Tag: United States Congress
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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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REMINDER for TOMORROW: Oversight Hearing on “Protecting our Children’s Mental Health: Preventing and Addressing Childhood Trauma in Indian Country”
Date: 11/19/2014 02:30 PM Location: 628 Senate Dirksen Bldg Type: Oversight Hearing Witnesses: THE HONORABLE ROBERT L. LISTENBEE JR. DR. YVETTE ROUBIDEAUX, Acting Director-Indian Health Service MS. KANA ENOMOTO, Principal Deputy Administrator-Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Panel 1 MR. RICK VAN DEN POL Director and Principal Investigator-Institute of Educational Research and Service, The […]
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ED Week: Congress Approves Budget Deal That Puts Brakes on Sequestration
Here. An excerpt: School districts chafing under the across-the-board federal cuts known as sequestrationare about to get a reprieve: The U.S. Senate gave final approval, on a vote of 64 to 36 Wednesday to a broad budget deal that would ward off the vast majority of the impending cuts to K-12 education spending—and nearly every other federal program—for […]
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Education Cuts Hang in Balance as Budget Haggling Begins
Here is the discussion from ED Week. An excerpt: Education advocates are keeping close tabs on a congressional conference committee charged with coming up with a budget solution in hopes that lawmakers may stop a series of blunt, across-the-board cuts known as sequestration. The cuts, which have already eliminated thousands of Head Start slots and caused […]