The following entities are eligible to enter into an education contract under the Johnson-O'Malley Act for the purpose of financially assisting efforts designed to meet the specialized and unique educational needs of eligible Indian students, including supplemental programs and school operational support, where such support is necessary to maintain established State educational standards:

1. (a) Tribal organizations;
2. (b) States;

3. (c) Public school districts that:

   1. (1) Serve public elementary schools or public secondary schools; and
   2. (2) Have a local school board composed of a majority of Indians or have established or will establish an Indian Education Committee, as described in § 273.115 to approve supplementary or operational support programs beneficial to Indian students; and
4. (d) Indian corporations.