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PUBLIC LAW 89-36-JUNE 8, 1965

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Public Law 89-36 AN ACT To provide for the establishment and operation of a National Technical Institute for the Deaf.

June 8, 1965 [H. R. 7031]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the National T e United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may nical Institute c h for be cited as the "National Technical Institute for the Deaf Act". the^heLTA'^t. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 2. For the purpose of providing a residential facility for postsecondary technical training and education for persons who are deaf in order to prepare them for successful employment, there are authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year such sums as may be neces sary for the establishment and operation, including construction and equipment, of a National Technical Institute for the Deaf, including sums necessary for the acquisition of property, both real and personal, and for the construction of buildings and other facilities for such Institute. DEFINITIONS

SEC. 3. As used in this Act— (a) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. (b) The term "institution of higher education" means an educational institution in any State or in the District of Columbia which (1) admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, (2) is legally authorized within such State (or in the District of Columbia) to provide a program of education beyond secondary education, (3) provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's degree, (4) includes one or more professional or graduate schools, (6) is a public or nonprofit private institution, and (6) is accredited by a nationally recognized accrediting agency or association. For purposes of this subsection, the Commissioner of Education shall publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies or associations which he determines to be reliable authority as to the quality of training offered. (c) The term "construction" includes construction and initial equipment of new buildings, expansion, remodeling, and alteration of existing buildings and equipment thereof, and acquisition of land; including architect'services, but excluding off-site improvements. PROPOSALS

SEC. 4. Any institution of higher education which desires to enter into an agreement with the Secretary to establish and operate a National Technical Institute for the Deaf shall submit a proposal therefor at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as may be prescribed by the Secretary.

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