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U.S. Senator Jerry Moran and Representative Tracey Mann of Kansas recently announced plans to propose legislation to remove Haskell Indian Nations University from the control of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Education, The Kansas City Star reported.
The university serving Native American students in Kansas is one of only two higher ed institutions directly operated and funded by the bureau. The bill would put a new university Board of Trustees, appointed by the tribal community, in control of the university, including a dozen trustees representing different regions under the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a trustee from Native American tribes in Kansas, an alumni trustee, an at-large trustee and the student body president as a nonvoting member.
The university would also have a new status, “congressionally chartered,” and receive $21 million annually from Congress. Kansas lawmakers released a draft of the bill in advance of introducing it to allow for discussion, given the complexities of the potential shift. The plan has the support of Brittany Hall, the president of the Haskell Board of Regents, and Joseph Rupnick, chairman of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.
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