Bill Text: AZ HCM2008 | 2016 | Fifty-second Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced

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Bill Title: Din

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-05 - Introduced in House and read first time [HCM2008 Detail]

Download: Arizona-2016-HCM2008-Introduced.html

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REFERENCE TITLE: Diné college act; urging Congress.

 

 

 

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-second Legislature

Second Regular Session

2016

 

 

HCM 2008

 

Introduced by

Representatives Hale, Benally, Saldate: Alston, Espinoza, Mach, Rios, Wheeler

 

 

A CONCURRENT memorial

 

urging the congress of the United States to enact the Diné College Act of 2015.

 

 

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To the Congress of the United States of America:

Your memorialist respectfully represents:

Whereas, this state and the Navajo Nation maintain a government‑to‑government relationship, and the Navajo people residing in this state are citizens of both Arizona and the Navajo Nation; and

Whereas, in 1968, the Navajo Nation established Navajo Community College, which later became Diné College, to provide access to higher education to the Navajo people; and

Whereas, Diné College's flagship campus is located in Tsaile, Arizona, and there are community campuses in Tuba City, Chinle and Window Rock; and

Whereas, Diné College has dual credit agreements with school districts and schools throughout Arizona, including Red Mesa Unified School District #27, Chinle Unified School District #24, Ganado Unified School District, St. Michaels High School, Window Rock Unified School District #8, Many Farms High School, Kayenta Unified School District, Piñon Unified School District #4, Greyhills Academy High School, Tuba City High School, Leupp Schools, Inc. and Phoenix Union High School District; and

Whereas, this state provides support to Diné College through its Navajo Nation, Diné College-State of Arizona funding compact, the tribal college dual credit funding program and Proposition 301 monies; and

Whereas, the United States Congress passed the Navajo Community College Act, the Navajo Community College Assistance Act of 1978 and the Navajo Nation Higher Education Act of 2008, which collectively provide for maintenance, operation and construction funding for Diné College; and

Whereas, Representative Ann Kirkpatrick introduced the Diné College Act of 2015 "to fulfill the United States Government's trust responsibility to serve the higher education needs of the Navajo people and to clarify, unify, and modernize prior Diné College legislation," and Diné College has requested that Senator Jeff Flake introduce a United States Senate companion bill; and

Whereas, this state stands in support of the passage of the Diné College Act of 2015.

Wherefore your memorialist, the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring, prays:

1.  That the Congress of the United States enact the Diné College Act of 2015.

2.  That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit copies of this Memorial to the Governor of the State of Arizona, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona.