20 U.S.C. § 3423c — Office of Indian Education

(a) Office^* of Indian Education There must be an Office of Indian Education (referred to in this section as “the Office”) in the Department^* of Education. (b) Director (1) Appointment and reporting The Office must be under the direction of the Director, who must be appointed by the Secretary^* and who must report directly to the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education. (2) Duties The Director must— (A) be responsible for administering part A of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 [ 20 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.]; (B) be involved in, and be primarily responsible for, the development of all policies affecting Indian children and adults under programs administered by the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; (C) coordinate the development of policy and practice for all programs in the Department relating to Indian people; and (D) help the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement in identifying research priorities related to the education of Indian people. (c) Indian preference in employment (1) In general The Secretary must give a preference to Indian people in all personnel actions in the Office. (2) Implementation Such preference must be implemented in the same fashion as the preference given to any veteran under section 45 of title 25 .