§ 303903 — Preservation Education And Training Program

The Secretary, in consultation with the Council and other appropriate Federal, tribal, Native Hawaiian, and non-Federal organizations, shall develop and implement a comprehensive preservation education and training program. The program shall include— (1) standards and increased preservation training opportunities for Federal workers involved in preservation-related functions; (2) preservation training opportunities for other Federal, State, tribal and local government workers, and students; (3) technical or financial assistance, or both, to historically black colleges and universities, to tribal colleges, and to colleges with a high enrollment of Native Americans or Native Hawaiians, to establish preservation training and degree programs; and (4) where appropriate, coordination with the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training of— (A) distribution of information on preservation technologies; (B) provision of training and skill development in trades, crafts, and disciplines related to historic preservation in Federal training and development programs; and (C) support for research, analysis, conservation, curation, interpretation, and display related to preservation.