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[CITE: 25USC2004]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
              CHAPTER 22--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 2004. School boundaries


(a) Establishment

    The Secretary shall, in accordance with this section, establish 
separate geographical attendance areas for each Bureau school.

(b) Alternative or revised boundaries

    (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), on or after July 1, 1985, 
no attendance area shall be changed or established with respect to any 
Bureau funded school unless the tribal governing body or the local 
school board concerned (if so designated by the tribal governing body) 
has been (i) afforded at least six months notice of the intention of the 
Bureau to change or establish such attendance area, and (ii) given the 
opportunity to propose alternative boundaries. Any tribe may petition 
the Secretary for revision of existing attendance area boundaries. The 
Secretary shall accept such proposed alternative or revised boundaries 
unless the Secretary finds, after consultation with the affected tribe 
or tribes, that such revised boundaries do not reflect the needs of the 
Indian students to be served or do not provide adequate stability to all 
of the affected programs.
    (2) In any case where there is more than 1 Bureau funded school 
located on an Indian reservation, at the direction of the tribal 
governing body, the relevant school boards of the Bureau funded schools 
on the reservation may, by mutual consent, establish the relevant 
attendance areas for such schools, subject to the approval of the tribal 
governing body. Any such boundaries so established shall be accepted by 
the Secretary.

(c) Reservation as boundary

    In any case where there is only 1 Bureau operated program located on 
an Indian reservation, the attendance area for the program shall be the 
boundaries of the reservation served, and those students residing near 
the reservation shall also receive services from such program.

(d) Coordination and consultation with tribes and school boards

    The Bureau shall include in the regulations the requirement that 
each appropriate education line officer coordinate and consult with the 
affected tribes and relevant school boards in the establishment of such 
geographic boundaries.

(Pub. L. 95-561, title XI, Sec. 1124, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title 
III, Sec. 381, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3986.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2004, Pub. L. 95-561, title XI, Sec. 1124, Nov. 1, 
1978, 92 Stat. 2319; Pub. L. 98-511, title V, Sec. 503, Oct. 19, 1984, 
98 Stat. 2393; Pub. L. 99-89, Sec. 3, Aug. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 380; Pub. 
L. 100-297, title V, Sec. 5120, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 384, related to 
school boundaries, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by 
Pub. L. 103-382.
