Sec. 9114. Consultation with Indian tribes and tribal organizations
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Subpart 2 of part F of title IX ( 20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq. ), as amended by section 4001(3), and redesignated by section 9106(1), is further amended by adding at the end the following: 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 during the design and development of the affected local educational agency's programs under this Act, with the overarching goal of meeting the unique cultural, language, and educational needs of American Indian and Alaska Native students.
The consultation described in subsection
(a)shall include meetings of officials from the affected local educational agency and the tribes or tribal organizations approved by the tribes and shall occur before the affected local educational agency makes any decision regarding how the needs of American Indian and Alaska Native children will be met in covered programs or in services or activities provided under title VII. Each affected local educational agency shall maintain in the agency's records and provide to the State educational agency a written affirmation signed by 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— with an enrollment of American Indian or Alaska Native students that is not less than 50 percent of the total enrollment of the local educational agency; or with an enrollment of not less than 50 American Indian or Alaska Native students. .
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