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 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 108 STAT. 4059 SEC. 566. STUDY. The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a study, in consultation with the board of regents of the Haskell Indian Junior College to evaluate the possible need for alternative institutional and administrative systems at Haskell Indian Junior College to support the transition of such college to a four year university. If the study's conclusions require legislation to be implemented, the study shall be accompanied by appropriate draft legislation. Such study shall be transmitted to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives by June 1, 1995. SEC. 566. THERAPEUTIC MODEL DEMONSTRATION SCHOOLS. (a) AUTHORIZATION. — (1) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is authorized to establish demonstration schools, based on the therapeutic model described in this section, to provide services necessary to achieve positive changes in the attitudes, behavior, and academic performance of Indian youth attending off-reservation boarding schools. (2) PURPOSE. —The purpose of the therapeutic model demonstration schools is— (A) to provide a program, based on an annual written plan, linking clinicians, counselors, and mental health professionals with academic program personnel in a culturally sensitive residential program tailored to the particular needs of Indian students; (B) to provide for a continued evaluation of the planning and implementation of the therapeutic model in the designated schools; and (C) to determine what steps the Bureau of Indian Affairs must take and what resources are required to transform existing off-reservation boarding schools to meet the needs of chemically dependent, emotionally disturbed, socially troubled, or other at-risk Indian youth who attend such schools. (b) LOCATION.— The Secretary shall initiate the therapeutic model at two schools during school years 1994 through 1996, and shall give priority to— (1) one school that is the recipient of a grant under section 5204 of the August F„ Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 during the 1994-1995 school year; and (2) one school operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs during the 1995-1996 school year. (c) SERVICES.— The demonstration schools shall provide an integrated residential environment that may include— (1) mental health services; (2) education; (3) recreation therapy; (4) social service programs; (5) substance abuse education and prevention; and (6) other support services for aftercare. (d) STAFFING. — The demonstration schools shall be staffed with health and social service professionals, and educators, and may include— Indians. Colleges and universities. Indians. 25 USC 2001 note.

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