Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 98 Part 2.djvu/1235

 PUBLIC LAW 98-511—OCT. 19, 1984

98 STAT. 2395

"(E) special transportation and other costs of isolated and small schools; "(F) the costs of boarding arrangements, where determined necessary by a tribal governing body or designated local school board; "(G) costs associated with greater lengths of service by educational personnel; "(H) special programs for gifted and talented students; and "(I) costs associated with operating education and recreational programs on a 12-month basis;". (b) Section 1128(c) is amended by inserting "(1)" after "(c)", redes- 25 USC 2008. ignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and by adding at the end thereof the following: "(2) AH Bureau and contract schools receiving funds under this section shall receive an equal amount as an allowance for local school board training and activities including, notwithstanding any other provision of law, meeting expenses and the cost of membership in or support of organizations engaged in activities on behalf of Indian education. "(3) The Secretary shall, subject to appropriations, provide to all contract schools an amount for administrative and indirect costs which is at least equal to the amount which would be expended by the Secretary if such school were directly operated by the Secretary. The Secretary shall take such actions as are necessary to provide contract schools with the full Eimount as determined by this paragraph without reducing funds available under subsection (a) of this section.". (c) Section 1128 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) The Director of the Office shall establish a separate fund from which monetary awards and quality step increases for employees shall be paid. Such payments shall not affect school allotments under this section.". UNIFORM DIRECT FUNDING

SEC. 506. (a) Section 1129(a) is amended— 25 USC 2009. (1) by striking out "section 1128," and all that follows in the second sentence and inserting in lieu thereof "section 1128."; and (2) by inserting "(1)" after "(a)" and adding at the end thereof the following: "(2)(A) For the purpose of affording adequate notice of funding available pursuant to the allotments made by this section, amounts appropriated in an appropriation Act for any fisccd year shall become available for obligation by the affected schools on July 1 of the fisced year in which they are appropriated without further action by the Secretary, and shall remain available for obligation through the succeeding fiscal year. In order to effect a transition to the forward funding method of distribution described in the preceding sentence, there are authorized to be appropriated, in an appropriation Act or Acts for the same fiscal year, two separate appropriations for such allotments, the first of which shall not be subject to the preceding sentence. "(B) The Secretary shall, on the basis of the amount appropriated in accordance with this paragraph—

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