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PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974

Payments. Ante, p. 5 0 3.

Annual report to Congress and President.

A s s e s s m e n t of n e e d s of Indian children, submittal to Congress andPresident.

[88 STAT.

such school and which is approved by the Commissioner for the purposes of this section may be considered to be a local educational agency as such term is used in this title. "(b) From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 702(b), the Commissioner is authorized to make payments to the Secretary of the Interior to carry out programs of bilingual education for children on reservations served by elementary and secondary schools for Indian children operated or funded by the Department of the Interior. The terms upon which payments tor such purpose may be made to the Secretary of the Interior shall be determined pursuant to such criteria as the Commissioner determines will best carry out the policy of section 702(a). "(c) The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare and, not later than November 1 of each year, shall submit to the Congress and the President an annual report detailing a review and evaluation of the use, during the pi-eccding fiscal year, of all funds paid to hira by the Commissioner under subsection (b) of this section, including complete fiscal reports, a description of the personnel and information paid for in whole or in part with such funds, the allocation of such funds, and the status of all programs funded from such payments. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to relieve the Director of any authority or obligation under this part. " (d) The Secretary of the Interior shall, together with the information required in the preceding subsection, submit to the Congress and the President, an assessment of the needs of Indian children with respect to the purposes of this title in schools operated or funded by the Department of the Interior, including those State educational agencies and local educational agencies receiving assistance under the Johnson-O'Malley Act (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.) and an assessment of the extent to which such needs are being met by funds provided to such schools for educational purposes through the Secretary of the Interior. TRAINING

20 USC 880b-9. Ante,

p. 506.

Fellowships.

"SEC. 723. (a)(1) In carrying out the provisions of clauses (1) and (3) of subsection (a) of section 721, with respect to ti-aining, the Commissioner shall, through grants to, and contracts with, eligible applicants, as defined in subsection (b), provide for— " (A)(i) training, carried out in coordination with any other programs training auxiliary educational personnel, designed (I) to prepare personnel to participate in, or for personnel participating in, the conduct of programs of bilingual education, including programs emphasizing opportunities for career development, advancement, and lateral mobility, ( II) to train teachers, administrators, paraprofessionals, teacher aides, and parents, and ( III) to train persons to teach and counsel such persons, and (ii) special training programs designed (I) to meet individual needs, and ( II) to encourage reform, innovation, and improvement in applicable education curricula in graduate education, in the structure of the academic profession, and in recruitment and retention of higher education and graduate school facilities, as related to bilingual education; and " (B) the operation of short-term training institutes designed to improve the skills of participants in programs of bilingual education in order to facilitate their effectiveness in carrying out responsibilities in connection with such programs. "(2) I n addition the Commissioner is authorized to award fellowships for study in the field of training teachers for bilingual edu-

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