Report and Charges on Misuse of Federal Funds for Indian Education

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January 8, 1971

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JANUARY 8, 1971
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Charges that there has been
earmarked specifically for Indian

earmarked for Indian education by Federal, state and local officials. The report also sites the failure of school officials in giving Indian parents a voice in the allocation and use of these funds.

The 80-page report entitled, An Even Chance, was prepared by LDF over a 10-month period during 1970. Twenty-nine Indian interviewers
eight states, and spoke
ian parents. The

The three Federal laws covered in the report are the Johnson- O'Malley Act of 1934, the Impact Aida Act of 1958, and Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 1965. These laws are fice of Educati
These Acts have

receive at least $66 million a year, as of 1970, for educational assistance.

A task force of Indians is assisting the Legal Defense Fund
© what these Federal programs are supposed to do, and to demand that Federal money serve the needs of their children. the recommendations of the report are as follows:

1. fully fund those Impact Aid districts
where Indian children are enrolled; 2. provide sufficient funds through Section 14 of P.L. 815 to construct decent and adequate schools for Indian children; require the Office of Education to
determine that Impact Aid, local and
state revenue, have been spent equitably in districts where Indian children attend as a condition for awarding Impact Aid
funds;

NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. | 10 Columbus Circle | New York, N.Y. 10019 | (212) 586-8397
Hon. Francis E. Rivers - President

Jack Greenberg - Director-Counsel

through an appropriate committee, conduct
hearings to determine whether the Bureau
of Indian Affairs and the Office of Education
are administering Title I, Impact Aid, and
the Johnson-O-Malley Act in a manner which
best meets the diverse needs of both reser-
vation and urban Indians in public schools;
provide additional funds for the Johnson-0O' Malley
program as long as Congress is satisfied that
the Bureau of Indian Affairs has taken measures
to improve its implementation.

A meeting has been arranged with Commissioner Marland of
the Office of Education, Commissioner Bruce, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, and Assistant Secretary of Public Lands in the Department
of the Interior, Mr. Lesch for this afternoon.

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