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Home > News > Headlines Printer friendly version BIA holding No Child Left Behind meetings TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2003 The Bureau of Indian Affairs is holding three meetings to discuss the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act for Indian Country. The meetings are for the negotiated rule-making committee that was formed by the education reform act. A group of federal and Indian educators is developing regulations to carry out the act's goals. The next three meetings will take place July 14-18, 2003 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; August 21-24 in Seattle, Washington; and September 15-19 in Nashville, Tennessee. A notice of the meetings is published in today's Federal Register. Get the Notice: Meetings of the No Child Left Behind Negotiated Rulemaking Committee (July 1, 2003) Relevant Links: Office of Indian Education Programs, BIA - http://www.oiep.bia.edu Related Stories: Report card shows Native students falling behind (06/23) Paige advancing Indian issues at Ed. Dept. (6/16) Tribal-federal effort targets Indian education (11/15) Controversial BIA school proposal dropped (05/16) Leave no Indian child behind (5/15) Court to decide limits of trust duty (4/23) Bush school proposal faces tribal debate (3/19) McCaleb: Bush helping education (3/7) Bush proposal strips BIA of education (2/5) Bush school proposal criticized (2/5) GAO report finds failing BIA schools (10/29) Final BIA school goes online (8/24) Norton, McCaleb to address Indian educators (7/23) Norton pushes Indian school construction, reform (7/17) Norton to visit Indian school (7/16) Norton to visit Indian Country (4/25) Tribal Schools on Priority List (2/16) Copyright © Indianz.Com

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