New York State Education Dept. Native American Education Unit Indian Education Tuition and Transportation Reimbursement Files

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Overview of the Records

Repository
New York State Archives
222 Madison Avenue
Albany, NY 12230
Summary
This series documents the computation of state reimbursement to reservation and non-reservation school districts for the education and transportation costs of Indian children (K-12). It consists of contracts with school districts, tuition claims and documentation, budget vouchers, tuition calculations, fiscal reports, and related correspondence and memoranda.
Title
Indian education tuition and transportation reimbursement files
Quantity
19 cubic feet
Inclusive Dates
Series Number
16414
Creator

This series' description was enhanced as part of the States' Impact on Federal Education Policy Project (SIFEPP), in September 2010. The New York Community Trust - Wallace Special Projects Fund provided funding for this project.

Arrangement

Chronological by school year, then roughly alphabetical by name of school district.

Administrative History

In January of 1974, the Native American Education Unit was created to consolidate programs and functions involving the education of Native Americans in New York State from numerous NYSED divisions and offices. Among other activities, the unit provides guidance to local school districts receiving federal Title IV and Johnson-O'Malley Act funds, allocates state aid programs to local school districts educating Native Americans residing on reservations, and administers the New York State Indian Aid program which provides financial aid for Native American students attending postsecondary schools.

Scope and Content Note

This subseries contains files documenting the Native American Education Unit's provision of reimbursements to New York State school districts for expenses related to the education of students from Indian reservations in district schools. These documents include state aid voucher forms, listing the number of Indian students in the school district at each school level (kindergarten, elementary, secondary, and handicapped), along with the tuition rates for each type of student. Also included are lists of students eligible to be counted for reimbursement, correspondence showing recalculations of tuition rates and amounts districts were underpaid or overpaid in their reimbursements, worksheets for determining per-student tuition rates, and copies of contracts between NYSED and school districts for the education of Native American students.

13143Series 13143, Native American Education Unit subject and correspondence files, documents the overall operations of the unit

A0728 Series A0728, Johnson-O'Malley Act Project files, documents the unit's programs funded by the federal Johnson-O'Malley Act

A0729 Series A0729, Research Files for Regents Paper on Native American Education, documents the development of a 1975 Board of Regents' policy paper on the education of Native Americans in New York State

B1352 Series B1352, Indian (Native American) student tuition aid files, contains records of tuition payments made by the Unit to Native Americans enrolled in post-secondary educational programs.

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