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PUBLIC LAW 93-380-AUG. 21, 1974

cation. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, not less than 100 fellowships leading to a graduate degree shall be awarded under the preceding sentence for preparing individuals to train teachers for programs of bilingual education. Such fellowships shall be awarded in proportion to the need for teachers of various groups of individuals with limited English-speaking ability. For each fiscal year after June 30, 1975, and prior to July 1, 1978, the Commissioner shall report to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare of the Senate on the number of fellowships in the field of training teachers for bilingual education which he recommends will be necessary for that fiscal year. "(3) The Commissioner shall include in the terms of any arrangement described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section provisions for the payment, to persons participating in training programs so described, of such stipends (including allowances for subsistance and other expenses for such persons and their dependents) as he may determine to be consistent with prevailing practices under comparable federally supported programs. "(4) I n making grants or contracts under this section, the Commissioner shall give priority to eligible applicants with demonstrated competence and experience in the field of bilingual education. Funds provided under grants or contracts for training activities described in this section to or with a State educational agency, separately or jointly, shall in no event exceed in the aggregate in any fiscal year 15 per centum of the total amount of funds obligated for training activities pursuant to clauses (1) and (3) of subsection (a) of section 721 in such year. " (5) An application for a grant or contract for preservice or inservice training activities described in clause (A)(i)(I) and clause (A) (ii)(I) and in subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section shall be considered an application for a program of bilingual education for the purposes of subsection (a)(4)(E) of section 703. " (b) For the purposes of this section, the term 'eligible applicants' means— "(1) institutions of higher education (including junior colleges and community colleges) which apply, after consultation with, or jointly with, one or more local educational agencies; "(2) local educational agencies; and "(3) State educational agencies.

Report to cong r e s s i o n a l committees.

Stipends.

Ante,

p. 506,.

Ante, p 504. "Eligible applicants.'

" P A R T B—ADMINISTRATION "OFFICE OF BILINGUAL EDUCATION

"SEC. 731. (a) There shall be, in the Office of Education, an Office of Bilingual Education (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Office') through which the Commissioner shall carry out his functions relating to bilingual education. " (b)(1) The Office shall be headed by a Director of Bilingual Education, appointed by the Commissioner, to whom the Commissioner shall delegate all of his delegable functions relating to bilingual education. "(2) The Office shall be organized as the Director determines to be appropriate in order to enable him to carry out his functions and responsibilities effectively. "(c) The Commissioner, in consultation with the Council, shall prepare and, not later than November 1 of 1975, and of 1977, shall submit to the Congress and the President a report on the condition of bilingual education m the Nation and the administration and operation of this

Establishment. 20 USC 880b-10.

Report to Congress and President.

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