1. (1) The Department will award Grants to eligible entities based on the following criteria:

   1. (a) Whether the proposed project successfully implements the strategies provided in the Immigrant/Refugee Student Success Plan;
   2. (b) Whether the applicant authentically and consistently engages Community Voice in the proposed project; and
   3. (c) Whether the applicant demonstrates equitable distribution of Grant funds and resources in Partnership.

2. (2) The Department may give priority to applications that:

   1. (a) Are led by Culturally Specific or Community-Based Organizations that represent Immigrant Refugee communities;
   2. (b) Demonstrate authentic and on-going Partnerships with Community-Based Organizations, Culturally Specific Organizations, school districts, public charter school, early learning hubs, educational service districts, providers of early learning services, post-secondary institutions of education, tribe(s);
   3. (c) Will help ensure geographic diversity of the Grant program by including rural communities or other underserved communities with large Immigrant Refugee student populations; or
   4. (d) Address a strategy or an objective of the Immigrant Refugee Success Plan that requires additional support, as determined by the Department.
   5. (e) Address strategies or objectives that are common across the African American/Black Student Success Plan, Latino/a/x and Indigenous Student Success Plan and/or the American Indian/Alaska Native Student Success Plan, the LGBTQ2SIA+ Student Success Plan, the Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Student Success Plan and communities.

Statutory/Other Authority

SB 1532 (2024) & ORS 329.849

Statutes/Other Implemented

SB 1532 (2024) & ORS 329.849

History

ODE 58-2024, adopt filed 12/06/2024, effective 12/06/2024
ODE 40-2024, temporary adopt filed 06/14/2024, effective 06/14/2024 through 12/10/2024