Congress declares that the Federal Government has the sole responsibility for the operation and financial support of the Bureau of Indian Affairs funded school system that it has established on or near Indian reservations and Indian trust lands throughout the Nation for Indian children. It is the policy of the United States to fulfill the Federal Government’s unique and continuing trust relationship with and responsibility to the Indian people for the education of Indian children and for the operation and financial support of the Bureau of Indian Affairs-funded school system to work in full cooperation with tribes toward the goal of ensuring that the programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs-funded school system are of the highest quality and provide for the basic elementary and secondary educational needs of Indian children, including meeting the unique educational and cultural needs of those children.
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Congress declares that the Federal Government has the sole responsibility for the operation and financial support of the Bureau of Indian Affairs funded school system that it has established on or near Indian reservations and Indian trust lands throughout the Nation for Indian children. It is the policy of the United States to fulfill the Federal Government’s unique and continuing trust relationship with and responsibility to the Indian people for the education of Indian children and for the operation and financial support of the Bureau of Indian Affairs-funded school system to work in full cooperation with tribes toward the goal of ensuring that the programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs-funded school system are of the highest quality and provide for the basic elementary and secondary educational needs of Indian children, including meeting the unique educational and cultural needs of those children.
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§ 2000. Declaration of policy
Congress declares that the Federal Govern-
ment has the sole responsibility for the oper-
ation and financial support of the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs funded school system that it has es-
tablished on or near Indian reservations and In-
dian trust lands throughout the Nation for In-
dian children. It is the policy of the United
States to fulfill the Federal Government’s
unique and continuing trust relationship with
and responsibility to the Indian people for the
education of Indian children and for the oper-
ation and financial support of the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs-funded school system to work in
full cooperation with tribes toward the goal of
ensuring that the programs of the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs-funded school system are of the
highest quality and provide for the basic ele-
mentary and secondary educational needs of In-
dian children, including meeting the unique edu-
cational and cultural needs of those children.
(Pub. L. 95–561, title XI, § 1120, as added Pub. L.
107–110, title X, § 1042, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2007.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Jan. 8, 2002, except with respect to
certain noncompetitive programs and competitive pro-
grams, see section 5 of Pub. L. 107–110, set out as a note
under section 6301 of Title 20, Education.
SHORT TITLE OF 2002 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 107–110, title X, § 1041, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat.
2007, provided that: ‘‘This part [part D (§§ 1041–1045) of
title X of Pub. L. 107–110, enacting this chapter and sec-
tions 2501 to 2511 of this title, amending section 13d–2 of
this title, and repealing former sections 2501 to 2511 of
this title] may be cited as the ‘Native American Edu-
cation Improvement Act of 2001’.’’
SHORT TITLE OF 1988 A