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‘‘(e) CONSIDERATION AND INCLUSION.—In making 
awards under this section, the Secretary may take into 
account the considerations set forth in section 231(e). In 
no case shall the Secretary make an award to a Tribal 
College or University that does not include in its applica-
tion a description of a multiyear strategy, including per-
formance measures, for increasing the number of adult 
American Indian or Alaska Natives that attain a sec-
ondary diploma or recognized equivalent.’’. 
SEC. 208. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TRIBALLY CON-
TROLLED SCHOOLS ACT OF 1988. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—Section 5203(b)(3) of 
the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 
2502(b)(3)) is amended— 
(1) 
by 
striking 
‘‘as 
defined 
in 
section 
1128(h)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘as defined in section 
1128(a)(1)’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘under section 1128 of such’’ 
and inserting ‘‘under section 1128(c) of that’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO GRANTS.—Section 5203 of the 
Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2502) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) AMENDMENTS TO GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of the school 
board of a tribally controlled school, the Secretary 
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shall approve a request to amend a grant issued to 
that school board under this part unless the Sec-
retary, not later than 90 days after the date of re-
ceipt of the request, provides written notification to 
the school board that contains a specific finding that 
clearly demonstrates, or is supported by a control-
ling legal authority, that— 
‘‘(A) the services to be rendered to the eli-
gible Indian students under the proposed 
amendment to the grant do not meet the re-
quirements of this part; 
‘‘(B) adequate protection of trust resources 
is not assured; 
‘‘(C) the grant or the proposed amendment 
to the grant cannot be properly completed or 
maintained; 
‘‘(D) the amount of funds proposed under 
the amendment is in excess of the applicable 
funding level for the grant, as determined under 
section 5204; or 
‘‘(E) the program, function, service, or ac-
tivity (or portion of the program, function, serv-
ice, or activity) that is the subject of the pro-
posed amendment is beyond the scope of pro-
grams, functions, services, or activities covered 
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under this part because the proposed amend-
ment includes activities that cannot lawfully be 
carried out by the grantee. 
‘‘(2) APPEALS.—The Secretary shall provide 
the school board of a tribally controlled school with 
a hearing on the record in the same manner as pro-
vided under section 102 of the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
450f).’’. 
(c) COMPOSITION OF GRANTS.—Section 5204(b) of 
the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 
2503(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)(B)(iv), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 5209(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5208(e)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5)(B), by striking ‘‘section 
5209(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5208(e)’’. 
(d) DURATION OF ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION.— 
Section 5206(c) of the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 
1988 (25 U.S.C. 2505(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section 
5206(b)(1)(A)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
5205(b)(1)(A)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘section 
5206(f)(1)(C)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
5205(f)(1)(C)’’. 
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TITLE III—ADDITIONAL 
EDUCATION PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. NATIVE AMERICAN STUDENT SUPPORT. 
(a) SUPPORT.—The Secretary of Education shall ex-
pand programs for Native American school children— 
(1) to provide support for learning in their Na-
tive language and culture; and 
(2) to provide English language instruction. 
(b) RESEARCH.—The Secretary of Education shall 
conduct research on culture- and language-based edu-
cation to identify the factors that improve education and 
health outcomes. 
SEC. 302. ENSURING THE SURVIVAL AND CONTINUING VI-
TALITY OF NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Bureau of Indian Education. 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means any agency or organization that is eligible 
for financial assistance under section 803(a) of the 
Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
2991b(a)). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector. 
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