I received the following e-mail bulletin from the Office of English
Language Acquisition, DOE, and even though it is addressing a specific
population, I thought there may be some of you who would be interested.

 

 


OELA Special Bulletin - October 26, 2007

Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program

The U.S. Department of Education seeks applications for its FY 2008
Title III Native American and Alaska Native Children in School Program.
The purpose of this program is to provide grants for eligible entities
to develop high levels of academic attainment in English among limited
English proficient (LEP) children, and to promote parental and community
participation in language instruction educational programs. Eligible
applicants under this program include Indian tribes; tribally sanctioned
educational authorities; Native Hawaiian or Native American Pacific
Islander native language educational organizations; elementary schools
or secondary schools that are operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian
Education (BIE), or a consortium of such schools; elementary schools or
secondary schools operated under a contract with or grant from the BIE
in consortium with another such school or a tribal or community
organization; and elementary schools or secondary schools operated by
the BIE and an IHE, in consortium with elementary schools or secondary
schools operated under a contract with or a grant from the BIE or a
tribal or community organization.

Applications Available: October 24, 2007
Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: December 6, 2007
Deadline for Intergovernmental Review: February 5, 2008
Estimated Range of Awards: $175,000 - $225,000
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $200,000
Estimated Number of Awards: 8

Download the complete application here:

http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/oela/OELAprograms/NA_2008_APPLICATION.pdf
<http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/oela/OELAprograms/NA_2008_APPLICATION.pdf> 

 

Gail J. Price

Multimedia Specialist

National Center for Family Literacy

325 W. Main Street, Suite 300

Louisville, KY 40202

gprice at famlit.org

502 584-1133, ext. 112

 

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