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  • Live Audio Conference: Bullying Prevention Programs & Funding

    WHAT: Live Audio Conference: Bullying Prevention Programs WHEN: Thursday, February 19, 2015, 1:00 pm ET | 12:00 pm CT | 11:00 am MT | 10:00 am PT For more information or to REGISTER, click here. Learn about Bullying Prevention Programs, Community Wide Efforts, Federal and Private Funding Opportunities, and How You Can Get Involved. Despite…

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  • Statement by Assistant Secretary Washburn on FY15 Omnibus Bill Increased Funding for Bureau of Indian Education Reforms

    Here, and an excerpt: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin K. Washburn today issued the following statement regarding the $40 million in additional Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)-related funding in the recently enacted Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015. . . . . The Consolidated Appropriations Act includes an additional $19,211,000 for school…

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  • FY 2015 Omnibus Budget Bill – Exciting News for Tribal Education Agencies and Departments 

    On Tuesday evening, House and Senate appropriators released the FY 2015 Omnibus Appropriations bill (HR 83), which will fund TEAs through Department  of Interior for the first time. Here is the BIA section of the Interior explanatory statement. On page 24, it provides that: Education.- The agreement includes $2,000,000 for the development and operation of tribal departments or…

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  • PBS: Can the U.S. restructure schools to nurture Native American students?

    Here. An overview of this interview with Secretary Sally Jewell: The high school graduation rate for Native Americans is the lowest of any ethnic or racial group in the United States. How can the government assist reservation schools while respecting autonomy of tribes? Judy Woodruff talks to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell about a…

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  • DOI Announces $2.5 Million to Promote Tribal Control and Operation of BIE-Funded Schools

    Interior Department Announces $2.5 million to Promote Tribal Control and Operation of BIE-Funded Schools Funding Opportunity Part of Bureau of Indian Education’s implementation of American Indian Education Study Group’s “Blueprint for Reform;” Sovereignty in Indian Education grants will promote tribal self-determination in education through tribal control of BIE-funded schools WASHINGTON, D.C.–As part of the Obama…

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  • NCAI: Update on the Murray-Ryan Budget Deal and the Trust Responsibility

    From NCAI: On December 10, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced that they reached a budget agreement, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, that would cover FY 2014 and FY 2015 and includes a partial reduction of sequestration cuts. The budget conference committee is responsible…

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