[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR36.60]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 36--MINIMUM ACADEMIC STANDARDS FOR THE BASIC EDUCATION OF INDIAN CHILDREN AND NATIONAL CRITERIA FOR DORMITORY SITUATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart G--Compliance and Waivers
 
Sec. 36.60  Compliance for minimum academic standards.


    Implementation of these standards shall begin immediately on the 
effective date of this part.
    (a) A school is in compliance when it has met and satisfied all the 
requirements of these standards.
    (b) Each school supervisor shall, within 45 days after the start of 
each school term, submit a compliance report to the local school board; 
within 15 days thereafter, the compliance report shall be submitted to 
the Agency Superintendent for Education or the Area Education Programs 
Administrator, as appropriate, which attests to whether a school is in 
compliance or noncompliance.
    (c) In those instances where a school does not meet the requirements 
of these standards, the school supervisor shall inform the parents or 
legal guardians by letter no later than 60 days after the start of each 
school term.
    (d) The compliance report shall contain the following:
    (1) A written statement attesting to the fact that the school has or 
has not met all of the requirements.
    (2) A specific listing of the requirements which have not been met.
    (3) A summary of an action plan designed to correct deficiencies.
    (4) A statement signed by the local school board attesting to the 
fact that it has been apprised of the school's compliance status and 
concurs or does not concur with the action plan to reach compliance.
    (e) The Agency Superintendent for Education or the Area Education 
Programs Administrator, as appropriate, shall review each school's 
compliance report and shall provide the Director with a summative report 
by November 15 of each year which includes:
    (1) A listing of those schools not in compliance.
    (2) A detailed statement as to why each school is not in compliance 
and how it proposes to reach compliance.
    (3) A plan of action outlining what actions the Agency 
Superintendent for Education or Area Education Programs Administrator 
will take to assist the school(s) to reach compliance.
    (f) In the event a school is not in compliance for two consecutive 
years due to conditions which can be corrected locally, appropriate 
personnel actions shall be initiated at all applicable levels of school 
administration. Noncompliance may be acceptable grounds for dismissal.
    (g) The Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
Congress at the time of the annual budget request a detailed plan to 
bring all Bureau and

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contract schools up to the level required by the applicable standards 
established under section 1121 of Pub. L. 95-561, 25 U.S.C. 2001.