Title 25 — IndiansRelease 119-73
§1961 Locally convenient day schools
Title 25 › Chapter CHAPTER 21— - INDIAN CHILD WELFARE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 1961
Summary
Congress says that not having nearby day schools can hurt Indian families. The Secretary must work with the Department of Health and Human Services to report on placing schools near Indian children’s homes, especially for elementary grades, and send it to two congressional committees within two years from November 8, 1978.
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Title 25, §1961
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(a)It is the sense of Congress that the absence of locally convenient day schools may contribute to the breakup of Indian families.
(b)The Secretary is authorized and directed to prepare, in consultation with appropriate agencies in the Department of Health and Human Services, a report on the feasibility of providing Indian children with schools located near their homes, and to submit such report to the Select Committee on Indian Affairs of the United States Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the United States House of Representatives within two years from November 8, 1978. In developing this report the Secretary shall give particular consideration to the provision of educational facilities for children in the elementary grades.
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Change of Name
“Department of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Department of Health, Education, and Welfare” in subsec. (b), pursuant to section 509(b) of Pub. L. 96–88 which is classified to section 3508(b) of Title 20, Education. Select Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate redesignated Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate by section 25 of Senate Resolution No. 71, Feb. 25, 1993, One Hundred Third Congress. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives on Jan. 5, 1993, by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Third Congress.
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25 U.S.C. § 1961
Title 25 — Indians
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73