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Title: How Many Indian Students are Eligible for the Johnson-O’Malley Program? A Comment on the Bureau of Indian Education’s 2019 Preliminary Report
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Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: The Johnson-O’Malley (JOM) program was established by the Johnson-O’Malley Act of 1934 to support the educational needs of eligible Indian students (JOM-eligible). Federally recognized tribal nations, state governments and other eligible organizations contract with the federal government to offer cultural enrichment, tribal language support and other assistance aimed at attaining State educational standards. The Johnson-O’Malley Modernization Act of 2018 requires the Secretary of the Interior to determine the number of Indian students served or potentially served by the JOM program (JOM-eligible). The recently released 2019 Preliminary Report by the Bureau of Indian Education recommends using the most recent American Community Survey – Education Tabulation (ACS-ED) to provide the required estimate (570,825). This document raises concerns that the ACS-ED may significantly underestimate the actual number of JOM-eligible students and suggests a more refined process for the 2019 estimate. Undercounting the AI-AN population has serious policy implications; it underestimates the need for the program at the national and programmatic level, where funding is specifically determined by the estimated number of JOM-eligible students.
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Authors: Burnette, Jeffrey, D
Publisher: Rochester Instittue of Technology
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Methodology and Data Collection, Other, Race and Ethnicity
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