20 USC § 7245 - Family engagement in Indian schools

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identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s7245"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "20 USC § 7245 - Family engagement in Indian schools"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
section_number: "7245"
section_name: "Family engagement in Indian schools"
chapter_number: 70
chapter_name: "STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS"
part_number: "E"
part_name: "Family Engagement in Education Programs"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4505, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, § 4501, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2020.)"
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# § 7245. Family engagement in Indian schools

The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall establish, or enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with, local tribes, tribal organizations, or Indian nonprofit parent organizations to establish and operate family engagement centers.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–10, title IV, § 4505, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title IV, § 4501, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2020.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 7245, , as added , , , related to elementary and secondary school counseling programs, prior to repeal by , title IV, § 4001(b)(1)(C), , , 1967, effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see , set out as an Effective Date of 2015 Amendment note under .