Sen. Merkley, Colleagues Push to Address Educational Disparities in Tribal Schools Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
June 13, 2020
June 13, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 13 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release on June 12:
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley has joined 13 Senate Democratic colleagues in a letter pushing the administration to explain how, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, it is addressing barriers to distance learning in Indian Country, and to further explain the delay in distributing of CARES Act resources to tribal schools--a delay that has likely exacerbated disparities in educat . . .
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley has joined 13 Senate Democratic colleagues in a letter pushing the administration to explain how, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, it is addressing barriers to distance learning in Indian Country, and to further explain the delay in distributing of CARES Act resources to tribal schools--a delay that has likely exacerbated disparities in educat . . .