25 CFR § 36.75 - What qualifications must homeliving staff possess?

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title: "25 CFR § 36.75 - What qualifications must homeliving staff possess?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "36.75"
section_name: "What qualifications must homeliving staff possess?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "EDUCATION"
part_number: "36"
part_name: "MINIMUM ACADEMIC STANDARDS FOR THE BASIC EDUCATION OF INDIAN CHILDREN AND NATIONAL CRITERIA FOR DORMITORY SITUATIONS"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "Section 502, 25 U.S.C. 2001; section 5101, 25 U.S.C. 2001; Section 1101, 25 U.S.C. 2002; 5 U.S.C. 301; 25 U.S.C. 2 and 9; 25 U.S.C. 2901, Title I of P.L. 101-477."
regulatory_source: "50 FR 36816, Sept. 9, 1985, unless otherwise noted."
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# 36.75 What qualifications must homeliving staff possess?

(a) Homeliving staff must possess the qualifications shown in the following table:

| Position | Required training |
| --- | --- |
| (1) Homeliving Supervisor | Must be qualified based on size and complexity of the school, but at minimum possess a bachelor's degree. |
| (2) Homeliving Manager | Must be qualified based on the size and complexity of the student body but must at a minimum have an associate's degree no later than 2008. |
| (3) Homeliving Program Staff | Must have at least 32 post-secondary semester hours (or 48 quarter hours) in an applicable academic discipline, including fields related to working with children, such as, child development, education, behavioral sciences and cultural studies. |

(b) A person employed as a homeliving program staff:

(1) Should meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section by the 2009-2010 school year; and

(2) May, upon showing good cause, petition the school supervisor (or the homeliving supervisor for peripheral dorms) for a waiver from the new qualifications.