SIA Update

The SIA team is continuing to actively support districts and charter schools through the application and grant agreement processes and is currently completing another round of outreach to support the submission of outstanding information. Districts typically fall into one of three categories:

• Your SIA grant application is still incomplete, please work with your ESD SSA Liaison for support in completing the missing pieces of you application. Once your application has been reviewed and approved, you will become eligible to move into the grant agreement process.
• Additional information has been requested for your application to meet application requirements, please submit the requested additional information to your Application Manager. If you have any questions regarding the requested changes, you can reach out to your Application Manager for additional information or arrange a call to discuss the requested changes.
• You’ve received your SIA Grant Agreement, please make sure the grant agreement is available at your main office and posted to your district website, share the grant agreement at an open board meeting and allow an opportunity for public comment (not a consent agenda item), and finally submit a copy of the board meeting minutes and the signed grant agreement back to ODE.  

If you have questions on where your district is in the process or think you should have received a fully executed SIA grant agreement but haven’t received one to date, please reach out to your Application Manager or SIAInfo@state.or.us.

News & Resources

• Check out the recently released SB13 Tribal History/Shared History Professional Development Courses.
• The Educator Advancement Council recently published their 2020 Oregon Educator Equity Report that tracks key data, patterns, findings, and developments for Oregon educational equity and diversity.
• As you may have seen, the Office of Indian Education recently released this Tribal Engagement Toolkit which provides resources for districts, Tribal Leaders, and Tribal Communities. 
• Oregon State School Board resolution on Black Lives Matter.
• We are now posting on the ODE Website the weekly report from the COVID-19 School Status Tracking Report. If you do not see your school reported on the weekly status report please email odecovid19@ode.state.or.us or check with your district administrator

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