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Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Codes of Law
Chapter 66 Education Code
TABLE OF CONTENTS
66-01-02 Authority of Tribal Government
66-01-05 Construction of tense use
66-01-06 Masculine gender inclusive
66-01-07 Reference to Code includes amendments
66-01-09 Repeal of inconsistent ordinances
66-02-01 Tribal Council to establish the Education
Board of Regents
66-02-02 - Apportionment ... ..11
66-02-03 Tribal Higher Education Scholarship Program
66-02-04 - Accreditation 12
Subchapter 3
Tribal Secretary
66-03-01 Tribal Secretary is policy determining body of
Education Board of Regents
Subchapter 4
Education Board of Regents
66-04-01 Creation of Education Board of Regents
66-04-02 Tribal Council to employ Director of Tribal
Education
66-04-03 Power and duties of Director
66-04-04 Education Board of Regents Budget Preparation
and Fiscal Management Responsibility
Subchapter 5
School Boards and Governing Bodies.
66-05-01 Governing bodies of educational institutions
Subchapter 6 -
Education Standards
66-06-01 Procedures for developing a tribal standards
66-06-02 Establishment of tribal education standards
66-06-03 Education Board of Regents to maintain
education standards on file for public inspection
66-06-04 Content of tribal standards
66-06-05 Educational institutions shall report
compliance with tribal education standards
66-06-07 - Tribal education standards may be exceeded
66-06-08 - State and tribal school compliance
Subchapter 7
Parental and Community Involvement
66-07-06 Relationship of parental and community
involvement to parenting and family curriculum
Subchapter 8
Social programs and policies
66-08-01 Educational institutions are subject to Tribal
Laws
66-08-02 Education Board of Regents may develop social
programs
66-08-04 Procedure for developing social policies and
programs
66-08-05 Education Board of Regents evaluation of
compliance
66-08-07 Educational Institutions initiation of Social
Programs
66-08-08 Procedure for educational institutions to
establish drug policy
66-08-09 Tribal Juvenile Court as last resort
66-09-03 Competency guidelines and evaluations
66-09-06 - Hiring and retention
Subchapter 10
Indian Preference
66-10-01 Education Board of Regents to apply Indian
preference
66-10-02 Educational institutions to apply Indian
preference
Subchapter 11
Attendance Policy
66-11-01 Mandatory Attendance
66-11-02 Exceptions to Mandatory Attendance Civil
Sanctions
66-11-05 Cooperative Agreement for Truancy
66-11-06 Educational Institution Responsibilities
Education Department Flowchart ..35
This Title of this Code is the Education Code of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate. This title may be cited as the Tribal Education Code.
The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate has an inherent right to exercise its responsibility to the Sisseton-Wahpeton people for their formal education by enacting and implementing a tribal education code applicable to all educational institutions within the Lake Traverse Reservation and to all educational programs receiving significant funding for the education of Sisseton-Wahpeton youth.
The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate commits to work cooperatively with all education providers on the reservation or serving the Sisseton-Wahpeton youth to assure the achievement of educational goals set by the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate.
In the operation of educational institutions, the laws and ordinances of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate apply to the maximum extent of the jurisdiction of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate.
As provided in Article VII, Section 1(a) of the Revised Constitution and By-Laws of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate is empowered to negotiate with the federal, state, and other tribal governments, or their political subdivisions, any agreements necessary to implement the policies and provisions of this Tribal Education Code.
The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate specifically claims for its
people and relies upon the responsibility of the government of the
With the Tribal Education Code, the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate intends to:
Provide the necessary resources to preserve, protect, and perpetuate the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate with its human and land resources;
Provide a means to coordinate branches, agencies, and entities of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate regarding the purposes, standards, and functions of education on the Lake Traverse Reservation;
Provide excellent education for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate and provide a means to prepare tribal members for life on and off the reservation;
Improve education on the Reservation by assessing the education situation and developing programs and policies tailored to address identified problem areas; and
Adopt laws and policies which enable tribal decision-making, direct funding, block grant funding, set-asides and other improvements
The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate declares as policy that:
The tribal members and land base are the most valuable resources of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate. The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, as a sovereign nation, has a responsibility to its people to oversee their education in whatever school or school systems the Sisseton-Wahpeton youth are being educated to assure an excellent education. To preserve, protect, and perpetuate the human resources within and on the native homelands of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, the Tribal Government must be actively involved with all educational endeavors on the Reservation.
An effective, appropriate, and relevant formal education on the Reservation fosters:
(1) Competence in Dakota language skills and knowledge of Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota culture, government, economics, and environment;
(2) Knowledge of the history of Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate and the role of tribal members in promoting the future of the Oyate;
(3) The development of Sisseton-Wahpeton tribal and United States citizenship;
(4) Parental and community involvement in the formal education process such that formal education includes the educational aspirations and cultural values of the parents and community members;
(5) An attitude toward education which encourages lifetime learning;
(6) Preparation for lifetime responsibilities in the areas of employment, family life, recreation and use of leisure;
(7) Positive Self-discipline and self-concept;
(8) The formulation of age, grade, and/or developmentally appropriate competencies in all basic areas of academic and cognitive skills; and
(9) Competence in English Language skills and knowledge of non-Indian American culture, government, economics, and environment.
The Tribal Government encourages and supports local control of Sisseton-Wahpeton education. The Tribal Government supports administration of a school under the guidance and direction of a school board or a governing body.
Curriculum, education standards, educational policies and programs, and employment practices regulated under this Tribal Education Code shall be carried out through coordinated efforts between the Education Board of Regents, other Education Board of Regents and agencies, state and tribal educational institutions, and shall incorporate the intents purposes and policies of this Code.
The Tribal Government shall develop cooperative working relationships with the state and federal governments to improve the education systems on the Reservation.
The Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate is a people with a distinct political, economic, and cultural heritage. The fundamental goal of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate regarding education is self-determination consistent with this heritage.
Unless the Tribal Education Code indicates, the following definitions apply:
Alcohol, nicotine and drugs Alcohol, nicotine, and drugs mean any substance that may alter the sensorium, including alcoholic drinks, nicotine, tobacco and tobacco related products, drugs regulated by or controlled under federal or tribal law. The use of noxious substances The use of noxious substances means the inhalation, consumption or any other means of introducing noxious substances into the human system to produce intoxication, in a manner not intended to be the primary function of that substance. Noxious substances are substances, the use of which may result in temporary or permanent loss or diminution in judgment, perception, or coordination and includes, but is not limited to aerosol products, sterno, rubbing alcohol, shaving lotion, gasolin