25 CFR § 273.110 - Who is eligible to request contracts under the Johnson-O'Malley Act?

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title: "25 CFR § 273.110 - Who is eligible to request contracts under the Johnson-O'Malley Act?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "273.110"
section_name: "Who is eligible to request contracts under the Johnson-O'Malley Act?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ASSISTANCE ACT PROGRAM"
part_number: "273"
part_name: "EDUCATION CONTRACTS UNDER JOHNSON-O'MALLEY ACT"
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authority: "Secs. 201-203, Pub. L. 93-638, 88 Stat. 2203, 2213-2214 (25 U.S.C. 455-457), unless otherwise noted."
regulatory_source: "85 FR 10948, Feb. 25, 2020, unless otherwise noted."
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# 273.110 Who is eligible to request contracts under the Johnson-O'Malley Act?

The following entities are eligible to enter into an education contract under the Johnson-O'Malley Act for the purpose of financially assisting efforts designed to meet the specialized and unique educational needs of eligible Indian students, including supplemental programs and school operational support, where such support is necessary to maintain established State educational standards:

(a) Tribal organizations;

(b) States;

(c) Public school districts that:

(1) Serve public elementary schools or public secondary schools; and

(2) Have a local school board composed of a majority of Indians or have established or will establish an Indian Education Committee, as described in § 273.115 to approve supplementary or operational support programs beneficial to Indian students; and

(d) Indian corporations.