DEED announces grant to Alaska Federation of Natives to scope path forward for tribal compacting of education

This week DEED announced a grant to the Alaska Federation of Natives to scope the path forward for tribal compacting of education, marking the next step in the years-long to increase tribal and community ownership of educational excellence.

Compacting is a process through which the State of Alaska and an Alaskan Native Tribal entity reach an agreement that formally recognizes a Tribal entity's authority to operate and oversee K-12 schools. These State Tribal Education Compact Schools (STECs) would be public schools open to all students and would offer a unique, culturally rich combination of Western and millennia-old tribal educational models.

AFN will conduct legal research and analysis and produce a scoping document and provide a suggested path forward for the State of Alaska. AFN will also design and conduct seminars for Alaskan educators and seminars about compacting, and will report on questions and outcomes of those seminars.

Learn more about the tribal compacting of education in Alaska here.