Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 82.djvu/1135

 82 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 90-576-OCT. 16, 1968

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"(e) Persons receiving leudership awards under the provisions of this section shall continue to receive the payments provided in subsection (b) only during such periods as the Commissioner finds that they are maintaining satisfactory proficiency in, and devoting essentially full-time to, study or research in the field of vocational education in an institution of higher education, and are not engaging in gainful employment, other than part-time employment by such institution in teaching, research, or similar activities, approved by the Commissioner. " E X C H A N G E PROGRAMS, INSTITUTES, AND INSERVICE EDUCATION FOR VOCATIONAL-EDUCATION TEACHERS, SUPERVISORS, COORDINATORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS

"SEC. 553. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to State boards, as defined in the Vocational Education Act of 1963, to ^"'«' P- lo^i. pay the cost of carrying out cooperative arrangements for the training or retraining of experienced vociitional education personnel such as teachers, teacher educators, administrators, supervisors, and coordinators, and other personnel, in order to strengthen education programs supported by this part and the administration of schools offering vocational education. Such cooperative arrangements may be between schools offering vocational education and private business or industry, commercial enterprises, or with other educational institutions (including those for the handicapped and delinquent). " (b) Grants under this section may be used for projects and activi- ^f^l°i^il^^ ^"'^ ties such as— "(1) exchange of vocational education teachers and other staff members with skilled technicians or supervisors in industry (including mutual arrangements for preserving employment and retirement status, and other employment benefits during the period of exchange), and the development and operation of cooperative programs involving periods of teaching in schools providing vocational education and of experience in commercial, industrial, or other public or private employment related to the subject matter taught in such school; "(2) inservice training programs for vocational education teachers and other staff members to improve the quality of instruction, supervision, and administration of vocational education programs; and " (3) short-term or regular-session institutes, or other preservice and inservice training programs or projects designed to improve the qualifications of persons entering and reentering the field of vocational education except that funds may not be used for seminars, symposia, workshops or conferences unless these are part of a continuing prograE|i of inservice or preservice training. " (c) A grant may be iri|ade under this section only upon application to the Commissioner at such time or times and containing such information as he deems necessary. The Commissioner shall not approve an ^ ^r°^ai'°"^ ^°'' application unless it— " (1) sets forth a program for carrying out one or more projects or activities which meet the requirements of subsection (b), and provides for such methods of administration as are necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the program;

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