PUBLIC LAW 102-325—JULY 23, 1992 106 STAT. 813 PART F—AMERICAN INDIAN POSTSECONDARY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARSfflP SEC. 1361. AMERICAN INDIAN POSTSECONDARY ECONOMIC DEVELOP- 25 USC 3351. MENT SCHOLARSHIP. (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. —The Secretary of Education is authorized to make grants, in accordance with the provisions of this part, to federally recognized Indian tribes which lack suf&cient numbers of professionaUy trained tribal members to support estab- Ushed or ongoing economic development initiatives. Priority shall be given to tribes which are not served by federally funded postsecondary institutions. The purpose of such grants is to enable such tribes to make scholarships available to tribal members to assist such members to pursue courses of study leading to an undergraduate or postbaccalaureate degree in order to provide professionally trained tribal members to support such economic development initiatives on Indian reservations. (b) DESIGNATION. —^A scholarship awarded under this part shall be referred to as an "American Indian Post-Secondary Economic Development Scholarship" (heresifter referred to in this part as "s cholarship"). SEC. 1362. INDIAN SCHOLARSHIPS. 25 USC 3352. (a) SELECTION.— Each Indian tribe receiving a grant pursuant to this part for the purpose of providing scholarships shall select tribal members eligible to receive such scholarships. In determining grant recipients the Secretary of Education shall consider— (1) geographic distribution of grants; and (2) a tribal economic plan which demonstrates how individual recipients shall benefit the economic conditions of the tribe. (b) CRITERIA. — Each Indian tribe, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall give preference to select, as those tribal members eligible to receive such scholarships, tribal members who have successfully completed at least 30 hours of postsecondeiry education and who are eligible for readmission to a postsecondary institution. SEC. 1363. SCHOLARSHIP CONDITIONS. 25 USC 3353. (a) SCHOLARSHIP AGREEMENT. —Each tribal member receiving a scholarship under this pgirt shall enter into an agreement, satisfectory to the Secretary of Education and the tribal government awarding such scholarship, under which such member agrees— (1) to utilize the proceeds of such scholarship to pursue a course of study which meets the requirements of the educational institution in which the student is enrolled for an undergraduate or postbaccalaureate degree; (2) upon the acquisition of such degree, to work, one year for each year of financial assistance under this part, on the Indian reservation in employment related to the course of study pursued which will support economic development initiatives on such reservation; and (3) to maintain satisfactory academic progress, as determined in accordance with section 484(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, while in an xindergraduate or postbaccalaureate program.
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