§ 2501. — Findings.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC2501]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 27--TRIBALLY CONTROLLED SCHOOL GRANTS
Sec. 2501. Declaration of policy
(a) Recognition
Congress recognizes that the Indian Self-Determination and Education
Assistance Act [25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.], which was a product of the
legitimate aspirations and a recognition of the inherent authority of
Indian nations, was and is a crucial positive step toward tribal and
community control and that the United States has an obligation to assure
maximum Indian participation in the direction of educational services so
as to render the persons administering such services and the services
themselves more responsive to the needs and desires of Indian
communities.
(b) Commitment
Congress declares its commitment to the maintenance of the Federal
Government's unique and continuing trust relationship with and
responsibility to the Indian people for the education of Indian children
through the establishment of a meaningful Indian self-determination
policy for education that will deter further perpetuation of Federal
bureaucratic domination of programs.
(c) National goal
Congress declares that a national goal of the United States is to
provide the resources, processes, and structure that will enable tribes
and local communities to obtain the quantity and quality of educational
services and opportunities that will permit Indian children--
(1) to compete and excel in areas of their choice; and
(2) to achieve the measure of self-determination essential to
their social and economic well-being.
(d) Educational needs
Congress affirms--
(1) true self-determination in any society of people is
dependent upon an educational process that will ensure the
development of qualified people to fulfill meaningful leadership
roles;
(2) that Indian people have special and unique educational
needs, including the need for programs to meet the linguistic and
cultural aspirations of Indian tribes and communities; and
(3) that those needs may best be met through a grant process.
(e) Federal relations
Congress declares a commitment to the policies described in this
section and support, to the full extent of congressional responsibility,
for Federal relations with the Indian nations.
(f) Termination
Congress repudiates and rejects House Concurrent Resolution 108 of
the 83d Congress and any policy of unilateral termination of Federal
relations with any Indian nation.
(Pub. L. 100-297, title V, Sec. 5202, as added Pub. L. 107-110, title X,
Sec. 1043, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2063.)
References in Text
The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, referred
to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 93-638, Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2203, as
amended, which is classified principally to subchapter II (Sec. 450 et
seq.) of chapter 14 of this title. For complete classification of this
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 450 of this
title and Tables.
House Concurrent Resolution 108 of the 83rd Congress, referred to in
subsec. (f), is H. Con. Res. 108, Eighty-third Congress, Aug. 1, 1953,
67 Stat. B132, which is not classified to the Code.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 2501, Pub. L. 100-297, title V, Sec. 5202, Apr. 28,
1988, 102 Stat. 385, set forth findings, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107-
110, title X, Sec. 1043, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 2063.
Effective Date
Section effective Jan. 8, 2002, except with respect to certain
noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub.
L. 107-110, set out as a note under section 6301 of Title 20, Education.
Short Title
Section 5201 of Pub. L. 100-297 provided that: ``This part [part B
(Secs. 5201-5212) of title V of Pub. L. 100-297, enacting this chapter]
may be cited as the `Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988'.''
