FROM: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
U.S. Department of Education Awards $14 Million in Grants to 31 Native American and Alaska Native Entities
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
The U.S. Department of Education today announced the award of about $14 million in grants to 31 Indian tribes, tribal organizations, and Alaska Native entities to help them improve career and technical education programs.
Under the 2013 Native American Career and Technical Education Program (NACTEP) competition, the Department encouraged applicants to propose projects that included promoting science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), and the use of technology within career and technical education programs. Career and technical education in the STEM fields is important to providing students with education that can lead to employment in high growth, in-demand industry sectors.
"In today's global and knowledge-based economy, it's critical that we prepare all students for jobs that lead to a success career," said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. "These grants will help underrepresented groups attain the necessary resources to earn an industry certification and postsecondary certificate or degree, while also strengthening our country’s global competitiveness."
The NACTEP requires the Secretary to ensure that activities will improve career and technical education for Native American and Alaska Native students. Additionally, NACTEP grants are aligned with other programs under the Carl D. Perkins Career & Technical Education Act of 2006 that require recipients to provide coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards. NACTEP projects also include preparing students for the high-skill, high-wage, or high-demand occupations in emerging or established professions.
Below is a list of the 2013 NACTEP Grantees:
Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc. (Alaska) $417,543
Council of Athabascan Tribal Governments (Alaska) $470,022
Pascua Yaqui Tribe (Ariz.) $411,460
Hoopa Valley Tribe (Calif.) $470,130
Coeur d’ Alene Tribe (Idaho) $469,362
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College (Mich.) $341,938
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (Mich.) $452,804
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (Miss.) $470,689
Aaniiih Nakota College (Mont.) $467,256
Blackfeet Community College (Mont.) $386,966
Blackfeet Tribal Employment Rights Office (Mont.) $464,890
Fort Peck Community College (Mont.) $469,785
Salish Kootenai College (Mont.) $471,559
Stone Child College (Mont.) $473,556
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (Neb.) $469,345
Cankdeska Cikana Community College (N.D.) $450,564
Fort Berthold Community College (N.D.) $452,874
Sitting Bull College (N.D.) $415,660
Turtle Mountain Community College (N.D.) $471,466
Alamo Navajo School Board, Inc. (N.M.) $471,937
Coyote Canyon Rehabilitation Center, Inc. (N.M.) $473,912
Cherokee Nation (Okla.) $470,425
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (Okla.) $468,923
Shawnee Tribe (Okla.) $434,613
Pawnee Nation College (Okla.) $470,956
Oglala Lakota College (S.D.) $467,835
Sinte Gleska University (S.D.) $466,900
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe (Wash.) $437,674
Northwest Indian College (Wash.) $416,097
The Tulalip Tribes of Washington (Wash.) $451,113
College of Menominee Nation (Wis.) $472,994