[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 25CFR41.11]

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                            TITLE 25--INDIANS
 
     CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 41--GRANTS TO TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND NAVAJO COMMUNITY COLLEGE--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart A--Tribally Controlled Community Colleges
 
Sec. 41.11  General provisions.

    The general requirements for grant administration in this section 
are applicable to all grants provided under this subpart to Community 
Colleges:
    (a) Services or assistance provided to Indians by Community Colleges 
aided under this subpart shall be provided in a fair and uniform manner, 
and admission to any such Community College shall not be denied to any 
Indian student because such individual is not a member of a specific 
Indian tribe or because such individual is a member of a specific Indian 
tribe.
    (b) Except as may be otherwise provided in this subpart, any 
Community College receiving financial assistance under this subpart 
shall comply with part 276 of this title, subject to any express waiver 
of specific inappropriate provisions of part 276 that may be granted by 
the Assistant Secretary after request and justification by the Community 
College.
    (c) A Community College shall have the right to appeal any adverse 
decision of the Director of Education under a grant agreement to the 
Assistant Secretary by filing written notice of appeal with the 
Assistant Secretary within thirty (30) days after the adverse decision. 
Within thirty (30) days after receiving notice of appeal, the Assistant 
Secretary shall conduct a formal hearing at which time the College may 
present evidence and argument to support its appeal. Within thirty (30) 
days of the hearing, the Assistant Secretary shall issue a written 
ruling on the appeal confirming, modifying, or reversing the Director of 
Education's decision, the Assistant Secretary shall

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state in detail the basis for his/her ruling. The ruling of the 
Assistant Secretary on an appeal shall be final for the Department of 
the Interior.