104 STAT. 2912 PUBLIC LAW 101-589 —NOV. 16, 1990 (3) the term "elementary school" has the same meaning given that term in section 1471(8) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (4) the term "Foundation" refers to the National Science Foundation; (5) the term "institution of higher education" has the ssmie meaning given that term in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965; (6) the term "local educational agency" hsis the same meaning given that term in section 1471(12) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (7) the term "minorities" refers to members of those racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in mathematics, science and engineering, including American Indians, Black Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Aleiskans, or Native Pacific Islanders; (8) the terms "scholarship" and "fellowship" refers to a financial award made to a student which enables a student to pursue a desired course of study at an institution of higher education; (9) the term "secondary school" has the same meaning given that term in section 1471(21) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; (10) the term "Secretary", unless otherwise specified, refers to the Secretary of the Department of Education; (11) the term "State educational agency" has the same meaning given that term in section 1471(23) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and (12) the term "traineeship" means a form of financial support provided to an institution of higher education to— (A) be used to provide stipends to graduate students selected by such institution; and (B) help defray educational costs of educating such graduate students. PART C—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS SEC. 721. STUDENT ASSISTANCE GENERAL PROVISIONS. The Secretary shall extend until January 1, 1991 the public comment period on the proposed regulations modifying part 668 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, concerning clock and credit hour conversion. SEC. 722. PUBLIC LAW 81-874. (a) FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS. —Section 2 of Public Law 81-874 (20 U.S.C. 237) is amended— (1) by redesignating the second subsection (d), as added by section 7(a) of Public Law 101-305, as subsection (e); and (2) by adding a new subsection at the end thereof to read as follows: "(f) Beginning with fiscal year 1991, any school district which (1) as demonstrated by written evidence from the United States Forest Service satisfactory to the Secretary, contains between 50,000 and 55,000 acres of land that has been acquired by the United States Forest Service between 1915 and 1990, and (2) serves a county chartered by State law in 1875, shall be deemed to have met the requirements of subsection 2(a)(1)(C).".
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