The Bureau of Indian Education is announcing a public meeting of the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children in order to meet the mandates of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA) for Indian children with disabilities.
Read MorePursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 (IDEA), the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) requests nominations of individuals to serve on the Advisory Board for Exceptional Children (Advisory Board). There will be eight positions available. Deadline is July 16, 2018.
Read MoreU.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that the BIE's Laguna Elementary School will receive $26.2 million for the construction of a new school.
Read MoreThe U.S. Department of the Interior is announcing the proposed members to form the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) Standards, Assessments, and Accountability System Negotiated Rulemaking Committee (Committee) which will advise the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) through the BIE on a proposed rule to revise the Adequate Yearly Progress regulation as previously announced in the Federal Register.
Read MoreSIPI is proud to announce that Christopher Harrington, a member of the Comanche Nation in Oklahoma, has been selected to receive a J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship grant to Pakistan.
Read MoreThe Indian Affairs Branch of Environmental and Cultural Resources Management is offering free environmental WebEx (remote) trainings the week of July 23rd.
Read MoreAre you attending the 2018 American Indian/Alaska Native Behavioral Health Conference? Do you work with Native Youth? The training is designed to provide a culturally appropriate approach for drug prevention among Native American youth through community and inter-agency involvement. Register HERE: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CDDMTraining
Read MoreThe BIE, the Administration for Native Americans, and the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education signed a memorandum of agreement to collaborate on programming, resource development and policy across our agencies. This event will identify ways to further support communities teaching their Native languages.
Read MoreJoin us for a joint virtual Tribal Consultation with BIE, Dept. of Education and the White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education to obtain oral and written comments regarding opportunities to improve educational outcomes for AI/AN youth at BIE-funded schools.
Read MoreBIE will be holding a series of six training sessions across the U.S. this summer. We encourage staff to register for sessions nearest their school or duty station. See the flyer with dates and locations along with the link to register. Contact BIESummerInstitute2018@bie.edu for questions.
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As stated in Title 25 CFR Part 32.3, BIE’s mission is to provide quality education opportunities from early childhood through life in accordance with a tribe’s needs for cultural and economic well-being, in keeping with the wide diversity of Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages as distinct cultural and governmental entities. Further, the BIE is to manifest consideration of the whole person by taking into account the spiritual, mental, physical, and cultural aspects of the individual within his or her family and tribal or village context.
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