WASHINGTON – Chuck Grassley today said that the U.S. Department of Education has awarded three competitive grants totaling $517,078 to two Iowa school districts through the Foreign Language Assistance Program – Local Education Agencies (FLAP–LEA) Grants program.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, the FLAP-LEA Grants program helps establish, improve, or expand innovative foreign language programs that show the promise of being continued beyond their project period and can be disseminated and duplicated by other LEAs for elementary and secondary school students.
The U.S. Department of Education will distribute the funds as shown below.
•Bondurant Farrar Community School District in Bondurant will receive $214,102 for the project ASPIRE (Anderson elementary Students Pursuing International Refinement Education).
•Mid-Prairie Community Schools in Wellman will receive $149,538 for the project CHEERS (Chinese Educational Experience in Rural Schools) and $153,438 for the project ASPIRE (Aspiring for Spanish in Rural Education).
Each year, thousands of local Iowa organizations, colleges and universities, individuals and state agencies apply for competitive grants and loans from the federal government. The funding is then awarded based on each local organization or individual’s ability to meet criteria set by the federal entity.