PUBLIC LAW 105-332—OCT. 31, 1998 112 STAT. 3081 "(F) individuals with other barriers to educational achievement, including individuals with limited English proficiency. "(24) STATE.— The term 'State', unless otherwise specified, means each of the several States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of PuertRico, and each outlying area. "(25) SUPPORT SERVICES.— The term 'support services' means services related to curriculum modification, equipment modification, classroom modification, supportive personnel, and instructional aids and devices. "(26) TECH-PREP PROGRAM.— The term 'tech-prep program' means a program of study that— "(A) combines at least 2 years of secondary education (as determined under State law) and 2 years of postsecondary education in a nonduplicative sequential course of study; "(B) strengthens the applied academic component of vocational and technical education through the integration of academic, and vocational and technical, instruction; "(C) provides technical preparation in an area such as engineering technology, applied science, a mechanical, industrial, or practical art or trade, agriculture, a health occupation, business, or applied economics; "(D) builds student competence in mathematics, science, and communications (including through applied academics) in a coherent sequence of courses; and "(E) leads to an associate degree or a certificate in a specific career field, and to high skill, high wage employ- ment, or further education. " (27) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. — The term 'tribally controlled college or university' has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Tribally Controlled College or University Assistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801(a)(4)). " (28) TRIBALLY CONTROLLED POSTSECONDARY VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTION.— The term 'tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and technical institution' means an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, except that paragraph (2) of such section shall not be applicable and the reference to Secretary in paragraph (5)(A) of such section shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of the Interior) that— "(A) is formally controlled, or has been formally sanctioned or chartered, by the governing body of an Indian tribe or Indian tribes; "(B) offers a technical degree or certificate granting program; "(C) is governed by a board of directors or trustees, a majority of whom are Indians; "(D) demonstrates adherence to stated goals, a philosophy, or a plan of operation, that fosters individual Indian economic and self-sufficiency opportunity, including programs that are appropriate to stated tribal goals of developing individual entrepreneurships and self-sustaining economic infrastructures on reservations; "(E) has been in operation for at least 3 years;
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