The Alaska Senate’s tribal education compacting bill is part of a larger effort this year by the Legislature to tackle poor student outcomes in the state.
Joel Isaak, Tribal Liaison for the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, testifying on Senate Bill 34 in the Senate Education Committee.
Senate Bill 34 was originally written to authorize the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development to allow a series of pilot project schools. Under this version, the schools would have opened as soon as the fall of 2023. Joel Isaak, the department’s tribal liaison, said that this extra time is critical for the tribes to plan the schools they want, and to get legislators on board.
Tribal-education compacting in Alaska is based on the success of tribal-compacted schools in Washington state. According to a study done by Evergreen State University, students at three compacted schools in Washington showed improvement in the following areas: graduation and retention rates; reputation; enrollment; teacher recruitment and retention; and student connection to culture.
“The head of AFN tried to define how tribal members are brought into a tribe, and no one could give me clear guidelines,” Reinbold said.“I guess each tribe gets to bring in members how they wish. When they want sovereignty and when they wanna create their own schools, we need to know exactly what the Tribe is, what they stand for, who’s allowed to be in, etcetera.”
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