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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="8-204" title_number="8" title_name="Special Programs for Exceptional Children" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Gifted and Talented Students">
  <text>To the extent funds are provided in the State budget or are available from other sources, the State Board shall provide guidance, consultative and technical assistance, and fiscal support for programs that include:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Teacher training to incorporate instruction in methods and techniques that are designed to enable teachers to identify and teach gifted and talented students;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Research undertaken to help develop new or modified curricula for gifted and talented students; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Evaluation, demonstration, and distribution of findings that are related to programs for gifted and talented students.</text>
  </level>
</section>
