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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

PUBLIC LAW 99-498—OCT. 17, 1986

100 STAT. 1341

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"(1) to provide information with respect to financial and academic assistance available for individuals desiring to pursue a program of postsecondary education; and "(2) to provide assistance to such persons in applying for admission to institutions at which a program of postsecondary education is offered, including preparing necessary applications for use by admissions and financial aid officers. "(b) TUTORIAL AND COUNSEUNG SERVICES,—An educational opportunity center assisted under this subpart may provide, in addition to the services described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), tutorial and counseling services for persons participating in the project if such tutorial and counseling services are not otherwise available through a project assisted under this subpart. "(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS.—In approving

applications for educational opportunity centers under this subpart for any fiscal year the Secretary shall— "(1) require an assurance that not less than two-thirds of the persons participating in the project proposed to be carried out under any application be low-income individuals who are first generation college students; ,j "(2) require that such participants be persons who are at least nineteen years of age, unless the imposition of such limitation with respect to any person would defeat the purposes of this section or the purposes of section 417B; and "(3) require an assurance that individuals participating in the project proposed in the application do not have access to services from another project funded under this section or under section 417B. STAFF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

"SEC. 417F. For the purpose of improving the operation of the programs and projects authorized by this subpart, 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, or preparing for employment in, such programs and projects. 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. 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.

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'SUBPART 5—SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR STUDENTS WHOSE FAMILIES ARE ENGAGED IN MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORK MAINTENANCE AND EXPANSION OF EXISTING PROGRAMS

418A. (a) PROGRAM AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall maintain and expand existing secondary and postsecondary high school equivalency program and college assistance migrant program projects located at institutions of higher education or at private "SEC.

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