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CED-78-55 1 (1978-02-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaawqw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUME 05061 - (B0418541061 ftt~EOU 7 J-A*/-7 F Questionable Need for All Schools lanned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. CED-78-55; B-l1868. February. 15, 1978.. Ralease.L.... February 270 1978. 25 pp. + appendix (2 pp.). Report to Sen. Robert C. Byrdv Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriations: Interior Subcommittee; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Federally Sponsored or Assisted Education Programs (3300). Contact: Community and Economic Development Div. Budget Function: Education, manpower, and Social Services: Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education (501). Organization Concerned: Bureau of Indian Affairs; Department of the Interior. Congressional Relevance: Senate Committee on Appropriations: Interior Subcommittee. Sen. Robert C. Byrd. Authority: Snyder act of 1921 (25 U.S.C. 450h). Indian Self-Deteraination and Education Assistance Act (P.L. 93-638). 20 U.S.C. 631. 25 U.S.C. 458. The Bureau of Indian Affairst (BI19s) policy is that, wherever adequate school facilities are availakle, Indiar, children should be enrolled in local public schools. The Bureau has estimated that, as of January 1978, about S300 million would be needed to renovate or construct school facilities for educating Indian children. Much of this expenditure could be avoided if Indian children were enrolled in nearby public schools. Findinqs*.onclusion .: A review of justifications for 19 planned schools indicated that adequatu public school space was already availabl* in 12 of the localities. These 12 planned schools rould cost an estimated S12 million. BIA has not complied with its own policy and allowed these schools to be included in construction plans because BIA has allowed Indian tribes to influence the decision to construct schocls regardless of cost and compliance with policies. There is strong tribal feeling toward replacing or obtaining tribal schools regardless of the exiatence of available space in nearby public or other BIA schools. 8IA did not ase comprehensive planning data in developing the fiscal yeer 1979 school construction priority list or verify information submitted on construction request applications. Unless a policy on attendance boundaries is developed, setting priorities on school construction will remain extremely difficult. Recommendations: The SecLetary of the Interior should compare the costs and cultural and academic benefits of constructing small, scattered schools as opposed to larger, centralized schools before schools are scheduled for construction. The Secretary should direct the Assistant SR.Tretary for Indian ffairs to: enforce the policy of having Indian children attend nearby public schools where adequate facilities are available, establish a policy which would require

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