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2014. Bureau education policies.

2015. Uniform education procedures and practices.

2016. Recruitment of Indian educators.

2017. Annual report.

2018. Rights of Indian students.

2019. Regulations.

2020. Voluntary services.

2021. Proration of pay.

(a) Election of employee.

(b) Change of election.

(c) Lump sum payment.

(d) ‘‘Educator’’ and ‘‘education position’’

defined.

2022. Extracurricular activities.

(a) Stipend.

(b) Election not to receive stipend.

(c) Coverage of Bureau employees.

2023. Early childhood development program.

(a) In general.

(b) Amount of grant.

(c) Application.

(d) Functions of programs.

(e) Administrative costs.

(f) Authorization of appropriations.

2024. Tribal departments of education.

(a) In general.

(b) Grants.

(c) Priorities.

(d) Terms, conditions, or requirements.

(e) Authorization of appropriations.

2025. Payments.

2026. Definitions.

CODIFICATION

Part B of title XI of the Education Amendments of

1978, comprising this chapter, was originally enacted as

part B of title XI of Pub. L. 95–561, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat.

2316, and amended by 1978 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. Jan.

1, 1979, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783; Pub. L. 96–46, Aug. 6,

1979, 93 Stat. 338; Pub. L. 96–88, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 668;

Pub. L. 97–375, Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1819; Pub. L. 98–511,

Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2366; Pub. L. 99–89, Aug. 15, 1985,

99 Stat. 379; Pub. L. 99–228, Dec. 28, 1985, 99 Stat. 1747;

Pub. L. 99–570, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207; Pub. L.

100–297, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 130; Pub. L. 100–427, Sept.

9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1603; Pub. L. 101–301, May 24, 1990, 104

Stat. 206; Pub. L. 102–531, Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3469.

Part B of title XI of the Act is shown herein, however,

as having been added by Pub. L. 103–382 without reference to such intervening amendments because of the

extensive amendment of the part’s provisions by Pub.

L. 103–382, title III, §381, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3979.

CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This chapter is referred to in sections 2503, 2504, 2505

of this title; title 20 section 3489.

§ 2001. Standards for basic education of Indian

children in Bureau of Indian Affairs schools

(a) Purpose

(1) The purpose of the standards developed

under this section shall be to afford Indian students being served by a Bureau funded school

with the same opportunities as all other students to achieve the National Education Goals

embodied in the Goals 2000: Educate America

Act [20 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.]. Consistent with the

provisions of this section and section 2011 of this

title, the Secretary shall take such actions as

are necessary to coordinate standards developed

and implemented under this section with those

in the State improvement plans developed and

implemented pursuant to the Goals 2000: Educate America Act for the States in which each

Bureau funded school operates. In developing

and reviewing such standards and coordination,

the Secretary shall utilize the findings and recommendations of the panel established in section 315(b)(4) 1 of such Act.

(2) The Secretary shall take immediate steps

to encourage school boards of Bureau funded

schools to engage their communities in adopting

declarations of purposes of education in their

communities, analyzing the implications of such

purposes for their schools, and determining how

such purposes may be made to motivate students and faculties and otherwise animate their

schools by May 1, 1995. Such declarations shall

represent the aspirations of a community for

the kinds of persons such community wants its

children to increasingly become, and shall include such purposes as assuring that all learners

are becoming accomplished in ways important

to themselves and respected by their parents

and communities, shaping worthwhile and satisfying lives for themselves, exemplifying the best

values of the community and humankind, and

becoming increasingly effective in shaping the

character and quality of the world all learners

share.

(b) Studies and surveys

Within 18 months of the publication of the voluntary national content standards described in

section 203(a)(2) of the Goals 2000: Educate

America Act [20 U.S.C. 5823(a)(2)], the Secretary,

in consultation with the Secretary of Education

and Indian organizations and tribes, shall carry

out or cause to be carried out by contract with

an Indian organization such studies and surveys,

making the fullest use possible of other existing

studies, surveys, and plans, as are necessary to

establish and revise standards for the basic education of Indian children attending Bureau funded schools. Such studies and surveys shall take

into account factors such as academic needs,

local cultural differences, type and level of language skills, geographic isolation, and appropriate teacher-student ratios for such children,

and shall be directed toward the attainment of

equal educational opportunity for such children.

(c) Revision of minimum academic standards

(1) The Secretary shall revise the minimum

academic standards published in the Federal

Register of September 9, 1985 (50 Fed. Reg. 174)

for the basic education of Indian children in accordance with the purpose described in subsection (a) of this section and the findings of the

studies and surveys described in subsection (b)

of this section, and shall publish such revised

standards in the Federal Register for the purpose of receiving comments from the tribes and

other interested parties. Within 21 months of

October 20, 1994, the Secretary shall establish

final standards, distribute such standards to all

the tribes and publish such final standards in

the Federal Register. The Secretary shall revise

such final standards periodically as necessary.

Prior to any revision of such final standards, the

Secretary shall distribute such proposed revision to all the tribes, and publish such proposed

revision in the Federal Register, for the purpose

of receiving comments from the tribes and other

interested parties.