20 U.S.C. § 1070a–17 — Staff development activities

submitted 34 years ago by Pub. L. 89-329 to r/title-20-EDUCATION · 323 words · no verdicts yet

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This section authorizes grants for training staff and leaders who work in, participate in, or prepare to work in programs under this division. It specifies training topics, locations, and consultation requirements.

(a) To improve these programs and projects, the Secretary may give grants to higher-education institutions and other public or private nonprofit institutions and organizations for training staff and leaders employed in, participating in, or preparing to work in them. (b) Training must include conferences, internships, seminars, workshops, and manuals to improve program operation. It must occur in different regions so it meets local needs. Each year it must be offered to new project directors and cover legislative and regulatory requirements; helping students obtain adequate aid; designing and operating model projects; using suitable educational technology; and recruiting and serving hard-to-reach populations, including limited-English-proficient students, underrepresented groups, students with disabilities, homeless children and youths, foster-care or aging-out students, and other disconnected students. The Secretary may choose additional topics. (c) Grants may be made only after consultation with regional and State professional associations whose members have special knowledge of these programs’ needs and problems.

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(a) Secretary’s authority

For the purpose of improving the operation of the programs and projects authorized by this division, the Secretary is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education and other public and private nonprofit institutions and organizations to provide training for staff and leadership personnel employed in, participating in, or preparing for employment in, such programs and projects.

(b) Contents of training programs

Such training shall include conferences, internships, seminars, workshops, and the publication of manuals designed to improve the operation of such programs and projects and shall be carried out in the various regions of the Nation in order to ensure that the training opportunities are appropriate to meet the needs in the local areas being served by such programs and projects. Such training shall be offered annually for new directors of projects funded under this division as well as annually on the following topics and other topics chosen by the Secretary:

(1)

Legislative and regulatory requirements for the operation of programs funded under this division.

(2)

Assisting students in receiving adequate financial aid from programs assisted under this subchapter and other programs.

(3)

The design and operation of model programs for projects funded under this division.

(4)

The use of appropriate educational technology in the operation of projects assisted under this division.

(5)

Strategies for recruiting and serving hard to reach populations, including students who are limited English proficient, students from groups that are traditionally underrepresented in postsecondary education, students with disabilities, students who are homeless children and youths (as such term is defined in section 11434a of title 42), students who are in foster care or are aging out of the foster care system, or other disconnected students.

Grants for the purposes of this section shall be made only after consultation with regional and State professional associations of persons having special knowledge with respect to the needs and problems of such programs and projects.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 89–329, title IV, § 402G, as added Pub. L. 102–325, title IV, § 402(a)(4), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 491; amended Pub. L. 105–244, title IV, § 402(f), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1655; Pub. L. 110–315, title IV, § 403(g), Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3204.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1992Enacted · Pub. L. 89-329 · 106 Stat. 491
1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-244 · 112 Stat. 1655
2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-315 · 122 Stat. 3204

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