---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 37.100"
title: "25"
number: "37.100"
heading: "What is the purpose of this part?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/37.100"
---

# §37.100. What is the purpose of this part?

- (a) **This part—**
  - (1) Establishes procedures for confirming, establishing, or revising attendance areas for each Bureau-funded school;
  - (2) Encourages consultation with and coordination between and among all agencies (school boards, tribes, and others) involved with a student's education; and
  - (3) Defines how tribes may develop policies regarding setting or revising geographic attendance boundaries, attendance, and transportation funding for their area of jurisdiction.
- (b) **The goals of the procedures in this part are to—**
  - (1) Provide stability for schools;
  - (2) Assist schools to project and to track current and future student enrollment figures for planning their budget, transportation, and facilities construction needs;
  - (3) Adjust for geographic changes in enrollment, changes in school capacities, and improvement of day school opportunities; and
  - (4) **Avoid overcrowding or stress on limited resources.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Public Law 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 22204, Apr. 28, 2005, unless otherwise noted.