[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: 25CFR36.51]

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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 F_Evaluation of Educational Standards
 
Sec. 36.51  Standard XVIII--Office of Indian Education Programs and 
Agency monitoring and evaluation responsibilities.

    (a) The Office of Indian Education Programs shall monitor and 
evaluate the conformance of each Agency or Area, as appropriate, and its 
schools with the requirements of this part. In addition, it shall 
annually conduct onsite monitoring at one-third of the Agencies and 
Areas, thereby monitoring onsite each Agency and/or Area at least once 
every three (3) years. Within 45 days of the onsite visit, the Director 
shall issue to each Agency Superintendent for Educaton or Area Education 
Programs Administrator, as appropriate, a written report summarizing the 
monitoring findings and ordering, as necessary, required actions to 
correct noted deficiencies.
    (b) Each Agency or Area, as appropriate, in conjunction with its 
school board shall monitor and evaluate the conformance of its school 
with the requirements of this part through an annual onsite evaluation 
involving one-third of the schools annually, thereby monitoring onsite 
each school at least once every three (3) years. Within 30 days of the 
onsite visit, the Agency Superintendent for Education or Area Education 
Programs Administrator, as appropriate, shall issue to the local school 
supervisor and local school board a written report summarizing the 
findings and ordering, as necessary, required actions to correct noted 
deficiencies.

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    (c) Schools, Agencies, and Areas shall keep such records and submit 
to the responsible official or designee accurate reports at such times, 
in such form, and containing such information as determined by that 
official to be necessary to ascertain conformance with the requirements 
of this part.
    (d) Schools, Agencies, and Areas shall permit access for examination 
purposes by the responsible official, or any duly authorized designee, 
to any school records and other sources of information which are related 
or pertinent to the requirements of this part.
    (e) The Office of Indian Education Programs, Agency Superintendent 
for Education, or Area Education Programs Administrator, as appropriate, 
shall annually conduct a summative evaluation to assess the degree to 
which each Bureau educational policy and administrative procedure 
assists or hinders schools in complying with the requirements of this 
part. This will include, but not be limited to, the following actions:
    (1) Evaluate current policies and practices not related to this part 
and the effects thereof on the amount of time and resources required 
which otherwise would be available for these standards;
    (2) Modify any policies and practices which interfere with or 
compromise a school's capability to achieve and maintain these 
standards;
    (3) Invite non-Federal agencies to evaluate the effects current 
policies and procedures have had on complying with the requirements of 
this part; and
    (4) Submit annually to the Director a copy of the summative 
evaluation.