Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 22 — Bureau of Indian Affairs Programs
§ 2016. Rights of Indian students
Statutory text
The Secretary shall prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary to ensure the constitutional and civil rights of Indian students attending Bureau-funded schools, including such students’ rights to—
privacy under the laws of the United States;
freedom of religion and expression; and
due process in connection with disciplinary actions, suspensions, and expulsions.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Education Amendments of 1978
Pub. L. 95–561 title XI § 1136 · 92 Stat. 2143
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 2016
(Pub. L. 95–561, title XI, § 1136, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1042, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2056.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 95–561, title XI, § 1136, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1042, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2056.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 1136. annual report The Secretary shall submit to each appropriate committee Submittal to congressional committees. 25 USC 2014. of the Congress a detailed annual report on the state of education within the Bureau and any problems encountered in the field of education during the year. Such report shall contain suggestions for improving the Bureau educational system and increasing local Indian control of such system.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2016, Pub. L. 95–561, title XI, § 1136, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title III, § 381, , 108 Stat. 4010, related to recruitment of Indian educators, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 107–110. See section 2014 of this title.
Another prior section 2016, Pub. L. 95–561, title XI, § 1136, , 92 Stat. 2327; Pub. L. 97–375, title II, § 208(b), , 96 Stat. 1825; Pub. L. 98–511, title V, § 509, , 98 Stat. 2397; Pub. L. 99–89, § 7, , 99 Stat. 383, related to annual reports to Congressional committees and audits, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 103–382.
A prior section 2016a, Pub. L. 100–297, title VI, § 6210, , 102 Stat. 427, directed Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Bureau of Indian Affairs to submit to appropriate committees of Congress, the President, and the Secretary by September 30 of every other year a report on education of Indian children, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–427, § 27, , 102 Stat. 1614.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 107–110, set out as a note under section 6301 of Title 20, Education.
Credits
(Pub. L. 95–561, title XI, § 1136, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1042, , 115 Stat. 2056.)