And now:Sonja Keohane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Note: among the schools involved here are "45 school districts
located wholly within an Indian reservation..."
<http://www.billingsgazette.com/regionframe.htm>
THE '99 SESSION
House kills bill seeking preference for
Indian teachers
By KATHLEEN McLAUGHLIN
Gazette State Bureau
HELENA - Public schools that teach large numbers of Indian students should
not be allowed to give preference to Indian teachers and other potential
staff when hiring, the House of Representatives decided Monday.
On a 46-54 vote, the House rejected House Bill 529, by Rep. Carol Juneau,
D-Browning, to allow schools to give Indians an extra edge is getting hired
by reservation and some other schools. The
bill was killed on a party-line vote, with just six Republicans voting in
favor and two Democrats against.
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