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 PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978 "(A)(i) training, carried out in coordination with any other programs training auxiliary educational personnel, designed (I) to prepare personnel to participate in, or for personnel participating in, the conduct of programs of bilingual education, includ: ing programs emphasizing opportunities for career development, advancement, and lateral mobility, (II) to train teachers, administrators, counselors, paraprofessionals, teacher aides, and parents, and ( III) to train persons to teach and counsel such persons, and (ii) special training programs designed (I) to meet individual needs, and (II) to encourage reform, innovation, and improvement in applicable education curricula in graduate education, in the structure of the academic profession, and in recruitment and retention of higher education and graduate school facilities, as related to bilingual education; and "(B) the operation of short-term training institutes designed to improve the skills of participants in programs of bilingual education in order to facilitate their effectiveness in carrying out responsibilities in connection with such programs. "(2) In addition the Commissioner is authorized to award fellowships for study in the field of training teachers for bilingual education. 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 proficiency. For each fiscal year after June 30, 1975, and prior to October 1, 1983, the Commissioner shall report to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Human Resources 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 subsistence 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) In 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 m 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) The Commissioner shall undertake an ongoing longitudinal study of the impact of recipients of such fellowships on the field of b i l i n ^ a l education, and shall disseminate research undertaken by recipients of such fellowships. "(6) Any person receiving assistance under this subsection shall agree either to repay such assistance or to work for a period equivalent to the period of time during which such person received assistance, and such work shall be in an activity related to the training of teachers

92 STAT. 2277

Teacher's training for bilingual education, fellowships.

Report to congressional committees.

Grants and contracts.

Study.

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