80_FR_52500 80 FR 52333 - Sovereignty in Indian Education

80 FR 52333 - Sovereignty in Indian Education

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Indian Affairs

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

Page Range52333-52334
FR Document2015-21338

The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) announces the availability of enhancement funds to tribes and their tribal education agencies to promote tribal control and operation of BIE-funded schools on their reservations. This notice invites tribes with at least one BIE-funded school on their reservation/Indian land to submit grant proposals.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 167 (Friday, August 28, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52333-52334]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21338]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Sovereignty in Indian Education

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 enhancement funds to tribes and their tribal education 
agencies to promote tribal control and operation of BIE-funded schools 
on their reservations. This notice invites tribes with at least one 
BIE-funded school on their reservation/Indian land 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 applications to: Bureau of 
Indian Education, Attn: Wendy Greyeyes, 1849 C Street NW., MS-4655-MIB, 
Washington, DC 20240. Email submissions will be accepted at this 
address: [email protected]. Limit email submissions to attachments 
compatible with Microsoft Office Word 2007 or later and files with a 
.pdf file extension. Emailed submissions may not exceed 3MB total in 
size. Fax submissions are NOT acceptable.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Wendy Greyeyes, Bureau of Indian

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Education, Office of the Director, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 208-
5810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

    In 2013, Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Education 
convened an American Indian Education Study Group (Study Group) to 
diagnose the systemic challenges facing the Bureau of Indian Education 
(BIE) and to propose a comprehensive plan for reform to ensure all 
students attending BIE-funded schools receive a world-class education. 
The Study Group drafted a framework for reform based on several 
listening sessions in the fall of 2013 with tribal leaders, Indian 
educators and others throughout Indian Country on how to facilitate 
tribal sovereignty in American Indian education and how to improve 
educational outcomes for students at BIE-funded schools. Overall, the 
Study Group met with nearly 400 individuals and received nearly 200 
comments that helped it prepare the draft framework for educational 
reform that became the subject of four tribal consultation sessions 
held in April and May of 2014. These efforts resulted in ``Findings and 
Recommendations Prepared by the Bureau of Indian Education Study Group, 
dated June 27, 2014'' (Blueprint for Reform).
    Acting on the recommendations in the Blueprint, BIE will award 
enhancement funds to tribes and their tribal education agencies to 
promote tribal control and operation of BIE-funded schools on their 
Indian reservations. The purpose of these funds is to support the 
tribe's capacity to manage and operate tribally controlled schools as 
defined in the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-
297). These funds will (a) support development of a school-reform plan 
to improve educational outcomes for students and (b) improve 
efficiencies and effectiveness in the operation of BIE-funded schools 
within a reservation.
    Enhancement funding will range from $100,000 to $200,000 per fiscal 
year depending on the number of schools involved, number of students, 
complexity of creating a new tribally managed school system and the 
tribe's technical approach. These funds will provide funds for the 
tribe to:
     Research and develop an alternative definition of adequate 
yearly progress (AYP);
     Develop an implementation plan that will reform a tribe's 
current organizational structure towards an expert and independent 
tribal education agency that will support schools and students; and
     Cover the execution of the implementation plan with 
identified staffing, projected timelines, proposed budgets, and 
activities.
    BIE is seeking proposals from tribes that support efforts to take 
control and operate BIE-funded schools located on the tribe's 
reservation. Each proposal must include a project narrative, a budget 
narrative, a work plan outline, and a Project Director to manage the 
execution of the grant. The Project Directors will participate in 
monthly collaboration meetings, submit quarterly budget updates, ensure 
an annual report is submitted at the end of each project year, and 
ultimately ensure that the tribal education agency 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 as noted below:

                     BIE Pre-Grant Proposal Training
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             Date                      Time               Location
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Tuesday, September 1, 2015....  4:00 p.m. Eastern  Webinar Session
                                 Time.              (Washington, DC): To
                                                    register, go to:
                                                    https://dcma100.webex.com/dcma100/k2/j.php?MTID=t000e99c4e0d9f65d3114d32015e04a74 4a74
Thursday, September 8, 2015...  11:00 a.m.         Webinar Session
                                 Eastern Time.      (Washington, DC) To
                                                    register, got to:
                                                    https://dcma100.webex.com/dcma100/k2/j.php?MTID=tf2b8f596b10eb0d91240198a49afcf89 cf89
Monday, September 21, 2015....  4:00 p.m. Eastern  Deadline for grant
                                 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 address 
in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
    Fax applications 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 shall not exceed 3MB total in size.
    Proposals submitted by Federal Express or Express Mail should be 
sent two or more days prior to the closing date. The proposal package 
should be sent to the address shown in the ADDRESSES section of this 
notice. The tribe is solely responsible for ensuring its proposal 
arrives in a timely manner.

    Dated: August 24, 2015.
Kevin K. Washburn,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2015-21338 Filed 8-27-15; 8:45 am]
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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

52334 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 167 / Friday, August 28, 2015 / Notices Education, Office of the Director, Prepared by the Bureau of Indian • Develop an implementation plan Washington, DC 20240, (202) 208–5810. Education Study Group, dated June 27, that will reform a tribe’s current SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 2014’’ (Blueprint for Reform). organizational structure towards an Acting on the recommendations in the expert and independent tribal education A. Background Blueprint, BIE will award enhancement agency that will support schools and In 2013, Secretary of the Interior and funds to tribes and their tribal education students; and Secretary of Education convened an agencies to promote tribal control and • Cover the execution of the American Indian Education Study operation of BIE-funded schools on their implementation plan with identified Group (Study Group) to diagnose the Indian reservations. The purpose of staffing, projected timelines, proposed systemic challenges facing the Bureau of these funds is to support the tribe’s budgets, and activities. Indian Education (BIE) and to propose capacity to manage and operate tribally BIE is seeking proposals from tribes a comprehensive plan for reform to controlled schools as defined in the that support efforts to take control and ensure all students attending BIE- Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 operate BIE-funded schools located on funded schools receive a world-class (Pub. L. 100–297). These funds will (a) the tribe’s reservation. Each proposal education. The Study Group drafted a support development of a school-reform must include a project narrative, a framework for reform based on several plan to improve educational outcomes budget narrative, a work plan outline, listening sessions in the fall of 2013 for students and (b) improve efficiencies and a Project Director to manage the with tribal leaders, Indian educators and and effectiveness in the operation of execution of the grant. The Project others throughout Indian Country on BIE-funded schools within a Directors will participate in monthly how to facilitate tribal sovereignty in reservation. collaboration meetings, submit quarterly American Indian education and how to Enhancement funding will range from budget updates, ensure an annual report improve educational outcomes for $100,000 to $200,000 per fiscal year is submitted at the end of each project students at BIE-funded schools. Overall, depending on the number of schools year, and ultimately ensure that the the Study Group met with nearly 400 involved, number of students, tribal education agency fulfills the individuals and received nearly 200 complexity of creating a new tribally obligations of the grant. Complete comments that helped it prepare the managed school system and the tribe’s details on requirements for proposals draft framework for educational reform technical approach. These funds will and the evaluation and selection process that became the subject of four tribal provide funds for the tribe to: can be found on the BIE Web site at the consultation sessions held in April and • Research and develop an alternative address in the ADDRESSES section of this May of 2014. These efforts resulted in definition of adequate yearly progress notice. In addition, BIE will hold pre- ‘‘Findings and Recommendations (AYP); grant proposal training as noted below: BIE PRE-GRANT PROPOSAL TRAINING Date Time Location Tuesday, September 1, 2015 ......... 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time ................. Webinar Session (Washington, DC): To register, go to: https:// dcma100.webex.com/dcma100/k2/j.php?MTID=t000e99c4e0d 9f65d3114d32015e04a74 Thursday, September 8, 2015 ........ 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time ............... Webinar Session (Washington, DC) To register, got to: https:// dcma100.webex.com/dcma100/k2/j.php?MTID=tf2b8f596 b10eb0d91240198a49afcf89 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. United States mining laws for a period 21, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The Kevin K. Washburn, of 20 years on behalf of the United proposal should be packaged for Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. States Forest Service to protect the delivery to permit timely arrival. The [FR Doc. 2015–21338 Filed 8–27–15; 8:45 am] unique cave resources in the area proposal package should be sent or BILLING CODE 4337–15–P adjacent to the Jewel Cave National hand delivered address in the Monument. ADDRESSES section of this notice. Fax applications will NOT be DATES: Effective Date: August 28, 2015. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR accepted. Email submissions will be FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: accepted at the address in the Bureau of Land Management Valerie Hunt, U.S. Forest Service, ADDRESSES section of this notice. Email Region 2, 740 Simms Street, Golden, submissions are limited to attachments [SDM 100347] Colorado 80401, 303–275–5071, compatible with Microsoft Office Word vbhunt@fs.fed.us, or Deborah Sorg, Public Land Order No. 7838; 2007 or later or files with a .pdf file Bureau of Land Management, Montana Withdrawal of National Forest System extension. Emailed submissions shall State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Land Adjacent to Jewel Cave National not exceed 3MB total in size. Billings, Montana 59101, 406–896– Monument; South Dakota Proposals submitted by Federal 5045, dsorg@blm.gov. Persons who use Lhorne on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Express or Express Mail should be sent AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, a telecommunications device for the two or more days prior to the closing Interior. deaf (TDD) may call the Federal date. The proposal package should be ACTION: Public Land Order. Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– sent to the address shown in the 800–877–8339 to contact either of the ADDRESSES section of this notice. The SUMMARY: This order withdraws above individuals. The FIRS is available tribe is solely responsible for ensuring 2,387.22 acres of National Forest System 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to leave its proposal arrives in a timely manner. land from location and entry under the a message or question with either of the VerDate Sep<11>2014 14:19 Aug 27, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00090 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 Director, Washington, DC 20240, (202) 208- 5810.
FR Citation80 FR 52333 
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