Native American Indian Education Act
- Last Action
- 3/12/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-12Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- 2019-03-12Introduced in House
- 2019-03-12Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-03-12 (00)
Native American Indian Education Act
This bill requires the Department of Education to pay, and provides annual funding beginning in FY2020 for such payments to, Native American Indian-serving, nontribal institutions of higher education (IHEs) for the tuition of their out-of-state Native American Indian students.
The bill applies only to IHEs that are required to provide tuition-free education, with the support of their state, to Native American Indian students as a condition under which the IHE or state received its original grant of land and facilities from the federal government.
Payments are treated as reimbursements to IHEs from their states.
Cosponsors (20)
- Scott Tipton (R-CO)
- CAROLYN MALONEY (D-NY)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Gregorio Sablan (D-MP)
- DON YOUNG (R-AK)
- Ann Kirkpatrick (D-AZ)
- Jason Crow (D-CO)
- Tom Cole (R-OK)
- Tony Cárdenas (D-CA)
- RON KIND (D-WI)
- Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI)
- Ben Luján (D-NM)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA)
- Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA)
- SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- BETTY MCCOLLUM (D-MN)
- Ro Khanna (D-CA)
- Pete Stauber (R-MN)
Subjects
- Appropriations
- Education programs funding
- Higher education
- Indian social and development programs
- Minority education
- State and local finance
- Student aid and college costs
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