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99 CIS S 41141
TITLE:
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Reauthorization
CIS-NO: 99-S411-41
SOURCE: Committee on Indian Affairs.
Senate
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 106-248
DATE: Oct. 27, 1999
LENGTH: iii+259 p.
CONG-SESS:
106-1
ITEM-NO: 1009-B-05; 1009-C-05
SUDOC:
Y4.IN2/11:S.HRG.106-248
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND: 1-800-227-2477 (Full
Text Reproductions)
SUMMARY:
Hearing to examine
Department of Education assistance programs for Indians, Hawaiian Natives, and
Alaskan Natives, in connection with upcoming reauthorization of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA).
Supplementary material (p. 29-259) includes witnesses' written
statements and written replies to Committee questions, submitted statements,
correspondence, and:
a. McCoy, Melody L. (Native Amer
Rights Fund), "Federal and State Laws Regarding Tribal Education Departments,
1984-1999" Oct. 1999 (p. 149-217).
b. RJS &
Associates, "External Evaluation Final Report: Rosebud Sioux Tribal Education
Department & Tribal Education Code" prepared for Rosebud Sioux Tribe and
Native American Rights Fund, Apr. 1999, with tables and graphs (p. 222-246).
CONTENT-NOTATION: Elem and secondary Indian educ
programs, extension and revision
DESCRIPTORS:
NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS FUND; FEDERAL AID TO
STATES-EDUCATION; FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS-EDUCATION;
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION; STATE LAWS; U.S. STATUTES;
EDUCATION REGULATION; STATISTICAL DATA: EDUCATION; DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION;
INDIANS; HAWAIIAN NATIVES; ALASKAN NATIVES; ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY
EDUCATION ACT
99-S411-41 TESTIMONY NO: 1
Oct. 27, 1999 p. 3-14, 31-46
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
JOHNSON, JUDITH (Acting Assistant Secretary,
Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
Overview of
Administration proposals to reauthorize ESEA Indian education programs; issues
related to Indian education programs.
CONTENT NOTATION:
Elem and secondary Indian educ programs, extension and
revision
99-S411-41 TESTIMONY NO: 2
Oct. 27, 1999 p. 14-28, 47-146
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
TORTALITA, LLOYD D. (Governor, Pueblo of Acoma, Acoma
Pueblo, N.Mex)
CHARLEY, WALLACE (Vice Chairperson,
Education Committee, Navajo Nation Council)
CHEEK, JOHN W.
(Executive Director, National Indian Education Association)
GISH, BRENT (President, National Indian Impacted Schools
Association)
TIPPECONNIC, JOHN W., III (Director, American
Indian Leadership Program, Pennsylvania State University)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Views on reauthorization of
ESEA Indian education programs, with recommendations; negative effect of New
Mexico abatement of State education funds to school districts receiving Federal
impact aid (related materials, p. 63-74); review of ESEA provisions impacting
Indians (related tables and graphs, p. 85-90).
Suggestions
for impact aid reform; need to promote Indian educational research; aspects of
Indian elementary and secondary education programs.
INSERTION:
-- National Congress of American Indians
(et al.), "Comprehensive Federal Indian Education Policy Statement" (p.
131-144).
CONTENT NOTATION:
Elem and
secondary Indian educ programs, extension and revision
TESTIMONY
DESCRIPTORS:
NAVAJO NATION COUNCIL; IMPACTED AREAS;
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH; STATISTICAL DATA: EDUCATION; STATE AID TO EDUCATION;
STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS; NEW MEXICO 
