COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR CARL D. PERKINS, Kentucky, Chairman FRANK THOMPSON, JR., New Jersey EDWARD P. BEARD, Rhode Island BALTASAR CORRADA, Puerto Rico PETER A. PEYSER, New York EDWARD J. STACK, Florida PAT WILLIAMS, Montana WILLIAM R. RATCHFORD, Connecticut RAY KOGOVSEK, Colorado DON BAILEY, Pennsylvania JOHN M. ASHBROOK, Ohio JON HINSON, Mississippi THOMAS E. PETRI, Wisconsin (II) HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 (P.L. 89-329) Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Higher Education Act of 1965". TITLE I-COMMUNITY SERVICE AND CONTINUING PART A-COMMUNITY SERVICE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORIZED SEC. 101. (a) For the purpose of (1) assisting the people of the United States in the solution of community problems such as housing, poverty, government, recreation, employment, youth opportunities, transportation, health, and land use by enabling the Commissioner to make grants under this title to strengthen community service programs of colleges and universities, (2) supporting the expansion of continuing education in colleges and universities, and (3) supporting resource materials sharing programs, there are authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 for the fiscal years 1977, 1978, and 1979. (b) For the purpose of carrying out a program for the promotion of lifelong learning in accordance with the provisions of part B, there are authorized to be appropriated, $20,000,000 for fiscal year 1977, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1978, and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1979. (20 U.S.C. 1001) Enacted Nov. 8, 1965, P.L. 89-329, Title I, sec. 101, 79 Stat. 1219; amended Oct. 16, 1968, P.L. 90-575, Title II, sec. 201, 82 Stat. 1035; amended June 23, 1972, P.L. 92-318, Title I, sec. 101(a), 86 Stat. 236; amended October 12, 1976, P.L. 94-482, Title I, Part A, sec. 101(a), 90 Stat. 2083. DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM AND CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM SEC. 102. (a) For purposes of this part, the term "community service program" means an educational program, activity, or service, including a research program and a university extension or continuing education offering, which is designed to assist in the solution of community problems in rural, urban, or suburban areas, with particular emphasis on urban and suburban problems, where the institution offering such program, activity, or service determines (1) that the proposed program, activity, or service is not otherwise available, and 1 Added by Section 101(g) of Title I of P.L. 94-482. (1) (2) that the conduct of the program or performance of the activity or service is consistent with the institution's overall educational program and is of such a nature as is appropriate to the effective utilization of the institution's special resources and the competencies of its faculty. Where course offerings are involved, such courses must be university extension or continuing education courses and must be (A) fully acceptable toward an academic degree, or (B) of college level as determined by the institution offering such courses. (b) For purposes of this part, the term "continuing education program" means postsecondary instruction designed to meet the educational needs and interests of adults, including the expansion of available learning opportunities for adults who are not adequately served by current educational offerings in their communities. (c) For purposes of this part, the term "resource materials sharing programs" means planning for the improved use of existing community learning resources by finding ways that combinations of agencies, institutions, and organizations can make better use of existing educational materials, communications technology, local facilities, and such human resources as will expand learning opportunities for adults in the area being served. (20 U.S.C. 1002) Enacted Nov. 8, 1965, P.L. 89-329, Title I, sec. 102, 79 Stat. 1219; amended October 12, 1976, P.L. 94-482, Title I, Part A, sec. 101(b)(1)(A), (b)(1)(B), (b)(1)(C), sec. 101(g)(2), 90 Stat. 2083, 2086. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES SEC. 103. From the sums appropriated pursuant to section 101(a) for any fiscal year which are not reserved under section 106(a),1 the Commissioner shall allot to each State an amount which bears the same ratio to such sums as the population of such State bears to the population of all the States, except that, for any fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1976, no State shall be allotted from such sums less than the amount which such State received during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1974. (b) The amount of any State's allotment under subsection (a) for any fiscal year which the Commissioner determines will not be required for such fiscal year for carrying out the State plan (if any) approved under this part shall be available for reallotment from time to time, on such dates during such year as the Commissioner may fix, to other States in proportion to the original allotments to such States under such subsection for such year, but with such proportionate amount for any of such States being reduced to the extent it exceeds the sum the Commissioner estimates such State needs and will be able to use for such year for carrying out the State plan; and the total of such reductions shall be similarly reallotted among the States whose proportionate amounts were not so 1 Section 102(b) of P.L. 92-318 provides as follows: "(b) The amendments made by the the second sentence of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) and by paragraph (2) of such subsection shall be effective after June 30, 1972, and then "(1) only with respect to appropriations for title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 for fiscal years beginning after June 30, 1972; and "(2) only to the extent that the allotment to any State under section 103(a) of such title is not less for any fiscal year than the allotment to that State under such section 103(a) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972." |