A. The Tribal Council has found it to be in the best interest of the Tribe to provide Back to School Assistance to enrolled Tribal Members of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe who are 18 years or younger. This program will assist Tribal Members to complete their education and promote academic achievement and educational attainment and to remove the historic barriers to student success and improve tribal social and economic opportunity.
B. Through this Chapter, the Tribal Council institutes the Back to School Assistance Program, guided by the appropriate laws, policies and procedures applicable through federal laws and regulations.
C. The Back to School Assistance Program established in the Chapter complies with the General Welfare Policy found in Chapter 1 of this Title of the Law & Order Code.
[Legislative History: Enacted by Resolution No. 2019-91, 7/5//2019]
A. Pursuant to the authority vested in the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribal Council by virtue of its inherent powers of self-government, and its authority to provide for the health, wealth and safety, morals and welfare of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, hereby establishes the Back to School Assistance Program, and enacts this Chapter which shall establish the purposes, powers and duties of the Back to School Assistance Program.
B. Each year, the Tribal Council shall establish the amounts of assistance and any additional requirements for participation in the Back to School Assistance Program for each calendar year through resolution of the Tribal Council.
[Legislative History: Enacted by Resolution No. 2019-91, 7/5//2019]
For purposes of this Chapter, the definitions provided in § 101 of Chapter 1 of this Title shall apply and the following additional terms as applied to this Chapter shall mean:
A. “Tribal Student” means an enrolled Tribal Member of the San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe who is 18 years of age or younger, who is currently enrolled in a Head Start program, preschool or K-12 school program.
B. “Back to School Assistance Program Application” means the application approved by the Tribal Council to support the purposes set forth in this Chapter, including all supplemental documentation required to be included with the Application.
C. “Back to School Assistance Program” means the Tribal Government Program established in this Chapter.
[Legislative History: Enacted by Resolution No. 2019-91, 7/5//2019
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