25 CFR § 273.161 - What is the maximum decrease in funding allowed?

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title: "25 CFR § 273.161 - What is the maximum decrease in funding allowed?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "273.161"
section_name: "What is the maximum decrease in funding allowed?"
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: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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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# 273.161 What is the maximum decrease in funding allowed?

Beginning December 31, 2022 (4 years after the December 31, 2018, date of enactment of the JOM Modernization Act), no contracting party may receive for a fiscal year more than a 10 percent decrease in funding per eligible Indian student from the previous fiscal year.