Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Native Hawaiian Education (NHE) Program CFDA Number 84.362A

   For the addresses for obtaining and submitting an application, please refer to our Common Instructions for Applicants to Department of Education Discretionary Grant Programs, published in the Federal Register on February 13, 2019 (84 FR 3768),or at www.govinfo.gov/​content/​pkg/​FR-2019-02-13/​pdf/​2019-02206.pdf.

Purpose of Program: The purpose of the NHE program is to support innovative projects that recognize and address the unique educational needs of Native Hawaiians. These projects must include the activities authorized under section 6205(a)(2) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA), and may include one or more of the activities authorized under section 6205(a)(3) of the ESEA.

Note: The construction of facilities that support the operation of Native Hawaiian education programs will be a permissible activity only if Congress specifically authorizes the use of FY 2020 funds for this purpose.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number 84.362A.  

   SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Following publication of the NIA (84 FR 68154), Congress passed and the President signed the Act, which provides funding for the awards under this competition. The Act provides that the 5 percent limitation in section 6205(b) of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative purposes applies only to direct administrative costs. Accordingly, we are amending the NIA to notify prospective applicants that no more than five percent of funds awarded for a FY 2020 grant under this program may be used for direct administrative costs. Pursuant to this language, for funds awarded in this competition for the NHE program, this five percent limit only includes direct administrative costs, and not indirect costs.

    All other requirements and conditions stated in the NIA remain the same.

Amendments

    In FR Doc. No. 2019-26944, in the Federal Register of December 13, 2019 (84 FR 68154), on page 68157, in the middle column, we are

replacing the text after the heading ``Funding Restrictions:'' with the following:

    No more than five percent of FY 2020 funds awarded for a grant under this program may be used for direct administrative costs (ESEA section 6205(b) and the Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2020 (the Act)). This five percent limit does not include indirect costs.

    Note: Pursuant to ESEA section 6205(b), in this competition under this program, the five percent limit includes direct and indirect administrative costs. However, in the Act, Congress explicitly specified that for FY 2020 funds the administrative cost cap refers only to direct administrative costs.

    We reference regulations outlining additional funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice.

    Program Authority: Section 6205 of the ESEA (20 U.S.C. 7515).