Alternatives for the Bureau of Indian Affairs Public School Financial Assistance Program

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Department of the Interior, began a 3-year phaseout in 1976 of its Johnson O'Malley basic support program, which provides funds for public schools to assist in educating Indian children. A review was made of the management of the basic support and tuition portions of the Johnson O'Malley program in order to: identify alternatives for the Congress to consider in deciding the Johnson O'Malley basic support program's future; evaluate management of the basic support program; and determine the legality of Johnson O'Malley tuition payments to school districts educating BIA dormitory students whose legal residence is in the same State but outside of the school district.