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 PUBLIC LAW 94-482—OCT. 12, 1976

90 STAT. 2149

employee or employees be available on a full-time basis for carrying out responsibilities required under this section whenever an institution of higher education or eligible institution, as the case may be, in which the total enrollment, or the portion of the enrollment participating in programs under this title at that institution, is too small to necessitate such employee or employees being available on a full-time basis. No such waiver may include permission to exempt any such institution from designating a specific individual or a group of individuals to carry out the provisions of this section. " (c) W i t h i n 120 days after the date of enactment of the Education Amendments of 1976, the Commissioner shall begin to make available Ante, p. 2081. to institutions of higher education and eligible institutions descriptions of Federal student assistance programs including the rights and responsibilities of student and institutional participants, in order to (1) assist students in gaining information through institutional sources, and (2) assist institutions in carrying out the provisions of this section, so that individual and institutional participants will be fully aware of their rights and responsibilities under such programs. "' u.STUDEXT AID INFORMATION SERVICES

" SEC. 493B. I n order to assist in the expansion and improvement of campus student aid information services, the Commissioner shall— " (1) survey institutional practices of providing students with complete and accurate information about student financial aid, including the employment of part-time financial aid counselors under work-study programs, h i r i n g other part-time persons from the community, using campus or community volunteers, and communicating through use of publications or technology; collect institutional evaluations of such practices; and disseminate the information described in this clause; " (2) convene meetings of financial aid administrators, students, and other a p p r o p r i a t e representatives to explore means of expanding campus financial aid information services and improving the t r a i n i n g of part-time individuals involved in such services; " (3) whenever possible, include student peer counselors and other part-time financial aid personnel in training programs sponsored by the Office of Education; and " (4) make recommendations to Congress not later than October 1, 1977, concerning his findings and legislative proposals for improving the use and quality of services of part-time campus financial aid personnel.

20 USC 1088b-2.

Recommendations to Congress.

" S T U D E N T F I N A N C I A L ASSISTANCE TRAINING PROGRAM

" SEC. 493C. (a) I t is the purpose of this section to make incentive grants available to the States to be administered, in consultation with statewide financial aid administrator organizations, for the purpose of designing and developing programs to increase the proficiency of institutional and State financial aid administrators in all aspects of student financial aid. " (b) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated $280,000 for each year ending prior to October 1, 1978, for equal division among the States. " (c) To receive a g r a n t under this section a State must provide appropriate assurance to the Commissioner that the g r a n t will be matched from State funds by an amount a t least equal to the amount of the grant.

Grants. 20 USC 1088b-3.

Appropriation authorization.

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