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PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 108 STAT. 3989 and maintenance of education facilities. Such program shall include— "(i) a method of computing the amount necessary for each education facility; "(ii) similar treatment of all Bureau funded schools; "(iii) a notice of an allocation of appropriated funds from the Director of the Office directly to the appropriate education line officers; and "(iv) a system for the conduct of routine preventive maintenance. "(B) The appropriate education line officers shall make arrangements for the maintenance of education facilities with the local supervisors of the Bureau maintenance personnel who are under the authority of the agency superintendent or area directors, respectively. The local supervisors of Bureau maintenance personnel shall take appropriate action to implement the decisions made by the appropriate education line officers, except that no funds under this part may be authorized for expenditure unless such appropriate education line officer is assured that the necessary maintenance has been, or will be, provided in a reasonable manner. Subject to the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the provision of separate operations and maintenance personnel for the Office. "(3) The requirements of this subsection shall be implemented Effective date. not later than July 1, 1995. "(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director shall promulgate guidelines for the establishment of mechanisms for the acceptance of gifts and bequests for the use of, and benefit of, particular schools or designated Bureau operated education programs, including, where appropriate, the establishment and administration of trust funds. When a Bureau operated program Reports, is the beneficiary of such a gift or bequest, the Director shall make provisions for monitoring its use, and shall report to the appropriate committees of Congress the amount and terms of such gift or bequest, the use to which such gift or bequest is put, and any positive results achieved by such action. "(f) For the purpose of this section the term 'functions' includes powers and duties. "SEC. 1127. ALLOTMENT FORMULA. 25 USC 2007. "(a)(1) The Secretary shall establish, by regulation adopted Regulations, in accordance with section 1139, a formula for determining the minimum annual amount of funds necessary to sustain each Bureau funded school. In establishing such formula, the Secretary shall consider— "(A) the number of eligible Indian students served and size of the school; "(B) special cost factors, such as— "(i) the isolation of the school; "(ii) the need for special staffing, transportation, or educational programs; "(iii) food and housing costs; "(iv) maintenance and repair costs associated with the physical condition of the educational facilities; "(v) special transportation and other costs of isolated and small schools;