[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: 25CFR39.22]

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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 B--The Indian School Equalization Formula
 
Sec. 39.22  Authorization of new program development, and termination of programs.

    (a) Within one year of the final publication of this rule, the 
Secretary shall develop uniform procedures and criteria for the 
authorization of new schools where no Bureau funded or operated school 
program has previously existed, and for authorization of expansions of 
existing Bureau funded or operated school programs to serve additional 
age groups not previously served. These procedures and criteria shall be 
published as amendments to this rule under a new Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking, which shall contain provisions for a minimum of sixty (60) 
days of public review and comment prior to final publication.
    (b) Procedures and criteria developed under this section shall be 
integrated with existing procedures under 25 CFR part 900 for 
determining contractable functions of the Bureau, in order to produce a 
coherent system for authorization of Tribally initiated program 
development under contracting procedures of Pub. L. 93-638, which is 
compatible with Bureau initiated program development.
    (c) Procedures and criteria developed under this rule shall also 
contain provisions for making decisions regarding closing schools and 
terminating Bureau programs of education. These shall provide for full 
consultation with the Indian persons and Tribes served by the programs 
and schools involved in any such decisions.

[44 FR 61864, Oct. 26, 1979. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982, 
as amended at 64 FR 13895, Mar. 23, 1999]