PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary of Education must send to the Department of the Interior, in one combined amount, the funding for the Indian education programs in part A of subchapter VI and the McKinney‑Vento subtitle B program for homeless students that were allotted to Interior. The two Secretaries must make a written agreement about how that money will be shared and used. The agreement must explain Interior’s plan and the ways to measure if the programs are working. Tribes must be consulted when the agreement is developed. The Department of the Interior may keep up to 1.5 percent of the consolidated funds to pay administration costs. The Interior must create standards, tests, and an accountability system for schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education, using negotiated rulemaking and meeting the rules of section 6311, no later than the 2017–2018 school year, and must consider the schools’ special needs. A tribal governing body or school board may waive those requirements if they are not appropriate, but must send an alternative plan within 60 days that still meets section 6311 standards as adapted for the schools. The two Secretaries must approve the alternatives unless they do not meet the section 6311 requirements. The Secretaries must also provide technical help, if asked, to tribes or school boards seeking a waiver.

Title 20, §7824

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(a)General authority

(1)Transfer

The Secretary shall transfer to the Department of the Interior, as a consolidated amount for covered programs, the Indian education programs under part A of subchapter VI, and the education for homeless children and youth program under subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act [42 U.S.C. 11431 et seq.], the amounts allotted to the Department of the Interior under those programs.

(2)Agreement

(A)In general

The Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior shall enter into an agreement, consistent with the requirements of the programs specified in paragraph (1), for the distribution and use of those program funds under terms that the Secretary determines best meet the purposes of those programs.

(B)Contents

The agreement shall—

(i)set forth the plans of the Secretary of the Interior for the use of the amount transferred and the achievement measures to assess program effectiveness, including program objectives; and

(ii)be developed in consultation with Indian tribes.

(b)Administration

The Department of the Interior may use not more than 1.5 percent of the funds consolidated under this section for its costs related to the administration of the funds transferred under this section.

(c)Accountability system

(1)For the purposes of part A of subchapter I, the Secretary of Interior, in consultation with the Secretary, if the Secretary of the Interior requests the consultation, using a negotiated rulemaking process to develop regulations for implementation no later than the 2017-2018 academic year, shall define the standards, assessments, and accountability system consistent with section 6311 of this title, for the schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education on a national, regional, or tribal basis, as appropriate, taking into account the unique circumstances and needs of such schools and the students served by such schools.

(2)The tribal governing body or school board of a school funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs may waive, in part or in whole, the requirements established pursuant to paragraph (1) where such requirements are determined by such body or school board to be inappropriate. If such requirements are waived, the tribal governing body or school board shall, within 60 days, submit to the Secretary of Interior a proposal for alternative standards, assessments, and an accountability system, if applicable, consistent with section 6311 of this title, that takes into account the unique circumstances and needs of such school or schools and the students served. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary shall approve such standards, assessments, and accountability system unless the Secretary determines that the standards, assessments, and accountability system do not meet the requirements of section 6311 of this title, taking into account the unique circumstances and needs of such school or schools and the students served.

(3)Technical assistance.—

The Secretary of Interior and the Secretary shall, either directly or through a contract, provide technical assistance, upon request, to a tribal governing body or school board of a school funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs that seeks a waiver under paragraph (2).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), is Pub. L. 100–77, July 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 482. Subtitle B of title VII of the Act is classified generally to part B (§ 11431 et seq.) of subchapter VI of chapter 119 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 11301 of Title 42 and Tables.

Amendments

2015—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 114–95, § 8007(1)(A), substituted “part A of subchapter VI” for “part A of subchapter VII”. Subsec. (a)(2)(B). Pub. L. 114–95, § 8007(1)(B), added subpar. (B) and struck out former subpar. (B). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The agreement shall— “(i) set forth the plans of the Secretary of the Interior for the use of the amount transferred and the achievement measures to assess program effectiveness, including measurable goals and objectives; and “(ii) be developed in consultation with Indian tribes.” Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–95, § 8007(2), added subsec. (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2015 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 114–95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.

§7824 Consolidated Set-aside for Department of the Interior Funds