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 100 STAT. 1336

PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986

States upon certiorari or certification as provided in title 28, United States Code, section 1254. "DEFINITION 20 USC 1070C-4.

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"SEC. 415E. For the purpose of this subpart, the term 'community service' means services, including direct service, planning, and applied research which are identified by an institution of higher education, through formal or informal consultation with local nonprofit, governmental, and community-based organizations, and which— "(1) are designed to improve the quality of life for community residents, particularly low-income individuals, or to solve particular problems related to the needs of such residents, including but not limited to, such fields as health care, child care, education, literary training, welfare, social services, public safety, crime prevention and control, transportation, recreation, housing and neighborhood improvement, rural development, and community improvement; and "(2) provide participating students with work-learning opportunities related to their educational or vocational programs or goals. ,;.• r "SUBPART 4—SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS FROM DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS PROGRAM AUTHORITY; AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

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417A. (a) GRANTS AND CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary shall, in accordance with the provisions of this subpart, carry out a program of making grants and contracts designed to identify qualified individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds, to prepare them for a program of postsecondary education, to provide support services for such students who are pursuing programs of postsecondary education, and to train individuals serving or preparing for service in programs and projects so designed. "(b) ELIGIBLE GRANT AND CONTRACT RECIPIENTS.—(1) For the purposes described in subsection (a), the Secretary is authorized, without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5), to make grants to, and contracts with, institutions of higher education, public and private agencies and organizations, and, in exceptional circumstances, secondary schools for planning, developing, or carrying out one or more of the services assisted under this subpart. "(2) In making grants and contracts under this subpart, the Secretary shall consider the prior experience of service delivery under the particular program for which funds are sought by each applicant. For fiscal years after 1985, the level of consideration given to prior experience shall not vary from the level of consideration given this factor for fiscal year 1985. "SEC.

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AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the

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making grants and contracts under this subpart, there are authorized to be appropriated $205,000,000 for fiscal year 1987, and such sums as may be necessary for the 4 succeeding fiscal years. "(d) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this subpart— \ > "(1) the term 'first generation college student' means— "(A) an individual both of whose parents did not complete ! a baccalaureate degree; or

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