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    <AgencyName>Bureau of Indian Education</AgencyName>
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        <Address>Department of the Interior, Washington, DC 20240</Address>
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            <NameColumnValue>Charles M. Roessel</NameColumnValue>
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              <Paragraph>The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) provides quality educational opportunities for eligible American Indian and Alaska Native elementary, secondary, and postsecondary students from federally recognized tribes. BIE is responsible for the direction and management of all education functions, including the formation of policies and procedures, the supervision of all program activities, and the approval of expenditure of funds appropriated for education functions.</Paragraph>
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              <Paragraph>BIE is responsible for educating approximately 48,000 American Indian and Alaska Native children at 183 elementary and secondary schools on 64 reservations in 23 States. Of these schools, 126 are tribally operated under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), and 57 schools are operated by the Bureau of Indian Education. BIE also oversees two postsecondary schools: Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS, and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute in Albuquerque, NM. The Bureau also funds the United Tribes Technical College and Navajo Technical College.</Paragraph>
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        <Paragraph>Inquiries regarding Indian Affairs programs, including those of the Bureau of Indian Education, may be obtained from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Office of Public Affairs, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW., MS-3658-MIB, Washington, DC 20240. Phone, 202-208-3710.</Paragraph>
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