92 STAT. 2328
PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978 DEFINITIONS
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43 USC 1601 note.
SEC. 1139. For the purpose of this title— (1) the term "agency school board" means a body, the members of which are appointed by the school boards of the schools located within such agency, and the number of such members shall be determined by the Secretary in consultation with the affected tribes, except that, in agencies serving a single school, the school board of such school shall fulfill these duties; (2) the term "Bureau" means the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior; (3) the term "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Education; (4) the term "financial plan" means a plan of services to be provided by each Bureau school; (5) the term "Indian organization" means any group, association, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity owned or controlled by a federally recognized Indian tribe or tribes, or a majority of whose members are members of federally recognized Indian tribes; (6) the term "local educational agency" means a board of education or other legally constituted local school authority having administrative control and direction of free public education in a county, township, independent, or other school district located within a State, and includes any State agency which directly operates and maintains facilities for providing free public education; (7) the term "local school board", when used with respect to a Bureau school, means a body chosen in accordance with the laws of the tribe to be served or, in the absence of such laws, elected by the parents of the Indian children attending the school, except that in schools serving a substantial number of students from different tribes, the members shall be appointed by the governing bodies of the tribes affected; and the number of such members shall be determined by the Secretary in consultation with the affected tribes; (8) the term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior; (9) the term "supervisor" means the individual in the position of ultimate authority at a Bureau school; and (10) the term "tribe" means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688) which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. PART C—INDIAN EDUCATION PROVISIONS EXTENSION OP AUTHORIZATION
20 USC 3385. Ante, p. 2284.
SEC. 1141. (a) Section 1005(g) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as redesignated by section 801 of this Act, is amended by striking out "July 1, 1978" and inserting in lieu thereof "October 1, 1983". (b) Section 303(a)(1) of the Indian Elementary and Secondary School Assistance Act (title III of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress)) as added by the Indian
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