printer friendly version
Comments sought on No Child Left Behind Act rules
Thursday, February 26, 2004
The Bureau of Indian Affairs is taking comments until June 24 on proposed regulations under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and March 26 on an information collection requets related to the rule.
According to a notice published in the Federal Register yesterday, the rules address six issues:
They are: 1) Defining
adequate yearly progress, which is the measurement for determining that
schools are providing quality education;
2) establishing separate
geographic attendance areas for Bureau-funded schools; 3) establishing a
formula for determining the minimum amount necessary to fund Bureau-
funded schools; 4) establishing a system of direct funding and support of
all Bureau-funded schools under the formula established in the Act; 5)
establishing guidelines to ensure the Constitutional and civil rights
of Indian students; and 6) establishing a method for administering grants
to tribally controlled schools.
The rules were developed by a negotiated rulemaking committee composed
of federal and tribal representatives.
To submit comments electronically, visit
https://doi1.ios.doi.gov/blm/rc3.nsf/tabularForm?OpenForm and follow
the directions.
Get the Notice:
Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; Proposed Rule
(February 25, 2004
Relevant Links:
Office of Indian Education Programs, BIA -
http://www.oiep.bia.eduIndian
School Report Cards, BIA -
http://www.oiep.bia.edu/school_report_cards.htm
Related Stories:
Tom Daschle: Leave
no Indian child behind (2/25)
Senate
panel shares criticism of Bush budget (02/12)
Tribal leaders pressing Congress on funding
(02/11)
BIA programs barely survive
White House test (02/10)
BIA budget
staying the same under Bush request (2/3)
BIA Schools: Are Indian students being left
behind? (01/26)
NCAI president uses
speech to lobby for funding (01/22)
Copyright © 2000-2004 Indianz.Com
