Category: Congressional Briefing
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White House Fact Sheet: Sixth annual Tribal Nations Conference
From Indianz.com, here. An excerpt: SUPPORTING THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ALL NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENTS Promoting Educational Self-Determination for Tribal Nations through Sovereignty in Indian Education Enhancements. In October 2014, DOI took a critical step towards furthering tribal control over BIE-funded schools when it issued $1.2M to six tribes to research, assess and develop implementation plans…
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TEDNA Select Bills
Here is the TEDNA Select Bills handout that was given at our annual meeting and forum. It highlights select Senate and House bills impacting Native education in the 113th Congress. We will put this in our resources section under our most recent forum.
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S. Rep. 113-265 in support of S. 1948 – the Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act
Here is Senator Testor’s Report, which was filed on October 1, 2014. The Report has a great overview of language programs. An excerpt: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill (S. 1948) to promote the academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Children with the establishment of a Native American…
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Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Chairman: Bureau of Indian Education Lacks Strategic Plan
Here is the article from Native News Online. An excerpt: WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jon Tester (D – Montana), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, on Wednesday expressed frustration over the lack of strategic planning and budgeting by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). His comments came on the third hearing on Indian education…
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STATE TRIBAL EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS (STEP) CONSULTATION
Here, from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education: REQUEST FOR INPUT FROM TRIBAL LEADERS:The Office of Indian Education (OIE) is seeking tribal leader input on the State Tribal Education Partnership (STEP) program, one of three discretionary grant programs within the Office of Indian Education at the US Department of Education (ED). The STEP program…
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SCIA: Oversight Hearing to receive testimony on “Early Childhood Development and Education in Indian Country: Building a Foundation for Academic Success.”
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will be having an oversight hearing on “Early Childhood Development and Education in Indian Country: Building a Foundation for Academic Success” on February 26, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. EST. More information here and here.