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 94 STAT. 1450

"Prospective student."

Waiver.

Federal student assistance programs, descriptions.

PUBLIC LAW 96-374—OCT. 3, 1980

person so designated may be contacted by students and prospective students who are seeking information required by this subsection; "(I) special facilities and services available to handicapped students; "(J) the names of associations, agencies, or governmental bodies which accredit, approve, or license the institution and its programs, and the procedures under which any current or prospective student may obtain or review upon request a copy of the documents describing the institution's accreditation, approval, or licensing; and (K) the standards which the student must maintain in order to be considered to be making satisfactory progress, pursuant to section 484(a)(3). "(2) For purposes of this section, the term 'prospective student' means any individual who has contacted an eligible institution requesting information concerning admission to that institution, (b) Each eligible institution shall designate an employee or group of employees who shall be available on a full-time basis to assist students or potential students in obtaining information as specified in subsection (a). The Secretary may, by regulation, waive the requirement that an employee or employees be available on a fulltime basis for carrying out responsibilities required under this section whenever an institution 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 avcdlable 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) The Secretary shall make available to 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. TRAINING IN FINANCIAL AID AND STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES

Contract authority. 20 USC 1093.

20 USC 1051.

"SEC. 486. (a) The Secretary is authorized to enter into contracts with appropriate public agencies or nonprofit private organizations or institutions of higher education to provide training for financial aid administrators, student peer counselors, student staff or volunteers, and other part-time staff and volunteers who provide financial aid, admissions and academic counseling and outreach, and student support programs in postsecondary education in postsecondary institutions, communities or statewide programs. "(h) Fingmcial assistance under this section may be used for— "(1) development of materials and inservice training and career awareness programs; "(2) operation of short-term training institutes designed to improve the skills and career awareness of participants in such institutes; and "(3) special programs to assist in training of students and parttime staff or volunteers at institutions eligible for assistance under title III of this Act.

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