20 U.S.C. § 7515 : US Code - Section 7515: Program authorized

Search 20 U.S.C. § 7515 : US Code - Section 7515: Program authorized

(a) General authority
(1) Grants and contracts
The Secretary is authorized to make direct grants to, or enter
into contracts with -
(A) Native Hawaiian educational organizations;
(B) Native Hawaiian community-based organizations;
(C) public and private nonprofit organizations, agencies, and
institutions with experience in developing or operating Native
Hawaiian programs or programs of instruction in the Native
Hawaiian language; and
(D) consortia of the organizations, agencies, and
institutions described in subparagraphs (A) through (C),
to carry out programs that meet the purposes of this part.
(2) Priorities
In awarding grants or contracts to carry out activities
described in paragraph (3), the Secretary shall give priority to
entities proposing projects that are designed to address -
(A) beginning reading and literacy among students in
kindergarten through third grade;
(B) the needs of at-risk children and youth;
(C) needs in fields or disciplines in which Native Hawaiians
are underemployed; and
(D) the use of the Hawaiian language in instruction.
(3) Authorized activities
Activities provided through programs carried out under this
part may include -
(A) the development and maintenance of a statewide Native
Hawaiian early education and care system to provide a continuum
of services for Native Hawaiian children from the prenatal
period of the children through age 5;
(B) the operation of family-based education centers that
provide such services as -
(i) programs for Native Hawaiian parents and their infants
from the prenatal period of the infants through age 3;
(ii) preschool programs for Native Hawaiians; and
(iii) research on, and development and assessment of,
family-based, early childhood, and preschool programs for
Native Hawaiians;
(C) activities that enhance beginning reading and literacy in
either the Hawaiian or the English language among Native
Hawaiian students in kindergarten through third grade and
assistance in addressing the distinct features of combined
English and Hawaiian literacy for Hawaiian speakers in fifth
and sixth grade;
(D) activities to meet the special needs of Native Hawaiian
students with disabilities, including -
(i) the identification of such students and their needs;
(ii) the provision of support services to the families of
those students; and
(iii) other activities consistent with the requirements of
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act [20 U.S.C.
1400 et seq.];
(E) activities that address the special needs of Native
Hawaiian students who are gifted and talented, including -
(i) educational, psychological, and developmental
activities designed to assist in the educational progress of
those students; and
(ii) activities that involve the parents of those students
in a manner designed to assist in the students' educational
progress;
(F) the development of academic and vocational curricula to
address the needs of Native Hawaiian children and adults,
including curriculum materials in the Hawaiian language and
mathematics and science curricula that incorporate Native
Hawaiian tradition and culture;
(G) professional development activities for educators,
including -
(i) the development of programs to prepare prospective
teachers to address the unique needs of Native Hawaiian
students within the context of Native Hawaiian culture,
language, and traditions;
(ii) in-service programs to improve the ability of teachers
who teach in schools with concentrations of Native Hawaiian
students to meet those students' unique needs; and
(iii) the recruitment and preparation of Native Hawaiians,
and other individuals who live in communities with a high
concentration of Native Hawaiians, to become teachers;
(H) the operation of community-based learning centers that
address the needs of Native Hawaiian families and communities
through the coordination of public and private programs and
services, including -
(i) preschool programs;
(ii) after-school programs;
(iii) vocational and adult education programs; and
(iv) programs that recognize and support the unique
cultural and educational needs of Native Hawaiian children,
and incorporate appropriately qualified Native Hawaiian
elders and seniors;
(I) activities, including program co-location, to enable
Native Hawaiians to enter and complete programs of
postsecondary education, including -
(i) provision of full or partial scholarships for
undergraduate or graduate study that are awarded to students
based on their academic promise and financial need, with a
priority, at the graduate level, given to students entering
professions in which Native Hawaiians are underrepresented;
(ii) family literacy services;
(iii) counseling and support services for students
receiving scholarship assistance;
(iv) counseling and guidance for Native Hawaiian secondary
students who have the potential to receive scholarships; and
(v) faculty development activities designed to promote the
matriculation of Native Hawaiian students;
(J) research and data collection activities to determine the
educational status and needs of Native Hawaiian children and
adults;
(K) other research and evaluation activities related to
programs carried out under this part; and
(L) other activities, consistent with the purposes of this
part, to meet the educational needs of Native Hawaiian children
and adults.
(4) Special rule and conditions
(A) Institutions outside Hawaii
The Secretary shall not establish a policy under this section
that prevents a Native Hawaiian student enrolled at a 2- or 4-
year degree granting institution of higher education outside
of the State of Hawaii from receiving a scholarship pursuant to
paragraph (3)(I).
(B) Scholarship conditions
The Secretary shall establish conditions for receipt of a
scholarship awarded under paragraph (3)(I). The conditions
shall require that an individual seeking such a scholarship
enter into a contract to provide professional services, either
during the scholarship period or upon completion of a program
of postsecondary education, to the Native Hawaiian community.
(b) Administrative costs
Not more than 5 percent of funds provided to a recipient of a
grant or contract under subsection (a) of this section for any
fiscal year may be used for administrative purposes.
(c) Authorization of appropriations
(1) In general
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
section and section 7514 of this title such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2002 and each of the 5 succeeding
fiscal years.
(2) Reservation
Of the funds appropriated under this subsection, the Secretary
shall reserve $500,000 for fiscal year 2002 and each of the 5
succeeding fiscal years to make a direct grant to the Education
Council to carry out section 7514 of this title.
(3) Availability
Funds appropriated under this subsection shall remain available
until expended.