Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 2.djvu/1219

 PUBLIC LAW 98-511—OCT. 19, 1984

98 STAT. 2379

regard for the relative ability of particular local educational agencies to carry out such programs and the relative numbers of persons from low-income families sought to be benefited by such programs. "(i) Programs authorized under this title in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico may, notwithstanding any other provision of this title, include programs of instruction, teacher training, curriculum development, research, evaluation, and testing designed to improve the English proficiency of children, and may also make provision for serving the needs of students of limited proficiency in Spanish. "(j) If the Secretary determines that an applicant for assistance under this title is unable or unwilling to provide for the participation in the program for which assistance is sought of children of limited English proficiency enrolled in nonprofit, private schools, as required by subsection (0(2) of this section, the Secretary shall— "(1) withhold approval of such application until the applicant demonstrates that it is in compliance with those requirements; or "(2) reduce the amount of the grant to such applicant by the amount which is required for the Secretary to arrange (such as through a contract with a nonprofit, nonsectarian agency, organization, or institution) to assess the needs of the children in the area to be served for programs of the type authorized in this title and to carry out such programs for the children. INDIAN CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS

"SEC. 722. (a) For the purpose of carrying out programs under this 20 USC 3232. title for individuals served by elementary, secondary, or postsecondary schools operated predominantly for Indian or Alaskan Native children, an Indian tribe or a tribally sanctioned educational authority may be considered to be a local educational agency as such term is used in this title, subject to the following qualifications: "(1) The term 'Indian tribe' means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, including any Alaska Native village or regional or village corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (85 Stat. 688) which is recognized for the 43 USC 1601 special programs and services provided by the United States to note. Indians because of their status as Indians. "(2) The term 'tribally sanctioned educational authority' means any department or division of education operating within the administrative structure of the duly constituted governing body of an Indian tribe, as well as any nonprofit institution or organization which is chartered by the governing body of an Indian tribe to operate any such school or otherwise to oversee delivery of educational services to members of that tribe and which is approved by the Secretary for the purposes of this section. "(b) From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 702(b), the Secretary is authorized to make payments to the applicants to carry out programs of bilingual education for Indian children on reservations served by elementary and secondary schools operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. "(c) The Assistant Secretary of the Interior for the Bureau of Report. Indian Affairs shall submit to the Congress, the President, and the Secretary by September 30 of each year an annual report which provides—

�