 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
   SUBCHAPTER IX--INDIAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND ALASKA NATIVE EDUCATION
 
                        Part B--Native Hawaiians
 
Sec. 7907. Native Hawaiian gifted and talented program


(a) General authority

    The Secretary is authorized to make a grant, to a Native Hawaiian 
educational organization or an educational entity with experience in 
developing or operating Native Hawaiian programs or programs of 
instruction conducted in the Native Hawaiian language, for a gifted and 
talented program designed to--
        (1) address the special needs of Native Hawaiian elementary and 
    secondary school students who are gifted and talented students; and
        (2) provide those support services to the families of such 
    students that are needed to enable such students to benefit from the 
    program.

(b) Uses of funds

    The program funded under this section may include--
        (1) the identification of the special needs of Native Hawaiian 
    gifted and talented students, particularly with respect to--
            (A) the emotional and psychosocial needs of such students; 
        and
            (B) the provision of those support services to the families 
        of such students that are needed to enable such students to 
        benefit from the program;

        (2) the conduct of educational, psychosocial, and developmental 
    activities which hold reasonable promise of resulting in substantial 
    progress toward meeting the educational needs of such students, 
    including demonstrating and exploring the use of the Native Hawaiian 
    language and exposure to Native Hawaiian cultural traditions;
        (3) leadership programs designed to--
            (A) replicate programs throughout the State of Hawai`i for 
        gifted and talented students who are not served under this 
        section; and
            (B) coordinate with other Native American gifted and 
        talented leadership programs, including the dissemination of 
        information derived from the program conducted under this 
        section; and

        (4) appropriate research, evaluation, and related activities 
    pertaining to--
            (A) the needs of such students; and
            (B) the provision of those support services to the families 
        of such students that are needed to enable such students to 
        benefit from the program.

(c) Information provision

    The Secretary is authorized to facilitate the establishment of a 
national network of Native Hawaiian and American Indian Gifted and 
Talented Centers, and ensure that the information developed by these 
centers shall be readily available to the educational community at 
large.

(d) Administrative costs

    Not more than 7 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out the 
provisions of this section for any fiscal year may be used for 
administrative purposes.

(e) Authorization of appropriations

    In addition to any other amount authorized to be appropriated for 
the program described in this section, there are authorized to be 
appropriated $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be 
necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years, to carry out this 
section. Funds appropriated under the authority of this subsection shall 
remain available until expended.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title IX, Sec. 9207, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3801.)
