 
                  CHAPTER 68--NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM
 
           SUBCHAPTER VIII--MINORITY-FOCUSED CIVICS EDUCATION
 
Sec. 5982. Purposes

    It is the purpose of this subchapter--
        (1) to encourage improved instruction for minorities and Native 
    Americans in American government and civics through a national 
    program of accredited summer teacher training and staff development 
    seminars or institutes followed by academic year inservice training 
    programs conducted on college and university campuses or other 
    appropriate sites, for--
            (A) social studies and other teachers responsible for 
        American history, government, and civics classes; and
            (B) other educators who work with minority and Native 
        American youth; and

        (2) through such improved instruction to improve minority and 
    Native American student knowledge and understanding of the American 
    system of government.

(Pub. L. 103-227, title VIII, Sec. 802, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 209.)
