The Office of Indian Education (OIE) Pre-application Webinar for the 2015 New Award Competition of State Tribal Education Partnership program (STEP) will be held on:
April 30, 2015, 2:00 to 4:00 pm EDT
The webinar will provide important information to assist potential applicants to complete their submissions for the 2015 competition and address the same material. This webinar will be recorded and archived for a limited time. Presentation for the webinar and questions and answers generated from the webinar will be available to the public.
To Access the webinar please go to: https://msg.adobeconnect.com/step/event/registration.html
Phone Number: 1-800-832-0736
Room Number: 6606540
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On April 16, 2015, the Department of Education published in the Federal Register a notice inviting applications for the 2015 State Tribal Education Partnerships (STEP) program. The new competition officially opened on Thursday, April 16, 2015 and will close on June 15, 2015. Notices of intent to apply must be received by May 21, 2015.
The purposes of this program are to: (1) Promote increased collaboration between tribal education agencies (TEAs) and the State educational agencies (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) that serve students from the affected tribes; and (2) build the capacity of TEAs to conduct certain administrative functions under certain Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) formula grant programs for eligible schools, as determined by the TEA, SEA, and LEA.
The Federal Register link to the official announcement is here: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-04-16/pdf/2015-08681.pdf
For additional information on the STEP program please contact Shahla Ortega at Shahla.Ortega@Ed.Gov .
The Office of Indian Education may be found online at this link: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/oie/index.html
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