[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR39.73]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 39--THE INDIAN SCHOOL EQUALIZATION PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart F--Contingency Funds
 
Sec. 39.73  Purposes.

    Disbursements from the School Disaster Contingency Fund shall be for 
the following purposes:
    (a) Costs of replacement of items in the following categories 
including shipment and installation, in the event of their destruction 
by earthquake, fire, flood, storm, or other ``acts of God,'' and acts of 
massive and catastrophic vandalism where such costs are not already 
covered in an insurance policy in force at the time of destruction and 
where such destruction could not have been prevented by prudent action 
by the officials responsible for the care of such items:
    (1) Educational materials and supplies.
    (2) Equipment and furnishings.
    (3) Dormitory materials and supplies, for student use, and dormitory 
equipment and furnishings, including those necessary for staff living 
space, if integral to the dormitory operation.
    (4) Food services supplies, furnishings and equipment not a fixed 
part of structures.
    (5) Office supplies and equipment for minimum essential 
administrative operations.
    (6) Janitorial supplies and cleaning equipment.
    (7) Student clothing and personal supplies if destroyed along with a 
school facility.
    (8) Fuel supplies, tanks, lines, connections, meters, etc.

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    (9) Transportation equipment not otherwise provided for through the 
General Services Administration.
    (10) Costs of repair of utility systems or components thereof, as 
necessary to restore utility services.
    (b) Costs of temporary replacement of school facilities in the event 
of their destruction by earthquake, fire, flood, storm or other ``acts 
of God,'' until they can be reconstructed. These costs may include 
purchase of or movement of portable structures, including costs of 
delivery, installation, and connection to utility systems. They may also 
include costs of any fixed equipment which is integral to such 
structures. Structure types for which such temporary replacement costs 
may be paid or reimbursed are as follows:
    (1) Employee quarters, if required for employee housing due to the 
isolation of the duty station, and on other housing is available within 
a reasonable commuting distance. Reasonable commuting distance will be 
determined under existing policies or by the Director.
    (2) Dormitories, including employee apartment space if integral to 
the operation of the dormitory.
    (3) Offices required for minimum essential administrative operations 
at the local school level.
    (4) Academic facilities, including classrooms, kindergartens, 
libraries and special instructional spaces such as vocational shops and 
home economics rooms.
    (5) Kitchens and dining facilities, including laundry and 
multipurpose spaces.
    (6) Infirmaries, clinics and health service spaces, in school 
locations in which such services are not otherwise available.
    (7) Separate restroom facilities, if none are otherwise available 
for operation of instructional and dormitory programs.