Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 366.1. Ethnic heritage studies center (Adm. Code § 1316.1)

(a) The Secretary of Education is authorized to arrange through a grant to a public educational agency for the establishment and operation of a Pennsylvania Ethnic Heritage Studies Center, designed to reflect readily identifiable ethnic groups represented in the population of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Such center shall have the primary responsibility in the Commonwealth for collecting information and research materials germane to the study of the ethnic heritage of the Commonwealth.

(b) The center provided for under this section shall:

(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of Education shall so locate the center and make arrangements which will enable it to make the fullest possible use of the facilities of the community colleges, as well as the independent, State-owned and State-related institutions of higher education and of the Historic and Museum Commission, will facilitate access to the materials by scholars and students of all colleges and universities in the Commonwealth, as well as scholars from other states interested in examining the ethnic heritage of Pennsylvania, and will take fullest possible advantage of the special knowledge and collections of ethnic groups in local communities throughout the Commonwealth, and of foreign students pursuing their educations in this country, and the expertise of elementary and secondary school teachers.

(d) Funds granted to carry out this section may be used to cover all or part of the cost of establishing, equipping, and operating the center, including the cost of research materials and resources, academic consultants, salary for an executive director, and the cost of training and maintaining a staff for the purpose of carrying out the purposes of this section. Such funds may also be used to provide stipends (in such amounts as may be determined in accordance with regulations of the Secretary of Education) to individuals receiving training or seeking to carry out substantial research (as determined by the Executive Director) in the center, including allowances for dependents.