25 CFR § 39.402 - What definitions apply to terms used in this subpart?

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title: "25 CFR § 39.402 - What definitions apply to terms used in this subpart?"
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "39.402"
section_name: "What definitions apply to terms used in this subpart?"
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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# 39.402 What definitions apply to terms used in this subpart?

*Administrative officials* means any persons responsible for managing and operating a school, including the school supervisor, the chief school administrator, tribal officials, Education Line Officers, and the Director, OIEP.

*Director* means the Director of the Office of Indian Education Programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

*Education Line Officer* means the Bureau official in charge of Bureau education programs and functions in an Agency who reports to the Director.