Handicapped Individuals Services and Training Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6820 ... Hearing Held in St. Paul, Minn., and Loretto, Minn. on September 2, 1982U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 - 257 pages |
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Page 8 - ... a two-year program in engineering, mathematics, or the physical or biological sciences which is designed to prepare the student to work as a technician and at a semiprofessional level in engineering, scientific, or other technological fields which require the understanding and application of basic engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles or knowledge ; (4) is a public or other nonprofit institution...
Page 7 - institution of higher education" means an educational institution in any State which (1) admits as regular students only persons having a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate, (2) is legally authorized within such State to provide a program of education beyond secondary education...
Page 8 - Administrator shall publish a list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies or associations which he determines to be reliable authority as to the quality of training offered. (2) The term "academic year" means an academic year or its equivalent, as determined by the Administrator.
Page 7 - disability" means, with respect to an individual (A) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; (B) a record of such an impairment; or (C) being regarded as having such an impairment.
Page 7 - In engineering, mathematics, or the physical or biological sciences which is designed to prepare a student to work as a technician and at a semiprofessional level in engineering, scientific, or other technological fields which require the understanding and application of basic engineering, scientific, or mathematical principles or knowledge...
Page 7 - ... credits are accepted, on transfer, by not less than three institutions which are so accredited, for credit on the same basis as if transferred from an institution so accredited.
Page 8 - Secretary determines that there is no nationally recognized accrediting agency or association qualified to accredit such institutions, he shall appoint an advisory committee, composed of persons specially qualified to evaluate training provided by such institutions, which shall prescribe the standards of content, scope, and quality which must be met in order to qualify such institutions...
Page 14 - For this purpose, an individual is considered permanently and totally disabled if he or she is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death, or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
Page 6 - Commissioner shall establish a loan service of captioned films and educational media for the purpose of making such materials available in the United States for nonprofit purposes to handicapped...
Page 13 - Thank you and if you have any questions I will be happy to answer them. Mr.
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| Title | Handicapped Individuals Services and Training Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6820 ... Hearing Held in St. Paul, Minn., and Loretto, Minn. on September 2, 1982 |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1982 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 29 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 257 pages |
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