[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR410.5]

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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION
 
  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                EDUCATION
 
PART 410--TRIBALLY CONTROLLED POSTSECONDARY VOCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
                           Subpart A--General
 
Sec. 410.5  What definitions apply?

    (a) The definitions in 34 CFR 400.4 apply to this part, except for 
the definition of the term Act.
    (b) The following definitions also apply to this part:
    Act means the Tribally Controlled Vocational Institutions Support 
Act of 1990.
    Indian means a person who is a member of an Indian tribe.
    Indian student count means a number equal to the total number of 
Indian students enrolled in each tribally controlled vocational 
institution, determined as follows:
    (1) The registrations of Indian students as in effect on October 1 
of each year.
    (2) Credits or clock hours toward a certificate earned in classes 
offered during a summer term must be counted toward the computation of 
the Indian student count in the succeeding fall term.
    (3) Credits or clock hours toward a certificate earned in classes 
during a summer term must be counted toward the computation of the 
Indian student count if the institution at which the student is in 
attendance has established criteria for the admission of the student on 
the basis of the student's ability to benefit from the education or

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training offered. The institution is presumed to have established those 
criteria if the admission procedures for those studies include 
counseling or testing that measures the student's aptitude to 
successfully complete the course in which the student has enrolled. 
Credit earned by the student for purposes of obtaining a high school 
degree or its equivalent may not be counted toward the computation of 
the Indian student count.
    (4) Indian students earning credits in any continuing education 
program of a tribally controlled vocational institution must be included 
in determining the sum of all credit or clock hours.
    (5) Credits or clock hours earned in a continuing education program 
must be converted to the basis that is in accordance with the 
institution's system for providing credit for participation in those 
programs.
    Indian tribe means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other 
organized group or community, including any Alaskan native village or 
regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to 
the Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), that 
is federally recognized as eligible for the special programs and 
services provided by the United States to Indians because of their 
status as Indians.
    Tribally controlled postsecondary vocational institution means an 
institution of higher education that is formally controlled, or has been 
formally sanctioned or chartered by the governing body of an Indian 
tribe or tribes, and that offers technical degrees or certificate 
granting programs. This term does not include an institution that is a 
tribally controlled community college as defined in 34 CFR 400.4. (See 
Cong. Rec. S4116 (daily ed. April 5, 1990) (Statement of Senator 
Bingaman); Cong. Rec. H1708 (daily ed. May 9, 1989) (Statement of Rep. 
Richardson)).

(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2397h and 25 U.S.C. 1801 (1) and (2))