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 personnel; 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 shall be given to the training of Indians.

(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 which are designed to plan for, and test and demonstrate the effectiveness of, programs for improving educational opportunities for Indian children, including

(1) innovative programs related to the educational needs of educationally deprived children;

(2) bilingual and bicultural education programs and projects; (3) special health and nutrition services, and other related activities, which meet the special health, social, and psychological problems of Indian children; and

(4) coordinating the operation of other federally assisted programs which may be used to assist in meeting the needs of such children.

(c) The Commissioner is also authorized to make grants to State and local educational agencies and to tribal and other Indian community organizations to assist and stimulate them in developing and establishing educational services and programs specifically designed to improve educational opportunities for Indian children. Grants may be used

(1) to provide educational services not available to such children in sufficient quantity or quality, including—

(A) remedial and compensatory instruction, school health, physical education, psychological, and other services designed to assist and encourage Indian children to enter, remain in, or reenter elementary or secondary school;

(B) comprehensive academic and vocational instruction; C) instructional materials (such as library books, textbooks, and other printed or published or audiovisual materials) and equipment;

(D) comprehensive guidance, counseling, and testing services;

(E) special education programs for handicapped;

(F) preschool programs;

(G) bilingual and bicultural education programs; and (H) other services which meet the purposes of this subsection; and

(2) for the establishment and operation of exemplary and innovative educational programs and centers, involving new educational approaches, methods, and techniques designed to enrich programs of elementary and secondary education for Indian children.

(d) The Commissioner is also authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education and to State and local educational agencies, in combination with institutions of higher education, for carrying out programs and projects—

(1) to prepare persons to serve Indian children as teachers, teacher aides, social workers, and ancillary educational personnel;

and

(2) to improve the qualifications of such persons who are serving Indian children in such capacities.

Grants for the purposes of this subsection may be used for the establishment of fellowship programs leading to an advanced degree, for institutes and, as part of a continuing program, for seminars, symposia, workshops, and conferences. In carrying out the programs authorized by this subsection, preference shall be given to the training of Indians.

(e) The Commissioner is also authorized to make grants to and contracts with, public agencies, and institutions and Indian tribes, institutions, and organizations for

(1) the dissemination of information concerning education programs, services, and resources available to Indian children, including evaluations thereof; and

(2) the evaluation of the effectiveness of federally assisted programs in which Indian children may participate in achieving the purposes of such programs with respect to such children. (f) Applications for a grant under this section shall be submitted at such time, in such manner, and shall contain such information, and shall be consistent with such criteria, as may be established as requirements in regulations promulgated by the Commissioner. Such applications shall

(1) set forth a statement describing the activities for which assitance is sought;

(2) in the case of an application for the purposes of subsection (c), subject to such criteria as the Commissioner shall prescribe, provide for the use of funds available under this section, and for the coordination of other resources available to the applicant, in order to insure that, within the scope of the purpose of the project, there will be a comprehensive program to achieve the purposes of this section:

(3) in the case of an application for the purposes of subsection (c), make adequate provision for the training of the personnel participating in the project; and

(4) provide for an evaluation of the effectiveness of the project in achieving its purposes and those of this section.

The Commissioner shall not approve an application for a grant under subsection (b) or (c) unless he is satisfied that such application, and any documents submitted with respect thereto, show that there has

been adequate participation by the parents of the children to be served and tribal communities in the planning and development of the project, and that there will be such a participation in the operation and evaluation of the project. The Commissioner shall not approve an application for a grant under subsection (b). (c), or (d) unless he is satisfied that such an application, to the extent consistent with the number of eligible children in the area to be served who are enrolled in private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools whose needs are of the type which the program is intended to meet, makes provision for the participation of such children on an equitable basis. In approving applications under this section. the Commissioner shall give priority to applications from Indian educational agencies, organizations, and institutions.

(g) For the purpose of making grants under this section there are hereby authorized to be appropriated $25.000.000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and $35.000.000 for each of the succeeding fiscal years ending prior to July 1. 1978.

(20 U.S.C. 887 (c) Enacted June 23, 1972, P.L. 92–318. Sec. 421 (a); 86 Stat. 339, 341; amended August 21, 1974, P.L. 93–380. sec. 631(a), 88 Stat. 585; amended August 21, 1974, P.L. 93–380, sec. 632 (a), 88 Stat. 586.

CONSUMERS' EDUCATION PROGRAMS 1

SEC. 811. (a) (1) There shall be within the Office of Education an Office of Consumers' Education (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Office') which shall be headed by a Director of Consumers' Education (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Director') who, subject to the management of the Commissioner, shall have responsibility for carrying out the provisions of this section.

(2) The Director shall be appointed by the Commissioner in accordance with the provisions of title 5 of the United States Code relating to appointments to the competitive service.

(b) (1) (A) The Director shall carry out a program of making grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education, State and local educational agencies, and other public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions (including libraries) to support research, demonstration, and pilot projects designed to provide consumer education to the public except that no grant may be made other than to a nonprofit agency, organization, or institution.

(B) Funds appropriated for grants and contracts under this section shall be available for such activities as—

1 Note: Sec. 505(a) (1) and (2) of P.L. 92-318 read as follows:

"SEC. 505(a) (1) The Congress of the United States finds that there do not exist adequate resources for educating and informing consumers about their role as participants in the marketplace.

"(2) It is the purpose of the amendment made by this section to encourage and support the development of new improved curricula to prepare consumers for participation in the marketplace to demonstrate the use of such curriculums in model educational programs and to evaluate the effectiveness thereof to provide support for the initiation and maintenance of programs in consumer education at the elementary and secondary and higher education levels: the disseminate curricular materials and other information for use in educational programs throughout the Nation: to provide training programs for teachers, other educational personnel, public service personnel, and community and labor leaders and employees, and government employees at State. Federal, and local levels: to provide for Community Consumer education programs; and to provide for the preparation and distribution of materials by mass media in dealing with consumer education."

(i) the development of curricula (including interdisciplinary curricula) in consumer education;

(ii) dissemination of information relating to such curricula;

(iii) in the case of grants to State and local educational agencies and institutions of higher education, for the support of education programs at the elementary and secondary and higher education levels; and

(iv) preservice and inservice training programs and projects (including fellowship programs, institutes, workshops, symposiums, and seminars) for educational personnel to prepare them to teach in subject matter areas associated with consumer education.

In addition to the activities specified in the first sentence of this paragraph, such funds may be used for projects designed to demonstrate, test, and evaluate the effectiveness of any such activities, whether or not assisted under this section. Activities pursuant to this section shall provide bilingual assistance when appropriate.

(C) Financial assistance under this subsection may be made available only upon application to the Director. Applications under this subsection shall be submitted at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Director shall prescribe by regulation and shall be approved only if it

(i) provides that the activities and service for which assistance is sought will be administered by, or under the supervision of, the applicant;

(ii) describes a program for carrying out one or more of the purposes set forth in the first sentence of subparagraph (B) which holds promise of making a substantial contribution toward attaining the purposes of this section;

(iii) sets forth such policies and procedures as will insure adequate evaluation of the activities intended to be carried out under the application;

(iv) sets forth policies and procedures which assure that Federal funds made available under this section for any fiscal year will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practical increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available by the applicant for the purposes described in this section, and in no case supplant such funds;

(v) provides for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of an accounting for Federal funds paid to the applicant under this section; and

(vi) provides for making an annual report and such other reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Commissioner may reasonably require and for keeping such records, and for affording such access thereto as the Commissioner may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports.

Applications from local educational agencies for financial assistance under this section may be approved by the Director only if the State educational agency has been notified of the application and been given the opportunity to offer recommendations.

(2) Federal assistance to any program or project under this subsection, other than those involving curriculum development, dissemina

tion of curricular materials, and evaluation, shall support up to 100 per centum of the cost of such program including costs of administration; contributions in kind are acceptable as local contributions to program costs.

(c) Each recipient of Federal funds under this section shall make such reports and evaluations as the Commissioner shall prescribe by regulation.

(d) For the purpose of carrying out this section, the Commissioner is authorized to expend not to exceed $15,000,000 for each fiscal year ending prior to July 1, 1978.1

(20 U.S.C. 887d) Enacted June 23, 1972, P.L. 92-318, sec. 505(a), 86 Stat. 349, 350; amended August 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 407, 88 Stat. 553.

OPEN MEETINGS OF EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

SEC. 812. No application for assistance under this Act may be considered unless the local educational agency making such application certifiies to the Commissioner that members of the public have been afforded the opportunity upon reasonable notice to testify or otherwise comment regarding the subject matter of the application. The Commissioner is authorized and directed to establish such regulations as necessary to implement this section.

(20 U.S.C. 887e) Enacted August 21, 1974, P.L. 93-380, sec. 110, 88 Stat. 513.

TITLE IX-ETHNIC HERITAGE PROGRAM

STATEMENT OF POLICY

SEC. 901. In recognition of the heterogeneous composition of the Nation and of the fact that in a multiethnic society a greater understanding of the contributions of one's own heritage and those of one's fellow citizens can contribute to a more harmonious, patriotic, and committed populace, and in recognition of the principle that all persons in the educational institutions of the Nation should have an opportunity to learn about the differing and unique contributions to the national heritage made by each ethnic group, it is the purpose of this title to provide assistance designed to afford to students opportunities to learn about the nature of their own cultural heritage, and to study the contributions of the cultural heritages of the other ethnic groups of the Nation.

(20 U.S.C. 900) Enacted June 23, 1972, P.L. 92-318, sec. 504(a), 86 Stat. 346. 347.

ETHNIC HERITAGE STUDIES PROGRAMS

SEC. 902. The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to, and contracts with, public and private nonprofit educational agencies, institutions, and organizations to assist them in planning, developing, establishing, and operating ethnic heritage studies programs, as provided in this title.

(20 U.S.C. 900a) Enacted June 23, 1972, P.L. 92-318, sec. 504(a), 86 Stat. 347.

1 Sec. 402(a) (4) of P.L. 93-380 provides that no appropriation may be made for this section in any fiscal year during which funds are available for the purposes of this section under the provisions of subsection 402 (a) (The Special Projects Act).