25 CFR § 37.101 - What definitions apply to the terms in this part?

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title: "25 CFR § 37.101 - What definitions apply to the terms in this part?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "37.101"
section_name: "What definitions apply to the terms in this part?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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subchapter_name: "EDUCATION"
part_number: "37"
part_name: "GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "Public Law 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 22204, Apr. 28, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
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# 37.101 What definitions apply to the terms in this part?

*Act* means the No Child Left Behind Act, Public Law 107-110, enacted January 8, 2002. The No Child Left Behind Act reauthorizes and amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and the amended Education Amendments of 1978.

*Bureau* means the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Department of the Interior.

*Geographic attendance area* means a physical land area that is served by a Bureau-funded school.

*Geographic attendance boundary* means a line of demarcation that clearly delineates and describes the limits of the physical land area that is served by a Bureau-funded school.

*Secretary* means the Secretary of the Interior or a designated representative.