[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 25, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
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[CITE: 25CFR39.63]

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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 E_Local Educational Financial Plan
 
Sec. 39.63  Procedures for development of the plan.

    (a)(1) Within thirty (30) days after receipt of the tentative 
allotment for the coming school year, the school supervisor shall meet 
and consult with the local school board on the local financial plan.
    (2) The school supervisor shall discuss at this meeting the present 
program of the school and any proposed changes he or she wishes to 
recommend. The school board members shall be given every opportunity to 
express their own ideas as well as their views on the supervisor's 
recommendations. Subsequently the school supervisor shall present a 
draft plan to the school board with recommendations concerning each of 
the elements outlined in this subpart.
    (b) Within sixty (60) days of receipt of the tentative allotment, 
the school board shall review the local financial plan as prepared by 
the school supervisor and, by a quorum vote, shall have the authority to 
ratify, reject or amend such financial plan.
    (c) The school board shall have the authority, at any time following 
the ratification of the financial plan on its own determination or in 
response to the supervisor, to revise such plan to meet needs not 
foreseen at the time of preparation of the plan.
    (d) If the supervisor does not wish to file an appeal, he or she 
shall transmit a copy of the approved local financial plan within two 
weeks of the school board action, along with the official documentation 
of the school board action, to the office of the Agency Superintendent 
of Education. Later revisions to the financial plan must be transmitted 
in the same manner.
    (e) In the event that the school board does not act within the 
prescribed deadline, the financial plan shall be referred to the Agency 
Superintendent of Education for ratification, subject to subsequent 
amendment by the school board in accordance with paragraph (c) of this 
section.
    (f) The Agency Superintendent of Education will review the local 
financial plan for compliance with prescribed laws and regulations or 
may refer the plan to the Solicitor's Office for legal review. If the 
Superintendent notes any problem with the plan, he or she shall notify 
the local board and local supervisor of the problem within two weeks of 
receipt of the local financial plan and shall make arrangements to 
assist the local school supervisor and board to correct the problem. If 
the Superintendent is not able to correct the problem, it shall be 
referred to the Director of the Office of Indian Education.