[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: 25CFR42.3]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 42--STUDENT RIGHTS AND DUE PROCESS PROCEDURES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 42.3  Rights of the individual student.

    Individual students at Bureau of Indian Affairs schools have, and 
shall be accorded, the following rights:
    (a) The right to an education.
    (b) The right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure of 
their person and property, to a reasonable degree of privacy, and to a 
safe and secure environment.
    (c) The right to make his or her own decisions where applicable.
    (d) The right to freedom of religion and culture.
    (e) The right to freedom of speech and expression, including 
symbolic expression, such as display of buttons, posters, choice of 
dress, and length of

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hair, so long as the symbolic expression does not unreasonably and in 
fact disrupt the educational process or endanger the health and safety 
of the student or others.
    (f) The right to freedom of the press, except where material in 
student publications is libelous, slanderous, or obscene.
    (g) The right to peaceably assemble and to petition the redress of 
grievances.
    (h) The right to freedom from discrimination.
    (i) The right to due process. Every student is entitled to due 
process in every instance of disciplinary action for alleged violation 
of school regulations for which the student may be subjected to 
penalties of suspension, expulsion, or transfer.