Budget Cuts Proposed for Indian Education

House Releases Draft Legislation to Reform the ESEA

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) today released two pieces of draft legislation to reform current elementary and secondary education law, known as No Child Left Behind. The two bills, the Student Success Act and the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Act, would dramatically reduce the federal role in education.

To read a summary of the Student Success Act, click here. To read the draft legislation, click here.

To read a summary of the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act, click here. To read the draft legislation, click here.

While NCAI is still in the process of thoroughly reviewing the legislation, one item is of immediate concern. The bills would eliminate both the Alaska Native Education Equity program and the Hawaiian Education Act program. NCAI will be opposing the elimination. We look forward to hearing your thoughts on the bills, and we will share more information about them next week.