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Executive Order 13096

American Indian and Alaska Native Education

This executive order establishes an Interagency Task Force on American Indian and Alaska Native Education to coordinate federal efforts across 14+ agencies to improve educational outcomes for Native students. It mandates development of a comprehensive federal Indian education policy, regional partnership forums, school pilot sites, and a research agenda, with multiple reporting deadlines over a 5-year task force lifespan.

Federal Register Open PDF 63 FR 42681

Impact dates

  1. Task Force termination

  2. Task Force develop comprehensive Federal Indian education policy

  3. Education and Interior convene regional partnership forums

  4. Task Force publish interagency resource guide

  5. Secretary of Education submit research agenda to Task Force

  6. Agencies report consultation strategies to Task Force

  7. Task Force develop Federal interagency plan

  8. Agency heads designate senior Task Force members

Key directives

  • Establish Interagency Task Force with 14+ agency representatives co-chaired by Education and Interior Assistant Secretaries
  • Agency heads designate senior officials within 30 days
  • Task Force develop interagency plan within 90 days
  • Agencies report consultation strategies within 6 months
  • Task Force develop and publish interagency resource guide within 12 months
  • Secretary of Education submit research agenda within 1 year
  • Task Force develop comprehensive Federal Indian education policy within 2 years
  • Education and Interior convene regional partnership forums within 18 months
  • Identify school pilot sites for comprehensive technical assistance
  • Task Force co-chairs submit annual reports to OMB Director
  • Task Force terminates not later than 5 years from signing

Who is ordered

Timeline

Immediate

  • Task Force establishment
  • agency designation of senior officials required

Near term (90d)

  • Federal interagency plan due
  • agency consultation strategies due within 6 months
  • research agenda due within 1 year

Long term

  • Comprehensive Federal Indian education policy due within 2 years
  • regional partnership forums within 18 months
  • interagency resource guide within 12 months
  • Task Force terminates after 5 years

Risks & tensions

  • No dedicated funding mechanism specified; implementation depends on existing agency budgets and 'priorities'
  • Voluntary agency participation qualified by 'to the extent consistent with law and agency priorities' may limit commitment
  • Task Force co-chairs report to OMB Director rather than President, potentially reducing political weight
  • General provisions explicitly deny enforceable rights, limiting accountability mechanisms
  • Vague 'reasonable number' for school pilot sites leaves scale uncertain
  • Annual reporting requirement lacks specified consequences for non-compliance
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