Skip to content

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

(a)

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.

(b)

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.

  1. 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. 2213

    Enacted 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.”

  2. 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”.

  3. 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.

  4. 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
  1. 1934Apr. 16, 1934, ch. 147, § 5, as added Pub. L. 93–638, title II, § 202, , 88 Stat. 2213
  2. 1994amended Pub. L. 103–382, title III, § 393(d), , 108 Stat. 4027
  3. 2002Pub. L. 107–110, title VII, § 702(e), , 115 Stat. 1947
  4. 2015Pub. L. 114–95, title IX, § 9215(a), , 129 Stat. 2166.
Show as published

(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.)

Parsed from the official OLRC USLM XML in data/usc_all/usc25.xml · release point 119-108 · OLRC build 2026-05-06

USLM identifier /us/usc/t25/s5346