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to be appropriated $775,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal
years, of which 6 percent shall be available, until expended, for
each such fiscal year to carry out section 8003(f).
‘‘(c) PAYMENTS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.—For the pur-
pose of making payments under section 8003(d), there are author-
ized to be appropriated $45,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal
years.
‘‘(d) PAYMENTS FOR INCREASES IN MILITARY CHILDREN.—For
the purpose of making payments under section 8006, there are
authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1995 and
such sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding
fiscal years.
‘‘(e) CONSTRUCTION.—For the purpose of carrying out section
8007, there are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for fiscal
year 1995 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
four succeeding fiscal years.
‘‘(f) FACILITIES MAINTENANCE.—For the purpose of carrying out
section 8008, there are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000
for fiscal year 1995 and such sums as may be necessary for each
of the four succeeding fiscal years.
‘‘TITLE IX—INDIAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN,
AND ALASKA NATIVE EDUCATION
‘‘PART A—INDIAN EDUCATION
‘‘SEC. 9101. FINDINGS.
‘‘The Congress finds that—
‘‘(1) the Federal Government has a special responsibility
to ensure that educational programs for all American Indian
and Alaska Native children and adults—
‘‘(A) are based on high-quality, internationally competi-
tive content standards and student performance standards
and build on Indian culture and the Indian community;
‘‘(B) assist local educational agencies, Indian tribes,
and other entities and individuals in providing Indian stu-
dents the opportunity to achieve such standards; and
‘‘(C) meet the special educational and culturally related
academic needs of American Indian and Alaska Native
students;
‘‘(2) since the date of enactment of the initial Indian Edu-
cation Act in 1972, the level of involvement of Indian parents
in the planning, development, and implementation of edu-
cational programs that affect such parents and their children
has increased significantly, and schools should continue to fos-
ter such involvement;
‘‘(3) although the number of Indian teachers, administra-
tors, and university professors has increased since 1972, teacher
training programs are not recruiting, training, or retraining
a sufficient number of Indian individuals as educators to meet
the needs of a growing Indian student population in elementary,
secondary, vocational, adult, and higher education;
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‘‘(4) the dropout rate for Indian students is unacceptably
high, for example, 9 percent of Indian students who were eighth
graders in 1988 had already dropped out of school by 1990;
‘‘(5) during the period from 1980 to 1990, the percentage
of Indian individuals living at or below the poverty level
increased from 24 percent to 31 percent, and the readiness
of Indian children to learn is hampered by the high incidence
of poverty, unemployment, and health problems among Indian
children and their families; and
‘‘(6) research related specifically to the education of Indian
children and adults is very limited, and much of the research
is of poor quality or is focused on limited local or regional
issues.
‘‘SEC. 9102. PURPOSE.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this part to support the
efforts of local educational agencies, Indian tribes and organizations,
postsecondary institutions, and other entities to meet the special
educational and culturally related academic needs of American
Indians and Alaska Natives, so that such students can achieve
to the same challenging State performance standards expected of
all students.
‘‘(b) PROGRAMS.—This part carries out the purpose described
in subsection (a) by authorizing programs of direct assistance for—
‘‘(1) meeting the special educational and culturally related
academic needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives;
‘‘(2) the education of Indian children and adults;
‘‘(3) the training of Indian persons as educators and coun-
selors, and in other professions serving Indian people; and
‘‘(4) research, evaluation, data collection, and technical
assistance.
‘‘Subpart 1—Formula Grants to Local Educational
Agencies
‘‘SEC. 9111. PURPOSE.
‘‘It is the purpose of this subpart to support local educational
agencies in their efforts to reform elementary and secondary school
programs that serve Indian students in order to ensure that such
programs—
‘‘(1) are based on challenging State content standards and
State student performance standards that are used for all stu-
dents; and
‘‘(2) are designed to assist Indian students meet those
standards and assist the Nation in reaching the National Edu-
cation Goals.
‘‘SEC. 9112. GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(1) ENROLLMENT
REQUIREMENTS.—A local educational
agency shall be eligible for a grant under this subpart for
any fiscal year if the number of Indian children eligible under
section 9116 and who were enrolled in the schools of the agency,
and to whom the agency provided free public education, during
the preceding fiscal year—
‘‘(A) was at least 10; and
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‘‘(B) constituted not less than 25 percent of the total
number of individuals enrolled in the schools of such
agency.
‘‘(2) EXCLUSION.—The requirement of paragraph (1) shall
not apply in Alaska, California, or Oklahoma, or with respect
to any local educational agency located on, or in proximity
to, a reservation.
‘‘(b) INDIAN TRIBES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—If a local educational agency that is
eligible for a grant under this subpart does not establish a
parent committee under section 9114(c)(4) for such grant, an
Indian tribe that represents no less than one-half of the eligible
Indian children who are served by such local educational agency
may apply for such grant.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary shall treat each Indian
tribe applying for a grant pursuant to paragraph (1) as if
such Indian tribe were a local educational agency for purposes
of this subpart.
‘‘SEC. 9113. AMOUNT OF GRANTS.
‘‘(a) AMOUNT OF GRANT AWARDS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b)
and paragraph (2), the Secretary shall allocate to each local
educational agency which has an approved application under
this subpart an amount equal to the product of—
‘‘(A) the number of Indian children who are eligible
under section 9116 and served by such agency; and
‘‘(B) the greater of—
‘‘(i) the average per-pupil expenditure of the State
in which such agency is located; or
‘‘(ii) 80 percent of the average per-pupil expendi-
ture in the United States.
‘‘(2) REDUCTION.—The Secretary shall reduce the amount
of each allocation determined under paragraph (1) in accordance
with subsection (e).
‘‘(b) MINIMUM GRANT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection (e) of this
section, a local educational agency or an Indian tribe (as author-
ized under section 9112(b)) that is eligible for a grant under
section 9112, and a school that is operated or supported by
the Bureau of Indian Affairs that is eligible for a grant under
subsection (d), that submits an application that is approved
by the Secretary, shall, subject to appropriations, receive a
grant under this subpart in an amount that is not less than
$3,000.
‘‘(2) CONSORTIA.—Local educational agencies may form a
consortium for the purpose of obtaining grants under this Act.
‘‘(3) INCREASE.—The Secretary may increase the minimum
grant under paragraph (1) to not more than $4,000 for all
grantees if the Secretary determines such increase is necessary
to ensure quality programs.
‘‘(c) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this section, the term
‘average per-pupil expenditure of a State’ means an amount equal
to—
‘‘(1) the sum of the aggregate current expenditures of all
the local educational agencies in the State, plus any direct
current expenditures by the State for the operation of such
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agencies, without regard to the sources of funds from which
such local or State expenditures were made, during the second
fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which the computation
is made; divided by
‘‘(2) the aggregate number of children who were included
in average daily attendance for whom such agencies provided
free public education during such preceding fiscal year.
‘‘(d) SCHOOLS OPERATED OR SUPPORTED BY THE BUREAU OF
INDIAN AFFAIRS.—In addition to the grants awarded under sub-
section (a), and subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall allocate
to the Secretary of the Interior an amount equal to the product
of—
‘‘(1) the total number of Indian children enrolled in schools
that are operated by—
‘‘(A) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; or
‘‘(B) an Indian tribe, or an organization controlled or
sanctioned by an Indian tribal government, for the children
of such tribe under a contract with, or grant from, the
Department of the Interior under the Indian Self-Deter-
mination Act or the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of
1988 (part B of title V of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert
T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement
Amendments of 1988); and
‘‘(2) the greater of—
‘‘(A) the average per-pupil expenditure of the State
in which the school is located; or
‘‘(B) 80 percent of the average per-pupil expenditure
in the United States.
‘‘(e) RATABLE REDUCTIONS.—If the sums appropriated for any
fiscal year under section 9162(a) are insufficient to pay in full
the amounts determined for local educational agencies under sub-
section (a)(1) and for the Secretary of the Interior under subsection
(d), each of those amounts shall be ratably reduced.
‘‘SEC. 9114. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—Each local educational agency
that desires to receive a grant under this subpart shall submit
an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner,
and containing such information as the Secretary may reasonably
require.
‘‘(b) COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Each application
submitted under subsection (a) shall include a comprehensive pro-
gram for meeting the needs of Indian children served by the local
educational agency, including the language and cultural needs of
the children, that—
‘‘(1) provides programs and activities to meet the culturally
related academic needs of American Indian and Alaska Native
students;
‘‘(2)(A) is consistent with, and promotes the goals in, the
State and local improvement plans, either approved or being
developed, under title III of the Goals 2000: Educate America
Act or, if such plans are not approved or being developed,
with the State and local plans under sections 1111 and 1112
of this Act; and
‘‘(B) includes academic content and student performance
goals for such children, and benchmarks for attaining such