§ 28B.108.020. Program created -- Duties of the higher education coordinating board -- Screening committee
The American Indian endowed scholarship program is created. The program shall be administered by the higher education coordinating board. In administering the program, the board's powers and duties shall include but not be limited to:
(1) Selecting students to receive scholarships, with the assistance of a screening committee composed of persons involved in helping American Indian students to obtain a higher education. The membership of the committee may include, but is not limited to representatives of: Indian tribes, urban Indians, the governor's office of Indian affairs, the Washington state Indian education association, and institutions of higher education;
(2) Adopting necessary rules and guidelines;
(3) Publicizing the program;
(4) Accepting and depositing donations into the endowment fund created in RCW 28B.108.060;
(5) Requesting and accepting from the state treasurer moneys earned from the trust fund and the endowment fund created in RCW 28B.108.050 and 28B.108.060;
(6) Soliciting and accepting grants and donations from public and private sources for the program; and
(7) Naming scholarships in honor of those American Indians from Washington who have acted as role models.
[1990 c 287 § 3.]
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