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 100 STAT. 1548

PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986

gj>^; "(B) ijag conducted without Federal assistance a cooperative education program for at least 2 academic years subsequent to the end of the fifth such fiscal year; "(C) has expended for the cooperative education program for each such subsequent academic year an amount at least equal to the total cost of the program in the fifth fiscal year in which the institution, or participant, received assistance under this section; and "(D) provides statistics in the application required under subsection (b) on the number of students enrolled in the cooperative education program, the number of institutional personnel, including faculty advisers and cooperative education coordinators, and the income of the students enrolled, for each such year; may apply under subsection (b) as an institution, or participant, to which subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) applies. "(4) Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the Secretary shall not waive the provisions of this subsection. "(d) FACTORS FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS.—(1) In

Handicapped persons. Minorities.

approving applications under this section, the Secretary shall give special consideration to applications from institutions of higher education for programs which show the greatest promise of success because of^ "(A) the extent to which programs in the academic discipline with respect to which the application is made have had a favorable reception by public and private sector employers, "(B) the commitment of the institution of higher education to cooperative education has demonstrated by the plans which such institution has made to continue the program after the termination of Federal financial assistance, "(C) the extent to which the institution is committed to extending cooperative education on an institution-wide basis for all students who can benefit, and "(D) such other factors as are consistent with the purposes of this section. "(2) The Secretary shall also give special consideration to applications from institutions of higher education or combinations thereof which demonstrate a commitment to serving special populations such as women, the handicapped and Black, Mexican American Puerto Rican, Cuban, other Hispanic, American Indian, Alaska Native, Aleut, Native Hawaiian, American Samoan, Micronesian, Guamian (Chamorro), and Northern Marianian students. DEMONSTRATION AND INNOVATION PROJECTS; TRAINING AND RESOURCE CENTERS; A N D RESEARCH

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"SEC. 803. (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this section, to make grants and enter into contracts for— "(1) the conduct of demonstration projects designed to demonstrate or determine the feasibility or value of innovative i, methods of cooperative education from the amounts available in each fiscal year under section 801(b)(2); a "(2) the conduct of training and resource centers designed to— "(A) train personnel in the field of cooperative education;
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