Category: Hearing
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Education bill faces GOP revolt
From Politico, here. An excerpt: The debate over the landmark No Child Left Behind bill hits the House and Senate floor Wednesday — new legislation designed to curb federal influence, adjust how much students are tested and reimagine how those test scores are used, though the respective bills don’t take the same approach to addressing…
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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…
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Via Indianz.com: Senate Indian Affairs Committee Sets Hearing on Youth Suicide
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold an oversight hearing next week on youth suicide. According to the White House Native Youth Report, suicide is the second-leading cause of death for American Indians and Alaska Natives ages 15 through 24. Their rate of suicide is 2.5 times higher than the national average. The problem…
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The House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee report recommends continued funding for TED development pursuant to Section 2020 in the amount of $2,000,000
You can see the full report here. An excerpt from page 38: The recommendation includes $2,000,000 as requested for the development and operation of tribal departments or divisions of education as authorized in 25 U.S.C. 2020.
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Further Actions on GAO Recommendations Needed to Address Systemic Management Challenges with Indian Education
Here, from the GAO. An excerpt: What GAO Found GAO has reported for several years on how systemic management challenges within the Department of the Interior’s Office of the Assistant Secretary–Indian Affairs (Indian Affairs) continue to hamper efforts to improve Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) schools. Over the past 10 years, Indian Affairs has undergone…