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 102 STAT. 404

PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988 (i) remedial and compensatory instruction, school health, physical education, psychological, and other services designed to assist and encourage Indian children to enter, remain in, or reenter elementary or secondary school; (ii) comprehensive academic and vocational instruction; (iii) instructional materials (such as library books, textbooks, and other printed, published, or audiovisual materials) and equipment; (iv) comprehensive guidance, counseling, and testing services; (v) special education programs for handicapped and gifted and talented Indian children; (vi) early childhood programs, including kindergarten; (vii) bilingual and bicultural education programs; and (viii) other services which meet the purposes of this subsection; and (B) to establish and operate exemplary and innovative educational programs and centers, involving new educational approaches, methods, and techniques designed to enrich programs of elementary and secondary education for Indian children. (2) In addition to the grants provided under paragraph (1), the Secretary is authorized to provide grants to consortia of Indian tribes or tribal organizations, local educational agencies, and institutions of higher education for the purpose of developing, improving, and implementing a program of— (A) encouraging Indian students to acquire a higher education, and (B) reducing the incidence of dropouts among elementary and secondary school students. (d) TRAINING.—

(1) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education and to State and local educational agencies, in combination with institutions of higher education, for carrying out programs and projects— (A) to prepare persons to serve Indian students as teachers, administrators, teacher aides, social workers, and ancillary educational personnel; and (B) to improve the qualifications of such persons who are serving Indian students in such capacities. (2) Grants made under this subsection may be used for the establishment of fellowship programs leading to an advanced degree, for institutes and, as part of a continuing program, for seminars, symposia, workshops, and conferences. (3) In programs funded by grants authorized under this subsection, preference shall be given to the training of Indians. (e) GRANTS FOR EVALUATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—

(1) The Secretary is authorized to make grants to, and to enter into contracts with, public agencies. State educational agencies in States in which more than 5,000 Indian children are enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools, Indian tribes, Indian institutions, and Indian organizations, and to make con-

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