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background information can also be 

found at the following website: https:// 

www.army.mil/asacw. Persons or 

organizations wishing to provide verbal 

input during the virtual meetings will 

be selected on a first-come, first-served 

basis. Due to the expected number of 

participants, individuals will be asked 

to limit their spoken presentation to 

three minutes. Once the speaking slots 

are filled, participants may be placed on 

a standby list to speak or continue to 

register to listen to the input. 

Supporting materials and written 

feedback from those who do not have an 

opportunity to speak can be submitted 

to the docket as described above. The 

schedule for the virtual meetings is as 

follows: 

—Overview virtual meeting: June 22, 

2022, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern. 

Registration link: https://

www.zoomgov.com/meeting/ 

register/vJItdeGvqDoqHLDhqGkG

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—Public virtual meeting on Tribal 

issues: July 11, 2022, 1 p.m. to 3 

p.m. Eastern. 

Registration link: https://

www.zoomgov.com/meeting/ 

register/vJItdu2hqDMqHahppbA2q

3HVKm31LbxqMqU 

—Public virtual meeting on Appendix C: 

July 14, 2022, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

Eastern. 

Registration link: https://

www.zoomgov.com/meeting/ 

register/vJIscOqtqT4jHopjlJy1l5

JnRlnt5OOxkic 

—Public virtual meeting on PR&G: July 

18, 2022, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern. 

Registration link: https://

www.zoomgov.com/meeting/ 

register/vJItdu6upjguG5Lbf

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—Public virtual meetings on 

Environmental Justice: July 20, 

2022, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern. 

Registration link: https://

www.zoomgov.com/meeting/ 

register/vJIsceqgpjgpH0DUKHE

otfCGnZWEs10jtqI 

July 26, 2022, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

Eastern. 

Registration link: https://

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register/vJIsfuiuqzwoG4F4fn

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—Tribal virtual meetings on Tribal 

Issues: July 7, 2022, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. 

Eastern. 

Registration link: https://

www.zoomgov.com/meeting/ 

register/vJIscO-upzIsGQaR8o8fv

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July 12, 2022, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

Eastern. 

Registration link: https://

www.zoomgov.com/meeting/ 

register/vJItce-vqjwvG8Kjy6JX2

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—Tribal virtual meeting on Appendix C: 

July 19, 2022, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

Eastern. 

Registration link: https://

www.zoomgov.com/meeting/ 

register/vJItdemoqjkuE29OGf1x

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—Tribal virtual meeting on PR&G: July 

21, 2022, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern. 

Registration link: https://

www.zoomgov.com/meeting/ 

register/vJItd-6rqzMpHO_

oqn8OTcV30Fe7Af5hW9E 

—Tribal virtual meeting on 

Environmental Justice: July 27, 

2022, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern. 

Registration link: https://

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2KfGISuML0S83o 

Michael L. Connor, 

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works). 

[FR Doc. 2022–11881 Filed 6–2–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Applications for New Awards; Indian 

Education Discretionary Grants 

Programs—Native American Language 

Program 

AGENCY: Office of Elementary and 

Secondary Education, Department of 

Education. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Education 

is issuing a notice inviting applications 

for fiscal year (FY) 2022 for Indian 

Education Discretionary Grants 

Programs—Native American Language 

(NAL@ED) program, Assistance Listing 

Number (ALN) 84.415B. This notice 

relates to the approved information 

collection under OMB control number 

1810–0731. 

DATES: Applications available: June 3, 

2022. 

Deadline for notice of intent to apply: 

July 5, 2022. 

Date of pre-application meeting: June 

21, 2022. 

Deadline for transmittal of 

applications: August 2, 2022. 

Deadline for intergovernmental 

review: October 3, 2022. 

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 27, 2021 

(86 FR 73264) and available at 

www.federalregister.gov/d/2021-27979. 

Please note that these Common 

Instructions supersede the version 

published on February 13, 2019, and, in 

part, describe the transition from the 

requirement to register in SAM.gov a 

Data Universal Numbering System 

(DUNS) number to the implementation 

of the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). 

More information on the phase-out of 

DUNS numbers is available at 

www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ofo/ 

docs/unique-entity-identifier-transitionfact-sheet.pdf. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Hernandez, U.S. Department of 

Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW, 

Room 3W234, Washington, DC 20202– 

6335. Telephone: (202) 205–1909. 

Email: NAL@ed.gov. 

If you use a telecommunications 

device for the deaf (TDD) or a text 

telephone (TTY), call the Federal Relay 

Service (FRS), toll free, at 1–800–877– 

8339. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Full Text of Announcement 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

Purpose of Program: The purposes of 

this program are to (1) support schools 

that use Native American and Alaska 

Native languages as the primary 

language of instruction; (2) maintain, 

protect, and promote the rights and 

freedom of Native Americans and 

Alaska Natives to use, practice, 

maintain, and revitalize their languages, 

as envisioned in the Native American 

Languages Act of 1990 (25 U.S.C. 2901, 

et seq.); and (3) support the Nation’s 

First Peoples’ efforts to maintain and 

revitalize their languages and cultures, 

and to improve educational 

opportunities and student outcomes 

within Native American and Alaska 

Native communities. 

Background: The Department 

encourages applicants to propose a 

broad range of activities to achieve these 

purposes, including activities that are 

aligned with the Administration’s 

policy focus areas and with the needs 

described by Tribal leaders and the 

education field during the March 17, 

2022 Department-sponsored listening 

session, ‘‘Advancing the Interagency 

Memorandum of Agreement on Native 

Languages: Promising Practices and 

Persistent Barriers.’’ Specifically, we 

encourage promoting education equity 

and adequacy in resources and 

opportunity for underserved students, 

including rigorous, engaging, and wellrounded approaches to learning that are 

inclusive regarding culture and 

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college, career, and civic life. Activities 

that support Native American or Alaska 

Native language education and 

development include implementing 

inclusive pedagogical practices in 

professional development programs; 

using technology to support evidencebased approaches to personalized 

student learning in the classroom; and 

increasing the number and diversity of 

experienced and effective educators, 

including those from the community 

that they serve. 

In addition, the Department intends 

for the NAL@ED program to have a 

broad impact. The Department plans to 

accomplish this in three ways. First, the 

Department will fund only one highquality project per Native language 

under this competition, provided there 

are enough high-quality applications. 

This is consistent with both the 

statutory requirement that the 

Department ensure a diversity of 

languages are represented to the 

maximum extent feasible, and the 

congressional emphasis in the 

Explanatory Statement accompanying 

the Department of Education 

Appropriations Act, 2022, on 

supporting language diversity. Second, 

in addition to soliciting applications 

from existing Native language 

instructional programs (Absolute 

Priority 2), the Department is soliciting 

applications supporting new Native 

language instructional programs via 

Absolute Priority 1. Third, the 

Department will not exclusively fund 

applicants from a single State, provided 

there is a sufficient number of highquality applications (Program 

Requirement 3). This is consistent with 

the congressional emphasis in the 

Explanatory Statement accompanying 

the Department of Education 

Appropriations Act, 2022 on the 

importance of geographical diversity in 

grantees under this program. Together, 

these approaches will help ensure the 

program has a broad impact by funding 

projects supporting a variety of Native 

languages. 

Priorities: This competition includes 

two absolute priorities and two 

competitive preference priorities. These 

priorities are from the notice of final 

priorities, requirements, definitions, and 

selection criteria for this program 

published in the Federal Register on 

July 14, 2020 (85 FR 42305) (NFP). 

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2022 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 either 

Absolute Priority 1 or 2. 

Note: The Department may create two 

funding slates—one for applications that 

meet Absolute Priority 1 and a separate 

slate for applications that meet Absolute 

Priority 2. As a result, the Secretary may 

fund applications out of the overall rank 

order, but the Department is not bound 

to do so. Applicants must clearly 

identify the specific absolute priority 

that the proposed project addresses in 

the project abstract section of the 

application. 

These priorities are: 

Absolute Priority 1: Develop and 

Maintain New Native American 

Language Programs. 

To meet this priority, an applicant 

must propose to develop and maintain 

a Native American language 

instructional program that— 

(a) Will support Native American 

language education and development 

for Native American students, as well as 

provide professional development for 

teachers and, as appropriate, staff and 

administrators, to strengthen the overall 

language and academic goals of the 

school or schools that will be served by 

the project; 

(b) Will take place in a school; and 

(c) Does not augment or replace a 

program of identical scope that was 

active within the last three years at the 

school(s) to be served. 

Absolute Priority 2: Expand and 

Improve Existing Native American 

Language Programs. 

To meet this priority, an applicant 

must propose to improve and expand a 

Native American language instructional 

program that— 

(a) Will improve and expand Native 

American language education and 

development for Native American 

students, as well as provide professional 

development for teachers and, as 

appropriate, staff and administrators, to 

strengthen the overall language and 

academic goals of the school or schools 

that will be served by the project; 

(b) Will continue to take place in a 

school; and 

(c) Within the past three years has 

been offered at the school(s) to be 

served. 

Competitive Preference Priorities: For 

FY 2022 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 up to 

an additional 7 points to an application, 

depending on how well an application 

meets Competitive Preference Priority 1, 

and we award an additional 5 points to 

an application that meets Competitive 

Preference Priority 2. The maximum 

number of competitive preference 

priority points is 12. 

These priorities are: 

Competitive Preference Priority 1: 

Support Project Sustainability With 

Title VI Indian Education Formula 

Grant Funds. (up to 7 points) 

To meet this priority, an applicant or 

a partner must receive, or be eligible to 

receive, a formula grant under title VI of 

the Elementary and Secondary 

Education Act of 1965, as amended 

(ESEA), and must commit to use all or 

part of that formula grant to help sustain 

this project after the conclusion of the 

grant period. To meet this priority, an 

applicant must include in its 

application— 

(a) A statement that indicates the 

school year in which the entity will 

begin using title VI formula grant funds 

to help support this project; 

(b) The percentage of the title VI grant 

that will be used for the project, which 

must be at least— 

(i) 20 percent of the applicant’s title 

VI formula grant (3 points); 

(ii) 40 percent of the applicant’s title 

VI formula grant (4 points); 

(iii) 60 percent of the applicant’s title 

VI formula grant (5 points); 

(iv) 80 percent of the applicant’s title 

VI formula grant (6 points); or 

(v) 100 percent of the applicant’s title 

VI formula grant (7 points); and 

(c) The timeline for obtaining parent 

committee input and approval of this 

action, if necessary. 

Competitive Preference Priority 2: 

Preference for Indian Applicants. (0 or 

5 points) 

To meet this priority, an application 

must be submitted by an Indian Tribe, 

Indian organization, Bureau of Indian 

Education (BIE)-funded school, or Tribal 

College or University (TCU) that is 

eligible to participate in the NAL@ED 

program. A consortium of eligible 

entities that meets the requirements of 

34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129 and 

includes an Indian Tribe, Indian 

organization, BIE-funded school, or TCU 

will also be considered eligible to meet 

this priority. In order to be considered 

a consortium application, the 

application must include the 

consortium agreement signed by all 

parties. 

Note: The consortium agreement must 

state that the members designate one 

member of the group to apply for the 

grant, detail the activities that each 

member of the group plans to perform, 

and bind each member of the group to 

every statement and assurance made by 

the applicant in the application (34 CFR 

75.128(a) and (b)). 

Application Requirements: These 

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1The Department notes that such reporting will 

be required in connection with the performance 

measurement requirements under 34 CFR 75.110, 

rather than indicators under GPRA. For further 

information, see section 4 (Performance Measures) 

under VI. Award Administration Information. 

section 6133(c) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 

7453) and from the NFP. For FY 2022 

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. 

(1) General Requirements. An 

applicant must include the following 

information in its application— 

(a) A completed information form that 

includes: 

(i) Instructional language. The name 

of the Native American or Alaska Native 

language to be used for instruction at 

the school(s) supported by the eligible 

entity. 

(ii) Students to be served. The number 

of students to be served by the project 

and the grade level(s) of targeted 

students in the proposed project. 

(iii) Instructional hours. The number 

of hours of instruction per week in and 

through one or more Native American or 

Alaska Native languages currently being 

provided to targeted students at such 

school(s), if any. 

(iv) Pre- and post-assessments. 

Whether a pre- and post-assessment of 

Native American language proficiency is 

available and, if not, the percentage of 

grant funds that will be used for 

developing such assessment. 

(v) Program description. A description 

of how the eligible entity will support 

Native American language education 

and development, and provide 

professional development for staff, in 

order to strengthen the overall language 

and academic goals of the school(s) that 

will be served by the project; ensure the 

implementation of rigorous academic 

content that prepares all students for 

college and career; and ensure that 

students progress toward meeting highlevel fluency goals in the Native 

American language. 

(vi) Organizational information. For 

each school included in the project, 

information regarding the school’s 

organizational governance or 

affiliations, specifically information 

about the school’s governing entity 

(such as a local educational agency 

(LEA), Tribal educational agency or 

department, charter organization, 

private organization, or other governing 

entity); the school’s accreditation status; 

any partnerships with institutions of 

higher education (IHEs); and any 

indigenous language schooling and 

research cooperatives. 

(b) An assurance that for each school 

to be included in the project— 

(i) The school is engaged in meeting 

State or Tribally designated long-term 

goals for students, as may be required by 

applicable Federal, State, or Tribal law; 

(ii) The school provides assessments 

of students using the Native American 

or Alaska Native language of 

instruction, where possible; 

(iii) The qualifications of all 

instructional and leadership personnel 

at such school are sufficient to deliver 

high-quality education through the 

Native American or Alaska Native 

language used in the school; and 

(iv) The school will collect and report 

to the public data relative to student 

achievement and, if appropriate, rates of 

high school graduation, career 

readiness, and enrollment in 

postsecondary education or workforce 

development programs, of students who 

are enrolled in the school’s programs. 

(2) Memorandum of Agreement. Any 

applicant that proposes to work with a 

partner to carry out the proposed project 

must include a signed and dated 

memorandum of agreement that 

describes the roles and responsibilities 

of each partner to participate in the 

grant, including— 

(i) A description of how each partner 

will implement the project according to 

the timelines described in the grant 

application; 

(ii) The roles and responsibilities of 

each partner related to ensuring the data 

necessary to report on the Government 

Performance and Results Act (GPRA) 

indicators; 1 and 

(iii) The roles and responsibilities of 

each partner related to ensuring that 

Native American language instructors 

can be recruited, retained, and trained, 

as appropriate, in a timely manner. 

This memorandum of agreement must 

be signed no more than four months 

prior to the application deadline (i.e., 

the agreement must be signed within the 

four months prior to the application 

deadline). 

(3) Applicant Engagement with Indian 

Tribes and Tribal Organizations. All 

non-Tribal applicants must engage with 

appropriate officials from Tribe(s) 

located in the area served by the project, 

or with a local Tribal organization, prior 

to submission of an application. The 

engagement must provide for the 

opportunity for officials from Tribes or 

Tribal organizations to meaningfully 

and substantively contribute to the 

application. Non-Tribal applicants must 

submit evidence of either Tribal 

engagement or a letter of support from 

one or more Tribes or Tribal 

organizations. This evidence can be part 

of the memorandum of agreement 

required by Application Requirement 2 

or can be uploaded as a separate 

attachment. 

Note: If an applicant is an affected 

LEA that is subject to ESEA section 

8538, then the LEA is required to 

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, on the 

contents of the application as required 

under ESEA section 8538. Affected 

LEAs are those that have 50 percent or 

more of their student enrollment made 

up of Native American students or 

received an Indian education formula 

grant under title VI of the ESEA in the 

previous fiscal year that exceeds 

$40,000. (ESEA sec. 8538) 

(4) Certification. An applicant that is 

an LEA (including a public charter 

school that is an LEA under State law), 

a school operated by the BIE, or a 

nontribal for-profit or nonprofit 

organization must submit a certification 

from an entity described in application 

requirement (4)(a), containing the 

assurances described in application 

requirement (4)(b). 

(a) The certification must be from one 

of the following entities, on whose land 

the school or program is located, or that 

is an entity served by the school, or 

whose members (as defined by that 

entity) are served by the school: 

(i) A federally recognized Indian Tribe 

or Tribal organization. 

(ii) A TCU. 

(iii) An Alaska Native Regional 

Corporation or an Alaska Native 

nonprofit organization. 

(iv) A Native Hawaiian organization. 

(b) The certification must state that— 

(i) The school or applicant 

organization has the capacity to provide 

education primarily through a Native 

American or an Alaska Native language; 

and 

(ii) There are sufficient speakers of the 

target language at the school or available 

to be hired by the school or applicant 

organization. 

Program Requirements: For FY 2022 

and any subsequent year in which we 

make awards from the list of unfunded 

applications from this competition, 

grantees must adhere to the following 

program requirements: 

(1) Native American Language 

Proficiency Assessment. Grantees must 

administer pre- and post-assessments of 

Native American language proficiency 

to participating students. This Native 

American language assessment may be 

any relevant tool that measures student 

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assessments, and formative or 

summative assessments. 

(2) Diversity of Languages. To ensure 

a diversity of languages as required by 

statute, the Department will not fund 

more than one project in any 

competition year that proposes to use 

the same Native American language, 

assuming there are enough high-quality 

applications. In the event of a lack of 

high-quality applications in one 

competition year, the Department may 

choose to fund more than one project 

with the same Native American 

language. 

(3) Geographic Distribution. To ensure 

geographic diversity, assuming there are 

enough high-quality applications, the 

Department will not exclusively fund 

projects that all propose to serve 

students in the same State in any 

competition year. In the event of a lack 

of high-quality applications in one 

competition year, the Department may 

choose to fund only applications that 

propose to provide services in one State. 

(4) ISDEAA 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 section, an 

Indian is a member of any federally 

recognized Indian Tribe. 

Definitions: The definitions of ‘‘Indian 

organization (or Tribal organization)’’ 

and ‘‘Tribe’’ are from the NFP. The 

definitions of ‘‘Native American,’’ 

‘‘Native American language,’’ and 

‘‘Tribal college or university’’ are from 

the ESEA. 

Indian organization (or Tribal 

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 of or by 

charter from the governing body of that 

reservation; 

(5) Is neither an organization or 

subdivision of, nor under the direct 

control of, any IHE or TCU; and 

(6) Is not an agency of State or local 

government. 

Native American means: 

(1) ‘‘Indian’’ as defined in section 

6151(3) of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7491(3)), 

which includes individuals who are 

Alaska Natives and members of 

federally recognized or State recognized 

Tribes; 

(2) Native Hawaiian; or 

(3) Native American Pacific Islander. 

(ESEA secs. 6151(3) and 8101(34)) 

Native American language means the 

historical, traditional languages spoken 

by Native Americans. (ESEA sec. 

8101(34)) 

Tribal college or university means an 

institution that— 

(1) Qualifies for funding under the 

Tribally Controlled Colleges and 

Universities Assistance Act of 1978 (25 

U.S.C. 1801, et seq.) or the Navajo 

Community College Act (25 U.S.C. 640a 

note); or 

(2) Is cited in section 532 of the 

Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status 

Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note). (ESEA 

sec. 6133 and section 316 of the Higher 

Education Act of 1965, as amended) 

Tribe means either a federally 

recognized Tribe or a State-recognized 

Tribe. 

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 7453. 

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, as 

adopted and amended as regulations of 

the Department in 2 CFR part 3474. (d) 

The NFP. 

Note: The open licensing requirement 

in 2 CFR 3474.20 does not apply to this 

program. 

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: 

$1,054,537. 

Contingent upon the availability of 

funds and the quality of applications, 

we may make additional awards in FY 

2023 and subsequent years from the list 

of unfunded applications from this 

competition. 

Estimated Range of Awards: 

$300,000–$400,000. 

Estimated Average Size of Awards: 

$350,000. 

Estimated Number of Awards: 3. 

Note: The Department is not bound by 

any estimates in this notice. 

Project Period: Up to 60 months. 

III. Eligibility Information 

1. Eligible Applicants: The following 

entities, either alone or in a consortium, 

that have a plan to develop and 

maintain, or to improve and expand, 

programs that support the entity’s use of 

a Native American or Alaska Native 

language as the primary language of 

instruction in one or more elementary or 

secondary schools (or both) are eligible 

under this program: 

(a) An Indian Tribe. 

(b) A Tribal College or University 

(TCU). 

(c) A Tribal education agency. 

(d) An LEA, including a public 

charter school that is an LEA under 

State law. 

(e) A school operated by the Bureau 

of Indian Education (BIE). 

(f) An Alaska Native Regional 

Corporation (as described in section 3(g) 

of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 

Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(g))). 

(g) A private, Tribal, or Alaska Native 

nonprofit organization. 

(h) A non-Tribal for-profit 

organization. 

2.a. Cost Sharing or Matching: This 

competition does not require cost 

sharing or matching. 

b. Indirect Cost Rate Information: This 

program uses an unrestricted indirect 

cost rate. For more information 

regarding indirect costs, or to obtain a 

negotiated indirect cost rate, please see 

www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocfo/ 

intro.html. 

c. Administrative Cost Limitation: 

Under ESEA section 6133(g), no more 

than five percent of funds awarded for 

a grant under this program may be used 

for administrative purposes, and for 

grants made using FY 2022 funds this 

administrative cost cap applies only to 

direct administrative costs, not indirect 

costs. 

3. Other: Projects funded under this 

competition should budget for a 2-day 

Project Directors’ meeting in 

Washington, DC, during each year of the 

project period. 


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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 27, 2021 (86 FR 73264) and 

available at www.federalregister.gov/d/ 

2021-27979, which contain 

requirements and information on how to 

submit an application. Please note that 

these Common Instructions supersede 

the version published on February 13, 

2019, and, in part, describe the 

transition from the requirement to 

register in SAM.gov a DUNS number to 

the implementation of the UEI. More 

information on the phase-out of DUNS 

numbers is available at www2.ed.gov/ 

about/offices/list/ofo/docs/uniqueentity-identifier-transition-factsheet.pdf. 

2. Submission of Proprietary 

Information: Given the types of projects 

that may be proposed in applications for 

this competition, 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. 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. 

5. 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 are from the NFP and 34 CFR 

75.210. The source of each selection 

criterion, and the maximum possible 

score for addressing each criterion and 

subcriterion, is included in parentheses. 

The maximum possible score for 

addressing all of the criteria in this 

section is 100 points. 

In evaluating an application, the 

Secretary considers the following 

criteria: 

(a) Quality of the project design (32 

points). 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the design of the proposed project. In 

determining the quality of the design of 

the proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(1) The extent to which the goals, 

objectives, and outcomes to be achieved 

by the proposed project are clearly 

specified and measurable. (9 points) (34 

CFR 75.210(c)(2)(i)) 

(2) The extent to which the project 

design will ensure that students’ 

progress toward grade-level and 

developmentally appropriate fluency in 

the Native American language. (6 

points) (NFP) 

(3) The extent to which the proposed 

project will incorporate parent 

engagement and participation in Native 

American language instruction. (6 

points) (NFP) 

(4) The quality of the approach to 

developing and administering pre- and 

post-assessments of student Native 

American language proficiency, 

including consultation with individuals 

with assessment expertise, as needed. (6 

points) (NFP) 

(5) The extent to which the 

performance feedback and continuous 

improvement are integral to the design 

of the proposed project. (5 points) (34 

CFR 75.210 (c)(2)(xxi) 

(b) Quality of project services (29 

points). The Secretary considers the 

quality of the services to be provided by 

the proposed project. In determining the 

quality of the services to be provided by 

the proposed project, the Secretary 

considers the following factors: 

(1) The quality and sufficiency of 

strategies for ensuring equal access and 

treatment for eligible project 

participants who are members of groups 

that have traditionally been 

underrepresented based on race, color, 

national origin, gender, age, or 

disability. (1 point) (34 CFR 

75.210(d)(2)) 

(2) The quality of the plan for 

supporting grade-level and 

developmentally appropriate instruction 

in a Native American language by 

providing instruction of or through the 

Native American language. (11 points) 

(NFP) 

(3) The extent to which the project 

will provide professional development 

for teachers and, as appropriate, staff 

and administrators to strengthen the 

overall language proficiency and 

academic goals of the school(s) that will 

be served by the project, including 

cultural competence training for all staff 

in the school(s). (10 points) (NFP) 

(4) The extent to which the services 

to be provided by the proposed project 

involve the collaboration of appropriate 

partners for maximizing the 

effectiveness of project services. (4 

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(5) The extent to which the percentage 

of the school day that instruction will be 

provided in the Native American 

language is ambitious and is reasonable 

for the grade level and population 

served. (3 points) (NFP) 

(c) Quality of project personnel (16 

points). 

The Secretary considers the quality of 

the personnel who will carry out the 

proposed project. In determining the 

quality of project personnel, the 

Secretary considers: 

(1) The extent to which the applicant 

encourages applications for employment 

from persons who are members of 

groups that have traditionally been 

underrepresented based on race, color, 

national origin, gender, age, or 

disability. (1 point) (NFP) 

(2) The extent to which teachers of the 

Native American language who are 

identified as staff for this project have 

teaching experience and are fluent in 

the Native American language. (9 

points) (NFP) 

(3) The qualifications, including 

relevant training and experience, of key 

project personnel. (6 points) (34 CFR 

75.210(e)(3)(ii)) 

(d) Adequacy of resources (10 points). 

The Secretary considers the adequacy 

of resources for the proposed project. In 

determining the adequacy of resources 

for the proposed project, the Secretary 

considers: 

(1) The extent to which the costs are 

reasonable in relation to the objectives, 

design, and potential significance of the 

proposed project. (6 points) (34 CFR 

75.210(f)(2)(iv)) 

(2) The potential for continued 

support of the project after Federal 

funding ends, including, as appropriate, 

the demonstrated commitment of 

appropriate entities to such support. (4 

points) (34 CFR 75.210(f)(2)(vi)) 

(e) Quality of the management plan 

(13 points). The Secretary considers the 

quality of the management plan for the 

proposed project. In determining the 

quality of the management plan for the 

proposed project, the Secretary 

considers: 

(1) The adequacy of the management 

plan to achieve the objectives of the 

proposed project on time and within 

budget, including clearly defined 

responsibilities, timelines, and 

milestones for accomplishing project 

tasks. (8 points) (34 CFR 75.210(g)(2)(i)) 

(2) The extent to which the time 

commitments of the project director and 

principal investigator and other key 

project personnel are appropriate and 

adequate to meet the objectives of the 

proposed project. (5 points) (34 CFR 

75.210(g)(2)(iv)) 

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). 

3. Risk Assessment and Specific 

Conditions: 

Consistent with 2 CFR 200.206, before 

awarding grants under this program, 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 (SAM). 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. 

5. In General: In accordance with the 

Office of Management and Budget’s 

guidance located at 2 CFR part 200, all 

applicable Federal laws, and relevant 

Executive guidance, the Department 

will review and consider applications 

for funding pursuant to this notice 

inviting applications in accordance 

with: 

(a) Selecting recipients most likely to 

be successful in delivering results based 

on the program objectives through an 

objective process of evaluating Federal 

award applications (2 CFR 200.205); 

(b) Prohibiting the purchase of certain 

telecommunication and video 

surveillance services or equipment in 

alignment with section 889 of the 

National Defense Authorization Act of 

2019 (Pub. L. 115–232) (2 CFR 200.216); 

(c) Providing a preference, to the 

extent permitted by law, to maximize 

use of goods, products, and materials 

produced in the United States (2 CFR 

200.322); and 

(d) Terminating agreements in whole 

or in part to the greatest extent 

authorized by law if an award no longer 

effectuates the program goals or agency 

priorities (2 CFR 200.340). 

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

grant under this competition, you must 

ensure that you have in place the 


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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. 

4. Performance Measures: For the 

purpose of Department reporting under 

34 CFR 75.110, we have established the 

following performance measures for the 

NAL@ED program: 

(a) The number and percentage of 

students who attain proficiency in a 

Native language as determined by each 

grantee through pre- and postassessments of Native language 

proficiency; 

(b) The number and percentage of 

participating students who make 

progress in learning a Native language, 

as determined by each grantee, through 

pre- and post-assessments of Native 

language proficiency; 

(c) The number and percentage of 

participating students who show an 

improvement in academic outcomes, as 

measured by academic assessments or 

other indicators; and 

(d) The difference between the 

average daily attendance of participating 

students and the average daily 

attendance of all students in the 

comparison group (e.g., school, LEA, 

Tribe, or other). 

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. 

5. 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, or 

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 

documents of this Department 

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 documents of the 

Department 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. 

Ruth E. Ryder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and 

Programs Office of Elementary and Secondary 

Education. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12016 Filed 6–2–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, intends to 

extend for three years, an information 

collection request with the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before August 2, 2022. 

If you anticipate difficulty in submitting 

comments within that period, contact 

the person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section as soon as 

possible. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to Maria Vargas, EE–5A/Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW, Washington, DC 20585, by fax at 

(202) 586–8177, or by email at 

maria.vargas@ee.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to Maria Vargas, EE–5A/ 

Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, by 

fax at (202) 586–8177, or by email at 

maria.vargas@ee.doe.gov or by 

telephone (202) 586–7899. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Comments 

are invited on: (a) Whether the extended 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

This information collection request 

contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1910–5141; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Department of Energy Better 

Buildings Initiative Voluntary Pledge 

Program; 


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