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OCR Page 1 of 87POTENTIAL BUDGET INITIATIVE FOR NATIVE AMERICANS
COOPERATIVE STATE RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND EXTENSION SERVICE
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CSREES proposes changing the authorizing legislation for the Native American
Institutions Endowment Fund to increase the annual funding availability to $12,000,000
and to extend the authority through 2008:
The Native American Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by Public Law 103-382
provides an endowment fund for the 1994 land-grant institutions (30 tribally controlled
colleges.) It is proposed that the legislation authorizing an annual contribution of 4.6
million dollars into the endowment fund through Fiscal Year 2002 be changed by
increasing the annual contribution to $12,000,000 and extending the authority through
2008. Awards would continue to be based on the formula specified in the existing
authority. It is further proposed that the legislation specify that the interest derived from
the endowment fund be used to support facility renovation and construction at the Tribal
Annual appropriations with a formula-based disbursement of interest earned on the
corpus of the endowment provides the board of each Tribal College with a critical tool for
institutional planning. Sustained investment in physical infrastructure is essential for the
Tribal Colleges to be effective partners in the land-grant system. This is especially true
as the mission of the Tribal Colleges continues to expand to encompass education,
extension, and research related activities. Such investment is in keeping with the
Department's philosophy of developing all areas of human capital to remain competitive
in a global economy.
Facilities at the Tribal Colleges are all too often in poor condition. Many campuses
consist largely of condemned buildings posing a significant health and safety risk to both
students and faculty. Students lack access to basic laboratories and equipment making
accreditation difficult at best. Faculty turnover at these institutions is very high, due in
part to the poor quality of the facilities. This places an additional faculty recruitment
burden on the administration of the Tribal Colleges. At the same time, education
enrollment at Tribal Colleges is increasing dramatically placing further burdens on an
already fragile infrastructure.
There is a critical need for infrastructure funding for the Tribal Colleges. Current
facilities at these institutions do not place them in a strong position to address research,
higher education, or extension issues related to the food and agricultural sciences which
are important to the communities they serve. Such funding would enhance the utilization
of funds currently appropriated through the USDA, Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service for higher education and extension programs as well as
the new research initiative funded under the FY 2000 budget.
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