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 100 STAT. 1280 Contracts.

PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986

"(b) GRANTS.—To Carry out the purpose of this section, the Secretary shall make grants to, and enter into contracts with, eligible institutions for activities, such as— "(1) structuring an academic program designed to facilitate the attendance of working students, parents caring for dependent children, and individuals seeking to reenter the educational system; "(2) making academic programs available to adult learners at convenient times and locations; "(3) the encouragement of resource sharing for innovative uses of technology, including telecommunications (on an interstate or intrastate basis) to overcome barriers to continuing education opportunities and to develop innovative delivery systems for education programs; "(4) the creation or expansion of education programs and curriculum, including adult literacy efforts, designed to meet the present and future needs of the labor market; "(5) the development of cooperative relationships between business and labor organizations, community-based organizations, and agencies which provide opportunities for continuing education; "(6) the removal of barriers posed by previous education or training, age, sex, race, handicap, national origin, rural isolation, or economic circumstance which may place adults at a disadvantage in seeking continuing educational opportunities; "(7) educational information, including literacy information, student financial assistance information, and occupational information and counseling services designed to meet the special needs of inadequately served adults and to assist their entry or reentry into continuing education and the labor force; "(8) training for administrators, faculty, and staff to improve their ability to teach and serve adult learners; and "(9) development of remedial instruction programs for adult learners to enable them to enroll in college-level educational programs. "(c) ADDITIONAL USE OF FUNDS.—(1) Funds awarded under this section to any eligible institution shall be used for the purposes under subsection (b), except that, to a limited extent as approved by the Secretary, such funds may also be used for program planning and development to carry out the purposes of this section including— "(A) making adult and continuing educational opportunities available at convenient times and locations, including offcampus locations; "(B) evaluating the responsiveness of continuing education programs to the work and career-related objectives of adults; "(C) developing or expanding educational and occupational information and counseling services to meet the special needs of adults, including information concerning available forms of student financial assistance; "(D) training of personnel in continuing education programs to improve their ability to serve adult learners; "(E) developing or expanding high-technology delivery systems and curricula to ensure closer development and career transitions for adult learners;

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