Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Resolution Supporting the Chemawa Indian Boarding School Request for Supplemental Funds for FY-81
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DOCUMENT: ATNI8115.TXT
A F F I L I A T E D T R I B E S O F
N O R T H W E S T I N D I A N S
RESOLUTION 81-15
SUPPORT CHEMAWA INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL
REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS FOR FY 81
WHEREAS: the Chemawa Indian School has students
participating from Tribes throughout the Northwest region;
and
WHEREAS: the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest has a
responsibility to assist the member tribes of the
organization in fields of common concern; and
WHEREAS: the Affiliated Tribes have been instrumental in the
preservation of the Chemawa Indian Boarding School; and
WHEREAS: since the conception of formula funding for BIA
schools, it has been clear to some administrative
management staff in medium sized schools (200 to 400
students) like Chemawa Indian School that weighted factors
for instruction, boarding and/or dorms will have to be
adjusted if schools are to survive with some stability; and
WHEREAS: at this point, it appears that the formula funding
program is highly favorable to small schools and/or to
schools with a student population of more than 450 students
and seems to be designed to close down medium-sized boarding
schools or force them to offer a very limited and meager
education program for Indian students; and
WHEREAS: since the formula fund concept uses the number of
students enrolled in school to dictate the amount of money
allocated for a school-Chemawa's ability to generate funds
was reduced by at least 20% when it became impossible to
enroll 400 students because of the contractor's failure to
have the new dorms ready on time; and
WHEREAS: although the school has always received at least a
proportional amount of PAY ACT MONEY which is allocated by
Congress to absorb salary increases, at a time when federal
workers have been awarded the highest pay raise in recent
history (9.1% for FY 81, an amount in excess of $150,000 at
Chemawa) no Pay Act funds will be provided; and
WHEREAS: Volume 44, Number 209 of the Federal Register,
October 26, 1979 states under Section 31h.21 FUTURE
CONSIDERATIONS FOR WEIGHTED PROGRAMS that staff cost
adjustment can be made which will allow the school to
provide a program staffed at a reasonable level; and
WHEREAS: under 31h.78 FORMULA IMPLEMENTATION SET-ASIDE FUNDS
THE CENTRAL OFFICE has a means of adjusting particular
local school entitlement related to special problems
experienced during the change-over to formula funding,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: that the Affiliated Tribes
of Northwest Indians support Chemawa in their request for
additional funds under Section 31h.21 and 31h.78 in the
amount of $211,000.00 to complete fiscal year 1981.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: By the Affiliated Tribes of
Northwest Indians that the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Education Department be requested to evaluate the Chemawa
budget to determine if the formula funding concept will be
adequate and fair for the operation of the school.
CERTIFICATION
The foregoing resolution has been adopted at the special
meeting of the Executive Council of the Affiliated Tribes of
Northwest Indians May 26, 1981 at the Sheraton Hotel,
Spokane, Washington.
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Connie Skanen, Executive Director Russell Jim, President
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