[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 25CFR36.31]

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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 D_Student Instructional Evaluation
 
Sec. 36.31  Standard XI--Student promotion requirements.

    Each school shall establish and implement a promotion policy which 
shall be submitted to and approved by the local school board and Agency 
Superintendent for Education or Area Education Programs Administrator, 
as appropriate. The requirements shall include, but not be limited to, 
the following:
    (a) Each grade level or equivalent shall have a minimum criteria for 
student promotion based primarily on measurable mastery of the 
instructional objectives.
    (b) Criterion-referenced tests that evaluate student skills shall be 
utilized for measuring the mastery of instructional objectives. The 
evaluation results shall form the basis for the promotion of each 
student.
    (c) A student who has not participated, either directly or through 
approved alternative instructional methods or programs, in a minimum of 
160 instructional days per academic term or 80 instructional days per 
semester without a written excused absence shall not be promoted. A 
school board or a school committee may review a promotion decision and, 
if warranted due to compelling and/or extenuating circumstances, rescind 
in writing such action on a case-by-case basis. Alternative 
instructional methods shall be submitted in writing for approval by the 
Agency Superintendent for Education or Area Education Programs 
Administrator, as appropriate.