Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§275 Leaves of Absence to Employees
Title 25 › CHAPTER 7 — EDUCATION OF INDIANS › § 275
Summary
After August 24, 1912, BIA teachers may be given, beyond annual leave, up to 30 workdays per calendar year or 60 in alternate years for education under Interior Sec. rules; no extra cost.
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Title 25, §275
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On and after August 24, 1912 teachers in schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs may be allowed, in addition to annual leave, educational leave not to exceed thirty workdays per calendar year, or sixty workdays in every alternate year, for attendance at educational gatherings, conventions, institutions, or training schools, if the interest of the Government requires, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may prescribe; and no additional salary or expense on account of such leave of absence shall be incurred.
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Amendments
1957—Pub. L. 85–89 substituted “Teachers in schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs” for “Teachers of the Indian schools and physicians of the Indian Service”. 1928—Act May 8, 1928, made section applicable to physicians of the Indian Service. 1922—Act Aug. 24, 1922, increased educational leave allowance from 15 to 30 days.
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Transfer of Functions
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Transfer of Functions
of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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25 U.S.C. § 275
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
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