OpportunityTitle: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): State-Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) Pilot CFDA Number 84.415A
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible Applicants: A TEA in partnership with an SEA, or a consortium of TEAs in partnership with an SEA. In all cases a single TEA will serve as the applicant. A TEA consortium application must comply with the Department&apos;s regulations governing group applications in 34 CFR 75.127 through 75.129 and must include a signed consortium agreement that identifies each member of the consortium, binds each member of the group to every statement and assurance made by the applicant in the application, and details the activities that each member of the group would perform under the grant. Letters of support from proposed consortium members do not meet the requirement for a consortium agreement.
Description: Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register. Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/index.html. Please review the official application notice for pre-application and application requirements, application submission information, performance measures, priorities and program contact information. Purpose of Program: The fiscal year 2012 appropriation for the Department of Education includes funding for a pilot program under the Indian Education National Activities authority. Under the pilot, the Department will award competitive grants to Tribal Education Agencies (TEAs) to increase their role in the education of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students, including education to meet the unique educational and cultural needs of AI/AN students and improve their academic achievement. Specifically, the purposes of these grants are to (a) promote increased collaboration between TEAs and State educational agencies (SEAs) in the administration of certain State-administered formula grant programs, and (b) build the capacity of TEAs to conduct certain State-level administrative functions under those programs for eligible schools located on a reservation. Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.415A. Applications for grants under the State-Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) Pilot, CFDA number 84.415, must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov. Apply site at www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not email an electronic copy of a grant application to us. You may access the electronic grant application for State-Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) Pilot at www.Grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this competition by the CFDA number.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: e-Mail: Program Manager
GrantorContactText: Julius Cotton &lt;br/&gt;ED Grants.gov FIND Systems Admin. &lt;br/&gt;Phone 202-245-6140 &lt;br/&gt;julius.cotton@ed.gov &lt;br/&gt;Program Manager: &lt;br/&gt;Joyce Silverthorne &lt;br/&gt;U.S. Department of Education &lt;br/&gt;400 Maryland Avenue SW., 3E201 &lt;br/&gt;Washington, DC 20202. &lt;br/&gt;Telephone: (202) 401-0767 or by email:  &lt;br/&gt;joyce.silverthorne@ed.gov.
CloseDateExplanation: Applications Available: May 29, 2012.     Deadline for Notice of Intent to Apply: June 12, 2012. 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, the Secretary strongly encourages each potential applicant to notify us of the applicant&apos;s intent to submit an application for funding by sending the following information via email to STEP@ed.gov no later than June 12, 2012:      1. Applicant name, mailing address and phone number.      2. Contact person&apos;s name and email address.      3. Name of State Education Agency.      4. Whether the applicant intends to apply as a single TEA or a consortium of TEAs.     Applicants that do not complete this form may still apply for funding.    Dates of Pre-Application Meetings: June 1, 2012, and June 5, 2012. Pre-Application: The Department intends to hold pre-application   Webinars designed to provide technical assistance to interested applicants. The first Webinar will be held on June 1, 2012, and repeated on June 5, 2012. Information about Webinar times and instructions for registering are on the Department Web site at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/STEP/index.html. In addition, as a supplement to this notice, the Department has developed a document called ``State-Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) Pilot: Responses to Frequently Asked Questions.&apos;&apos; This supplemental document is available at http://www2.ed.gov/programs/STEP/index.html.    Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: July 13, 2012.