PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary must send a yearly, detailed report to the right Congressional committees, to every Bureau-funded school, and to the tribal governments of those schools. The report must say how education in Bureau schools is doing, list problems from the period covered, offer ideas to improve the system and increase tribal or local Indian control, and report on tribally controlled community colleges. The Bureau’s education budget sent with the President’s budget must include the plans required by sections 2001(c), 2002(c), and 2004(c). The Inspector General of the Department of the Interior must set up a system so each Bureau-operated school gets a financial and compliance audit at least once every 3 years. Those audits check how well the school followed its local financial plan under section 2010. The Director must also do a full evaluation of Bureau-operated schools at least once every 3 to 5 years, in addition to any other federal reviews.

Title 25, §2015

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(a)Annual reports

The Secretary shall submit to each appropriate committee of Congress, all Bureau-funded schools, and the tribal governing bodies of such schools, a detailed annual report on the state of education within the Bureau, and any problems encountered in Indian education during the period covered by the report, that includes—

(1)suggestions for the improvement of the Bureau educational system and for increasing tribal or local Indian control of such system; and

(2)information on the status of tribally controlled community colleges.

(b)Budget request

The annual budget request for the education programs of the Bureau, as submitted as part of the President’s next annual budget request under section 1105 of title 31 shall include the plans required by section 2001(c), 2002(c), and 2004(c) of this title.

(c)Financial and compliance audits

The Inspector General of the Department of the Interior shall establish a system to ensure that financial and compliance audits, based upon the extent to which a school described in subsection (a) has complied with the local financial plan under section 2010 of this title, are conducted of each Bureau-operated school at least once every 3 years.

(d)Administrative evaluation of schools

The Director shall, at least once every 3 to 5 years, conduct a comprehensive evaluation of Bureau-operated schools. Such evaluation shall be in addition to any other program review or evaluation that may be required under Federal law.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2015, Pub. L. 95–561, title XI, § 1135, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title III, § 381, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4010, related to uniform education procedures and practices, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 107–110. Another prior section 2015, Pub. L. 95–561, title XI, § 1135, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2327, related to recruitment policy for Indian educators and promotion plan for Bureau employees, 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.

§2015 Annual Report; Audits