Category: Budget
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Tribes awarded money to help youth go to college, get career ready
Here, from Fox 25 in Oklahoma. An excerpt: Some Native American students in our area are getting help to move on to college or careers after graduation. The White House announced winners of $5.3 million in federal grants Thursday. Six tribes in Oklahoma will received some money in the program, including the Cheyenne Arapaho Tribe…
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Notice Of Request For Comments – Renewal of Agency Information Collection for the Bureau of Indian Education Tribal Education Department Grant Program; Request for Comments
Here is the notice, and the entire PDF copy is here. Deadline to respond is November 2, 2015. From the abstract: The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) is seeking renewal of the approval for information collection conducted under 25 U.S.C. 2020, for the solicitation of grant proposals from Federally-recognized tribes and their Tribal Education Departments (TEDs)…
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Via TulsaWorld.com: Crisis Hits Oklahoma Classrooms with Teacher Shortage, Quality Concerns
An excerpt: Oklahoma’s deepening teacher shortage has education officials trading in their “Help Wanted” signs for ones with a more urgent message: “Help Needed NOW.” As schools ring in the start of a new academic year, administrators are desperately trying to fill teacher vacancies amid a scarcity of applicants. Evidence of that growing desperation abounds…
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NIEA: ESEA Update, More Action Needed!
Excellent update from NIEA, below. Native Education Advocates See Major Wins in ESEA Reauthorization Bills It has been a busy week for Native education advocates on the Hill! As Congress debated and negotiated the reauthorization of the largest civil rights education bill, the Elementary and Secondary School Act (ESEA), NIEA and it’s members advocated…
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies Appropriation Bill, 2016
The Senate Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriation Bill calls for grants to Tribal Education Departments to be continued on page 167. An excerpt: National Activities The Committee recommends $5,565,000 for national activities. Funds are used to expand efforts to improve research, evaluation, and data collection on the status and effectiveness of Indian education programs, and to…
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White House threatens veto of funding bill for Indian programs
From Indianz.com, here. An excerpt: President Barack Obama is threatening to veto a Republican-drafted appropriations bill that cuts funding for Indian programs and includes other questionable Indian policy riders.H.R.2822 provides $2.5 billion for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. That’s $159 million, or 5 percent, less than the $2.7 billion that Obama requested in his fiscal…