25 CFR § 273.113 - How can the funds be used under the Johnson-O'Malley Act?

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title: "25 CFR § 273.113 - How can the funds be used under the Johnson-O'Malley Act?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "273.113"
section_name: "How can the funds be used 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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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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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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# 273.113 How can the funds be used under the Johnson-O'Malley Act?

An eligible entity may use the funds available under the contract to provide educational benefits to eligible Indian students to:

(a) Establish, carry out programs or expand programs in existence before the contract period that provide:

(1) Remedial instruction, career, academic, and college-readiness counseling, and cultural programs;

(2) Selected courses related to the academic and professional disciplines; or

(3) Important needs, such as school supplies and items that enable recipients to participate in curricular and extra-curricular programs; and

(b) Purchase equipment to facilitate training for professional trade skills and intensified college preparation programs.