80_FR_52499 80 FR 52332 - Tribal Education Department Grant Program

80 FR 52332 - Tribal Education Department Grant Program

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 167 (August 28, 2015)

Page Range52332-52333
FR Document2015-21339

The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) announces the availability of grants to tribes and their tribal education departments (TEDs) for projects defined under 25 U.S.C. 2020. This notice invites tribes with BIE-funded schools on or near Indian lands to submit grant proposals.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

[156A2100DD/AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900 253G]


Tribal Education Department Grant Program

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Education, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability and request for proposals.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) announces the 
availability of grants to tribes and their tribal education departments 
(TEDs) for projects defined under 25 U.S.C. 2020. This notice invites 
tribes with BIE-funded schools on or near Indian lands to submit grant 
proposals.

DATES: Grant proposals must be received by September 21, 2015, at 4:00 
p.m. Eastern Time. BIE will hold pre-grant proposal training sessions. 
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for more information.

ADDRESSES: Complete details on requirements for proposals and the 
evaluation and selection process can be found on the BIE Web site at 
this address: www.bie.edu. Submit grant proposals to: Bureau of Indian 
Education, Attn: Wendy Greyeyes, 1849 C Street NW., MS-4657-MIB, 
Washington, DC 20240. Email submissions will be accepted at this 
address: [email protected]. Email submissions are limited to 
attachments compatible with Microsoft Office Word 2007 or later and/or 
files with a .pdf file extension. Emailed submissions must not exceed 
3MB total in size. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this 
notice for directions on email submissions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy Greyeyes, Bureau of Indian 
Education, Office of the BIE Director, (202) 208-5810; 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of the Interior, through the 
BIE, is soliciting grant proposals from federally recognized tribes and 
their TEDs for projects defined by 25 U.S.C. 2020. These funds will 
assist tribes in the development and operation of TEDs for the purpose 
of planning and coordinating all educational programs of the tribe. 
These funds will support the development of TEDs to improve educational 
outcomes for students and improve efficiencies and effectiveness in the 
operation of BIE-funded schools. Grant awards are subject to the 
availability of funds as appropriated by Congress.
    Under 25 U.S.C. 2020, funds will support the program goals for the 
following areas that promote tribal education capacity building:
    1. To provide for the development and enforcement of tribal 
educational codes, including tribal educational policies and tribal 
standards applicable to curriculum, personnel, students, facilities, 
and support programs;
    2. To facilitate tribal control in all matters relating to the 
education of Indian children on reservations (and on former Indian 
reservations in Oklahoma);
    3. To provide for the development of coordinated educational 
programs (including all preschool, elementary, secondary, and higher or 
vocational educational programs funded by tribal, Federal, or other 
sources) on reservations (and on former Indian reservations in 
Oklahoma) by encouraging tribal administrative support of all Bureau-
funded educational programs as well as encouraging tribal cooperation 
and coordination with entities carrying out all educational programs 
receiving financial support from other Federal

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agencies, State agencies, or private entities.
    Grant awards will range from $25,000 to $150,000 per fiscal year 
depending on the project, number of educational programs impacted, 
project design and expected outcomes. Subject to the availability of 
appropriated funds, a grant provided under this section shall be 
provided for a period of three years. If the performance of the grant 
recipient is satisfactory to the Secretary, the grant may be renewed 
for an additional two-year term. As prescribed by 25 U.S.C. 2020, top 
priority will be given to applications that meet the following:
     Serves three or more separate BIE-funded schools. Less 
priority will be given if applicant has less than three schools but 
with at least one BIE-funded school;
     Provides coordinating services and technical assistance to 
all relevant BIE-funded schools;
     Plans to monitor and audit these grant funds by or through 
the TED; and/or
     Provides a plan and schedule that:
    [cir] Provides for:
    [ssquf] The assumption, by the TED, of all assets and functions of 
the BIE agency office associated with the tribe, to the extent the 
assets and functions relate to education; and
    [ssquf] the termination by the BIE of such functions and office at 
the time of such assumption; and
    [cir] Provides that the assumption will occur over the term of the 
grant, unless mutually agreeable to the tribal governing body and the 
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, the period in which such 
assumption is to occur may be modified, reduced, or extended after the 
initial year of the grant.
    The BIE is seeking proposals from tribes that support the 
development and operation of TEDs for the purpose of planning and 
coordinating all educational programs of the tribe. Each proposal must 
include a project narrative, a budget narrative, a work plan outline, 
and a project coordinator, preferably the tribal education director or 
tribal council education committee member, to serve as the point of 
contact for the program. The project coordinator will: participate in 
monthly collaboration and update meetings, submit quarterly budget 
updates, ensure an annual report is submitted at the end of each 
project year, and ensure that the TED fulfills the obligations of the 
grant.
    BIE is seeking proposals from tribes with at least one BIE funded 
school on their reservation/Indian lands that support the capacity 
building of TEDs to improve educational outcomes for students and 
improve efficiencies and effectiveness in the operation of BIE-funded 
schools. Grant recipients must submit quarterly budget updates and an 
annual report at the end of each project year to ensure that the TED 
fulfills the obligations of the grant. Complete details on requirements 
for proposals and the evaluation and selection process can be found on 
the BIE Web site at the address in the ADDRESSES section of this 
notice. In addition, BIE will hold pre-grant proposal training at 
several sites:

                     BIE Pre-Grant Proposal Training
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            Date                    Time                Location
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015..  11:00 am         Webinar Session
                               Eastern Time.    (Washington, D.C.): To
                                                register, go to: https://dcma100.webex.com/dcma100/k2/j.php?MTID=t331e10164ab35e15b12beaaacf55a720 5e15b12beaaacf55a720
Thursday, September 8, 2015.  4:00 p.m.        Webinar Session
                               Eastern Time.    (Washington, D.C.): To
                                                register, go to: https://dcma100.webex.com/dcma100/k2/j.php?MTID=t6a5b6779cb9a5391dd26de8ffef618b9 5391dd26de8ffef618b9
Monday, September 21, 2015..  4:00 p.m.        Deadline for grant
                               Eastern Time.    proposal submission.
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    The grant proposal is due September 21, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time. The proposal should be packaged for delivery to permit timely 
arrival. The proposal package should be sent or hand-delivered to the 
address in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
    Faxed grant proposals will NOT be accepted. Email submissions will 
be accepted at the address in the ADDRESSES section of this notice. 
Email submissions are limited to attachments compatible with Microsoft 
Office Word 2007 or later or files with a .pdf file extension. Emailed 
submissions must not exceed 5MB total in size.
    Proposals submitted by Federal Express or Express Mail should be 
sent two or more days before the closing date to ensure receipt by the 
deadline. The proposal package should be sent to the address shown in 
the ADDRESSES section of this notice. The tribe is solely responsible 
for ensuring that its proposal arrives in a timely manner.

    Dated: August 24, 2015.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2015-21339 Filed 8-27-15; 8:45 am]
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52332 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 167 / Friday, August 28, 2015 / Notices resolution, frequency of image III. Request for Comments found on the BIE Web site at this collection) of Landsat imagery for use in We are soliciting comments as to: (a) address: www.bie.edu. Submit grant water resource management, and the Whether the proposed collection of proposals to: Bureau of Indian benefits and challenges of using Landsat information is necessary for the agency Education, Attn: Wendy Greyeyes, 1849 imagery in water resource management. to perform its duties, including whether C Street NW., MS–4657–MIB, The results will be aggregated to provide the information is useful; (b) the Washington, DC 20240. Email a more holistic assessment of the use of accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the submissions will be accepted at this Landsat in water resource management burden of the proposed collection of address: wendy.greyeyes@bie.edu. Email in the Western U.S., including information; (c) ways to enhance the submissions are limited to attachments characterizations of use by sector (i.e., quality, usefulness, and clarity of the compatible with Microsoft Office Word private, government, academic, non- information to be collected; and (d) how 2007 or later and/or files with a .pdf file profit) and geographic region (i.e., to minimize the burden on the extension. Emailed submissions must ecoregions, states). The overall goal of respondents, including the use of not exceed 3MB total in size. See the the survey is to provide a more SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of automated collection techniques or complete understanding of Landsat use other forms of information technology. this notice for directions on email in water resource management in the Please note that the comments submissions. Western U.S. in order to assist LRS in submitted in response to this notice are FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. meeting the needs of these users. The a matter of public record. Before Wendy Greyeyes, Bureau of Indian survey will be conducted entirely including your personal mailing Education, Office of the BIE Director, online. As no comprehensive list of address, phone number, email address, (202) 208–5810; wendy.greyeyes@ water resources managers, researchers, or other personally identifiable bie.edu. and professionals who use Landsat is information in your comment, you SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The available, a list of email addresses will should be aware that your entire Secretary of the Interior, through the be compiled through a robust online comment, including your personally BIE, is soliciting grant proposals from search followed by snowball sampling identifiable information, may be made federally recognized tribes and their during survey administration. To publicly available at any time. While TEDs for projects defined by 25 U.S.C. protect the confidentiality and privacy you can ask us in your comment to 2020. These funds will assist tribes in of survey respondents, email addresses withhold your personally identifiable the development and operation of TEDs will not be associated with the data information from public view, we for the purpose of planning and collected on the survey and all analyses cannot guarantee that we will be able to coordinating all educational programs of will be conducted and reported on in do so. the tribe. These funds will support the aggregate. All files containing email David Hamilton, development of TEDs to improve addresses will be password-protected Fort Collins Science Center Director. educational outcomes for students and and encrypted, housed on secure USGS improve efficiencies and effectiveness servers, and only accessible to the [FR Doc. 2015–21353 Filed 8–27–15; 8:45 am] in the operation of BIE-funded schools. research team. No PII will be collected BILLING CODE 4311–AM–P Grant awards are subject to the on the survey itself. availability of funds as appropriated by II. Data DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Congress. Under 25 U.S.C. 2020, funds will OMB Control Number: 1028—NEW. Bureau of Indian Affairs support the program goals for the Title: Use of Landsat satellite imagery following areas that promote tribal in water resource management in the [156A2100DD/AAKC001030/ education capacity building: Western United States. A0A501010.999900 253G] 1. To provide for the development Type of Request: New information and enforcement of tribal educational collection. Tribal Education Department Grant Program codes, including tribal educational Affected Public: Private sector, state policies and tribal standards applicable government, local government, non- AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Education, to curriculum, personnel, students, governmental organizations. Interior. facilities, and support programs; Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. ACTION: Notice of availability and 2. To facilitate tribal control in all Frequency of Collection: One time. request for proposals. matters relating to the education of Estimated Annual Number of Indian children on reservations (and on Respondents: 1,000. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian former Indian reservations in Estimated Total Number of Annual Education (BIE) announces the Oklahoma); Responses: 1,000. availability of grants to tribes and their 3. To provide for the development of Estimated Time per Response: 10 tribal education departments (TEDs) for coordinated educational programs minutes. projects defined under 25 U.S.C. 2020. (including all preschool, elementary, Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 167 This notice invites tribes with BIE- secondary, and higher or vocational hours. funded schools on or near Indian lands educational programs funded by tribal, Estimated Reporting and to submit grant proposals. Federal, or other sources) on Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’ DATES: Grant proposals must be received reservations (and on former Indian Burden: None. by September 21, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. reservations in Oklahoma) by Lhorne on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Public Disclosure Statement: The PRA Eastern Time. BIE will hold pre-grant encouraging tribal administrative (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.) provides that an proposal training sessions. See support of all Bureau-funded agency may not conduct or sponsor and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for educational programs as well as you are not required to respond to a more information. encouraging tribal cooperation and collection of information unless it ADDRESSES: Complete details on coordination with entities carrying out displays a currently valid OMB control requirements for proposals and the all educational programs receiving number and current expiration date. evaluation and selection process can be financial support from other Federal VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:19 Aug 27, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00088 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28AUN1.SGM 28AUN1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 167 / Friday, August 28, 2015 / Notices 52333 agencies, State agencies, or private • Provides a plan and schedule that: or tribal council education committee entities. Æ Provides for: member, to serve as the point of contact Grant awards will range from $25,000 D The assumption, by the TED, of all for the program. The project coordinator to $150,000 per fiscal year depending on assets and functions of the BIE agency will: participate in monthly the project, number of educational office associated with the tribe, to the collaboration and update meetings, programs impacted, project design and extent the assets and functions relate to submit quarterly budget updates, ensure expected outcomes. Subject to the education; and an annual report is submitted at the end availability of appropriated funds, a D the termination by the BIE of such of each project year, and ensure that the grant provided under this section shall functions and office at the time of such TED fulfills the obligations of the grant. be provided for a period of three years. assumption; and BIE is seeking proposals from tribes If the performance of the grant recipient Æ Provides that the assumption will with at least one BIE funded school on is satisfactory to the Secretary, the grant occur over the term of the grant, unless their reservation/Indian lands that may be renewed for an additional two- mutually agreeable to the tribal support the capacity building of TEDs to year term. As prescribed by 25 U.S.C. governing body and the Assistant improve educational outcomes for 2020, top priority will be given to Secretary—Indian Affairs, the period in students and improve efficiencies and applications that meet the following: which such assumption is to occur may effectiveness in the operation of BIE- • Serves three or more separate BIE- be modified, reduced, or extended after funded schools. Grant recipients must funded schools. Less priority will be the initial year of the grant. submit quarterly budget updates and an given if applicant has less than three The BIE is seeking proposals from annual report at the end of each project schools but with at least one BIE-funded tribes that support the development and year to ensure that the TED fulfills the school; operation of TEDs for the purpose of obligations of the grant. Complete • Provides coordinating services and planning and coordinating all details on requirements for proposals technical assistance to all relevant BIE- educational programs of the tribe. Each and the evaluation and selection process funded schools; proposal must include a project can be found on the BIE Web site at the • Plans to monitor and audit these narrative, a budget narrative, a work address in the ADDRESSES section of this grant funds by or through the TED; and/ plan outline, and a project coordinator, notice. In addition, BIE will hold pre- or preferably the tribal education director grant proposal training at several sites: BIE PRE-GRANT PROPOSAL TRAINING Date Time Location Tuesday, September 1, 2015 ... 11:00 am Eastern Time .......... Webinar Session (Washington, D.C.): To register, go to: https://dcma100. webex.com/dcma100/k2/j.php?MTID=t331e10164ab35e15b12beaaacf55 a720 Thursday, September 8, 2015 .. 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time .......... Webinar Session (Washington, D.C.): To register, go to: https://dcma100. webex.com/dcma100/k2/j.php?MTID=t6a5b6779cb9a5391dd26de8ffef 618b9 Monday, September 21, 2015 .. 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time .......... Deadline for grant proposal submission. The grant proposal is due September Dated: August 24, 2015. their reservation/Indian land to submit 21, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The Kevin K. Washburn, grant proposals. proposal should be packaged for Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. DATES: Grant proposals must be received delivery to permit timely arrival. The [FR Doc. 2015–21339 Filed 8–27–15; 8:45 am] by September 21, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. proposal package should be sent or BILLING CODE 4337–15–P Eastern Time. BIE will hold pre-grant hand-delivered to the address in the proposal training sessions. See ADDRESSES section of this notice. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for Faxed grant proposals will NOT be DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR more information. accepted. Email submissions will be Bureau of Indian Affairs ADDRESSES: Complete details on accepted at the address in the requirements for proposals and the ADDRESSES section of this notice. Email [156A2100DD/AAKC001030/ evaluation and selection process can be submissions are limited to attachments A0A501010.999900 253G] found on the BIE Web site at this compatible with Microsoft Office Word address: www.bie.edu. Submit grant 2007 or later or files with a .pdf file Sovereignty in Indian Education applications to: Bureau of Indian extension. Emailed submissions must AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Education, Education, Attn: Wendy Greyeyes, 1849 not exceed 5MB total in size. Interior. C Street NW., MS–4655–MIB, Washington, DC 20240. Email Proposals submitted by Federal ACTION: Notice of availability and submissions will be accepted at this Express or Express Mail should be sent request for proposals. address: wendy.greyeyes@bie.edu. Limit two or more days before the closing date email submissions to attachments to ensure receipt by the deadline. The SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian compatible with Microsoft Office Word Lhorne on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES proposal package should be sent to the Education (BIE) announces the availability of enhancement funds to 2007 or later and files with a .pdf file address shown in the ADDRESSES section extension. Emailed submissions may of this notice. The tribe is solely tribes and their tribal education agencies to promote tribal control and not exceed 3MB total in size. Fax responsible for ensuring that its submissions are NOT acceptable. proposal arrives in a timely manner. operation of BIE-funded schools on their reservations. This notice invites tribes FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. with at least one BIE-funded school on Wendy Greyeyes, Bureau of Indian VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:19 Aug 27, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00089 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28AUN1.SGM 28AUN1


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of availability and request for proposals.
DatesGrant proposals must be received by September 21, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. BIE will hold pre-grant proposal training sessions. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for more information.
ContactMs. Wendy Greyeyes, Bureau of Indian Education, Office of the BIE Director, (202) 208-5810; [email protected]
FR Citation80 FR 52332 
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