[URBANTH-L] FUNDING: U.S. Migrant Education Program (MEP) Consortium Incentive Grants

[Angela Jancius]

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GRANT
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=8150

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Migrant
Education Program (MEP) Consortium Incentive Grants Program

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
Number: 84.144. Dates: Applications Available:
February 22, 2006
Deadline for Applications: May 19, 2006

Eligible Applicants: State educational agencies (SEAs)
receiving MEP Basic State Formula grants.

Maximum Award: By statute, the maximum amount that
we may award under this program is $250,000.
Estimated Number of Awards: 39.
Project Period: Up to 24 months.

I. Funding Opportunity Description

Purpose of Program: The purpose of the MEP Consortium Incentive
Grants program is to provide incentive grants to State educational
agencies (SEAs) that participate in high-quality consortia with
another SEA or other appropriate entity to improve the delivery of
services to migrant children whose education is interrupted. Through
this program, the Department provides financial incentives to SEAs
to participate in high-quality consortia that improve the intrastate and
interstate coordination of migrant education programs by addressing
key needs of migratory children who have their education interrupted.

Priorities: The priorities for this competition are from the notice of final
requirements for this program, published in the Federal Register on
March 3, 2004 (69 FR 10110).

Absolute Priorities: For FY 2006, these priorities are absolute priorities.
Under 34 CFR 75.105(c)(3), we consider only applications that meet
one or more of these absolute priorities. In order for SEAs to be
considered for incentive grants, a proposed consortium in which an SEA
would participate must address one or more of the following absolute
priorities:

1. Services designed to improve the proper and timely identification and
recruitment of eligible migratory children whose education is interrupted;
2. Services designed (based on a review of scientifically based research)
to improve the school readiness of pre-school-aged migratory children
whose education is interrupted;
3. Services designed (based on a review of scientifically based research)
to improve the reading proficiency of migratory children whose education
is interrupted;
4. Services designed (based on a review of scientifically based research)
to improve the mathematics proficiency of migratory children whose
education is interrupted;
5. Services designed (based on a review of scientifically based research)
to decrease the dropout rate of migratory students whose education is
interrupted and improve their high school completion rate;
6. Services designed (based on a review of scientifically based research)
to strengthen the involvement of migratory parents in the education of
migratory students whose education is interrupted; and
7. Services designed (based on a review of scientifically based research)
to expand access to innovative educational technologies intended to
increase the academic achievement of migratory students whose education
is interrupted.

II. Award Information
Type of Award: Formula grants.
Estimated Available Funds: $3,000,000.
Estimated Range of Awards: $50,000-$110,000.
Estimated Average Size of Awards: $76,923.

Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 6398(d).
Applicable Regulations: (a) The Education Department General
Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 75 (except 75.232),
76, 77, 79, 80 (except 80.40(b)), 82, 84, 85 and 99; and (b)
the notice of final requirements published in the Federal Register
on March 3, 2004 (69 FR 10110).