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 PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 183 (A) one of whom shall be a representative of a national organization which represents primarily national Indian education concerns; and (B) three of whom shall be chairpersons (or their designees) of Indian tribes with schools funded by the Bureau on their reservations (other than those specifically represented by organizations referred to in paragraph (4)), provided that preference for no less than two of these members shall be given to Indian tribes with a significant number of schools funded by the Bureau on their reservations, or with a significant percentage of their children enrolled in schools funded by the Bureau. (c) BIA COST ANALYSIS.— (1) IN GENERAL.— (A) The Secretary of the Interior shall reserve from the fxmds received pursuant to section 304(a)(1)(B) in the first fiscal year that the Secretary of the Interior receives such funds an amount not to exceed $500,000 to provide, through the National Academy of Sciences or the National Academy of Education, for an analysis of the costs associated with meeting the academic and home-living/residential standards of the Bureau for each school funded by the Bureau. The purpose of such analysis shall be to provide the Bureau and the panel described in paragraph (4) with baseline data regarding the current state of operations funded by the Bureau and to provide a framework for addressing the implementation of opportunity-to-leam standards. (B) The results of such analysis shall be reported, in aggre- Reports. gate and school specific form, to the chairpersons and ranWng minority members of the Committees on Education and Labor and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Indian Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and to the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Education (who shall transmit the report to the appropriate entities under this Act), and the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. (2) CONTENT.— Such analysis shall evaluate the costs of providing a program in each school operated or supported by the Bureau for the next succeeding academic year and shall be based on— (A) the standards either published in the Federal Register as having effect in schools operated by the Bureau on the date of enactment of this Act or the standards incorporated into each grant or contract in effect on such date with a tribally controlled school funded under section 1128 of Public Law 95-561 (as amended); (B) the best projections of student counts and demographics, as provided by the Bureau and as independently reviewed by the National Academy of Sciences or the National Academy of Education; and (C) the pay and benefit schedules and other personnel requirements for each school operated by the Bureau, as such pay and benefit schedules and requirements existed on the date of enactment of this Act. (d) SECRETARY OF DEFENSE. —The Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of Defense to ensure that, to the extent practicable.

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