Sec. 7005. Improving Indian student data collection, reporting, and analysis
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The Comptroller General, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of the Interior, and tribal communities, shall carry out a study that examines the following: The representation, at the time of the study, of Indian students in national, State, local, and tribal educational reporting required by law. The varying ways that individuals are identified as American Indian and Alaska Native (for example, such as through self-reporting or tribal enrollment records) at the time of the study, by national, State, local, and tribal educational reporting systems, and the impact that such variation has on data analysis or statistical trend comparability across such systems.
How reporting of data within the Indian student population can be improved to facilitate comparisons between— Indian students living in urban and rural settings; Indian students living in tribal communities, areas with large Indian populations, and in areas with a low percentage of Indian population; and any other classifications that the Comptroller General determines are significant. The timeliness of Indian student record transfer between schools and other entities or individuals who may receive student records in accordance with the requirements of section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act ((20 U.S.C.1232g); commonly referred to as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 ).
The effectiveness and usefulness for parental, student, Federal, State, tribal, and local educational stakeholders of the findings and structure of the National Indian Education Study conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics in conjunction with the National Assessment of Educational Progress described under section 303 of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act ( 20 U.S.C. 9622 ). Any other areas of Indian student data collection, reporting, and analysis, as determined by the Comptroller General.
The Comptroller General shall prepare and submit reports setting forth the conclusions of the study described in subsection (a), in accordance with subsection (c), to each of the following: The Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate. The Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate. The Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives. The Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native Affairs of the House of Representatives.
The Comptroller General shall include in the reports described in subsection
(b)recommendations to inform future legislation regarding the collection, reporting, and analysis of Indian student data. The Comptroller General shall— submit not less than 1 report addressing 1 or more of the areas identified in paragraphs
(1)through
(6)of subsection
(a)not later than 18 months after the enactment of this section; and submit any other reports necessary to address the areas identified in paragraphs
(1)through
(6)of subsection
(a)not later than 5 years after the enactment of this section.
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