The various parts of the Act authorized a formula program and several competitive grant programs for Indian children and adults.ġ974: PL 93-380 amends the Act to add a teacher training program and a fellowship program.ġ988: PL 100-297 makes BIA funded schools eligible to apply for formula grants. Establishes the Office of Indian Education and the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. It provides services to American Indians and Alaska Natives that are not provided by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.ġ969: A Special Senate Subcommittee on Indian Education issues a final report "Indian Education: A National Tragedy - A National Challenge" focusing national attention on the educational situation of American Indian and Alaska Native students.ġ972: Indian Education Act enacted. It focuses national attention on the educational needs of American Indian learners, reaffirming the Federal governments special responsibility related to the education of American Indians and Alaska Natives and It is the only comprehensive Federal Indian Education legislation, that deals with American Indian education from pre-school to graduate-level education and reflects the diversity of government involvement in Indian education It recognizes that American Indians have unique, educational and culturally related academic needs and distinct language and cultural needs The Indian Education legislation is unique in the following ways:
The unique aspects of the original authority have been retained through subsequent legislative reauthorizing statutes, with the latest revision occurring with the amendments made by the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which reauthorized the program as Title VII Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The 1972 Indian Education Act was the landmark legislation establishing a comprehensive approach to meeting the unique needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students.
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