20 U.S.C. § 3423c
Office of Indian Education
United States · Title 20 — EDUCATION · Status: effective
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There shall be an Office of Indian Education (referred to in this section as “the Office”) in the Department of Education.
The Office shall be under the direction of the Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary and who shall report directly to the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.
The Director shall—
The Secretary shall give a preference to Indian persons in all personnel actions in the Office.
Such preference shall be implemented in the same fashion as the preference given to any veteran under section 45 of title 25.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- An act to establish a Department of Education, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Improving America's Schools Act of 1994
- Every Student Succeeds Act