Report 2022-107 Recommendations
When an audit is completed and a report is issued, auditees must provide the State Auditor with information regarding their progress in implementing recommendations from our reports at three intervals from the release of the report: 60 days, six months, and one year. Additionally, Senate Bill 1452 (Chapter 452, Statutes of 2006), requires auditees who have not implemented recommendations after one year, to report to us and to the Legislature why they have not implemented them or to state when they intend to implement them. Below, is a listing of each recommendation the State Auditor made in the report referenced and a link to the most recent response from the auditee addressing their progress in implementing the recommendation and the State Auditor's assessment of auditee's response based on our review of the supporting documentation.
Recommendations in Report 2022-107: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act: The California State University Must Do More to Ensure the Timely Return of Native American Remains and Cultural Items to Tribes (Release Date: June 2023)
| Recommendations to Legislature | ||
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| Number | Recommendation | Status |
| 9 | To ensure that the CSU makes adequate progress in meeting NAGPRA and CalNAGPRA's requirements, the Legislature should require the Chancellor's Office to annually report to the Legislature the CSU's systemwide progress in reviewing its collections, consulting with tribes, and repatriating human remains and cultural items. |
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| Recommendations to University, California State | ||
|---|---|---|
| Number | Recommendation | Status |
| 1 | To ensure that campuses have identified all of the remains and cultural items in their NAGPRA collections, the Chancellor's Office should monitor campus efforts to review their collections and require the completion of their inventories by December 2024. |
Partially Implemented |
| 2 | To ensure that campuses have identified all of the remains and cultural items in their NAGPRA collections, the Chancellor's Office should ensure that campuses properly consult with tribes by engaging in meaningful, timely discussion in a manner respectful of tribal sovereignty regarding protocols for handling and identifying remains and cultural items. |
Pending |
| 3 | To provide campuses with the guidance and best practices necessary for effectively complying with NAGPRA and CalNAGPRA, the Chancellor's Office should issue a systemwide NAGPRA policy establishing consistent repatriation processes and training requirements, in consultation with California tribes and the Native American Heritage Commission. |
Pending |
| 4 | To ensure that it adequately oversees campus repatriation activity, the Chancellor's Office should establish a systemwide NAGPRA oversight committee by December 2023. By this same date, the Chancellor's Office should implement a process for campuses to periodically report their repatriation activity to the systemwide oversight committee. Further, it should require that campuses with more than 100 remains and cultural items also establish NAGPRA committees. |
Partially Implemented |
| 5 | To ensure that campuses proactively pursue timely repatriation, the Chancellor's Office should require campuses with more than 100 sets of remains or cultural items to have full time, experienced repatriation coordinators by June 2024. |
Pending |
| 6 | To ensure that repatriation is a systemwide priority and that campuses have access to clear and consistent leadership related to NAGPRA and CalNAGPRA, the Chancellor's Office should, by December 2023, formalize its administrative structure, such as by assigning a position within its office the responsibility of directly overseeing the work of the systemwide CalNAGPRA project manager. |
Pending |
| 7 | To ensure that campuses have the funding necessary to comply with NAGPRA and CalNAGPRA, the Chancellor's Office should require each campus with NAGPRA collections to identify and estimate, by January 2024, the funding and other resources they need to complete repatriation in an appropriate and timely manner. |
Partially Implemented |
| 8 | To ensure that campuses have the funding necessary to comply with NAGPRA and CalNAGPRA, the Chancellor's Office should, after evaluating the reasonableness of campuses' estimates, either identify and provide the required funding from existing systemwide or campus resources or seek additional funding from the Legislature, to ensure that campuses have adequate funding to support their NAGPRA and CalNAGPRA activities. |
Pending |