(F) 
in 
section 
2131(1) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6631(1))— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)(i) by inserting 
‘‘, or a tribally controlled college or univer-
sity (as defined in section 2 of the Tribally 
Controlled Colleges and Universities As-
sistance Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1801))’’ 
after ‘‘principals’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by inserting 
‘‘an Indian tribe,’’ after ‘‘principal organi-
zation,’’; and 
(G) by inserting after subpart 5, the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘Subpart 6—Indian Educator Scholarship Program 
‘‘SEC. 2161. INDIAN EDUCATOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—In order to carry out 
the United States trust responsibility for the education of 
Indian children, and to provide a more stable base of edu-
cation professionals to serve in public elementary schools 
and secondary schools with a significant number of Indian 
students and schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation, the Secretary shall make scholarship grants to In-
dians who are enrolled full- or part-time in appropriately 
accredited institutions of higher education and pursuing 
a course of study in elementary and secondary education 
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or school administration. Such scholarships shall be des-
ignated Indian educator scholarships and shall be made 
in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall deter-
mine the applicants who will receive scholarships 
under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—In order to be eligible for par-
ticipation in the Indian educator scholarship pro-
gram, an individual must— 
‘‘(A) be an Indian, as defined in section 
7151; 
‘‘(B) be accepted for enrollment, or be en-
rolled, as a full- or part-time student in a 
course of study in elementary and secondary 
education or school administration at an appro-
priately accredited institution of higher edu-
cation; 
‘‘(C) submit an application to participate 
in the Indian educator scholarship program at 
such time and in such manner as the Secretary 
shall determine; and 
‘‘(D) sign and submit to the Secretary at 
the time that such application is submitted, a 
written contract, as described in subsection (c). 
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‘‘(c) CONTENTS OF CONTRACT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The written contract be-
tween the Secretary and the individual, as described 
in subsection (b)(2)(D), shall contain the following: 
‘‘(A) A statement that the Secretary 
agrees to provide the individual with a scholar-
ship, as described in subsection (d), in each 
school year or years for a period during which 
such individual is pursuing a course of study in 
elementary and secondary education or school 
administration at an appropriately accredited 
institution of higher education. 
‘‘(B) A statement that the individual 
agrees— 
‘‘(i) to accept provision of the Indian 
educator scholarship; 
‘‘(ii) to maintain enrollment in such 
course of study until the individual com-
pletes the course of study; 
‘‘(iii) while enrolled in such course of 
study, to maintain an acceptable level of 
academic standing (as determined by the 
Secretary, taking into account the require-
ments of the educational institution offer-
ing such course of study); and 
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