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Native American Higher Education Improvement Act-H.R. 4259

  • Part of Records of the Office of the Chief of Staff (Clinton Administration), Lynn Cutler's Files

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The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: Attached is the American Indian and Alaska Native Education Interagency Plan. The Interagency Plan was developed pursuant the Executive Order 13096 of August 6,1998 on American Indian and Alaska Native Education. The goals of the Executive Order on American Indian and Alaska Native Education recognize significant and persistent issues affecting the education of American Indians and Alaska Natives. The Interagency Plan presents two centerpiece initiatives to focus immediate attention on these issues: Recruit and prepare 1000 new Native teachers for American Indian and Alaska Native students and Continue support to address the significant need for Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) school construction and repair. The plan also identifies initiatives that respond to Federal Indian Impact Aid school construction needs, the needs to expand the use of technology, improve learning readiness, and to increase high school graduation and post secondary attendance rates of American Indian and Alaska Native students. We are confident that the initiatives developed by the Interagency Task Force will further the goals the Executive Order on American Indian and Alaska Native Education. Sincerely, Richard W. Riley Bruce Babbitt Secretary of Education Secretary of The Interior