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PUBLIC LAW 92-318-JUNE 23, 1972

Ante, p. 334. Ante, p. 3 3 9. Ante, p. 342.

Ante, p. 3 3 5. Annual report to C o n g r e s s.

Contract authority.

Ante,

p. 326.

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(2) review applications for assistance under title III of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress), as added by this Act, section 810 of title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as added by this Act, and section 314 of the Adult Education Act, as added by this Act, and make recommendations to the Commissioner with respect to their approval; (3) evaluate program and projects carried out under any program of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in which Indian children or adults can participate or from which they can benefit, and disseminate the results of such evaluations; (4) provide technical assistance to local educational agencies and to Indian educational agencies, institutions, and organizations to assist them in improving the education of Indian children; (5) assist the Commissioner in developing criteria and reguhitions for the administration and evaluation of grants made under section 303(b) of the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress); and (6) to submit to the Congress not later than March 31 of each year a report on its activities, which shall include any recommendations it may deem necessary for the improvement of Federal education programs in which Indian children and adults participate, or from which they can benefit, which report shall include statement of the Xational Council's recommendations to the Commissioner with respect to the funding of any such programs. (c) With respect to functions of the National Council stated in clauses (2), (3). and (4) of subsection (b), the National Council is authorized to contract with any public or private nonprofit agency, institution, or organization for assistance in carrying out such functions. (d) From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 400(c) of the General Education Provisions Act which ate available for the purposes of section 411 of such Act and for part D of such Act, the Commissioner shall make available such sums as may be necessary to enable the National Council to carry out its functions under this section. PART E—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS AMENDMENT TO TITLE V OF H I G H E R EDUCATION ACT OF 1965

81 Stat. 83, 20 USC 1091b.

81 Stat. 9 1; 82 Stat. 1040; Ante, p. 2 8 5. 20 USC 1119.

SEC. 451. (a) Section 503(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by inserting after "and higher education," the following: "including the need to provide such programs and education to Indians,'-. (b) Part D of title V of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding after section 531 the following new section: '"

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532. Of the sums made available for the purposes of this part, not less than 5 per centum shall be used for grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education and other public and private nonprofit agencies and organizations for the purpose of preparing persons to serve as teachers of children living on reservations serviced by elementary and secondary schools for Indian children operated or supported by the Department of the Interior, including public and private schools operated by Indian tribes and by nonprofit institutions and organizations of Indian tribes. I n carrying out the provisions of this section preference shall be given to the training of Indians.". •'SEC

Indians, preference.

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