Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 94 Part 2.djvu/184

 94 STAT. 1462

PUBLIC LAW 96-374—OCT. 3, 1980 APPLICATION

20 USC 1119b-l.

Recipient's responsibilities.

"SEC. 542. (a) No grant may be made under this part unless an application is made by a State educational agency at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require. Each such application shall— "(1) describe a fellowship program under which the State will make stipends to recipients and make allowances to institutions of higher education, in accordance with the provisions of this part, for teachers and other specialists to be trained in special education for handicapped children; "(2) provide assurances that each recipient of a fellowship under this part will enter into an agreement with the State under which the recipient will— "(A) within the five-year period after the completion of the training for which the fellowship was awarded, teach for a period of not less than two years in an elementary or secondary school of a local educational agency of that State, a public elementary or secondary school of that State, or a public educational program approved by the local educational agency or the State, which has, or has provided assurances that it will have, a special education program for handicapped children, or "(B) repay all of the stipend awarded to the recipient plus the allowances paid to any institution of higher education based upon that fellowship in the event that the conditions of clause (A) are not complied with, except when such conditions are not complied with for reasons beyond a recipient's control; "(3) provide procedures under which recipients of fellowships who teach, for reasons beyond their control, less than the twoyear period required under clause (2) of this subsection will have the repayment requirement reduced according to a schedule established by the State agency; "(4) provide procedures under which stipends and institution of higher education allowances will be paid by the State agency in accordance with the provisions of this part; and "(5) provide that the State agency will make continuing efforts to encourage recipients of fellowships under this part to continue to provide special education for handicapped children in areas where there is a shortage of such teachers. "(b) The Secretary shall approve any application which meets the requirements of subsection (a) of this section. Prior to approving any applications under this section, the Secretary shall prepare regulations setting forth detailed requirements with respect to clauses (2) and (3) of subsection (a). STIPENDS AND INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION ALLOWANCES

20 USC iii9b-2.

" S E C 543. (a)(1) Each State educational agency receiving a grant under this part shall pay to individuals awarded fellowships under this part such stipends (including such allowances for subsistence and other expenses for such persons and their dependents) as the Secretary may determine to be consistent with prevailing practices under comparable federally supported programs. "(2) No stipend may be paid to any single recipient in any one year in excess of $9,000.

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