20 USC 1161n-3 - Demonstration and innovation projects; training and resource centers; and research

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§ 1161n–3.

Demonstration and innovation projects; training and resource centers; and research

(a)

Authorization

From the amounts appropriated under section 1161n–4 of this title, the Secretary is authorized, in accordance with the provisions of this section, to make grants and enter into contracts—

(1)

from the amounts available in each fiscal year under section 1161n–1(a)(3) of this title, for the conduct of demonstration projects designed to demonstrate or determine the effectiveness of innovative methods of cooperative education;

(2)

from the amounts available in each fiscal year under section 1161n–1(a)(4) of this title, for the conduct of training and resource centers designed to—

(A)

train personnel in the field of cooperative education;

(B)

improve materials used in cooperative education programs if such improvement is conducted in conjunction with other activities described in this paragraph;

(C)

provide technical assistance to institutions of higher education to increase the potential of the institution to continue to conduct a cooperative education program without Federal assistance;

(D)

encourage model cooperative education programs that furnish education and training in occupations in which there is a national need;

(E)

support partnerships under which an institution carrying out a comprehensive cooperative education program joins with one or more institutions of higher education in order to—

(i)

assist the institution that is not the institution carrying out the cooperative education program to develop and expand an existing program of cooperative education; or

(ii)

establish and improve or expand comprehensive cooperative education programs; and

(F)

encourage model cooperative education programs in the fields of science and mathematics for women and minorities who are underrepresented in such fields; and

(3)

from the amounts available in each fiscal year under section 1161n–1(a)(5) of this title, for the conduct of research relating to cooperative education.

(b)

Administrative provision

(1)

In general

To carry out this section, the Secretary may—

(A)

make grants to or contracts with institutions of higher education or consortia of such institutions; and

(B)

make grants to or contracts with other public or private nonprofit agencies or organizations, whenever such grants or contracts will contribute to the objectives of this section.

(2)

Limitation

(A)

Contracts with institutions of higher education

(B)

Contracts with other agencies or organizations

(c)

Supplement not supplant

(Pub. L. 89–329, title VIII, § 834, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title VIII, § 801, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3419.)

cite as: 20 USC 1161n-3