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Career and Technical Education - Grants to Native Americans and Alaska Natives
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006.
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Examples of Funded Projects
Fiscal Year 2016: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2017: Career and technical education programs for secondary, postsecondary, and adult students.
Fiscal Year 2018: No Current Data Available
The Department of Education ensures equal access to education and promotes educational excellence through coordination, management and accountability in Federal education programs. The Department works to supplement and complement educational efforts on all levels, encouraging increased involvement by the public, parents and students.
Selected Recipients for this Program
| Recipient | Amount | Start Date | End Date | |
| Alamo Navajo School Board, Inc., The | $ 488,273 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | |
| Little Wound School Board, Inc. | $ 139,777 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | |
| Citizen Potawatomi Nation | $ 0 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | |
| Seneca Nation Of Indians | $ 180,553 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | |
| College Of Menominee Nations | $ 532,302 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | |
| Cherokee Boys Club, Inc., The | $ 302,759 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | |
| Chief Leschi Schools | $ 180,000 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | |
| Sitting Bull College | $ 454,630 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | |
| Blue Lake Rancheria, California | $ 105,233 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 | |
| Sisseton Wahpeton College | $ 471,479 | 2021-10-01 | 2022-09-30 |
Program Accomplishments
Fiscal Year 2016: No Current Data Available. Fiscal Year 2017: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2018: No Current Data Available
Uses and Use Restrictions
To provide career and technical education opportunities for Native Americans and Alaska Natives.
This program is subject to non-supplanting requirements and must use a restricted indirect cost rate, in accordance with 34 CFR 75.253.
For assistance with restricted indirect cost rates call the Office of the Chief Financial Officer/Indirect Cost Group on (202) 708-7770.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
Federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal organizations, Alaska Native entities, and consortia of any of these entities may apply.
Additionally, Bureau-funded schools proposing to use their award to assist secondary schools operated and supported by the U.S.
Department of the Interior to carry out career and technical education programs may apply.
Beneficiary Eligibility
Federally recognized Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Alaska Natives, and Bureau-funded schools except for Bureau-funded schools proposing to use their grants to support secondary school CTE programs.
Credentials/Documentation
Allowability of costs is determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 'Costs Principles for State, Local and Indian Tribal Governments' and OMB Circular No. A-21 'Cost Principles for Educational Institutions.'. 2 CFR 200, Subpart E - Cost Principles applies to this program.
Aplication and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
Preapplication coordination is not applicable.
Environmental impact information is not required for this program.
This program is excluded from coverage under E.O.
12372.
Application Procedures
2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Application notices and Application Packages are published in the Federal Register. Applications must be prepared and submitted in accordance with program announcements and Application Packages are published in the Federal Register.
Award Procedures
Applications are approved using the selection criteria established in the program's notice inviting applications for new awards.
Deadlines
Contact the headquarters or regional office, as appropriate, for application deadlines.
Authorization
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, Title I, Section 116, 20 U.S.C 2326.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Approximately 120 to 150 days after deadline for transmitting applications.
Appeals
After receiving written notice that the Department of Education will not award a grant, the eligible applicant has 30 calendar days to request, in writing, a hearing to review the Department's decision. (20 U.S.C. 2326(b)(2); 25 U.S.C. 450(f)).
Renewals
Continuation awards are made annually, for a maximum of 5 years, subject to the availability of appropriations and each grant recipient's performance as shown in end-of-year performance reports.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
This program has no statutory formula. This program has no matching requirements. This program does not have MOE requirements.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
Up to 5 years. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Electronic transfer.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Specific reporting requirements are contained in the notice inviting applications and in grant award documents; program reports required semi-annually and annually.
Cash reports required annually.
Specific progress report requirements will be included in the grant documents.
Specific expenditure report requirements will be included in the grant documents.
Specific performance report requirements will be included in the grant documents.
Audits
In accordance with the provisions of 2 CFR 200, Subpart F - Audit Requirements, non-Federal entities that expend financial assistance of $750,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Non-Federal entities that expend less than $750,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.503.
Records
In accordance with Section 443 of the General Education Provisions Act, grantees must maintain records for 3 years from the time that work carried out under the project is completed.
Financial Information
Account Identification
91-0400-0-1-501.
Obigations
(Project Grants) FY 16 $13,969,975; FY 17 est $13,969,975; and FY 18 est $11,868,738
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
Range: $300,000-$600,000 Average award: $450,000.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature
34 CFR Parts 74,75,77,80,81,82,84,85,86,97,98 and 99. EDGAR, NACTEP Federal Register notice of February 26, 2013 (78 FR 13030 and Application Package).
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
None.
Headquarters Office
Linda Mayo, Department of Education, OCTAE Division of Academic and Technical Education 400 Maryland Ave., S.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20202-7241 Email: linda.mayo@ed.gov Phone: (202) 245-7792.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
Selection criteria were published in the notice inviting applications published in the Federal Register on February 26, 2013 (78 FR 13030).
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