Zasoby i środowisko · 21/07/2004

Tribal Consultation on Indian Education Topics

This notice announces that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) will conduct consultation meetings to obtain oral and written comments concerning potential issues in Indian Education Programs. The potential issues will be set forth and described in a tribal consultation booklet to be issued before the meetings by the Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP). The proposed topics are: implementation of a recommendation proposed by the General Accounting Office (GAO) to modify the accounting codes used for the expenditure of funds in schools; developing a high school curriculum to provide high schools students with essential life skills and financial management training to better prepare them for success as adults; establishing a pilot school to test an alternative school model for a Center of Excellence (Leadership Academy) designed to provide students with additional training in leadership; and the upcoming Facility Maintenance and Construction Negotiated Rulemaking, as required by Public Law 107-110, Sec. 1125, 115 Stat 2021.