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"(2)(A) Applications for payment on the basis of children determined mider section 3(a) or 3(b) who reside, or reside with a parent 20 USC 238. employed, on Indian lands shall set forth adequate assurance that Indian children will participate on an equitable basis in the school program of the local educational agency. " (B) For the purposes of this paragraph, Indian lands means that property included within the definition of Federal property under Ante, p. 334. clause (A) of section 403(1).". (2)(A) The Commissioner shall exercise his authority under section 425 of the General Education Provisions Act, to encourage local Ante, p. 326. parental participation with respect to financial assistance under title I of Public Law 874, 81st Congress, based upon children who reside on, 7/313^27^^°°' or reside with a parent employed on, Indian lands. si stat! s n, (B) For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "Indian lands" 2^ use 236. means that property included within the definition of Federal prop- "^"dian lands. erty under clause (A) of section 403(1) of Public Law 874, 81st Congress. PART B—SPKCIAL PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS TO IMPROVE EDICATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIAN CHILDREN AMENDMENT TO TITLE VIII OF THE ELEMENTARY AND KFX'ONDARY EDUCATION
ACT
OF
1965
SEC. 421. (a) Title VIII of the P^lementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 is amended by adding to the end thereof the following „„^L^!Von^/ >J
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new section: IMPROVEMENT OF EDICATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIAN CHILDREN SEC. 810. (a) The (commissioner shall carry out a program of mak-
Stat. 12U4;
si Stat. 8I6;
84 Stat. 153. 20 USC SSI.
ing grants for the improvement of educational opportunities for Indian children— "(1) to support planning, pilot, and demonstration projects, in accordance with subsection (b), which are designed to test and demonstrate the effectiveness of programs for improving educational opportunities for Indian children; "(2) to assist in the establishment and operation of programs, in accordance with subsection (c), which are designed to stimulate (A) the provision of educational services not available to Indian children in sufficient quantity or quality, and (B) the development and establishment of exemplary educational programs to . serve as models for regular school programs in which Indian children are educated; "(3) to assist in the establishment and operation of preservice and inservice training programs, in accordance with subsection (d), for persons serving Indian children as educational per-sonnel: and "(4) to encourage the dissemination of information and materials relating to, and the evaluation of the effectiveness of, education programs which may offer educational opportunities to Indian children. In the case of activities of the type described in clause (3) preference ra^s^'^^ndlan's"" shall be given to the training of Indians. preference!^"^' " (b) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to State and local educational agencies, federally supported elementary and secondary schools for Indian children and to Indian tribes, organizations, and institutions to support planning, pilot, and demonstration projects
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