25 U.S.C. § 2000 : US Code - Section 2000: Declaration of policy

Search 25 U.S.C. § 2000 : US Code - Section 2000: Declaration of policy

Congress declares that the Federal Government has the sole
responsibility for the operation and financial support of the
Bureau of Indian Affairs funded school system that it has
established on or near Indian reservations and Indian trust lands
throughout the Nation for Indian children. It is the policy of the
United States to fulfill the Federal Government's unique and
continuing trust relationship with and responsibility to the Indian
people for the education of Indian children and for the operation
and financial support of the Bureau of Indian Affairs-funded school
system to work in full cooperation with tribes toward the goal of
ensuring that the programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs-funded
school system are of the highest quality and provide for the basic
elementary and secondary educational needs of Indian children,
including meeting the unique educational and cultural needs of
those children.