| State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 IL | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Creates the Commission to End the Disparities Facing the African-American Community Act. Provides that the Commission consists of 24 members, including the state superintendent of education and the executive director of the board of higher education. Directs the Commission by December 31, 2013 to report to the governor and general assembly on the disparities facing African-Americans in the areas of healthcare, healthcare services, employment, education, criminal justice, housing, and other social and economic issues. Provides that the commission dissolves upon the reporting of the findings and recommendations to the governor and general assembly. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0360.pdf
Title: H.B. 1547
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12
Postsec. | Declares the last week of March each year as a statewide week of advocacy for Latino education. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/acr_137_bill_20100817_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.C.R. 137
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 07/2010 | Postsec. | Adds Section 99155, requiring a test sponsor to accept the Matricula Consular de Alta Seguridad (Consular Matriculation of High Security), issued by the Mexican government within the last five years, as a valid form of identification when admitting a test subject to take a standardized test administered by the sponsor.
Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_2001-2050/ab_2026_bill_20100630_enrolled.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_2001-2050/ab_2026_vt_20100715.html
Title: A.B. 2026
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | Includes Federal Bureau of Indian Education high schools and tribal colleges in a dual credit program; includes charter schools and a bureau of Indian education high school; provides for payment of textbooks and supplies.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0090.pdf
Title: H.B. 90
Source:
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| ND | Signed into law 08/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires that the Commissioner of Higher Education study the interplay between the State University System and tribally controlled community colleges. Specifically, requires the commissioner to address ways in which the North Dakota university system as a whole and the individual campuses can better interact with tribally controlled community colleges through improved communication, collaboration, and relationship-building activities. In addition, the commissioner shall focus on ways in which tribally controlled community colleges can encourage American Indians to pursue options in higher education, thereby bringing economic benefit to their families and communities and ways in which the university system and the individual campuses can work with tribally controlled community colleges to provide tutoring, mentoring, and other types of assistance necessary to ensure that the retention rates and
graduation rates of American Indian students are increased. The commissioner shall report any findings and recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement the
recommendations, to the sixty-second legislative assembly.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JBPS0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1566
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Various provisions related to higher education. Allows educational data sharing between the department of education and the office of higher education as authorized by the code of federal regulations for the purpose of analyzing and improving school district instruction; Modifyies Indian scholarship provisions relating to student eligibility, scholarship use, costs of attendance and award amounts; Allows the ACHIEVE scholarship program to request additional student documentation, modifying student eligibility requirements, application deadline and scholarship disbursement; Permitting conditional approval for degrees or names for new schools; Prohibiting certain school advertising or representation; Clarifying school fees for programs degree and nondegree programs; Requires the board of trustees of the Minnesota state colleges and universities to report annually to the legislature on the current policy setting the maximum number of semester credits required for a baccalaureate and an associate of arts degree and identify requests for waivers and granted requests for waiver; Requires surety bonds from certain schools with a private career school license; Modifying the cost of attendance for the GI program, the definition of veteran and an educational assistance condition;
Modifying the definition of veteran; requiring completion and submission of the free federal application for federal student aid (FAFSA); Clarifying the part-time student loan standard and specifying a minimum award per term for undergraduate and graduate students.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2942.3.html&session=ls85
Title: S.B. 2942
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires private institutions of higher education eligible for state aid to submit a report on programs to promote and enhance cultural diversity on campus; requires public institutions of higher education to develop and implement a plan for a program of cultural diversity; requires the plan to include a process for reporting campus-based hate crimes and a summary of any resources, including state grants, needed by the institution to effectively recruit and retain a culturally diverse student body.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/bills/hb/hb0905e.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/bills/sb/sb0438t.pdf
Title: H.B. 905; S.B. 438
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2007 | Postsec. | Requires the Trustees of the California State University to authorize San Jose State University and the National Hispanic University to enter into a collaborative agreement that would include outreach, transfer, joint classes for credit, and other programs of education, research, and public service as the trustees and the National Hispanic University deem to be in the public interest. Requires an independent entity to evaluate the program by contract. Appropriates funds therefor.
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_65_bill_20070914_enrolled.pdf
Veto message: http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_65_vt_20071013.html
Title: S.B. 65
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Creates a diversity committee at each state educational institution to review and approve employment policies concerning diversity; hear faculty and administration personnel complaints concerning diversity; makes recommendations to promote and maintain cultural diversity among faculty members; and make recommendations to promote recruitment and retention of minority students. Requires each committee to issue an annual report stating the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the committee to the board of trustees.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/PDF/HE/HE1256.1.pdf
Title: H.B. 1256
Source: www.in.gov/legislative
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Amends the Indian Education Act. Clarifies the duties of the public education department to consult with Indian tribes. Changes the composition of the Indian Education Advisory Council. Directs the the department of education to collaborate and coordinate efforts with the higher education department and institutions of higher education, including
tribal colleges and teacher education institutions and tribal education departments to facilitate the successful and seamless transition of American Indian students into
post-secondary education and training.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0892.pdf
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1044.pdf
Title: H.B. 892/S.B. 1044
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Creates the Alliance for Underrepresented Students at New Mexico State University. The purposes of the alliance are to: (1) promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and retention at the undergraduate and graduate level for underrepresented students; (2) engage in research on and development of programs that support student retention and achievement; (3) disseminate knowledge acquired through education and retention programs; and (4) collaborate with and provide assistance to k-12 grade educators and postsecondary educational institutions to support STEM education and student achievement.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0422.pdf
Title: S.B. 422
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Amends the indian education act. Clarifies the duties of the public education department to consult with Indian tribes. Changes the composition of the Indian Education Advisory Council. Provides for duties of the Indian Education Division, that the funds appropriated from the Indian Education Fund shall be used for the purposes stated in the Indian Education Act and shall not be used to correct for previous reductions of program services.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1044.pdf
Title: S.B. 1044
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Enables students at tribal colleges to receive scholarships under the College Affordability Act. Defines student eligibility and terms of scholarship.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0355.pdf
Title: S.B. 355
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/
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| ME | Issued 01/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Creates the Multicultural Affairs Sub-Cabinet to promote interdepartmental collaboration on multicultural policy development and program implementation. Provides that the commissioner of the state department of education, the president of the Maine Community College System and the chancellor of the University of Maine system (or designee) must serve on the council.
Creates the Multicultural Affairs Advisory Council to advise the sub-cabinet of service delivery issues and multicultural needs and to recommend strategies and policies for improving the delivery of services to the state's multicultural population. Requires the council to include representation from school districts with significant multicultural populations. Directs the council to assist the sub-cabinet with duties related to data assessment, planning and policy development, program integrity, public awareness, interdepartmental service delivery, and the development and function of subcommittees.
http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topic=Gov_Executive_Orders&id=29854&v=Article
Title: EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 25 FY 06/07
Source: www.maine.gov
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| WA | Rule Adoption 10/2006 | Postsec. | Makes changes for "resident" status eligibility for tuition and fees for tribal members by striking a specific listing of eligible tribes and replacing it with a definition of eligible federally-recognized tribes whose traditional and customary tribal boundaries include portions of the state of Washington, or whose tribe was granted reserved lands within the state. http://www1.leg.wa.gov/documents/wsr/2006/20/06-20-118.htm
Title: WAC 250-18-020
Source: http://www1.leg.wa.gov/documents/wsr/2006/20/06-20-118.htm
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Adds a new section: Any student who is a graduate of an accredited high school operated by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs in the state is entitled to resident classification for the purposes of postsecondary education at a state supported institution.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2006/bills/SB88enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 88
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2005 | Postsec. | AN ACT designating the university of north carolina at pembroke as North Carolina's historically american indian university.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H371v3.html
Title: H.B. 371
Source: StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to funding for nonbeneficiary students attending tribally controlled community colleges.
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/HB0016.htm
Title: H.B. 16
Source: StateNet
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| AZ | Rejected by voters 11/2002 | Postsec. | Creates the Tribal State Gaming Compact, College Scholarship and Elderly Care Act of 2002; allows Indian tribes to contribute a portion of gaming revenues to fund college scholarships and to provide additional resources for elderly care. (http://www.sosaz.com/election/2002/info/pubpamphlet/english/prop200.htm)
Title: Proposition 200
Source: Arizona Elections Services
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