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 PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988

102 STAT. 383

"(ii) funds appropriated for any program that has been curtailed at any Bureau school, to fund allotments made under section 1128, and "(B) the Secretary may waive the application of the provisions of section 1121(g) with respect to the closure or consolidation of a school, or the curtailment of a program at a school, during such fiscal year if the funds described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) with respect to such school are used to fund allotments made under section 1128 for such fiscal year.". SEC. 5119. TRIBAL DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION.

Grants.

Part B of title XI of the Education Amendments of 1978 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: " T R I B A L DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION

"SEC. 1142. (a) Subject to the availability of appropriations, the 25 USC 2022b. Secretary shall provide grants and technical assistance to tribes for the development and operation of tribal departments of education for the purpose of planning and coordinating all educational programs of the tribe. "(b) Grants provided under this section shall— "(1) be based on applications from the governing body of the tribe, "(2) reflect factors such as geographic and population diversity, "(3) facilitate tribal control in all matters relating to the education of Indian children on Indian reservations and on former Indian reservations in Oklahoma, "(4) provide for the development of coordinated educational programs on Indian reservations (including all preschool, elementary, secondary, and higher or vocational educational programs funded by tribal, Federal, or other sources) by encouraging tribal administrative support of all Bureau funded educational programs as well as encouraging tribal cooperation and coordination with all educational programs receiving financial support from State agencies, other Federal agencies, or private entities, "(5) provide for the development and enforcement of tribal educational codes, including tribal educational policies and tribal standards applicable to curriculum, personnel, students, facilities, and support programs, and "(6) otherwise comply with regulations for grants under section 104(a) of the Indian Self-Determination and Educational Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450h) that are in effect on the date application for such grants are made. "(c)(1) In approving and funding applications for grants under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to any application that— "(A) includes assurances from the majority of Bureau funded schools located within the boundaries of the reservation of the applicant that the tribal department of education to be funded under this section will provide coordinating services and technical assistance to all of such schools, including (but not limited to) the submission to each applicable agency of a unified application for funding for all of such schools which provides that—

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