Congress of American Indians for supporting both the Indian Energy and the irrigation bills through their resolutions passed last october so thank you for getting that done. These measures are small but important pieces to several tribal economies and i dont plan to stop at this point. I intend to continue the conversation with Indian Country on Economic Development issues throughout this entire congress. Today we heard many examples of how tribes are engines of Economic Growth and innovative governments. While we triumph in Indian Country, innovation and progress, we cannot forget those that still need attention and help. President Franklin Delano roosevelt once said, quote the test of progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much, its whether we provide enough to those who have little. [applause] i cannot think of any more deserving of our attention than the most vulnerable indian children. Indian country innovation and input will be critical in reversin
Students 33 . 21 , federal supplemental Educational Opportunity grants. The average cost of tuition that is 3200 and 60. Enter the cost for a Fouryear College, averaging about 8,890. Craig is up next, a graduate of Community College from north carolina. Gray, good morning. Caller good morning. Thank you for cspan. Thank you for all the hard work that all the Staff Members do. Host appreciate that, craig. What is your question . Ccaller , i dont have a question per se, but im against this free Community College idea. When they say i believe they said 600 million pb. It will be another dialogue. We are in serious, serious death right now. And it is hard for anybody it simply cant go on. We cannot continue to justify expenditures for just feel good ideas. Host and greg, that number, that is an estimated 60 billion the cost of this over 10 years. Mr. Bumphus. Guest that is correct. Certainly, that is a sizable amount, but i believe that would be split between the government and our states.
Most vulnerable. We must continue to teach our children the value of hard work and personal responsibility. Those are the values that lead to success and a great future in our state. We have worked hard to build a stronger economy. What holds us back as a state yet to how can we do better . And what are the challenges that we face that are remaining . Their children can achieve their dreams. We know when we do this work there will be setbacks. But setbacks offer opportunities for comebacks. Areas that we must improve or risk stifling Economic Growth and our Forward Momentum. I want to tell you those three areas. Have commissioner the longterm prosperity and oklahoma . The most important answer is educational detainment. They must rise and do better to have a higher rate of High School Graduation rates and more Career Technology and Higher Education degrees. Individuals need to have marketable work skills to flourish in todays economy. Educated individuals succeed and expand. It is abou
RE-1 Valley School District will not have to go into reserves to balance its budget for next year and in fact, is estimating it will carry over $631,591.Deb County, interim chief financial officer, presented the preliminary budget for Fiscal Year 2025 at a regular school board meeting Monday. It is based on an adjusted funded […]