Tag: Budget
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Reminder: Hearing on “Examining the Challenges Facing Native American Schools”
The House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education will be having a hearing on April 22, 2015, on “Examining the Challenges Facing Native American Schools.” The hearing is scheduled at 10:00 a.m. in room 2175 Rayburn H.O.B. To watch the hearing live, you can utilize this link. Witness List Ms. Jill Burcum Editorial Writer Minneapolis…
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Troubled school construction project moves forward
Here, from Indianz.com. An excerpt: LAME DEER, Mont. –– If all goes as planned under new approach to a Lame Deer Elementary School expansion project funded by Impact Aid, students at Northern Cheyenne will start next school year in new classrooms, dine in a new cafeteria and their parents will be assured that their children…
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TEDNA Executive Director Quinton Roman Nose Testifies at House Interior Appropriations Sub-Committee
Here is Quinton with Representative McCollum from Minnesota, who is on the Committee. You can see Quinton’s testimony here.
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Executive Director, Quinton Roman Nose’s Testimony to the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee on FY 16 Budget
Here is Mr. Roman Nose’s Testimony, which he will be presenting on March 25, 2015. An excerpt: TEAs are in a unique position to halt and reverse the negative outcomes for Native students. TEAs have already proven that they are capable of improving Native American student outcomes. For example, the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, one of…
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Tipton Reintroduces Bill to Provide Certainty for Native American Indian Students
Here, from BBNA. An excerpt: WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 — Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo. (3rd CD), issued the following news release: Congressman Scott Tipton (R-CO) has reintroduced legislation in the House of Representatives to help Fort Lewis College and the State of Colorado cover tuition costs of qualifying Native American Indian students who receive federally-mandated free…
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SCIA Presidential Budget Oversight Hearing
Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs held an Oversight Hearing on the President’s FY2016 Budget Request for Indian Programs. The witnesses were: The Honorable Kevin Washburn Assistant Secretary- Indian Affairs-U.S. Department of the Interior View Testimony The Honorable Yvette Roubideaux Senior Advisor to the Secretary on Native Americans and Alaskan Natives-U.S. Department of Health…