To ensure timely and meaningful consultation on issues affecting American Indian and Alaska Native students, an affected local educational agency shall consult with appropriate officials from Indian tribes or tribal organizations approved by the tribes located in the area served by the local educational agency prior to the affected local educational agency's submission of a required plan or application for a covered program under this chapter or for a program under subchapter VI of this chapter. Such consultation shall be done in a manner and in such time that provides the opportunity for such appropriate officials from Indian tribes or tribal organizations to meaningfully and substantively contribute to such plan.
Each affected local educational agency shall maintain in the agency's records and provide to the State educational agency a written affirmation signed by the appropriate officials of the participating tribes or tribal organizations approved by the tribes that the consultation required by this section has occurred. If such officials do not provide such affirmation within a reasonable period of time, the affected local educational agency shall forward documentation that such consultation has taken place to the State educational agency.
In this section:
The term "affected local educational agency" means a local educational agency-
The term "appropriate officials" means-
Nothing in this section shall be construed-
Consultation required under this section shall not interfere with the timely submission of the plans or applications required under this chapter.
1 See References in Text note below.
20 U.S.C. § 7918
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTSubpart 1 of part A of title VII (as such subpart was in effect on the day before December 10, 2015), referred to in subsec. (c)(1)(B)(i), means subpart 1 of part A of title VII of Pub. L. 89-10, which was classified generally to subpart 1 (§7421 et seq.) of part A of subchapter VII of this chapter prior to being redesignated as subpart 1 of part A of title VI of Pub. L. 89-10 and amended by Pub. L. 114-95, §§6001, 6002, 129 Stat. 2046-2049, 2052-2054, and transferred to subpart 1 (§7421 et seq.) of part A of subchapter VI of this chapter.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114-95, set out as an Effective Date of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title.
- State educational agency
- The term "State educational agency" means the agency primarily responsible for the State supervision of public elementary schools and secondary schools.
- covered program
- The term "covered program" means each of the programs authorized by-(A) part A of subchapter I;(B) part C of subchapter I;(C) part D of subchapter I;(D) part A of subchapter II;(E) part A of subchapter III;(F) part A of subchapter IV;(G) part B of subchapter IV; and(H) subpart 2 of part B of subchapter V.