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This document summarizes the Bilingual Education Comprehensive School Grants program, which provided discretionary grants to schools with high populations of limited English proficient students to reform programs and operations serving these students. The program is no longer authorized and only provides continuation funding for existing multi-year projects. It was administered by the Office of English Language Acquisition and provided grants for family education, instructional materials, tutoring, and professional development for staff serving limited English students in K-12 schools.

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This document summarizes the Bilingual Education Comprehensive School Grants program, which provided discretionary grants to schools with high populations of limited English proficient students to reform programs and operations serving these students. The program is no longer authorized and only provides continuation funding for existing multi-year projects. It was administered by the Office of English Language Acquisition and provided grants for family education, instructional materials, tutoring, and professional development for staff serving limited English students in K-12 schools.

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Archived Information

Topical Heading
English Language Acquisition
Program Title

Bilingual Education Comprehensive School


Grants
CFDA # (or ED #)
84.290U
Administering Office
Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA)
Who May Apply (by category)
Local Education Agencies (LEAs)
Who May Apply (specifically)
Applications are no longer accepted. Applicants were one or more LEAs, alone or in collaboration with an
institution of higher education (IHE), community-based organization, or state education agency (SEA). A
community-based organization or an IHE also could apply if its application had been approved by a LEA.
Current Competitions
None. This program is no longer authorized. Funds support only the continuation of multiyear projects begun
under the expired statute.
Type of Assistance (by category)
Discretionary/Competitive Grants, Loans
Appropriations
Fiscal Year 2005 $26,143,813
Fiscal Year 2006 $0
Fiscal Year 2007 $0

Note: FY 2005 was the final year of multiyear support for these projects, which were begun under the expired
statute (see Legislative Citation).

Fiscal Year 2007 Awards Information


Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice.

Number of New Awards Anticipated: 0


Legislative Citation
This program is no longer authorized. It was previously authorized under the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), Title VII, Part A, Subpart 1, as amended by the Improving America's Schools Act
(IASA); 20 U.S.C. 7424. Funding of continuation awards for this program is authorized by Sec.3111(c)(2) of ESEA,
as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB); 20 U.S.C. 6821(c)(2).
Program Regulations
EDGAR; 34 CFR 299
Program Description
The program provided discretionary grants for schoolwide bilingual education or English as a second language
(ESL) programs and other special alternative instructional programs to schools with concentrations of limited
English proficient (LEP) students. Programs were to reform, restructure, and upgrade all relevant programs and
operations that served all (or virtually all) LEP students in a particular school. Grants were used for family
education, parent outreach, curriculum development, instructional materials, improved assessment procedures,
education software, tutoring, counseling, and professional development that improved services to LEP students.
Grants also supported compensation of personnel trained to serve LEP students.
Types of Projects
Discretionary grants were awarded to reform, restructure, and upgrade existing schoolwide bilingual or ESL
programs.
Education Level (by category)
K–12
Subject Index
Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Limited English Proficiency, Limited
English Speaking
Contact Information
Name Robert Trifiletti
E-mail Address [email protected]
Mailing Address U.S. Department of Education, OELA
400 Maryland Ave. S.W., Rm. 10065, PCP
Washington, DC 20202-6510
Telephone 202-245-7118
Toll-free Telephone 1-800-872-5327 or 1-800-USA-LEARN
Fax 202-245-7116
Links to Related Web Sites
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oela/index.html

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