Collapse to view only § 7823. Consolidation of funds for local administration
- § 7821. Consolidation of State administrative funds for elementary and secondary education programs
- § 7822. Single local educational agency States
- § 7823. Consolidation of funds for local administration
- § 7824. Consolidated set-aside for Department of the Interior funds
- § 7825. Department staff
§ 7821. Consolidation of State administrative funds for elementary and secondary education programs
(a) Consolidation of administrative funds
(1) In general
(2) Applicability
(b) Use of funds
(1) In general
(2) Additional uses
A State educational agency may also use funds available under this section for administrative activities designed to enhance the effective and coordinated use of funds under programs included in the consolidation under subsection (a), such as—
(A) the coordination of those programs with other Federal and non-Federal programs;
(B) the establishment and operation of peer-review mechanisms under this chapter;
(C) the administration of this subchapter;
(D) the dissemination of information regarding model programs and practices;
(E) technical assistance under any program under this chapter;
(F) State-level activities designed to carry out this subchapter;
(G) training personnel engaged in audit and other monitoring activities;
(H) implementation of the Cooperative Audit Resolution and Oversight Initiative of the Department; and
(I) implementation of fiscal support teams that provide technical fiscal support assistance, which shall include evaluating fiscal, administrative, and staffing functions, and any other key operational function.
(c) Records
(d) Review
(e) Unused administrative funds
(f) Consolidation of funds for standards and assessment development
(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8201, formerly title IX, § 9201, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1966; renumbered title VIII, § 8201, and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, §§ 8001(a)(2), 8005, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2088, 2089, 2100.)
§ 7822. Single local educational agency States
A State educational agency that also serves as a local educational agency shall, in its applications or plans under this chapter, describe how the agency will eliminate duplication in conducting administrative functions.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8202, formerly title IX, § 9202, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1967; renumbered title VIII, § 8202, Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8001(a)(2), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2088, 2089.)
§ 7823. Consolidation of funds for local administration
(a) General authority
(b) State procedures
(c) Conditions
(d) Uses of administrative funds
(1) In general
(2) Fiscal support teams
(e) Records
(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8203, formerly title IX, § 9203, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1967; renumbered title VIII, § 8203, and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, §§ 8001(a)(2), 8006, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2088, 2089, 2100.)
§ 7824. Consolidated set-aside for Department of the Interior funds
(a) General authority
(1) Transfer
(2) Agreement
(A) In general
(B) Contents
The agreement shall—
(i) set forth the plans of the Secretary of the Interior for the use of the amount transferred and the achievement measures to assess program effectiveness, including program objectives; and
(ii) be developed in consultation with Indian tribes.
(b) Administration
(c) Accountability system
(1) For the purposes of part A of subchapter I, the Secretary of Interior, in consultation with the Secretary, if the Secretary of the Interior requests the consultation, using a negotiated rulemaking process to develop regulations for implementation no later than the 2017-2018 academic year, shall define the standards, assessments, and accountability system consistent with section 6311 of this title, for the schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education on a national, regional, or tribal basis, as appropriate, taking into account the unique circumstances and needs of such schools and the students served by such schools.
(2) The tribal governing body or school board of a school funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs may waive, in part or in whole, the requirements established pursuant to paragraph (1) where such requirements are determined by such body or school board to be inappropriate. If such requirements are waived, the tribal governing body or school board shall, within 60 days, submit to the Secretary of Interior a proposal for alternative standards, assessments, and an accountability system, if applicable, consistent with section 6311 of this title, that takes into account the unique circumstances and needs of such school or schools and the students served. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary shall approve such standards, assessments, and accountability system unless the Secretary determines that the standards, assessments, and accountability system do not meet the requirements of section 6311 of this title, taking into account the unique circumstances and needs of such school or schools and the students served.
(3)Technical assistance.—The Secretary of Interior and the Secretary shall, either directly or through a contract, provide technical assistance, upon request, to a tribal governing body or school board of a school funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs that seeks a waiver under paragraph (2).
(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8204, formerly title IX, § 9204, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title IX, § 901, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1968; renumbered title VIII, § 8204, and amended Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, §§ 8001(a)(2), 8007, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2088, 2089, 2100.)
§ 7825. Department staffThe Secretary shall—
(1) not later than 60 days after December 10, 2015, identify the number of Department full-time equivalent employees who worked on or administered each education program or project authorized under this chapter, as such program or project was in effect on the day before December 10, 2015, and publish such information on the Department’s website;
(2) not later than 60 days after December 10, 2015, identify the number of full-time equivalent employees who worked on or administered each program or project authorized under this chapter, as such program or project was in effect on the day before December 10, 2015, that has been eliminated or consolidated since December 10, 2015;
(3) not later than 1 year after December 10, 2015, reduce the workforce of the Department by the number of full-time equivalent employees the Department identified under paragraph (2); and
(4) not later than 1 year after December 10, 2015, report to Congress on—
(A) the number of full-time equivalent employees associated with each program or project authorized under this chapter and administered by the Department;
(B) the number of full-time equivalent employees who were determined to be associated with eliminated or consolidated programs or projects described in paragraph (2);
(C) how the Secretary has reduced the number of full-time equivalent employees as described in paragraph (3);
(D) the average salary of the full-time equivalent employees described in subparagraph (B) whose positions were eliminated; and
(E) the average salary of the full-time equivalent employees who work on or administer a program or project authorized by the Department under this chapter, disaggregated by employee function within each such program or project.
(Pub. L. 89–10, title VIII, § 8205, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title VIII, § 8008, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 2101.)