20 U.S.C. § 80r–5 — Educational and liaison programs

submitted 23 years ago by Pub. L. 108-184 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 348 words · no verdicts yet

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The Museum's Director may run educational and outreach programs, including digital programs and school partnerships. The Institute of Museum and Library Services must create grant and scholarship programs supporting African American museums and students. Congress authorized $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004 and more as needed later.

(a) General: (1) The Museum's Director may run educational and liaison programs supporting the Museum's goals. (2) In doing this, the Director must: (A) run educational programs about African American life, art, history, and culture, including (i) programs using digital, electronic, and interactive technology, and (ii) programs run with elementary, secondary, and postsecondary schools; and (B) consult with the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services about the grant and scholarship programs in subsection (b). (b) Grant and scholarship programs: (1) Working with the Council and the Museum's Director, the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services must create: (A) a grant program to improve operations, collection care, and professional management at African American museums; (B) a grant program providing internships and fellowships at African American museums; (C) a scholarship program supporting people pursuing careers or studies in the arts, humanities, and sciences related to African American life, art, history, and culture; (D) a grant program, run with other museums, historical societies, and schools, promoting understanding of modern-day slavery practices worldwide; and (E) a grant program letting an African American museum (including a nonprofit promoting study of the African American diaspora) use grant funds to grow an endowment fund the museum had established as of May 1, 2003, for (i) enhancing educational programming, and (ii) maintaining and running traveling educational exhibits. (2) Congress authorized, for the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services to carry out this subsection: (A) $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and (B) whatever sums are needed for each later fiscal year.

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(a) In general

(1) Programs authorized

The Director of the Museum may carry out educational and liaison programs in support of the goals of the Museum.

(2) Specific activities described

In carrying out this section, the Director shall—

(A)

carry out educational programs relating to African American life, art, history, and culture, including—

(i)

programs using digital, electronic, and interactive technologies; and

(ii)

programs carried out in collaboration with elementary schools, secondary schools, and postsecondary schools; and

(B)

consult with the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services concerning the grant and scholarship programs carried out under subsection (b).

(b) Grant and scholarship programs

(1) In general

In consultation with the Council and the Director of the Museum, the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services shall establish—

(A)

a grant program with the purpose of improving operations, care of collections, and development of professional management at African American museums;

(B)

a grant program with the purpose of providing internship and fellowship opportunities at African American museums;

(C)

a scholarship program with the purpose of assisting individuals who are pursuing careers or carrying out studies in the arts, humanities, and sciences in the study of African American life, art, history, and culture;

(D)

in cooperation with other museums, historical societies, and educational institutions, a grant program with the purpose of promoting the understanding of modern-day practices of slavery throughout the world; and

(E)

a grant program under which an African-American museum (including a nonprofit education organization the primary mission of which is to promote the study of African-American diaspora) may use the funds provided under the grant to increase an endowment fund established by the museum (or organization) as of May 1, 2003, for the purposes of—

(i)

enhancing educational programming; and

(ii)

maintaining and operating traveling educational exhibits.

(2) Authorization of appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services to carry out this subsection—

(A)

$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2004; and

(B)

such sums as are necessary for each fiscal year thereafter.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 108–184, § 7, Dec. 16, 2003, 117 Stat. 2679.)

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2003Enacted · Pub. L. 108-184 · 117 Stat. 2679

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