Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 90 Part 2.djvu/831

 PUBLIC LAW 94-484—OCT. 12, 1976

90 STAT. 2299

"(3) A school of veterinary medicine shall maintain an enrollment of full-time, first-year students, for the school year beginning in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for each school year thereafter beginning in a fiscal year for which a grant under section 770 is Ante, p. 2290. applied for, which exceeds the number of full-time, first-year students enrolled in such school in the school year beginning in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1976— " (A) by 5 percent of such number if such number was not more than 100, or "(B) by 2.5 percent of such number, or 5 students, whichever is greater, if such number was more than 100. " (4) An application of a school of veterinary medicine shall contain or be supported by assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that for the school year beginning in the fiscal year for which a grant is made under section 770 at least 30 percent of the enrollment of fulltime, first-year students in such school will be comprised of students who are residents of States in which there are no accredited schools of veterinary medicine. "(g) SCHOOLS or OPTOMETRY,— (1) To be eligible for a grant under section 770 for a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1977, a school of optometry shall, in addition to the requirements of subsection (a), meet the requirement of paragraph (2) or (3). "(2) A school of optometry shall maintain an enrollment of fulltime, first-year students, for the school year beginning in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for each school year thereafter beginning in a fiscal year for which a grant under section 770 is applied for, which exceeds the number of full-time, first-year students enrolled in such school in the school year beginning in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1976— " (A) by 5 percent of such number if such number was not more than 100, or "(B) by 2.5 percent of such number, or 5 students, whichever is greater, if such number was more than 100. "(3) An application of a school of optometry shall contain or be supported by assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that for the school year beginning in the fiscal year for which a grant is made under section 770 at least 25 percent (or 50 percent if the applicant is a nonprofit private school of optometry) of the first-year enrollment of full-time students in such school will be comprised of students who are residents of States in which there are no accredited schools of optometry. "(h) SCHOOLS or PODL4.TRT.—(1) To be eligible for a grant under section 770 for a fiscal year beginning after September 30, 1977, a school of podiatry shall, in addition to the requirements of subsection (a), meet the requirements of paragraph (2) or (3). "(2) A school of podiatry shall maintain an enrollment of full-time, first-year students, for the school year beginning in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, and for each school year thereafter beginning in a fiscal year for which a grant under section 770 is applied for, which exceeds the number of full-time, first-year students enrolled in such school in the school year beginning in the fiscal year ending September 30, 1976— " (A) by 5 percent of such number if such number was not more than 100, or "(B) by 2.5 percent of such number, or 5 students, whichever is greater, if such number was more than 100.

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