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Summary

The Secretary must set up a Division of Budget Analysis inside the Office of Indian Education Programs within 1 year after January 8, 2002. The Director of the Office will directly run and control that Division. Working with tribal governing bodies and tribal school boards, the Division must collect demographic data on Bureau-funded schools and estimate how much money is needed to give Indian students the education described in this law. By the date the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs files the annual budget, for each fiscal year after January 8, 2002, the Director must send a report to the appropriate Congressional committees (including Appropriations), to all Bureau-funded schools, and to their tribal governing bodies. The report must show the funding projections, explain the methods and formulas used, and include any other information the Director finds useful. The Director and the Assistant Secretary must use that report when preparing the annual budget.

Title 25, §2009

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(a)Establishment

Not later than 1 year after January 8, 2002, the Secretary shall establish within the Office of Indian Education Programs a Division of Budget Analysis (hereafter in this section referred to as the “Division”). Such Division shall be under the direct supervision and control of the Director of the Office.

(b)Functions

In consultation with the tribal governing bodies and tribal school boards, the Director of the Office, through the Division, shall conduct studies, surveys, or other activities to gather demographic information on Bureau-funded schools and project the amount necessary to provide Indian students in such schools the educational program set forth in this chapter.

(c)Annual reports

Not later than the date on which the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs makes the annual budget submission, for each fiscal year after January 8, 2002, the Director of the Office shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress (including the Appropriations committees), all Bureau-funded schools, and the tribal governing bodies of such schools, a report that contains—

(1)projections, based upon the information gathered pursuant to subsection (b) and any other relevant information, of amounts necessary to provide Indian students in Bureau-funded schools the educational program set forth in this chapter;

(2)a description of the methods and formulas used to calculate the amounts projected pursuant to paragraph (1); and

(3)such other information as the Director of the Office considers appropriate.

(d)Use of reports

The Director of the Office and the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs shall use the annual report required by subsection (c) when preparing annual budget submissions.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2009, Pub. L. 95–561, title XI, § 1129, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title III, § 381, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3998, related to Division of Budget Analysis, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 107–110. Another prior section 2009, Pub. L. 95–561, title XI, § 1129, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2321; Pub. L. 98–511, title V, §§ 506, 507(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2395, 2396; Pub. L. 99–89, § 6, Aug. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 382; Pub. L. 99–570, title IV, § 4133(b)(4), Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–134; Pub. L. 100–297, title V, §§ 5109, 5110, 5118, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 375, 376, 382; Pub. L. 100–427, §§ 6, 9(d), Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1605, 1607, related to uniform direct funding and support, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 103–382.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Jan. 8, 2002, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 107–110, set out as a note under section 6301 of Title 20, Education.

§2009 Division of Budget Analysis