13-15-3. School district contracts with federal agencies for education of children residing in district--Tuition charges--Sharing of costs--Copy of contract to secretary.
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The school board of any school district shall be authorized to enter into contracts with the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs or any other federal department or agencies or their authorized agents for the education of those children who are of legal school age and have school residence within the district and who are entitled to free public education. Such contractual agreement may be in the form of tuition charges mutually agreed upon, by the sharing of education operational costs and facilities, or by any other type of contractual agreement which will be of benefit to the school district.
Any specific statute within the school code in compliance of which it would be necessary to defeat the purpose of this section is hereby waived to allow full compliance with the contractual agreement provided by this section. A copy of such contractual agreements shall be filed with the secretary of the Department of Education.