§ 278a. — Use of appropriated funds for education in sectarian schools prohibited; exceptions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC278a]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 7--EDUCATION OF INDIANS
Sec. 278a. Use of appropriated funds for education in sectarian
schools prohibited; exceptions
Funds appropriated on and after March 30, 1968, to the Secretary of
the Interior for the education of Indian children shall not be used for
the education of such children in elementary and secondary education
programs in sectarian schools. This prohibition shall not apply to the
education of Indians in accredited institutions of higher education and
in other accredited schools offering vocational and technical training,
but no scholarship aid provided for an Indian student shall require him
to attend an institution or school that is not of his own free choice,
and such aid shall be, to the extent consistent with sound
administration, extended to the student individually rather than to the
institution or school.
(Pub. L. 90-280, Sec. 2, Mar. 30, 1968, 82 Stat. 71.)
