surveys shall take into account factors such as academic needs, local cultural differences, type and level of language skills, geographical isolation and appropriate teacher-student ratios for such children, and shall be directed toward the attainment of equal educational opportunity for such children.

(b)(1) Within eighteen months of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall propose minimum academic standards for the basic education of Indian children, and shall distribute such proposed standards in the Federal Register for the purpose of receiving comments from the tribes and other interested parties. Within twenty-one months of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish final standards, distribute such standards to all the tribes and publish such standards in the Federal Register. The Secretary shall revise such standards periodically as necessary. Prior to any revision of such standards, the Secretary shall distribute such proposed revision to all the tribes, and publish such proposed revision in the Federal Register, for the purpose of receiving comments from the tribes and other interested parties.

(2) Such standards shall apply to Bureau schools, and subject to subsection (e), to contract schools, and may also serve as a model for educational programs for Indian children in public schools. In establishing and revising such standards, the Secretary shall take into account the special needs of Indian students and the support and reinforcement of the specific cultural heritage of each tribe.

(c) The Secretary shall provide alternative or modified standards in lieu of the standards established under subsection (b), where necessary, so that the programs of each school shall be in compliance with the minimum standards required for accreditation of schools in the State where the school is located.

(d) A tribal governing body, or the local school board so designated by the tribal governing body, shall have the local authority to waive, in part or in whole, the standards established under subsections (b) and (c), where such standards are deemed by such body to be inappropriate or ill-conceived, and shall also have the authority to revise such standards to take into account the specific needs of the tribe's children. Such revised standards shall be established by the Secretary unless specifically reflected by the Secretary for good cause and in writing to the affected tribes or local school board, which rejection shall be final and unreviewable.

(e) The Secretary, through contracting procedures, shall assist school boards of contract schools in the implementation of the standards established under subsection (b) and (c), if the school boards request that such standards, in part or in whole, be implemented. The Secretary shall not refuse to enter into a contract with respect to any contract school on the basis of failure to meet such standards. At the request of a contract school board, the Secretary shall provide alternative or modified standards for the standards established under subsections (b) and (c) to take into account the needs of the Indian children and the contract school.

(f) Subject to subsections (d) and (e), the Secretary shall begin to implement the standards established under this section immediately upon the date of their establishment. No later than January 1, 1981, and at each time thereafter that the annual budget request for Bureau educational services is presented, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a detailed plan

to bring all Bureau and contract schools up to the level required by the applicable standards established under this section. Such plan shall include, but not be limited to, detailed information on the status of each school's educational program in relation to the applicable standards established under this section, specific cost estimates for meeting such standards at each school, and specific time lines for bringing each school up to the level required by such standards.

(g) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary, for academic program costs, in order to bring all Bureau and contract schools up to the level required by the applicable standards established under this section.

(25 U.S.C. 2001) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 1121, 92 Stat. 2316; amended Aug. 6, 1979, P.L. 96-46, sec. 2(b)(2)–(4), 93 Stat. 341.

NATIONAL CRITERIA FOR DORMITORY SITUATIONS

SEC. 1122. (a) The Secretary, in consultation with the Assistant Secretary for Health, Education, and Welfare for Education, and in consultation with Indian organizations and tribes, shall conduct or cause to be conducted by contract with an Indian organization, a study of the costs applicable to boarding arrangements for Indian students provided in Bureau and contract schools, for the purpose of establishing national criteria for such dormitory situations. Such criteria shall include adult-child ratios, needs for counselors (including special needs related to off-reservation boarding arrangements), space, and privacy.

(b) Within fifteen months of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall propose such criteria, and shall distribute such proposed criteria to the tribes and publish such proposed criteria in the Federal Register for the purpose of receiving comments from the tribes and other interested parties. Within eighteen months of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish final criteria, distribute such criteria to all the tribes, and publish such criteria in the Federal Register. The Secretary shall revise such criteria periodically as necessary. Prior to any revision of such criteria, the Secretary shall distribute such proposed revision to all the tribes, and publish such proposed revision in the Federal Register, for the purpose of receiving comments from the tribes and other interested parties.

(c) The Secretary shall begin to implement the criteria established under this section immediately upon the date of their establishment. No later than January 1, 1981, and at each time thereafter that the annual budget request for Bureau educational services is presented, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a detailed plan to bring all Bureau and contract boarding schools up to the criteria established under this section. Such plan shall include, but not be limited to, predictions for the relative need for each boarding school in the future, detailed information on the status of each school in relation to the criteria established under this section, specific cost estimates for meeting such criteria at each school, and specific time lines for bringing each school up to the level required by such criteria.

(d) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary in order to bring each school up to the level required by the criteria established under this section.

(25 U.S.C. 2002) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 1122, 92 Stat. 2318; amended Aug. 6, 1979, P.L. 96-46, sec. 2(b)(5), 93 Stat. 341.

REGULATIONS

SEC. 1123. The Secretary shall establish such regulations as are necessary to carry out sections 1121 and 1122 within eighteen months after the date of enactment of this Act.

(25 U.S.C. 2003) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 1123, 92 Stat. 2319.

STUDIES

SEC. 1124. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated no more than $1,000,000 to carry out the studies conducted under section 1121(a) and section 1122(a).

(25 U.S.C. 2004) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 1124, 92 Stat. 2319.

FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION

SEC. 1125. (a) The Secretary shall immediately begin to bring all schools, dormitories, and other facilities operated by the Bureau or under contract with the Bureau in connection with the education of Indian children into compliance with all applicable Federal, tribal, or State health and safety standards, whichever provide greater protection (except that the tribal standards to be applied shall be no greater than any otherwise applicable Federal or State standards), and with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), except that nothing in this section shall require termination of the operations of any facility which does not comply with such provisions and which is in use on the date of enactment of this Act.

(b) Within one year of the date of enactment of this Act, and at each time thereafter that the annual budget request for Bureau educational services is presented, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a detailed plan to bring such facilities into compliance with such standards. Such plan shall include, but not be limited to, detailed information on the status of each facility's compliance with such standards, specific cost estimates for meeting such standards at each school, and specific time lines for bringing each school into compliance with such standards. (c) Within six months of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, and publish in the Federal Register, the system used to establish priorities for school construction projects. At the time any budget request for school construction is presented, the Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register and submit with the budget request the current list of all school construction priorities.

(d) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out subsection (a).

(25 U.S.C. 2005) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 1125, 92 Stat. 2319.

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS EDUCATION FUNCTIONS

SEC. 1126. (a) The Secretary shall vest in the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs all functions with respect to formulation and establishment of policy and procedure, and supervision of programs and expenditures of Federal funds for the purpose of Indian education administered by the Bureau. The Assistant Secretary shall carry out such functions through the Director of the Office of Indian Education Programs within the Bureau (hereinafter referred to as the "Office"), which shall be governed by the provisions of this Act, any other provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding.

(b) The Director of the Office shall direct and supervise the operations of all personnel directly and substantially involved with provision of education services by the Bureau, including (but not limited to) school or institution custodial or maintenance personnel. The Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs shall provide for the adequate coordination between the affected Bureau offices and the Öffice in order to facilitate the expeditious consideration of all contract functions relating to education. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the provision of separate support services for Indian education.

(c) Education personnel located in Bureau agencies, who are under the direction and supervision of the Director of the Office in accordance with the first sentence of subsection (b), shall

(1) monitor and evaluate Bureau education programs, and (2) provide technical and coordinating assistance in areas such as procurement, contracting, budgeting, personnel, and curriculum. However, in the case of boarding schools located off reservation operated by the Bureau, education personnel located in area offices of the Bureau shall provide such services, under the direction and supervision of the Director of the Office.

(d) For the purpose of this section the term "functions" includes powers and duties.

(25 U.S.C. 2006) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 1126, 92 Stat. 2319; amended Aug. 6, 1979, P.L. 96-46, sec. 2(b)(6), 93 Stat. 341.

IMPLEMENTATION

SEC. 1127. Within six months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and publish in the Federal Register the policies and procedures which are necessary to implement the transfer of functions made under section 1126.

(25 U.S.C. 2007) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 1127, 92 Stat. 2320.

ALLOTMENT FORMULA

SEC. 1128. (a) The Secretary shall establish, by regulation adopted in accordance with section 1138, a formula for determining the minimum annual amount of funds necessary to sustain each Bureau or contract school. In establishing such formula, the Secretary shall consider

(1) the number of Indian students served and size of the school;

(2) special cost factors, such as-
(A) isolation of the school;

(B) need for special staffing, transportation, or educational programs;

(C) food and housing costs;

(D) overhead costs associated with administering contracted education functions; and

(E) maintenance and repair costs associated with the physical condition of the educational facilities;

(3) the cost of providing academic services which are at least equivalent to those provided by public schools in the State in which the school is located;

(4) such other relevant factors as the Secretary determines are appropriate.

Upon the establishment of the standards required by sections 1121 and 1122 of this Act, the Secretary shall revise the formula established under this subsection to reflect the cost and funding standards so established.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, Federal funds appropriated for the general local operation of Bureau and contract schools, shall be allotted pro rata in accordance with the formula established under subsection (a), except that, in the case of any such school which is located in a school district of a local educational agency which receives from Federal funds under other provisions of law an average payment per Indian child attending such school in that district which is higher than the amount which would be received by such Bureau or contract school under such formula for each Indian child attending such school, the payment to be received by that school under this section for each such child shall be equal to such average payment for an Indian child in public school in that district.

(c) The formula established under subsection (a) of this section shall be implemented for fiscal year 1980 and each succeeding fiscal year, except that

(1) for fiscal year 1980, no school shall as a consequence of such formula receive less than 90 per centum, nor more than 120 per centum, of the funds it received from Bureau education funds for fiscal year 1979;

(2) for fiscal year 1981, no school shall as a consequence of such formula receive less than 70 per centum, nor more than 170 per centum, of the funds it received from Bureau education funds for fiscal year 1979; and

(3) for fiscal year 1982 and any succeeding fiscal year the formula shall be fully implemented.

(d) Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Secretary shall provide funds for the general local operation of Bureau and contract schools where necessitated by cases of emergencies or unforeseen contingencies not otherwise provided for under subsection (a). Whenever the Secretary makes funds available under this subsection, the Secretary shall report such action to the appropriate committees of Congress.

(25 U.S.C. 2008) Enacted Nov. 1, 1978, P.L. 95-561, sec. 1128, 92 Stat. 2320; amended Aug. 6, 1979, P.L. 96-46, sec. 2(b)(7), (8), 93 Stat. 341.