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US Congress, 2015
The Every Student Succeeds Act (Public Law 114-95) was put in place to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves. The Act includes the following titles: (1) Improving Basic Programs Operated by State and Local Educational Agencies; (2) Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High-Quality…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Laws, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1993
This report recommends a legislative amendment authorizing grants to support arts and culture development programs for Alaska Natives in the same manner as such programs are currently supported for Native Hawaiians. Missionaries and school teachers who arrived in Alaska in the late 19th and early 20th centuries attempted to impress their…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, Cultural Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1994
A Senate committee received testimony supporting reauthorization of the Native Hawaiian Education Act as part of reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). In the previous week, the House of Representatives had narrowly defeated an effort to delete the Native Hawaiian Education Act from ESEA reauthorization. The Native…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Early Childhood Education, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Institute of Museum and Library Services, 2007
This document reports request for a total of $271,246,000 for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for Fiscal Year 2008. Funds are designed to assist the Institute in expanding its leadership role in creating an informed and educated citizenry, and transmitting the values of American democracy. In recent years the Institute has…
Descriptors: Policy Analysis, Museums, Program Descriptions, Public Libraries
McKeown, C. Timothy – Common Ground: Archeology and Ethnography in the Public Interest, 1997
Defines federal consultation with American Indian tribes (including lineal descendants, traditional religious leaders, and interested public) to ensure a tribal voice in federal management of tribal lands and cultural resources as required by the Constitution, treaties, statutes, court decisions, and policy. Cites consultation specifics of 11…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Consultation Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1987
This report provides results of the Select Committee on Indian Affairs' consideration of a bill to improve the education status of Native Hawaiians through grants to the University of Hawaii; community colleges; the Hawaii Department of Education; and Native Hawaiian organizations for educational programs, curriculum development, preschool…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Ethnic Groups
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1984
This is the transcript of the second session of the Senate hearings on native Hawaiian education held in March 1984. The hearings in this volume explore the possibility of including Native Hawaiians under the definition of "Native American" in the Indian Education Act. The volume contains: (1) a prepared statement by Myron B. Thompson,…
Descriptors: American Indians, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Appropriations. – 2000
At a hearing in Honolulu (Hawaii), the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies of the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations received testimony on health, education, and employment and training programs serving the Native people of Hawaii. In July 1999, a federal government brief filed in a U.S. Supreme…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Ramirez, Ray, Ed. – NARF Legal Review, 1993
This special theme issue outlines the history of discrimination against traditional Native American religions, including recent Supreme Court decisions. "Discrimination and Native American Religious Rights," by Senator Daniel K. Inouye, discusses the compelling government interest in eradicating discrimination and describes two Supreme…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian History, American Indians
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1993
These transcripts provide testimony regarding the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. The first part of the transcripts presents testimony from members of national educational associations urging legislators to show a stronger commitment to helping education professionals improve their skills and to adopt…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, Coordination, Educational Change
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1988
This hearing produced testimony on the efforts of Hawaiian and American Indian educators to provide effective, culturally relevant education at preschool and elementary levels. Witnesses described (1) Kamehameha Elementary Education Program (KEEP) which developed elementary school reading and language arts curricula and teaching methods compatible…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Style
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1986
The purpose of U.S. Senate Bill S. 2243 is to improve the health status of native Hawaiians through the authorization of programs designed to provide a comprehensive health promotion and disease prevention system of services for them. The Select Committee on Indian Affairs reported on the following points, including pertinent statistics: (1)…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Attrition (Research Studies), Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Congressional Research Service. – 1988
This report provides an overview of major differences between current law and the House and Senate versions of educational legislation (H.R. 5) expected to be considered early in the second session of the 100th Congress, as well as a side-by-side comparison of the current and proposed legislation. Program areas covered in both the overview and the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Indian Education, Bilingual Education, Block Grants
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. – 2002
A Senate committee hearing received testimony on the educational needs of Native Hawaiian families and young children and on existing programs that serve them. Oral and written statements were presented by Senators, parents, teachers, school and program administrators, and organizations concerned with Native education and culture. These statements…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Early Childhood Education, Educational Needs, Extended Family
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1981
The Select Committee on Indian Affairs met July 29, 1981 to hear testimony concerning S. 792, a bill to provide for the establishment of a national institute to preserve, revitalize, and disseminate Indian art and culture. Bill S. 792 was endorsed by senators from Oregon and Hawaii and, with certain reservations, by representatives of eight Indian…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians, Art
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