25 CFR § 46.10 - Eligible activities.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s46.10"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 46.10 - Eligible activities."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "46.10"
section_name: "Eligible activities."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "EDUCATION"
part_number: "46"
part_name: "ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "43 U.S.C. 1457; 25 U.S.C. 2, 9, 13."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 44081, Aug. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "46"
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# 46.10 Eligible activities.

(a) Subject to availability of funds, funds appropriated for the BIA's Adult Education Program may be used to support local projects or programs designed to:

(1) Enable Indian adults to acquire basic educational skills, including literacy;

(2) Enable Indian adults to continue their education through the secondary school level;

(3) Establish career education projects intended to improve employment opportunities;

(4) Provide educational services or instruction for elderly, disabled, or incarcerated Indian adults;

(5) Prepare individuals to benefit from occupational training; and

(6) Teach employment-related skills.

(b) Funds should not be used to support programs designed solely to prepare Indian adults to enter a specific occupation or cluster of closely related occupations.

(c) The Adult Education Program must be implemented in accordance with a plan established by the tribe(s) affected by the program. The tribe(s) may determine to set standards in addition to those established in this part.