Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Office of Indian Education (OIE): Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Education Agencies CFDA Number 84.060A | ED GRANTS 013119 001

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The Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Educational Agencies program (CFDA 84.060A), administered by the U.S. Department of Education through the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) and the Office of Indian Education (OIE), is a mandatory grant program that funds elementary and secondary education efforts serving American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students. The core purpose is to help local educational agencies (LEAs), Indian Tribes, Indian organizations, and other eligible entities build and operate comprehensive education programs that respond to the specific cultural, language, and educational needs of Indian students, while also supporting progress toward challenging state academic standards. In practice, this program is meant to strengthen culturally responsive instruction and student supports so AI/AN students can thrive academically without losing connection to their identities, languages, and community priorities.

A notable feature of this program is that it operates as a formula grant, meaning funds are generally distributed based on program-defined data and eligibility criteria rather than a purely competitive scoring process. The notice indicates a large projected scale, with an expected 1,300 awards. The award ceiling is listed as 0, which typically signals that awards are determined by the statutory formula and available appropriations rather than capped at a single maximum amount in the way some discretionary grants are.

The program also includes an option tied to section 6116 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), that can provide additional flexibility for grantees. If an entity submits an acceptable plan for the integration of education and related services, the Secretary of Education, working in cooperation with other relevant federal agencies, may authorize the entity to consolidate multiple federal funding streams that are used exclusively for Indian students. The intent behind this authority is to reduce administrative fragmentation and allow a more coordinated, community-aligned approach to delivering services for AI/AN students, instead of running separate programs in isolation.

A central requirement emphasized in the notice is meaningful consultation and community involvement. Applicants must develop their proposed projects through open consultation, which includes public hearings designed to give families and community members a real opportunity to understand the program and offer recommendations. Consultation must involve parents of Indian children, teachers of Indian children, representatives of Indian Tribes located on Indian lands within 50 miles of any school the LEA will serve (when those Tribes have children attending the school), Indian organizations, and, when appropriate, Indian secondary students. For LEA applicants specifically, the proposed project must be developed with the participation and written approval of a parent committee. That committee must include parents and family members of Indian children served by the LEA, teachers, relevant nearby Tribal representatives as described above, and, when appropriate, Indian secondary students. Importantly, a majority of the parent committee must be parents and family members of Indian children, reinforcing that families are expected to hold real decision-making influence over the program design.

Applications are submitted electronically through the Electronic Application System for Indian Education (EASIE), housed in the EDFacts System Portal (https://eden.ed.gov). EASIE is split into two required components, Part I and Part II, and applicants must meet the deadlines for both parts to remain eligible. For the cycle described in the notice, EASIE Part I became available February 4, 2019, with a submission deadline of March 7, 2019. EASIE Part II became available April 1, 2019, with a submission deadline of May 16, 2019, which also served as the overall closing date. The notice also stresses that required supplemental documentation must be submitted by the applicable Part I or Part II deadline; missing documentation results in an incomplete application that will not be considered for funding. OIE recommends uploading documents at least two days early to avoid last-minute technical or submission issues.

Eligibility, as summarized in the opportunity record, includes federally recognized Native American tribal governments and Native American tribal organizations (other than federally recognized tribal governments), along with additional eligible applicants as clarified in the official Federal Register notice. Because the synopsis repeatedly notes that the Federal Register publication is the controlling document, applicants are expected to rely on that official notice for precise eligibility definitions, application requirements, performance measures, priorities, and contact information.

• The Department of Education in the education sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Office of Indian Education (OIE): Indian Education Formula Grants to Local Education Agencies CFDA Number 84.060A" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 84.060.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jan 31, 2019.
• Applicants must submit their applications by May 16, 2019 Part I of Electronic Application System for Indian Education (EASIE) Applications Available February 4, 2019. Deadline for Transmittal of EASIE Part I March 7, 2019. Part II of EASIE Applications Available April 1, 2019. Deadline for Transmittal of EASIE Part II May 16, 2019. Note Applicants must meet the deadlines for both EASIE Part I and Part II to be eligible to receive a grant. Failure to submit the required supplemental documentation, described under Content and Form of Application Submission in section IV of this notice, by the EASIE Part I or II deadline will result in an incomplete application that will not be considered for funding. The Office of Indian Education (OIE) recommends uploading the documentation at least two days prior to each deadline date to ensure that any potential submission issues are resolved prior to the deadlines.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1,300 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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