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 102 STAT. 408

PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988

fiscal years, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. 25 USC 2624.

SEC. 5324. GIFTED AND TALENTED.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS.—The Secretary shall establish 2 centers for gifted and talented Indian students at tribally controlled community colleges. Contracts.

Children's Television Network.

GJ) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—

(1) The Secretary shall award separate grants to, or enter into contracts with— (A) 2 tribally controlled community colleges that— (i) are eligible for funding under the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978, and (ii) are fully accredited, or (B) if acceptable applications are not submitted to the Secretary by 2 of such colleges, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, for the establishment of centers under subsection (a) and for demonstration projects designed to address the special needs of Indian students in elementary and secondary schools who are gifted and talented and to provide those support services to their families that are needed to enable the students to benefit from the project. (2) Any person to whom a grant is made, or with whom a contract is entered into, under paragraph (1) may enter into a contract with any other persons, including the Children's Television Workshop, for the purpose of carrying out the demonstration projects for which such grant was awarded or for which the contract was entered into by the Secretary. (3) Demonstration projects funded under this section may include— (A) the identification of the special needs of gifted and talented students, particularly at the elementary school level, with attention to the emotional and psychosocial needs of these students and to the provision of those support services to their families that are needed to enable these students to benefit from the project; (B) the conduct of educational, psychosocial, and developmental activities which hold reasonable promise of resulting in substantial progress toward meeting the educational needs of such gifted and talented children, including, but not limited to, demonstrating and exploring the use of Indian languages and exposure to Indian cultural traditions; (C) the provision of technical assistance and the coordination of activities at schools which receive grants under subsection (d) with respect to the activities funded by such grants, the evaluation of programs at such schools funded by such grants, or the dissemination of such evaluations; (D) the use of public television in meeting the special educational needs of such gifted and talented children; (E) leadership programs designed to replicate programs for such children throughout the United States, including the dissemination of information derived from the demonstration projects conducted under this section; and (F) appropriate research, evaluation, and related activities pertaining to the needs of such children and to the

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