Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102

§2016 Rights of Indian Students

Title 25 › CHAPTER 22 — BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS PROGRAMS › § 2016

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must make rules to protect the rights of Indian students in Bureau-funded schools. Those rules must cover privacy under U.S. law, freedom of religion and expression, and fair procedures (due process) for disciplinary actions, suspensions, and expulsions.

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Title 25, §2016

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The Secretary shall prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary to ensure the constitutional and civil rights of Indian students attending Bureau-funded schools, including such students’ rights to—
(1)privacy under the laws of the United States;
(2)freedom of religion and expression; and
(3)due process in connection with disciplinary actions, suspensions, and expulsions.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2016, Pub. L. 95–561, title XI, § 1136, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title III, § 381, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4010, related to recruitment of Indian educators, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 107–110. See section 2014 of this title. Another prior section 2016, Pub. L. 95–561, title XI, § 1136, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2327; Pub. L. 97–375, title II, § 208(b), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1825; Pub. L. 98–511, title V, § 509, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2397; Pub. L. 99–89, § 7, Aug. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 383, related to annual reports to Congressional committees and audits, prior to the general amendment of this chapter by Pub. L. 103–382. A prior section 2016a, Pub. L. 100–297, title VI, § 6210, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 427, directed Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Bureau of Indian Affairs to submit to appropriate committees of Congress, the President, and the Secretary by September 30 of every other year a report on education of Indian children, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100–427, § 27, Sept. 9, 1988, 102 Stat. 1614.

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.

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Citation

25 U.S.C. § 2016

Title 25, Indians

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102