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 PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988

102 STAT. 403

Subpart 2—Special Programs and Projects to Improve Educational Opportunities for Indian Children SEC. 5321. IMPROVEMENT OF INDIAN CHILDREN.

EDUCATIONAL

OPPORTUNITIES

Grants. FOR

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a program of making grants for the improvement of educational opportunities for Indian children— (1) to support planning, pilot, and demonstration projects, in accordance with subsection (b), which are designed to test and demonstrate the effectiveness of programs for improving educational opportunities for Indian children; (2) to assist in the establishment and operation of programs, in accordance with subsection (c), which are designed to stimulate— (A) the provision of educational services not available to Indian children in sufficient quantity or quality, and (B) the development and establishment of exemplary educational programs to serve as models for regular school programs in which Indian children are educated; (3) to assist in the establishment and operation of preservice and inservice training programs, in accordance with subsection (d), for persons serving Indian children as educational personnel; and (4) to encourage the dissemination of information and materials relating to, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of, education programs which may offer educational opportunities to Indian children. (b) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—The Secretary is authorized to make grants to State and local educational agencies, federally supported elementary and secondary schools for Indian children and to Indian tribes, Indian organizations, and Indian institutions to support planning, pilot, and demonstration projects which are designed to plan for, and test and demonstrate the effectiveness of, programs for improving educational opportunities for Indian children, including— (1) innovative programs related to the educational needs of educationally deprived children; (2) bilingual and bicultural education programs and projects; (3) special health and nutrition services, and other related activities, which meet the special health, social, and psychological problems of Indian children; and (4) coordination of the operation of other federally assisted programs which may be used to assist in meeting the needs of such children. (c) SERVICES AND PROGRAMS TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.—

(1) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to State and local educational agencies and to tribal and other Indian community organizations to assist them in developing and establishing educational services and programs specifically designed to improve educational opportunities for Indian children. Such grants may be used— (A) to provide educational services not available to such children in sufficient quantity or quality, including—

25 USC 2621.

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