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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1976

PUBLIC LAW 94-482—OCT. 12, 1976

90 STAT. 2145

to enable the Commissioner to make grants pursuant to section 802 to institutions of higher education, or to combinations of such institutions, for the planning, establishment, expansion, or carrying out by such institutions or combinations of programs of cooperative education. Such programs shall provide alternating periods of academic study and of public or private employment, the latter affording students not only the opportunity to earn the funds necessary for continuing and completing their education but, so far as practicable, giving them work experience related to their academic or occupational objectives. "(b) There are further authorized to be appropriated— (1) $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1976, and the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1976; " (2) $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1977; " (3) $2,500,000 for the fiscal year 1978; and " (4) $3,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982, to enable the Commissioner to make training, demonstration, or research grants or contracts pursuant to section 803. "(c) Appropriations under this title shall not be available for the payment of compensation of students for employment by employers under arrangements pursuant to this part. a GRANTS FOR PROGRAMS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATION

"SEC. 802. (a) From the sums appropriated pursuant to subsec- 20 USC 1133a. tion (a) of section 801, and for the purposes set forth therein, the Commissioner is authorized to make grants to institutions of higher education that have applied therefor in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, in amounts not in excess of $175,000 to any one such institution for any fiscal year, and to combinations of such institutions (that have so applied) in amounts not to exceed an amount equal to the product of $125,000 times the number of institutions participating in such combination, for any fiscal year. "(b) Each application for a grant authorized by subsection (a) of Application, this section shall be filed with the Commissioner at such time or times as he may prescribe and shall— "(1) set forth programs or activities for which a grant is authorized under this section; "(2) specify the portion or portions of such programs or activities which will be performed by a nonprofit organization or institution other than the applicant and the compensation to be paid for such performance; "(3) provide that the applicant will expend during such fiscal year for the purpose of such program or activity not less than was expended for such purpose during the previous fiscal year; "(4) provide that the applicant shall make such reports and keep such records as are essential to insure that the applicant's (! «e' programs or activities are conducted in accordance with the provisions of this part; "(5) provide 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 part; and < - • "(6) include such other information as is essential to carry out the provisions of this part. "(c) No institution of higher education may receive, individually or as a participant in a combination of such institutions, grants under