GOP Lawmakers’ Bill Would Shift Haskell Oversight From Bureau of Indian Education to Local Board

GOP lawmakers’ bill would shift Haskell oversight from Bureau of Indian Education to local board

Hiawatha Hall on the campus of Haskell Indian Nations University in April 2024. (Max McCoy/Kansas Reflector)TOPEKA — Four Republican lawmakers want oversight of a Kansas Native American university to shift from the federal government to a board of regents under proposed legislation. It’s a move that follows cuts to the Haskell Indian Nations University’s programming from Trump administration policies, years of congressional inquiries into staff …

Lawmakers want Haskell Indian Nations University to control itself - The Iola Register

Federal lawmakers from Kansas have introduced legislation that would transfer control of Haskell Indian Nations University from the U.S. Department of Interior to Haskell’s Board of Regents but continue federal funding for the school. Federal lawmakers from Kansas have introduced legislation that would transfer control of Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence to Haskell’s Board of Regents but continue federal funding for the school. U.S.…