Schumer Urges BIA To Do Its Job And Sign Off On Vital Funding For WNY Districts
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer today urged the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to immediately sign off on the Indian Lands Source Check forms for six Western New York school districts, which provide them with vital funding under the Department of Education Impact Aid program. The six districts—Salamanca, Gowanda, Silver Creek, Akron, Niagara Wheatfield, and Evans-Brant—risk penalties of 10% of their total Impact Aid, amounting to nearly $2,000,000, for late submission to the Department of Education, which is due tomorrow, January 31st.
