25 U.S.C. § 292b : US Code - Section 292B: Establishment of single system of education in Alaska; transfer of Indian schools to State of Alaska

Search 25 U.S.C. § 292b : US Code - Section 292B: Establishment of single system of education in Alaska; transfer of Indian schools to State of Alaska

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.), or any other Act to such schools on the
same basis as other public schools.
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