Title 25 — Indians
Chapter 46 — Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance
§ 5346. Local committee of Indian parents in school districts having school boards composed of non-Indian majority
Statutory text
Election; functions
Whenever a school district affected by a contract or contracts for the education of Indians pursuant to sections 5342 to 5348 of this title has a local school board not composed of a majority of Indians, the parents of the Indian children enrolled in the school or schools affected by such contract or contracts shall elect a local committee from among their number. Such committee shall fully participate in the development of, and shall have the authority to approve or disapprove programs to be conducted under such contract or contracts, and shall carry out such other duties, and be so structured, as the Secretary of the Interior shall by regulation provide: Provided, however, That, whenever a local Indian committee or committees established pursuant to section 7424(c)(4) of title 20 or an Indian advisory school board or boards established pursuant to sections 5342 to 5348 of this title prior to , exists in such school district, such committee or board may, in the discretion of the affected tribal governing body or bodies, be utilized for the purposes of this section.
Revocation of contracts
The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, revoke any contract if the contractor fails to permit a local committee to perform its duties pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
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.
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
Pub. L. 93–638 title II § 202 · 88 Stat. 2204
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 5346
Apr. 16, 1934, ch. 147, § 5, as added Pub. L. 93–638, title II, § 202, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2213
Source evidence
Code source credit
Apr. 16, 1934, ch. 147, § 5, as added Pub. L. 93–638, title II, § 202, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2213Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 202. The Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596), as amended, is 25 USC 452. further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: “Sec. 4. The Secretary of the Interior shall not enter into any contract 25 USC 455. for the education of Indians unless the prospective contractor has submitted to, and has had approved by the Secretary of the Interior, an education plan, which plan, in the determination of the Secretary, contains educational objectives which adequately address the educational needs of the Indian students who are to be beneficiaries of the contract and assures that the contract is capable of meeting such objectives: Provided, That where students other than Indian students participate in such programs, money expended under such contract shall be prorated to cover the participation of only the Indian students. “Sec. 5. (a) Whenever a school district affected by a contract or contracts 25 USC 456. for the education of Indians pursuant to this Act has a local school board not composed of a majority of Indians, the parents of the Indian children enrolled in the school or schools affected by such contract or contracts shall elect a local committee from among their number. Such committee shall fully participate in the development of, and shall have the authority to approve or disapprove programs to be conducted under such contract or contracts, and shall carry out such other duties, and be so structured, as the Secretary of the Interior shall by regulation provide: Provided, however, That, whenever a local Indian committee or committees established pursuant to section 305 (b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act of June 23, 1972 (86 Stat. 235) or an Indian advisory school board or boards established pursuant to this Act prior to the date of enactment of this section exists in such school district, such committee or board may, in the discretion of the affected tribal governing body or bodies, be utilized for the purposes of this section. “(b) The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, revoke any contract if the contractor fails to permit a local committee to perform its duties pursuant to subsection (a). “Sec. 6. Any school district educating Indian students who are 25 USC 457. members of recognized Indian tribes, who do not normally reside in the State in which such school district is located, and who are residing in Federal boarding facilities for the purposes of attending public schools within such district may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior, be reimbursed by him for the full per capita costs of educating such Indian students.”Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994
Pub. L. 103–382 title III § 393(d) · 108 Stat. 3518
Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 5346(a)
Pub. L. 103–382 substituted reference to section 7814(c)(4) of title 20 for reference to section 241dd(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 20
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–382 substituted reference to section 7814(c)(4) of title 20 for reference to section 241dd(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 20.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(d) Johnson-O’Malley Act.— Subsection (a) of section 5 of the Act of April 16, 1934, commonly known as the “Johnson-O’Malley Act” (25 U.S.C. 456(a)) is amended by striking “section 3O5(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act of June 23, 1972 (86 Stat. 235)” and inserting “section 9104(c)(4) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965”.Pub. L. 107–110 title VII § 702(e) · 115 Stat. 1425
Substituted · 25 U.S.C. § 5346(a)
Pub. L. 107–110 substituted reference to section 7424(c)(4) of title 20 for reference to section 7814(c)(4) of title 20
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–110 substituted reference to section 7424(c)(4) of title 20 for reference to section 7814(c)(4) of title 20.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(e) Act of April 16, 1934.— Section 5 of the Act of April 16, 1934 (commonly known as the “Johnson-O’Malley Act”) (88 Stat. 2213; 25 U.S.C. 456) is amended by striking “section 9104(c)(4)” and inserting “section 7114(c)(4)”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 107–110 effective Jan. 8, 2002, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 107–110, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6301 of Title 20, Education.Every Student Succeeds Act
Pub. L. 114–95 title IX § 9215(a) · 129 Stat. 1802
Changed · 25 U.S.C. § 5346(a)
Pub. L. 114–95 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 7424(c)(4) of title 20
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–95 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 7424(c)(4) of title 20.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Act of April 16, 1934 (popularly Known as the Johnson-O’Malley Act).— Section 5(a) of the Act of April 16, 1934 (popularly known as the Johnson-O’Malley Act) (25 U.S.C. 456(a)) is amended by striking “section 7114(c)(4) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965” and inserting “section 6114(c)(4) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965”.
4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 456 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 5 of act Apr. 16, 1934, ch. 147, 48 Stat. 596, which excluded Oklahoma from the application of contract provisions, was omitted in the general amendment of act , by act June 4, 1936, ch. 490, 49 Stat. 1458.
Amendments1994–2015 · 3 rounds
2015
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–95 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 7424(c)(4) of title 20.
2002
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–110 substituted reference to section 7424(c)(4) of title 20 for reference to section 7814(c)(4) of title 20.
1994
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–382 substituted reference to section 7814(c)(4) of title 20 for reference to section 241dd(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 20.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2002 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 107–110 effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 107–110, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6301 of Title 20, Education.
Credits
1934–2015 · 4 acts
- 1934Apr. 16, 1934, ch. 147, § 5, as added Pub. L. 93–638, title II, § 202, , 88 Stat. 2213
- 1994amended Pub. L. 103–382, title III, § 393(d), , 108 Stat. 4027
- 2002Pub. L. 107–110, title VII, § 702(e), , 115 Stat. 1947
- 2015Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(a), , 129 Stat. 2166.
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(Apr. 16, 1934, ch. 147, § 5, as added Pub. L. 93–638, title II, § 202, , 88 Stat. 2213; amended Pub. L. 103–382, title III, § 393(d), , 108 Stat. 4027; Pub. L. 107–110, title VII, § 702(e), , 115 Stat. 1947; Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(a), , 129 Stat. 2166.)