Senate Engrossed State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016 SENATE CONCURRENT MEMORIAL 1017 A CONCURRENT MEMORIAL URGING THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES TO ENACT THE DINÉ COLLEGE ACT OF 2015. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE) - i - S.C.M. 1017 1 To the Congress of the United States of America: 2 Your memorialist respectfully represents: 3 Whereas, this state and the Navajo Nation maintain a 4 government-to-government relationship, and the Navajo people residing in this 5 state are citizens of both Arizona and the Navajo Nation; and 6 Whereas, in 1968, the Navajo Nation established Navajo Community 7 College, which later became Diné College, to provide access to higher 8 education to the Navajo people; and 9 Whereas, Diné College's flagship campus is located in Tsaile, Arizona, 10 and there are community campuses in Tuba City, Chinle and Window Rock; and 11 Whereas, Diné College has dual credit agreements with school districts 12 and schools throughout Arizona, including Red Mesa Unified School District 13 #27, Chinle Unified School District #24, Ganado Unified School District, St. 14 Michaels High School, Window Rock Unified School District #8, Many Farms High 15 School, Kayenta Unified School District, Piñon Unified School District #4, 16 Greyhills Academy High School, Tuba City High School, Leupp Schools, Inc. and 17 Phoenix Union High School District; and 18 Whereas, this state provides support to Diné College through its Navajo 19 Nation, Diné College-State of Arizona funding compact, the tribal college 20 dual credit funding program and Proposition 301 monies; and 21 Whereas, the United States Congress passed the Navajo Community College 22 Act, the Navajo Community College Assistance Act of 1978 and the Navajo 23 Nation Higher Education Act of 2008, which collectively provide for 24 maintenance, operation and construction funding for Diné College; and 25 Whereas, Representative Ann Kirkpatrick introduced the Diné College Act 26 of 2015 "to fulfill the United States Government's trust responsibility to 27 serve the higher education needs of the Navajo people and to clarify, unify, 28 and modernize prior Diné College legislation," and Diné College has requested 29 that Senator Jeff Flake introduce a United States Senate companion bill; and 30 Whereas, this state stands in support of the passage of the Diné 31 College Act of 2015. 32 Wherefore your memorialist, the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of 33 Representatives concurring, prays: 34 1. That the Congress of the United States enact the Diné College Act 35 of 2015. 36 2. That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit copies 37 of this Memorial to the Governor of the State of Arizona, the President of 38 the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of 39 Representatives and each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona. - 1 - .