United States Code Title 54 — National Park Service and Related Programs

§ 303903. Preservation education and training program

§ 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.