20 U.S.C. § 7427
The Secretary shall require that, as part of an application for a grant under this subpart, each applicant shall maintain a file, with respect to each Indian child for whom the local educational agency provides a free public education, that contains a form that sets forth information establishing the status of the child as an Indian child eligible for assistance under this subpart, and that otherwise meets the requirements of subsection (b). All individual data collected shall be protected by the local educational agencies and only aggregated data shall be reported to the Secretary.
The form described in subsection (a) shall include-
Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect a definition contained in section 7491 of this title.
For purposes of determining whether a child is eligible to be counted for the purpose of computing the amount of a grant award under section 7423 of this title, the membership of the child, or any parent or grandparent of the child, in a tribe or band of Indians (as so defined) may be established by proof other than an enrollment number, notwithstanding the availability of an enrollment number for a member of such tribe or band. Nothing in subsection (b) shall be construed to require the furnishing of an enrollment number.
Once a child is determined to be an Indian eligible to be counted for such grant award, the local educational agency shall maintain a record of such determination and shall not require a new or duplicate determination to be made for such child for a subsequent application for a grant under this subpart.
An Indian student eligibility form that was on file as required by this section on the day before December 10, 2015, and that met the requirements of this section, as this section was in effect on the day before December 10, 2015, shall remain valid for such Indian student.
For each fiscal year, in order to provide such information as is necessary to carry out the responsibility of the Secretary to provide technical assistance under this subpart, the Secretary shall conduct a monitoring and evaluation review of a sampling of the recipients of grants under this subpart. The sampling conducted under this subparagraph shall take into account the size of and the geographic location of each local educational agency.
A local educational agency may not be held liable to the United States or be subject to any penalty, by reason of the findings of an audit that relates to the date of completion, or the date of submission, of any forms used to establish, before April 28, 1988, the eligibility of a child for an entitlement under the Indian Elementary and Secondary School Assistance Act.
Any local educational agency that provides false information in an application for a grant under this subpart shall-
A student who provides false information for the form required under subsection (a) shall not be counted for the purpose of computing the amount of a grant under section 7423 of this title.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in calculating the amount of a grant under this subpart to a tribal school that receives a grant or contract from the Bureau of Indian Education, the Secretary shall use only one of the following, as selected by the school:
For purposes of determining the number of children to be counted in calculating the amount of a local educational agency's grant under this subpart (other than in the case described in subsection (f)(1)), the local educational agency shall-
20 U.S.C. § 7427
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Indian Elementary and Secondary School Assistance Act, referred to in subsec. (e)(1)(B), is title III of act Sept. 30, 1950, ch. 1124, as added by Pub. L. 92-318, title IV, §411(a), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 335, which was classified generally to subchapter III (§241aa et seq.) of chapter 13 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 100-297, title V, §5352(1), Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 414.
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 7427, Pub. L. 89-10, title VII, §7117, as added Pub. L. 103-382, §101, 108 Stat. 3727, related to intensified instruction for limited English proficient students, prior to the general amendment of former subchapter VII of this chapter by Pub. L. 107-110.
AMENDMENTS2015-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114-95, §6002(i)(1), inserted at end "All individual data collected shall be protected by the local educational agencies and only aggregated data shall be reported to the Secretary."Subsec. (b)(1)(A)(i). Pub. L. 114-95, §6001(b)(7)(A), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 7491 of this title. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114-95, §6001(b)(7)(B), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 7491 of this title.Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 114-95, §6002(i)(4), added subsec. (d) and struck out former subsec. (d). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "For purposes of determining whether a child is eligible to be counted for the purpose of computing the amount of a grant award under section 7423 of this title, the membership of the child, or any parent or grandparent of the child, in a tribe or band of Indians (as so defined) may be established by proof other than an enrollment number, notwithstanding the availability of an enrollment number for a member of such tribe or band. Nothing in subsection (b) of this section shall be construed to require the furnishing of an enrollment number." Pub. L. 114-95, §6002(i)(2), (3), redesignated subsec. (e) as (d) and struck out former subsec. (d) which related to forms and standards of proof. Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 114-95, §6002(i)(3), redesignated subsec. (f) as (e). Former subsec. (e) redesignated (d).Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 114-95, §6002(i)(5), which directed substitution of "Bureau of Indian Education" for "Bureau of Indian Affairs" in subsec. (f) as redesignated by section 6002(i)(4) of Pub. L. 114-95, was executed by making the substitution in introductory provisions of subsec. (f) as redesignated by section 6002(i)(3) of Pub. L. 114-95, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Pub. L. 114-95, §6002(i)(3), redesignated subsec. (g) as (f). Former subsec. (f) redesignated (e). Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 114-95, §6001(b)(7)(C), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 7423 of this title.Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 114-95, §6002(i)(6), which directed substitution of "subsection (f)(1)" for "subsection (g)(1)" in subsec. (g) as redesignated by section 6002(i)(4) of Pub. L. 114-95, was executed by making the substitution in introductory provisions of subsec. (g) as redesignated by section 6002(i)(3) of Pub. L. 114-95, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Pub. L. 114-95, §6002(i)(3), redesignated subsec. (h) as (g). Former subsec. (g) redesignated (f). Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 114-95, §6002(i)(3), redesignated subsec. (h) as (g).Subsec. (h)(1). Pub. L. 114-95, §6001(b)(7)(D), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 7424 of this title.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2015 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 114-95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114-95, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Education.
- child
- The term "child" means any person within the age limits for which the State provides free public education.
- parent
- The term "parent" includes a legal guardian or other person standing in loco parentis (such as a grandparent or stepparent with whom the child lives, or a person who is legally responsible for the child's welfare).