Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 2.djvu/627

 PUBLIC LAW 94-482—OCT. 12, 1976

90 STAT. 2095

(2) The matter preceding paragraph (1) of section 417B(b) of the Act is amended to read as follows: 20 USC 1070d-l. "(b) Services provided through grants and contracts under this subpart shall be specifically designed to assist in enabling youths from low-income families who have academic potential, but who may lack adequate secondary school preparation, who may be physically handicapped, or who may be disadvantaged because of severe rural isolation, to enter, continue, or resume programs of postsecondary education, including—". (3) Section 4l7B(b)(1)(A) of the Act is amended by inserting after the comma the following: "especially such youths who have delayed pursuing postsecondary educational training,". (4) The first sentence of section 417B (b) of the Act is amended by— (A) striking out "and" at the end of clause (3) of such sentence, (B) striking out the period at the end of clause (4) of such sentence and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and the word "and", and (C) adding at the end thereof the following new clause: "(5) a program of paying up to 90 per centum of the cost of establishing and operating or expanding service learning centers at institutions of higher education and other postsecondary educational institutions serving a substantial number of disadvantaged students which— "(A) will provide remedial and other special services for students who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment at that institution, and \ "(B) will serve, as a concentrated effort, to coordinate and supplement the ability of that institution to furnish such services to such students.". (5) Section 4l7B(b) of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Before making a grant or enter- Application, ing into a contract under clause (5) of the first sentence of this subsection the Commissioner may require any institution subject to such a contract or grant to submit an application containing or accompanied by such information, including the ability of that institution to pay the non-Federal share of the costs of the project to be assisted, as is essential to carry out the requirements of that clause.". (c) Section 417B of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections:

"(e) In making grants or entering into contracts under clause (1) or (5) of subsection (b) of this section the Commissioner may permit students or youths from other than low-income families, not to exceed one-third of the total served, to benefit by the"projects to be assisted pursuant to that grant or contract. "(f)(1) The Commissioner is authorized to enter into contracts Contracts, with institutions of higher education and other appropriate public agencies and nonprofit private organizations to provide training for staff and leadership personnel who will specialize in improving the delivery of services to students assisted under this subpart. "(2) Financial assistance under this subsection may be used for (A) the operation of short-term training institutes designed to improve the skills of participants in such institutes, and (B) the development of inservice training programs for such personnel.". "(g) The Commissioner shall not make grants to programs authorized under clause (5) of subsection (b) of this section in any fiscal year in which the amount appropriated for carrying out this subpart is less than $70,331,000.

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