Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/684

 92 STAT. 1964

PUBLIC LAW 95-524—OCT. 27, 1978 " M I G R A N T A N D SEASONAL F A R M W O R K E R EMPLOYMENT A N D TRAINING PROGRAMS

29 USC 873.

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"SEC. 303. (a) The Congress finds and declares that— "(1) chronic seasonal unemployment and underemployment in the agricultural industry, substantially affected by recent advances in technology and mechanization, constitute a substantial portion of the Nation's rural employment problem and substantially affect the entire national economy; and "(2) because of the special nature of farmworker employment and training problems such programs can best be administered at the national level. "(b)(1) The Secretary shall meet the employment and training needs of migrants and seasonal farmworkers through public agencies and private nonprofit organizations, including, but not limited to, U. ' " programs and activities carried out by prime sponsors under other provisions of this Act, as the Secretary determines have an understanding of the problems of migrant and seasonal farmworkers, a familiarity with the area to be served, and a capability to administer effectively a comprehensive employment and training program for migrant and seasonal farmworkers. "(2) Programs supported under this section shall include, but not be limited to, employment and training in traditional as well as newly developing agricultural occupations and related assistance and supportive services. Grants or "(c)(1) In awarding a grant or contract for services administered contracts. under this section, the Secretary shall not assign any preferential weighting factor to an application therefor by virtue of the fact that the applicant holds at the time of application a prior grant or contract to provide services under this section; nor shall the Secretary assign any negative weighting factor to an application by virtue of the fact that an applicant is an instrumentality of State government. "(2) In carrying out programs and activities under this section, the Postsecondary schooling, Secretary shall continue in operation any program which is in existprogram ence on the effective date of this paragraph and— continuation. "(A) which is— ^ "(i) operated through the use of the facilities of any institution of higher education; and "(ii) designed to assist migrant and seasonal farmworkers who are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance in the State in which the institution is located, through tutoring, counseling, and other similar assistance, in the completion of courses necessary to receive a high school diploma or its equivalent; or "(B) which serves migrant and seasonal farmworkers who are enrolled in a full-time basis in the first academic year of an undergraduate program at any institution of higher education, and the dependents of migrant and seasonal farmworkers if such dependents are so enrolled by— "(i) aiding such individuals in carrying out the transition . po!jij-'>!'.i from secondary school to postsecondary school programs; - i " •• ".(ii) generating motivation necessary for success in education beyond secondary school; and "(iii) providing counseling, tutorial, and similar educational services designed to assist such individuals during their first academic year at such institution. •*';

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