BILINGUAL EDUCATION AND MINORITY LANGUAGES AFFAIRS: SYSTEMWIDE IMPROVEMENT GRANTS

(202) 205-5426 or 205-5568

This program makes funds available to assist in the implementation of districtwide bilingual education or special alternative instructional programs for reforming, restructuring and upgrading all relevant programs and operations, within an individual school, that serve all (or virtually all) children and youth of limited English proficiency in schools with significant concentrations of such children and youth.

Program Office: Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs

Legislation: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title VII, Part A, Subpart 1, as amended, 20 U.S.C. 7424

Type of Assistance: five-year competitive grants

Who May Apply: One or more local education agencies applying alone or in collaboration with an institution of higher education, community-based organizations, other local education agencies, or state education agency

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