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Eligibilty – Coordinator for the Outlying Areas
Who May Apply: (specifically) These consolidated grants are limited to the insular areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands).
Resources
- Comprehensive Regional Assistance Centers – provide technical assistance services focused on the implementation of reform programs.
- Equity Assistance Centers – provide assistance in the areas of race, gender, and national origin equity to public schools to promote equal educational opportunities.
Legislation, Regulations and Guidance
Funding Status
Note: This program is funded as part of a set-aside from the appropriation for Title I grants. Under the set-aside, up to $5 million is reserved for a program of discretionary grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) in the Outlying Areas and the Republic of Palau. Under ESSA, beginning in FY 2017, the Republic of Palau will receive $1,000,000 from the Title I appropriation. Palau does not receive funds under the Consolidated Grant authority.
Each Year the department makes 5 awards for a total of $5,000,000.
Eligibility
Who May Apply: (specifically) These grants are limited to local education agencies (LEAs) in the outlying areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands) and the Republic of Palau.
Awards
Note: This program is funded as part of a set-aside from the appropriation for Title I grants. Under the set-aside, up to $5 million is reserved for a program of discretionary grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) in the Outlying Areas and the Republic of Palau. Under ESSA, beginning in FY 2017, the Republic of Palau will receive $1,000,000 from the Title I appropriation. Palau does not receive funds under the Consolidated Grant authority.
Each Year the department makes 5 awards for a total of $5,000,000
Applicant Information
Extension Notice
In July 2015, the Department published a notice in the Federal Register informing the public that the Secretary of Education would grant a possible extension period – up to 24 months – for successful T&FASEG projects. This extension period was set to take place during FY 2016 and FY 2017.
The Department is not accepting new T&FASEG applications.
Federal Register Notices
Coordinator for the Outlying Areas
Program Description
The No Child Left Behind Act amended the Department of Education Act to require the Department to establish the ‘Coordinator for the Outlying Areas’ position. School Support and Rural Programs currently employs the Departments Coordinator for the Outlying Areas, who: (1) serves as the principal advisor to the Department on Federal matters affecting the outlying areas; (2) evaluates, on a periodic basis, the needs of education programs in the outlying areas; (3) assists with the coordination of programs that serve the outlying areas; and (4) provides guidance to programs within the Department that serve the outlying areas.
As used in this section, the term outlying areas includes Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, but does not include the Freely Associated States of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.
Resources
Comprehensive Centers – provide technical assistance services focused on the implementation of reform programs.
Florida & Islands Comprehensive Center
Educational Testing Service
Dr. Alice Lindsay, Director
1000 North Ashley Drive, Suite 312
Tampa, FL 33602
Phone: 1-800-756-9003
*Serves the Virgin Islands.
Pacific Region Comprehensive Center
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
Melly Wilson, Director
1136 Union Mall, PH 1A
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 1-808-441-1363
*Serves American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.
Equity Assistance Centers– provide technical assistance services in the areas of race, gender, national origin, and religion to public school districts to promote equal educational opportunities.
Mid-Atlantic Equity Consortium
5272 River Road, Suite 340
Bethesda, MD 20816
Ms. Susan Shaffer, Director
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PH: 301-657-7741
F: 301-657-8742
*Serves the Virgin Islands.
Metropolitan State University of Denver
P.O. Box 173362, Campus Box 63
Denver, CO 80217-3362
Dr. Jan Perry Evenstad, Director
PH: 303-556-6065
F: 303-556-3912
*Serves American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam.
