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25 U.S.C. § 292bEstablishment of single system of education in Alaska; transfer of Indian schools to State of Alaska

submitted 43 years ago by Pub. L. 98-63 to r/title-25-INDIANS · 285 words · no verdicts yet

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs had to stop funding secondary education in Alaska by set deadlines in the 1980s, transferring day schools to the state instead. Money was set aside to help the state rehabilitate or rebuild the transferred school buildings, and the state had to keep existing school contracts running for at least two years.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs could not spend any other money running a secondary education program or facility in Alaska after June 30, 1983. The Bureau would keep consulting with affected villages about transferring day schools to the state, but the villages' agreement was not required for this transfer to move forward, since it was part of building the single school system envisioned by Alaska's constitution. After June 30, 1984, the Bureau could fund no more than 10 day schools in Alaska. After June 30, 1985, the Bureau could not fund any schools in Alaska at all. Of the money involved, $9,350,000 stayed available, with no time limit, to give to the State of Alaska to help fix up or rebuild Bureau-owned schools that were transferred to the state. A separate $9,350,000 that Congress had already given the state for rehabilitating these schools could also be used for rebuilding them. When a day school run by contract was transferred, the state had to keep that same contract for operating or maintaining the school for at least two years, or until the contract's term ended — whichever came first. None of this stopped these schools from getting other help they were already entitled to under a 1934 law (25 U.S.C. § 452 and related sections) or any other law, on the same terms as other public schools.
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs shall not expend any other funds for the operation of any secondary education program or facility in the State of Alaska after June 30, 1983: Provided, That while consultation concerning day school transfers to the State of Alaska will continue with affected villages, local concurrence is not required in this continuing effort to establish a single system of education envisioned by the State’s constitution: Provided further, That after June 30, 1984, the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall fund no more than ten day schools in Alaska: Provided further, That the Bureau of Indian Affairs shall not fund any schools in Alaska after June 30, 1985: Provided further, That $9,350,000 of such amount shall be available until expended for transfer to the State of Alaska to assist in the rehabilitation or reconstruction of Bureau-owned schools which are transferred to the State: Provided further, That the $9,350,000 appropriated in Public Law 97–394 available to the State of Alaska to assist in the rehabilitation of Bureau-owned schools which are transferred to the State may also be used for reconstruction: Provided further, That when any Alaska day school operated by contract is transferred, the State shall assume any existing contract pertaining to the operation or maintenance of such school for a minimum of two years or until the expiration of the negotiated contract, whichever comes first: Provided further, That nothing in the foregoing shall preclude assistance otherwise available under the Act of April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596) as amended (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.),1 or any other Act to such schools on the same basis as other public schools.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 98–63, title I, July 30, 1983, 97 Stat. 326.)

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  • 1983Enacted · Pub. L. 98-63 · 97 Stat. 326

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 98-63 on 1983-07-30.

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