; Definitions (a) Purpose The purposes of this subpart are— (1) to carry out the United States trust responsibility for the education of Indian children; and (2) to provide a more stable base of education professionals with an understanding of the needs of Indian students to serve in early childhood education programs, public elementary schools and secondary schools, schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education, the Department of Education, State educational agencies, tribal education agencies, and local educational agencies. (b) Definitions In this subpart: (1) The term Indian shall have the meaning given that term in section 316. (2) The term Bureau-funded school shall have the meaning given that term in section 1141 of the Education Amendments of 1978 ( 25 U.S.C. 2021 ). (3) The term Native-serving institution of higher education shall mean any institution of higher education eligible under section 316, 317, or 319. (4) The term tribal educational agency shall have the meaning given the term in section 6132 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7452 ). (5) The term Bureau of Indian Education early childhood development program means a program operating under a grant authorized by section 1139 of the Education Amendments of 1978 ( 25 U.S.C. 2019 ). (6) The term tribal early childhood education program shall mean any of the following programs: (A) An American Indian or Alaska Native Head Start or Early Head Start program carried out under the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.). (B) A tribal child care and development program carried out under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.). (C) A program serving children from birth through age 6 that— (i) receives funding support from the Native American language preservation and maintenance program carried out under section 803C of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 2991b–3 ); (ii) is a tribal prekindergarten program