25 CFR § 37.121 - Who establishes geographic attendance boundaries under this part?

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title: "25 CFR § 37.121 - Who establishes geographic attendance boundaries under this part?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "37.121"
section_name: "Who establishes geographic attendance boundaries under this part?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "E"
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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# 37.121 Who establishes geographic attendance boundaries under this part?

(a) If there is only one day school, on-reservation boarding school, or peripheral dorm within a reservation's boundaries, the Secretary will establish the reservation boundary as the geographic attendance boundary;

(b) When there is more than one day school, on-reservation boarding school, or peripheral dorm within a reservation boundary, the Tribe may choose to establish boundaries for each;

(c) If a Tribe does not establish boundaries under paragraph (b) of this section, the Secretary will do so.