10.75.104    PROPOSAL AND CONTRACTING TIMELINE

(1) To be considered for MILP funding, tribal governments or community entities must submit their application by December 31 of the prior year through the Egrants online platform. 

(2)  Egrant applications must demonstrate how activities will meet the objectives of the program funding and the capacity of the organization to carry out the activities, including:

(a)  a description of language and culture committees or any other groups involved;

(b)  a description of the curriculum to be taught through courses, language programs, songs, and any other methods utilized to instruct future language speakers;

(c)  a description of the role of language and culture specialists involved or otherwise partnering with the program participants;

(d)  a description of any professional development activities provided through the program, including those which serve language and culture specialists;

(e)  a designation of a tribal authorized representative to administer the program which must be a tribal education department or equivalent or, if the tribe does not have an education department, to another entity such as a tribal culture or language department or equivalent, including any resolution indicating partnerships with the tribes; and

(f)  a program description which includes the following:

(i)  an estimate of the current number of fluent speakers in the tribe;

(ii)  plans to build multigenerational fluency through any plans to partner with early learning providers and adult education offerings; and

(iii)  a proposed budget for the expenditure of funds received from MILP and any other funding sources.      

(3)  All language in program proposals are provided to, and approved by, the Office of Public Instruction.

(4)  Each tribal government must execute a contract by February 1 of a year they are disbursed the funds. Project grantees are responsible for informing and assisting tribal or entity leadership and finance departments with obtaining signatures and required financial forms. Upon execution of the contract, tribal governments, community entities, or their designees may receive their first disbursement of funds.

(5)  Any remaining funds that are unencumbered as of the first working day of January will revert to the successful applicants. 

History: 20-9-537, MCA; IMP, 20-9-537, MCA; NEW, 2023 MAR p. 1086, Eff. 9/23/23.