Category: Hearing
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TEDNA’s Vice President Kerry Venegas Testifying on FY 2017 Funding for Tribal Education TODAY!
TEDNA’s Kerry Venegas, Vice-President (Hoopa Valley Tribe) will testify in front of the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies today, March 17, 2016 at 1:20 pm EDT in Washington D.C. To read her testimony, click here.
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NATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ON INDIAN EDUCATION MEETING SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
Here. The National Advisory Council on Indian Education have scheduled a teleconference meetng for September 25, 2015. The notice was published in the September 14 Federal Register located here: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-09-14/pdf/2015-22891.pdf. The purpose of the meeting is to convene the Council to conduct the following business: (1) Final discussion, review and approval of the annual report…
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Ninth Circuit Oral Argument in Window Rock Unified School District v. Nez (Formerly Reeves)
From Turtle Talk, here. Here is the oral argument link, and briefs and lower court materials here.
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New FERPA Bill in House – the Student Privacy Protection Act
The Student Privacy Protection Act can be seen here, and the Senate’s version that dropped earlier this year is here. Regrettably, there is no amendment for Tribes or Tribal Education Departments. The amendment passed a few years ago that permits disclosure of student records to a tribal organization that has the right to access a student’s case plan when…
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Dr. Sherry Johnson on the Impact Aid Consultation
I was on the Tribal Consultation webinar and my take on it was: There are no plans to change the Impact Aid law itself but merely the wording within the guidelines. We need to push for stronger clearer language within the law itself. What were minimum requirements of past no longer meet today’s needs for…
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NIEA Call for Action to Support Native Education
CALLS NEEDED TODAY TO SUPPORT NATIVE EDUCATION Native students need your support! Below is a brief summary of two amendments that need support to pass. Please call your Senators today and urge them to support each. If you have any questions, please contact NIEA’s Federal Policy Associate, Dimple Patel at dpatel@niea.org. Study of Native Language…