GIFTED AND TALENTED.

SEC. 5324. GIFTED AND TALENTED. (a) Establishment of Centers.—The Secretary shall establish 2 centers for gifted and talented Indian students at tribally controlled community colleges. (b) Demonstration Projects.— (1) The Secretary shall award separate grants to, or enter into contracts with— (A) 2 tribally controlled community colleges that— (i) are eligible for funding under the Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978, and (ii) are fully accredited, or (B) if acceptable applications are not submitted to the Secretary by 2 of such colleges, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, for the establishment of centers under subsection (a) and for demonstration projects designed to address the special needs of Indian students in elementary and secondary schools who are gifted and talented and to provide those support services to their families that are needed to enable the students to benefit from the project. (2) Any person to whom a grant is made, or with whom a contract is entered into, under paragraph (1) may enter into a contract with any other persons, including the Children’s Television Workshop, for the purpose of carrying out the demonstration projects for which such grant was awarded or for which the contract was entered into by the Secretary. (3) Demonstration projects funded under this section may include— (A) the identification of the special needs of gifted and talented students, particularly at the elementary school level, with attention to the emotional and psychosocial needs of these students and to the provision of those sup-port services to their families that are needed to enable these students to benefit from the project; (B) the conduct of educational, psychosocial, and developmental activities which hold reasonable promise of resulting in substantial progress toward meeting the educational needs of such gifted and talented children, including, but not limited to, demonstrating and exploring the use of Indian languages and exposure to Indian cultural traditions; (C) the provision of technical assistance and the coordination of activities at schools which receive grants under subsection (d) with respect to the activities funded by such grants, the evaluation of programs at such schools funded by such grants, or the dissemination of such evaluations; (D) the use of public television in meeting the special educational needs of such gifted and talented children; (E) leadership programs designed to replicate programs for such children throughout the United States, including the dissemination of information derived from the demonstration projects conducted under this section; and (F) appropriate research, evaluation, and related activities pertaining to the needs of such children and to the 102 STAT. 409provision of those support services to their families that are needed to enable such children to benefit from the project. (c) Additional Grants.— (1) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall provide 5 grants to schools that are Bureau funded schools for program research and development regarding, and the development and dissemination of curriculum and teacher training material regarding— (A) gifted and talented students, (B) college preparatory studies (including programs for Indian students interested in teaching careers), (C) students with special culturally related academic needs, including social, lingual, and cultural needs, and (D) math and science education. (2) Applications for the grants provided under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Secretary in such form and at such time as the Secretary may prescribe. Applications for such grants by Bureau schools, and the administration of any of such grants made to a Bureau school, shall be undertaken jointly by the supervisor of the Bureau school and the local school board. (3) Grants may be provided under paragraph (1) for one or more activities described in paragraph (1). (4) In providing grants under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— (A) achieve a mixture of programs described in paragraph (1) which ensures that students at all grade levels and in all geographic areas of the United States are able to participate in some programs funded by grants provided under this subsection, and (B) ensure that a definition of the term “gifted and talented student” for purposes of this section and section 1128(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Education Amendments of 1978 is developed as soon as possible. (5) Subject to the availability of appropriated funds, grants provided under paragraph (1) shall be made for a 3-year period and may be renewed by the Secretary for additional 3-year periods if performance by the grantee is satisfactory to the Secretary, (6) (A) The dissemination of any materials developed from activities funded by grants provided under paragraph (1) shall be carried out in cooperation with institutions receiving funds under subsection (b). (B) The Secretary shall report to the Secretary of the Interior and to the Congress any results from activities described in paragraph (4)(B). (7)(A) The costs of evaluating any activities funded by grants made under paragraph (1) shall be divided between the school conducting such activities and the evaluator. (B) If no funds are provided under subsection (b) for— (i) the evaluation of activities funded by grants made under paragraph (1), (ii) technical assistance and coordination with respect to such activities, or (iii) dissemination of such evaluations, the Secretary shall, by grant or through contract, provide for such evaluations, technical assistance, coordination, and 102 STAT. 410 (d) Information Network.—The Secretary shall encourage per-sons to whom a grant is made, or with whom a contract is entered into, under this section to work cooperatively as a national network so that the information developed by such persons is readily available to the entire educational community. (e) Authorization of Appropriations,—There are authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, and 1993 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section. Such sums shall remain available until expended.