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HEALTH.
OF
DELICATION.
DEPART AMERICA AND
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
OFFICE OF EDUCATION
U.S.A.
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20202
November 30, 1976
Mr. Brad Patterson
Assistant to the President
on Indian Affairs
The White House
Room 134
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Brad:
It was very good to meet with you yesterday. I would like to
thank you for your support.
Enclosed are some additional information which you suggested
that I send you.
Sincerely,
Assistant Planning Officer
Sylvia Sylve Wederath
Office of Indian Education
Enclosures
FORD LIBRARY & GERALD
FICE NATIONAL CONVOCATION ON AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION
MARCH 1977
I. Purpose: The purpose of the FICE National Convocation on Native
GERALD FORD CIRRARY
Americans will be to:
A. provide a forum for the Indian community (i.e., Indian
tribes, organizations, departments or agencies, and
individuals) to present goals and priorities related
to education;
B. seek suggestions for improvement of Federal administra-
tive and regulatory policies affecting Indian education;
C. consider legislative, administrative and regulatory
changes relating to Indian education; and
D. recommend an appropriate role for the Federal Government
to play in responding to the education goals and
priorities identified by the convocation participants.
II. Goals and Objectives
A. Seek consensus on general goals and priorities of the "Indian
community"; specific recommendations for change in administrative
and regulatory policy and legislation ranging from early child-
hood to postsecondary and adult education from convocation
participants.
B. Clarify the programmatic responsibility required for each pertinent
Federal agency so that all branches of government will act in con-
cert to create a situation by which each local community can best
carry out its own education programs.
1. Identify expressed community needs.
2. Identify the Federal agencies and their programs which currently
have the responsibility for and the capacity to meet these needs.
a. review the extent to which community needs are being met.
b. determine the parameters within which Federal agencies are
currently able to meet needs.
C. Recommend ways by which those Federal agencies which currently do not
have the capacity to meet the programmatic needs identified by the
community might develop and implement programs through policy and/or
legislative changes.
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GERALD
III. Pre-Convocation Procedures
A. Notify national Indian organizations prior to their Fall, 1976
conferences in order that they may:
1. Develop reports and recommendations for legislative and/or
policy changes to be presented at the FICE National
Convocation.
2. Request each national Indian organization to recommend one
or more key persons who would be invited (by the Assistant
Secretary and FICE Chairperson) to participate in the FICE
Convocation.
B. Identify representatives from the community of researchers,
practitioners, students involved in Indian education; and further,
designate private individuals involved in Indian education as
participants in the Convocation.
C. Conduct a legislative needs analysis to develop areas for change
and innovation in Indian education.
D. Conduct a workshop at the National Indian Education Association
Conference (September, 1976), convening education researchers
and practitioners to discuss their views on legislative and ad-
ministrative or policy changes needed to be made to enhance and
improve Indian education.
E. Complete FICE report, Indian Education and Federal Responsibility.
1. Distribute to all convocation representatives prior to
convocation. (Draft if final not completed and published.)
2. Request comments and suggestions on strategies to implement
report's recommendations.
IV. Convocation Procedures
A. In conjunction with "Goals and Objectives" (II A & B above):
1. Examine the nature of the programs conducted by Federal agencies
in terms of:
a. legislative and regulatory amendments and reform
b. administrative policy
2. Recommend the legislative amendments and administrative policy
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changes necessary to assure that programs are most effectively
administered.
B. Recommend approaches to assure monitoring and follow-up on recom-
mended actions for Federal agencies including a report on progress
available to all convocation participants.
V. Convocation Speakers
A. Federal agencies (as identified above) will be asked to send one (1)
representative each to the Convocation:
1. To speak on his/her agency's intended role in issues involving
Indian education; and
2. To lay forth the agency's current capabilities.
B. Each national Indian organization (and others as in II above) will
be invited to send one (1) delegate to the Convocation:
1. To present the needs of the community; and
2. To deliberate with the Federal representatives in determining
legislative, regulatory and policy changes.
C. Papers on major issue areas will be commissioned for completion in
advance of the Convocation to provide background for Convocation
participants.
VI. Convocation Format
A. The Convocation would be scheduled for approximately three (3) days.
B. Day I
1. General Assembly
2. Participants divided into workshops led by a consulting expert
to explore the recommended changes resulting from the pre-con-
vocation application of the Delphi System.
3. Re-assembly of groups for debate and dissertation on issues
evolving from workshops.
C. Day IT
1. Participants divided into workshops led by a consulting expert
to explore the recommended changes resulting from the pre-
convocation application of the Delphi System.
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2. Re-assembly of groups for debate and dissertation on issues
evolving from workshops refining the areas of concern.
3. Workshop: Develop statements on appropriate Federal agency
roles in meeting identified Indian community needs.
D. Day III
1. General Assembly
a. Recap
2. Divide into workshops: Develop recommendations on new or re-
vised approaches Federal agencies should take to meet Indian
education needs.
a. Substantive recommendation
b. Strategic recommendations
C. Follow-up Plan and Monitoring Group
3. General Assembly
a. Review and discussion of recommendations
VIII. Mechanisms for Convocation Development and Execution
A. Sole Source
B. Convocation funding
1. Contributions by OIE, BIA, ONAP, and other Federal agencies
a. By September 1, 1976, identify contributors and dollar
amounts.
b. Administration of funds for Convocation will be through
FICE with direction from Indian Education steering committee
members funding Convocation.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Sylvia Wendereth
245-8236
Berms Medical
Bill Demont
FORD LIBRARY is DERALD
HEALTH
FROM
DEPART DEPARTMENT NOTICE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION. AND WELFARE
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION
USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20202
September 23, 1976
Dr. Rick St. Germaine
President
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National Indian Education
Association
Ivy Tower Building
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1115 Second Avenue, South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
Dear Dr. St. Germaine:
The Federal Interagency Committee on Education (FICE), which I
chair, is planning a National Convocation on Indian Education,
to be held in March 1977. The purposes of this conference are to:
provide a forum for the Indian community (i.e., Indian
tribes, organizations, departments or agencies, and
individuals) to present goals and priorities related
to education;
seek suggestions for improvement of Federal adminis-
trative and regulatory policies affecting Indian education;
consider legislative changes relating to Indian education
recommend an appropriate role for the Federal Government
to play in responding to the education goals and priorities
identified by the conference participants.
I have asked Dr. William Demmert, who serves as Chairman of the FICE
Subcommittee on Indian Education, to chair the conference.
Dr. Demmert was formerly the Office of Education's Deputy Commissioner
for Indian Education and is currently Director of Education at the
Bureau of Indian Affairs. Representatives of Indian organizations
will be invited to participate, as will selected officials from all
Federal agencies concerned with Indian education. The size of the
Convocation will be small enough to allow thoughtful interchanges of
views.
Because I know that the National Indian Education Association is
meeting in Albuquerque next week, I want you to know of our plans so
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that you might allocate time at your meeting to consider the issues,
goals, and priorities for Indian education which you feel might be
appropriate for discussion at the Convocation next March. I would be
pleased to receive your recommendations on these matters when
your Conference concludes.
As plans for the Convocation near completion, I shall contact you
again with further details. I look forward to your participation
and that of the National Indian Education Association in this
important activity.
Sincerely,
Virginia Y. Trotter
Assistant Secretary
for Education
cc: Dr. Andrew Lawson
BERALD
FORD & LIBRARY
Mr. David Gipp
Executive Director
American Indian Higher Education Consortium
1626 High Street
Denver, Colorado 80218
Dr. Rick St. Germaine
President
National Indian Education Association
Ivy Tower Bldg.
1115 Second Avenue, South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
Mr. Douglas Sakiestewa
Executive Director
National Indian Health Board
Brooks Towers Bldg.
Room 4-H
1020 15th Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
Mr. Thomas W. Fredericks
Executive Director
Native American Rights Fund
1506 Broadway
Boulder, Colorado 80302
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Mr. Wendell Chino
President
National Tribal Chairmans' Association
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 207
Washington, D.C. 20006
Mr. Mel Tonasket
President
National Congress of American Indians
1430 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Mr. Eddie Tullis
Acting President
Coalition of Eastern Native Americans
1239 G Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
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Ms. LaDonna Harris
Executive Director
Americans for Indian Opportunity
Plaza Del Sol Building
600 2nd Street, N.W.
Suite 403
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mr. Herschel Sahmaunt
Executive Director
Coalition of Indian Controlled School Boards
811 Lincoln Street
Suite 4
Denver, Colorado 80203
COPIES OF LETTER ALSO SENT TO:
Dr. Andrew Lawson
National Indian Education Association
Ivy Tower Building
1115 Second Avenue, South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403
Mr. Mel Tonasket
President
National Congress of American Indians
1430 "K" Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Mr. Wendell Chino
President
National Tribal Chairmans' Association
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 207
Washington, D.C. 20006
Mr. Eddie Tullis
Acting President
Coalition of Eastern Native Americans
1239 "G" Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
FEDERAL
NTERAGENCY
COMMITTEE ON
FICE REPORT.
EDUCATION
Chairman, Virginia Y. Trotter
Volume 3, No. 1 July 1976
Assistant Secretary for Education
ANNUAL SUMMARY OF FICE ACTIVITIES
BERALD FORD LIBRARY
During the last year, the Federal Interagency Committee on Education
has dealt with nearly all aspects of education and training. Thirty-two
Federal agencies are now members of FICE. In addition to the plenary
Committee, ten standing subcommittees, with twelve work groups are
active. In all, approximately 250 Federal agency staff persons parti-
cipate in FICE activities. A directory listing FICE and subcommittee
members is in preparation and will soon be available. This FICE
REPORT summarizes recent achievements and ongoing activities.
Research, Development, Dissemination and Evaluation
One of FICE's newest standing subcommittees, with representation from
twenty-five agencies, the Subcommittee on Educational Research,
Development, Dissemination and Evaluation is focusing initially on the
following:
1. Producing a descriptive summary of Federal education
research, development, dissemination and evaluation
efforts. (Project is about three-fourths completed;
summary report should be available by late summer.)
2. Promoting an interagency effort toward more uniform
definitions of educational R&D and a study aimed at
providing more accurate and complete data on Federal
educational research and development.
3. Studying the problem of protecting human subjects in
education research with a view toward recommendations
for guiding Federal agency activities.
4. Reviewing Federal agency efforts in curriculum develop-
ment and implementation to identify common problems and
concerns, and to recommend ways of dealing with them.
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Education and Work
Population Education
Another new FICE working group, the Subcommittee on Population Education,
The FICE Subcommittee on Education and Work has been working toward
is preparing a report which will examine the need for population educa-
opening up Federal agencies to permit secondary and postsecondary
tion in the nation's schools and present recommendations for Federal
students to obtain unpaid work experience as volunteers for the
agency actions to meet these needs.
government. Working closely with the House Post Office and Civil
Service Committee, suggestions have been furnished for strengthening
proposed legislation to ease restrictions on use of volunteers by
Consumer Protection
Federal agencies. The proposed legislation would allow Federal agencies
to accept the unpaid services of students for short periods. It would
The FICE Subcommittee on Consumer Protection has been working toward
provide basic protections for both the students and the employing
actions to implement recommendations included in its report Toward a
experience. agencies and would try to assure the student a meaningful learning
Federal Strategy for Protection of the Consumer of Education issued
last summer. Since its release the report has been in great demand and
has stimulated efforts throughout government to promote consumer pro-
The subcommittee is now working on a project to identify and describe
tection efforts in education. The Commissioner of Education, for
education and work projects which successfully obtained funding from
example, established a working task force to coordinate OE activities
multiple Federal and non-Federal sources. The emphasis is on identi-
in consumer protection. Further implementation steps suggested by the
fying creative packaging efforts and the end product sought is a
Subcommittee in April 1976 and approved by FICE include:
publication which would help those with ideas for useful projects learn
how others have obtained funding from more than one source.
1. Establishment of an interagency working group comprised
of representatives of the Federal agencies which receive
Graduate Education
the bulk of educational consumer complaints to analyze
and share information on complaints received, suggest
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ways to improve complaint handling procedures and develop
Since publication last June of Federal Policy and Graduate Education,
an "early warning" mechanism on potential problem areas.
the report prepared by the Subcommittee on Graduate Education, the FICE
office has distributed more than 1200 copies on request to officials in
2. Development and dissemination of a pamphlet or brochure
graduate schools, government agencies, educational associations, and
that would inform students and prospective students of
other interested parties. This report, which has received much favorable
the specific kinds of information they should seek when
attention from the academic community, makes a reasoned plea for consist-
choosing an educational institution.
ency in Federal support of graduate education. It also calls for
development of programs to produce knowledge and manpower relating to
national needs.
3. Development and dissemination of improved fact sheets
outlining the rights and responsibilities of students
applying for and receiving Federal aid such as a
As it prepared the report, the Subcommittee was aware that the Federal
Federally Insured Student Loan, and/or Veterans Admin-
fiscal climate was not conducive to implementation of its recommenda-
istration payments to attend a postsecondary institution.
tions, but members nonetheless felt it appropriate to document trends
and needs in this important area of education.
4. Endorsement of a State-level approach to tuition insur-
ance and actions to stimulate State efforts in this
With the acceptance and publication of its report, the Subcommittee's plans
direction. (A summary of the Subcommittee report
call for scaled down activity with occasional meetings to exchange
including these recommendations and supporting rationale
information and consider the implications of current educational trends
for graduate education.
will be included in a forthcoming FICE report devoted
solely to the recent activities of the Subcommittee on
Consumer Protection.)
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Disadvantaged and Minorities
Black Colleges
In line with its longstanding involvement in addressing the needs of
FICE staff has completed the fifth and sixth of an annual series of
this country's mincrity groups, FICE has initiated a number of projects
studies of Federal aid to black colleges which will go to press within
under the aegis of its recently reorganized Subcommittee on Education
the next month. The National Science Foundation has collected data
for the Disadvantaged and Minorities.
for the FY 1974 and 1975 studies as part of its annual survey,
Federal Funds for Colleges, Universities and Selected Nonprofit Insti-
Activities of several of the active work groups of this Subcommittee
tutions.
include:
Racial and Ethnic Definitions
Indian Education Work Group
In April 1975 FICE endorsed the report of its Ad Hoc Committee on Racial
FICE is expected to endorse the report, Indian Education and
and Ethnic Definitions, which recommended the following five basic racial
Federal Responsibility, whose recommendations include holding,
and ethnic categories to be used throughout government for collecting and
in March 1977, a national conference at the highest levels of
reporting racial and ethnic data:
government to work with Indian leaders to establish short and
long range Federal goals and priorities for Indian Education.
American Indian or Alaskan Native: A person having origins
This and other recommendations included in the work group
in any of the original peoples of North America.
report will be summarized in a separate FICE REPORT to be
issued shortly. This Work Group has requested that it be
Asian or Pacific Islander: A person having origins in any
allowed to continue its efforts as a standing Subcommittee of
of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or
FICE.
the Pacific Islands. This area includes, for example, China,
Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands, and Samoa.
Hispanic Work Group
Black/Negro: A person having origins in any of the black
The Hispanic Work Group has prepared a work statement for a
racial groups of Africa.
contract, to be awarded to a minority firm, for a study of
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the Federal role in meeting the higher educational needs of
Caucasian/White: A person having origins in any of the
Chicanos and Puerto Ricans. Funding for this study will
original peoples of Europe, North Africa, the Middle East,
come from three agencies as well as from FICE.
or the Indian subcontinent.
Other working groups of the Subcommittee on Education for the Disadvan-
Hispanic: A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central
taged and Minorities are investigating aspects of a number of Federal
or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin,
programs which target on the needs of the disadvantaged. One is coordi-
regardless of race.
nating the several Congressionally mandated evaluation studies of
Title I in the Elementary and Secondary Act. Another recently reported
Although the original purpose of this group was to develop categories for
to Congress on the implications of alternative measures of poverty which
educational data, committee members recognized that such data must be
may be implemented to determine distribution of funds under programs for
compatible with those from other government sources to which they would
the disadvantaged.
be compared. As a result, the categories they recommended have received
widespread attention throughout government; for example, they were the
Another is identifying criteria against which to measure the effective-
basis for the recommendations of the Federal Agency Council on the 1980
ness of selected programs targeted at the disadvantaged, while yet
Census concerning the racial and ethnic questions to be included in the
another is concerned with gathering available data which can help
next decennial Census. In addition, the Office of Management and Budget,
identify types of disadvantaged groups.
the HEW Office for Civil Rights, the Equal Employment Opportunity Com-
mission, and the General Accounting Office have agreed to use these
categories, with slight modification, for one year of collection of civil
rights compliance data by observer identification, after which OMB will
review and amend them as appropriate. Since the year of use has ended,
the FICE Ad Hoc Committee will be providing input to OMB as it reviews
the categories.
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Postsecondary Education Definitions and Classifications
7
One of the oldest FICE subgroups is the Subcommittee on Postsecondary
Arts and Humanities
Education Definitions and Classifications. This Subcommittee has
been working on a revised system for classification of higher education
institutions. An adjunct group, the Ad Hoc Work Group on Classification
An active exchange of information on agency activities in the arts
of Noncollegiate Postsecondary Institutions has completed development of
and humanities has occurred over the last year. This Subcommittee is
a related system for the noncollegiate sector. Plans call for these two
now considering ways to support a proposed project on folk arts and
systems to be reviewed with representatives of the postsecondary educa-
crafts in the Americas in cooperation with the Organization of
tion community, whose comments will be used to refine any problems after
American States (OAS). This project would not only display native
which general endorsement will be sought.
and folk arts and crafts from the various countries of the Americas,
but also demonstrate how they are made. Three phases of activity
are now in the planning stage:
Environmental Education
1. A seminar with policy level leadership from the
Fundamental concepts about the environment have been the concern of the
member OAS states (to be held in Washington, D.C.).
Subcommittee on Environmental Education. This Subcommittee has spent
much of the last year developing a paper outlining them. Recently FICE
2. An exposition and demonstration of outstanding
convened a small conference of distinguished experts in areas relating
crafts (also to be held in Washington, D.C.).
to the environment to review and validate the concepts expressed in the
3. An exposition and demonstration of outstanding
paper.
crafts by OAS member states (site to be determined).
As the concepts paper is being revised, a task force of the subcommittee
is planning a survey of Federal activities in environmental education.
The planning phase for these activities began in June.
Analysis of survey results are expected to identify gaps and overlaps,
point up areas needing improved coordination, and lead to recommenda-
Other FICE Activities
tions for program changes or additions.
Throughout the rest of calendar 1976, and into 1977, FICE plans to
Educational Technology
implement the efforts of its Subcommittees and to expand its coordinating
role into the area of Federal data policy in education.
Almost a year ago, FICE, on the counsel of its Subcommittee on Educational
Technology, supported and actively participated in the 2nd National Con-
Future areas for review suggested by FICE members or non-Federal groups
ference on Open Learning and Nontraditional Study, joining with the
include a review of international education, women's problems, ways to
University of Mid-America and the Joint Council on Educational Telecom-
coordinate Federal agency activities for improving recurring educational
munications. Copies of the Conference Proceedings, "Designing Diversity
opportunities for our adult population, and education for the handicapped.
'75" were distributed to FICE membership. An analysis of the implica-
tions of conference papers and discussion for Federal policy and programs
was prepared by Bert Cowlan, Consultant. The resulting paper, "Some
Observations on Open Learning and Nontraditional Education," is available
Bernard Michael
from the FICE office.
Executive Director
Federal Interagency Committee
The Subcommittee participated again this year, organizing a session for
on Education
the 1976 Conference held in Lincoln, Nebraska, June 15-17.
400 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Room 3021
Washington, D.C. 20202
Additional activities in which the Subcommittee is currently engaged
(202) 245-8220
include an examination of the Federal role in educational technology,
teacher training in use of technology, the isolated learner problem, the
implications of a national library network, the use of satellites for
education, and the impact of TV and other technologies on education.
FEDERAL INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Chairperson: Virginia Y. Trotter
Assistant Secretary for Education, HEW
Subcommittees
Consumer Protection in Education
Education and Work
Chairperson: John Proffitt
Chairperson: William Pierce
Acting Director, Division of
Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of
Eligibility and Agency Evaluation
Occupational and Adult Education
Office of Education
Office of Education
Education and the Arts and Humanities
Environmental Education
Chairperson: Harold Arberg
Chairperson: Beatrice Willard
Director, Arts and Humanities Staff
Member, Council on Environmental
Office of Education
Quality
Education for the Disadvantaged
Graduate Education
and Minorities
Chairperson: Frank Hansing
Chairperson: Robert Hanrahan
Director, Office of University
Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Affairs, NASA
Education, HEW
Population Education
Educational Research, Development,
Dissemination and Evaluation
Chairperson: Louis Hellman
Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Chairperson: Harold Hodgkinson,
Population Affairs, HEW
Director, National Institute of
Education
Postsecondary Education Definitions
and Classifications
Educational Technology
Chairperson: Theodore Drews
Chairperson: Robert Hilliard
Chief, Higher Education Surveys
Chief, Educational Broadcasting
Branch, National Center for
Federal Communications Commission
Education Statistics, HEW
Briefing
: Mr. Brad Patterson
Assistant to the President
on Indian Affairs
Monday, November 29, 1976 @ 3:00 p.m.
Subject
: FICE National Convocation on American Indian
Education
When
: March 3-7, 1977
Where
: Washington, D.C.
Participants
: 1. Representatives of the American Indian
community of the following categories:
National Indian Organizations
Researchers
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Practitioners
Students
Private Persons
2. Representatives of such Federal agencies
as:
a. HUD
b. DOL
C. Agriculture
d. BIA
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e. ONAP, OPBE, OIE, OCR
OMB
Purpose
: The purpose of the FICE National Convocation
on Native Americans will be to:
- provide a forum for the Indian community,
(i.e., Indian tribes, organizations, de-
partments or agencies, and individuals) to
present goals and priorities related to
education;
- seek suggestions for improvement of Federal
administrative and regulatory policies
affecting Indian education;
- consider legislative, administratíve and
regulatory changes relating to Indian
education; and
- recommend an appropriate role for the Federal
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government to play in responding to the ed-
ucation goals and priorities identified by
the convocation participants.
Goals and Objectives
: Within the overall purposes, the goals and
objectives follow:
- seek consensus on general goals and
priorities of the Indian community; specific
recommendations for change in administrative
and regulatory policy and legislation ranging
from early childhood to post-secondary and
adult education from convocation participants;
- clarify the programmatic responsibility re-
quired for each pertinent federal agency so
that all branches of government will act in
concert to create a situation by which each
local community can best carry out its own
education programs;
- identify expressed community needs;
- identify the Federal agencies and their pro-
grams which currently have the responsibility
for and the capacity to meet these needs
1. review the extent to which community needs
are being met
2. determine the parameters within which
Federal agencies are currently able to
meet needs
- recommend ways by which those Federal agencies
which currently do not have the capacity to
meet the programmatic needs identified by the
community might develop and implement programs
through policy and/or legislative changes.
Process
: 1. Conduct legislative needs assessment
2. Seek published report
3. Request actions from HEW/Interior
4. Establish linkages between Federal agencies
and independent groups
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Pre-convocation and
: Work with those Indian representatives de-
Convocation Procedures
signated from the categories of: Researchers,
Practitioners, National Organizations,
Private Person and Student.
Federal workshop for Federal leadership
Convocation Format
: 1. Presentation of results of legislative
needs assessment;
2. Convocation participants divided into
workgroups led by consultants to debate
and restructure legislative, regulatory
and administrative issues;
3. Achieve consensus on issues to be re-
commended for change; and
4. Establish mechanisms to oversee follow-
through.
Post Convocation
:
1. Legislative Writer/Editor to produce
final recommendations based on convocation
proceedings and reports;
2. Proposals for changes placed through to
Congress via Offices of Legislation, HEW,
and Interior.
AIPRC EFFORT VS. FICE EFFORT
AIPRC
FICE CONVOCATION
1. Mandated by Congress under P.L.
1. Mandated by Congress under P.L.
93-580 "to make a comprehensive
93-638. Legislative assessment
investigation and study of
and recommendations required
Indian affairs " (Section 2)
specifically of BIA and
203 (1)
2. Is a congressional activity,
2. Is an Administrative activity
conducted by a Congressional
which will include not only OE
Commission.
and BIA, but a large portion of
-
the rest of the Administrative
board. It is being conducted
by the Federal branch itself,
cooperatively.
3. Recommendations for the en-
3. Recommendations for change in
actment of legislation "shall
policy, regulation and legis-
be referred by the President of
lation shall be made to the BIA's
the Senate or the Speaker of
Office of Legislation and to
the House of Representatives to
OE's.
the appropriate standing commit-
tee of the Senate and House of
FORD
Representatives, respectively,
and such committees shall make
a report thereon to the respec-
LIBRARY
tive house within 2 years of
such referral." (Section 5b)
4. The AIPRC report will be used in
conduct of this activity.
FEDERAL INTERAGENCY
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Virginia Y. Trotter, Chairperson
Assistant Secretary for Education
Department of Health, Education,
and Welfare
U.S. MAIL
FICE
Members
*Commissioner of Education
*Director, National Institute of
Education
Department of State
Department of Defense
Department of Agriculture
"Department of Labor
National Science Foundation
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"Energy Research and Development
Administration
*National Aeronautics and Space
Federal
Administration
ACTION
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental
Health Administration
Interagency
Civil Service Commission
Community Services Administration
Committee on
Department of Commerce
Department of Housing & Urban
Education
Development
Department of the Interior
Department of Justice
Environmental Protection Agency
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the
Humanities
National Institutes of Health
Office of Child Development
Social and Rehabilitation Service
Veterans Administration
Observers
*Office of Management and Budget
*Council of Economic Advisors
Council on Environmental Quality
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
National Academy of Sciences
Smithsonian Institution
HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
OFFICE OF EDUCATION
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20202
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OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Bernard Michael
Executive Director
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400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202
FICE
*Agencies named in Executive
Order 11761
CHO
WHY FICE WAS ESTABLISHED
Subcommittees and other working
Keeping each other informed in
groups are appointed as needed by
order to achieve coordinated
The Federal Interagency Committee
the FICE Chairperson to focus on
planning and prevent unneces-
on Education (FICE) was established
particular areas of interest and con-
sary duplication of activities;
by presidential executive order in
cern and provide reports and recom-
1964 to facilitate coordination of
mendations to the Committee.
- Providing information requested
education activities of Federal agen-
by the HEW Secretary and the
cies, Its mandate was updated and
A FICE staff, headed by an Execu-
Assistant Secretary for Education
reaffirmed by Executive Order 11761
tive Director and attached to the Of
in conducting studies and analyses
of January 17, 1974,
fice of the Assistant Secretary for
necessary for meeting responsibili-
Education, provides administrative
ties and duties under the Executive
and other support for the Committee.
Order,
The FICE staff also works closely
with subcommittees and working
WHAT FICE DOES
groups.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FICE advises the HEW Secretary and
Assistant Secretary for Education on
GRADUATE
EDUCATION
POSTSLCONDARY
The Assistant Secretary for Educa
their responsibilities under Executive
EDUCATION
AND WORK
EQUICATIONAL
tion is responsible for:
Order 11761. Under the Order, the
AND
EDUCATIONAL
HEW Secretary, with the assistance
TECHNOLOGY
- Studying the effects of Federal
of the Assistant Secretary for Educa-
FEDERAL
MINDRITY
activities on State, local, and pri-
EDUCATION
tion, identifies the Nation's educa-
ARTS AND
INTERAGENCY
vate educational Institutions:
HUMANITIES
tional needs and goals and recom
COMMITTEE
INVERONMENTAL
ON EDUCATION
EDUCATION
mends to the President, policies pro-
EDUCATIONAL
- Developing recommendations for
CONSUMER
moting the progress of education
PROTECTION
Federal educational activities
TRANSFER OF CREDITS
INHIGHTER TRUCATION
and for coordinating such activi-
EDUCATIONAL
ties;
STATISTICS
READING
ANILITERACY
- Assessing trends in Federal educa
tion activities;
HOW FICE OPERATES
AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES
Resolving differences of opinion
Representatives from the 30 FICE
on Federal administrative practices
member agencies meet once a month
Through participation in FICE,
affecting educational institutions;
to exchange information, resolve
Federal agencies meet responsibilities
common problems, reinforce each
assigned to them by Section 3 of the
- Making appropriate arrangements
other's activities, receive briefings on
Executive Order. These are:
for obtaining advice and informa-
major issues, review reports and rec-
tion on educational matters
ommendations of Subcommittees,
- Making sure their programs con-
through establishment of ad hoc
and develop a coherent approach to
form to national educational goals
working groups or existing inter-
Federal education programs, Where
and policies, as identified by the
agency groups;
appropriate, advice and recommen-
HEW Secretary, and that adminis-
dations are transmitted to the
trative policies and practices are
Exercising initiative in obtaining
Secretary of HEW and to the heads
consistent with those of other
data permitting an overview of
of agencies for implementation.
Federal agencies;
Federal educational activities,