OKLAHOMA CITY – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister today announced that the Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) has been awarded a nearly $4 million federal Native Youth Community Project (NYCP) grant aimed at improving college and career readiness for 1,400 American Indian high school students.
By the end of the calendar year, the Oklahoma Future Native Leaders grant will expand the Office of American Indian Education from one staffer to a team of six. This mark