tive personnel, or educational specialists in institutions of higher education.

(20 U.S.C. 1119a-1) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title II, sec. 239, 82 Stat. 1040-1041; amended Oct. 12, 1976, P.L. 94-482, Title I, Part E, sec. 153(a), 90 Stat. 2155; amended June 15, 1977, P.L. 95-43, sec. 1(a)(42), 91 Stat. 217.

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PART C1-FELLOWSHIPS FOR TEACHERS AND RELATED EDUCATIONAL

PERSONNEL

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PART D2-IMPROVING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONNEL SERVING IN PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION OTHER THAN HIGHER

PART F4-TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

SEC. 551. It is the purpose of this part to provide opportunities for experienced vocational educators to spend full-time in advanced study of vocational education for a period not to exceed three years in length; to provide opportunities to update the occupational competencies of vocational education teachers through exchanges of personnel between vocational education programs and commercial, industrial, or other public or private employment related to the subject matter of vocational education; and to provide programs of inservice teacher education and short-term institutes for vocational education personnel.

(20 U.S.C. 1119c) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title II, sec. 201, 82 Stat. 1091.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

SEC. 552. (a) In order to meet the needs in all the States for qualified vocational education personnel (such as administrators, supervisors, teacher educators, researchers, and instructors in vocational education programs) the Commissioner shall make available lead

1

Repealed, effective September 30, 1976, by Sections 151(a)(4)(A) and 151(b) of Part E of Title I of P.L. 94-482.

2 Repealed, effective September 30, 1976, by Sections 151(a)(4)(A) and 151(b) of Part E of Title I of P.L. 94-482.

Repealed, effective September 30, 1976, by Sections 151(a)(4)(A) and 151(b) of Part E of Title I

of P.L. 94-482.

4 Section 151(a)(4)(C) of Part E of Title I of P.L. 94-482 provides that Part F is repealed effective September 30, 1977.

ership development awards in accordance with the provisions of this part only upon his determination that

(A) persons selected for awards have had not less than two years of experience in vocational education or in industrial training, or military technical training; or, in the case of researchers, experience in social science research which is applicable to vocational education; or

(B) persons receiving such awards are currently employed or are reasonably assured of employment in vocational education and have successfully completed, as a minimum, a baccalaureate degree program; or

(C) persons selected are recommended by their employer, or others, as having leadership potential in the field of vocational education and are eligible for admission as a graduate student to a program of higher education approved by the Commissioner under subsection (c).

(b)(1) The Commissioner shall pay to persons selected for leadership development awards such stipends (including such allowances for subsistence and other expenses for such person and their dependents) as he may determine to be consistent with prevailing practices under comparable federally supported programs.

(2) The Commissioner shall, in addition to the stipends paid to persons under paragraph (1), pay to the institution of higher education at which such person is pursuing his course of study such amount as the Commissioner may determine to be consistent with the prevailing practices under comparable federally supported programs not to exceed the equivalent of $3,500 per academic year, but any amount charged such person for tuition and nonrefundable fees and deposits shall be deducted from the amount payable to the institution of higher education under this subsection.

(c) The Commissioner shall approve the vocational education leadership development program of an institution of higher education by the institution only upon finding that—

(1) the institution offers a comprehensive program in vocational education with adequate supporting services and disciplines such as education administration, guidance and counseling research, and curriculum development;

(2) such program is designed to further substantially the objective of improving vocational education through providing opportunities for graduate training and vocational education teachers, supervisors, and administrators, and of university level vocational education teacher educators and researchers; (3) such programs are conducted by a school of graduate study in the institution of higher education; and

(4) such program is also approved by the State board for vocational education in the State where the institution is located. (d) In order to meet the needs for qualified vocational education personnel such as teachers, administrators, supervisors, and teacher educators, in vocational education programs in all the States, the Commissioner in carrying out this section shall apportion leadership development awards equitably among the States, taking into account such factors as the State's vocational education enrollments, and the incidence of youth unemployment and school dropouts in the State.

(e) Persons receiving leadership awards under the provisions of this section shall continue to receive the payments provided in subsection (b) only during such periods as the Commissioner finds that they are maintaining satisfactory proficiency in, and devoting essentially full time to, study or research in the field of vocational education in an institution of higher education, and are not engaging in gainful employment, other than part-time employment by such institution in teaching, research, or similar activities, approved by the Commissioner.

(20 U.S.C. 1119c-1) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title II, sec. 201, 82 Stat. 1092, 1093.

EXCHANGE PROGRAMS, INSTITUTES, AND IN-SERVICE EDUCATION FOR VOCATIONAL-EDUCATION TEACHERS, SUPERVISORS, COORDINATORS, AND ADMINISTRATORS

SEC. 553. (a) The Commissioner is authorized to make grants to State boards, as defined in the Vocational Education Act of 1963, to pay the cost of carrying out cooperative arrangements for the training or retraining of experienced vocational education personnel such as teachers, teacher educators, administrators, supervisors, and coordinators, and other personnel, in order to strengthen education programs supported by this part and the administration of schools offering vocational education. Such cooperative arrangements may be between schools offering vocational education and private business or industry, commercial enterprises, or with other educational institutions (including those for the handicapped and delinquent).

(b) Grants under this section may be used for projects and activities such as

(1) exchange of vocational education teachers and other staff members with skilled technicians or supervisors in industry (including mutual arrangements for preserving employment and retirement status, and other employment benefits during the period of exchange), and the development and operation of cooperative programs involving periods of teaching in schools providing vocational education and of experience in commercial, industrial, or other public or private employment related to the subject matter taught in such school;

(2) in-service training programs for vocational education teachers and other staff members to improve the quality of instruction, supervision, and administration of vocational education programs; and

(3) short-term or regular-session institutes, or other preservice and in-service training programs or projects designed to improve the qualifications of persons entering and reentering the field of vocational education, except that funds may not be used for seminars, symposia, workshops or conferences unless these are part of a continuing program of in-service or preservice training.

(c) A grant may be made under this section only upon application to the Commissioner at such time or times and containing such information as he deems necessary. The Commissioner shall not approve an application unless it—

(1) sets forth a program for carrying out one or more projects or activities which meet the requirements of subsection (b), and provides for such methods of administration as are necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the program;

(2) sets forth policies and procedures which assure that Federal funds made available under this section for any fiscal year will be so used as to supplement and, to the extent practicable, increase the level of funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available for purposes which meet the requirements of subsection (b), and in no case supplant such funds;

(3) provides for such fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as may be necessary to assure proper disbursement of and accounting for Federal funds paid to the applicant under this section; and

(4) provides for making such reports, in such form and containing such information, as the Commissioner may require to carry out his functions under this section, and for keeping such records and for affording such access thereto as the Commissioner may find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports.

(20 U.S.C. 1119c-2) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title II, sec. 201, 82 Stat. 1093, 1094.

FAMILIARIZING TEACHERS WITH NEW CURRICULAR MATERIALS

SEC. 554. In approving training and development programs for vocational education personnel, the Commissioner shall give special consideration to programs which are designed to familiarize teachers with new curricular materials in vocational education.

(20 U.S.C. 1119c-3) Enacted Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title II, sec. 201, 82 Stat. 1094.

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SEC. 555. There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of carrying out this part $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending prior to October 1, 1977.

(20 U.S.C. 1119c-4) Enacted October 12, 1976, P.L. 94-482, Title I, Part E, sec. 151(a)(4)(B), 90 Stat. 2152.

1 Section 151(b) of Part E of Title I of P.L. 94-482 provides that this section becomes effective September 30, 1976.

2 In an apparent error in the slip law, and amendment identical in language appears at section 201(q) of Title II of P.L. 94-482, 90 Stat. 2169.

TITLE VI-FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF UNDERGRADUATE INSTRUCTION

PART A-EQUIPMENT

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 601. (a) The purpose of this part is to improve the quality of classroom instruction in selected subject areas in institutions of higher education.

(b) There are authorized to be appropriated $60,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending prior to October 1, 1979, to enable the Commissioner to make grants to institutions of higher education and combinations of institutions of higher education pursuant to this part for the acquisition of equipment and for minor remodeling described in section 603(2)(A).

(c) There are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years ending prior to October 1, 1979, to enable the Commissioner to make grants to institutions of higher education and combinations of institutions of higher education pursuant to this part for the acquisition of television equipment and for minor remodeling described in section 603(2)(B).

(20 U.S.C. 1121) Enacted Nov. 8, 1965, P.L. 89-329, Title VI, sec. 601, 79 Stat. 1261; amended Nov. 3, 1966, P.L. 89-752, sec. 3(b), 80 Stat. 1241; amended Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title II, sec. 241, 242, 82 Stat. 1041; amended June 23, 1972, P.L. 92-318, sec. 151(a), 86 Stat. 288; amended October 12, 1976, P.L. 94-482, Title I, Part F, sec. 156,90 Stat. 2155, 2156.

ALLOTMENTS TO STATES

SEC. 602. (a)(1) Of the funds appropriated pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) of section 601 for any fiscal year one-half shall be allotted by the Commissioner among the States so that the allotment to each State will be an amount which bears the same ratio to such one-half as the number of students enrolled in institutions of higher education in such State bears to the total number of students enrolled in such institutions in all the States; and the remaining one-half shall be allotted by him among the States in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection. For the purposes of this subsection, (A) the number of students enrolled in institutions of higher education shall be deemed to be equal to the sum of (i) the number of full-time students and (ii) the full-time equivalent of the number of part-time students as determined by the Commissioner in accordance with regulations; and (B) determinations as to enrollment shall be made by the Commissioner on the basis of data for the most recent year for which satisfactory data with respect to such enrollment are available to him.

(2) For the purpose of this paragraph the Commissioner shall allot to each State for each fiscal year an amount which bears the same ratio to the funds being allotted pursuant to this paragraph as the product of

(A) the number of students enrolled in institutions of higher education in such State, and

(B) the State's allotment ratio.[sic]

bears to the sum of the corresponding products for all the States. For the purposes of this paragraph the allotment ratio for any