for and carry out a program under this subpart, as 
long as each local educational agency participating 
in the consortium— 
‘‘(i) provides an assurance to the Secretary 
that the eligible Indian children served by such 
local educational agency receive the services of 
the programs funded under this subpart; and 
‘‘(ii) shall be subject to all requirements, 
assurances, and obligations applicable to local 
educational agencies under this subpart. 
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY.—The Secretary shall 
treat each consortium described in subparagraph (A) 
as if such consortium were a local educational agen-
cy for purposes of this subpart.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), a local educational agency shall be 
eligible for a grant under this subpart for any 
fiscal year if the number of Indian children eli-
gible under section 7117 who were enrolled in 
the schools of the agency, and to whom the 
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agency provided free public education, during 
the preceding fiscal year— 
‘‘(i) was at least 10; or 
‘‘(ii) constituted not less than 25 per-
cent of the total number of individuals en-
rolled in the schools of such agency. 
‘‘(B) 
SPECIAL
RULE.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this Act, in any case 
where an Indian tribe that represents a plu-
rality of the eligible Indian children who are 
served by a local educational agency eligible for 
a grant under this subpart requests that the 
local educational agency enter into a coopera-
tive agreement with such tribe to assist in the 
planning and operation of the program funded 
by such grant, the local educational agency 
shall enter into such an agreement as a condi-
tion for receiving funds under this subpart.’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘a res-
ervation’’ and inserting ‘‘an Indian reserva-
tion’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘such 
grant, an’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘such 
grant— 
‘‘(A) an Indian tribe that represents a plu-
rality of the eligible Indian children who are 
served by such local educational agency may 
apply for such grant; or 
‘‘(B) a consortium of Indian tribes rep-
resenting a plurality of the eligible Indian chil-
dren who are served by such local educational 
agency may apply for such grant.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or consortium of In-
dian tribes’’ after ‘‘each Indian tribe’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or such consortium’’ 
after ‘‘such Indian tribe’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘or consortium’’ 
after ‘‘any such tribe’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) INDIAN COMMITTEE.—If neither a local edu-
cational agency pursuant to subsection (b), nor an Indian 
tribe or consortium of Indian tribes pursuant to subsection 
(c), applies for a grant under this subpart, a committee 
of Indian individuals in the community of the local edu-
cational agency may apply for such grant and the Sec-
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retary shall apply the special rule in subsection (c)(2) to 
such committee in the same manner as such rule applies 
to an Indian tribe or consortium of Indian tribes.’’. 
SEC. 154. AMOUNT OF GRANTS. 
Section 7113 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7423) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$3,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$10,000’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and Indian tribes’’ 
after ‘‘Local educational agencies’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and operating pro-
grams’’ after ‘‘obtaining grants’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘$4,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$15,000’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘AFFAIRS’’ and inserting ‘‘EDUCATION’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (1)(A)(i), by striking 
‘‘Affairs’’ and inserting ‘‘Education’’. 
SEC. 155. APPLICATIONS. 
Section 7114 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7424) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
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