§3307 Administrative provisions

Summary

Grant applications and any changes must be reviewed and approved by staff who work under the Director of the Office of Indian Education Programs. Required reports must go to education staff under that same Director. Most parts of sections 5, 6, 7, 105, 109, and 110 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act apply to these grants, except the parts about indirect costs and how long a contract can last. The Secretary of the Interior can make rules only for duties the law gives the Secretary. The Secretary cannot make rules about the everyday planning, running, or evaluating of these grants, and rules made here are not the same as a federal law for court review. If a tribe asks to take back a program, the return must start on a date set by the Secretary no more than 120 days after the request unless both agree to a later date. If a program is returned, the Secretary must still provide any tribe served by that program at least the same amount and quality of services at the same funding level. The requesting tribal government must say whether the program will be run by the tribe under the Indian Self-Determination Act or remain a Bureau program. For this part, “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior, and “Indian” and “Indian tribe” have the meanings in the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (see 25 U.S.C. 5304(d) and (e)).