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report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multiyear award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

(c) Under 34 CFR 75.250(b), the 

Secretary may provide a grantee with 

additional funding for data collection 

analysis and reporting. In this case the 

Secretary establishes a data collection 

period. 

5. Performance Measures: For the 

purpose of Department reporting under 

34 CFR 75.110, the Department has 

established the following performance 

measures: 

(a) The number and percentage of 

participants in administrator 

preparation projects who become 

principals, vice principals, or other 

school administrators in ‘‘LEAs that 

serve a high proportion of Indian 

students’’; 

(b) The number and percentage of 

participants in teacher preparation 

projects who become teachers in ‘‘LEAs 

that serve a high proportion of Indian 

students’’; 

(c) The number and percentage of 

program participants who meet State 

licensure requirements; 

(d) The number and percentage of 

program participants who complete 

their service requirement on schedule; 

(e) The cost per individual who 

successfully completes an administrator 

preparation program, takes a position in 

an ‘‘LEA that serves a high proportion 

of Indian students,’’ and completes the 

service requirement in such a district; 

and 

(f) The cost per individual who 

successfully completes a teacher 

preparation program, takes a position in 

an ‘‘LEA that serves a high proportion 

of Indian students,’’ and completes the 

service requirement in such a district. 

These measures constitute the 

Department’s indicators of success for 

this program. Consequently, we advise 

an applicant for a grant under this 

program to carefully consider these 

measures in conceptualizing the 

approach to, and evaluation for, its 

proposed project. Each grantee will be 

required to provide, in its annual 

performance and final reports, data 

about its progress in meeting these 

measures. 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, the performance targets in 

the grantee’s approved application. 

In making a continuation award, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

(a) In making continuation awards, in 

addition to applying the criteria in 34 

CFR 75.253, the Secretary considers the 

extent to which a grantee has achieved 

its project goals to recruit, retain, 

graduate, and place in qualifying 

employment program participants. 

(b) The Secretary may reduce 

continuation awards, including the 

portion of awards that may be used for 

administrative costs, as well as student 

training costs, based on a grantee’s 

failure to achieve its project goals 

specified in paragraph (a) of this 

section. 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site, you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

Department documents published in the 

Federal Register, in text or Portable 

Document Format (PDF). To use PDF, 

you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, 

which is available free at the site. 

You may also access Department 

documents published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Adam Schott, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, 

Delegated the Authority To Perform the 

Functions and Duties of the Assistant 

Secretary, Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01316 Filed 1–15–25; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Indian 

Education Discretionary Grants 

Programs; Professional Development 

Program—Native American Teacher 

Retention Initiative 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

(Department) is issuing a notice inviting 

applications for new awards for fiscal 

year (FY) 2025 for Indian Education 

Discretionary Grants Programs; 

Professional Development Program 

(PD)—Native American Teacher 

Retention Initiative (NATRI). 

DATES: 

Applications Available: January 17, 

2025. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

February 18, 2025. 

Date of Pre-Application Webinar: 

February 11, 2025. 

Deadline for Transmittal of 

Applications: April 28, 2025. 

Deadline for Intergovernmental 

Review: June 26, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: For the addresses for 

obtaining and submitting an 

application, please refer to our Common 

Instructions for Applicants to 

Department of Education Discretionary 

Grant Programs, published in the 

Federal Register on December 23, 2024 

(89 FR 104528) and available at https:// 

www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2024/12/23/2024-30488/commoninstructions-for-applicants-todepartment-of-education-discretionarygrant-programs. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Brake, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 3W239, Washington, DC 20202. 

Telephone: (202) 987–0796. Email: 

linda.brake@ed.gov. 

If you are deaf, hard of hearing, or 

have a speech disability and wish to 

access telecommunications relay 

services, please dial 7–1–1. 


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1National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 

Common Core of Data, Public Elementary/ 

Secondary School Universe Survey, 2020–21 v.1a. 

2NCES, National Teacher and Principal Survey, 

2017–2018, https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/ntps/tables/ 

ntps1718_200724_t1n.asp 3Anthony-Stevens, V., Mahfouz, J., & Bisbee, Y. 

(2020). Indigenous Teacher Education Is Nation 

Building: Reflections of Capacity Building and 

Capacity Strengthening in Idaho. Journal of School 

Leadership, 30(6), 541–564. 4Beaulieu, D., Figueira, A.M., Viri, D. (2005). 

Indigenous Teacher Education: Research-Based 

Model. Australian Association for Research in 

Education. 5See RAND Education, ‘‘Teachers Matter: 

Understanding Teachers’ Impact on Student 

Achievement,’’ 

http://www.rand.org/education/projects/ 

measuring-teacher-effectiveness/teachersmatter.html (last accessed April 26, 2023). 6NCES, National Indian Education Study, 2019, 

13–14. https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/ 

subject/publications/studies/pdf/2021018.pdf. 7 Id. at 30. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purposes of 

the PD Program that are relevant to this 

competition are to improve the skills of 

qualified Indian individuals who serve 

in the education field; and develop and 

implement initiatives to promote 

retention of effective teachers, 

principals, and school leaders who have 

a record of success in helping lowachieving Indian students improve their 

academic achievement, outcomes, and 

preparation for postsecondary education 

or employment. 

Assistance Listing Number: 84.299B. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0580. 

Background: To be successful, every 

student should have access to 

outstanding, well-prepared, wellsupported educators who reflect the 

diversity of the students they serve. 

PD—NATRI provides critical support to 

retain qualified Indian educators and 

administrators serving Indian students 

who can help meet the unique linguistic 

and cultural needs of Native American 

students. It is the policy of the United 

States to fulfill the Federal 

Government’s unique and continuing 

trust relationship with, and 

responsibility to, the Indian people for 

the education of Indian children. The 

Federal Government will continue to 

work with local educational agencies, 

Indian Tribes and organizations, 

postsecondary institutions, and other 

entities toward the goal of ensuring that 

programs that serve Indian children are 

of the highest quality and provide for 

basic educational needs. The 

Department is committed to supporting 

opportunities for educator retention in 

ways that create a diverse and wellprepared educator workforce. PD— 

NATRI can help advance participants’ 

skills and opportunities. We encourage 

applicants to consider creative ways to 

overcome barriers and fully meet the 

needs of Native American educators and 

administrators to support retention 

efforts. 

One critical means of improving 

educational opportunities and 

achievement of Indian children and 

youth is addressing the need for Native 

American educators in schools that 

serve Native American children and 

youth. Ninety-three percent of all Native 

American students attend public 

schools, where they make up 1 percent 

of the total student population.1 Yet 

only 0.5 percent of public-school 

educators identify as American Indian/ 

Alaska Native.2

In many schools there is ‘‘little to no 

exposure to Indigenous educators and 

funds of knowledge’’ and Native 

American students ‘‘are burdened with 

various obstacles such as low teacher 

expectations, inappropriate tracking 

into special education, and unfair 

disciplinary practices.’’ 3 Yet, cultural 

acknowledgement and teaching has 

been linked with improved outcomes 

for Native American students. 

‘‘[A]cademic performance is associated 

with educational experiences structured 

around local knowledge, culture, and 

language.’’ 4

Research underscores that teacher 

quality matters more than any other 

school-related factor and that educators 

play an important role in educating 

students about Native American 

knowledge, culture, and language.5

When Native American and Alaska 

Native students in the fourth and eighth 

grade were asked who taught them most 

of what they know about Native 

American history, language, and 

traditions, they ranked educators second 

only to their families.6 Yet 60 percent of 

those students had educators who 

reported never attending professional 

development programs aimed at 

developing culturally specific 

instructional practices for American 

Indian/Alaska Native students over the 

past two years.7 Because educators play 

a unique role in educating Native 

American students about their history, 

language, and traditions, which can 

increase cultural acknowledgement and 

improve educational outcomes, the 

Department supports projects that 

promote the retention of experienced, 

effective, and well-trained educators 

who can incorporate Native American 

knowledge, culture, and language into 

their work. 

Due to the Federal Government’s 

unique political and legal relationship 

with Tribes—as set forth in the 

Constitution of the United States, 

treaties, Federal law, and Executive 

orders—the Department held a virtual 

Tribal consultation on January 24, 2023. 

This consultation was announced 

through various external listservs and 

social media. The Department requested 

input from Tribal Nations during Tribal 

Consultation where leaders supported 

incentives for educators to stay in 

schools serving Native American 

students, including higher salaries and 

other benefits that could keep educators 

from leaving the profession or finding 

better opportunities in higher-paying 

areas. Tribal leaders said that having 

more Native American educators would 

result in Native American students 

being exposed to the idea of the 

teaching profession as an option for 

them. The Department aims to promote 

teacher retention to help address the 

shortage of Native American educators 

and expand their impact on Native 

American students’ education. 

Applicants must propose a project 

that is designed to retain educators in a 

local educational agency (LEA) that 

serves a high proportion of Indian 

students, particularly through building 

teacher leadership models for educators 

from traditionally underrepresented 

backgrounds and the communities they 

serve. Teacher leadership allows 

teachers to grow professionally and earn 

additional compensation while 

remaining in the classroom, and 

provides the opportunity to do one or 

more of the following: 

(1) Increase the number of qualified 

Indian educators and administrators 

serving Indian students; 

(2) Provide training and support to 

qualified Indian individuals to enable 

such individuals to remain effective 

educators, principals, other school 

leaders, administrators, 

paraprofessionals, counselors, social 

workers, and specialized instructional 

support personnel; 

(3) Improve the skills of qualified 

Indian individuals who serve in the 

capacities described in paragraph (2); 

and 

(4) Develop and implement initiatives 

to promote retention of effective 

educators, principals, and school 

leaders who have a record of success in 

helping low-achieving Indian students 

improve their academic achievement, 

outcomes, and preparation for 

postsecondary education or 

employment. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

one absolute priority and three 

competitive preference priorities. In 

accordance with 34 CFR 75.105(b)(2)(ii), 

these priorities are from regulations (34 


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CFR 263.6(a), (b)(5)(i) and (ii), and 

(b)(6), as amended pursuant to the 

notice of final regulations for this 

program published elsewhere in this 

issue of the Federal Register (Final 

Rule)). 

Absolute Priority: For FY 2025 and 

any subsequent year in which we make 

awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, this 

priority is an absolute priority. Under 34 

CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only 

applications that meet this priority. 

This priority is: 

Indian Educator Retention 

To meet this priority, applicants must 

propose projects that— 

(a) Propose an educator retention 

initiative to help address the shortage of 

fully certified Indian educators to help 

ensure that Indian students gain 

knowledge and understanding of Native 

communities, languages, histories, 

traditions, and cultures, and expand 

their impact on Indian students’ 

education; or 

(b) Support compensated educator 

leadership models designed to increase 

the retention of effective, experienced 

Indian educators who take on additional 

leadership and peer support 

responsibilities such that Indian 

teachers have the opportunity to 

advance in their careers and earn 

additional compensation. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2025 and any subsequent year in 

which we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition, these priorities are 

competitive preference priorities. Under 

34 CFR 75.105(c)(2)(i) we award an 

additional 5 points to an application 

that meets Competitive Preference 

Priority 1 or an additional 3 points to an 

application that meets Competitive 

Preference Priority 2 or 3. Applicants 

are eligible for points under Competitive 

Preference Priority 1, 2, or 3, but may 

not receive points under more than one 

of these competitive preference 

priorities; thus, the maximum number 

of points is 5. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1: 

Tribal Applicants (Zero or five points). 

An application submitted by an 

Indian Tribe, Indian organization, or 

Tribal college or university (TCU) that is 

eligible to participate in the Professional 

Development program. A consortium 

application of eligible entities that 

meets the requirements of 34 CFR 

75.127 through 75.129 and includes an 

Indian Tribe, Indian organization, or 

TCU will be considered eligible to 

receive preference under this priority 

only if the lead applicant for the 

consortium is the Indian Tribe, Indian 

organization, or TCU. To be considered 

a consortium application, the 

application must include the 

consortium agreement, signed by all 

parties. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2: 

Consortium Applicants, Non-Tribal 

Lead (Zero or three points). 

(1) A consortium application of 

eligible entities that— 

(a) Meets the requirements of 34 CFR 

75.127 through 75.129 and includes an 

Indian Tribe, Indian organization, or 

TCU; and 

(b) Is not eligible to receive a 

preference under Competitive 

Preference Priority 1. 

Competitive Preference Priority 3: 

State Educational Agency or LEA or 

Bureau of Indian Education School 

Lead Applicants (Zero or three points). 

An application submitted by one or 

more of the below types of applicants in 

consortia with institutions of higher 

education (IHEs), which could include a 

Tribal college or university: 

(i) State educational agency. 

(ii) Local educational agency. 

(iii) Bureau of Indian Education 

school. 

Application Requirements: For FY 

2025 and any subsequent year in which 

we make awards from the list of 

unfunded applications from this 

competition, applicants must meet the 

following application requirements from 

34 CFR 263.5, as amended by the Final 

Rule. 

Each applicant must— 

(a) Describe how it will— 

(1) Recruit qualified Indian 

individuals, such as students who may 

not be of traditional college age, to 

become teachers, principals, or school 

leaders, if applicable; 

(2) Use funds made available under 

the grant to support the recruitment, 

preparation, retention, and professional 

development of Indian teachers or 

principals in LEAs that serve a high 

proportion of Indian students, as 

applicable; and 

(3) Assist participants who receive 

pre-service training in meeting the 

payback requirements under 34 CFR 

263.9(b), if applicable; 

(b) If applying as an Indian 

organization, demonstrate that the entity 

meets the definition of ‘‘Indian 

organization’’; 

(c) If it is an affected LEA that is 

subject to the requirements of section 

8538 of the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(ESEA), consult with appropriate 

officials from Tribe(s) or Tribal 

organizations approved by the Tribes 

located in the area served by the LEA 

prior to its submission of an application, 

as required under ESEA section 8538; 

and 

(d) Comply with any other 

requirements in the application 

package. 

Note: This competition is focused on 

the retention of Indian educators, and 

the Department is conducting a separate 

competition focused on the recruitment, 

preparation, and professional 

development of Indian teachers or 

administrators. Accordingly, we expect 

that, of the allowable activities 

described in application requirements 

(a)(1)–(3) above, the only activities 

applicable to the applicant’s proposed 

project will be the use of funds to 

support the retention of Indian 

educators in LEAs that that serve a high 

proportion of Indian students, which 

aligns with application requirement 

(a)(2). Therefore applicants for this 

program should focus on addressing 

application requirement (a)(2) rather 

than (a)(1) and (a)(3). 

Statutory Hiring Preference 

Awards are subject to the provisions 

of section 7(b) of the Indian SelfDetermination and Education 

Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93–638). To the 

greatest extent feasible, a grantee must— 

(1) Give to Indians preferences and 

opportunities for training and 

employment in connection with the 

administration of the grant; and 

(2) Give to Indian organizations and to 

Indian-owned economic enterprises, as 

defined in section 3 of the Indian 

Financing Act of 1974 (25 U.S.C. 

1452(e)), preference in the award of 

contracts in connection with the 

administration of the grant. 

For purposes of this preference, an 

Indian is a member of any federally 

recognized Indian Tribe. (25 U.S.C. 

1452(b)). 

Definitions: The following definitions 

are from 34 CFR 263.3, as amended by 

the Final Rule, and apply to this 

competition. 

BIE-funded school means a Bureau of 

Indian Education school, a contract or 

grant school, or a school for which 

assistance is provided under the 

Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988. 

Department means the U.S. 

Department of Education. 

Educator means an individual who is 

one or more of— 

(1) A teacher (including an early 

education teacher); 

(2) A principal or other school leader; 

(3) An administrator; 

(4) Specialized instructional 

personnel (e.g., school psychologist, 

school counselor, school social worker, 

school nurse, librarian, early 

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(5) A paraprofessional; or 

(6) Faculty. 

Indian means an individual who is— 

(1) A member of an Indian tribe or 

band, as membership is defined by the 

Indian tribe or band, including any tribe 

or band terminated since 1940, and any 

tribe or band recognized by the State in 

which the tribe or band resides; 

(2) A descendant of a parent or 

grandparent who meets the 

requirements of paragraph (1) of this 

definition; 

(3) Considered by the Secretary of the 

Interior to be an Indian for any purpose; 

(4) An Eskimo, Aleut, or other Alaska 

Native; or 

(5) A member of an organized Indian 

group that received a grant under the 

Indian Education Act of 1988 as it was 

in effect on October 19, 1994. 

Indian organization means an 

organization that— 

(1) Is legally established— 

(i) By tribal or inter-tribal charter or 

in accordance with State or tribal law; 

and 

(ii) With appropriate constitution, bylaws, or articles of incorporation; 

(2) Includes in its purposes the 

promotion of the education of Indians; 

(3) Is controlled by a governing board, 

the majority of which is Indian; 

(4) If located on an Indian reservation, 

operates with the sanction or by charter 

of the governing body of that 

reservation; 

(5) Is neither an organization or 

subdivision of, nor under the direct 

control of, any institution of higher 

education or TCU; and 

(6) Is not an agency of State or local 

government. 

Institution of higher education (IHE) 

has the meaning given that term in 

section 101(a) of the Higher Education 

Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

Local educational agency (LEA) that 

serves a high proportion of Indian 

students means— 

(1) An LEA, including a BIE-funded 

school, that serves a high proportion of 

Indian students in the LEA as compared 

to other LEAs in the State; or 

(2) An LEA, including a BIE-funded 

school, that serves a high proportion of 

Indian students in the school in which 

the participant works compared to other 

LEAs in the State, even if the LEA as a 

whole in which the participant works 

does not have a high proportion of 

Indian students compared to other LEAs 

in the State. 

Secretary means the Secretary of the 

Department of Education or an official 

or employee of the Department acting 

for the Secretary under a delegation of 

authority. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7442. 

Note: Projects will be awarded and 

must be operated in a manner consistent 

with the nondiscrimination 

requirements contained in Federal civil 

rights laws. 

Applicable Regulations: (a) The 

Education Department General 

Administrative Regulations in 34 CFR 

parts 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 84, 86, 97, 98, 

and 99. (b) The Office of Management 

and Budget Guidelines to Agencies on 

Governmentwide Debarment and 

Suspension (Nonprocurement) in 2 CFR 

part 180, as adopted and amended as 

regulations of the Department in 2 CFR 

part 3485. (c) The Guidance for Federal 

Financial Assistance in 2 CFR part 200, 

as adopted and amended as regulations 

of the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. 

(d) The regulations for this program in 

34 CFR part 263, as amended by the 

Final Rule. 

Note: As of October 1, 2024, grant 

applicants must follow the provisions 

stated in the updated Uniform Guidance 

(89 FR 30046, April 22, 2024) when 

preparing an application. For more 

information about these regulations 

please visit: https://www.cfo.gov/ 

resources-coffa/uniform-guidance/. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 

79 apply to all applicants except 

federally recognized Indian Tribes. 

Note: The regulations in 34 CFR part 

86 apply to IHEs only. 

II. Award Information 

Type of Award: Discretionary grants. 

Estimated Available Funds: The 

Administration requested $72,000,000 

for Special Programs for Indian 

Children, of which we intend to use an 

estimated $13,000,000 for this 

competition. The actual level of 

funding, if any, depends on final 

congressional action. However, we are 

inviting applications to allow enough 

time to complete the grant process if 

Congress appropriates funds for this 

program. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 

2026 and subsequent years from the list 

of unfunded applications from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$400,000–$500,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$450,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 29. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 36 months with 

the potential for renewal of up to an 

additional 24 months. 

Note: Under ESEA section 6122(g), 

the Secretary awards grants for an initial 

period of not more than 36 months and 

may renew them for up to 24 months if 

the Secretary determines that the 

grantee has made substantial progress in 

carrying out activities under the grant. 

The Department requests that applicants 

provide budget information in their 

applications for the full period, up to 60 

months, for which they hope to be 

funded. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: The following 

entities, either alone or in a consortium, 

are eligible under this program: 

(1) An institution of higher education, 

or a TCU; 

(2) A State educational agency in 

consortium with an institution of higher 

education or a TCU; 

(3) A local educational agency (LEA) 

in consortium with an institution of 

higher education or a TCU; 

(4) An Indian tribe or Indian 

organization in consortium with an 

institution of higher education or a 

TCU; or 

(5) A BIE-funded school in 

consortium with at least one TCU, 

where feasible. 

2. a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

program does not require cost sharing or 

matching. 

b. Indirect Cost Rate Information: This 

program uses a training indirect cost 

rate. This limits indirect cost 

reimbursement to an entity’s actual 

indirect costs, as determined in its 

negotiated indirect cost rate agreement, 

or eight percent of a modified total 

direct cost base, whichever amount is 

less. For more information regarding 

training indirect cost rates, see 34 CFR 

75.562. For more information regarding 

indirect costs, or to obtain a negotiated 

indirect cost rate, please see https://

www.ed.gov/about/ed-offices/ 

ofo#Indirect-Cost-Division. Note, 

however, that consistent with 34 CFR 

75.562(c)(4), this training rate limitation 

does not apply to agencies of Indian 

Tribal governments. 

c. Administrative Cost Limitation: 

This program does not include any 

program-specific limitation on 

administrative expenses. All 

administrative expenses must be 

reasonable and necessary and conform 

to Cost Principles described in 2 CFR 

part 200 subpart E of the Guidance for 

Federal Financial Assistance. 

d. Subgrantees: A grantee under this 

competition may not award subgrants to 

entities to directly carry out project 

activities described in its application. 

3. Other: Projects funded under this 

competition must budget for a two-day 

Project Directors’ meeting in 

Washington, DC during each year of the 

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held virtually if conditions warrant such 

format. 

IV. Application and Submission

Information

1. Application Submission

Instructions: Applicants are required to 

follow the Common Instructions for 

Applicants to Department of Education 

Discretionary Grant Programs, 

published in the Federal Register on 

December 23, 2024 (89 FR 104528) and 

available at https://

www.federalregister.gov/documents/ 

2024/12/23/2024-30488/commoninstructions-for-applicants-todepartment-of-education-discretionarygrant-programs, which contain 

requirements and information on how to 

submit an application. 

2. Submission of Proprietary

Information: Given the types of projects 

that may be proposed in applications for 

the PD Program, your application may 

include business information that you 

consider proprietary. In 34 CFR 5.11 we 

define ‘‘business information’’ and 

describe the process we use in 

determining whether any of that 

information is proprietary and, thus, 

protected from disclosure under 

Exemption 4 of the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552, as 

amended). 

Because we plan to make successful 

applications available to the public by 

posting them on our website, you may 

wish to request confidentiality of 

business information. 

Consistent with Executive Order 

12600, please designate in your 

application any information that you 

believe is exempt from disclosure under 

Exemption 4. In the appropriate 

Appendix section of your application, 

under ‘‘Other Attachments Form,’’ 

please list the page number or numbers 

on which we can find this information. 

For additional information please see 34 

CFR 5.11(c). 

3. Intergovernmental Review: This

competition is subject to Executive 

Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 

CFR part 79. Information about 

Intergovernmental Review of Federal 

Programs under Executive Order 12372 

is in the application package for this 

competition. 

4. Funding Restrictions: We reference

regulations outlining funding 

restrictions in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

5. Recommended Page Limit: The

application narrative is where you, the 

applicant, address the selection criteria 

that reviewers use to evaluate your 

application. We recommend that you (1) 

limit the application narrative to no 

more than 30 pages and (2) use the 

following standards: 

• A ‘‘page’’ is 8.5′′ x 11′′, on one side

only, with 1′′ margins at the top, bottom, 

and both sides. 

• Double space (no more than three

lines per vertical inch) all text in the 

application narrative, including titles, 

headings, footnotes, quotations, 

references, and captions, as well as all 

text in charts, tables, figures, and 

graphs. 

• Use a font that is either 12 point or

larger or no smaller than 10 pitch 

(characters per inch). 

• Use one of the following fonts:

Times New Roman, Courier, Courier 

New, or Arial. 

The recommended page limit does not 

apply to the cover sheet; the budget 

section, including the narrative budget 

justification; the assurances and 

certifications; or the one-page abstract, 

the resumes, the bibliography, the 

letter(s) of support, or the signed 

consortium agreement. However, the 

recommended page limit does apply to 

all of the application narrative. 

An application will not be 

disqualified if it exceeds the 

recommended page limit. 

6. Notice of Intent to Apply: The

Department will be able to review grant 

applications more efficiently if we know 

the approximate number of applicants 

that intend to apply. Therefore, we 

strongly encourage each potential 

applicant to notify us of their intent to 

submit an application. To do so, please 

email the program contact person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT with the subject line ‘‘Intent to 

Apply,’’ and include the applicant’s 

name and a contact person’s name and 

email address. Applicants that do not 

submit a notice of intent to apply may 

still apply for funding; applicants that 

do submit a notice of intent to apply are 

not bound to apply or bound by the 

information provided. 

V. Application Review Information

1. Selection Criteria: The selection

criteria for this competition are from 

CFR 75.210 and 263.7. An applicant 

may earn up to a total of 100 points 

based on the selection criteria. The 

maximum score for each criterion is 

indicated in parentheses. Each criterion 

also includes the factors that the 

reviewers will consider in determining 

how well an application meets the 

criterion. The criteria are as follows: 

(a) Need for project (up to 5 points).

In determining the need for the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the extent to which the 

proposed project will provide support, 

resources, or services; or otherwise 

address the needs of the target 

population, including addressing the 

needs of underserved populations most 

affected by the issue, challenge, or 

opportunity, to be addressed by the 

proposed project and close gaps in 

educational opportunity. 

(b) Quality of project design (up to 20

points). The Secretary considers the 

following factors in determining the 

quality of the design of the proposed 

project: 

(1) The extent to which the goals,

objectives, and outcomes to be achieved 

by the proposed project are clearly 

specified, measurable, and ambitious 

yet achievable within the project period, 

and aligned with the purposes of the 

grant program. (Up to 5 points) 

(2) The extent to which the design of

the proposed project demonstrates 

meaningful community engagement and 

input to ensure that the project is 

appropriate to successfully address the 

needs of the target population or other 

identified needs and will be used to 

inform continuous improvement 

strategies. (Up to 5 points) 

(3) The extent to which the proposed

project demonstrates that it is designed 

to build capacity and yield sustainable 

results that will extend beyond the 

project period. (Up to 5 points) 

(4) The extent to which the proposed

project is part of a comprehensive effort 

to improve teaching and learning and 

support rigorous academic standards 

and increased social, emotional, and 

educational development for students, 

including members of underserved 

populations. (up to 5 points) 

(c) Quality of project services (up to

20 points). The Secretary considers the 

following factors in determining the 

quality of the design of project services: 

(1) The likelihood that the proposed

project will provide participants with 

learning experiences that develop 

needed skills for successful teaching 

and/or administration in LEAs that 

serve a high proportion of Indian 

students. (up to 5 points) 

(2) The extent to which the services

to be provided by the proposed project 

are likely to provide long-term solutions 

to alleviate the personnel shortages that 

have been identified or are the focus of 

the proposed project. (Up to 5 points) 

(3) The extent to which the proposed

project prepares participants to adapt 

teaching and/or administrative practices 

to meet the breadth of Indian student 

needs. (up to 10 points) 

(d) Quality of project personnel (up to

15 points). When determining the 

quality of the personnel who will carry 

out the proposed project, the Secretary 

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cultural competence, of the project 

director and the amount of time this 

individual will spend directly involved 

in the project. 

(e) Adequacy of resources (up to 10 

points). In determining the adequacy of 

resources for the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the following 

factors: 

(1) The relevance and demonstrated 

commitment of each partner in the 

proposed project to the implementation 

and success of the project. (Up to 5 

points) 

(2) The extent to which the budget is 

adequate to support the proposed 

project and the costs are reasonable in 

relation to the objectives, design, and 

potential significance of the proposed 

project. (Up to 5 points) 

(f) Quality of the management plan 

(10 points). In determining the quality 

of the management plan for the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(1) The feasibility of the management 

plan to achieve project objectives and 

goals on time and within budget, 

including clearly defined 

responsibilities, timelines, and 

milestones for accomplishing project 

tasks. (Up to 5 points) 

(2) The adequacy of plans for ensuring 

the use of quantitative and qualitative 

data, including meaningful community 

member and partner input, to inform 

continuous improvement in the 

operation of the proposed project. (Up 

to 5 points). 

(g) Quality of the project evaluation or 

other evidence-building. (up to 20 

points). In determining the quality of 

the evaluation or other evidencebuilding of the proposed project, the 

Secretary considers the following 

factors: 

(1) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation or other evidence-building 

are appropriate to the context within 

which the project operates and the 

target population of the proposed 

project. (Up to 10 points) 

(2) The extent to which the methods 

of evaluation or other evidence-building 

are designed to measure the fidelity of 

implementation of the project. (Up to 10 

points) 

2. Review and Selection Process: We 

remind potential applicants that in 

reviewing applications in any 

discretionary grant competition, the 

Secretary may consider, under 34 CFR 

75.217(d)(3), the past performance of the 

applicant in carrying out a previous 

award, such as the applicant’s use of 

funds, achievement of project 

objectives, and compliance with grant 

conditions. The Secretary may also 

consider whether the applicant failed to 

submit a timely performance report or 

submitted a report of unacceptable 

quality. 

In addition, in making a competitive 

grant award, the Secretary requires 

various assurances, including those 

applicable to Federal civil rights laws 

that prohibit discrimination in programs 

or activities receiving Federal financial 

assistance from the Department (34 CFR 

100.4, 104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

The Department will screen 

applications that are submitted in 

accordance with the requirements in 

this notice, and determine which 

applications are eligible to be read based 

on whether they have met the eligibility, 

priorities and application requirements 

in this notice. The Department will use 

reviewers with knowledge and expertise 

on issues related to educator training 

and improving outcomes for Native 

American youth, as well as knowledge 

of teacher retention, to score the 

selection criteria. The Department will 

thoroughly screen all reviewers for 

conflicts of interest to ensure a fair and 

competitive review. 

In reviewing applications, the 

Department will assign points for 

Competitive Preference Priorities 1, 2, or 

3 based on each application’s adherence 

to the requirements of each. 

Technical scoring. Reviewers will 

read, prepare a written evaluation, and 

assign a technical score to the 

applications assigned to their panel, 

using the selection criteria provided in 

this notice. The Department will then 

prepare rank order(s) of applications 

based on their technical scores. 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: Consistent with 2 CFR 

200.206, before awarding grants under 

this competition, the Department 

conducts a review of the risks posed by 

applicants. Under 2 CFR 200.208, the 

Secretary may impose specific 

conditions and, under 2 CFR 3474.10, in 

appropriate circumstances, high-risk 

conditions on a grant if the applicant or 

grantee is not financially stable; has a 

history of unsatisfactory performance; 

has a financial or other management 

system that does not meet the standards 

in 2 CFR part 200, subpart D; has not 

fulfilled the conditions of a prior grant; 

or is otherwise not responsible. 

4. Integrity and Performance System: 

If you are selected under this 

competition to receive an award that 

over the course of the project period 

may exceed the simplified acquisition 

threshold (currently $250,000), under 2 

CFR 200.206(a)(2) we must make a 

judgment about your integrity, business 

ethics, and record of performance under 

Federal awards—that is, the risk posed 

by you as an applicant—before we make 

an award. In doing so, we must consider 

any information about you that is in the 

integrity and performance system 

(currently referred to as the Federal 

Awardee Performance and Integrity 

Information System (FAPIIS)), 

accessible through the System for 

Award Management. You may review 

and comment on any information about 

yourself that a Federal agency 

previously entered and that is currently 

in FAPIIS. 

Please note that, if the total value of 

your currently active grants, cooperative 

agreements, and procurement contracts 

from the Federal Government exceeds 

$10,000,000, the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 200, Appendix XII, 

require you to report certain integrity 

information to FAPIIS semiannually. 

Please review the requirements in 2 CFR 

part 200, Appendix XII, if this grant 

plus all the other Federal funds you 

receive exceed $10,000,000. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices: If your application 

is successful, we notify your U.S. 

Representative and U.S. Senators and 

send you a Grant Award Notification 

(GAN); or we may send you an email 

containing a link to access an electronic 

version of your GAN. We may notify 

you informally, also. 

If your application is not evaluated or 

not selected for funding, we notify you. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements: We identify 

administrative and national policy 

requirements in the application package 

and reference these and other 

requirements in the Applicable 

Regulations section of this notice. 

We reference the regulations outlining 

the terms and conditions of an award in 

the Applicable Regulations section of 

this notice and include these and other 

specific conditions in the GAN. The 

GAN also incorporates your approved 

application as part of your binding 

commitments under the grant. 

3. Open Licensing Requirements: 

Unless an exception applies, if you are 

awarded a grant under this competition, 

you will be required to openly license 

to the public grant deliverables created 

in whole, or in part, with Department 

grant funds. When the deliverable 

consists of modifications to pre-existing 

works, the license extends only to those 

modifications that can be separately 

identified and only to the extent that 

open licensing is permitted under the 

terms of any licenses or other legal 

restrictions on the use of pre-existing 

works. Additionally, a grantee or 

subgrantee that is awarded competitive 

grant funds must have a plan to 

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deliverables. This dissemination plan 

can be developed and submitted after 

your application has been reviewed and 

selected for funding. For additional 

information on the open licensing 

requirements please refer to 2 CFR 

3474.20. 

4. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a 

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 

necessary processes and systems to 

comply with the reporting requirements 

in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive 

funding under the competition. See the 

standards in 2 CFR 170.105 to 

determine whether you are covered by 

2 CFR part 170. 

(b) At the end of your project period, 

you must submit a final performance 

report, including financial information, 

as directed by the Secretary. If you 

receive a multiyear award, you must 

submit an annual performance report 

that provides the most current 

performance and financial expenditure 

information as directed by the Secretary 

under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary 

may also require more frequent 

performance reports under 34 CFR 

75.720(c). For specific requirements on 

reporting, please go to www.ed.gov/ 

fund/grant/apply/appforms/ 

appforms.html. 

(c) Under 34 CFR 75.250(b), the 

Secretary may provide a grantee with 

additional funding for data collection 

analysis and reporting. In this case the 

Secretary establishes a data collection 

period. 

5. Performance Measures: For the 

purpose of Department reporting under 

34 CFR 75.110, the Department has 

established the following performance 

measure: The unduplicated, cumulative 

number of Indian educators served by 

the grant that remained in their role or 

advance in their field annually and by 

the end of the grant period. 

This measure constitutes the 

Department’s indicator of success for 

this program. Consequently, we advise 

an applicant for a grant under this 

program to carefully consider this 

measure in conceptualizing the 

approach to, and evaluation for, its 

proposed project. Each grantee will be 

required to provide, in its annual 

performance and final reports, data 

about its progress in meeting this 

measure. 

6. Continuation Awards: In making a 

continuation award under 34 CFR 

75.253, the Secretary considers, among 

other things: whether a grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

the goals and objectives of the project; 

whether the grantee has expended funds 

in a manner that is consistent with its 

approved application and budget; and, 

if the Secretary has established 

performance measurement 

requirements, the performance targets in 

the grantee’s approved application. 

In making a continuation award, the 

Secretary also considers whether the 

grantee is operating in compliance with 

the assurances in its approved 

application, including those applicable 

to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit 

discrimination in programs or activities 

receiving Federal financial assistance 

from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, 

104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). 

VII. Other Information 

Accessible Format: On request to the 

program contact person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, 

individuals with disabilities can obtain 

this document and a copy of the 

application package in an accessible 

format. The Department will provide the 

requestor with an accessible format that 

may include Rich Text Format (RTF) or 

text format (txt), a thumb drive, an MP3 

file, braille, large print, audiotape, 

compact disc, or other accessible format. 

Electronic Access to This Document: 

The official version of this document is 

the document published in the Federal 

Register. You may access the official 

edition of the Federal Register and the 

Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

view this document, as well as all other 

Department documents published in the 

Federal Register, in text or Portable 

Document Format (PDF). To use PDF, 

you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, 

which is available free at the site. 

You may also access Department 

documents published in the Federal 

Register by using the article search 

feature at www.federalregister.gov. 

Specifically, through the advanced 

search feature at this site, you can limit 

your search to documents published by 

the Department. 

Adam Schott, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, 

Delegated the Authority To Perform the 

Functions and Duties of the Assistant 

Secretary, Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Nevada 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an inperson/virtual hybrid meeting of the 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), 

Nevada. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, February 19, 2025; 

4–8:30 p.m. PST; The opportunity for 

public comment is at 4:10 p.m. PST. 

This time is subject to change; please 

contact the Nevada Site Specific 

Advisory Board (NSSAB) Administrator 

(below) for confirmation of time prior to 

the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Molasky Corporate Center, 

15th Floor Conference Room, 100 North 

City Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89106. 

This meeting will be open to the public 

either in-person at the Molasky 

Corporate Center or virtually via 

Microsoft Teams. To attend virtually, 

please contact Barbara Ulmer, NSSAB 

Administrator, by email nssab@

emcbc.doe.gov or phone (702) 523– 

0894, no later than 1 p.m. PST on 

Tuesday, February 18, 2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Ulmer, NSSAB Administrator, 

by phone: (702) 523–0894 or email: 

nssab@emcbc.doe.gov or visit the 

Board’s internet homepage at 

www.nnss.gov/NSSAB/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to provide advice and 

recommendations concerning the 

following EM site-specific issues: cleanup activities and environmental 

restoration; waste and nuclear materials 

management and disposition; excess 

facilities; future land use and long-term 

stewardship. The Board may also be 

asked to provide advice and 

recommendations on any EM program 

components. 

Tentative Agenda 

1. Public Comment Period 

2. Update from Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer 

3. Update from National Nuclear 

Security Administration/Nevada 

Field Office 

4. Updates from NSSAB Liaisons 

5. Presentations to the Board 

6. Planning for Spring EM SSAB 

National Chairs’ Meeting 

Public Participation: The in-person/ 

online virtual hybrid meeting is open to 

the public either in-person at the 

Molasky Corporate Center or via 

Microsoft Teams. Written public 

comment may be filed with the NSSAB 

Administrator via email either before or 

after the meeting. Written comments 

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