25 U.S.C. § 456 : US Code - Section 456: Local committee of Indian parents in school districts having school boards composed of non-Indian majority

Search 25 U.S.C. § 456 : US Code - Section 456: Local committee of Indian parents in school districts having school boards composed of non-Indian majority

(a) Election; functions
Whenever a school district affected by a contract or contracts
for the education of Indians pursuant to sections 452 to 457 of
this title has a local school board not composed of a majority of
Indians, the parents of the Indian children enrolled in the school
or schools affected by such contract or contracts shall elect a
local committee from among their number. Such committee shall fully
participate in the development of, and shall have the authority to
approve or disapprove programs to be conducted under such contract
or contracts, and shall carry out such other duties, and be so
structured, as the Secretary of the Interior shall by regulation
provide: Provided, however, That, whenever a local Indian committee
or committees established pursuant to section 7424(c)(4) of title
20 or an Indian advisory school board or boards established
pursuant to sections 452 to 457 of this title prior to January 4,
1975, exists in such school district, such committee or board may,
in the discretion of the affected tribal governing body or bodies,
be utilized for the purposes of this section.
(b) Revocation of contracts
The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, revoke any
contract if the contractor fails to permit a local committee to
perform its duties pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.