---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 42.1"
title: "25"
number: "42.1"
heading: "What general principles apply to this part?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/42.1"
---

# §42.1. What general principles apply to this part?

- (a) This part applies to every Bureau-funded school. The regulations in this part govern student rights and due process procedures in disciplinary proceedings in all Bureau-funded schools. To comply with this part, each school must:
  - (1) Respect the constitutional, statutory, civil and human rights of individual students; and
  - (2) **Respect the role of Tribal judicial systems where appropriate.**
- (b) All student rights, due process procedures, and educational practices should, where appropriate or possible, afford students consideration of and rights equal to the student's traditional Native customs and practices.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, Pub. L. 107-110, 115 Stat. 1425.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 22218, Apr. 28, 2005, unless otherwise noted.