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[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
[Document affected by Public Law 107-110 Section 1042]
[CITE: 25USC2026]

 
                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
              CHAPTER 22--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS PROGRAMS
 
Sec. 2026. Definitions

    For the purpose of this chapter, unless otherwise specified--
        (1) the term ``agency school board'' means a body, the members 
    of which are appointed by the school boards of the schools located 
    within such agency, and the number of such members shall be 
    determined by the Secretary in consultation with the affected 
    tribes, except that, in agencies serving a single school, the school 
    board of such school shall fulfill these duties;
        (2) the term ``Bureau'' means the Bureau of Indian Affairs of 
    the Department of the Interior;
        (3) the term ``Bureau funded school'' means--
            (A) a Bureau school;
            (B) a contract school; or
            (C) a school for which assistance is provided under the 
        Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 [25 U.S.C. 2501 et 
        seq.];

        (4) the term ``Bureau school'' means a Bureau operated 
    elementary or secondary day or boarding school or a Bureau operated 
    dormitory for students attending a school other than a Bureau 
    school;
        (5) the term ``contract or grant school'' means an elementary or 
    secondary school or a dormitory which receives financial assistance 
    for its operation under a contract, grant, or agreement with the 
    Bureau under section 450f, 450h(a), or 458d of this title) or under 
    the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2504) [25 
    U.S.C. 2501 et seq.];
        (6) the term ``education line officer'' means education 
    personnel under the supervision of the Director, whether located in 
    central, area, or agency offices;
        (7) the term ``family literacy services'' has the meaning given 
    such term in section 8801 of title 20;
        (8) the term ``financial plan'' means a plan of services to be 
    provided by each Bureau school;
        (9) the term ``Indian organization'' means any group, 
    association, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity owned 
    or controlled by a federally recognized Indian tribe or tribes, or a 
    majority of whose members are members of federally recognized Indian 
    tribes;
        (10) the term ``local educational agency'' means a board of 
    education or other legally constituted local school authority having 
    administrative control and direction of free public education in a 
    county, township, independent, or other school district located 
    within a State, and includes any State agency which directly 
    operates and maintains facilities for providing free public 
    education;
        (11) the term ``local school board'', when used with respect to 
    a Bureau school, means a body chosen in accordance with the laws of 
    the tribe to be served or, in the absence of such laws, elected by 
    the parents of the Indian children attending the school, except that 
    in schools serving a substantial number of students from different 
    tribes, the members shall be appointed by the governing bodies of 
    the tribes affected, and the number of such members shall be 
    determined by the Secretary in consultation with the affected 
    tribes;
        (12) the term ``Office'' means the Office of Indian Education 
    Programs within the Bureau;
        (13) the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Interior;
        (14) the term ``supervisor'' means the individual in the 
    position of ultimate authority at a Bureau school; and
        (15) the term ``tribe'' means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or 
    other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native 
    village or regional or village corporation as defined in or 
    established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act [43 
    U.S.C. 1601 et seq.] which is recognized as eligible for the special 
    programs and services provided by the United States to Indians 
    because of their status as Indians.

(Pub. L. 95-561, title XI, Sec. 1146, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title 
III, Sec. 381, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4015; amended Pub. L. 106-554, 
Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title XVI, Sec. 1607(b)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 
2763, 2763A-335.)

                       References in Text

    The Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988, referred to in pars. 
(3)(C) and (5), is part B (Secs. 5201-5212) of title V of Pub. L. 100-
297, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 385, which is classified generally to 
chapter 27 (Sec. 2501 et seq.) of this title. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 2501 of this title and Tables.
    The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, referred to in par. (15), 
is Pub. L. 92-203, Dec. 18, 1971, 85 Stat. 688, as amended, which is 
classified generally to chapter 33 (Sec. 1601 et seq.) of Title 43, 
Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see 
Short Title note set out under section 1601 of Title 43 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    2000--Pars. (7) to (15). Pub. L. 106-554 added par. (7) and 
redesignated former pars. (7) to (14) as (8) to (15), respectively.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2012 of this title; title 2 
section 812; title 20 sections 2326, 6235.
