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(a) The Department of Education is hereby directed to offer courses in Puerto Rican artisanry as part of the Open School Program.Such courses shall foster the use of diverse materials, especially those that seek to protect the environment, such as those obtained from the practice of recycling and reuse.(b) The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall offer to the Department of Education all the cooperation and advice necessary for complying with the objectives of this section.The Department of Education, in coordination with the Popular Arts Research Center and the Popular Arts Program of the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture, shall prepare a curriculum that shall serve as guide for the following offerings:(1) Wood carving;(2) musical instruments;(3) masks;(4) toy-making;(5) needlework;(6) artisan jewelry;(7) hammock-making;(8) ceramics;(9) basket-weaving;(10) leather, higuera (calabash), coconut and bamboo work, and(11) any other skills related to the objectives of this section.For recruitment purposes, the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall remit a list of bona fide artisans indicating their mailing address and telephone number to the Department of Education no later than

recruitment purposes, the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture shall remit a list of bona fide artisans indicating their mailing address and telephone number to the Department of Education no later than June 1st of each year.(c) The Department of Education shall implement this section through pilot programs it shall develop in several schools of the various school regions. History —Sept. 23, 2004, No. 458, §§ 1—3, retroactive to July 1, 2004.