{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=9415EA20-8B3C-4E6F-81CC-146BC2B2F4E2", "Sen. Moran Introduces Bill to Give Tribal Universities a Stronger Voice in Education Funding", "2022-12-07", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "Senate", "KS", "Jerry Moran", "M000934", "www.moran.senate.gov", "moran", "https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) recently joined his colleagues in introducing the National Advisory Council on Indian Education Improvement Act, to give Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) greater input over federal funding discussions that impact them.\n\n\u201cWhen funding decisions are made in Washington, D.C., it\u2019s important that tribal colleges have a seat at the table,\u201d said Sen. Moran. \u201cTribal universities, like Kansas\u2019 own Haskell Indian Nations University, should have the opportunity to share specific needs and ideas that can better help direct federal resources to our tribal colleges.\u201d\n\nThe Department of Education\u2019s tribal advisory group \u2013 the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) \u2013 advises the Secretaries of Education and Interior on programs serving tribes and their members. NACIE releases an annual report, but the Department of Education does not have a process for considering NACIE\u2019s report when developing its budget request.\n\nAdditionally, Department of Education tribal consultation sessions often do not provide the opportunity for TCU leaders to provide direct input.\n\nThe National Advisory Council on Indian Education Improvement Act would address these challenges by:\n\nRequiring at least one of NACIE\u2019s members be the president of a Tribal College or University.\n\nRequiring the Secretaries of Education and Interior to consider NACIE\u2019s annual report when preparing their budgets each year.\n\nText of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education Improvement Act can be found here.\n\nThis legislation was co-sponsored by Sens. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Jon Tester (D-Mon.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.).\n\n# # #", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:41:06Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=9415EA20-8B3C-4E6F-81CC-146BC2B2F4E2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0504391975700855, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}