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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 

disseminate these public grant 

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. This 

does not apply if you have an exception 

under 2 CFR 170.110(b). 

(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, we have established the 

following performance measures for the 

SEED program: (a) the percentage of 

teacher, principal, or other school leader 

participants who serve concentrations of 

high-need students; (b) the percentage of 

teacher and principal participants who 

serve concentrations of high-need 

students and are highly effective; (c) the 

percentage of teacher and principal 

participants who serve concentrations of 

high-need students, are highly effective, 

and serve for at least two years; (d) the 

cost per such participant; and (e) the 

number of grantees with evaluations 

that meet the WWC standards without 

reservations. Grantees will report 

annually on each 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, whether the grantee has 

made substantial progress in achieving 

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. 

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Code of Federal Regulations at 

www.govinfo.gov. At this site you can 

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which is available free at the site. 

You may also access Department 

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Adam Schott, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Programs, Delegated the Authority to Perform 

theFunctions and Duties of the Assistant 

Secretary, Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01275 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Indian 

Education Discretionary Grants 

Programs; Professional Development 

Program (PD)—Training Grants 

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 PD— 

Training Grants. 

DATES: 

Applications Available: January 17, 

2025. 

Date of Pre-Application Webinar: 

February 11, 2025. 

Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: 

February 18, 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, 

Washington, DC 20202–6335. 

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. 

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 increase the number 

of qualified Indian individuals in 

professions that serve Indian students 

and to provide training and support to 

qualified Indian individuals to become 

teachers and administrators. 

Assistance Listing Number: 84.299B. 

OMB Control Number: 1810–0580. 

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outstanding, well-prepared, wellsupported educators who reflect the 

diversity of the students they serve. The 

PD Training Grants program provides 

critical support to increase the number 

of 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 

(LEAs), 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. The Department 

is committed to supporting 

opportunities for educator recruitment, 

preparation, and retention in a way that 

creates a diverse and well-prepared 

educator workforce. 

The PD Training Grants program can 

support multiple types of training, 

including Registered Apprenticeships 

(RA). 

We encourage applicants to consider 

creative ways to meet the needs of 

Indian students by identifying and 

overcoming barriers to training and 

supporting future Indian teachers and 

administrators. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

two absolute priorities and two 

competitive preference priorities. In 

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

the absolute priorities are from 34 CFR 

263.6(b)(1) and (2), as amended 

pursuant to the notice of final 

regulations for this program published 

elsewhere in this issue of the Federal 

Register (Final Rule), and the 

competitive preference priorities are 

from 34 CFR 263.6(a)(1) and (2), as 

amended by the Final Rule. 

Absolute 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 absolute priorities. 

Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider 

only applications that meet one of these 

priorities. 

Note: The Department may create two 

funding slates—one for applicants that 

meet Absolute Priority 1 and one for 

applicants that meet Absolute Priority 2. 

As a result, the Department may fund 

applications out of the overall rank 

order, provided there is a sufficient 

number of high-quality applications, but 

the Department is not bound to do so. 

Applicants must clearly identify the 

specific absolute priority the proposed 

project addresses in the project abstract 

and narrative; an applicant that wishes 

to apply under both priorities should 

submit two separate applications. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1: Pre-Service 

Training for Teachers. 

Projects that— 

(a) Provide support and training to 

Indian individuals to complete a preservice education program before the 

end of the award period that enables the 

individuals to meet the requirements for 

full State certification or licensure as a 

teacher through— 

(1) Training that leads to a degree in 

education; 

(2) For States allowing a degree in a 

specific subject area, training that leads 

to a degree in the subject area; 

(3) Training in a current or new 

specialized teaching assignment that 

requires a degree and in which a 

documented teacher shortage exists; or 

(4) Training in the field of Native 

American language instruction; 

(b) Provide induction services, during 

the award period, to participants after 

graduation, certification, or licensure, 

for two years, while participants are 

completing their work-related payback 

in schools in local educational agencies 

(LEAs) that serve a high proportion of 

Indian students; and 

(c) Include goals for the— 

(1) Number of participants to be 

recruited each year; 

(2) Number of participants to continue 

in the project each year; 

(3) Number of participants to graduate 

each year; and 

(4) Number of participants to find 

qualifying employment within 12 

months of completion. 

Absolute Priority 2: Pre-service 

Administrator Training. 

Projects that— 

(a) Provide support and training to 

Indian individuals to complete a 

graduate degree in education 

administration that is provided before 

the end of the award period and that 

allows participants to meet the 

requirements for State certification or 

licensure as an education administrator; 

(b) Provide induction services, during 

the award period, to participants after 

graduation, certification, or licensure, 

for two years, while participants are 

completing their work-related payback 

in schools in LEAs that serve a high 

proportion of Indian students; and 

(c) Include goals for the— 

(1) Number of participants to be 

recruited each year; 

(2) Number of participants to continue 

in the project each year; 

(3) Number of participants to graduate 

each year; and 

(4) Number of participants to find 

qualifying employment within twelve 

months of completion. 

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. Applicants are 

eligible for points under either 

Competitive Preference Priority 1 or 2, 

not both; 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. In order 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). 

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. 

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. 

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, 

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development of Indian teachers or 

principals in LEAs that serve a high 

proportion of Indian students, as 

applicable; 1 and 

(3) Assist participants who receive 

pre-service training in meeting the 

payback requirements under 34 CFR 

263.9(b), if applicable; 

(b) Submit one or more letters of 

support from LEAs that serve a high 

proportion of Indian students. Each 

letter must include— 

(1) A statement that the LEA agrees to 

consider program graduates for 

employment; 

(2) Evidence that the LEA meets the 

definition of ‘‘LEA that serves a high 

proportion of Indian students’’; and 

(3) The signature of an authorized 

representative of the LEA; 

(c) If applying as an Indian 

organization, demonstrate that the entity 

meets the definition of ‘‘Indian 

organization’’; 

(d) If it is an affected LEA that is 

subject to 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 

(e) Comply with any other 

requirements in the application 

package. 

Statutory Hiring Preference: 

(a) Awards that are primarily for the 

benefit of Indians are subject to the 

provisions of section 7(b) of the Indian 

Self-Determination and Education 

Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93–638). That 

section requires that, to the greatest 

extent feasible, a grantee— 

(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. 

(b) For purposes of this preference, an 

Indian is a member of any federally 

recognized Indian Tribe. 

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. 

Dependent allowance means costs for 

the care of minor children under the age 

of 18 who reside with the training 

participant and for whom the 

participant has responsibility. The term 

does not include financial obligations 

for payment of child support required of 

the participant. 

Full course load means the number of 

credit hours that the institution requires 

of a full-time student. 

Graduate degree means a postbaccalaureate degree awarded by an 

institution of higher education. 

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. 

Induction services means services 

provided— 

(1)(i) By educators, local traditional 

leaders, or cultural experts; 

(ii) For the two years of qualifying 

employment; and 

(iii) In LEAs that serve a high 

proportion of Indian students; 

(2) To support and improve 

participants’ professional performance 

and promote their retention in the field 

of education and teaching, and that 

include, at a minimum, these activities: 

(i) High-quality mentoring, coaching, 

and consultation services for the 

participant to improve performance. 

(ii) Access to research materials and 

information on teaching and learning. 

(iii) Assisting new teachers with use 

of technology in the classroom and use 

of data, particularly student 

achievement data, for classroom 

instruction. 

(iv) Clear, timely, and useful feedback 

on performance, provided in 

coordination with the participant’s 

supervisor. 

(v) Periodic meetings or seminars for 

participants to enhance collaboration, 

feedback, and peer networking and 

support. 

In-service training means activities 

and opportunities designed to enhance 

the skills and abilities of individuals in 

their current areas of employment. 

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. 

Native American means ‘‘Indian’’ as 

defined in section 6151(3) of the ESEA, 

which includes Alaska Native and 

members of federally-recognized or 

State-recognized Tribes; Native 

Hawaiian; and Native American Pacific 

Islander. 

Native American language means the 

historical, traditional languages spoken 

by Native Americans. 

Participant means an Indian 

individual who is being trained under 

the Professional Development program. 

Payback means work-related service 

or cash reimbursement to the 

Department of Education for the training 

received under the Professional 

Development program. 

Pre-service training means training to 

Indian individuals to prepare them to 

meet the requirements for licensing or 

certification in a professional field 

requiring at least a baccalaureate degree, 

or licensing or certification in the field 

of Native American language 

instruction. 

Qualifying employment means 

employment in an LEA that serves a 

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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. 

Stipend means that portion of an 

award that is used for room, board, and 

personal living expenses for participants 

in pre-service training who are living at 

or near the institution providing the 

training. 

Tribal college or university (TCU) has 

the meaning given that term in section 

316(b) of the Higher Education Act of 

1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)). 

Tribal educational agency (TEA) 

means the agency, department, or 

instrumentality of an Indian Tribe that 

is primarily responsible for supporting 

Tribal students’ elementary and 

secondary education. 

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 Uniform 

Administrative Requirements, Cost 

Principles, and Audit Requirements for 

Federal Awards in 2 CFR part 200 

(Uniform Guidance), 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. 

Maximum Award: We will not make 

an award exceeding $500,000 for the 

first, second, or third 12-month budget 

period. The last two 12-month budget 

periods will be limited to induction 

services only, at a cost not to exceed 

$120,000 per year. We will not make an 

award exceeding $120,000 for the fourth 

or fifth 12-month budget period. 

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. We will award 

grants for an initial period of not more 

than three years and may renew such 

grants for an additional period of not 

more than two years if we find that the 

grantee is achieving the objectives of 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: 

(a) An eligible applicant must be— 

(1) An IHE, including a TCU; 

(2) A State educational agency in a 

consortium with an IHE or a TCU; 

(3) An LEA in a consortium with an 

IHE or a TCU; 

(4) An Indian Tribe or Indian 

organization in a consortium with an 

IHE or a TCU; or 

(5) A BIE-funded school in a 

consortium with at least one TCU, 

where feasible. BIE-funded schools are 

eligible applicants for a pre-service 

training program when the BIE-funded 

school applies in consortium with an 

institution of higher education that 

meets the requirements in paragraph(c) 

of this section. 

(b) Eligibility of an applicant that is 

an IHE or a TCU, or an applicant 

requiring a consortium with an IHE or 

a TCU, requires that the IHE or TCU be 

accredited to provide the coursework 

and level of degree or Native American 

language certificate required by the 

project. 

Post Award Requirements: 

(a) Requirement for payback meeting. 

Prior to providing funds or services to 

a participant, the grantee must conduct 

a payback meeting with the participant 

to explain the costs of training and 

payback responsibilities following 

training. 

(b) Requirement for payback 

agreement. (1) Prior to providing funds 

or services to a participant, and for each 

subsequent year that training funds are 

disbursed, the grantee must enter into a 

written agreement with each participant 

in which the participant agrees to the 

terms and conditions required by 34 

CFR 263.12. 

(2) The payback agreement must 

explain the Secretary’s authority to 

grant deferrals and exceptions to the 

service obligation pursuant to § 263.10 

and include—(i) The current 

Department address for purposes of the 

participant’s compliance with § 263.11, 

or any other purpose under this part, 

and other Office of Indian Education 

contact information; 

(ii) The estimated length of training; 

(iii) The total training costs; 

(iv) The total amount of assistance 

accrued year-to-date; 

(v) The total number of months in the 

service obligation year-to-date; 

(vi) A statement explaining that work 

must be in an ‘‘LEA that serves a high 

proportion of Indian students,’’ and the 

regulatory definition of that phrase; and 

(vii) Information documenting that 

the grantee held a payback meeting with 

the participant that meets the 

requirements of this section. 

(3) The grantee must submit a signed 

payback agreement to the Department 

within 30 days of the date on which the 

payback agreement is fully executed by 

the grantee and participant. The grantee 

must provide a copy of the payback 

agreement to the participant upon 

execution. 

(c) Exit certification. At the time of 

exit from the program, the grantee must 

provide the below information to the 

participant. Upon receipt of this 

information from the grantee, the 

participant must provide written 

certification to the grantee that this 

information is correct: 

(1) The name of the institution where 

the participant received pre-service 

training and the award number of the 

Federal grant that provided the 

scholarship. 

(2) The number of months the 

participant needs to work in an LEA 

that serves a high proportion of Indian 

students to satisfy the payback 

requirements in 263.9. 

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(4) The participant’s field of study 

and the obligation of the participant to 

perform the service obligation with 

employment that meets the 

requirements in § 263.9(b). 

(d) Career preparation. During the 

grant period, a grantee must conduct 

activities to assist participants in 

identifying qualified employment 

opportunities following completion of 

the program. 

(e) Information and annual reporting. 

The grantee must report to the Secretary 

all participant training and payback 

information in a manner specified by 

the Secretary as well as any other 

information that is necessary to carry 

out the Secretary’s functions under 

section 6122 of the ESEA and 34 CFR 

part 263. Each grantee will make annual 

reports to the Secretary, unless more 

frequent reporting is required by the 

Secretary, that are necessary to carry out 

the Secretary’s functions under 34 CFR 

part 263. 

(f) Standards for satisfactory progress. 

The grantee must establish, publish, 

notify participants of, and apply 

reasonable standards for measuring 

whether a participant is making 

satisfactory progress in the training 

program. The Secretary considers an 

institution’s standards to be reasonable 

if the standards— 

(1) Are the same as the institution’s 

standards for a student enrolled in the 

same academic program who is not 

receiving assistance under this program; 

and 

(2) Include the following elements: 

(i) Grades, work projects completed, 

including performance tasks, or 

comparable factors that are measurable 

against a norm and are aligned with 

demonstrating effective practice. 

(ii) A maximum timeframe in which 

the participant must complete the 

participant’s educational objective, 

degree, or certificate. 

(iii) Consistent application of 

standards to all participants within 

categories of students (e.g., full-time, 

part-time, undergraduate students, and 

graduate students). 

(iv) Specific policies defining the 

effect of course incompletes, 

withdrawals, repetitions, and noncredit 

remedial courses on satisfactory 

progress. 

(v) Specific procedures for appeal of 

a determination that a participant is not 

making satisfactory progress and for 

reinstatement of aid. 

(g) Requirement for Indian preference. 

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

Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93–638), to the 

greatest extent feasible, a grantee must— 

(i) Give to Indians preferences and 

opportunities for training and 

employment in connection with the 

administration of the grant; and 

(ii) 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. 

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph 

(g), an Indian is a member of any 

federally recognized Indian Tribe. 

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 Uniform 

Guidance. 

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 

project period. This meeting may be 

held virtually if conditions warrant such 

a 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 Indian Education Professional 

Development 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. 

The allowable costs below are from 34 

CFR 263.4. 

A PD program may include, as 

training costs, assistance to— 

(1) Fully finance a student’s 

educational expenses including tuition, 

books, and required fees; health 

insurance required by the IHE; stipend; 

dependent allowance; technology costs; 

program required travel; and 

instructional supplies; or 

(2) Supplement other financial aid, 

including Federal funding other than 

loans, for meeting a student’s 

educational expenses. 

The maximum stipend amount is 

$2,300 per month for full-time students; 

grantees may also provide participants 

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The Department will reduce any 

stipends in excess of this amount. 

Other costs that a PD program may 

include, but that must not be included 

as training costs, include costs for- 

(1) Collaborating with prospective 

employers within the grantees’ local 

service area to create a pool of 

potentially available qualifying 

employment opportunities; 

(2) In-service training activities such 

as providing mentorships linking 

experienced teachers at job placement 

sites with program participants; 

(3) Assisting participants in 

identifying and securing qualifying 

employment opportunities in their 

fields of study following completion of 

the program; 

(4) Teacher mentoring programs, 

professional guidance, and instructional 

support provided by educators, local 

traditional leaders, or cultural experts, 

as appropriate for teachers for up to 

their first three years of employment as 

teachers; and 

(5) Programs designed to train 

traditional leaders and cultural experts 

to assist participants with relevant 

Native language and cultural mentoring, 

guidance, and support. 

We reference additional 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 34 

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 prepare personnel 

in specific fields in which shortages 

have been demonstrated through a job 

market analysis. 

(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 ambitious 

but also attainable and address— 

(i) The number of participants 

expected to be recruited in the project 

each year; 

(ii) The number of participants 

expected to continue in the project each 

year; 

(iii) The number of participants 

expected to graduate; and 

(iv) The number of participants 

expected to find qualifying employment 

within twelve months of completion. 

(up to 10 points) 

(2) The extent to which the proposed 

project has a plan for recruiting and 

selecting participants, including 

students who may not be of traditional 

college age, that ensures that program 

participants are likely to complete the 

program. (up to 5 points) 

(3) The extent to which the proposed 

project will incorporate the needs of 

potential employers, as identified by a 

job market analysis, by establishing 

partnerships and relationships with 

LEAs that serve a high proportion of 

Indian students and developing 

programs that meet their employment 

needs. (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 4 points) 

(2) 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 4 points) 

(3) The extent to which the applicant 

will provide job placement activities 

that reflect the findings of a job market 

analysis and needs of potential 

employers and that offer qualifying 

employment opportunities. (up to 4 

points) 

(4) The extent to which the applicant 

will offer induction services that reflect 

the latest research on effective delivery 

of such services. (up to 4 points) 

(5) The extent to which the applicant 

will assist participants in meeting the 

service obligation requirements. (up to 4 

points) 

(d) Quality of project personnel (up to 

15 points). In determining the quality of 

the personnel who will carry out the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the qualifications, including 

relevant training, experience, and 

cultural competence, of key project 

personnel and the amount of time to be 

spent on the project and direct 

interactions with participants. 

(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 

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(f) Quality of the management plan 

(up to 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 

will provide performance feedback and 

provide formative, diagnostic, or interim 

data that is a periodic assessment of 

progress toward achieving intended 

outcomes. (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 by 

peer reviewers based on whether they 

have met the eligibility, priorities and 

application requirements in this notice. 

The Department will use peer reviewers 

with knowledge and expertise on issues 

related to educator training and 

improving outcomes for Native 

American youth to score the selection 

criteria. The Department will 

thoroughly screen all peer 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 and 

2 based on each application’s adherence 

to the requirements of each. 

Technical scoring. Peer 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 the 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 also 

notify you informally. 

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 

disseminate these public grant 

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, 

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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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