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House advances bill to create state Native American coordinating board, adopts amendment to include higher‑education representation
Summary
House Bill 141 establishes a state Native American coordinating board to integrate services across agencies and state government; members accepted a friendly amendment to include the State Board of Regents' appointment process and debated fiscal impacts and use of existing FTEs.
House Bill 141, introduced on Jan. 31, 1996, would establish a state Native American coordinating board intended to integrate the state's programs and relationships with tribal leadership amid federal downsizing of Indian programs. Representative Shirley V. Jensen (sponsor as recorded in the transcript) described the bill as creating a coordinating board that would bring together departmental staff to work jointly on Native American issues instead of operating in separate silos.
An amendment offered by Representative Johnson (pink sheet dated…
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