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DESCRIPTION:<p style="text-align: center\;">\n	<span style="font-size: 14.4
 px\;"><strong>When</strong>:Thursday\, December 13\, 2018&nbsp\;</span></p>
 \n<p style="text-align: center\;">\n	<span style="font-size: 14.4px\;"><str
 ong>Time</strong>: 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Washington\, DC (Eastern Standard Time)
 &nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">\n	<span style="font-si
 ze: 14.4px\;"><strong>Location</strong>: Smithsonian National Museum of the
  American Indian&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">\n	<spa
 n style="font-size: 14.4px\;">4th St. &amp\; Independence Ave.\, SW&nbsp\;<
 /span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">\n	<span style="font-size: 14.4
 px\;">Washington\, DC 20560&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p style="text-align: center
 \;">\n	<strong><span style="font-size: 14.4px\;">AND&nbsp\;</span></strong>
 </p>\n<p style="text-align: center\;">\n	<span style="font-size: 14.4px\;">
 Virtual Event (via Adobe Connect webinar and/or toll-free&nbsp\;</span>conf
 erence call line)&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>\n	<span style="font-size: 14.4px\;">Annou
 ncing the U.S. Department of Education (ED) Tribal Consultation on the&nbsp
 \;</span>Office of Indian Education&rsquo\;s State Tribal Education Partner
 ship (STEP) program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 196
 5\, as amended</p>\n<p>\n	<strong><span style="font-size: 14.4px\;">PURPOSE
  OF TRIBAL CONSULTATION</span></strong></p>\n<p>\n	<span style="font-size: 
 14.4px\;">In accordance with the U.S. Department of Education&rsquo\;s comm
 itment to engage in regular and meaningful consultation and collaboration w
 ith Indian Tribes\, a Tribal consultation will be conducted by the U.S. Dep
 artment of Education\, Office of Indian Education (OIE)\, Office of Element
 ary and Secondary Education (OESE)\, and the White House Initiative on Amer
 ican Indian and Alaska Native Education (WHIAIANE) regarding the OIE State 
 Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) program. Because FY 2019 would be the f
 irst grant competition for the STEP program under the revised program autho
 rity under section 6132 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act\, as 
 amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESEA)\, defining and clarifying 
 definitions in the 2019 notice would qualify for an exemption to the public
  comment requirements that govern many competitions at the Department. Howe
 ver\, in order to establish definitions\, priorities\, selection criteria\,
  or requirements for future competitions under this statutory authority\, O
 ESE is required to undergo notice-and-comment rulemaking through the Federa
 l Register. Therefore\, consistent with the Department&rsquo\;s trust respo
 nsibility to Tribes and our Tribal Consultation Policy\, the OESE will cons
 ult with elected officials of federally recognized Tribes to ensure that th
 eir views inform OESE&rsquo\;s policy decisions related to the definitions\
 , priorities\, selection criteria\, and requirements that will govern futur
 e competitions\, including in FY 2019\, under the current statutory authori
 ty.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n<p>\n	<span style="font-size: 14.4px\;"><strong>Topi
 cs for Consultation include</strong>:</span></p>\n<p>\n	<span style="font-s
 ize: 14.4px\;">Section 6132 of the ESEA authorizes grants to (1) promote Tr
 ibal self-determination in education\; (2) improve the academic achievement
  of Indian children and youth\; and (3) promote the coordination and collab
 oration of Tribal educational agencies (TEAs) with State educational agenci
 es (SEAs) and local educational agencies (LEAs) to meet the unique educatio
 nal and culturally related academic needs of Indian students. The Departmen
 t is particularly interested in hearing from Tribes about their interest in
  the option under the STEP program to create TEAs as well as continuing int
 erest in supporting existing TEAs&rsquo\; partnerships with SEAs and LEAs t
 o administer and coordinate education programs. Specific topics for Tribal 
 consultation will focus on the following questions.</span></p>\n
DTEND:20181213
DTSTAMP:20261019T185111
DTSTART:20181213
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LOCATION:Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian\, Washington\, 
 DC
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SUMMARY:U.S. Department of Education Tribal Consultation
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