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NMC hearing continues today
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Posted on Mar 08 1999
The oversight hearing on the Northern Marianas College resumes at 9:30 a.m. today at the House chamber where officials are expected to answer inquiry on the operations of the on-campus bookstore and other auxiliary services.
It will be the eight in a series of investigation into the cash-strapped state college and the government scholarship program, which the House committee on Health, Education and Welfare has begun last January.
As of late Friday, the panel had yet to receive documents requested from the NMC board of auxiliary services, but it will still continue its oversight on the issue today, according to HEW chair Rep. Heinz Hofschneider.
The NMC bookstore has come under close scrutiny after students have complained of exorbitant prices on such items as pencils and calculator as well as alleged monopoly and unfair practice for forcing them to purchase their supplies there.
Today’s hearing is also expected to discuss the School of Education and other college programs of CNMI’s lone higher learning institution, according to the panel.
During the last hearing held last Monday, the committee disclosed an in-house report that partly validated its findings regarding allegations of mismanagement and inconsistency in implementing policies approved by the NMC board.
The public is welcomed to present testimony which the committee will use to draft a comprehensive report on the college and the CNMI scholarship program as well as assist in future legislation.
