Specifications include, but are not limited to: This RFA is a continuous grant from FY23 that was made available to New Mexico tribal departments of education, local education agencies (LEAs), including state-chartered charter schools and locally chartered charter schools serving significant numbers of Native American students, schools identified by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) as tribally controlled, urban Native American serving organizations, non-profit organizations, higher education departments, and tribal colleges for the purpose of supporting innovative, effective instruction for tribally based and Urban Indigenous language programs. The Native Language Initiative Programs aim to directly increase the number of Native language speakers; provide access to culturally and linguistically responsive learning environments that support the development of curriculum and instruction, assessments, and teacher development; and assess the status of Native American Languages in New Mexico.
