staff to understand how requested funds will be used, how much will be expended, and the relationship between the requested funds and project activities and outcomes.

In accordance with 34 CFR 75.232, Department of Education staff perform a cost analysis of each recommended project to ensure that costs relate to the activities and objectives of the project, are reasonable, allowable and allocable. We may delete or reduce costs from the budget during this review.

Important Notes

Applicants are encouraged to review the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations Uniform Guidance, Cost Principles in preparing their budget and budget narrative.

The Uniform Guidance may be found at the following link: https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title02/2cfr200_main_02.tpl

Suggested Guidelines for the Budget Narrative

In accordance with 34 CFR 75.232, Department staff perform a cost analysis of each recommended project to ensure that costs relate to the activities and objectives of the project and are reasonable, allowable and allocable. We may delete or reduce costs from the budget during this review.

To facilitate the review of your Budget Narrative, we encourage each applicant to include the following information for each year of the project:

    1. Personnel

  • Provide the title and duties of each position to be compensated under this project.

  • Provide the salary for each position under this project.

  • Provide the amounts of time, such as hours or percentage of time to be expended by each position under this project.

  • Explain the importance of each position to the success of the project.

  • Provide the basis for cost estimates or computations.

    1. Fringe Benefits

  • Give the fringe benefit percentages of all personnel included under Personnel.

  • Provide the rate and base on which fringe benefits are calculated.

    1. Travel

  • Explain the purpose of the travel, how it relates to project success, how it aligns with the project goals and objectives and which program participants or staff will participate.

  • Submit an estimate for the number of trips, points of origin and destination, and purpose of travel.

  • Submit an itemized estimate of transportation and/or subsistence costs for each trip.

  • Provide the basis for cost estimates or computations.

    1. Equipment

  • Indicate the estimated unit cost for each item to be purchased.

  • Identify each type of equipment.

  • Provide adequate justification of the need for items of equipment to be purchased.

  • Explain the purpose of the equipment, and how it relates to project success.

  • Provide the basis for cost estimates or computations.

    1. Supplies

  • Provide an itemized estimate of materials and supplies by nature of expense or general category (e.g., instructional materials, office supplies, etc.).

  • Explain the purpose of the supplies and how they relate to project success.

  • Provide the basis for cost estimates or computations.

    1. Contractual

  • Provide the purpose and relation to project success.

  • Describe the products to be acquired, and/or the professional services to be provided.

  • Provide a brief justification for the use of the contractors selected.

  • Identify the name(s) of the contracting party, including consultants, if available.

  • Provide the cost per contractor.

  • Provide the amount of time that the project will be working with the contractor(s).

  • For professional services contracts, provide the amounts of time to be devoted to the project, including the costs to be charged to this proposed grant award.

  • Provide the basis for cost estimates or computations.

Note: see Important Information Regarding Professional Services Contracts below.

    1. Construction

  • Not applicable.

    1. Other

  • List and identify items by major type or category (e.g., communications, printing, postage, equipment rental, etc.).

  • Provide the cost per item (e.g., printing = $500, postage = $750).

  • Provide the purpose for the expenditures and relation to project success.

  • Provide the basis for cost estimates or computations.

    1. Total Direct Costs

  • The sum of expenditures, per budget category, of lines 1-8.

    1. Indirect Costs

  • Identify indirect cost rate (if the applicant will charge indirect costs to the grant)

Note: Remember to provide a copy of the most recent approved indirect cost rate agreement in the Other Attachments section of the application. The indirect cost rate agreement establishes the maximum amount of indirect costs the applicant may charge to the grant. However, applicants are not required to use the full negotiated indirect cost rate, and may choose to devote greater resources to direct costs. Additionally, see Important Information Regarding Indirect Costs below.

    1. Training Stipends

  • Not applicable.

    1. Total Costs

  • Sum total of direct costs, indirect costs, and stipends.

  • Please provide total costs for each year of the project as well as grand total cost for the entire project period (up 60 months)

Statutory Administrative Cost Limit

  • Due to a statutory limitation, budgets cannot include direct administrative costs that exceed 5% of the total costs of the grant.

  • We note that certain costs, such as travel, the project director salary, and evaluation, may not necessarily all be administrative but may be partly direct program cost and partly administrative.

  • Please describe in sufficient detail the costs and the parts of the budget lines that you include in the calculation of administrative costs.


Important Information Regarding Professional Services Contracts

Generally, applicants other than states must comply with the procurement requirements in 2 CFR 200.318 through 200.326 and must follow the same policies and procedures they use for procurements from their non-Federal funds.

However, there are two exceptions: Under 34 CFR 75.135(a), an applicant may contract, without regard to the procurement procedures in 2 CFR part 200, to obtain services from an entity that provides a site or sites where the applicant would conduct the project activities. Also, under 34 CFR 75.135(b), an applicant may use the small purchase procedures authorized under 2 CFR 200.320(b) to procure data collection, data analysis, evaluation services, or other essential services that are needed to meet a statutory, regulatory, or priority requirement related to the competition.

If either of these exceptions will be considered, please contact Donna Sabis-Burns via email at [email protected] for additional guidance.


Important Information Regarding Indirect Costs

The Department reimburses grantees for the portion of indirect costs that a grantee incurs on a project funded by the NAL@ED program (ALN Number 84.415B).

If an applicant has a current ICR agreement and intends to charge indirect costs to the NAL@ED program grant, the applicant must submit a copy of the ICR agreement as part of its application. The ICR agreement must be negotiated with and approved by the grantee’s cognizant agency, i.e., either (1) the Federal agency from which it has received the most direct funding, subject to indirect cost support; (2) the Federal agency specifically assigned cognizance by OMB; or (3) the State agency that provides the most subgrant funds to the grantee (if no direct federal awards are received). For federally-recognized tribes, the Department of Interior (DOI) is the cognizant agency.

An applicant selected for funding that has an expired ICR agreement and intends to charge indirect costs to the NAL@ED program grant must follow the Department’s regulations at 34 CFR 75.560. Those rules permit an applicant to use a temporary rate of 10 percent of budgeted direct salaries and wages while it negotiates a rate with its cognizant agency (e.g., DOI); the applicant must then submit an ICR proposal to its cognizant agency within 90 days after the Department issues the grant award notification. 34 CFR 75.560.

Applicants with no previous ICR can use a de minimis rate of 10 percent of modified total direct costs (MTDC); these applicants do not need to negotiate for this rate. Should such an applicant decide to use this MTDC as its ICR, it must use this rate for a full fiscal year; it cannot negotiate for a different rate. 2 CFR 200.414(f).

Please note that, in accordance with OMB’s Cost Principles at 2 CFR 200, applicants that have an expiring ICR agreement can apply to the cognizant agency for a one-time extension of up to four years. 2 CFR 200.414(g). If a successful applicant has an expiring ICR agreement, after the expiration date of the original agreement the grantee will be required to submit evidence to the Department that its cognizant agency granted an extension of the ICR agreement in order to charge indirect costs to the NAL@ED program grant at the approved rate.

Note: Applicants should pay special attention to specific questions on the application budget form (ED 524) about their cognizant agency and the ICR being used in the budget. Applicants should be aware that the Department is very often not the cognizant agency for its grantees. Rather, the Department accepts the currently approved ICR established by the appropriate cognizant agency.

Applicants with questions about charging indirect costs on this program should contact the program contact person noted elsewhere in this application package.

Part 6: Other Attachments

Attach one or more documents to the Other Attachments Form in accordance with the instructions found on Grants.gov. You may provide all of the required information in a single document, or in multiple documents.

Ensure that you only attach the Education approved file types detailed in the Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on December 7, 2022 (87 FR 75045), and available at https://www.federalregister.gov/​documents/​2022/​12/​07/​2022-26554/​common-instructions-for-applicants-to-department-of-education-discretionary-grant-programs.

Also, do not upload any password-protected files to your application.

Please note that Grants.gov cannot process an application that includes two or more files that have the same name within a grant submission.

When attaching files, applicants should limit the size of their file names. Lengthy file names could result in difficulties with opening and processing your application. We recommend your file names be less than 50 characters

Required of All Applicants

  • Applicant Information for NAL@ED program Attachment with Assurances: This document provides information that must be provided under Application Requirements 1—General Requirements. The document also contains program assurances to be signed by the authorized representative of the applicant.

Required, if Applicable

  • Memorandum of Agreement: Any applicant that proposes to work with a partner to carry out the proposed project must include a signed and dated memorandum of agreement, signed within the four months before the application deadline, that describes the roles and responsibilities of each partner to participate in the grant, including—

  • A description of how each partner will implement the project according to the timelines described in the grant application;

  • The roles and responsibilities of each partner related to ensuring the data necessary to report on the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) indicators; and

  • The roles and responsibilities of each partner related to ensuring that Native American language instructors can be recruited, retained, and trained, as appropriate, in a timely manner.

The applicant’s Memorandum of Agreement may also serve as a consortium agreement for the purposes of requesting competitive preference priority points if it meets the requirements of 34 CFR 75.127-129

  • Applicant Engagement with Indian Tribes and Tribal Organizations. All non-Tribal applicants must engage with appropriate officials from Tribe(s) located in the area served by the project, or with a local Tribal organization, prior to submission of an application. The engagement must provide for the opportunity for officials from Tribes or Tribal organizations to meaningfully and substantively contribute to the application. Non-Tribal applicants must submit evidence of either Tribal engagement or a letter of support from one or more Tribes. This evidence can be part of the memorandum of agreement required by Application Requirement 2 or can be uploaded as a separate attachment.



  • Tribal Certification Attachment: Applicants that are either LEAs (including a public charter school that is an LEA under State law), a school operated by the Bureau of Indian Education, or a nontribal for-profit or nonprofit organization must complete the form.



  • Request for Competitive Preference Priority/Absolute Priority XX Attachment: Applicants that request this priority must complete this form.


  • Documentation of Indian Organization: Applicants that are an Indian organization must provide adequate documentation to demonstrate that the organization meets each element of the definition of Indian organization.


  • Indirect Cost Rate Agreement:

    • If the budget includes indirect costs, the applicant must attach a copy of its current Indirect Cost Rate (ICR) Agreement.

Attachment: Applicant Information for NAL@ED program --Assurances


Note: This document is required for all applicants.


Applicant Name______________________________________


Instructional language


Name of the Native American or Alaska Native language for instruction at the school(s) supported by the eligible entity: __________________________


Students to be Served


Number of students to be served by the project

Grade level of targeted students in the proposed project.





Instructional Hours


Total number of instructional hours per week at the school(s)

The number of hours of instruction per week in which the Native American or Alaska Native language currently being provided to targeted students at such school(s), if any.





Pre- and Post- assessments.


1. Is a pre- and post- assessment of Native language proficiency available? Yes/No


2. If no, what percentage of grant funds will be used for developing a pre- and post- assessment of Native language proficiency? ___ percent



Project Description

Provide a description of how the eligible entity will support Native American language education and development, and provide professional development for staff, in order to strengthen the overall language and academic goals of the school(s) that will be served by the project; ensure the implementation of rigorous academic content that prepares all students for college and career; and ensure that students’ progress towards meeting high level fluency goals in the Native American language. This description is provided in the project narrative on pp._______.


Organizational information


Select the name of the governing entity(ies) of each school in which the project will take place:

  • local educational agency

  • tribal educational agency or department

  • charter organization

  • private organization

  • other governing entity Name: ____________________


Organizational information (cont’d)

Participating school’s (or schools’) accreditation status:


a. If applicable, list any partnerships with institutions of higher education.




b. If applicable, list any indigenous language schooling and research cooperatives.




Program Assurance


The applicant assures for each school to be included in the project—

(a) the school in which the project will be located is engaged in meeting State or tribally designated long-term goals for students, as may be required by applicable Federal, State, or tribal law;

(b) the school provides assessments of students using the Native American or Alaska Native language of instruction, where possible;

(c) the qualifications of all instructional and leadership personnel at such school are sufficient to deliver high-quality education through the Native American or Alaska Native language used in the school; and

(d) the school will collect and report to the public data relative to student achievement and, if appropriate, rates of high school graduation, career readiness, and enrollment in postsecondary education or workforce development programs, of students who are enrolled in the school’s programs.


Signed by the following authorized representative of the applicant:


Name__________________________________________________ Date: ________________


Title: __________________________________________________

Attachment: Tribal Certification


Note: This document is required for non-tribal applicants. An applicant described below must include this information in Part 6 of its application as an uploaded document.


Directions: An applicant that is a local education agency (LEA) (including a public charter school that is an LEA), a school operated by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) or a nontribal for-profit or nonprofit organization must attach this certification, signed by an authorized representative of one of the following, on whose land the school or program is located, or that is an entity served by the school, or whose members are served by the school: an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization, a Tribal college or university (TCU), an Alaska Native Regional Corporation or an Alaska Native nonprofit organization, or a Native Hawaiian organization.


Applicant Agency Name: ____________________________________________________

Applicant Type:

  • An LEA, including a public charter school

  • A school operated by the BIE.

  • A nontribal for-profit or nonprofit organization.


I hereby certify that:


a. The school in which the project will take place, or the applicant organization, has the capacity to provide education primarily through a Native American or an Alaska Native language.


b. There will be sufficient speakers of the target language at the school or available to be hired by the school or applicant organization.


c. If the applicant is an LEA that is subject to the consultation requirements of ESEA section 8538, the Tribe also certifies that it has been consulted on the contents of this application as required under ESEA section 8538.


The entity signing below is (check one):

  • an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization

  • a TCU

  • an Alaska Native Regional Corporation or an Alaska Native nonprofit organization

  • a Native Hawaiian organization


The entity signing below is connected to the applicant by the following (check all that apply):


  • the school or program is located on our land

  • our organization or members are served by the school


Signed by the following authorized official representative of the Tribe or organization:


_______________________________ ______________________ _____________

Name and Title Organization Date



Part 7: Assurances and Certifications

Be certain to complete all required assurances and certification in Grants.gov, and include all required information in the appropriate place on each form.

The following assurances and certifications required for this application are:

  • Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF 424B Form)

  • Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF LLL Form)

  • Certification Regarding Lobbying (ED 80-0013 Form)

  • General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) Requirements – Section 427








INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION OF SF-LLL, DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES


This disclosure form shall be completed by the reporting entity, whether subawardee or prime Federal recipient, at the initiation or receipt of a covered Federal action, or a material change to a previous filing, pursuant to title 31 U.S.C. section 1352. The filing of a form is required for each payment or agreement to make payment to any lobbying entity for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with a covered Federal action. Complete all items that apply for both the initial filing and material change report. Refer to the implementing guidance published by the Office of Management and Budget for additional information.


1. Identify the type of covered Federal action for which lobbying activity is and/or has been secured to influence the outcome of a covered Federal action.


2. Identify the status of the covered Federal action.


3. Identify the appropriate classification of this report. If this is a follow up report caused by a material change to the information previously reported, enter the year and quarter in which the change occurred. Enter the date of the last previously submitted report by this reporting entity for this covered Federal action.


4. Enter the full name, address, city, State and zip code of the reporting entity. Include Congressional District, if known. Check the appropriate classification of the reporting entity that designates if it is, or expects to be, a prime or subaward recipient. Identify the tier of the subawardee, e.g., the first subawardee of the prime is the 1st tier. Subawards include but are not limited to subcontracts, subgrants and contract awards under grants.


5. If the organization filing the report in item 4 checks “Subawardee,” then enter the full name, address, city, State and zip code of the prime Federal recipient. Include Congressional District, if known.


6. Enter the name of the federal agency making the award or loan commitment. Include at least one organizational level below agency name, if known. For example, Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard.


7. Enter the Federal program name or description for the covered Federal action (item 1). If known, enter the full Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for grants, cooperative agreements, loans, and loan commitments.


8. Enter the most appropriate Federal identifying number available for the Federal action identified in item 1 (e.g., Request for Proposal (RFP) number; Invitations for Bid (IFB) number; grant announcement number; the contract, grant, or loan award number; the application/proposal control number assigned by the Federal agency). Included prefixes, e.g., “RFP-DE-90-001.”


9. For a covered Federal action where there has been an award or loan commitment by the Federal agency, enter the Federal amount of the award/loan commitment for the prime entity identified in item 4 or 5.


10. (a) Enter the full name, address, city, State and zip code of the lobbying registrant under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 engaged by the reporting entity identified in item 4 to influence the covered Federal action.


(b) Enter the full names of the individual(s) performing services and include full address if different from 10(a). Enter Last Name, First Name, and Middle Initial (MI).


11. The certifying official shall sign and date the form, print his/her name, title, and telephone number.


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Instructions for Meeting the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) Section 427 Requirements

The NOTICE TO ALL APPLICANTS: EQUITY FOR STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, AND OTHER PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES is a standard form used by the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) for applicants seeking Federal assistance under the Department’s grant programs. Applicants submit in their grant application a description of steps that they propose to take to ensure equitable access to, and participation in, their Federal grant as required by the General Education Provisions Act (GEPA) Section 427.

GEPA Section 427 highlights six types of barriers that can impede equitable access or participation: gender, race, national origin, color, disability, or age. Applicants based on the design of their proposed grant project, the participants and community the project proposes to serve, and local circumstances determine whether these or other barriers may prevent all beneficiaries such access or participation. General instructions for completing the standard form are contained below.

o Applicants may identify any barriers that may impede equitable access and participation in the proposed project or activity, including, but not limited to, barriers based on economic disadvantage, gender, race, ethnicity, color, national origin, disability, age, language, migrant status, rural status, homeless status or housing insecurity, pregnancy, parenting, or caregiving status, and sexual orientation.

o Applicants must respond to each question using the associated text box. Each text box allows approximately 4000 characters; therefore, if copying and pasting into the text box from another document be sure to check that everything copied.

o Applicants will receive an error message if any response is missing and will not be able to submit the application due to the missing information.

o Applicants that have already undertaken steps to address barriers must provide an explanation and/or description of the steps already taken in each text box, as appropriate.

o Applicants that believe no barriers exist must provide an explanation and/or description to each question to validate that perception and satisfy the GEPA Section 427 requirement


III. Reporting and Accountability

Successful applicants with multi-year grants must submit an annual performance report (APR) demonstrating their progress in meeting approved project objectives. Grantees must also provide the most current financial and performance measure data for each year of the project.

At the end of the project period, applicants will also be required to submit a final performance report (FPR).

Each grantee is required under section 6133 of the ESEA to submit annually to the Secretary information on the activities carried out with these grant funds, the number of children served by the project, and the number of instructional hours in and through the Native American language.

Under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), the following performance indicators have been established to evaluate the overall effectiveness of the Program (please refer to the most recently published NIA for further information and definitions regarding these measures):

Measure 1: The number and percentage of participating students who attain proficiency in a Native language as determined by each grantee through pre- and post-assessments of Native language proficiency.

Measure 2: The number and percentage of participating students who make progress in learning a Native language, as determined by each grantee through pre- and post-assessments of Native language proficiency.

Measure 3: The number and percentage of participating students who show an improvement in academic outcomes, as measured by academic assessments or other indicators.

Measure 4: The difference between the average daily attendance of participating students and the average daily attendance of all students in the comparison group (e.g. school, LEA, Tribe, or other).

These measures constitute the Department’s indicator of success for this program. Consequently, we advise an applicant for a grant under this program to give careful consideration to these measures in conceptualizing the approach and evaluation for, its proposed project. Each grantee will be required to provide, in its annual performance and final reports, data about its progress in meeting these measures.

For specific requirements on grantee reporting, please go to the ED Performance Report Form 524B at http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/appforms/appforms.html.

  2. Legal and Regulatory Information


Notice Inviting Applications


[Link to NIA]

Program Statute


SEC. 6133. NATIVE AMERICAN AND ALASKA NATIVE LANGUAGE

IMMERSION SCHOOLS AND PROGRAMS.

(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are—

(1) to establish a grant program to support schools that use Native American and Alaska Native languages as the primary language of instruction;

(2) to 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 (25 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.); and

(3) to 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.

(b) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—From funds reserved under section 6152(c), the Secretary shall reserve 20 percent to make grants to eligible entities to develop and maintain, or to improve and expand, programs that support schools, including elementary school and secondary school education sites and streams, using Native American and Alaska Native languages as the primary languages of instruction.

(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—In this subsection, the term ‘eligible entity’ means any of the following entities that has 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 elementary schools or secondary schools, or both:

(A) An Indian tribe.

(B) A Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c)).

(C) A tribal education agency.

(D) A local educational agency, including a public charter school that is a local educational agency under State law.

(E) A school operated by the Bureau of Indian Education.

(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 nontribal for-profit organization.

(c) APPLICATION.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that desires to receive a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require, including the following:

(A) The name of the Native American or Alaska Native language to be used for instruction at the school supported by the eligible entity.

(B) The number of students attending such school.

(C) The number of hours of instruction in or through 1 or more Native American or Alaska Native languages being provided to targeted students at such school, if any.

(D) A description of how the eligible entity will—

(i) use the funds provided to meet the purposes of this section;

(ii) implement the activities described in subsection (e);

(iii) ensure the implementation of rigorous academic content; and

(iv) ensure that students progress toward high level fluency goals.

(E) Information regarding the school’s organizational governance or affiliations, including information about—

(i) the school governing entity (such as a local educational agency, tribal education agency or department, charter organization, private organization, or other governing entity);

(ii) the school’s accreditation status;

(iii) any partnerships with institutions of higher education; and

(iv) any indigenous language schooling and research cooperatives.

(F) An assurance that—

(i) the school is engaged in meeting State or tribally designated long-term goals for students, as may be required by applicable Federal, State, or tribal law;

(ii) the school provides assessments of students using the Native American or Alaska Native language of instruction, where possible;

(iii) the qualifications of all instructional and leadership personnel at such school is sufficient to deliver high-quality education through the Native American or Alaska Native language used in the school; and

(iv) the school will collect and report to the public data relative to student achievement and, if appropriate, rates of high school graduation, career readiness, and enrollment in postsecondary education or workforce development programs, of students who are enrolled in the school’s programs.

(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not give a priority in awarding grants under this section based on the information described in paragraph (1)(E).

(3) SUBMISSION OF CERTIFICATION.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity that is a public elementary school or secondary school (including a public charter school or a school operated by the Bureau of Indian Education) or a nontribal for-profit or nonprofit organization shall submit, along with the application requirements described in paragraph (1), a certification described in subparagraph (B) indicating that—

(i) the school or organization has the capacity to provide education primarily through a Native American or an Alaska Native language; and

(ii) there are sufficient speakers of the target language at the school or available to be hired by the school or organization.

(B) CERTIFICATION.—The certification described in subparagraph (A) shall be from one of the following entities, on whose land the school or program is located, that is an entity served by such school, or that is an entity whose members (as defined by that entity) are served by the school:

(i) A Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c)).

(ii) A Federally recognized Indian tribe or tribal organization.

(iii) An Alaska Native Regional Corporation or an Alaska Native nonprofit organization.

(iv) A Native Hawaiian organization.

(d) AWARDING OF GRANTS.—In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall—

(1) determine the amount of each grant and the duration of each grant, which shall not exceed 3 years; and

(2) ensure, to the maximum extent feasible, that diversity in languages is represented.

(e) ACTIVITIES AUTHORIZED.—

(1) REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall use such funds to carry out the following activities:

(A) Supporting Native American or Alaska Native language education and development.

(B) Providing professional development for teachers and, as appropriate, staff and administrators to strengthen the overall language and academic goals of the school that will be served by the grant program.

(2) ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity that receives a grant under this section may use such funds to carry out the following activities:

(A) Developing or refining curriculum, including teaching materials and activities, as appropriate.

(B) Creating or refining assessments written in the Native American or Alaska Native language of instruction that measure student proficiency and that are aligned with State or tribal academic standards.

(C) Carrying out other activities that promote the maintenance and revitalization of the Native American or Alaska Native language relevant to the grant program.

(f) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this section shall prepare and submit an annual report to the Secretary, which shall include—

(1) the activities the entity carried out to meet the purposes of this section; and

(2) the number of children served by the program and the number of instructional hours in the Native American or Alaska Native language.

(g) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Not more than 5 percent of the funds provided to a grantee under this section for any fiscal year may be used for administrative purposes.


Program Regulations


The Notice of Final Priorities, Requirements, Definitions, and Selection Criteria were published in the Federal Register on July 14, 2020 (85 FR 42305) and available at: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/07/14/2020-15221/final-priorities-requirements-definitions-and-selection-criteria-indian-education-discretionary

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