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SEC. 566. [25 U.S.C. 2001 note] THERAPEUTIC MODEL DEMONSTRATION SCHOOLS.

(a) AUTHORIZATION.—

(1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is authorized to establish demonstration schools, based on the therapeutic model described in this section, to provide services necessary to achieve positive changes in the attitudes, behavior, and academic performance of Indian youth attending off-reservation boarding schools.

(2) PURPOSE.-The purpose of the therapeutic model demonstration schools is

(A) to provide a program, based on an annual written plan, linking clinicians, counselors, and mental health professionals with academic program personnel in a culturally sensitive residential program tailored to the particular needs of Indian students;

(B) to provide for a continued evaluation of the planning and implementation of the therapeutic model in the designated schools; and

(C) to determine what steps the Bureau of Indian Affairs must take and what resources are required to transform existing off-reservation boarding schools to meet the needs of chemically dependent, emotionally disturbed, socially troubled, or other at-risk Indian youth who attend such schools.

(b) LOCATION.-The Secretary shall initiate the therapeutic model at two schools during school years 1994 through 1996, and shall give priority to

(1) one school that is the recipient of a grant under section 5204 of the August F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 during the 1994-1995 school year; and

(2) one school operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs during the 1995-1996 school year.

(c) SERVICES.-The demonstration schools shall provide an integrated residential environment that may include

(1) mental health services;

(2) education;

(3) recreation therapy;

(4) social service programs;

(5) substance abuse education and prevention; and

(6) other support services for aftercare.

(d) STAFFING.-The demonstration schools shall be staffed with health and social service professionals, and educators, and may in

clude

(1) clinical psychologists;

(2) child psychologists;

(3) substance abuse counselors;

(4) social workers; and

(5) health educators.

(e) ENROLLMENT.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior may limit the enrollment at the demonstration schools.

(f) ASSISTANCE.-The Secretary is authorized to enter into agreements with other organizations and agencies, including the Indian Health Service, to carry out this section.

(g) REPORT.-Not later than July 31 of each year, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives on the progress of the Department of the Interior in the development of the demonstration schools.

SEC. 568. [15 U.S.C. 1 note] APPLICATION OF THE ANTITRUST LAWS TO AWARD OF NEED-BASED EDUCATIONAL AID.

(a) TEMPORARY EXEMPTION.-It shall not be unlawful under the antitrust laws for 2 or more institutions of higher education at which all students admitted are admitted on a need-blind basis, to agree or attempt to agree

(1) to award such students financial aid only on the basis of demonstrated financial need for such aid;

(2) to use common principles of analysis for determining the need of such students for financial aid if the agreement to use such principles does not restrict financial aid officers at such institutions in their exercising independent professional judgment with respect to individual applicants for such financial aid;

(3) to use a common aid application form for need-based financial aid for such students if the agreement to use such form does not restrict such institutions in their requesting from such students, or in their using, data in addition to the data requested on such form; or

(4) to exchange through an independent third party, before awarding need-based financial aid to any of such students who is commonly admitted to the institutions of higher education involved, data with respect to the student so admitted and the student's family relating to assets, income, expenses, the number of family members, and the number of the student's siblings in college, if each of such institutions is permitted to retrieve such data only once with respect to the student. (b) LIMITATIONS.-Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to

(1) any financial aid or assistance authorized by the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.); or

(2) any contract, combination, or conspiracy with respect to the amount or terms of any prospective financial aid award to a specific individual.

(c) DEFINITIONS.-For purposes of this section

(1) the term "alien" has the meaning given such term in section 101(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(3));

(2) the term "antitrust laws" has the meaning given such term in subsection (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12(a)), except that such term includes section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to the extent such section applies to unfair methods of competition;

(3) the term "institution of higher education" has the meaning given such term in section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a));

(4) the term "lawfully admitted for permanent residence" has the meaning given such term in section 101(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(20));

(5) the term "national of the United States" has the meaning given such term in section 101(22) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(22));

(6) the term "on a need-blind basis" means without regard to the financial circumstances of the student involved or the student's family; and

(7) the term "student" means, with respect to an institution of higher education, a national of the United States or an alien admitted for permanent residence who is admitted to attend an undergraduate program at such institution on a fulltime basis.

(d) EXPIRATION.-Subsection (a) shall expire on September 30, 1997.

(e) RELATED AMENDMENTS.-The Higher Education Amendments of 1992 (Public Law 102-325) is amended

(1) in the table of contents by striking the matter relating to section 1544, and part F of title XV, of such Act; and (2) by striking part F of title XV of such Act.

Education for Economic Security Act

AN ACT To provide assistance to improve elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education in mathematics and science; to provide a national policy for engineering, technical, and scientific personnel; to provide cost sharing by the private sector in training such personnel; to encourage creation of new engineering, technical, and scientific jobs; and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, [20 U.S.C. 3901 note] That this Act may be cited as the "Education for Economic Security Act".

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

SEC. 2. [20 U.S.C. 3901] It is the purpose of this Act to improve the quality of mathematics and science teaching and instruction in the United States.

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 3. [20 U.S.C. 3902] For the purpose of this Act—

(1) The term "area vocational education school" has the same meaning given that term under section 521(3) of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act.. 1

(2) The term "Director" means the Director of the National Science Foundation.

(3) The term "elementary school" has the same meaning given that term under section 198(a)(7) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

(4) The term "Governor" means the chief executive of a State.

(5) The term "Foundation" means the National Science Foundation.

(6) The term "institution of higher education" has the same meaning given that term by section 1201(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

(7) The term "local educational agency" has the same meaning given that term under section 198(a)(10) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

(8) The term "secondary school" has the same meaning given that term under section 198(a)(7) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.

(9) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Education.

(10) The term "State" means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,

1 So in original.

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