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White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities

This executive order establishes a White House Initiative within the Department of Education to advance educational equity, excellence, and economic opportunity for Native American students and strengthen Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs). It creates a new interagency structure co-chaired by the Secretaries of Education, Interior, and Labor, revokes a 2011 Obama-era order on the same topic, and mandates specific deliverables including memoranda of agreement and annual progress reports.