House of Representatives

HB 2525

Indian education advisory board

Sponsors: Representatives Laughter, Clark, Senator Jackson, et al

DPA	Committee on Native American Affairs
DPA	Caucus and COW
X	As Passed the House

HB 2525 establishes the Indian Education Advisory Board with the purpose of studying issues regarding the academic performance of Native American students in this state.

Provisions

· Establishes the Indian Education Advisory Board consisting of the following members:

· The superintendent of public instruction.

· The Speaker of the House, the chairperson of the House Education Committee, and a Speaker appointed person who is a member of the Navajo Nation, and is not a member of the same political party as the chairperson of the House Education Committee.

· The President of the Senate, the chairperson of the Senate Education Committee, and a Senate President appointed person who is a member of the Navajo Nation, and is not a member of the same political party as the chairperson of the Senate Education Committee.

· The superintendent of each school district within this state that is located within the Navajo Nation.

· One person appointed by the House Speaker, who represents a college or university and who has a demonstrated interest in the educational status of Native American children.

· One person appointed by the President of the Senate, who represents a college or university and who has a demonstrated interest in the educational status of Native American children.

· One person appointed by the Speaker of the house, who represents alternative education programs and who has a demonstrated interest in the educational status of Native American Children.

· One person appointed by the President of the Senate, who represents charter schools and who has a demonstrated interest in the educational status of Native American Children.

· Provides that the appointed members’ term will expire in two years.

· Authorizes the Advisory board to conduct hearings, to study the educational issues of Native American students and to recommend changes that will improve the academic performance of those students.

· Requires the Advisory Board to submit a written report of its recommendations to the superintendent of public instruction.

· States that the members are eligible to receive reimbursement of expenses for work related to the advisory Board.

· Establishes that the program sunsets on July 1, 2011.

HB 2525 was amended in the Committee on Native American Affairs as follows:

· Allows the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the senate to appoint designees that will participate in the Indian Education Advisory board.

· Removes the requirement that the Senate President appointee and the House Speaker appointee had to be members of the Navajo Nation and it replaces it with the requirement that those appointees belong to one of the state’s 21 recognized nations.

· Removes the requirement that the superintendent of each school district within this state that is located within the Navajo Nation shall be a member of the Advisory Board, and it replaces with the requirement that one superintendent of a school district that belongs to one of the state’s 21 recognized nations shall be member of the Advisory Board.

The Native American Affairs Amendment was adopted in the Committee of the Whole.

HB 2525 was amended in the Committee of the Whole as follows:

· Provides that a superintendent of a school district that belongs to one of the state’s 21 recognized nations shall be appointed by the superintendent of public instruction to be member of the Advisory Board.

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45th Legislature

First Regular Session 3 March 12, 2001

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