25 CFR § 39.137 - May schools operate a language development program without a specific appropriation from Congress?

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title: "25 CFR § 39.137 - May schools operate a language development program without a specific appropriation from Congress?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "39.137"
section_name: "May schools operate a language development program without a specific appropriation from Congress?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "EDUCATION"
part_number: "39"
part_name: "THE INDIAN SCHOOL EQUALIZATION PROGRAM"
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authority: "25 U.S.C. 13, 2008; Public Law 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 61864, Oct. 26, 1979, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982."
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# 39.137 May schools operate a language development program without a specific appropriation from Congress?

Yes, a school may operate a language development program without a specific appropriation from Congress, but any funds used for such a program must come from existing ISEP funds. When Congress specifically appropriates funds for Indian or Native languages, the factor to support the language development program will be no more than 0.25 WSU.