THERAPEUTIC MODEL DEMONSTRATION SCHOOLS.

SEC. 566. [25 U.S.C. 2001 note] THERAPEUTIC MODEL DEMONSTRATION SCHOOLS. (a) Authorization.— (1) In general.—The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, is authorized to establish demonstration schools, based on the therapeutic model described in this section, to provide services necessary to achieve positive changes in the attitudes, behavior, and academic performance of Indian youth attending off-reservation boarding schools. (2) Purpose.—The purpose of the therapeutic model demonstration schools is— (A) to provide a program, based on an annual written plan, linking clinicians, counselors, and mental health professionals with academic program personnel in a culturally sensitive residential program tailored to the particular needs of Indian students; (B) to provide for a continued evaluation of the planning and implementation of the therapeutic model in the designated schools; and (C) to determine what steps the Bureau of Indian Affairs must take and what resources are required to transform existing off-reservation boarding schools to meet the needs of chemically dependent, emotionally disturbed, socially troubled, or other at-risk Indian youth who attend such schools. (b) Location.—The Secretary shall initiate the therapeutic model at two schools during school years 1994 through 1996, and shall give priority to— (1) one school that is the recipient of a grant under section 5204 of the August F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988 during the 1994–1995 school year; and (2) one school operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs during the 1995–1996 school year. (c) Services.—The demonstration schools shall provide an integrated residential environment that may include— (1) mental health services; (2) education; (3) recreation therapy; (4) social service programs; (5) substance abuse education and prevention; and (6) other support services for aftercare. (d) Staffing.—The demonstration schools shall be staffed with health and social service professionals, and educators, and may include— (1) clinical psychologists; (2) child psychologists; (3) substance abuse counselors; (4) social workers; and (5) health educators. (e) Enrollment.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Interior may limit the enrollment at the demonstration schools. (f) Assistance.—The Secretary is authorized to enter into agreements with other organizations and agencies, including the Indian Health Service, to carry out this section. (g) Report.—Not later than July 31 of each year, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives on the progress of the Department of the Interior in the development of the demonstration schools.